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Early in her career, Nancy Van de Vate, a celebrated modernist composer, would tell people about her work and sometimes be met with dismissive questions like “Do you write songs for children?” And though she often won competitions that she had entered anonymously, her daughter Katherine Van de Vate said, she rarely won when she entered them under her own name, a dynamic she attributed to gender discrimination. Ms. Van de Vate refused to let such barriers slow her down. In 1968, she became only the second woman to receive a doctorate in music composition in the United States, according to “Journeys Through the Life and Music of Nancy Van de Vate” (2005), by Laurdella Foulkes-Levy and Burt J. Levy. Ms. Van de Vate would go on to compose more than a hundred compositions in a seven-decade career, including seven operas, many orchestral works and a large body of chamber music. She died on July 29 at 92 at her home in Vienna, where she spent the final 38 years of her life, her daughter...

Madeline-Michelle Carthen has a unique dilemma. Despite obviously being very much alive, the 52-year-old from St. Louis, Missouri , has been dead on paper since 2007. “It’s like a haunting,” she told KSDK-TV, a local outlet, as she stressed how the mix-up destroyed her life as she knew it. From getting and keeping jobs to buying a house or graduating from college, the roadblock has become more of a dead end in many ways.  At the time, then-Madeline Coburn was a college student majoring in business technology and entrepreneurship. Things took a sharp turn as she prepared for a summer internship in Ghana and found out her Social Security number listed her as deceased. “I said, ‘What do you mean? I’m sitting right here. I’ve been at school over a year and a half. … How am I dead? Is this going to affect my international internship?’” she told NBC News. Eventually Carthen was denied financial aid and had to withdraw from school. “They’re saying, ‘Prove to us you’re not dead,’” ...

At around 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Joy Wong plugged a pump into a wall in her house as her basement filled with water. Her desperation was all too familiar — three people, including a toddler, had drowned in the basement of the house where she lives, when the remnants of Hurricane Ida hit New York City two years ago. “I’m experiencing PTSD right now,” she said. As floodwaters inundated the city, they also poured into apartments located in basements and cellars, underscoring how such homes — where an estimated 100,000 New Yorkers live — can turn into death traps. Ms. Wong, 61, lives at the corner of Laurel Hill Boulevard and 64th Street in Queens. The child who died in 2021 was a 2-year-old boy who lived with his parents in an apartment downstairs from Ms. Wong’s. Eleven people died in their basement homes in that storm. The night before the flood from Hurricane Ida, Ms. Wong said, “I kept calling them, and telling them to get out. I said, ‘Come upstairs. You can sleep on our couch...

All eyes are on California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) following the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Friday, to see if he will make good on his promise to appoint a black woman to her seat. Newsom replied, “We have multiple names in mind, the answer is yes.” The appointment would be through 2024, when the seat is up for election. Three high profile Democrats are running for the seat — including a black woman. They are Reps. Barbara Lee, Katie Porter, and Adam Schiff. They are facing off for a March 5 primary, when the top two candidates advance. Lee is currently trailing Porter and Schiff. Newsom has said he would not appoint any of the current candidates to the position, ruling out Lee. He told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that it would be an “interim appointment.” Lee had called the idea of appointing a black woman only on an interim basis “insulting.” Lee posted on X:  “I am troubled by the Governor’s remarks. The idea that a Black woman should be appointed only as a care...

The Australian grew up supporting Liverpool during a glory era at Anfield in the 1970s. “It was the 70s so you could have gone one or two ways as they only used to show Liverpool or Man Utd back then,” said Postecoglou at his pre-match press conference on Friday. “I had a couple of mates went the United way and I went with Liverpool to make it interesting. “Look, I used to love (TV show) Happy Days back then but I don’t have posters of The Fonz on my wall now.” If Postecoglou’s ardour for Liverpool has cooled, he is still a big fan of Reds boss Jurgen Klopp and credited the German with being one of the few coaches to inspire change in the Premier League. “Jurgen is an outstanding manager, he’s one of the managers I think it’s fair to say who has made an impact on the competition, not just his club,” added the former Celtic boss. “Because when he came in, with the way Liverpool went about things, he challenged quite a few of the conventions about the Premier League and introduc...

Honkai: Star Rail just closed out its version 1.4 livestream, teasing what’s to come in the next update, which launches the evening of Oct. 10. Alongside new characters and events, Hoyoverse uses the stream to distribute codes that reward free Stellar Jade and other upgrade materials. The 1.4 update will add new characters Topaz, Jingliu, and Guinaifen. It’ll also include a new combat event and a special Simulated Universe event. Notably, version 1.4 will be shorter than the rest of the updates we’ve seen so far. Rather than running for six weeks, 1.4 will only last for five weeks. These codes are only active until the day ends, so you’ll want to make sure to use them quickly. The Honkai: Star Rail reward codes from the livestream are: These codes will expire on Sept. 30 at 12 a.m. EDT , so use them quickly or you’ll miss out on the free loot. For more codes that don’t expire in just a few hours, you can check out our constantly-updated list of active Honkai: Star Rail codes ...

Millions of viewers of this week’s Republican primary debate likely noticed a perhaps unusual commercial toward the end of the evening: an invitation to pray.  The 30-second ad featured actor Jonathan Roumie, best known for playing Jesus Christ in the television show “The Chosen.”  Roumie is one of the narrators on Hallow, a Catholic prayer app.  “Hey, I know you’re in the middle of something, but I wonder if you’d just take a few seconds to pray with me real quick,” said Roumie in the ad .  Roumie then began with the sign of the cross .  “Lord Jesus, come to us now, help us to surrender ourselves completely to you,” said Roumie .  “Help us to listen to your voice, even when we’re distracted, or tired. We pray this in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”  He continued, “Thank you so much. I just want to encourage you.” He then directed viewers to “check out Hallow.”  The second GOP debate took place in Simi...

Hopefully three wide releases can wake up what’s been a relatively sleep time at the box office, ratcheted down by the SAG-AFTRA strike. With New Regency/20th Century Studios/Disney’s original Gareth Edwards sci-fi movie The Creator , Paramount and Spin Master’s Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie , and Lionsgate’s Saw X , the top three movies look to make around $45M. All three of them are vying for No. 1 with a high teens take, however, it’s likely a two-way race between Paw Patrol 2 and The Creator since both pics have had the loudest marketing campaigns, and Lionsgate usually executes their smaller budgeted movies on the cheap. The Creator and Saw X held previews last night while Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie skipped since they’re a matinee draw on the weekend while school is in session. Coming off Wednesday night premium screenings and Thursday night shows that began at 6PM, The Creator earned $1.6M , while Saw X saw $2M also from showtimes that began at 6PM. That’s a slow s...

Apple is in a considerable controversy with its iPhone 15 FineWoven cases. Even though BGR loved the first hands-on , after a few days and lots of intensive tests, most people acknowledge that the cases are bad. Tech. Entertainment. Science. Your inbox. Sign up for the most interesting tech & entertainment news out there. Email: SIGN UP By signing up, I agree to the Terms of Use and have reviewed the Privacy Notice. Although it’s important to note that some use cases seem to be a bit exaggerated, there are some noteworthy considerations if you plan to spend $60 on Apple’s luxurious case that the company is replacing leather with. Thankfully, iFixit not only went all hands-on with the iPhone 15 FineWoven cases, but it also put up to 490x magnification to see how this fabric reacts to several materials. What are Apple’s FineWoven cases made of? On Apple’s website, the company describes FineWoven cases as a “delightful way to give your iPhone extra protection while add...

British pop star Rina Sawayama , also known for her breakout role in John Wick 4 , has opened up about the childhood trauma that informed her sophomore album, 2022’s Hold the Girl . In a new interview with the BBC , Sawayama, 33, revealed that she was groomed as a teenager, and that going to therapy helped her realize that she’d had an inappropriate relationship with an older teacher. “This is the first time I’m talking about this, but essentially, through doing sex therapy—sex and relationship therapy—I realized that really something that I thought was a relationship that I had, when I was 17, was actually I was groomed,” she explained. “Why that realization happened in my thirties was because I was finally his age.” Sawayama, who was born in Japan and moved to the U.K. when she was 5, continued: “It came to light that was what was happening in my school, basically, it was a school teacher. I was so badly slut-shamed that I developed so much shame around my sexuality and lost co...

Kourtney Kardashian Barker is thinking about the f-word: Family. Oh, and the other f-word too. Both of the f-words, together. And fashion! Make that three fs.  On the season 4 premiere episode of The Kardashians , airing Thursday, Kourtney made it clear that the hatchet with sister Kim Kardashian over a collaboration with a fashion house was anything but buried. On a tense phone call with Kim, when she asked if Kourtney was happy, the elder sister responded, “Yes, but not when I’m on the phone with you.” Later, she said, “I have a happy life and that happiness comes when I get the fuck away from you guys. Specifically you.” Kim got in some zingers of her own, saying that Kourtney’s friends had turned to her to talk about her sister. “All of your friends call us complaining,” she said. “Whether you think they’re the ones going to you, they’re all coming to us on the side, saying the opposite to us. We’re all confused, and we’re on a group chat labeled ‘Not Kourtney’ so we ...

Three people including a teenage boy died when a sports car being chased by police in Indianapolis collided with another vehicle just minutes after officers ended their pursuit, authorities said Wednesday. An Indiana state trooper began the pursuit Tuesday night when the driver of a Dodge Challenger fled the officer’s attempt to pull it over on suspicion of reckless driving on Indianapolis’ far east side, state police said. The pursuit lasted about 12 minutes, traversing several city streets before shifting into rural areas of adjacent Hancock County and then back toward Indianapolis’ east side, police said. State troopers and other officers tried to deploy stop sticks but couldn’t get into position to stop the car, police said. After the car left a “rural, low populated area” and began returning to Indianapolis’ east side , troopers ended their pursuit at 9:50 p.m., in part due to the driver’s aggressive, reckless driving. About five minutes later, police learned there had bee...

Wall Street became “Easy Street” in the years after the financial crisis, and investors who got used to sitting back and watching the returns pile up are in for something different in the coming years.  The market’s bull run since 2010 was too good to last, according to Richard Bernstein Advisors. In a note on Thursday, RBA deputy CIO Dan Suzuki pointed to the stock market’s long-running growth trend following the 2008 crisis, with S&P 500 soaring 389% since 2010, and the tech sector alone skyrocketing 847%. And despite the market’s heavy sell-off last year, investors seem to be more or less expecting that growth trend to continue, Suzuki said, given that stock valuations and household stock allocations are now nearing all-time-highs.  But it’s no sure thing that the last decade of stellar returns can be repeated, RBA warned.  “What concerns us about investors doubling down on the best trade of the past decade are the numerous historical precedents suggesting...

Saab olla ainult üks. Üks kandidaat võib välja tulla, et esitada väljakutse Donald Trumpile vabariiklaste kandidaadiks kandideerimisel. Üks. See oli pidev lobisemine vabariiklaste presidendivalimisdebatil, mida korraldas Fox Business kaunis Ronald Reagani presidendiraamatukogu Air Force One paviljonis. Kes see siis saab? Me teame, kes sellest ei saa. See ei ole Vivek Ramaswamy, kes kandideerib põhimõtteliselt Trumpi surrogaadina ja vaatamata sellele, et tal on hoogne kampaania koos mõningase küsitluste kasvuga, on praegu Iowas ja New Hampshire’is 5% riigisiseselt 5% tasemel. Tema “tere, mu vabariiklased” stick ei töötanud. Kodused publikud ei näinud, aga tal oli tüütult käsi kogu aeg püsti, nagu oleks algebratund. Aga Viveki numbrid on hea baromeeter. Kõik, kes valivad tema tasemel või madalamal tasemel, peaksid võistlusest kohe lahkuma. Ma ütlen, et riiklikud küsitlused on palju vähem kasulikud kui osariigi küsitlused, kuid selliste kandidaatide jaoks nagu Chris Christie o...

Dana Perino viimane küsimus eileõhtuses kakofoonilises vabariiklaste debatis võttis kogu tobeda vaatemängu kokku. Öeldes, et Donald Trump jookseks kandideerimisega minema, kui kõik laval olevad võistlema jääksid, palus ta seitsmel kandidaadil hääletada ühele oma hulgast “saarelt väljas” ja konkursilt välja. See oli moderaatorite jaoks mängusaade. Kandidaadid – eesotsas Ron DeSantisega, kes oli esimesena ja kõige valjemini vastu – keeldusid kaasa mängimast. Kuid oli juba liiga hilja: nad kõik tegid end juba ainuüksi kohale ilmumisega välja nägema tõsielusaadetiste tegijatena. Paljude kandidaatide jaoks võib see olla just see, mida nad soovivad. Chris Christie’l on telekarjäärist kindlasti parem vaade kui vabariiklaste kandidaadiks kandideerimisel. Kuid kuberner DeSantis pidi aga kadestama Trumpi otsust arutelud vahele jätta. Trump ei ilmu kohale mitte sellepärast, et need poliitilised maadlust toetavad matšid on tema väärikuse all, vaid seepärast, et tema kohalolek ainult tõst...

Philadelphia Eagles, võib-olla rohkem kui ükski teine ​​​​NFL-i meeskond, on õppinud ragbi stiilis tagamängijat. Lühikeste jaardite mängudes rivistub tagamängija Jalen Hurts tavaliselt tsentri alla kahe või kolme mängijaga tema taga. Ta võtab löögi, ründeliin tormab edasi ja Hurts saab tagant suure tõuke. Kotkad saavad sageli esimeseks löögiks vajaliku jaardi ja mõned on kutsunud liigat üles mängu mängust eemaldama. Kolmapäeval küsiti Hurtsilt, kas tema arvates tuleks “tõukemäng” ära keelata. Klõpsa SIIA, et näha ROHKEM SPORDIKJADEID saidil FOXNEWS.COM Jalen Hurts (1) Philadelphia Eaglesist hiilib teisel veerandajal Tampa Bay Buccaneersi vastu Raymond Jamesi staadionil 25. septembril 2023 Tampas Florida osariigis. (Mike Carlson / Getty Images) “Mul pole selle peale mingeid mõtteid,” ütles Hurts. “Me oleme ainsad inimesed, kes teevad seda nii hästi kui meie. Tead, kuulsite, et üks mees tahtis, et ma ka selle pärast haiget teeksin.” EAGLES LEIAVAD EDU ‘TUSH PUSH;’ TIHTNE...

Pildi allikas: AP USA sõdur Travis King Põhja-Koreasse sisenenud USA sõdur Travis King on kahe USA ametniku sõnul Ameerika Ühendriikide vahi all. Üks ametnik ütles AP-le, et King viidi Hiinas USA vahi alla. Ametnikud soovisid jääda anonüümseks, et arutada Kingi staatust enne USA teadet. Täna teatas Põhja-Korea, et saadab riigist välja sõduri, kes sisenes riiki kaks kuud tagasi läbi Koreasid eraldava tugevalt relvastatud piiri. Teade Pvt. Travis Kingi vabastamine tuli suhteliselt kiiresti ja üllatas mõningaid vaatlejaid, kes eeldasid, et põhjaosa venitab tema kinnipidamist edasi, lootes Washingtonilt järeleandmisi pigistada ajal, mil rivaalide vahel valitsesid suured pinged. Põhja-Korea ametlik uudisteagentuur teatas, et võimud on Kingi ülekuulamise lõpetanud, kuid ei öelnud, millal kavatsevad ametnikud ta välja saata või kuhu. Seni lugu USA, Lõuna-Korea ja teised on süüdistanud Põhja-Koread välisriikide kinnipeetavate ärakasutamises diplomaatiliste järeleandmiste murdmise...

Ta on Scandovali ja frantsiisi “Tõelised koduperenaised” ootamatu järgija. Koomik Michael Rapaport on paljastanud üllatava frantsiisi, mille “superfänn” ta on. 53-aastane Rapaport on mänginud palju “kõva mehe” tüüpi rolle filmides “My Name is Earl”, “Prison Break” ja “Justified” ning mängis filmides “Sõbrad” politseinikku. Kuid uues videos on New Yorgi põliselanik Bilt Rewardsi asutaja ja tegevjuhi Ankur Jainiga jaganud, et ta on Bravo superfänn ja osaleb BravoConil Las Vegases. Tema “Bravo edetabelid” on Mary Crosby, Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval, Shannon Beador ja Teresa Giudice, paljastas ta. Rapaport nimetas oma “Bravo” edetabelis nii Tom Sandoval kui ka Ariana Madix. Getty Images See tähendab, et Rapaport oli kurikuulsa “Vanderpump Rules” petmisskandaali, mis kannab nime “Scandoval”, järgija, kus Tom Sandoval pettis oma kauaaegset tüdruksõpra Ariana Madixit koos näitlejanna Raquel Levissiga. Sellele järgnenud skandaal tõi kaasa lõputud pealkirjad ja tõstis saate reitingui...

Muinasjutulise Midtowni prantsuse restorani La Grenouille kõrgetasemelised harjumused jahivad salapärase, peaaegu kolm kuud kestnud seiskamise tõttu mujal konnajalgu ja foie gras’d. Omanik Philippe Masson sulges koha, kui see ebaõnnestus 27. juunil pärast uute arvestite paigaldamist gaasitorude survetestis. Vapustav konn pidi pärast tavalist suvepuhkust taasavama 7. septembril, kuid jääb pimedaks. Kuid mõned püsikliendid mõistavad, et pikaajaline sulgemine on rohkem kui gaasitõrge, kuna see juhtus Philippe Massoni ja La Grenouille’i endise juhi – tema vanema venna Charles Massoni – vahel kibedate kohtuvaidluste taustal. “See lõhnab kalalt,” ütles üks klient, kes meid olukorrast kõigepealt hoiatas. “See on pisike hoone. Kui kaua võtab gaasilekke kõrvaldamine aega?” Linna rahandusosakonna dokumendid näitavad, et Philippe pani eelmisel kuul Charlesile hüpoteegi lossitaolisest linnamajast, et tagada 3,17 miljoni dollari suuruse võla tasumine. Vapustav konn pidi pärast tavalist su...