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20 hours ago
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'Good Morning America' Anchor and Wife Suffer Heartbreaking Family Loss
'Good Morning America' Anchor and Wife Suffer Heartbreaking Family Loss originally appeared on Parade. Good Morning America anchor George Stephanopoulos and his wife, Ali Wentworth, are reeling from a family loss days after a milestone celebration. Wentworth and Stephanopoulos lost their beloved dog Cooper just days after watching their oldest daughter Elliott graduate from Brown University. Taking to Instagram, Wentworth shared their sad news in a tearjerker post. 'I lost my longtime companion. The greatest dog and integral part of our family. He once swam after a giant Elk in a pond. Ate a whole bottle of melatonin and felt nothing. Always devoured all the candy in our Christmas stockings. Slept at the foot of our bed and dreamt running in place. He loved every species. Especially humans. Kissed and cuddled everyone that came through our door,' she began her caption. The social media share included a video tribute to Cooper to show just how much his family loved him. 'Cooper was unconditionally adored by all. I will miss him with all my heart. See you on the other side, Coop! We still have many squirrels to chase….' Wentworth ended her tribute. The comments section of the Instagram post was filled with love and support for Stephanopoulos, Wentworth, and their girls. Several of the condolence comments were from familiar faces. 'A special kind of heartbreak,' wrote Jennifer Garner, while Andy Cohen commented, 'oh my gd! Ali! I'm so sorry!!! I feel a connection to Cooper through Wacha. I am so sad about this.' Beth Stern, wife of shock jock Howard Stern, shared, 'Cooper helped me rescue that gull on the beach during one of our many beach walks... The bestest boy!!!!' and actress Demi Moore replied, 'Sending you all love! They are truly the most heart expanding gift we are blessed to share our life with!' 'Aww. I loved him. So sorry honey!' stated Will & Grace star Sean Hayes. That's just a snippet of the outpouring of love written to Wentworth, Stephanopoulos, and their family after they lost their beloved dog Cooper. Good Morning America airs weekdays on ABC. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 'Good Morning America' Anchor and Wife Suffer Heartbreaking Family Loss first appeared on Parade on May 30, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on May 30, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
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Etsy's CEO shares two key steps he took early in his career that set him up for later success
As Gen Z grads struggle with an uncertain job market, Etsy CEO Josh Silverman shares how he just threw himself into any job early on in his career—not knowing if he would stick with it forever—to get the ball rolling. Once he was in it, he soaked up as many lessons as possible, and took on work no one else wanted. It's the same type of grit Mark Cuban and Steve Jobs embraced to achieve success. The class of 2025 is stepping into an uncertain job market, unsure of where to start on the winding path to success. Etsy CEO Josh Silverman told the next cohort of workers that two steps he made in his early career set him up for triumph down the line: picking something he enjoyed, and going above and beyond in his junior-level role. 'For me, the most important thing has always been to start by throwing myself in with zealous passion to something that I liked enough and I was good enough at,' Silverman told Pace University graduates during his commencement speech on May 19. Like many others navigating their careers in their 20's, the $8 billion handcraft goods executive didn't know exactly what he wanted in college. Silverman hopped industries and jobs throughout his career, but having the determination to get the ball rolling was essential to figuring it out. He noted that delving into the work, and soaking up all the knowledge he could, also opened new doors that led him to executive success. And it's a career journey many people can relate with, especially given how chaotic and uncertain life feels in one's early 20s. 'Life shouldn't be full of adventure—it should be an adventure, and don't let that scare you. Embrace it,' Silverman said. Silverman first enrolled as a theater student at Brown University in the 1980s, but recounted not being able to score any opportunities as a young undergrad. So he switched his concentration to public policy, knowing he enjoyed it and had the skills to make it into a career. 'Was I convinced that I wanted to spend the rest of my life as a health care policy analyst? Maybe,' Silverman said during the speech. 'But I knew it was a way to get started and the best way to figure it out was to throw myself into it wholeheartedly.' That was the Etsy CEO's first learning lesson—pick an interesting job where you have relevant skills, and go all-in. The next came shortly after; upon graduating from Brown University, Silverman got his first job answering phone calls for U.S. Senator Bill Bradley. He went above and beyond his regular responsibilities, picking up other duties no one else wanted and bonding with his co-workers. '[I] was an absolute sponge in meetings. [I hung] out by the water cooler, determined not to miss the most interesting conversations,' Silverrman said. 'Then life opened a totally unexpected door.' Silverman's diligence and enthusiasm paid off; three years later, he was invited to join a consulting practice launched by Bradley's chief of staff. This was his first foray into private business, which feels far away from his later years spent co-founding Evite, becoming CEO of Skype, leading consumer products at American Express, and rising to chief executive of Etsy in 2017. Without his early career choices, Silverman may not have the stellar resume he holds today. There are many entrepreneurs and business leaders who drive home the importance of being scrappy when they're young. Like Silverman, Shark Tank mogul Mark Cuban is a huge proponent of 'sweat equity'—working hard will help drive you to the finish line, even if it means picking up more responsibilities outside of your nine-to-five. 'Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it all away from you,' Cuban said. The late Apple legend, co-founder, and CEO Steve Jobs echoed the same sentiment. Jobs was just 21 years old when he launched the $3.2 trillion technology business with his partner, Steve Woznaik. As a college dropout, Jobs threw himself into the industry working at video game company Atari before becoming an entrepreneur. Even at the age of 13 he knew his calling, working as a computer technician at Hewlett-Packard. Those early years were a total grind—but set Jobs to be a pioneer in his space. 'I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance,' Jobs once said. This story was originally featured on Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
CTV News
a day ago
- Business
- CTV News
Ontario wants to study building a 401 tunnel but one expert says there's a much simpler fix than that
Doug Ford's government plans to study the idea of digging a tunnel under Highway 401. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese + THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young (CTV News file photo). Ontario is studying the idea of digging a massive tunnel under Highway 401 but one economist says there's a much simpler and proven way to reduce gridlock in Toronto — charge drivers at peak road times. 'The only response to traffic congestion, by which there's really any evidence, is congestion pricing,' said Matthew Turner, a professor of economics at Brown University and former University of Toronto professor. 'The problem is not road capacity, it's road capacity at peak times.' Premier Doug Ford has promised to build a traffic tunnel spanning from Mississauga and Brampton in the west to Scarborough and Markham in the east, despite criticism from opposition leaders. A feasibility study on the idea is planned and the deadline for firms to participate in the formal Requests for Proposal process officially passed on Thursday. The government has previously said that the study won't be completed until 2027. But experts say no matter what the study finds, the fundamental problem isn't how many lanes exist — but rather when they are being used. 'You add capacity, it gets filled up': 'My first reaction is that Toronto needs more transportation capacity,' Turner said. 'This is probably a very expensive way to get it, that it'll take so long to build that it's not even relevant to talk about it.' Highway 401 Traffic on Highway 401 in Toronto passes under a COVID-19 sign on Monday April 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn (Frank Gunn/THE CANADIAN PRESS) Turner has studied urban congestion for decades and says building new roads or tunnels simply doesn't work if the goal is to reduce traffic jams. 'Los Angeles has been trying to build its way out of traffic congestion for 60 years,' he said, pointing to the Santa Monica Freeway as a prime example of a project that keeps expanding but delivers only temporary relief. 'What happens in Los Angeles is typical. You add capacity. It gets filled up. More people get to move around, but you still have problems with traffic congestion.' Ford backs tunnel while critics call it 'imaginary' Ford first floated the idea of a Highway 401 tunnel in September and made it part of his successful re-election campaign back in February. Earlier this month, Ford also asked Prime Minister Mark Carney to prioritize 'nation-building' projects including the tunnel idea. The feasibility study will include other options to increase the capacity of Highway 401 and review best practices from similar projects, including a four-lane tunnel in downtown Ottawa that was also the subject of feasibility study that pegged its cost at $2 billion. That project has never moved forward. 'The reason we're having a feasibility study is it's going to determine the length. If they're telling me, 30 kilometres is X, 40 kilometres is Y, and 70 kilometres or 60 kilometres is another cost, let's take a look at it,' Ford said of the Highway 401 tunnel back in September. 'But we're going to get the job done, mark my words.' The formal Requests for Proposals asks for the feasibility study to be completed by February 28,2027 and to examine a corridor that spans from east of Highway 410 in Mississauga to east of Scarborough. But experts say that while technically possible, the tunnel could cost billions of dollars and take decades to build. Opposition leader Marit Stiles has been extremely vocal dismissing the idea often referring to it as 'imaginary,' and a 'silly thought from a government that's run out of ideas.' 'His big priority is to get the feasibility study done on this silly tunnel under the 401, this imaginary tunnel,' she said last month. Meanwhile, Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie called the plan a fantasy that 'could bankrupt the province.' Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow was asked about the proposal during an interview with CP24 Breakfast on Thursday morning and seemed to suggest it is not a 'priority' for the city at this time. 'That is really up to Premier Ford and the federal government. I just know that I want public transit,' she said. 'In terms of priority infrastructure, the priority is still public transit, subway stations, the subway cars as well….' Does congestion pricing work? Here are the numbers While Ford remains confident on his big promise, some cities have already turned to congestion pricing — and seen significant results. Earlier this year, New York City began implementing a USD $9 congestion charge during peak hours south of Central Park. The result: a 7.5 per cent drop in traffic in the first week, or about 43,000 fewer vehicles entering the downtown core daily. Manhattan Tolls Signs advising drivers of congestion pricing tolls are displayed near the exit of the Lincoln Tunnel in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) (Seth Wenig/AP) Turner says the evidence is overwhelming. 'If you are building more infrastructure with the idea that you're going to reduce traffic congestion, then there is an enormous amount of evidence that says that you're going to fail.' 'This infrastructure is so expensive, and it's so disruptive to build more, and people will fill it up if it's free.' Toronto, he says, already has the technical expertise to make pricing work. Why pricing the 401 is a hard sell Toronto has flirted with the idea before. In 2017, former Mayor John Tory proposed tolls for the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway. But then-premier Kathleen Wynne shot it down, suggesting conditions were not right. Ontario, however, introduced legislation in 2024 that prohibits the introduction of any new tolls on provincial highways. Toronto is technically able to implement tolls on city-operated roads under the City of Toronto Act but the provincial government would be able to override it as it did in 2017. 'I think that the politicians want to build things, and congestion pricing is a hard sell, and so it's been really hard to implement,' Turner said. Today, the Ford government remains firmly opposed to tolls. In an email earlier this year, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria's office said the government 'will never add a tax or toll to any road in Ontario,' citing their commitment to building infrastructure instead. Ontario's Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria attend Question Period at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young Ontario's Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria attend Question Period at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young Matthias Sweet, a congestion expert at Toronto Metropolitan University, said the refusal to consider tolls comes at a cost. 'Unless you take a policy like that, then you're basically saying traffic congestion is not as bad as the burden of potential solutions,' he said. Weighing the burden of Toronto traffic The Toronto Region Board of Trade estimates congestion costs the GTA $11 billion annually in lost productivity. A broader analysis by the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis puts the cost to the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area at $47 billion when social and economic losses are included. But Turner cautions against thinking of megaprojects like the 401 tunnel as a fix. 'These things take forever, and they're really disruptive while they're being done,' he said, pointing to Boston's infamous 'Big Dig' project — a tunnel and highway reconstruction that took over 15 years to finish, cost of over $14.8 billion, and was plagued by costs, delays, leaks, and hundreds of millions in lawsuits. 'If you're interested in managing the use level on these things, the only way that we know how to do that is pricing,' Turner said, adding that 'nobody wants to hear that.' With files from CP24's Joshua Freeman and The Canadian Press...
News.com.au
a day ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Sarah Jessica Parker's three children seen in rare photo
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick's three children are all grown up. The couple's 22-year-old son, James, took to Instagram this week to celebrate his graduation from Brown University by sharing multiple snaps of the big moment, including one with his 15-year-old twin sisters, Tabitha and Marion. In the sweet photo, the Sex and the City actress' eldest child wore his black graduation gown and a brown stole layered over a blue suit and tie. He also wore white sneakers and put his brown waves on full display while carrying his graduation cap in one hand. Tabitha and Marion matched in green shirts and jeans as they walked alongside their big brother following the ceremony. HBO producer Liviya Kraemer, who worked on Divorce with SJP, also released a photo of the new college graduate to honour his academic achievement. 'Extra special congratulations to @jwbr0derick!!!!!!!!! Now let's do this every five years,' Kraemer captioned the photo shared to her Instagram Story. James has followed in his parents' footsteps by pursuing a career in acting and even guest-starred in his dad's show Elsbeth earlier this year. The Failure to Launch star, 60, and Broderick, 63, were not seen in any of the images from the graduation. The couple typically keeps their children out of the spotlight and off social media, though they have made some rare red carpet appearances at Hollywood events over the years. Last April, Parker and the Ferris Bueller's Day Off actor attended the Broadway premiere of Smash with their daughters. Four months later, the couple and their entire brood attended the 2024 Paris Olympics. In July 2024, Broderick and his kids walked the red carpet sans Parker for the Broadway opening of Oh, Mary! That summer, Broderick and Parker celebrated their twins' 15th birthday with a balloon-filled party. Broderick and Parker have been married since 1997.
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a day ago
- General
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No camera? No problem: US engineers bend quantum rules to create 3D holograms
Holographic imaging just got a quantum at Brown University, including two undergraduate students, have developed a groundbreaking imaging technique that uses quantum entanglement to produce detailed 3D holograms without relying on traditional infrared cameras. By pairing invisible infrared light to illuminate microscopic objects with visible light entangled at the quantum level, the novel technique captures not just intensity, but also the phase of light waves—an essential ingredient for true holographic imaging. The result is sharp, depth-rich 3D images created using light that never actually touched the object. 'It sounds impossible, but they did it,' said Professor Jimmy Xu, a professor in Brown's School of Engineering and one of the supervising researchers, in a press release. Dubbed Quantum Multi-Wavelength Holography, the technique overcomes longstanding challenges like phase wrapping, using dual entangled wavelengths to dramatically expand depth range. 'The technique allows us to gather better and more accurate information on the thickness of the object, which enables us to create accurate 3D images using indirect photons,' said Moe (Yameng) Zhang, a junior concentrating in engineering physics at Brown who co-led the work with fellow undergraduate Wenyu Liu. Zhang and Liu presented their work earlier this month at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. Along with Xu, the work was supervised by Petr Moroshkin, a senior research associate. 'You could call this infrared imaging without an infrared camera,' Xu said. 'It sounds impossible, but they did it. And they did it in a way that enables great depth resolution in the images it produces.' Traditional imaging methods, like X-rays or regular photographs, work by capturing light that bounces off an object. Quantum imaging, on the other hand, relies on the strange but powerful phenomenon of quantum entanglement—what Einstein once called 'spooky action at a distance.' When two photons are entangled, a change in one instantly affects the other, no matter how far apart they are. In this technique, one photon—called the 'idler'—interacts with the object, while its entangled partner—the 'signal' photon—is used to actually form the image. In the Brown team's new approach, they used a special crystal to generate pairs of photons: infrared photons to scan the object and visible-light photons to create the image. This setup offers a big advantage: Infrared light is ideal for probing delicate or hidden structures, while visible light allows imaging using standard, affordable detectors. 'Infrared wavelengths are preferred for biological imaging because they can penetrate skin and are safe for delicate structures, but they require expensive infrared detectors for imaging,' said Liu. 'The advantage of our approach is that we can use infrared for probing an object, but the light we use for detection is in visible range. So we can use standard, inexpensive silicon detectors.' The major breakthrough in this work is bringing quantum imaging into the 3D world by solving a common problem called 'phase wrapping.' This issue comes up in imaging methods that rely on the phase of light waves—their peaks and valleys—to measure the depth of an object. When the features on an object are deeper than the light's wavelength, the wave pattern can repeat, making it hard to tell apart shallow features from deeper ones. To navigate this, the Brown team used two sets of entangled photons with slightly different wavelengths. This small difference creates a much longer 'synthetic' wavelength, allowing the system to accurately measure much deeper contours and produce more reliable 3D images. 'By using two slightly different wavelengths, we effectively create a much longer synthetic wavelength — about 25 times longer than the originals,' Liu said. 'That gives us a much larger measurable range that's more applicable to cells and other biological materials.' The team successfully created a holographic 3D image of a tiny metal letter 'B' about 1.5 millimeters wide to demonstrate the technique in a nod to Brown University. They say it's a strong proof-of-concept that shows the potential of quantum entanglement for generating high-quality 3D images. Both Liu and Zhang said they were excited to share their work at an international scientific conference. 'We had been reading papers by pioneers in this field, so it was great to be able to attend the conference and meet some of them in person,' Zhang said. 'It's really an amazing opportunity.' The research was funded by the Department of Defense and the National Science Foundation.
