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RAPPER LAZARUS BECOMES FIRST ARTIST TO PREMIERE SONG FROM OUTER SPACE

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:48 GMT

On April 7th, 2023, history was made as Lazarus became the first recording artist to debut a song from outer space on the International Space Station. This event took place on a livestream broadcast alongside 42-year Chief Scientist at NASA Dr. James Green, Matavisionaries CEO Wasim Ahmed and Spaceomix CEO Joseph Borg. The song had been installed into a cube device created by Spaceomix and Ice Cubes Technologies which was launched into space and placed in the ISS 3 weeks prior to the song’s premiere via astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi.Lazarus aka Dr. Khan was particularly chosen for this historical event because he has been the pioneer of merging Hip Hop with Science and Medicine as he is also a practicing physician on top of being a top tier Hip Hop lyricist. His latest song “Pale Blue Dot” comes off as a love letter to space and astronomy. It realistically depicts the physics of space launch, captures the essence of discovering space, and offers a reflection about mankind from th...

CUFinder – The Go-To Lead Generation Platform Nowadays

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:48 GMT

In the modern era, customer purchasing patterns have undergone a significant transformation. While aggressive advertisements and sales pitches may have been effective a few years ago, flashy marketing campaigns are no longer sufficient to captivate customers. Nowadays, businesses must create high-quality content to enhance customer engagement.The purchasing process has evolved over time, requiring marketers to reach buyers through a variety of channels rather than relying on email blasts or mass advertising methods to find potential customers. The ability to generate new sales leads is now critical for running a successful business and establishing long-term relationships with customers. According to a survey conducted by the Content Marketing Institute, 85% of B2B companies consider lead generation their most important marketing goal.Lead generation enables businesses to inform their target customers about their products and unique features through relevant content. By employing th...

Simple H Reviews (Simple Promise) SCAM Report on Herbal Hemorrhoid Relief?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:48 GMT

Simple H is a potent natural remedy that helps heal hemorrhoids and their painful symptoms. Simple Promise is the creator of this powerful solution that helps thousands of customers get rid of this painful issue effortlessly.Fortunately, Simple H is a soothing cream comprising natural nutrients that can heal users from pain, bleeding, itching, and burning sensations. It also helps protect them from getting it back without expensive treatments or surgeries. Millions of people are affected by this issue and struggle a lot to overcome embarrassment and pain. Unfortunately, though there are treatments for this issue, they are painful and expensive. While some eliminate it with painful procedures, some allow it to return.Since there is no proper solution so far, the formula revealed in this review projects on an ancient herbal remedy of Saint Fiacre. The solution includes the potential support of this hemorrhoid-healing remedy. It claims to work effectively in fixing the issue from its r...

Athletics trade Cal Stevenson to Giants for cash considerations

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:48 GMT

OAKLAND — It appears Cal Stevenson’s next shot at the big leagues will be with a Bay Area team, but it won’t be the Athletics.Stevenson, the former Kennedy-Fremont star who was designated for assignment this week by the A’s, was sent to the Giants Wednesday in exchange for cash considerations.Playing with the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators, Stevenson was hitting .348 (7-for-23) at the time of his DFA with two doubles. Had Stevenson not been sent to the Giants, he would have been free to sign with the A’s or any other team after clearing waivers.Last season, Stevenson got a brief shot with the A’s, hitting .167 in 23 games with three doubles and one RBI. After playing at Kennedy, Stevenson played at Chabot College and Nevada-Reno before being a 10th-round draft pick in 2018 by Toronto.The A’s acquired Stevenson last season in exchange for catcher/DH/first baseman Christian Bethancourt.Trevor May to IL with `anxiety issues’Right-handed reli...

Oklahoma official who discussed killing journalists has resigned

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:48 GMT

By Sean Murphy | Associated PressOKLAHOMA CITY — A county commissioner in far southeast Oklahoma who was identified by a local newspaper as one of several officials caught on tape discussing killing reporters and lynching Black people has resigned from office, Gov. Kevin Stitt’s office confirmed Wednesday.Stitt spokesperson Carly Atchison said the office received a handwritten resignation letter from McCurtain County Commissioner Mark Jennings. In it, Jennings says he is resigning immediately and that he plans to release a formal statement “in the near future regarding the recent events in our county.”The threatening comments by Jennings and officials with the McCurtain County Sheriff’s Office were obtained following a March 6 meeting and reported by the McCurtain Gazette-News earlier this week in its weekend edition. They have sparked outrage and protests in the city of Idabel, the county seat.In a post on the sheriff’s office Facebook page on Tuesday,...

Tyre Nichols’ family sues Memphis PD over violent death

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:48 GMT

By Adrian Sainz and Travis Loller | Associated PressMEMPHIS, Tenn. — The family of Tyre Nichols, who died after a brutal beating by five Memphis police officers, sued the officers and the city of Memphis on Wednesday, blaming them for his death and accusing officials of allowing a special unit’s aggressive tactics to go unchecked despite warning signs.The federal suit filed by lawyers for Nichols’ mother, RowVaughn Wells, seeks a jury trial and financial damages.“It’s my turn to make sure that my son’s death does not go in vain,” Wells said at a news conference Wednesday. “This has nothing to do with the monetary value of the lawsuit, but everything to do with accountability. Those five police officers murdered my son. They beat him to death and they need to be held accountable.”The lawsuit claims that the SCORPION unit launched by Memphis Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis used “extreme intimidation, humiliation, and...

Contra Costa will not list supporters and opponents on election ballots

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:48 GMT

Contra Costa County will opt out of a new state law that election ballots include the names of supporters and opponents of local measures, which could have cost the county thousands.County supervisors approved the move to opt out unanimously at their Tuesday meeting, with Supervisor John Gioia absent. The vote follows the Legislature passing AB 1416 in 2022, which added a requirement that supporters and opponents of statewide measures be listed on the ballot label or that a similar description be provided.However, counties have the option of not printing the list of supporters and opponents of local measures on the ballot. The state has not offered to reimburse counties for any additional costs to provide that information since it is optional. Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder Kristin Connelly told supervisors the additional information could cost the county $174,000 or more.Contra Costa County’s decision to opt out was in part because of the extra cost and workload of adding...

Uneasy West Coast marijuana industry seeks broader trade amid vast glut

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:48 GMT

By GENE JOHNSON, ANDREW SELSKY and MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Associated PressTUMWATER, Wash.  — The email went out to legal cannabis growers around Washington state. Another of their colleagues had gone under.“Liquidation sale,” it said. Attached was a spreadsheet of items for sale: LED grow lights for $500 apiece. Rotary evaporators for hash oil, $10,000.Across the Columbia River in Oregon, where the state’s top marijuana regulator recently warned of an “existential crisis” in the industry, it’s an open secret some licensed growers have funneled product to the out-of-state black market just to stay afloat.California’s “Apple store of weed,” MedMen, is teetering with millions in unpaid bills, while the Canadian cannabis company Curaleaf has shuttered cultivation operations in California, Oregon and Colorado.Along the West Coast, producers face what many call the failed economics of legal pot. There is vast supply, thanks to great growing conditions and a wealth of expertise, but any surplu...

Shot for being lost? Common mistakes met with violence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:48 GMT

Associated PressIn the span of six days, four young people across the U.S. have been shot — one fatally — for making one of the most ordinary and unavoidable mistakes in everyday life: showing up at the wrong place.A man shot and wounded two cheerleaders outside a Texas supermarket early Tuesday after one of them said she mistakenly got into his car thinking it was her own.A group looking for a friend’s house in upstate New York arrived in the wrong driveway only for one of them to be shot to death Saturday night, authorities said.In Missouri last Thursday, a Kansas City teen was shot twice after going to the wrong home to pick up his younger brothers, raising questions about the state’s “stand your ground law” and heightening racial tensions.Below is a brief glance of each shooting and the ensuing criminal investigations in Missouri, New York and Texas.THE SHOOTING IN KANSAS CITYHonors student Ralph Yarl, 16, mixed up the address when he went to pick up his ...

San Jose: Three arrested in series of robberies targeting AAPI community

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:48 GMT

San Jose police have arrested three people for their alleged roles in a string of robberies that appeared to target the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.The three suspects are Oakland men between the ages of 19 and 21, police said in a news release. A fourth person, the 19-year-old girlfriend of one of the suspects, was arrested after she attempted to run down officers and flee during her boyfriend’s arrest, authorities said.San Jose police said that the trio were “responsible for a number of other similar robberies throughout the Bay Area,” but they did not say when or where those other alleged robberies took place. The robberies investigated by San Jose police happened between Feb. 24 and March 29 and appeared to target the AAPI community, authorities said.Police arrested two suspects, men aged 21 and 19, in Oakland on March 30 and found stolen property, $10,000 in cash, illegal firearms and equipment used to create ghost guns, privately-manufactured...