Mariah Carey’s Memoir Tops ‘New York Times’ Best-Seller List In Its First Week

Mariah Carey is no stranger to No. 1 debuts but this week, she earned the distinction in a different way than she’s used to. Her memoir, The Meaning Of Mariah Carey, debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list, as well as the Hardcover Nonfiction list. Carey had been on a months-long media tour to promote the new book, using her appearances to reveal the motivations behind decades-old songs and indirectly troll Eminem, and it looks like that hard work (and slick shade) has paid off.

Carey also revealed — or rather, illuminated — the 1995 grunge rock album she recorded (and released!) while working on her fifth studio album, Daydream. She tweeted a “fun fact,” clueing in her followers on the album’s existence. They quickly sleuthed out the existing project under the band name Chick, turning up a pair of music videos on YouTube and a CD going on Amazon for well-above sticker price. Mariah later revealed that originally wanted to promote the album, titled Someone’s Ugly Daughter, but that her label ultimately nixed her plans, forcing her to “abandon the project.”

Mariah also auditioned for a role in a potential Mean Girls sequel during an interview with Tina Fey, promising to exchange licensing for an appearance.

The Meaning of Mariah Carey is out now via Holt, Henry & Company, Inc. You can get it here.

Source: https://uproxx.com/pop/mariah-carey-memoir-new-york-times-best-seller/

TikTok Nurse Breaks Down Over Trump Coronavirus Remarks

A now-viral TikTok video shows a nurse crying and expressing her anger about President Donald Trump remarks downplaying the coronavirus.

User @foleyfriends, whose name on her bio is Cristina, posted a TikTok video on Tuesday blasting the president for his tweet, which has been deemed tone-deaf by many.

CNN identified the user as Cristina Hops, a nurse in Seattle. Hops says at the beginning of the video that she saw the tweet after she’d walked home from work.

“I just wanna say: How dare he? How dare he undermine all of the work that we have done as nurses and healthcare providers and respiratory therapists? And I’m sorry I’m having a mental breakdown over this,” she says.

“I have seen hundreds of people suffocating to death,” Hops says later in the video. “And for him to say do not be afraid of COVID is astounding. I cannot compute.”

The video has been viewed more than 300,000 times, garnering a much higher view count than her other videos from her 52,000 followers.

On Tuesday, the president tweeted before he was leaving Walter Reed medical center that people shouldn’t let the virus “dominate [their] life.” “We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge,” Trump wrote. “I feel better than I did 20 years ago!”

It stirred angry reactions from many, not only for his downplaying of a virus that has killed more than 200,000 and infected more than 7 million people in the country but also because most of them did not have access to the exceptional and prompt healthcare that he did.

“Not every American has access to the top therapeutics and doctors with the most advanced equipment available to the President of the United States,” wrote Dr. Eugene Gu, a vocal critic of the president.

“Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone could get the same care you have received without having to pay a single dime?” another user wrote. “You love universal health care when it’s benefiting you, don’t you?”

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Michael Jordan Is Among Eight Members Of The NBA Foundation’s Inaugural Board

One of the key parts of the agreement struck between players and the NBA in the aftermath of the players’ decision to strike games in late August was that the two sides would form a council that would work together on issues related to social justice and the empowerment of Black people in America. The league on Friday announced the first set of board members who will lead that effort, highlighted by Michael Jordan.

Inaugural Board members of NBA Foundation: Michael Jordan, Adam Silver, Toronto’s Larry Tanenbaum, NBPA’s Michele Roberts, New Orleans’ Gayle Benson, Atlanta’s Tony Ressler, Tobias Harris, Harrison Barnes.

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As the Hornets’ owner, Jordan has been a behind-the-scenes leader all year as the league sought to join the fight against systemic racism more aggressively. In his partnership with Nike through Jordan Brand, the six-time NBA champion also committed $100 million over the next 10 years in strategic donations to activist groups and charities across the spectrum of social justice.

In a statement, the foundation announced it would “drive economic empowerment for Black communities through employment and career advancement” and that it would be responsible for the strategy behind how to use the $30 million that NBA governors pledged to give annually. The NBA Foundation will also develop a media and marketing plan to tell its story and work with local markets and national partners on these efforts.

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Seeing big names like Jordan’s as well as the commissioner and NBPA head shows a commitment across all parts of the league to making the foundation a priority. The league has enormous resources at its disposal and now several passionate and active figureheads manning the controls through the NBA Foundation.

Source: https://uproxx.com/dimemag/michael-jordan-inaugural-board-nba-foundation/

Southwest Airlines Has Apologized To This Woman After It Wouldn’t Let Her Fly Because Of Her Top

“Lewd, obscene, and offensive — those were the words of choice.”

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Donovan Mitchell Explained The ‘Fear’ Black People Feel In America

Earlier in the restart, Donovan Mitchell treated us to some of the most electrifying performances in Orlando. He had multiple 50-point games and went head-to-head with Jamal Murray in the opening round series between the Jazz and Nuggets, showing us why he’s one of the NBA’s brightest young stars.

But basketball was only one aspect of what made the Bubble experience so meaningful to him. Mitchell has helped spearhead the NBA’s Social Justice Initiative and is partnering with Dove Men’s C.A.R.E campaign (Care About Racial Equality) to bring greater awareness to these issues. And as a former student at Louisville, he was vocal about the need for justice to be served in the Breonna Taylor case.

For Mitchell, one of the central goals is to be willing to engage in the type of difficult or uncomfortable conversations that lead to broader understanding. In a recent interview, he shared his painful experience about what it’s like to be a Black man in America and how he and so many others are forced to modify their appearance and behavior purely for personal safety reasons.

Via Michael Pina of GQ:

“I think being able to change the way we’re being depicted in the media, not having to take my hood off because I feel like I’m a threat. I think that’s something white people don’t even think about, being afraid when you’re getting pulled over. Whether you said anything right or wrong, having that fear. I don’t think that’s a fear that anyone but Black people or minorities really have. And I feel like that’s just something that we addressed and will continue to let people know that this is real.

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“Too many times we hear, I can’t wait for things to get back to normal. Or I can’t wait until this is all over. At the end of the day this is neverending for us. As a 24-year-old Black man who went to a predominantly white private school, there were times where I had to change the way I dressed just to not seem like a threat, or wear a letterman’s jacket or some sweats—that way I’m deemed as the safe Black guy in the area. That shouldn’t be a way Black people feel. And I feel like the bubble was a success in allowing us to at least make people see this is a thing.”

The formation of the NBA’s Social Justice Initiative was a response to the work stoppage in the wake of the Jacob Blake shooting. Collectively, teams opted to temporarily halt play during the first round of the postseason to put pressure on the league and its owners to construct a concrete plan to fight against inequality.

Beyond that, Mitchell and many other players have regularly been using their platform to speak out on these issues. Experiences like Mitchell’s are endemic in American life, and the type of openness and honesty he’s displayed goes a long way toward empathy and understanding.

(Via GQ)

Source: https://uproxx.com/dimemag/donovan-mitchell-fear-black-people-feel-america/

Sammy Hagar Reveals He Secretly Made Peace With Eddie Van Halen Several Months Ago

Sammy Hagar Reveals He Secretly Made Peace With Eddie Van Halen Several Months Ago
Former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar reveals he and Eddie Van Halen had privately made peace in the last few months prior to his untimely passing.

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New Coronavirus Can Infect Your Eyes as Well

By Amy Norton
HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory infection, but experts have suspected the virus can also infiltrate the eyes. Now, scientists have more direct evidence of it.

The findings are based on a patient in China who developed an acute glaucoma attack soon after recovering from COVID-19. Her doctors had to perform surgery to treat the condition, and tests of her eye tissue showed evidence of SARS-CoV-2.

The case offers proof that “SARS-CoV-2 can also infect ocular tissues in addition to the respiratory system,” the doctors reported in the Oct. 8 online edition of the journal JAMA Ophthalmology.

“It’s been suspected that the eyes can be a source of both ‘in’ and ‘out'” for the novel coronavirus, said Dr. Aaron Glatt, a spokesman for the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

That’s why health care workers protect their eyes with goggles or face shields, he noted.

It’s not possible to say whether the patient in this case contracted SARS-CoV-2 via her eyes, according to Glatt. But that is a possibility — whether through viral particles in the air or by touching her eyes with a virus-contaminated hand, he said.

Another big unknown is whether any lingering virus in patients’ eye tissue will cause problems.

According to Dr. Grace Richter, an ophthalmologist at the University of Southern California’s Roski Eye Institute in Los Angeles, “It’s too early to know what having this virus floating around in the eye means for ocular health.”

At this point, Richter said, limited eye problems have been seen with COVID-19: A small number of patients develop conjunctivitis (“pink eye”), where the white part of the eye and inside of the eyelid become swollen, red and itchy.

The patient in this case suffered acute angle-closure glaucoma — a serious condition in which pressure in the eyes suddenly rises due to fluid buildup. It requires prompt treatment to relieve the pressure, sometimes with surgery to restore the eye’s normal fluid movement.

Richter was doubtful the coronavirus directly caused the eye complication. In general, certain anatomical features of the eye make some people vulnerable to acute angle-closure glaucoma, and it can be triggered by medications, she explained.

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Richter speculated that since the patient was hospitalized and likely received various drugs, that might have been the cause.

That is possible, agreed Dr. Sonal Tuli, a clinical spokeswoman for the American Academy of Ophthalmology and chairwoman of ophthalmology at the University of Florida College of Medicine, in Gainesville.

Tuli said the patient’s case is “interesting,” but leaves open a number of questions. One is whether the virus present in the eye tissue is actually infectious.

The patient was a 64-year-old woman who was hospitalized for COVID-19 on Jan. 31. Eighteen days later, her symptoms had fully resolved, and throat swabs turned up negative for SARS-CoV-2.

About a week later, though, she developed pain and vision loss in one eye, and then in her other eye a few days afterward, according to the report by Dr. Ying Yan and colleagues at the General Hospital of the Central Theater Command in Wuhan, China.

The patient landed in the hospital again, where she was diagnosed with acute angle-closure glaucoma and cataract. Medication failed to bring down her eye pressure, so her doctors performed surgery — taking tissue samples in the process.

Tests of those samples turned up evidence that SARS-CoV-2 had invaded the eye tissues, Yan’s team reported.

While it’s not clear how the virus got into the patient’s eyes, the experts agreed the case underscores the importance of eye protection. For health care providers, that means goggles and face shields; for the average person, it’s regular hand-washing and keeping the hands away from the eyes.

“I think people don’t realize how often they touch their eyes,” Tuli said.

That advice will reduce the chance of any virus, including cold and flu bugs, from coming into contact with the eyes, she noted.

While that may be enough in most cases, people caring for someone with COVID-19 at home may want to be extra cautious, Tuli suggested. Wearing eye protection in addition to a mask is a “good idea,” she said.

Source: https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20201009/new-coronavirus-can-infect-your-eyes-as-well-as-your-lungs?src=RSS_PUBLIC

‘Love Hormone’ Could Hold Key to Treating COVID

By Robert Preidt
HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The so-called love hormone, oxytocin, may be worth investigating as a treatment for COVID-19, a new study suggests.

One of the most serious complications of infection with the new coronavirus is a “cytokine storm,” in which the body attacks its own tissues.

There are currently no U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved treatments for COVID-19, which means that “repurposing existing drugs that can act on the adaptive immune response and prevent the cytokine storm in early phases of the disease is a priority,” according to the researchers.

Previous research suggests that oxytocin — a hormone that’s produced in the brain and is involved in reproduction and childbirth — reduces inflammation.

In this new study, researcher Ali Imami, a graduate research assistant at the University of Toledo in Ohio, and colleagues used a U.S. National Institutes of Health database to analyze characteristics of genes treated with drugs closely related to oxytocin.

The investigators found that one drug in particular, carbetocin, has similar characteristics (called a signature) to genes with reduced expression of the inflammatory markers that trigger cytokine storm in COVID-19 patients.

Carbetocin’s signature suggests that the drug may trigger activation of immune cells called T-cells that play an important role in immune response. In addition, carbetocin’s signature is also similar to that of lopinavir, an antiretroviral medication under study as a treatment for COVID-19.

All of these factors indicate that oxytocin may have potential as a targeted treatment for cytokine storms in COVID-19 patients, the researchers said in a news release from the American Physiological Society.

“Understanding the mechanisms by which oxytocin or the oxytocin system can be a new immune target is crucial,” the authors concluded in their report, which was published online recently in the journal Physiological Genomics.

However, they added that “safety and efficacy of intravenous oxytocin in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 remains to be assessed.”

Source: https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20201009/love-hormone-could-hold-key-to-treating-covid?src=RSS_PUBLIC

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The Expanse – Season 5 Official Trailer

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Couple Takes Breathtaking Wedding Photos Throughout The West After Wedding Gets Canceled

Like so many couples planning to tie the knot this year, Nikki Bensen and Ben Covell found their plans seriously disrupted.

The Pennsylvania couple planned on getting married in September. As the health crisis unfolded over the summer, they realized it was unlikely they could go through with things as planned.

The two ended up exchanging vows in a much smaller wedding. With their honeymoon in Greece also canceled, the couple decided to make the best of things.

Ben knew Nikki was really excited about her wedding dress. He still wanted her to have unforgettable memories in the dress. That’s when he shared his idea with her.

The couple rented an RV to drive out West. They brought their wedding attire with them with a fun goal. They wanted to get pictures in some of the most beautiful places along the way.

“I wanted her to be able to [enjoy it]. I knew she wanted to show off her dress to me and I knew that Greece and our Asheville wedding weren’t going to happen,” Ben told KDKA.

“I thought, ‘What a better way to do it than to take it out to some of the most beautiful places in the country?’”

The pictures that resulted from their trip are truly breathtaking. The trip is a memory that the two will never forget. Nikki and Ben also shared a message for other couples who have had their wedding plans disrupted.

“Stay positive and stay flexible,” Nikki said. “There’s always another option to help make the best out of things.”

Source : https://www.littlethings.com/wedding-photos-rv/