President Biden toured a Pfizer facility on Friday as the drug maker announced positive developments on its vaccine. Meanwhile, the White House has a new timeline to vaccinate students.
How to Watch, Live Stream Robinhood and Reddit CEOs Testify About GameStop
On 2/18/21 at 8:30 AM EST
Robinhood CEO Vladimir Tenev and Reddit CEO Steve Huffman will testify on Thursday to the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, in regards to January s sudden surges in GameStop s stock.
Both CEOs were named as witnesses in a February 12 press release announcing the hearing. In addition to them, hedge fund heavies Kenneth C. Griffin (CEO of Citadel) and Gabriel Plotkin (founder of Melvin Capital Management) were also called, as was investor and YouTuber Keith Gill, who rose to prominence under his username on Reddit (u/deepf kingvalue) because of his high returns-on-investment. Gill is also a known booster of GameStop stocks.
Under fire for Robinhood's decision to stop "unprecedented" trading in GameStop in January, the company's CEO Vlad Tenev denied to lawmakers he caved to hedge fund investors. The post Robinhood’s CEO Denies Buckling to Hedge Funds as House Hearing Investigates ‘Unprecedented’ GameStop Trades first appeared on Law & Crime.
Indeed, Stuart-Smith’s stirring summaries of the garden’s history, value in therapeutic settings, and place in literature and culture feel like the best kind of circumstantial evidence for the primacy of the act. But when she digs into the emerging neuroscience, the evidence is breathtaking. Take, for example, what actually lives in the soil. Bacterial actinomycetes, when activated by water, emit an aroma called geosmin that has a pleasing and soothing effect on most people, Stuart-Smith points out. Heart rate and blood pressure drop within minutes of exposure to natural surroundings like parks and gardens. Cortisol the fight-or-flight hormone that assaults our well-being when we endure sustained stress drops within 20 to 30 minutes. The scents of blooms from lavender, rosemary, and citrus summon mood-elevating chemicals. The scent of roses actually allows our body to hang onto endorphin highs longer, extending that blissful inhalation.
Twitter vs. Ted Cruz: How people are holding the Texas senator accountable online
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While the U.S. government might not be holding Ted Cruz accountable for checks notes
anything he s done wrong in recent months, Twitter users refuse to let the Texas senator off the hook.
Since the violent insurrection at the U.S. capitol on Jan. 6, Cruz has come under continual fire on the social media platform from fellow politicians like Beto O Rourke and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, celebrities like Seth Rogen, and countless other disappointed Americans.Â
The Texas senator memorably stuck by Donald Trump s side after the 2020 election and supported dangerous, baseless claims that the race was stolen. Cruz s stubborn, irresponsible actions led many to believe that, like Trump, he helped inspire the insurrection, and therefore, he should be held accountable.