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Missouri Day: 10 inventions that came from the Show Me State

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:05:47 GMT

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Jan. 4 is recognized as National Missouri Day. The day identifies Missouri as the 24th state to join the Union. Here is a list of ten things and ideas that all began in the Show Me State.Public kindergarten. St. Louis native Susan Elizabeth Blow founded the first public kindergarten in Des Peres in 1873. Blow would run the facility for 11 years, unpaid, according to the Visit Missouri website. The ice cream cone. At the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, Ernest Hamwi was the booth next to a popular ice cream vendor. When the ice cream booth ran out of cups to hold the treat, Hamwi used his waffle-like pastry, zalabis, as a replacement. This quick fix introduced what we now know as the ice cream cone. Pancake mix. When Charles Rutt and Charles Underwood purchased the bankrupt Pearl Milling Company, they took initiative to make better use of flour. Although Rutt and Underwood did not entirely find success either, their foundation of the product carried on to be Aunt Jemima ...

Georgetown brewery bankrupt, millions of dollars in debt

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:05:47 GMT

Guanella Pass Brewing, which has locations in Georgetown and Empire, is bankrupt.The 7-year-old brewery filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Dec. 30. It has $2.3 million in debt, far more than the $860,000 in gross revenue that it earned in 2023.Guanella Pass became Georgetown’s first brewery since Prohibition when it opened in May 2017 at 501 Rose St. in the tiny Clear Creek County town. It has 16 owners, led by Steven and Stacey Skalski of Evergreen, who together are its majority shareholders.Steven Skalski bought 501 Rose St. for $180,000 in 2016, county records show.“We’ve got this building, we had to build it all out. It was an old antique shop,” Skalski told a beer podcast in 2019. “We had to do a lot of demolition work and put floors in.“It’s just a great spot. People are discovering Georgetown more and more.”In 2020, Guanella Pass opened a brewpub at the foot of Berthoud Pass along U.S. 40 in Empire. It also operates the SilverBrick Saloon, a restaurant in Georgetown.Steven Sk...

Los Angeles Zoo mourns death of Asian elephant Shaunzi

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:05:47 GMT

The Los Angeles Zoo is saying goodbye to Shaunzi, one of its Asian elephants who was humanely euthanized earlier this week at the age of 53.Around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Shaunzi was found on the ground and unable to get up inside the Thai Yard section of the Elephants of Asia exhibit. The zoo's veterinary staff worked overnight to to try and help her back to her feet, but those efforts proved to be unsuccessful."The incident resulted in the heartbreaking decision to sedate and euthanize Shaunzi in the early morning hours of Jan. 3," an official for Los Angeles Zoo said in a statement. Shaunzi, a 53-year-old Asian elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo was humanely euthanized on Jan. 3, 2024, after she was found in her habitat on the ground and unable to get up. (Los Angeles Zoo)Shaunzi was one of the zoo's two female elephants, alongside Tina, with whom she shared a habitat. Shaunzi arrived at L.A. Zoo in 2017 to spend the rest of her days alongside fellow elephants including Tina, bull elepha...

Redefining Success and Embracing Opportunities: Insights from Adam Kidan

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:05:47 GMT

Adam Kidan, an American business leader, entrepreneur, attorney, and philanthropist, serves as the President of Empire Workforce Solutions. His journey, marked by resilience and a commitment to offering second chances, provides valuable insights into workforce development and overcoming challenges. In this article, we will uncover how giving second chances can revolutionize the way we think about talent, resilience, and growth in the workplace.Empowering Second ChancesKidan believes in nurturing second chances in the workforce. Offering second chances harnesses untapped potential, as individuals seeking these opportunities often bring unique talents and perspectives that might otherwise be overlooked. It promotes diversity and inclusion, creating a workforce enriched by varied life experiences, leading to increased creativity, innovation, and adaptability. Furthermore, Kidan believes that investing in individuals who need a second chance can cultivate employee loyalty and morale; em...

Orlando Magic: John Korbel’s Debut Is the Jazzy “Falling Feels Like Flying”

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:05:47 GMT

Something special is happening in Orlando. This unexpected hotbed of Jazz music is supplied by a surprising source: the Disney corporation. In the house band of an Orlando Jazz club, a little ex-Disney magic has sparked with local talent, and the album Falling Feels Like Flying, by local musician John Korbeland producer Mark Falchook, will be released in January 2024.Orlando is full of musicians with a history of producing and playing music for Disney productions, their world-class skill spreading into the surrounding music scene. This is how John met Mark Falchook. It just happened that John was thinking about getting serious with a music career after a twenty-year hiatus from touring. He requested Mark’s assistance in creating a one-time Christmas single, but the recording session generated such enthusiasm that they kept collaborating, producing additional tracks throughout the past year. The result is John’s first full album.John‘s an old soul in the music scene...

Redefining Indoor Cultivation: GROW’s AI-Powered Food Printer

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:05:47 GMT

Thanks to Magical Grow’s groundbreaking new product, GROW, indoor farming is undergoing a radical transformation. As the world’s first food printer, GROW leverages patented technology and AI to deliver unprecedented space utilization and limitless potential for indoor cultivation.This pioneering establishment, under the astute leadership of CNBC Next Gen alum Garyn Angel, has created a sleek, home-friendly growing device that eliminates compromises and ushers in a new era for indoor farmers and classrooms through Farm-Ed. Far from being merely a gadget, GROW is a symphony of advanced hardware, intelligent software, and AI capabilities.Imagine a system that provides you with an abundant 12 cubic feet of growing space, smartly designed and tailored to your needs. That’s precisely what GROW brings to the table. Harnessing patented technologies, it obliterates the constraints posed by existing cultivation devices, offering over twice their growing capacity. This advanc...

Cher’s son reconciles with wife as mom’s conservatorship bid looms

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:05:47 GMT

Cher’s troubled son, Elijah Blue Allman, has apparently found a way to fend off his mother’s efforts to gain conservatorship over his estate.The 47-year-old musician son of Cher and her ex-husband, the late rocker Gregg Allman, has apparently joined forces with his estranged wife, Marieangela King, to call off their divorce. Us Weekly reported that Allman and King filed documents Tuesday to dismiss their pending divorce proceedings. This legal move comes six days after Cher filed documents of her own seeking conservatorship of her son by claiming that he is “substantially unable to manage his own financial resources due to severe mental health and substance abuse issues.”An attorney for King, who goes by the name Queenie in the rock band KING, suggested that Cher shouldn’t concern herself with her son’s affairs. Regina Ratner told Us Weekly that King, who married Allman in 2013, “has always been (Elijah’s) rock” and “has only been a stabilizing fo...

The seven most expensive homes reported sold in Milpitas in the week of Dec. 25

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:05:47 GMT

A house in Milpitas that sold for $1.7 million tops the list of the most expensive real estate sales in Milpitas in the last two weeks.In total, 7 real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past two weeks, with an average price of $1.1 million. The average price per square foot ended up at $839.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded from the week of December 18 to the week of Dec. 31 even if the property may have been sold earlier.7. $730,000, condominium in the 400 block of Dempsey RoadThe property in the 400 block of Dempsey Road in Milpitas has new owners. The price was $730,000. The condominium was built in 2007 and has a living area of 1,021 square feet. The price per square foot is $715. The condominium features 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.Dempsey Road6. $745,000, condominium in the 1100 block of Main StreetThe sale of the condominium in the 1100 block of Main Street, Milpitas, has been finalized. The price was $745,000, ...

Real Estate: Where do you live and why — and is this the year for change?  

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:05:47 GMT

A New Year brings a clean slate, a fresh start and a sobering perspective: The gluttony has ended. The blooms are off the poinsettias. And the number on the scale is real. What better time to take a wide-eyed inventory of, well, everything in our lives — our finances, our health, our careers, our relationships and our homes.You know what I’m going to say next: It all starts at home.January is the perfect time to reflect and reassess how and where we live. That’s right, before you head full throttle into 2024, ask yourself: Am I living where I should be? Have my home and I outgrown each other? Is this the year to make a change?I pose these prompts because my new book on rightsizing came out this week, so the subject of house fit is front and center. (Another book? What more could this woman possibly have to say?) After writing my last book about converting everything you own into a meaningful legacy (when you die) and the books before that about downsizing (as you grow older), I need...

Pleasanton, Fremont men sentenced to prison over insider trading of tech stocks among friends

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:05:47 GMT

Two Bay Area men are going to prison for an insider-trading scheme among friends who traded illegally on tips from the former information-security chief at San Jose technology firm Lumentum.Srinivasa Kakkera of Pleasanton, 48-year-old former Adobe head of engineering and artificial intelligence, was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a half in federal prison. Abbas Saeedi of Fremont, owner of a Newark tax preparation business, received a five-month sentence. The pair were among a group of friends who learned valuable, non-public information from former Lumentum chief information security officer Amit Bhardwaj of San Ramon, sentenced earlier to two months in prison for his role in the scheme.“Kakkera and Saeedi used their informational advantage to make millions in combined illegal gains in the stock market,” the U.S. Department of Justice said in announcing the men’s sentences, which were handed down in Southern District of New York federal court.According to the Ju...