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JJ Hannon opens up about the pros/cons of fame at a young age.

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:56:40 GMT

We caught up with JJ Hannon to talk about the pros and cons of his young success and how fame during his teenage years affects a young mind!When did you realize that you were becoming a known figure on social media/music scene?JJ : That’s a good question I don’t really think there’s a moment maybe when I was going to the mall with my mom and fans would ask for photos starting at around 14! I remember one moment someone even in school asked and that was weird but very cool to me that someone that sees me every day would want a photo.What are some of the positive things about having success at such a young age.JJ : I think something very positive about having success at a young age is that I was able to be around other very successful artists athletes or even especially business people, all types of people that were very successful in there fields  so I was able to absorb a lot of knowledge and listen to the people who have been in my shoes.If you could go back in time and do one thin...

Redefining Customer Experience in Dietary Supplements: CanXida’s Unparalleled Service and Expertise

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:56:40 GMT

The gut plays a vital role in breaking down the foods we eat and absorbing the nutrients that support our body’s functions. Yet, gut health is often overlooked until a medical emergency arises. This is where one brand has emerged to change the norm and promote a healthy gut to the masses. It is CanXida, a new-age supplement brand focused on providing proven gut health solutions.CanXida has become a trusted name to more than 30K people in 22 countries who are living better lives with a healthy cleansed gut. Besides manufacturing the best quality supplements with clean ingredients, the brand also educates people on different aspects of their overall health. What truly sets CanXida apart in the dietary supplement industry is its prompt customer service. The brand strives to provide personalized attention to every individual seeking solutions for health concerns. It has a group of in-house experts who are always there to answer any questions from their customers.With an experience...

The Weeb Dynasty: Wallie Sue and Weeb Emperor Subjagating Otaku Fandoms?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:56:40 GMT

It’s one thing to create a trend and some buzz in the entertainment industry, and it is a totally different ball game when you build a revolutionary empire. And there will be opposition, threatened by the influence you have. They can be thought of as nothing more than a hurdle, another stepping stone for the emperor to surmount.Tirus Kimble, the Weeb Emperor, is well-known for kickstarting one of the most exciting, successful, and, of course, banned businesses on the internet. If you didn’t already know, Tirus and his partner Wallie Sue are among the top 0% of the most popular Subscription-based content platform creators on the platform!But every journey starts with a first step.A Life SavedIn the blueprint of every successful business, there is depth—something more than numbers and strategy. The couple creating all the buzz in the TikTok and Subscription-based content platform industry faced a lot of emotional turmoil. One-half of the power couple, Wallie Sue, has vented how she wa...

Police Officer Hospitalized after Motorcycle Crash on Brimhall Road [Bakersfield, CA]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:56:40 GMT

Motorcycle-Auto Collision near Coffee Road Left Officer InjuredBAKERSFIELD, CA (July 14, 2023) – Wednesday afternoon, a motorcycle crash on Brimhall Road leaves Bakersfield Police officer injured.The collision occurred around 1:19 p.m. at the intersection of Brimhall Road and Coffee Road.Based on the police report, a BPD motorcycle traffic officer hit a stalled vehicle partially blocking the roadway.As a result, the officer suffered moderate injuries and was eventually rushed to a local hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, the woman inside the stalled vehicle remained uninjured.The reason why the woman’s vehicle stopped and partially block the roadway remains unclear, Sgt. Robert Pair said.No further details regarding the incident have been released to the public at this time. Those who witnessed the Brimhall Road motorcycle crash are asked to contact the Bakersfield Police Department at 661-327-7111.It is important to observe proper caution when riding a motorcycle. Do not unde...

Elias: Pause AI’s development until its regulation is assured

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:56:40 GMT

Not long ago, the artificial intelligence (AI) bot ChatGPT sent me a copy as a “courtesy” of my abbreviated biography, which it had written.Related ArticlesLocal Opinion | Elias: Judge-shopping a harmful American practice that should stop Local Opinion | Elias: Solution to some of California’s housing problems at hand Local Opinion | Milpitas mayor cites housing, economic growth as priorities in speech Local Opinion | Elias: California insurance chief mustn’t cave in to industry he regulates Local Opinion | Elias: Newsom should appeal decision to free Manson Family member ChatGPT, developed by the San Francisco firm OpenAI, was wrong on my birth date and birthplace. It listed the wrong college as my alma mater. I had not won a single award it said I did, but it ignored those I actually won. Yet it got enough facts right to assure this was no mere phishing expedition but a version of the new real th...

Kristof: Why U.S., allies should be giving Ukraine even more support

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:56:40 GMT

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Many Americans and Europeans flatter themselves by seeing the war in Ukraine through a false prism.Too often, we think we have sacrificed for the Ukrainians. We pat ourselves on the back for providing expensive weapons and paying higher heating bills to help Ukrainians win their freedom — and we wish they’d get on with it.In fact, what’s clear here in the Baltic countries is that it’s the other way around: The Ukrainians are sacrificing for us. They’re the ones doing us a favor, by degrading the Russian military and reducing the risk of a war in Europe that would cost the lives of our troops.“We have by our support for Ukraine defended ourselves,” said Egils Levits, who concluded his term as Latvia’s president this month. He used his last full interview before leaving office to argue that the West should provide Ukraine with more weapons to ensure that it recovers all its territory, including Crimea — so that Vladimir Putin’s aggression is thoroughly discredited...

Ferrari Challenge brings exotic cars to Sonoma Raceway

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:56:40 GMT

Sonoma Raceway will be up and running on Saturday, July 22 as the Ferrari Challenge comes to town.The IMSA-sanctioned event will feature over 50 drivers competing in two races plus an additional 30 special race cars taking on the track for spectators to enjoy.All proceeds from the event will go to Speedway Children’s Charities Sonoma, the charitable arm of Sonoma Raceway that provides financial grants to local non-profit organizations.Ferraris will be on track from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., and fans will be treated to a pre-race grid walk and plenty of fanfare before the start of the two races, plus post-race podium celebrations as well.Related ArticlesEntertainment | A heat wave will cook your electric car battery, if you let it Entertainment | Four artists ‘Take Time’ at Montalvo Arts Center Entertainment | Campbell Cool Car Club members show off rides on July 23 Entertainment | Me & My Car: ’65 Alfa Romeo in East Bay ge...

Miwok homeland site in Marin County returned to tribe after 150 years

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:56:40 GMT

More than 150 years after the last settlement on Coast Miwok land in Marin faded away, the county’s Indigenous Native American tribe is getting 26 acres of its homeland back in Nicasio.All the cards — and money — aligned this month to allow for what is called a “rematriation” of Coast Miwok land.“It’s coming home,” said tribal elder Joe Sanchez, whose ancestors on the maternal side are listed in the Nicasio census from the 1870s. “It’s coming back to our land.”Huukuiko, Inc., the nonprofit arm of the Coast Miwok Tribal Council of Marin, closed the $1.3 million deal to buy the land on July 3. The purchase amount was collected in about two months in a whirlwind, 11th-hour fundraising campaign that drew in more than 85 individual and family foundation donors, said Nancy Binzen, a consultant with the tribe.RELATED: Bruce family gets deed back to California beach land stolen from Black entrepreneurs in 1920s“They say it takes a village to raise a child,” said Binzen, a Woodacre resident....

About all those drug price TV commercials — Congress has noticed, too

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:56:40 GMT

By Arthur Allen | KFF Health NewsIn recent months ominous ads about prescription drugs have flooded the TV airwaves. Perhaps by design, it’s not always clear who’s sponsoring the ads or why.Or, for that matter, why now?The short answer is that Congress is paying attention. House and Senate members from both parties have launched at least nine bills, parts of which may be packaged together this fall, that take aim at pharmacy benefit managers, companies that channel prescription drugs to patients. Here’s a primer to help you decipher what’s happening.What are pharmacy benefit managers? Known as PBMs, these companies were created in the 1960s to help employers and insurers select and purchase medications for their health plans.The industry mushroomed as prescription drug spending grew about 200-fold between 1967 and 2021. In addition to negotiating discounts with manufacturers, the PBMs set payment terms for the pharmacies that buy and dispense the drugs to patients. In effect, they a...

Opinion: No one can claim that their way is the only American way of life

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:56:40 GMT

“Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!” so declared Sen. Daniel Webster in ending his famous 1830 reply in the U.S. Senate to South Carolina Senator Robert Hayne’s angry defense of slavery and of a state’s right to nullify federal law.Leading up to the Civil War in 1861, Southerners loved an America that they believed included a God-given right to enslave others. To question their way of life was to question everything about them. They hated it.Not happy with the outcome of the 1860 presidential election of Abraham Lincoln as president, the South rejected the Constitution, rebelled and seceded from the Union to protect their way of life. Lincoln and the North saw secession as dooming our democratic republic and its revolutionary ideals if states unhappy with an election outcome could simply leave the Union.The South’s beliefs were pernicious. The new vice-president of the Confederacy promptly announced: “Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea...