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Orange Comet and Universal Products & Experiences Dive Into JAWS: Infested Waters with New Experience on Roblox

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Orange Comet, Inc, a next-gen gaming and entertainment company, is set to make waves with an exciting new project. Today, the company proudly announces its collaboration with Universal Products & Experiences to bring JAWS, the 1975 landmark film from Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, to an all-new audience through an immersive experience entitled JAWS: Infested Waters. Currently in soft launch, this adrenaline-charged experience unfolds on Roblox, the immersive platform for communication and connection.

Key Points: 
  • Today, the company proudly announces its collaboration with Universal Products & Experiences to bring JAWS, the 1975 landmark film from Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, to an all-new audience through an immersive experience entitled JAWS: Infested Waters.
  • Orange Comet and Universal Products & Experiences Dive Into JAWS: Infested Waters with New Experience on Roblox
    Capturing the essence of the breathtaking and terrifying action-thriller, the JAWS: Infested Waters experience on Roblox is a group survival adventure that thrusts visitors into the heart of the action.
  • The JAWS: Infested Waters experience is designed to offer a multifaceted experience that combines elements of strategy, teamwork, and action.
  • Get ready to dive into terrifying waters as JAWS: Infested Waters comes to Roblox for a new generation of thrill-seekers.

Lawsuit: San Angelo Daycare Worker Terrorized 4-Year-Old Girl by Pretending to Call Police, Berating Her

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Monday, February 5, 2024

SAN ANGELO, Texas, Feb. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Parents in San Angelo are seeking answers, alleging a teacher at Trinity Lutheran School screamed at, belittled, ridiculed, and physically shoved their 4-year-old daughter during an incident in March 2021. Patrick and Melissa Killingsworth are suing the private school, claiming the teacher went so far as pretending to call to local police in front of their daughter's preschool class after a coloring activity went awry. Surveillance recordings at the school captured the teacher yelling at the girl, saying things like, "You are going to jail because you don't listen" and "You're going to get locked in the dungeon…and you're not going to talk to your mommy and daddy," according to the complaint.

Key Points: 
  • After the teacher pulls the Killingsworths' daughter out of the dark closet, she continues to mock the crying girl by yelling, "Stop that ugly face!
  • The classroom video fed directly into the Trinity Lutheran School's administration office, yet no employees or fellow teachers intervened, according to the suit.
  • In addition, the suit alleges employees passing by the classroom did not stop upon hearing the little girl's loud cries and screaming.
  • "What happened to my daughter at Trinity Lutheran School is nothing short of horrific," says Melissa Killingsworth.

Lawsuit Claims Lack of Supervision and Poor Security at Irving Daycare Center Endangered Toddler

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Monday, January 22, 2024

IRVING, Texas, Jan. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The mother of a 2-year-old girl is now suing Miss Bloomingdale's Academy in Irving, claiming her daughter was neglected and her life put in danger by the daycare center in October 2022. The suit states the little girl was not properly supervised by caregivers, making her able to walk out of the classroom, open a back door that led to the playground, and exit the facility without anyone at the daycare center noticing she was gone for an extended amount of time. Only when her father arrived to pick her up at the end of the day did daycare workers realize the little girl was missing, according to the complaint.

Key Points: 
  • Only when her father arrived to pick her up at the end of the day did daycare workers realize the little girl was missing, according to the complaint.
  • Video footage showed the girl crying and unsuccessfully trying to pull the daycare center's metal door open, then yelling as she attempted to get back into the center.
  • The father later found the toddler when he heard loud banging and screaming coming from outside of Miss Bloomingdale's Academy.
  • Daycare workers could not explain how the toddler ended up outside or how long she was left unsupervised, according to the suit.

JAMA Neurology Publishes Complete Results of Positive Phase 3 Study of REXULTI® (brexpiprazole) for Agitation Associated with Dementia Due to Alzheimer’s Disease

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Monday, November 6, 2023

REXULTI is not indicated as an as needed (“prn”) treatment for agitation associated with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease.

Key Points: 
  • REXULTI is not indicated as an as needed (“prn”) treatment for agitation associated with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease.
  • Participants also required a diagnosis that met The International Psychogeriatric Association’s (IPA) provisional definition of agitation in patients with cognitive impairment or dementia.
  • “Agitation associated with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease can be very challenging and emotionally distressing for patients and family members caring for them.
  • The trial had high rates of patients completing the trial: 86.8% of the brexpiprazole group and 88.9% of the placebo group.

Harvard Alumni Mobilize to Combat Unchecked Antisemitism on Campus

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Friday, November 3, 2023

Founders of the Harvard College Jewish Alumni Association (HCJAA) announced its formation earlier today to represent the voice of Jewish alumni who are concerned about their alma mater and the prevalence of a toxic culture on campus.

Key Points: 
  • Founders of the Harvard College Jewish Alumni Association (HCJAA) announced its formation earlier today to represent the voice of Jewish alumni who are concerned about their alma mater and the prevalence of a toxic culture on campus.
  • With broad support within days, the HCJAA is rapidly growing as concerned Jewish and non-Jewish alumni mobilize to assist its efforts.
  • “Harvard is promoting a blatant and unconscionable double-standard in enforcing its own policies concerning campus speech,” said Steve Alperin, A.B.
  • These alumni are calling on all Harvard alumni concerned about campus antisemitism to register their disappointment directly with the University by committing to an annual pledge of $1 until the requested reforms are made.

America's Best Haunted Attractions Give 15 Reasons to Go

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Friday, October 20, 2023

DALLAS, Oct. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With only two weekends before Halloween, America Haunts, the association of premiere haunted attractions, presents the top fifteen reasons for thrill seekers not to miss their shot to visit one of the most esteemed haunted attractions in the nation.

Key Points: 
  • There are many reasons that the adventurous public needs to take heed and get their tickets now to make the best of the witching hours on a night out or a trip to the most incredible haunted attractions in the nation.
  • The most intense scares achieved the right way for a lifetime of memories start with finding the best places to go.
  • The nation's best haunted attractions offer the reasons you can't miss going this Halloween season.
  • The season may end soon, but the memories created at the haunted attractions dedicated to scaring the right way will last a lifetime.

European Commission Expands Merck’s ERVEBO® [Ebola Zaire Vaccine, (rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP) live] Indication to Include Children 1 Year of Age and Older

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Thursday, September 7, 2023

The vaccine was previously approved for use in the European Union (EU) for individuals 18 years of age or older.

Key Points: 
  • The vaccine was previously approved for use in the European Union (EU) for individuals 18 years of age or older.
  • “Ebola virus disease is severe and potentially life-threatening for both children and adults.
  • INDICATIONS AND USAGE IN THE U.S.
    ERVEBO® is indicated for the prevention of disease caused by Zaire ebolavirus in individuals 12 months of age and older.
  • Effectiveness of the vaccine when administered concurrently with antiviral medication, immune globulin (IG), and/or blood or plasma transfusions is unknown.

New Survey Shows a Supreme Scream is What Americans Need Now; SeaWorld's Howl-O-Scream Event is the Remedy Offering More Unexpected Screams than Ever Before

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Thursday, September 7, 2023

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SeaWorld's Howl-O-Scream is the screamiest event for scare seekers this Halloween season… and it may be just what Americans need now. A new survey confirms what experts already know: screaming is actually good for you. Howl-O-Scream events beginning this September coast to coast at SeaWorld can be the remedy with terror-inducing haunts designed to provoke more screams than ever before.

Key Points: 
  • Howl-O-Scream events beginning this September coast to coast at SeaWorld can be the remedy with terror-inducing haunts designed to provoke more screams than ever before.
  • A new survey of 1,000 Americans found more than half believe screaming positively affects their health, yet only 10% strongly agree they scream at least once a week.
  • The new survey also found:
    61% cited screaming when scared, while 69% scream even more when something unexpectedly scares them.
  • While the event lineup differs in each park, every event will include:
    Terrifying haunted houses: walk inside and meet your match.

'What do my screams while reading this book suggest?' A cultural history of screaming fails to hit the high notes

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Monday, August 7, 2023

We engage with these things to reveal unseen tensions – political, ideological and social – that can then be mapped against what cultural arbiters generally deem more significant.

Key Points: 
  • We engage with these things to reveal unseen tensions – political, ideological and social – that can then be mapped against what cultural arbiters generally deem more significant.
  • The point of this kind of critique is to make the everyday strange, to reveal the ideological forces that sustain its function.
  • It was with this in mind that I eagerly opened Michael J. Seidlinger’s recent book in the Bloomsbury series, Scream.
  • A cultural history of screaming throughout horror cinema, heavy metal, art, social life?

I scream, therefore I am

    • Seidlinger’s text is often pitched in the lexicon of self-affirmation, echoing online victim culture: “I scream therefore I am”.
    • These cover growing up, feeling awkward, and turning to screaming media (mainly horror cinema and nu-metal) as a way of trying to deal with that.
    • The annual “Grito de Dolores” festival, for example, which celebrates the start of the Mexican War of Independence.
    • Or Ashley Peldon, Hollywood voice actor and screamer extraordinaire, who has opened up her lungs in numerous films and videogames.
    • While these mistakes are not major in and of themselves, they draw attention to the dilettantish nature of the project as a whole.

Low-stakes victimhood

    • Instead, it’s mainly a kind of confessional exercise by Seidlinger, as he interminably riffs on his screaming attempts to overcome the traumas of his youth.
    • (How many times can you mention you have panic attacks in a 25,000-word book?)
    • The problem is, the stakes of his victimhood are remarkably low.
    • A major trauma, for example, is the fact his mother made him stay at the table until he’d eaten his food.
    • Again, it’s a neat idea for a book – but his understanding of people is both incredibly generic and overly personal.

Howlers and nonsense

    • At times I felt like I had woken up in an episode of The Twilight Zone, given Bloomsbury’s excellent track record.
    • They can be useful in popular writing as blunt and inexact instruments, for this very reason.
    • Aside from obvious howlers, such as where he refers to The Scream as “the famous painting that everyone knows about”, the prose is full of passages that at times border on nonsense.
    • And:
      The severity of our emotional condition after losing someone – there is rarely a more saddening feeling.
    • But the writing falls well below the standard of, say, an article in a popular newspaper or magazine.
    • The prose tries to be lively, but it feels lightweight and repetitive – personal in an attempt to cover up its lack of substance.

U.S. FDA Approves Merck’s ERVEBO® (Ebola Zaire Vaccine, Live) for Use in Children 12 Months of Age and Older

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Thursday, August 3, 2023

The vaccine was previously approved for use in individuals 18 years of age and older.

Key Points: 
  • The vaccine was previously approved for use in individuals 18 years of age and older.
  • ERVEBO is currently authorized for use in the European Union (EU) for individuals 18 years of age and older.
  • ERVEBO® is indicated for the prevention of disease caused by Zaire ebolavirus in individuals 12 months of age and older.
  • Effectiveness of the vaccine when administered concurrently with antiviral medication, immune globulin (IG), and/or blood or plasma transfusions is unknown.