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Scottish Sun
9 hours ago
- Scottish Sun
Millions of phone owners getting ‘Hold' robot that waits for human helper FOR you – saving you hours of misery
Google has a similar tool, called Hold For Me, for Android phone owners APPLE A DAY Millions of phone owners getting 'Hold' robot that waits for human helper FOR you – saving you hours of misery Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) APPLE is giving iPhone owners their very own personal robot assistant that will wait in phone call queues for you. The tool will go on hold so you don't have to. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Apple fans have been calling for the feature for months Credit: Apple / WWDC For example, when you call a business and you're put on hold, you can get Apple's new Hold Assist tool to wait in line for you. It will then notify you when the human support rep is ready to speak with you. Google has a similar tool, called Hold For Me, for Android phone owners. Apple fans have been calling for the feature for months. "I'd love to basically have a "hold for me" feature, like the Google Pixels have had for a while now," one Apple user wrote on Reddit earlier this year. "Basically, the phone detects when you are on hold, and can mute the call and notify you when there's finally a person on the other line." But that's not all. At this year's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple also unveiled a new Call Screening feature. It aims to tackle unwanted calls, helping you gauge whether a phone call is important or another pesky telemarketer. The tool automatically answers calls from unknown numbers in the background - so you won't even realise it's happening. After the caller gives their name and reason for calling, the phone rings and offers you a transcription of what they said. This way, you can either pick up the phone or ignore it.
Chicago Tribune
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Column: ‘Self-Talk' book by Aurora author Marianne Renner about overcoming negative stories we tell ourselves
For as long as I've known Marianne Renner I've considered her a person who always had her act together. Tall and fit and as beautiful as she is kind and intelligent, the 58-year-old Aurora woman has made a name for herself as a successful leadership coach and speaker. And who can forget how she took a local hip-hop dance class from the YWCA all the way to a gold medal win in the 1998 U.S. Junior Olympics? So when Renner recently launched her new book, 'Self-Talk: 10 Stories You Tell Yourself That Hold You Back and How to Overcome Them,' I figured it would be another formulaic personal empowerment guide focusing on the oft-used 'cognitive behavior therapy' from a self-help guru who, well, always had her act together. Within just a few pages of 'Self-Talk,' however, it becomes obvious this book has something different to offer. That's because Renner almost immediately confesses to just what a 'train wreck' she was for much of her life, beginning as a child growing up in Aurora – the youngest of nine – when her world suddenly turned from technicolor to gray at age 9 after the death of her beloved mother. By age 11, Renner noted in the book, 'night after night I would ask God to please let me die in my sleep.' In 2006, at age 40, she attempted suicide. Renner doesn't shy away from rehashing the pain she endured as she struggled through most of her life with chronic depression and alcoholism. On the surface she not only seemed to be OK but a real go-getter. Renner was a perfectionist, an overachiever. She won awards and earned accolades and charmed the world with her wide smile. But 'behind closed doors, where reality lived, I was a train wreck,' Renner admitted, noting that from age 28 on she was in and out of psychiatrist offices, off and on medications and at one point was admitted to Linden Oaks Hospital in Naperville with a dual diagnosis of chronic debilitating depression and addiction. 'I had no idea my own self-talk was contributing to every situation,' she writes. 'When I felt any kind of emotional pain, I would ask, Why me?' When things didn't go my way, I told myself life wasn't fair and that things would never get better. Then I'd give up, telling myself things will never change. 'These kinds of stories only led to a downward spiral, until I found myself at rock bottom.' It wasn't until a psychiatrist suggested electroconvulsive therapy – i.e. shock treatments – that Renner, shook to the core and in tears, realized 'something had to change,' that she had to go from 'I can't live like this anymore' to 'What if I could live like this?'' Only then did she realize the key is 'about rewriting the stories you tell yourself,' specifically, those dialogues we have with ourselves that put us in a negative mindset. Once she unlocked that door, Renner said, depression faded away and she began to see how redefining this self-talk helped not only herself but those she worked with as a career coach. While the idea for the book took hold years earlier, it was in 2016, with the support of close mentor and friend Dan Miller, that Renner 'found the courage' to begin writing it and to 'publicly share my personal journey through depression and substance abuse.' Weaving her own compelling and often raw memoirs through the chapters, Renner takes on those narratives of self-doubt that also include 'I'm not good enough,' or 'What if I fail?' or 'Why bother?' or 'It's too hard,' or 'I've tried everything,' or 'What's wrong with you?' Using examples from coaching clients and her own experiences, she then lays out practical action steps to change those attitudes. For example, Renner suggests thinking of yourself as a character in your own story, identifying your current role and deciding if you want to play a new one. Or play a role that may not feel true today but deep down is possible for the future. One of my favorites focuses on the word , which Renner describes as 'the unique reason you exist on this planet – a connection to something bigger than yourself that serves as a North Star for every decision you make.' The author also advises against relying solely on willpower and self-discipline because they 'consume an enormous amount of energy,' choosing instead to create habits that require daily action and breaking goals down into chunks. I might not struggle with depression, but I have to admit plenty of those self-sabotaging phrases she identified are more than a little familiar to me. Perhaps to you, as well. While it's timely that 'Self-Talk' was released during Mental Health Awareness Month, the insights and steps to self-discovery Renner lays out can be helpful to anyone who wants to have more control of their lives. And the author – a former journalist and fitness instructor with a master's degree in integrated marketing communications – tackles these heavy issues with a soft touch, doing so in a conversational style that makes her book an effortless read. Released on Tuesday, 'Self-Talk' contains plenty of rave reviews by Renner's esteemed peers, including Shawn Achor, the New York Times best-selling author of 'The Happiness Advantage,' and Ken Davis, award-winning author, international speaker and founder of the SCORRE Conference, who heard Renner at a speaker training event and encouraged her to 'share this amazing material in a book.' Renner describes the feedback she's received so far as 'overwhelming,' with invitations to speak increasing because, as Renner points out, 'self-talk is going on in all our heads.' 'At the end of the day,' she told me, 'most of us think as soon as circumstances change, life will be great, when the reality is, first you have to change.' For more information on the book, go to
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Signature Resources Provides an Update on the Equity Financing
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 11, 2025) - Signature Resources Ltd. (TSXV: SGU) (OTCQB: SGGTF) (FSE: 3S30) ("Signature" or the "Company") is announcing that is has amended the terms of the non-brokered private placement announced on February 25, 2025 for gross proceeds of up to C$1,000,000 (the "Offering"). The original Offering was comprised of flow-through shares ("FT Shares") and non-flow-through shares ("NFT Shares") at $0.05 per share. With today's amended Offering the FT Shares will continue to be offered at $0.05 per share and we are offering non-flow-through units ("NFT UNIT") at $0.05 per NFT Unit. Each NFT Unit will be comprised of one share of common stock of the Company ("Common Share") and one half of one Common Share purchase warrant ("Warrant"). Each whole Warrant will be exercisable for one additional Common Share ("Warrant Share") at a price of $0.08 per Warrant Share for a period of 12 months following the date of issuance. It is anticipated that insiders will subscribe for at least 50% of the offering. All securities issued pursuant to this proposed private placement will be subject to the Exchange Hold Period and legend accordingly. The net proceeds from the Offering will be used for completing the maiden NI 43-101, final expenses for the 2024 drilling program and general working capital purposes. It is expected that thirty percent of the proceeds will be used for completing the resource model, twenty five percent for the remaining drilling program expenses and forty-five percent for general working capital purposes including accrued invoices to a non-arm's length party. The Company may pay up to 7% of the gross proceeds as finders fees. None of the proceeds will be used for investor relations service providers. About Signature The Lingman Lake gold property (the "Property") consists of 1,300 staked claims, four freehold fully patented claims and 14 mineral rights patented claims totaling approximately 24,761 hectares. The Property includes what has historically been referred to as the Lingman Lake Gold Mine, an underground substructure consisting of a 126.5-metre shaft, and 3-levels at 46-metres, 84-metres and 122-metres depths. There has been over 28,000 metres of historical drilling done on the Property and four 500 pound bulk samples that averaged 19 grams per tonne of gold. In November of 2023, the Ontario government energized a new 115kV high tension transmission line within 40 km of the historic Lingman Lake Mine ( To find out more about Signature, visit our website at or contact: Dan DenbowChief Executive Officer210-912-4356info@ or contact : Renmark Financial Communications Boidman: jboidman@ (416) 644-2020 or (212) Cautionary Notes Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release. This news release contains forward-looking statements which are not statements of historical fact. Forward-looking statements include estimates and statements that describe the Company's future plans, objectives or goals, including words to the effect that the Company or management expects a stated condition or result to occur. Forward-looking statements may be identified by such terms as "believes", "anticipates", "expects", "estimates", "may", "could", "would", "will", or "plan". Since forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Although these statements are based on information currently available to the Company, the Company provides no assurance that actual results will meet management's expectations. Risks, uncertainties and other factors involved with forward-looking information could cause actual events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Forward-looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, the Company's objectives, goals or future plans, statements, exploration results, potential mineralization, the estimation of mineral resources, exploration and mine development plans, timing of the commencement of operations and estimates of market conditions and risks associated with infectious diseases, including COVID-19. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking information include, but are not limited to changes in general economic and financial market conditions, failure to identify mineral resources, failure to convert estimated mineral resources to reserves, the inability to complete a feasibility study which recommends a production decision, the preliminary nature of metallurgical test results, delays in obtaining or failures to obtain required governmental, environmental or other project approvals, political risks, inability to fulfill the duty to accommodate First Nations and other indigenous peoples, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, changes in equity markets, inflation, changes in exchange rates, fluctuations in commodity prices, delays in the development of projects, capital and operating costs varying significantly from estimates and the other risks involved in the mineral exploration and development industry, and those risks set out in the Company's public documents filed on SEDAR. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by law. To view the source version of this press release, please visit
