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Middle East Forum Launches 'Divest from Qatar' Campaign

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Friday, October 27, 2023

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Middle East Forum (MEF) is spearheading a grassroots campaign urging American investment firms and privately-held corporations to divest from Qatar in response to its support for the Hamas-led massacre in Israel.

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  • PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Middle East Forum (MEF) is spearheading a grassroots campaign urging American investment firms and privately-held corporations to divest from Qatar in response to its support for the Hamas-led massacre in Israel.
  • We invite all Americans to participate in this easy, quick, digital letter-writing campaign.
  • MEF calls on the public to participate in a #DivestFromQatar campaign targeting top U.S. investors.
  • The Middle East Forum, a non-profit organization, promotes American interests in the Middle East and protects Western civilization from Islamism.

Monolith considers the cultural and social implications of new technology, without overdoing it

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

One of the socially redeeming features of mass media has always been its communal aspect, the fact people are drawn together into a shared experience based on network programming.

Key Points: 
  • One of the socially redeeming features of mass media has always been its communal aspect, the fact people are drawn together into a shared experience based on network programming.
  • Of course, this, in the English-speaking world at least, has been driven by the desire for profit through selling advertising space to corporations.
  • Her investigation takes her across the globe and back through time to the 1980s and the Cold War.
  • We watch as she interviews people, often using ethically dubious practices, and assembles the material entirely from inside her home.

What is the monolith?

  • We never definitively find out (which some viewers will surely find annoying).
  • The obscurity with which the film represents the bricks seems to call for this kind of allegorical reading.
  • Joining Sullivan are the voices of some well-known Australian actors including Damon Herriman, Kate Box and Erik Thomson.

The strange solitude of interpersonal communication

  • The strange solitude of interpersonal communication in the global information economy underpins the whole thing, and the screen is replete with a plethora of different technologies reflecting this – talking head videos online, audio recording, editing and streaming, mobile phones, smart houses, close-ups of digital text.
  • At the same time, we watch her go about the day-to-day business of living – making food in the kitchen, eating, showering at night – her deep solitude foregrounded throughout.
  • Despite this, Monolith remains an effective fantasy-thriller, remarkably engaging given its limitations – one location, one actor (well, two, including pet turtle Ian).
  • It’s also refreshing to see a high concept Australian film, as opposed to the usual social realist and period dramas.


Ari Mattes does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Nayax Provides a Business Operations Update

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Specifically, the analysis concluded that there are no current or expected material interruptions to the Company's business continuity, supply chain, sales of products or services, backlog of orders or employee productivity.

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  • Specifically, the analysis concluded that there are no current or expected material interruptions to the Company's business continuity, supply chain, sales of products or services, backlog of orders or employee productivity.
  • Because the security situation in Israel is developing rapidly, the Company's conclusions about the impact of the war on its business operations and financial results may change as the war continues.
  • The report can be found here: Nayax SEC Filings
    Yair Nechmad, Nayax co-founder and Chief Executive Officer commented: "We are heartbroken by the horrific acts of violence and terror that occurred in Israel.
  • While the terrible situation in Israel continues, we remain confident in the execution of our strategy and long-term growth plans.”

LEVIUM Wins Award for Best Non-Prescription Stress and Anxiety Relief Supplement

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

NEW YORK, Oct. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Optimal Performance Living has announced that LEVIUM has been honored with its award for the Best Non-Prescription Stress and Anxiety Relief Supplement. A safe and effective nutraceutical, LEVIUM offers an alternative to prescription medications, using natural ingredients that balance neurotransmitters to reduce anxiety and the effects of stress. [See Full Release.]

Key Points: 
  • LEVIUM, a natural anxiety relief supplement made by Los Angeles-based Glauser Life Sciences, Inc., has won the award for Best Non-Prescription Stress and Anxiety Relief Supplement from Optimal Performance Living, a digital publication.
  • LEVIUM's unique formulation promises quick relief from stress and anxiety with no side effects, using natural, clinically proven ingredients that are non-addictive and safe to use with common prescription medications.
  • NEW YORK, Oct. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Optimal Performance Living has announced that LEVIUM has been honored with its award for the Best Non-Prescription Stress and Anxiety Relief Supplement.
  • A safe and effective nutraceutical , LEVIUM offers an alternative to prescription medications, using natural ingredients that balance neurotransmitters to reduce anxiety and the effects of stress.

ZERO TO THREE: Terrorism and War Sharpen Focus on Traumatic Effects Of Violence on Babies and Toddlers, Resources Available to Help Children, Families

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

At ZERO TO THREE we see this as a moment to recommit ourselves to ensuring that every child grows up healthy, safe, and loved.

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  • At ZERO TO THREE we see this as a moment to recommit ourselves to ensuring that every child grows up healthy, safe, and loved.
  • Putting babies and toddlers in the crosshairs of terror and war is never acceptable.
  • "Across the globe–from Ukraine to Darfur and beyond–children are experiencing the devastating effects of terrorism, war, and other violent instabilities.
  • Science has shown us exposure to such violence has a deep and lasting effect on children, including babies.

No Tricks, Just Treats as SeaWorld Dares Employees of Select Theme Parks and Zoos to Experience USA TODAY's #1 Theme Park Halloween Event SeaWorld Howl-O-Scream with a Half-Price Ticket

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

ORLANDO, Fla. and SAN DIEGO and SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SeaWorld is introducing a new offer that is especially scary this Halloween, daring employees of select theme parks and zoos to experience USA TODAY's 10Best Readers' Choice Award for the Best Theme Park Halloween Event in 2023, SeaWorld Howl-o-Scream, with a tempting half-price ticket.  The offer to face new frights and take thrills to new heights at SeaWorld is valid for employees of Universal parks in Florida and California, Six Flags parks in Texas and California, the San Antonio Zoo, Knott's Berry Farm theme park in California, and the San Diego Zoo. Howl-O-Scream is underway now in every SeaWorld park coast to coast, located in Orlando, San Antionio, and San Diego.

Key Points: 
  • Howl-O-Scream is underway now in every SeaWorld park coast to coast, located in Orlando, San Antionio, and San Diego.
  • "Like Howl-O-Scream, this offer is designed to shock, bring out the screams, and ultimately thrill," said Chris Finazzo, Chief Commercial Officer of SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment.
  • "We eagerly await our competitors to come and experience what the #1 Halloween event for theme parks is all about.
  • For the brave employees at other parks that accept our dare to scare, there is no turning back from the terror that awaits.

The book that haunts me – seven experts on the scariest thing they’ve ever read

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

It lurks in long evening shadows, calls out through mysterious bumps in the night and blows down your neck whenever you feel a sudden shiver.

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  • It lurks in long evening shadows, calls out through mysterious bumps in the night and blows down your neck whenever you feel a sudden shiver.
  • With Halloween approaching, we asked six of our academic experts to tell us about the scariest book they’ve ever read.

A Dictionary of Monsters and Mysterious Beasts, by Carey Miller (1974)

    • Lady Macbeth says it’s “The eye of childhood / That fears a painted devil.” She’s right.
    • I bought A Dictionary of Monsters and Mysterious Beasts at a school book fair when I was seven.
    • Miller’s book was undeniably a landmark in the development of my literary interests.

The Flypaper, by Elizabeth Taylor (1969)

    • “Scary” is too glib a word for the chillingly believable conclusion of the author Elizabeth Taylor’s short story, The Flypaper.
    • It starts with 11-year-old Sylvia, unloved and unlovely, riding the bus to her hated music lesson in the drab outskirts of a provincial town.
    • When a man starts harassing her, she is reassured by a middle-aged lady who she feels is “keeping an eye on the situation”.

Dracula, by Bram Stoker (1897)

    • Reading Bram Stoker’s Dracula was an unsettling experience I can’t forget.
    • The story unfolds through journal entries and letters, revolving around a young solicitor who discovers that his client is a vampire.
    • You know that feeling when something is so terrifying yet beautiful that you can’t look away?

The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson (1959)

    • “Hill House is vile, it is diseased,” muses protagonist Eleanor Vance, on approach to the titular manor of Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House.
    • Jackson, like me, suffered from parasomnias such as sleepwalking and nightmares, and there are moments in The Haunting of Hill House where the spookiness manifests itself through Vance’s sleep and dream-like trance states.

Things We Lost in the Fire, by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell (2016)

    • A book that still scares me whenever I think of it is Things We Lost in the Fire, a 2016 short story collection by Argentine writer Mariana Enríquez.
    • The stories take conventional horror tropes – murder, mutilation, abuse, the occult – and weave them into contemporary tales of Buenos Aires.
    • The stories shift between satirical realism and brutal surrealism, often when you least expect it.

The Woman in Black, by Susan Hill (1983)

    • A place miles away from the nearest house or village where, as cliche as it sounds, there is no one to hear you scream.
    • Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black serves as a truly haunting example of this.
    • Lawyer Arthur Kipps is hired to settle the estate of the late Alice Drablow and embarks on a trip to her home, Eel Marsh House.

Les Chants de Maldoror, by Isidore Ducasse (1868-1869)

    • Written under the pen name Comte de Lautreamont, Isidore Ducasse’s Les Chants de Maldoror (The Songs of Maldoror) did not scare me, but its images have long haunted me.
    • This deranged and surreal work takes readers into the mind of Maldoror, a misanthropic wanderer who revels in his unrepentant evil.
    • The book’s self-described “poison-filled pages” have a nightmarish quality throughout, with disturbing and yet sometimes darkly poetic descriptions of murder, malice and madness.

Maxim Group LLC Stands United with Israel

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Monday, October 16, 2023

NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Maxim Group LLC, a full-service investment banking, securities and wealth management firm, in conjunction with other efforts of its clients, partners, employees, vendors and friends, will be donating 100% of net profits derived from our Equities, Derivatives and Fixed Income desks on Wednesday, October 18th to provide for aid, comfort and assistance to those impacted by the terror and violence affecting Israel.

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  • NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Maxim Group LLC, a full-service investment banking, securities and wealth management firm, in conjunction with other efforts of its clients, partners, employees, vendors and friends, will be donating 100% of net profits derived from our Equities, Derivatives and Fixed Income desks on Wednesday, October 18th to provide for aid, comfort and assistance to those impacted by the terror and violence affecting Israel.
  • Donations will be distributed to qualified charities to ensure that funds get to where they are most needed.
  • Co-President Chris Fiore stated, “Anything we can do to help ease the suffering of victims at this time is critical.
  • We enthusiastically encourage all to participate in this worthwhile endeavor.”

OMNIQ ANNOUNCES THE ADDITION OF IN CAR FACE DETECTION TO ITS AI MACHINE VISION COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION

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Thursday, October 12, 2023

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OMNIQ Corp. (NASDAQ: OMQS) (“OMNIQ” or “the Company”), a provider of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based solutions, today announced it added in car face detection to its Machine Vision features and following a series of competitive tests by a demanding security authority has been selected to deploy its system with the new critical feature. OMNIQ was invited to demonstrate the new system for border control in North America.

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  • omniQ’s AI uses patented Neural Network algorithms that imitate the human brain for pattern recognition enabling smart and quick decision-making.
  • With this additional feature, we are offering a comprehensive solution that is found superior and more accurate than competitors.
  • OmniQ’s AI-based machine vision VRS solution uses patented Neural Network algorithms that imitate human brains for pattern recognition enabling smart and quick decision-making.
  • More than 20,000 omniQ AI-based machine vision sensors are installed worldwide, including approximately 8,000 in the U.S. omniQ’s AI based Machine vision capabilities are founded on patented features including vehicle identification by make and color combined with superior accuracy based on sophisticated algorithm and machine learning.

A reflexive act of military revenge burdened the US − and may do the same for Israel

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

In the wake of the shocking invasion of southern Israel by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to destroy Hamas.

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  • In the wake of the shocking invasion of southern Israel by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to destroy Hamas.
  • On that same day, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant went further, stating, “We will wipe this thing called Hamas, ISIS-Gaza, off the face of the earth.
  • The immediate goals were to force the Taliban from power and destroy al-Qaida.
  • Very little thought or resources were put into what happened after those goals were attained.
  • That’s what happened in Afghanistan, and that is what could happen in Gaza.

A war of weak results

    • The U.S. invasion toppled the Taliban from power by the end of 2001, but the war did not end.
    • Nongovernmental and international relief organizations began to deliver humanitarian aid and reconstruction support, but their efforts were uncoordinated.
    • U.S. trainers began creating a new Afghan National Army, but lack of funding, insufficient volunteers and inadequate facilities hampered the effort.
    • The Taliban entry into Kabul in August 2021 merely put an exclamation point on a campaign the United States had lost many years before.

A goal that’s hard to achieve

    • An Israeli invasion of Gaza could well lead to an indecisive quagmire if the political goal is not considered ahead of time.
    • Israel has invaded Gaza twice, in 2009 and 2014, but quickly withdrew its ground forces once Israeli leaders calculated they had reestablished deterrence.
    • The newly declared goal of destroying Hamas as a military force is far more difficult than that.
    • Israel has the capacity to level Gaza and round up segments of the population, but that may not be wise.