China Handan Conveys Spring Festival Greetings to the World for the Coming Year of SnakeGolden snake celebrates the new year, resigning the old year and welcoming the new year. On January 29th, namely the Chinese calendar January 1st, the poster of Handan, Hebei Province, will appear on more than 30 outdoor screens in 12 cities around the world, including New York Times Square, Singapore Fortune Center, Paris Oriental Center and downtown Bangkok, sending greetings and reunion wishes from China to the whole world.
NYT Recommends Applying John Boos Oil to Wooden SpoonsWirecutter, by The New York Times, recently highlighted the benefits of using John Boos Mystery Oil to care for wooden spoons. Maki Yazawa emphasized their charm and practicality but noted that proper care, like applying the oil, is essential to keeping them in great shape.
The New York Times Company to Announce Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2024 Financial Results on February 5, 2025
The New York Times Company (
NYSENYT) today announced that it will issue its fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 financial results on Wednesday, February 5, at approximately 7:00 a.m. E.T. by posting the results on the Company’s investor relations website at investors.nytco.com. At that time, the Company will issue an advisory release over a newswire service to announce that the results have been posted and are available on the Company’s website at investors.nytco.com. The Company’s earnings conference call will be held that morning at 8:00 a.m. E.T.
Watchdog Reviews Milestones in Exposing Psychiatric Human Rights Abuses in 2024Reflecting on the progress made against coercive psychiatric practices and obtaining child protections in 2024, CCHR commits itself in 2025 to reinforcing the need to end psychiatric abuse.LOS ANGELES - Jan. 6, 2025 - PRLog -- The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) recapped key events in 2024, spotlighting its own efforts and those of other groups to investigate and expose psychiatric human rights violations in the U.S. and worldwide. The organization also reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating coercive psychiatric practices in the year ahead. In September, Amalia Gamio, an expert consultant to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, emphasized the significance of a recent CCHR court victory in Spain, stating it had "set an international precedent in disseminating the abuses that occur in psychiatry to the world…."[1]The very next month the international group, Human Rights Watch, wrote of the need to "confront a troubling reality: the mental health landscape is shifting in harmful ways in parts of Canada and the United States with the prospect of more coercive measures such as involuntary treatment and the elimination of vital support services." The group further noted, "These coercive measures would violate rights to liberty and nondiscrimination and infringe on people's autonomy."[2]Those worsening outcomes are particularly evident in for-profit residential psychiatric hospitals, "troubled teen" behavioral facilities, and wilderness treatment camps. Senator Ron Wyden, who led a Senate Finance Committee investigation into the warehousing of youths in such facilities, wrote to the Department of Justice last year, urging an investigation into four of the nation's largest operators of youth residential treatment facilities for civil rights violations and fraud.[3]In June 2024, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) under the Department of Health and Human Services issued a damning report on the inadequate protection of foster care children in residential behavioral treatment centers. The report said, "Policymakers, news media, and advocacy groups have raised concerns about the effectiveness of oversight efforts to protect children in these settings."[4] The American Bar Association notes: "Every day, thousands of children in foster care are administered powerful psychotropic medications," pointing to the lack of oversight of psychotropic drugs that harm children.[5]CCHR has consistently exposed the harm to youths treated in behavioral facilities, including psychotropic drug use and potentially lethal restraints. The closure of 10 "wilderness therapy camps" for youths between 2023 and 2024 marks a promising and necessary trend. One such camp in North Carolina came to national attention when, on February 3, 2024, a 12-year-old was fatally restrained. This prompted swift government action: all children were removed from the facility, admissions were halted, and by May 17, the camp's license was revoked, leading to its closure.In December, Psychiatric Times published the article, "The Horror of Unjust Psychiatric Hospitalization" commenting on a hard-hitting series by two New York Times reporters in 2024 that exposed abuses and fraud at residential psychiatric facilities. The psychiatrist writing in Psychiatric Times conceded that "Keeping a well person locked in a hospital and taking away their privacy and autonomy" is something to which "we psychiatrists ought to stand up and demand better…." It is the duty of all psychiatrists to demand accountability, he said but there has been little if any, outrage shown within the ranks of psychiatry: "I wonder: How will psychiatrists… respond? More fundamentally, will psychiatrists respond at all?"[6]CCHR and other external advocates have consistently demanded stronger patient protections. Last year, UN agencies reiterated their condemnation of mandated psychiatric treatments, including electroshock and involuntary detainment in mental hospitals. Electroshock without anesthesia, forcibly administered to children in New Zealand, was officially recognized as "torture," leading to apologies in November from seven government agencies and the country's Prime Minister to the survivors.[7] The recognition follows a 40-year battle led by CCHR, other advocacy groups, and the survivors themselves.Building on these important victories, CCHR says some psychiatrists are now recognizing a decline in the use of electroshock treatment is imminent. CCHR is reinforcing its campaign to ban the procedure due to its long-term adverse effects and lack of clinical trials that have proven its safety and efficacy.This growing momentum against electroshock is further supported by recent governmental scrutiny. Senator Rand Paul's 2024 Festivus Waste Report criticized nearly $11 million in Department of Defense spending on electroshock experiments, portraying it as a prime example of government waste and questioning the ethics and necessity of such expenditures.[8]CCHR concurs with Human Rights Watch, which said better solutions are needed "that are consent-based, trauma-informed, and focused on human rights."UN advisers proclaimed the importance of CCHR's impact with the Spanish Supreme Court determining "The debate on certain psychiatric practices and, in particular, on involuntary institutionalization, use of psychotropic drugs, especially when the patients are children or adolescents, or surgical or electroconvulsive treatments, is of particular importance in today's society."[9]CCHR was co-founded in 1969 by the Church of Scientology and professor of psychiatry, Thomas Szasz who stated: "I have never [involuntarily] committed anyone. I have never given electric shock. I have never, ever, given drugs to a mental patient." It is a legacy that the mental health system today needs to be reminded of, which CCHR is committed to doing throughout the new year.Sources:[1] Letter to CCHR from Amalia Gamio, Independent Expert in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 27 Sept. 2024[2] Samer Mascati, "Championing Support Over Coercion on World Mental Health Day," Human Rights Watch, 10 Oct. 2024, www.hrw.org/news/2024/10/10/championing-support-over-coercion-world-mental-health-day[3] Tyler Kingkade, "Senator urges DOJ to investigate youth treatment centers after probe uncovers 'rampant abuse," NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024, www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/senator-urges-doj-investigate-youth-treatment-centers-rcna174340[4] "Many States Lack Information To Monitor Maltreatment in Residential Facilities for Children in Foster Care," June 2024, oig.hhs.gov/documents/evaluation/9920/OEI-07-22-00530.pdf[5] Elizabeth Pitman Gretter, "Too Much, Too Many, Too Young," American Bar Association, 12 October 2021, www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/empowering-youth-at-risk/too-much-too-many-too-young/[6] "The Horror of Unjust Psychiatric Hospitalization," Psychiatric Times, 5, Dec. 2024, www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/the-horror-of-unjust-psychiatric-hospitalization[7] Adam Pearse, "$150k redress payments for Lake Alice survivors unveiled," NewstalkZB, 18 Dec. 2024, www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/redress-payment-scheme-for-lake-alice-torture-survivors-revealed-by-govt/[8] "Senator Rand Paul Unveils 2024 Festivus Waste Report," The Pinnacle Gazette, 25 Dec. 2024, evrimagaci.org/tpg/senator-rand-paul-unveils-2024-festivus-waste-report-112471[9] www.cchrint.org/2024/07/19/spanish-court-upholds-cchrs-campaigns-as-vital/
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Fresh Voice in Historical Fiction: Shara Moon Launches Debut Novel Let Us March On with “Hidden Figure” Elizabeth McDuffieShara Moon, an emerging voice in historical fiction, has announced the debut of her first novel, Let Us March On . This meticulously researched work, releasing on February 4, 2025, uncovers the fascinating life of Elizabeth “Lizzie” McDuffie, a White House maid who served under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The story, inspired by real events, explores McDuffie’s role as a “hidden figure” who provided a crucial line of communication between the African American community and the presidency.
The New York Times Company Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
The New York Times Company’s Board of Directors today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $.13 per share on the Company’s Class A and Class B common stock. The dividend is payable on January 23, 2025, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 9, 2025.
New novel “Secretary of Faith” by K.C. Boyd is released, a dystopian tale that reflects the urgent need to resist threats to peace and freedom“Secretary of Faith – A Fictional Companion to Project 2025” by K.C. Boyd has been released worldwide. This 283-page novel illustrates, with gritty detail, the realpolitik of governmental corruption, dishonesty, and religious extremism, with emphasis on the long-term danger of Project 2025. A continuation of Boyd’s first book, “Being Christian – A Novel,” this story of a fracturing society follows Christian Hillcox, a megapastor and televangelist who is named the country’s first Secretary of Faith. As religion-fueled nationalism strengthens its grip on the public, the American citizenry submits to fear, xenophobia, and isolationism, allowing the rising administration to trample basic rights and pursue their goal of long-term power.
New novel “Secretary of Faith” by K.C. Boyd is released, a dystopian tale that reflects the urgent need to resist the threat to American democracy“Secretary of Faith – A Fictional Companion to Project 2025” by K.C. Boyd has been released worldwide. This 283-page novel illustrates, with gritty detail, the realpolitik of governmental corruption, dishonesty, and religious extremism, with emphasis on the long-term danger of Project 2025. A continuation of Boyd’s first book, “Being Christian – A Novel,” this story of a fracturing society follows Christian Hillcox, a megapastor and televangelist who is named the country’s first Secretary of Faith. As religion-fueled nationalism strengthens its grip on the public, the American citizenry submits to fear, xenophobia, and isolationism, allowing the rising administration to trample basic rights and pursue their goal of long-term power.
Highly Anticipated 10th AfriKin Art Fair 2024: Vernissage – An All-White Affair Slated for December 1, 2024The 10th annual AfriKin Art Fair will be kicking off with the AfriKin Vernissage: An All-White VIP Affair on Sunday, December 1, 2024, from 6-9pm at Maison AfriKin located at the Scott Galvin Community Center (1600 NE 126th St., North Miami, FL 33181).
James Sexton, Top Divorce Attorney in NYC, Joins HelloPrenupNew York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - November 18, 2024) - HelloPrenup, the first premiere prenup platform, is thrilled to announce...
