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See what a first class graduate from Veritas University has to say about the key to successMENLO PARK, Calif. , Dec. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BillionToOne, a next-generation molecular diagnostics company with a mission to create powerful and accurate tests that are accessible to all, today announced that they will be presenting at the 43rd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, CA , on January 14, 2025 . BillionToOne marks a transformative year of achievements as it looks toward 2025. The company closed an oversubscribed, upsized Series D funding round led by Premji Invest in June, and was recently recognized as the Biotech Breakthrough Awards' Diagnostics Company of the Year. More than 500,000 patients have received BillionToOne tests to date, and the company has grown from $0M to $150M+ in annual recurring revenue over the past five years. This will be BillionToOne's second year in attendance at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, and the company will present on the topic of "Redefining Molecular Diagnostics with Single-Molecule Precision." Presentation details are as follows: Location: Mission Bay (32nd Floor) at The Westin Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 Time: 2:30-2:55 pm PT A webcast and presentation materials will be available on BillionToOne's website: https://billiontoone.com/event/jpm-2025-43rd-annual-healthcare-conference/ About BillionToOne Headquartered in Menlo Park, California , BillionToOne is a precision diagnostics company on a mission to make molecular diagnostics more accurate, efficient, and accessible for everyone. The company's patented Quantitative Counting TechnologyTM (QCTTM) molecular counting platform is the only multiplex technology that can accurately count DNA molecules at the single-molecule level. For more information, please visit www.billiontoone.com . SOURCE BillionToOneNew York: At the fruit stand where he works on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Shah Alam sells dozens of bananas a day at 35 cents apiece, or four for $US1. He does a brisk business in cheap fruit outside Sotheby’s auction house; inside, art can sell for millions. But last Wednesday, Alam sold a banana that a short time later would be auctioned as part of a work of absurdist art, won by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur for $US5.2 million plus more than $US1 million in auction house fees ($9.5 million in total). A fruit stand in front of Sotheby’s in Manhattan, where a banana that became part of a $US5.2 million piece of art was sold. Credit: Amir Hamja/The New York Times A few days after the sale, as Alam stood in the rain on York Avenue and East 72nd Street, snapping bananas free of their bunches, he learned from a reporter what had become of the fruit: It had been duct-taped to a wall as part of a work by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, and sold to Justin Sun, the Chinese founder of a cryptocurrency platform. And when he was told the sale price, he began to cry. “I am a poor man,” Alam, 74, said, his voice breaking. “I have never had this kind of money; I have never seen this kind of money.” The infamous ‘Comedian’ by Maurizio Cattelan will be displayed at the 2023 Triennial. Credit: Eddie Jim The banana’s journey from fruit stand to artwork began in 2019, when Cattelan first exhibited the work at Art Basel Miami Beach, an international art fair. The conceptual piece of three editions, titled Comedian , is an implicit send-up of the absurdity of the art world, in keeping with Cattelan’s puckish oeuvre. It came with a detailed owner’s manual on just how to affix the banana with the tape, and permission to refresh it when it rots. (Cattelan bought the original bananas at a Miami grocery store, he has said in interviews.) Each edition sold in Miami for $US120,000 to $US150,000 and spurred unruly crowds: A performance artist at the exhibition ripped one off the wall, peeled the banana and ate it. Cattelan was delighted by the ensuing debate over what exactly constitutes art, and how it is valued. By last Wednesday, those questions of five years ago seemed quaint: Bidding for Lot No. 10 — Alam’s banana affixed to a wall with a slash of silver tape — started at $US800,000. Within five minutes, seven bidders drove its price above $US5 million. The artist was not compensated for the Sotheby’s sale, which was on behalf of a collector who has not been named, but he said in an email that he was nonetheless thrilled by the price it commanded. “Honestly, I feel fantastic,” Cattelan wrote. “The auction has turned what began as a statement in Basel into an even more absurd global spectacle.” He added: “In that way, the work becomes self-reflexive: The higher the price, the more it reinforces its original concept.” On social platform X, Sun crowed about his new art acquisition, and announced he now plans to eat it Friday. He was honoured, he wrote, to be the banana’s “proud owner”: “I believe this piece will inspire more thought and discussion in the future and will become a part of history.” Nowhere in that history is Alam. (Karina Sokolovsky, a spokesperson for Sotheby’s, confirmed that the banana was purchased from the cart where Alam works the day of the sale. The vendor himself has no specific recollection of selling an extra-special fruit.) A widower from Dhaka, Bangladesh, Alam was a civil servant before he moved to the United States in 2007 to be closer to one of his two children, a married daughter who lives on Long Island. He said his home is a basement apartment with five other men in Parkchester, in the Bronx. For his room he pays $US500 a month in rent, he said, speaking in Bengali. His fruit stand shifts are 12 hours long, four days a week; for each hour on his feet, in all weather, the owner pays him $US12. His English is limited mostly to the prices and names of his wares — apples, three for $US2; small pears, $US1 each. He has never stepped inside the auction house. He wouldn’t be able to see the art clearly anyway: His vision is deeply impaired, he said, because he needs cataract surgery, which he has scheduled for January. To Alam, the joke of Comedian feels at his expense. As a blur of people rushed by his corner a few days after the sale, shock and distress washed over him as he considered who profited — and who did not. “Those who bought it, what kind of people are they?” he asked. “Do they not know what a banana is?” In his email, Cattelan said he was affected by Alam’s reaction to his artwork, but stopped short of joining in his criticism. “The reaction of the banana vendor moves me deeply, underscoring how art can resonate in unexpected and profound ways,” he wrote. “However, art, by its nature, does not solve problems — if it did, it would be politics.” For Alam, not much has changed since his banana sold. At the fruit stand, it’s still four bananas for $US1, or 24.8 million bananas for $US6.2 million. This article originally appeared in The New York Times .
The demands of achieving both one-day shipping and a satisfying orgasm collide in Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl,” a kinky and darkly comic erotic thriller about sex in the Amazon era. Read this article for free: Already have an account? As we navigate through unprecedented times, our journalists are working harder than ever to bring you the latest local updates to keep you safe and informed. Now, more than ever, we need your support. Starting at $14.99 plus taxes every four weeks you can access your Brandon Sun online and full access to all content as it appears on our website. or call circulation directly at (204) 727-0527. Your pledge helps to ensure we provide the news that matters most to your community! The demands of achieving both one-day shipping and a satisfying orgasm collide in Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl,” a kinky and darkly comic erotic thriller about sex in the Amazon era. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? The demands of achieving both one-day shipping and a satisfying orgasm collide in Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl,” a kinky and darkly comic erotic thriller about sex in the Amazon era. Nicole Kidman stars as Romy Mathis, the chief executive of Tensile, a robotics business that pioneered automotive warehouses. In the movie’s opening credits, a maze of conveyor belts and bots shuttle boxes this way and that without a human in sight. Romy, too, is a little robotic. She intensely presides over the company. Her eyes are glued to her phone. She gets Botox injections, practices corporate-speak presentations (“Look up, smile and never show your weakness”) and maintains a floor-through New York apartment, along with a mansion in the suburbs that she shares with her theater-director husband ( Antonio Banderas ) and two teenage daughters (Esther McGregor and Vaughan Reilly). But the veneer of control is only that in “Babygirl,” a sometimes campy, frequently entertaining modern update to the erotically charged movies of the 1990s, like “Basic Instinct” and “9 1/2 Weeks.” Reijn, the Danish director of “Bodies Bodies Bodies” has critically made her film from a more female point of view, resulting in ever-shifting gender and power dynamics that make “Babygirl” seldom predictable — even if the film is never quite as daring as it seems to thinks it is. The opening moments of “Babygirl,” which A24 releases Wednesday, are of Kidman in close-up and apparent climax. But moments after she and her husband finish and say “I love you,” she retreats down the hall to writhe on the floor while watching cheap, transgressive internet pornography. The breathy soundtrack, by the composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer, heaves and puffs along with the film’s main character. One day while walking into the office, Romy is taken by a scene on the street. A violent dog gets loose but a young man, with remarkable calmness, calls to the dog and settles it. She seems infatuated. The young man turns out to be Samuel (Harris Dickinson), one of the interns just starting at Tensile. When they meet inside the building, his manner with her is disarmingly frank. Samuel arranges for a brief meeting with Romy, during which he tells her, point blank, “I think you like to be told what to do.” She doesn’t disagree. Some of the same dynamic seen on the sidewalk, of animalistic urges and submission to them, ensues between Samuel and Romy. A great deal of the pleasure in “Babygirl” comes in watching Kidman, who so indelibly depicted uncompromised female desire in Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut,” again wade into the mysteries of sexual hunger. “Babygirl,” which Reijn also wrote, is sometimes a bit much. (In one scene, Samuel feeds Romy saucers of milk while George Michael’s “Father Figure” blares.) But its two lead actors are never anything but completely magnetic. Kidman deftly portrays Romy as a woman falling helplessly into an affair; she both knows what she’s doing and doesn’t. Dickinson exudes a disarming intensity; his chemistry with Kidman, despite their quickly forgotten age gap, is visceral. As their affair evolves, Samuel’s sense of control expands and he begins to threaten a call to HR. That he could destroy her doesn’t necessarily make Romy any less interested in seeing him, though there are some delicious post-#MeToo ironies in their clandestine CEO-intern relationship. Also in the mix is Romy’s executive assistant, Esme (Sophie Wilde, also very good), who’s eager for her own promotion. Where “Babygirl” heads from here, I won’t say. But the movie is less interested in workplace politics than it is in acknowledging authentic desires, even if they’re a little ludicrous. There’s genuine tenderness in their meetings, no matter the games that are played. Late in the film, Samuel describes it as “two children playing.” As a kind of erotic parable of control, “Babygirl” is also, either fittingly or ironically, shot in the very New York headquarters of its distributor, A24. For a studio that’s sometimes been accused of having a “house style,” here’s a movie that goes one step further by literally moving in. What about that automation stuff earlier? Well, our collective submission to digital overloads might have been a compelling jumping-off point for the film, but along the way, not every thread gets unraveled in the easily distracted “Babygirl.” Saucers of milk will do that. “Babygirl,” an A24 release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for “strong sexual content, nudity and language.” Running time: 114 minutes. Three stars out of four. Advertisement Advertisement
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With rookie QB Penix showing poise in starting debut, the Falcons again control their playoff hopesEXCLUSIVE The Pentagon does NOT know what they are: Military expert says drone invasion which has sparked hysteria in America has caught superpower by surprise - as Trump insider's spread conspiracy theories READ MORE: Trump insider claims drones are part of Project Blue Beam READ MORE: Are drones over New Jersey alien tech? By FRANKIE ELLIOTT FOR MAILONLINE Published: 13:47, 15 December 2024 | Updated: 13:51, 15 December 2024 e-mail View comments America's security chiefs have been caught off guard by the mysterious nationwide drone sightings and don't know what they are dealing with, a military expert has claimed. Fears are continuing to grow in the States over the mysterious objects that have been spotted flying across the sky in a number of cities and bases in the last month - including New Jersey , New York and Washington DC . Their presence has raised both alarm and confusion, with the Pentagon being criticised for their 'lack of transparency' on the issue. But Colonel Philip Ingram, a former officer in British intelligence, told MailOnline that officials have yet to comment because it allows 'the enemies of the USA to believe they know everything that is going on'. 'The Pentagon isn't this massive organisation that knows everything,' he said. 'They probably don't want people to know that they don't know because they like the myth that is out there.' The Government's silence on the issue has led many people to offer numerous suggestions and conspiracy theories online - which has been spearheaded by a close advisor to Donald Trump . Some believe they are Government nuclear weapon detector drones or the result of foreign powers spying on the country. Responding to these claims, Colonel Ingram said there was a 'possibility it could be nefarious activity', but also believed the drone hysteria could be a case of people putting 'two and two together and making seven'. A mysterious 'glowing orb' seen hovering in skies above New Jersey - where most of the drones have been documented Multiple sightings of unmanned drones flying across the sky have been reported in a number of US cities and bases in the last month - including New Jersey, New York and Washington DC (pictured ) Their presence has raised both alarm and confusion, with the Pentagon (pictured) being criticised for their 'lack of transparency' on the issue 'It's very difficult to tell. Drones are very difficult for the authorities to be able to identify and positively work out where they're coming from and what they're doing because they're small and tend to be plastic objects,' he said. 'They are very difficult, if not impossible, to pick up with normal radars that are used to control aircrafts. 'There aren't the sorts of sophisticated radar mechanisms around urban areas that would be needed to pick up drones like this. Read More Expert issues horrifying warning about drone origins: 'Too large, too well organized' 'And the reason why there is it's difficult for sort of the normal air traffic control radars and things to pick them up is that they fly low, so they fly below what air traffic control radars would do. They fly slow, they fly in irregular patterns. 'What the algorithms do in all the different radars is they tune that sort of thing out because it's recognised as background clutter. And therefore these things are flying. 'Now, once you get in somewhere like the United States or over a big city, once you get one report of a drone going up and people not finding it. You're going to get lots of people with drones who are going to be idiots, and go "I'll fly mine for 2 mins" and get it down again.' Colonel Ingram did dismiss the notion that the drones could be being used by the Government to detect nuclear weapons or 'dirty bombs'. 'I know how they search for dirty bombs at ports. They don't need drones to do that. They all have drone capabilities - the FBI, the local police - but you are not going to use these larger drones which have been sighted,' he explained. Colonel Philip Ingram, a former officer in British intelligence, told MailOnline that officials have yet to comment because it allows 'the enemies of the USA to believe they know everything that is going on' Your browser does not support iframes. Swarms of drones have been spotted in the skies of New Jersey for weeks, sparking officials to call for a 'limited state of emergency' The FBI, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Aviation Administration, White House and Pentagon released a joint statement on Saturday stating there was no evidence of large-scale or malicious drone activity. They also dismissed many of the sightings as manned aircraft such as aeroplanes. But this response was described as 'disturbing' by James Dodd, mayor of the town of Dover, New Jersey. Meanwhile, Larry Hogan, the former governor of Maryland , took to social media to vent his frustrations with the White House's 'dismissive attitude' to the situation. Mr Hogan said he had witnessed 'what appeared to be dozens of large drones in the sky' above his home for about 45 minutes on Thursday night. He said: 'Like many who have observed these drones, I do not know if this increasing activity over our skies is a threat to public safety or national security. But the public is growing increasingly concerned and frustrated with the complete lack of transparency and the dismissive attitude of the federal government.' Airing his grievances to the Financial Times, Mr Dodd said: 'We could shoot a missile down 5,000 miles away, but we can't determine where these drones are originating from?' Mysterious drones are terrorizing US cities from coast to coast as the eerie objects have now been spotted in California, Massachusetts, Florida, Wyoming, Maryland, New York and New Jersey. Pictured: A New Jersey resident saw what appears to be multiple drones flying over their Bernardsville home Dodd said he was left 'frustrated' by the 'scant information on a serious issue', having attended a briefing on the matter hosted by New Jersey state police this week. The meeting was set up after the authorities in the state were flooded with reports of drones dotting the night sky, sometimes in groups and without any apparent purpose. A wave of footage has emerged of the drones since they were first spotted last month, with some of the clearest video yet coming this week in New Jersey. Video captured in Somerset County shows three 'mystery drones in the air' as two move extremely close as if they are interacting with each other. The FBI has received more than 3,000 tips since the first sighting on November 18, with reports of varying levels of credibility cropping up in at least 12 counties throughout New Jersey, as well as eastern Pennsylvania and Orange County, New York. And the crisis deepened last night, after DC locals claimed to have spotted drones floating in the sky around the US Capitol, as other videos purported to show objects on flight paths heading towards LaGuardia Airport. Charlie Kirk, 31, a conservative political activist and close confidant of president-elect Trump, took to X on Friday to claim America is 'f****d' as he suggested the recent mass drone sightings are part of Project Blue Beam. 'WE ARE F****D. THE DRONES ARE PROJECT BLUE BEAM,' Kirk posted on X. 'LOOK FOR VIDS OF THEM TRANSFORMING FROM BALLS OF LIGHT TO PLANES WHEN FILMED TO SEE FOR YOURSELF. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT INVESTIGATING. THEY ARE DOING THIS. WHATEVER YOU SEE IN THE COMING DAYS IS NOT GOOD.' Charlie Kirk, 31, a close advisor to Donald Trump issued a grave warning to the American public as he claims the countrywide drone sightings may be linked to a spine-chilling conspiracy theory The sightings started mid-November with footage capturing 'car-sized' drones with flashing lights Project Blue Beam is a conspiracy theory dating to the 1990s that claims global elites, including government and military organizations, are planning to use advanced technology to stage celestial events in order to manipulate the world's population. The theory has recently found traction again online as commentators such as Kirk claim that the US government could stage an alien invasion as a pretext for imposing authoritarian rule. The outlandish theory is among many that have been amplified over the last week in the vacuum of information left in the wake of the Biden administration's failure to tell the public where the drones are coming from or who is behind them. Donald Trump called for urgent action yesterday, taking to the Truth Social platform to say: 'Mystery drone sightings all over the country. Can this really be happening without our government's knowledge? I don't think so! Let the public know, and now. Otherwise, shoot them down!' The lack of clarity on the situation has left critics questioning how such incidents can remain unresolved in an era of advanced surveillance. 'How is it possible that the Pentagon doesn't know? I'm not buying it,' remarked Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo, voicing the skepticism felt by many Americans. Gordon Chang, a senior fellow at conservative think tank the Gatestone Institute and an expert on Chinese affairs, said the drones appeared to be highly sophisticated and are not being controlled by amateurs. 'These activities are too large and well-organized to be the work of hobbyists,' Chang told Fox Business. 'That leaves foreign powers. It could be Iran in connection with China, but clearly, somebody is trying to divert our attention.' Chang suggested that while the drones themselves are unsettling, he was more troubled by the fact that they could be a distraction for a far greater threat. 'What really worries me is what they might be doing elsewhere. We could very well get hit,' he told Fox. New York Governor Kathy Hochul also slammed the Biden administration's bumbling response to the crisis, telling the White House the bizarre episode 'has gone too far.' The Biden administration has maintained that the drones are not a public safety risk and pose no threat to the nation's security. FBI Donald Trump New Jersey New York Pentagon Share or comment on this article: The Pentagon does NOT know what they are: Military expert says drone invasion which has sparked hysteria in America has caught superpower by surprise - as Trump insider's spread conspiracy theories e-mail Add comment
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Uwill Founder & CEO Michael London Named Innovator in HealthcareBOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Marcus Johnson scored 20 points as Bowling Green beat Aquinas (Michigan) 87-62 on Monday. Johnson went 8 of 10 from the field (3 for 5 from 3-point range) for the Falcons (5-7). Derrick Butler scored 18 points and added five rebounds. Jamai Felt had 13 points and shot 5 of 6 from the field and 3 for 4 from the line. Jadakiss Lewis led the Saints in scoring, finishing with 15 points and two steals. Caden Pokorzynski added 12 points, six rebounds and two blocks. Bowling Green led 43-25 at halftime, with Johnson racking up 15 points. Butler scored a team-high 13 points after intermission. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .This week in fashion was filled with moments that we want to highlight. First, has launched his luxury athleisure line under his brand 741. Next, Pharrell has designed first soccer cleat, the Footprint Soccer Shoe. In exciting news, New York City-based designer Chuks Collins celebrated an upcoming collaboration with Lush Decor earlier in the week. Up next, Adidas welcomes 12 entrepreneurs of color to the 2024-2025 Community LAB cohort. Meanwhile, has launched his highly anticipated “Orange Label” T-shirts. Lastly, Off-White collaborates with Bstroy on a limited-edition sneaker. Keep scrolling to learn about the fashion happenings of the week. Louis Vuitton’s Footprint Soccer shoe, designed by Pharrell Williams, is a groundbreaking sneaker inspired by cleated boots from the world of field sports. Featuring a laced calf leather upper and a padded rubber outsole, the design incorporates Louis Vuitton’s signature details, including floral motifs from the Monogram and an interlinked LV logo. The sole’s stylized, five-toed footprint adds a unique touch. Once the shoe launches it will be available in the following bold hues: black, white, blue, red, and forest green. The outsole continues the hue emblazoned on the upper with lighter prints adding dimension. The LV Footprint Soccer will be available for pre-order on December 26 on and will be available in stores on January 2nd. Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics has unveiled the athleisure segment of his 741 brand, a luxury performance collection. Self-funded and fully designed by Brown, the line features hybrid pieces including puffer coats, hoodies, leggings, key accessories, and more. “This collection represents the intersection of luxury and performance,” Jaylen Brown shared in a statement. “It’s not just about looking good—it’s about feeling great and performing at your best. 741 is a reflection of who I am, both as an athlete and as someone who’s passionate about pushing boundaries, and I’m set to do this in both sports and fashion.” To shop pieces from Jaylen Brown’s debut luxury athleisure line head to . Pricing starts at $23. The collection will also be available through pop-up events and exclusive retail partnerships in the coming months. Adidas has announced the induction of 12 Black and Latino/a/e business owners into its 2024-2025 Community LAB cohort. This eight-month social accelerator program provides participants with $75,000 in grant funding and vital resources to promote equity in sports while growing their businesses. The initiative underscores Adidas’ commitment to driving meaningful change within underrepresented communities. This year, the program expanded to include entrepreneurs from Toronto and Houston alongside the original cities of Los Angeles, Atlanta, and New York. With Black Ambition joining as a new partner, along with returning collaborators Impact Hub, the program offers a tailored curriculum featuring mentorship, workshops, and strategic guidance. “Building strong partnerships with community leaders is key to transforming our collective vision into real-world progress,” shared Ayesha Martin, Senior Director of Adidas Purpose in a statement. Heron Preston has officially launched the highly anticipated “Orange Label” T-shirts under his L.E.D. Studio project. The orange labels were first designed in 2016 for a collaborative exhibition with the NYC Department of Sanitation. Fashion pieces from this collection, featuring the distinctive labels, were later showcased in 2021 exhibition, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Following the exhibit, these pieces were acquired by the museum as part of its permanent collection. Deadstock labels from were recently recovered from Heron’s storage and repurposed for the L.E.D Studio project. Only a limited number remain, and once they are exhausted, the project will officially conclude. These labels, printed on one side for the original 2016 collection, are used in their blank reverse state for this project, presenting them in their simplest form, a striking, solid orange label. The “Orange Label” T-shirts in black and white variations are currently available to purchase on for $100. Off-White continues its commitment to creativity by collaborating with Atlanta-born brand BStroy on a sneaker named “OUT OF OFFICE.” The design came about from an intimate exchange between Bstroy founders Dieter “Du” Grams and Brick Ownes and late founder Virgil Abloh, who all developed a simple yet innovative sketch featuring the pink arrow stretching along the sneaker’s body. The sneaker is available in two striking colorways: one featuring a silver-blue-green combination with black accents and a pink arrow, and the other drawing inspiration from the Porsche 911, with a sleek silver-black motif and the signature pink arrow. The sneaker is now available in select Off-White boutiques and online at . To celebrate his forthcoming home collection with Lush Decor, New York City designer Chuks Collins hosted a dinner alongside the beloved NYC designer Nicole Miller. The festivities took place at Meduza Mediterrania. “From the moment we met Chuks Collins, we knew our shared values and aesthetics would spark something extraordinary. His talent for bridging cultures—seamlessly blending African and Western influences—while championing sustainability and empowerment perfectly complements our mission to inspire and upliftThis collaboration is a testament to the power of shared vision to transform spaces and lives,” shared Paola Peretti, CEO of Lush Decor in a statement. Notable attendees included stylist Solange Franklin, actor Ryan Jamaal Swain, designer Teddy Von Ranson, and Lush Decor founder Jenny Jing Zhu, the brand’s CEO, Paola Peretti was also in attendance. The Lush Decor X Chuks Collins collection is set to debut in Spring 2025.