Ephesians 6:18 | AMP
18 With all prayer and petition pray [with specific requests] at all times [on every occasion and in every season] in the Spirit, and with this in view, stay alert with all perseverance and petition [interceding in prayer] for all [a]God’s people.
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Officer is on administrative leave
Northam also says any legalization should involve equity, public health, and public safety.
“Women won this election!” says Hayes, 56, a mother of three and Biden supporter from Leesburg, Virginia. In particular, she credits two categories of voters that she herself is part of: Black women and suburban women.
Ask Virginia voter Mary Hayes why Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump, and she does not hesitate.
“Women won this election!” says Hayes, 56, a mother of three and Biden supporter from Leesburg, Virginia. In particular, she credits two categories of voters that she herself is part of: Black women and suburban women. Trump had begged the latter group — some of whom he’d alienated by referring to them as “housewives” — to “please, please” like him. But that plea rang hollow, she says.
“We showed America that suburban women are diverse, and are a beautiful collection of ethnicity, race, marital status, occupations and many other categories,” Hayes says. “Suburban women mobilized, determined to remove Trump from office.” And, she says, they succeeded.
From nearly the moment Trump took the presidential oath, it was women who were the face of the resistance — marching in enormous numbers in their pussyhats, and fueling Democratic gains in the 2018 midterm elections.
So in 2020, the year women celebrated the centennial of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing their right to vote, many had expected — and some polls suggested — a dramatic repudiation of Trump with a widened gender gap. The results were a bit more complicated.
Hayes is correct that women were crucial to Biden’s victory — simply stated, if only men had voted, Trump would have won. Black women and suburban women, in particular, proved to be pillars of Biden’s coalition. But the election also delivered a reminder of Republicans’ strength with other groups of women.
Trump had a modest advantage among white women, and a much wider share of white women without college degrees, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 110,000 voters. And despite expectations that the much-analyzed gender gap would expand, it remained essentially the same from previous elections, including 2016.
In Congress, the big news was significant gains for Republican women, and overall a record number of women will serve in the 117th Congress — at least 141, including 105 Democrats and 36 Republicans, according to current numbers from the Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers University.
Overall, the results are “a moving target,” says Debbie Walsh, director of the center. But it was in sum “a good year,” she says, “both for the election of women candidates on both sides, and for the participation of women voters.“ And of course, a huge glass ceiling was shattered with the election of the first female vice president, Kamala Harris.
AP VoteCast showed a 9 percentage point difference between men and women in support for Biden and Harris: 55% of women and 46% of men. That was essentially unchanged from the 2018 midterms, when VoteCast found a 10-point gender gap, with 58% of women and 48% of men backing Democrats in congressional races.
Contrary to some expectations, “this was a very average gender gap,” says Susan J. Carroll, professor of political science and women’s and gender studies at Rutgers.
The gender gap in support for Democratic candidates has averaged about 8 percentage points in the last 10 presidential elections, according to data from the American National Election Studies.
So for anyone who’d been looking for a wave election on either side, there was “barely a ripple,” Carroll says. Still, Republican women in Congress, who have long lagged behind their Democratic counterparts, made notable gains: At minimum, a record 36 GOP women will serve in Congress next year, and they’ve already more than doubled their representation in the House.
Among newly elected GOP women who flipped seats: Stephanie Bice in Oklahoma, Michelle Fischbach in Minnesota, Yvette Herrell in New Mexico, Ashley Hinson in Iowa, Young Kim in California, Nancy Mace in South Carolina, Nicole Malliotakis in New York, Maria Elvira Salazar in Florida, Michelle Steel in California.
“That’s been the story of this cycle,” says Walsh of Republican women. “They made up all the ground they lost in 2018.” Yet there remains a sizable gap with their Democratic colleagues; at least 89 Democratic women will be serving in the House.
Feminist leader Eleanor Smeal says that’s an important gain, even though she herself doesn’t agree with the GOP platform. “If we’re going to get to half of Congress, we’re going to have to have more Republicans as well as more Democrats,” says Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority.
Smeal adds that the gender gap, while perhaps smaller than she’d hoped, was still crucial in the presidential race. “It helped Biden and Harris carry the suburbs,” she says, noting in particular the suburbs of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in the crucial state of Pennsylvania, which Biden won.
VoteCast showed that Trump narrowly beat Biden among white women, largely on the strength of support in rural areas and small towns. But Biden dominated with women in the suburbs, winning 59% to Trump’s 40% of a group that makes up around a quarter of the electorate nationwide. Biden won overwhelmingly among Black women, 93% to Trump’s 6%, according to VoteCast.
Trump won handily among white women without college degrees — 60% to 39% — while Biden won white women with college degrees by roughly the same margin.
The results show yet again that despite a steady overall gender gap, “there are different groups of women that made a difference for each camp,” Walsh says.
Hayes is one of the suburban women who mobilized early, dismayed at what she called the president’s dog whistles in trying to stoke fears among suburban women that low-income housing would invite crime and ruin their neighborhoods. She formed a Facebook group, “The Real Suburban Housewives for Biden/Harris,” which drew over 5,000 members, including “a few brave men.”
“Some (of us) are housewives, some are career women, some are mothers and some are not,” Hayes says. “Suburban women are thinkers, business owners, and we fight for our families. America should work together like suburban women — maybe they could get something done in the government.”
A key element of the gender gap this year, some advocates have noted, is not about women but men: Men appeared to be somewhat more likely to back Biden in this election than they were to back Hillary Clinton in 2016. VoteCast shows 46% of men supported Biden. In 2016, 41% supported Clinton, according to a Pew Research Center analysis.
That, say advocates like Smeal, may be at least in part due to discomfort among some men — or misogynistic attitudes — about Clinton.
“There’s no question that in 2016 there had been a massive negative campaign against Hillary Clinton, and some of that was against her sex,” Smeal says. “There were so many sexist things thrown at her and it was for a long period of time.”
There was obviously one major gender barrier broken this election — the ascension of a woman to the second highest office in the land.
“It is just spectacular that you have not only women running for these high offices but you now have the first one to win, and a Black Asian woman to boot,” Smeal says. “As she said, she might be the first woman, but she won’t be the last.”
Says Hayes: “It will feel good to have someone in the White House with shared experiences. She gives all women and little girls hope that in a male-dominated government, no level is off limits.”
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Associated Press writer Hannah Fingerhut in Washington contributed to this report.
“That should give us all hope that actually a vaccine is going to be able to stop this pandemic and hopefully get us back to our lives,” Hoge told The Associated Press.
The company said its vaccine appears to be 94.5% effective, according to preliminary data from Moderna’s ongoing study. A week ago, competitor Pfizer Inc. announced its own COVID-19 vaccine appeared similarly effective — news that puts both companies on track to seek permission within weeks for emergency use in the U.S.
A vaccine can’t come fast enough, as virus cases topped 11 million in the U.S. over the weekend — 1 million of them recorded in just the past week. The pandemic has killed more than 1.3 million people worldwide, more than 245,000 of them in the U.S.
Dr. Stephen Hoge, Moderna’s president, welcomed the “really important milestone” but said having similar results from two different companies is what’s most reassuring.
“That should give us all hope that actually a vaccine is going to be able to stop this pandemic and hopefully get us back to our lives,” Hoge told The Associated Press.
“It won’t be Moderna alone that solves this problem. It’s going to require many vaccines” to meet the global demand, he added.
Still, if U.S. regulators allow emergency use of Moderna’s or Pfizer’s candidates, there will be limited, rationed supplies before the end of the year. Both require people to get two shots, several weeks apart. Moderna expects to have about 20 million doses, earmarked for the U.S., by the end of 2020. Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech expect to have about 50 million doses globally by year’s end.
The reaction in global financial markets was immediate. The Dow doubled premarket gains and was up 500 points before the opening bell. Shares of Moderna, which rocketed 13% higher, were likely to hit an all-time high. Markets in Asia and Europe jumped sharply as well.
Moderna’s vaccine, created with the National Institutes of Health, is being studied in 30,000 volunteers who received either the real vaccination or a dummy shot. On Sunday, an independent monitoring board broke the code to examine 95 infections that were recorded starting two weeks after volunteers’ second dose — and discovered all but five illnesses occurred in participants who got the placebo.
The study is continuing, and Moderna acknowledged the protection rate might change as more COVID-19 infections are detected and added to the calculations. Also, it’s too soon to know how long protection lasts. Both cautions apply to Pfizer’s vaccine as well.
But Moderna’s independent monitors reported some additional, promising tidbits: All 11 severe COVID-19 cases were among placebo recipients, and there were no significant safety concerns.
The main side effects were fatigue, muscle aches and injection-site pain after the vaccine’s second dose, at rates that Hoge characterized as more common than with flu shots but on par with others such as shingles vaccine.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts, company’s vaccine is among 11 candidates in late-stage testing around the world, four of them in huge studies in the U.S.
Both Moderna’s shots and the Pfizer-BioNTech candidate are so-called mRNA vaccines, a brand-new technology. They aren’t made with the coronavirus itself, meaning there’s no chance anyone could catch it from the shots. Instead, the vaccine contains a piece of genetic code that trains the immune system to recognize the spiked protein on the surface of the virus.
The strong results were a surprise. Scientists have warned for months that any COVID-19 shot may be only as good as flu vaccines, which are about 50% effective.
Another steep challenge: distributing doses that must be kept very cold. Both the Moderna and Pfizer shots are frozen but at different temperatures. Moderna announced Monday that once thawed, its doses can last longer in a refrigerator than initially thought, up to 30 days. Pfizer’s shots require long-term storage at ultra-cold temperatures.
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Erica Campbell talks about her new song, “Praying and Believing”, the upcoming book she is writing with her daughter to help young Christian women, her work to help the incarcerated, and other positive projects.
Staying relevant and true to yourself as an artist!
Who is Kindred The Family Soul? They are artists, songwriters, friends, lovers, parents, husband and wife. Married since 1998, Aja and Fatin (Kindred The Family Soul) have been putting their love story in the music from day one.
Tonight, Aja joined us to talk about everything Kindred, their writing process, how it is to work with your spouse, keeping the love alive, while parenting six children. We talked candidly about everything.
This is why we love Kindred The Family Soul so much. Their hits are undeniable and they really are like family.
“Don’t come for my ex, no matter how long ago we broke up! ijs”
It’s always fun when the Ladies of WHUR chop it up on HUR@Home!
We thanked all Veterans for their service to our country. With COVID-19 back on the rise, we also talked about the coming restrictions in the Washington, DC area. For example, Ticketmaster will require proof of your COVID-19 free test, or proof that you’ve had the vaccine. Welcome to the future.
The conversation got spicy when we shifted to the “Girl Code!” Question: Is it okay to date your good girlfriend’s ex? The short answer: Uh … H*LL to the Naw Naw Naw! 😉 #tunein
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On this episode of “The Journey,” President Frederick chats with Howard University students Alexandria Adigun, a Junior Biology Major and Goldwater Scholar, and Bakari Siber, a Senior Political Science Major and Henry Luce Fellow.
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We’re facing some critical times in our country, but Howard University students are continuing to strive for excellence in academics and leadership. On this episode of “The Journey,” President Frederick chats with Howard University students Alexandria Adigun, a Junior Biology Major and Goldwater Scholar, and Bakari Siber, a Senior Political Science Major and Henry Luce Fellow.
Original Air Date: April 5, 2020
How are black-owned restaurants surviving and thriving during the pandemic?
Sometimes there cute and sometimes it takes a while for them to grow into their looks. What are your thoughts on newborns?
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With COVID-19 cases rising, Northam adds new rules statewide.
Trump, stewing over election, to deliver remarks on vaccine.
The Disney Dreamers Academy has resumed as a virtual program
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS DISRUPTED MANY THINGS – ESPECIALLY OUR TEENS AND STUDENTS INCLUDING THE DISNEY DREAMERS ACADEMY CLASS OF 2020.
IN MARCH THEIR DREAMS WERE PUT ON HOLD WHILE IN ORLANDO WHEN THE PROGRAM CAME TO A HAULT. WELL THE ACADEMY HAS RESUMED AS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM SERIES .
MY GUESTS WILL BE SONIA JACKSON MYLES – FOUNDER OF THE SISTER ACCORD AND A MEMBER OF THE DDA SPEAKERS RESOURCE GROUP
AND CAITLYN LYNCH – A DISNEY DREAMER FROM HYATTSVILLE, MARYLAND AND A FRESHMAN AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
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New report finds no voting irregularities in Nov 3rd presidential election.
That statement by cybersecurity experts flies in the face of claims by Trump and many of his supporters, who continue to falsely claim without evidence, voter fraud.
The statement was distributed by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which sprearheaded federal election protection efforts.
The officials who signed the statement went on to say they had no evidence that any voting system had deleted or lost votes, had changed votes, or was in any way compromised.
One Judiciary Square in DC was renamed after the city’s “Mayor for Life.”
At the request of Mrs. Cora Masters Barry, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson helped lead the effort to rename the building after Mayor Barry. In 2019, the Marion S. Barry Building Designation Act of 2019 was jointly introduced by all Members of the Council and was passed unanimously. Mayor Bowser signed the bill on April 27, 2020. While repairs were being made to the John A. Wilson Building from 1992 to 1999, the One Judiciary Square property housed the offices of the mayor and the Council. Mayor Barry held office at the 441 4th Street location beginning in 1995 when he was elected for a fourth term. At the end of his term in 1999, he was the last mayor to hold office in that building.
“This is a significant, historic event that is the beginning, not only of telling the story of the contributions of Marion S. Barry, Jr., but also of the city,” said Mrs. Cora Masters Barry. “My husband loved Washington, DC and its residents. He would be so honored to know that Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson have honored his legacy in this wonderful way. I want to thank them.”
In 2018, Mayor Bowser, Mrs. Barry, Members of the Council, and members of the Mayor Marion S. Barry, Jr. Legacy Committee unveiled an eight-foot-tall bronze statue of Mayor Barry at the John A. Wilson Building.
Mayor Barry served four terms as mayor (1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999) and three tenures on the Council – as an At-Large Councilmember from 1975 to 1979, then as Ward 8 Councilmember from 1993 to 1995, and again from 2005 to 2014.
Marion Barry was a pioneer and champion for District residents, from the beginning of the District’s Home Rule, to the creation of the Marion S. Barry, Jr. Summer Youth Employment Program, which continues to provide employment opportunities for District youth to this day. Mayor Barry worked to ensure that minority-owned businesses finally had access to the District’s major development contracts, and he spearheaded projects that helped revitalize the District, including the Washington Convention Center, Gallery Place, and Washington Harbour. He worked to provide home-buying assistance for residents and increased services for senior citizens. Barry remains beloved in many District neighborhoods, particularly in Ward 8, which he called home for decades.
Prior to his work in District politics, Barry channeled education with activism where – after meeting with the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. at Shaw College in Raleigh, North Carolina – he and others established the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which became an important organizing force during the civil rights movement. Barry was named SNCC’s first national chairman. Marion S. Barry, Jr. earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from LeMoyne College in Memphis, Tennessee and a master’s degree in chemistry from Fisk University. He passed away in the District on November 23, 2014.
One Judiciary Square houses the offices of prominent District Government agencies, including the DC State Board of Elections, the Office of the DC Attorney General, and the DC Office of Zoning, and also serves as a polling place during local elections. From 2010 to 2012, the building underwent a $7.5 million renovation to reduce energy consumption, resulting in a new building management system, digital controls, and upgrades to the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.
The Department of General Services (DGS) led the effort to design and provide new signage and entryway welcome mat to reflect the renaming of the building.
What we must do to stay safe?
Proverbs 27:1 | AMP
Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring.
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Prince George’s County Enacts More Coronavirus Restrictions
With Election 2020 in the history books, there are still lingering questions and wounds. How do you bring together a fractured nation suffering from a pandemic, economic crisis, and racial and political strife? Join 96.3 WHUR and WHUT-TV as we present “United We Stand… Unifying A Divided America,” a special edition of the Daily Drum Wednesday, November 18th @ 7pm. The movement begins with YOU!
Mike and Heather are clearly excited by the win by President elect Joe Biden, so much so they remixed a song about it, “JoeBiden” a remix set to the tune of Keith Sweat’s Nobody. Enjoy!
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Fellow RHOP castmate Karen Huger called Gizelle out for the fact that the women have never seen her and Jamal together in person. Huger said that even though she and Gizelle are not always on the best terms, she’s still concerned about Jamal not being there for Gizelle.
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Looking for volunteers to send notes to those in need of encouragement.
Just A Kind Note, is a Maryland initiative that sends short hand written notes to those who are in need of an encouraging word during these tough times. To volunteer and to learn more, visit here:
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Where can Veterans go to find support and resources?
Proverbs 16:9 | AMP
A man’s mind plans his way [as he journeys through life], But the LORD directs his steps and establishes them.
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The jump is a new single day record since May.
Georgia audit to trigger hand tally of presidential vote.
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has issued tougher coronavirus restrictions in Maryland.
Capacity at restaurants and bars must now be reduced from 75 to 50 percent. Montgomery County has instituted new restrictions limiting gatherings to 25 people or fewer and reducing capacity for restaurants and shops from 50 percent to 25 percent. No changes have been announced in Prince George’s County. Governor Hogan says the rate of coronavirus cases is at its highest since June.
President Trump to lay wreath at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
2nd Annual Ted X U Street Virtual women’s conference kicks November 16th.
The 2nd Annual TedX U Street Women Conference is November 16th. The theme is “Bold + Brilliant = Badass: Now What?” For more information go here:
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Dr. Frederick discusses Election 2020
His legal team insists that in this case, a physical affair was never alleged and Gray is the victim of extortion and blackmail. Attorneys Devon Puriefoy and Kimberly Thomason informed Greenville News the latest claims are alleged to be only phone calls.
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Longoria appeared on MSNBC Sunday talking about the presidential election and how important women and people of color were to President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
“The women of color showed up in big ways. Of course, you saw in Georgia what Black women have done but Latina women were the real heroines here, beating men in turnout in every state and voting Biden-Harris at an average rate of close to 3 to 1. And that wasn’t surprising to us,” she told MSNBC’s Ari Melber.
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Matthew 7:7 | AB
Prayer and the Golden Rule
7 “[a]Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you.
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“Peloton and I both believe that the power of music can help uplift, motivate and inspire those on their fitness journeys,” said Beyoncé. “I’ve been a Peloton member for several years, and I’m excited to partner with a company that helps people, young and old, be the best versions of themselves, in an innovative and adaptable way. I’m proud to celebrate the students at HBCUs with this donation, to encourage them to find and embrace their own wellness regimens.”
with Gifted Digital Memberships
WASHINGTON, DC – November 10, 2020 — Peloton (NASDAQ:PTON), the world’s leading interactive fitness platform, and GRAMMY® Award-winning global entertainer and entrepreneur, Beyoncé, today announced a broad, multi-year partnership rooted in the celebration of music — a central component of the Peloton class experience — and pro-social initiatives. As part of this partnership, the two are gifting two-year Peloton Digital memberships to students at 10 HBCUs including Howard University, providing access to a full library of fitness classes through the Peloton App that can be used with or without equipment.
The launch of the collaboration with Beyoncé, the most requested artist by Peloton’s global community of more than 3.6 million members, is commemorating Homecoming season. While most of this year’s Homecoming festivities shifted to virtual celebrations due to the global pandemic, Beyoncé and Peloton worked closely to create a series of themed workout experiences to help extend Homecoming to Peloton members via classes across multiple fitness categories, including indoor cycling, running, strength, bootcamp, yoga and meditation. This special content is also accessible on the Peloton App, which anyone can try for free via a 30-day trial period, as well as through the Peloton Bike, Bike+ and Tread+.
“Peloton and I both believe that the power of music can help uplift, motivate and inspire those on their fitness journeys,” said Beyoncé. “I’ve been a Peloton member for several years, and I’m excited to partner with a company that helps people, young and old, be the best versions of themselves, in an innovative and adaptable way. I’m proud to celebrate the students at HBCUs with this donation, to encourage them to find and embrace their own wellness regimens.”
Additionally, Peloton will build on its relationship with Howard University to pursue long-term recruiting partnerships at both the internship and undergraduate levels. The nine remaining schools also receiving Peloton digital memberships include: Bennett College, Clark Atlanta University, Grambling State University, Hampton University, Morehouse College and Morehouse School of Medicine, Spelman College, Texas Southern University, and Wilberforce University.
“I am immensely grateful to Beyoncé and Peloton for its commitment to the health of Howard University students,” said President Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D. MBA. “Especially during this time of social distancing and distance learning, we all need to focus on our personal wellbeing. When our students don’t have access to traditional sources of comfort and recreation, they must find alternative routines and rituals to strengthen their mental health. Peloton’s generous exercise offerings are precisely what is needed to get us through these difficult times.”
“Beyoncé’s commitment to empowerment and artistic expression is an inspiration to the entire Peloton community,” said Peloton’s Head of Music Gwen Bethel Riley. “It is a privilege to be able to work closely with her and her extraordinary team to broaden access to our platform and collaborate on incredible offerings we think our Members will love.”
Howard students will receive an email with their unique access code for the Peloton Digital Membership by Thanksgiving via their Howard email accounts.
About Howard University
Founded in 1867, Howard University is a private, research university that is comprised of 13 schools and colleges. Students pursue studies in more than 120 areas leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University operates with a commitment to Excellence in Truth and Service and has produced one Schwarzman Scholar, three Marshall Scholars, four Rhodes Scholars, 11 Truman Scholars, 25 Pickering Fellows and more than 165 Fulbright recipients. Howard also produces more on-campus African-American Ph.D. recipients than any other university in the United States. For more information on Howard University, visit www.howard.edu.
About Peloton
Peloton is the leading interactive fitness platform in the world with a loyal community of more than 3.6 million Members. The company pioneered connected, technology-enabled fitness, and the streaming of immersive, instructor-led boutique classes for its Members anytime, anywhere. Peloton makes fitness entertaining, approachable, effective, and convenient, while fostering social connections that encourage its Members to be the best versions of themselves. An innovator at the nexus of fitness, technology, and media, Peloton has reinvented the fitness industry by developing a first-of-its-kind subscription platform that seamlessly combines the best equipment, proprietary networked software, and world-class streaming digital fitness and wellness content, creating a product that its Members love. The brand’s immersive content is accessible through the Peloton Bike, Peloton Tread, Peloton Bike+, Peloton Tread+, and Peloton App, which allows access to a full slate of fitness classes across disciplines, on any iOS or Android device, Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku TVs, and Chromecast and Android TV. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, Peloton has a growing number of retail showrooms across the US, UK, Canada and Germany. For more information, visit www.onepeloton.com.
About Parkwood Entertainment
Parkwood Entertainment is a film and production company, record label and management firm founded by entertainer and entrepreneur, Beyoncé in 2010. With offices in Los Angeles and New York City, the company houses departments in music, film, video, live-performance concert and production, management, business development, marketing, digital, creative, philanthropy, and publicity. Under its original name, Parkwood Pictures, the company released the film Cadillac Records (2008), in which Beyoncé starred and co-produced. The company has also released the films Obsessed (2009), with Beyoncé as star and executive producer, the winner of the Peabody Award for Entertainment, Lemonade (2017), the Emmy Award-winning Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé (2019), which documents Beyoncé’s history-making performances at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in 2018, and Black Is King (2020). Parkwood Entertainment produced The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour (2013-2014), The Formation World Tour (2016), and the aforementioned “Homecoming” performances at Coachella (2018), and co-produced the ON THE RUN Tour (2014) and ON THE RUN II Tour (2018).
Kamala D. Harris shattered numerous glass ceilings with her historic election as vice president. In addition to becoming the first woman, the first Black American and the first Indian American elected to the second-highest office in the nation, media coverage of her campaign may just signal another historic first: a sea change in the way we evaluate female politicians, especially when it comes to their personal lives.
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Bishop Vance R. Oldes announce the December 1st release of his book, “From Cocaine to Collar.” Tiff Joy revealed the motivation behind her new song, “You Are God Alone.”
Bishop Vance R. Oldes announce the December 1st release of his book, “From Cocaine to Collar.” Tiff Joy revealed the motivation behind her new song, “You Are God Alone.”
‘Saturday Night Live’ Scores Best Ratings in 3 Years With Host Dave Chappelle. Many think Dave pushed the envelope and may not be invited back to SNL again. With these ratings, what do you think?
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Archaeologists Search For Remains Of Harriet Tubman’s Father’s Home
Bowser said she was optimistic.
Kem discusses how he linked up with gospel legend Erica Campbell of the sister duo Mary Mary, and how they came to make music.
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White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is also recovering from the coronavirus.
A statement from Carson’s office says the secretary is in good spirits and “feels fortunate to have access to effective therapeutics” that will hopefully “aid and markedly speed his recovery.”
Mark Esper becomes first cabinet member to get the axe as President Trump continues to fight election results
The decision comes as Trump continues to refuse to concede to President-Elect Joe Biden. There’s been no love lost between Trump and Esper. Esper’s strained relationship with Trump came to a head last summer during the civil unrest. Trump wanted to deploy military service members on the streets of the U.S. Esper balked at that decision, infuriating the president.
Esper’s firing is effective immediately. Christopher Miller, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center will serve as acting director.
The number of coronavirus cases is growing at a rate of more than 109k daily with 939 deaths a day.
According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, new daily confirmed cases are now up more than 60% over the past two weeks. The United States accounts for one-fifth of the world’s 50 million cases.
The news is also bad when it comes to COVID-19 deaths. The fatality rate is up by 18% with 939 deaths a day. The coronavirus has now killed more than 237 U.S. citizens.
“We’re in a position potentially to be able to offer some hope,” Dr. Bill Gruber, Pfizer’s senior vice president of clinical development, told The Associated Press. “We’re very encouraged.”
Pfizer said Monday that an early peek at the data on its coronavirus vaccine suggests the shots may be a surprisingly robust 90% effective at preventing COVID-19, putting the company on track to apply later this month for emergency-use approval from the Food and Drug Administration.
The announcement, less than a week after a presidential election that was seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump’s handling of the crisis, was a rare and major piece of encouraging news lately in the battle against the scourge that has killed more than 1.2 million people worldwide, including almost a quarter-million in the United States alone, with confirmed infections in the U.S. expected to eclipse 10 million on Monday.
“We’re in a position potentially to be able to offer some hope,” Dr. Bill Gruber, Pfizer’s senior vice president of clinical development, told The Associated Press. “We’re very encouraged.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top-infectious disease expert, said the results suggesting 90% effectiveness are “just extraordinary,” adding: “Not very many people expected it would be as high as that.”
“It’s going to have a major impact on everything we do with respect to COVID,” Fauci said.
Pharmaceutical companies and various countries are in a global race to develop a vaccine against the virus. Fauci said that the Pfizer vaccine and virtually all others in testing target the spike protein the coronavirus uses to infect cells, so the results validate that approach.
Monday’s announcement doesn’t mean a vaccine is imminent: This interim analysis, from an independent data monitoring board, looked at 94 infections recorded so far in a study that has enrolled nearly 44,000 people in the U.S. and five other countries. Some participants got the vaccine, while others got dummy shots.
Pfizer Inc. did not provide any more details about those infections and cautioned that the initial protection rate might change by the time the study ends. Even revealing such early data is highly unusual.
Authorities have stressed it’s unlikely any vaccine will arrive much before the end of the year, and initial supplies will be rationed.
“We need to see the data, but this is extremely promising,” said Dr. Jesse Goodman of Georgetown University, former chief of the FDA’s vaccine division. He ticked off many questions still to be answered, including how long the vaccine’s effects last and whether it protects older people as well as younger ones.
If Pfizer’s vaccine ultimately pans out, “it’s going to be a while before this has a major impact at the population level,” Goodman said.
Marylyn Addo, head of the tropical medicine unit at UKE hospital in Hamburg, Germany, said the interim results were “an interesting first signal,” but questions remain.
Global markets, already buoyed by the victory of President-elect Joe Biden, exploded on the news from Pfizer. Major markets in Europe, where infections have soared, were up 5%. In the U.S., the S%P 500 surged 3.7% after the opening bell, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up more than 1,300 points.
Trump, who had suggested during the presidential campaign that a vaccine could be ready by Election Day, tweeted on Monday: “STOCK MARKET UP BIG, VACCINE COMING SOON. REPORT 90% EFFECTIVE. SUCH GREAT NEWS!”
The timing is likely to feed unsubstantiated suspicions from Trump supporters that the pharmaceutical industry was withholding the news until after the election. Donald Trump Jr. tweeted: “The timing of this is pretty amazing. Nothing nefarious about the timing of this at all right?”
Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla said on CNBC that the election was always an artificial deadline and that the data was going to be ready when it was ready. The independent data monitors met on Sunday, analyzing the COVID-19 test results so far and notifying Pfizer.
“I am very happy,” Bourla said, “but at the same time, sometimes I have tears in my eyes when I realize that this is the end of nine months, day-and-night work of so many people and how many people, billions, invested hopes on this.”
He added: “I never thought it would be 90%.”
Earlier this year, Fauci said he would be happy with a COVID-19 vaccine that was 60% effective. Scientists have warned for months that any COVID-19 shot may be only as good as flu vaccines, which are about 50% effective and require yearly shots.
The coronavirus shots, made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, are among 10 possible vaccine candidates in late-stage testing around the world — four of them so far in huge studies in the U.S. Another U.S. company, Moderna Inc., also has said it hopes to be able to file an application with the FDA later this month.
Volunteers in the final-stage studies, and the researchers, don’t know who received the real vaccine or a dummy shot. But a week after their second required dose, Pfizer’s study began counting the number who developed COVID-19 symptoms and were confirmed to have the coronavirus.
Because the study hasn’t ended, Gruber couldn’t say how many in each group had infections. But the math suggests that almost all the infections counted so far had to have occurred in people who got the dummy shots.
Pfizer doesn’t plan to stop its study until it records 164 infections among all the volunteers, a number that the FDA has agreed is enough to tell how well the vaccine is working. The agency has made clear that any vaccine must be at least 50% effective.
No participant so far has become severely ill, Gruber said. Nor could he provide a breakdown of how many of the infections had occurred in older people, who are at highest risk from COVID-19.
Participants were tested only if they developed symptoms, leaving unanswered whether vaccinated people could get infected but show no symptoms and unknowingly spread the virus.
FDA has told companies they must track half their participants for side effects for at least two months, the time period when problems typically crop up. Pfizer expects to reach that milestone later this month, but said Monday no serious safety concerns have been reported.
Because the pandemic is still raging, manufacturers hope to seek permission from governments around the world for emergency use of their vaccines while additional testing continues — allowing them to get to market faster than normal but raising concerns about how much scientists will know about the shots.
The FDA’s scientific advisers last month said they worry that allowing emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine could damage confidence in the shots and make it harder to ever find out how well they really work. Those advisers said it’s critical these massive studies are allowed to run to completion.
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AP writers Frank Jordans and Charles Sheehan contributed to this report.
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