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Shaya Habibi: Entrepreneurship and The American Dream

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:00 GMT

While Jamie Dimon may have recently referred to the American Dream as ‘frayed’ in his annual shareholder letter, some believe there is little cause for concern. To understand the current state of the American Dream, one need look no further than the current state of entrepreneurship. According to the US Business Formation Statistics (BFS), the number of business applications filed in 2022 reached a little over 5 million, marking a slight decrease from 2021. Many experts believe that this dip is all but artificial as the 2021 figures were surely inflated by entrepreneurs flocking to open businesses as a part of the pandemic recovery effort. However, in 2023, aspiring entrepreneurs would do well to pursue de-risked opportunities remembering the crypto and NFT market crashes of 2022 and the ever-changing social media landscape.Simply put, proven strategies and philosophies succeed in all market conditions. Entrepreneurs with old-school work ethics, patience, perseverance, and vision wi...

Trending TV host, Sofia Saidi and her Trending MBC talk show

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:00 GMT

The move has been expertly handled by Sofia Saidi. Her well-liked MBC Trending show is creating huge waves in the entertainment industry and her television career is off to a great start.This popular talk show makes the young lady other skill, which is her desire to highlight Moroccan names, more apparent. Sofia has other hidden talents that are just as essential as her physical attributes, even if her beauty has made the doors to success and fame globally open. Not that she wants to rebel against the attractive brunette features that helped her win the prestigious title of Miss Arab World and bring it to home, but she also wants to demonstrate that she is as powerful as anything.She is just 26, and has achieved the loft heights of fame in the Arab cinema and in other European  nations. She bore her roots from Rabat, Morocco but her flowers of successful TV presenter has impressed the larger parts of the world around her.He interests lie deep in the cinema industry so she works hard...

Meet Nicole Francis – A DIY Queen and the Founder of 1776 Faux Farmhouse

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:00 GMT

The feeling of completing a task on your own is unmatchable. Whether the process is easy or overwhelming, the end result is definitely fulfilling and satisfying. People have been crafting things with their own hands for a long time now, but there was a shift in this account when mass production of ready-made things came into play; However, lately, many have taken an interest in the art of DIY, putting it on-trend one more time. Apart from being pocket-friendly and sustainable, DIY is fun to do. It is not only good for you but also for your soul. And that is why Nicole Francis loves doing DIY projects around her house, which also compelled her to start 1776 Faux Farmhouse .Nicole and her husband, Michael, came up with the idea of the 1776 Faux Farmhouse when they started tackling DIY upgrades in their builder-grade home. Amidst their home improvement affair, they decided to share their journey and other valuable knowledge with the world.Since her childhood, Nicole has witnessed DIY p...

Man drives off while being handcuffed, killing his passenger and injuring police chief

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:00 GMT

A Pennsylvania driver who was being handcuffed stomped on his pickup truck’s accelerator and ran over his passenger and the officer who was trying to detain him, police said. The passenger, who was trying to get out of the truck, was killed.The driver fled in the truck and was found eight hours later hiding in an attic, police said. He is being held without bail.The incident began around 1 a.m. Sunday when Calvin Wilson — police chief of the borough of Honey Brook — was on routine patrol in Chester County about 30 miles west of Philadelphia. A pickup truck at a gas station just outside Honey Brook caught his attention; he ran its license plate and saw that the owner had warrants for his arrest. Wilson followed the truck as it left the gas station and pulled it over about a minute later.It turned out the driver was not the truck’s owner — but he also was the subject of an arrest warrant for a probation violation, which Wilson discovered after checking hi...

SFFILM Fest 2023: Stephen Curry doc and 9 other films you shouldn’t miss

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:00 GMT

Will Steph show?In the run-up to the 2023 SFFILM Festival’s kick-off event April 13 at Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre, this has become the most bandied-about question.Obviously, Stephen Curry has received an invitation, since he is the focal point of the opening-night film, award-winning Oakland documentary-maker Peter Nicks’ exceptional “Stephen Curry: Underrated.”But even if the Golden State Warriors star is a no-show, the East Bay filmmaking community will be in the spotlight, with Nicks and Oakland native Ryan Coogler, director of “Fruitvale Station” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” planning to attend, along with other notables.Although “Stephen Curry: Underrated” received its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Nicks (known for his trio of Oakland-based films, “The Waiting Room,” “The Force,” and “Homeroom”), said there is something special about seeing his latest effort launch SFFILM Fest in in Oakland.“I’m just excited to watch the film with our community...

Southbound 880 shut down by CHP as part of investigation into 5-year-old's death

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:00 GMT

(KRON) -- Southbound I-880 at Auto Mall Parkway in Fremont is shut down due to a California Highway Patrol investigation, KRON4 has confirmed. The investigation is related to the fatal shooting of a 5-year-old girl on the 880 on Saturday night.All southbound lanes are currently blocked. Police shut down the first section of freeway at 10:55 a.m. and have since moved on to a second location. Video shows ex-SF fire commissioner assaulted with pipe in Marina District A severe traffic alert is in effect, according to the California Highway Patrol. Traffic is being diverted at Fremont Boulevard. Motorists are being advised to expect delays and use alternate routes to avoid the area.Video from a Caltrans camera of the scene shows what appears to be a line of officers walking down the empty section of freeway looking for clues.The area of the 880 that is currently shut down is in the same vicinity as the area where 5-year-old Eliyanah Crisostomo was shot and killed over the weekend. The ...

“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” Movie Poses Terror Threat, Kansas Intel Agency Claims

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:00 GMT

In 2021, a Texas intelligence command center disseminated a bulletin warning its law enforcement partners about activists interested in sabotaging fossil fuel infrastructure. The report detailed no specific threat, but instead linked to an interview with Andreas Malm, a Swedish professor of human ecology, on a New Yorker podcast in which he advocated for the destroying or “neutralizing” new fossil fuel projects like pipelines using nonviolent methods.Now, Malm’s work is once again drawing the attention of a fusion center. “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” a new movie dramatizing Malm’s 2021 nonfiction book of the same name, sympathetically depicts the infrastructure sabotage by environmentalists. The film’s fictional protagonist, Theo, contracts leukemia after growing up in a Long Beach neighborhood with heavy pollution. She joins several others to strap a homemade bomb to an oil pipeline in West Texas.In a report disseminated last week, another intelligence command center — this time in...

Márquez won’t race in Americas MotoGP, cites hand injury

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:00 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Marc Márquez said Tuesday he will miss the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas this weekend because his hand hasn’t fully healed after surgery.The six-time MotoGP champion had already missed the Argentine MotoGP after undergoing surgery to repair his right hand’s first metacarpal that he fractured in a crash at the season-opening Portuguese MotoGP.Márquez had two screws inserted into his hand. He said the decision not to race in Austin, Texas, was made after his doctor analyzed the result of his latest CAT scan.“The bone is still in the process of healing,” Márquez said on Twitter. “We have decided not to take any risks and therefore I won’t be able to ride in Austin. I will continue working and rehabilitating as I have been doing so far to be able to get back on the bike as soon as possible.”Race officials penalized Márquez for “irresponsible riding” that led to the crash in Portugal. He was handed a double long lap penalty, which requires riding throu...

Detective details investigation in trial of slain kids’ mom

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:00 GMT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — It all started with a call about a Jeep suspected in a shooting, an Idaho detective told jurors Tuesday in the triple murder trial of a woman accused in the death of her two children and a romantic rival. But investigators soon found evidence that raised suspicions of a bigger crime, Rexburg Detective Ray Hermosillo said, including lying witnesses; a stash of weapons, duct tape and rope; and evidence that two children were missing. The search eventually led them to a local man’s yard and two gruesome burial sites containing the kids’ remains. Lori Vallow Daybell and her fifth husband, Chad Daybell, are both charged with multiple counts of conspiracy, murder and grand theft in connection with the deaths of Vallow Daybell’s two youngest children: 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and big sister Tylee Ryan, who was last seen shortly before her 17th birthday in 2019. The children were buried on Chad Daybell’s eastern Idaho property. Prosecutors also cha...

Column: PGA and LIV produced a Masters just like any other

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:00 GMT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Masters had eight major champions finish among the top 10 and ties, and where they made a living became a mere footnote when Jon Rahm slipped into the green jacket.For the most part, it was a Masters just like any other.That includes the final hour. As much drama as Augusta National can create, this was the fourth straight year the winner had at least a four-shot lead with four holes to play.This wasn’t the first major with both PGA Tour and LIV Golf players. What caused so much anticipation was the Masters being the first major since the two tours began waging an expensive battle in federal court.And so the Masters became the first look at how the two sides would get along (fine), and how LIV Golf players would fare over 72 holes against a full field (even better).Brooks Koepka led from the second hole Friday morning until the sixth hole Sunday afternoon until he suffered through an inglorious 22-hole stretch without a birdie, and Rahm shot 69 to win b...