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☆ These 5 former House candidates might've been the next AOC, but entrenched politicians blocked their path
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam competed in this year's Democratic primary for North Carolina's 4th Congressional District. And we need to have an infrastructure like that on the Democratic Party side. Former House candidate John Isemann faced ex-state lawmaker Tom Kean Jr. in the Republican primary for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District. Jay Nixon and also worked for the Missouri Democratic Party — decided to jump into the race himself. "We talk about the Democratic Party being a big-tent party," she said.

☆ Fact Check-Vaccine-effectiveness study does not show ‘negative immunity’ or harm to the immune system
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

“The statement that ‘the vaccine destroys any protection a person has from natural immunity’ is unfounded,” Lin told Reuters in an email. The combination of prior infection with vaccination offered slightly better protection than vaccination alone or infection alone, the study also showed. Two of four curves (lines) in panel A, representing vaccine effectiveness among children who received their shots in late 2021, continue a downward path past the bottom of the graph. Similarly, in panel B, lines depicting waning vaccine effectiveness over time in previously-infected and -uninfected children continue past the bottom of the graph. “Our study shows that the vaccine was effective against infection for 4 months, although the effectiveness waned over time,” Lin explained.

I had panic attacks every time I went to school.”Brown was accepted into the school’s five-year organizational behavioral program in March 2020 and dismissed from the program in July 2021, the lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit alleges that while Brown was admonished for requesting extensions, her white colleagues received “scheduling accommodations for reasons ranging from personal crises to writer’s block with no penalty or consequence.”The lawsuit alleges that Brown informed Melwani and Christian of the court hearings and the assaults. The lawsuit says Brown consistently got good grades, even as she battled with her advisers about her work, the lawsuit states. When Brown reported the disparity, the lawsuit alleges, Desai told her, “You are not as competent as we thought you were.” Desai did not immediately respond to the allegation. The lawsuit alleges that, fed up, Brown reported the professors’ “discriminatory pattern of conduct” to the school’s Equal Opportunity Compliance Office in June 2021.

Two dangerous and highly potent illicit drugs are increasingly infiltrating the supply of street drugs, putting people at risk for deadly overdoses. "Nitazenes are an emerging group of highly potent psychoactive substances" that are often left out of drug screening tests, the report's authors wrote. The highly potent opioids has been found in street drugs across the Midwest and Northeast since 2019, but has since spread to other states. She and her colleagues have recently begun to detect nitazenes in illicit drug samples gathered across the state. The drug has also been linked to reports of skin abscesses, not unlike cases seen in other injectable drug users.

☆ How to adapt Jane Austen -- and why it's so hard to get right
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-07 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Over the years, Austen adaptations have made millions, been nominated for more than a dozen Oscars and several Emmys, and convinced viewers the world over that Mr. Darcy is the gold standard of suitors. Pride vs. Miss Prejudice," two of several Austen adaptations starring Asian protagonists. "Austen is a way for today's readers to both romanticize about soul mates and also sustain their self-respect," said Brodey, who's published several papers on Austen. What the best Austen adaptations get rightA strong Austen adaptation doesn't need to parrot the original text or even take place in late 18th-century England. The Austenites CNN interviewed agreed -- for an Austen adaptation to succeed, it needs to maintain the spirit of her work, especially her incisive depth and incomparable wit.

Emmett Till's family disputes the version of events recounted in a recently leaked memoir by the white woman who accused Till of making unwanted advances toward her before his lynching in 1955. Till, 14, of Chicago, was visiting family when he entered the store in Money, Mississippi, where Donham, then 21, was working. Till's family members who were in the store that day said Till whistled, but didn't touch Donham, and Donham didn't scream. Malik Shabazz, a lawyer who appeared with the Till family last week, said that the effort to bring Donham to justice was worth pursuing. Bettmann Archive via Getty ImagesShe claims in the manuscript that Till identified himself.

☆ How psilocybin, the psychedelic in mushrooms, may rewire the brain to ease depression, anxiety and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-11 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

CNN —Shrooms, Alice, tweezes, mushies, hongos, pizza toppings, magic mushrooms — everyday lingo for psychedelic mushrooms seems to grow with each generation. Yet leading mycologist Paul Stamets believes it’s time for fans of psilocybin mushrooms to leave such childish slang behind. “The SSRI did not increase brain connectivity, and it actually did not improve well-being as much as psilocybin,” Nutt said. A typical microdose is 0.1 to 0.3 grams of dried psilocybin mushrooms, as compared with the 25-milligram pill of psilocybin that creates the full-blown psychedelic experience. “Our hope is that we can use this information to ultimately make drugs that mimic the benefits of psychedelic drugs without the psychedelic experience,” Roth said.

Persons: CNN — Shrooms, Alice, tweezes, Paul Stamets, “, ” Stamets, ”, Richard Isaacson, ” Isaacson, Pamela Kryskow, pharmacologist Brian Roth, Matthew Johnson, ” Johnson, David Nutt, Nutt, ” Nutt, you’ve, Johnson, they’ve, microdosing, microdosers, “ I’m, Harriet de Wit, Wit, Frederick Barrett, ” Barnes, Roth, ” Roth Organizations: CNN, US Food and Drug Administration, Prevention, Center for Brain Health, Florida Atlantic University, University of North, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, ”, microdosing, University of Chicago, National Institute on Drug, Center, Research, Johns Hopkins Locations: University of North Carolina, “

☆ Black women in the legal world celebrate Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic Supreme Court nomination as a 'victory' for all Americans
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-03 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

The two were enrolled in the same classes, both members of the Black Law Students Association, and lived in the same dormitory building. Black women in the legal world celebrated Jackson's Supreme Court nomination, a milestone that they said marks significant progress for their representation in the legal field, but also for the country as a whole. Installing judges of diverse backgrounds can better ensure the legal system is working equitably for all Americans, Black women in the legal field told Insider. "Now when I tell her, 'You could be a Supreme Court justice,' she can look at the Supreme Court and think, 'Yes, I could, there's someone there who looks like me.'" MoveOnORG activists call for the immediate confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court on February 25.

☆ Science says parents of successful kids have these 26 things in common
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-07 | by ( Marguerite Ward | Rachel Gillett | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +24 min

Here's what parents of successful kids have in common, according to research. Children with parents who stepped in to provide instructions frequently displayed more difficulty regulating their emotions later, the researchers wrote. "Too much direct engagement can come at a cost to kids' abilities to control their own attention, behavior and emotions. When parents let kids take the lead in their interactions, children practice self-regulation skills and build independence," Obradović wrote in the study. The parents tend to take parental leave.

Johnson & Johnson has said it would provide a fair amount of money to the subsidiary to pay claims. Johnson & Johnson, valued at more than $450 billion, had about $31 billion in cash and marketable securities on hand at the end of the third quarter, securities filings show. One would absorb all the talc liability; the other would carry on the business free from the threat of billion-dollar judgments. Levesque replied that the “technical aspect” of the subsidiary bankruptcy wasn’t likely to cause concern about J&J’s creditworthiness. Is that what you're saying?” asked Jeffrey Jonas, a Brown Rudnick lawyer representing a creditors committee comprising talc plaintiffs.

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A new 3D printed vaccine can be applied to the skin without the need for a jab. The patches can be easily transported and they don't require any special training to use. Their initial research appeared in UNC news in September, and detailed how the researchers are working to incorporate vaccines like those used against coronavirus into the patches. The 3D vaccine may also be customized to help in cases of flu or measles. The team used a prototype CLIP 3D printer, which was invented by DeSimone and produced by CARBON, a Silicon Valley company he co-founded.

☆ 23 Black leaders who are shaping history today
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-01 | by ( Courtney Connley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +39 min

Following the lead of trailblazers throughout American history, today's Black history-makers are shaping not only today but tomorrow. —Cory StiegRosalind Brewer, 58, Walgreens' next CEO and only Black woman to currently lead a Fortune 500 firmWalgreens' next CEO Rosalind Brewer. When she steps into this new role, she will be the only Black woman currently leading a Fortune 500 firm, and just the third Black woman in history to serve as a Fortune 500 CEO. "When you're a Black woman, you get mistaken a lot," she said during a 2018 speech at her alma mater, Spelman College. —Tom Huddleston Jr.Jason Wright, 38, first Black president of a National Football League teamWashington Football Team president Jason Wright.

Persons: Shirley Chisholm, John Lewis, Maya Angelou, Mary Ellen Pleasant, Kamala Harris, Gene Kim, Harris, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, Shyamala, —, — Cory Stieg Rosalind Brewer, Rosalind Brewer, Ursula Burns, Mary Winston, Brewer, Kimberly, Clark, she's, — Courtney Connley, Kizzmekia, Corbett, Kizzmekia Corbett, Anthony Fauci, Fauci, Dr, — Cory Stieg Victor J, Glover , Jr, Victor Glover, Amanda Gorman, Joe Biden, Gorman, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr, Lady Jill Biden, Robert Frost, Oprah, Angelou, — Jennifer Liu, Amanda Gorman's, Raphael Warnock, Georgia's, Kelly Loeffler, Warnock, Ebenezer Baptist Church —, — Abigail Johnson Hess Rashida Jones, Rashida Jones, Jones, Kristen Welker, Carole Simpson, Nicolle Wallace's, Dorothy Tucker, Brown, — Taylor Locke Sandra Lindsay, Sandra Lindsay, Lindsay, She's, I'm, Jade Scipioni Nicholas Johnson, Princeton's, Nicholas Johnson, Princeton University's, Johnson, William Massey, — Abigail Johnson Hess Cynthia, Cynt, Marshall, Cynthia Marshall, Cynt Marshall, George Floyd, Marshall —, Mark Cuban, Scipioni, Cynthia Marshall's, Dallas Mavericks Cori Bush, Missouri's, Missouri, Cori Bush, Michael Brown, Ferguson, William Lacy Clay Jr, Bush, Essence.com, I've, he's, Louis, Clay, — Jennifer Liu Alicia Boler Davis, Amazon's, Jeff Bezos Alicia Boler Davis, Alicia Boler Davis, Boler Davis, Jeff Bezos, alums, Jennifer Liu, Noah Harris, Harvard Noah Harris, Harvard's, It's, we've, Fentrice Driskell, Du Bois, — Abigail Johnson Hess, Harvard Mellody Hobson, Mellody Hobson, Ariel Investments, Hobson, — Courtney Connley Sydney Barber, Sydney Barber, Barber, Ms, Janie Mines, wasn't, Mines, Jesse Collins, Collins, Indiewire, " Collins, Jennifer Liu Nia DaCosta, Nia DaCosta, Marvel, DaCosta, Nora Ephron, Jordan Peele, Peele, — Tom Huddleston Jr, Aicha Evans, Zoox, Evans, Jason Wright, Wright, He's, Dan Snyder, — Emmie Martin Dana Canedy, Dana Canedy, Simon, Simon & Schuster, Dana Canedy's, Canedy, Denzel Washington, Alicia Adamczyk, Schuster Bozoma Saint John, Saint John, Beyonce, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Michael Jackson, — Courtney Connley Cheick Camara, Ermias Tadesse, Cornell University's, Cheick Camara, Ermias Organizations: CNBC, White, South, Latina, Howard University, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, Democrat, United States Senate, U.S, Walgreens, Fortune, Starbucks, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Xerox, Bed, Sam's, Walmart, Nonwovens, Spelman College, Moderna, National Institute of Allergy, National Urban League, FDA, Vaccine Research, University of North, Space Station, NASA, Capitol, LA, Poet, Harvard, Georgia, Black, Morehouse College cum, Ebenezer Baptist Church, United, MSNBC, University of Missouri's School of Journalism, NBC, ABC News, National Association of Black Journalists, Jewish Medical Center, Northwell, Long, Pfizer, Pew Research Center, Princeton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NBA Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Mavericks, NBA, Mavericks, Congress, Senate, Democratic, Green New Deal, General Motors Institute, GM, Amazon, Employees, Amazon's, Ariel Investments, Ariel, Financial Planning's Diversity, Princeton University, JPMorgan, Lucas Family Foundation, Hobson College, Naval, U.S . Naval Academy, U.S . Naval, Naval Academy, Academy, Super, Super Bowl, Jesse Collins Entertainment, ViacomCBS Cable Networks, BET, CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Paramount Network, VH1, Marvel, Marvel Studios, Marvel Universe, Tribeca, Wall Street, George Washington University, Intel, Financial, Automotive News, National Football League, Washington Football, Washington Football Team, National Football, NFL, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Arizona Cardinals, University of Chicago, McKinsey & Company, Washington, Morning, Simon &, New York Times, Jordan, Crown Publishers, New Yorker, Netflix, Saint, Longtime, Endeavor, Uber, Apple, PepsiCo, BlackGen Capital, Cornell, BlackGen Locations: United States, Oakland , California, India, America, White, California, University of North Carolina, Chapel, Los Angeles, Georgia's, Savannah , Georgia, Ebenezer, Long, New York, Queens , New York, Jamaica, Princeton, Montreal, Canada, Spring, Missouri, Louis, St, Detroit, Hattiesburg , Mississippi, Florida, Chicago, U.S, Lake Forest , Illinois, Sydney, mull, Senegal, Zoox, Charlottesville , VA

☆ Curtea tronului lui Irod Antipa, locul în care Ioan Botezătorul a fost decapitat, descoperită de arheologi
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-05 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

descriu modul în care regele Irod Antipa, fiul regelui Irod cel Mare, l-a executat pe Ioan Botezătorul. irodIrod Antipa se temea de influenţa în creştere exercitată de Ioan Botezătorul în rândul populaţiei israelite, motiv pentru care l-a executat, conform lui Flavius Iosefus. Biblia menţionează că Irod Antipa urma să se căsătorească cu o femeie pe nume Irodia, însă amândoi erau divorţaţi, iar Ioan Botezătorul a obiectat cu privire la această uniune. Regele Irod a şovăit să-i îndeplinească dorinţa, însă în cele din urmă a acceptat, iar Ioan Botezătorul a fost decapitat şi capul lui i-a fost oferit fiicei Irodiei pe o tavă. Ei şi-au exprimat îndoiala că această nişă ar reprezenta rămăşiţele tronului lui Irod Antipa.

Persons: Flavius Iosefus, Irod Antipa, Irod cel Mare, Ioan Botezătorul . Cronicarul Flavius Iosefus, execuţia, irod Irod Antipa, Ioan Botezătorul, Irod, Ioan, Salomeea, Ioan Botezătorul . Regele Irod, Alliata, Irod Antipa . irod, Arheologii, Vörös, ştiinţă, Horning Jensen, Jodi Magness, Irod Antipa . Ea, Eric Meyers Organizations: Teologie, University, Chapel, Duke University Locations: Machaerus, israelian, Iordaniei, Galileea, părţi, Iordania, North Carolina, Ierihon, Upper Herodium

☆ Sen. Rick Scott loves hating on New York and its governor, Andrew Cuomo. But new docs show the Florida Republican investing big time in Big Apple bonds.
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-14 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Florida GOP Sen. Rick Scott is a frequent critic of New York Gov. Earlier this year they also disclosed between $1.1 million and $2.25 million worth of New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority bonds. "Cuomo has consistently misused taxpayer dollars and refused to ever cut government waste," Scott in June wrote in a New York Post op-ed. Earlier this year, the Scotts disclosed between $1.1 million and $2.25 million worth of New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority bonds. "Senator and Mrs. Scott have purchased hundreds of municipal bonds over the years from all over the country.

☆ John D. McKinnon — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2001-09-11 | by ( John D. Mckinnon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

John D. McKinnonJohn D. McKinnon covers tax policy and related fiscal issues for The Wall Street Journal. He originally joined the Journal as a reporter for the Florida regional edition in 1997, based in Tallahassee. He joined the Washington bureau of The Wall Street Journal as a reporter in 1999. Previously he was a writer and columnist for the Miami Herald, Tallahassee editor of Florida Trend magazine, and a reporter for the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times. degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law.

Persons: John D, McKinnon John D, McKinnon, George W, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Organizations: Wall Street, Journal, Florida, Miami Herald, Florida Trend, News, Observer, University of North, Chapel Hill, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, University of North Carolina School of Law Locations: Florida, Tallahassee, Washington, St, Petersburg, Fla, Raleigh, N.C, Carolina, University of North Carolina, Chapel

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