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DESERT FINANCIAL ANNOUNCES CHANGEMAKERS NIL PROGRAM FOR ARIZONA STUDENT-ATHLETES

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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PHOENIX, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Desert Financial Credit Union announces a new name, image and likeness (NIL) program, called Changemakers, with a focus on college athletes who excel in sports and community involvement. Desert Financial recruited five Arizona State University® (ASU®) student-athletes to serve as the first Changemakers.

Key Points: 
  • PHOENIX, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Desert Financial Credit Union announces a new name, image and likeness (NIL) program, called Changemakers, with a focus on college athletes who excel in sports and community involvement.
  • Desert Financial recruited five Arizona State University® (ASU®) student-athletes to serve as the first Changemakers.
  • Changemakers will participate in Desert Financial community outreach efforts, including Random Acts of Kindness, teacher appreciation and financial well-being events, and will receive complimentary financial education from Desert Financial.
  • The first to join the Desert Financial Changemakers is Kate Fitzgerald, an ASU beach volleyball player and entrepreneur.

Cornerstone Bancorp Earns $2.5 Million for the Fourth Quarter, and $10.9 Million for the Year 2023

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Highlights:

Key Points: 
  • Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Highlights:
    Net income was $2.5 million, or $2.54 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2023, compared to $3.1 million, or $3.12 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2022.
  • Tangible shareholders' equity improved 19.4% to $73.2 million at December 31, 2023, compared to $61.4 million a year earlier.
  • The loan portfolio totaled $647.6 million at December 31, 2023, $38.5 million, or 6.3%, higher than a year earlier.
  • Total deposits and repurchase agreements decreased 4.2% to $861.2 million at December 31, 2023, compared to $899.3 million a year earlier.

Main Street Growth Act Gains Momentum with Additional Bipartisan Support

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Thursday, January 18, 2024
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The Main Street Growth Act has growing support, with Representatives Byron Donalds (R) and Scott Fitzgerald (R) joining as co-sponsors , strengthening the bipartisan coalition.

Key Points: 
  • The Main Street Growth Act has growing support, with Representatives Byron Donalds (R) and Scott Fitzgerald (R) joining as co-sponsors , strengthening the bipartisan coalition.
  • The Main Street Growth Act is positioned to counteract this alarming trend by creating new opportunities for small and mid-sized companies to engage in initial public offerings (IPOs) and gain access to capital that was traditionally reserved for larger corporations.
  • "The Main Street Growth Act represents a pivotal moment for small businesses in America.
  • We applaud the bipartisan efforts of Representatives Emmer, Panetta, Donalds, and Fitzgerald in championing this critical cause.

Angie Wong Announces Dismissal of Civil Lawsuits Against Her in Georgia

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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MIAMI, Fla.  , Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Angie Wong—a political journalist and co-host of The Final Countdown—is pleased to announce the successful dismissal of the lawsuits filed against her in a Georgia civil court. After months of spreading lies about Wong's good character and reputation, Stan Fitzgerald, Jared Craig, Patrick Collis and their associates have finally relented in their bad-faith efforts by their filing of two Notices of Dismissal on January 12th, 2024. 

Key Points: 
  • The voluntary dismissal of both lawsuits (see here and here ) proves that Fitzgerald and his associates could not proceed without providing evidence and documentation to a federal court to support the lies they told the public in a smear campaign against Wong.
  • Wong filed a defamation lawsuit against Fitzgerald and his associates in the West Palm Beach, Florida-based 15th Judicial Circuit Court for damages in excess of $50,000.
  • Wong will be continuing her defamation suit in pursuit of accountability, transparency, and the disclosure of the defendants' fraudulent activity.
  • Unfortunately, American politics is a world full of bad actors, and we need to do much more to expose blatant wrongdoing—starting now."

Connected Nation calls upon Congress to extend and preserve the Affordable Connectivity Program

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tom Ferree, Chairman & CEO of Connected Nation, issued the following statement of support for the Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024, sponsored in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Clarke & Fitzgerald and in the U.S. Senate by Sens.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tom Ferree, Chairman & CEO of Connected Nation, issued the following statement of support for the Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024, sponsored in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Clarke & Fitzgerald and in the U.S. Senate by Sens.
  • Welch, Vance, Cramer, and Rosen, while also calling on Congress to make the program more stable and permanent through broader Universal Service Fund (USF) reform:
    There is an urgent need for Congress to act to preserve this vitally important lifeline.
  • "Broadband affordability has long been an issue that Connected Nation has been working to address.
  • The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), borne out of necessity in response to the urgent connectivity needs exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has become an essential program to ensure that millions of American families can afford quality home Internet access.

Defendant Angie Wong whistleblower faces multiple lawsuits, and a court order in Georgia, says Stan Fitzgerald, Legacy PAC founder and L-Strategies partner

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Friday, December 8, 2023
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The litigation, Plaintiff L-Strategies, LLC v. Defendant Angie Wong (aka Angie Wong Sie Ying), has been filed with the Clerk of Superior Court, Coweta County, Georgia, Docket SUV2023000784 on June 30, 2023, 04:23 PM.

Key Points: 
  • The litigation, Plaintiff L-Strategies, LLC v. Defendant Angie Wong (aka Angie Wong Sie Ying), has been filed with the Clerk of Superior Court, Coweta County, Georgia, Docket SUV2023000784 on June 30, 2023, 04:23 PM.
  • In a second filing, Legacy PAC Partners Stan Fitzgerald and Jared Craig filed a 272,500.00 lawsuit against Angie Wong for Tortious Interference with Business, Defamation/Libel, Conversion/Trover in August 2023.
  • The Litigation America First Legacy PAC filed a petition against former President Angie Wong.
  • Notwithstanding, Wong continued to appear on television and radio shows bearing the misrepresentation that she was the President of Legacy PAC.

Thousands Gather at Second Annual Casey Jones Village Festival in Jackson

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023
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JACKSON, Tenn. , Oct. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Thousands of Guests filled the main parking lot and spilled into the overflow as they gathered for the Second Annual Casey Jones Village Festival for a day of fun throughout the main areas of the campus — The Farm, Art in the Village, Casey Jones Museum and The Old Country Store.

Key Points: 
  • JACKSON, Tenn. , Oct. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Thousands of Guests filled the main parking lot and spilled into the overflow as they gathered for the Second Annual Casey Jones Village Festival for a day of fun throughout the main areas of the campus — The Farm, Art in the Village, Casey Jones Museum and The Old Country Store.
  • One of the tour groups, Riviera Travel, of the United Kingdom, stopped at Casey Jones Village.
  • "I love the people (in the South) because they're so friendly," said Brown, a 39-year tour manager who has brought Guests to the Casey Jones Village multiple times.
  • First time attendee Delight Wallace of Jackson collected her third stamp from the Casey Jones Train Museum.

Indigenous-authored novels: 5 great contemporary reads for young adults

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Thursday, September 28, 2023
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First Voices is a Grade 11 English course that replaces works by authors like Shakespeare and Fitzgerald with texts authored by Indigenous writers like Cherie Dimaline and Richard Wagamese.

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  • First Voices is a Grade 11 English course that replaces works by authors like Shakespeare and Fitzgerald with texts authored by Indigenous writers like Cherie Dimaline and Richard Wagamese.
  • Over the summer, our Indigenous literatures lab, led by Haudenosaunee scholar Jennifer Brant at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, examined contemporary Indigenous-authored young adult texts that are well-suited for the First Voices course.

Importance of Indigenous perspectives

    • With the replacement of long-read literature comes the task of selecting texts that centre Indigenous resurgence and what Indigenous literary scholar Gerald Vizenor refers to as survivance.
    • We hope to see the stories in classrooms across the country that centre Indigenous community narratives from the voices of Indigenous Peoples.

Upholding responsibilities

    • As Cherokee author and scholar Daniel Heath Justice writes, good stories are needed that give “shape, substance and purpose” to Indigenous Peoples’ existences and shed light on how to uphold responsibilities to one another and to creation.
    • These stand in contrast to stories Justice discusses as “bad medicine,” stories often imposed from the outside, from the perspective of the colonizer.

Engaging with books

    • We encourage educators to take a strength-based perspective when discussing Indigenous literature, and also to take an anti-racist approach.
    • Anti-racist approaches acknowledge varied experiences of racism, and would help students think critically about their own lives in relationship to these books.
    • Read more:
      Why you shouldn't be afraid of critical race theory — Podcast

      Books featured here are highly acclaimed, and show narratives of Indigenous resurgence.

    • It is a story about a Métis-Anishinaabe teen and her family who are drastically impacted by a violent crime in Winnipeg.
    • As investigations uncover many unknowns, readers get meaningful insights into the realities of various characters whose lives are intricately woven together.
    • Maracle followed Ravensong with Celia’s Song, a finalist in the 2020 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

SENTRAL TO OPEN THREE NEW RESIDENTIAL HOSPITALITY COMMUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES AND PHILADELPHIA

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sentral, the leading full-building residential hospitality operator, today announced that it will manage three new luxury residential communities in Los Angeles: Figueroa Eight (744 S Figueroa Street, Los Angeles), developed by Mitsui Fudosan America, and Sentral Beverly Hills (6401 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills). Sentral will also manage The Battery (1325 N Beach St Philadelphia), redeveloped by Lubert-Adler Real Estate Funds, in Philadelphia. These exceptional communities have been designed with an array of curated, tech-driven amenities and provide services that deliver resort-style living experiences for residents in America's most vibrant cities.

Key Points: 
  • Sentral continues to expand its network of Class A apartment properties across the U.S.
    LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sentral, the leading full-building residential hospitality operator, today announced that it will manage three new luxury residential communities in Los Angeles: Figueroa Eight (744 S Figueroa Street, Los Angeles), developed by Mitsui Fudosan America, and Sentral Beverly Hills (6401 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills).
  • Sentral will also manage The Battery (1325 N Beach St Philadelphia), redeveloped by Lubert-Adler Real Estate Funds, in Philadelphia.
  • Figueroa Eight and Sentral Beverly Hills build on Sentral's existing footprint in California, joining a network of six communities in Los Angeles and eight communities in the Bay Area.
  • The Battery is Sentral's first property to open in Philadelphia and the third Sentral property managed for Lubert-Adler in Pennsylvania, joining Kaufmann's Grand in Pittsburgh and The Bellevue opening in Philadelphia in 2024.

Why have you read 'The Great Gatsby' but not Ursula Parrott’s 'Ex-Wife'?

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
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In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald published “The Great Gatsby.” Four years later, Ursula Parrott published her first novel, “Ex-Wife.” I probably read “The Great Gatsby” a dozen times between junior high school and my late 20s.

Key Points: 
  • In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald published “The Great Gatsby.” Four years later, Ursula Parrott published her first novel, “Ex-Wife.” I probably read “The Great Gatsby” a dozen times between junior high school and my late 20s.
  • But I had never even heard of Ursula Parrott or her 1929 bestseller until I stumbled across a screenplay adaption of one of Parrott’s short stories.
  • I acquired a used copy of “Ex-Wife” on eBay and soon realized that Ursula Parrott was not unknown; she was just forgotten.

Greeted by mixed reviews

    • They’re set in New York and saturated with the energy, language and spirit of the time.
    • Both garnered mixed reviews, deemed by many critics as entertaining and of the moment but not great literature.
    • At first, “Ex-Wife” was far more successful than “Gatsby,” blasting through a dozen printings and selling over 100,000 copies.
    • It was translated into multiple languages and reprinted in paperback editions through the late 1940s.
    • Meanwhile, “The Great Gatsby” went through a mere two printings totaling less than 24,000 copies, not all of which sold.

Art imitates life

    • There is a similar form of male chauvinism at work in the way that Parrott’s writing was often treated by critics during her lifetime.
    • Many described her books and short stories as romantic or melodramatic, fit only for consumption by women.

Gatsby’s boosters

    • I am convinced that “Ex-Wife” deserves a place alongside Fitzgerald’s novel in classrooms and in the hands of a new generation of readers based on the merits of its style and contents.
    • “The Great Gatsby” owes its resuscitation from obscurity in the 1940s to the efforts of prominent male critics and scholars – and even to the American military.
    • Fitzgerald had important friends and admirers, among them the esteemed literary critic Edmund Wilson, who was instrumental in the republication of “Gatsby” in 1941.

Making the case for ‘Ex-Wife’

    • “The Great Gatsby”‘s ascension from obscurity to ubiquity is only one example of how Parrott’s book was passed over.
    • “Ex-Wife” and William Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury” were marketed alongside each other by publishers Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith.
    • Faulkner biographer Carl Rollyson observes that Faulkner’s book sold “less than a tenth” as many copies as Parrott’s.
    • Imagine what a different story “Gatsby” would have been had the reader seen the world through Daisy’s eyes?