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This success illustrates the potential of digital gift cards to expand market reach. Challenges in Cross-Border Digital Gift Card Adoption Despite their advantages, digital gift cards face challenges in the cross-border e-commerce landscape: By addressing these issues, businesses can enhance the effectiveness of their digital gift card offerings and provide secure, seamless experiences for customers worldwide. Key Market Trends in Digital Gift Cards and Cross-Border E-Commerce Several emerging trends highlight the growing importance of digital gift cards in global e-commerce: How to Use Digital Gift Cards for Seamless International Shopping For consumers, using digital gift cards internationally can simplify the shopping experience. Here are some tips to ensure a smooth process: For reliable cross-border gift card options, visit www.giftcardmall/mygift to explore choices that simplify international shopping. The Road Ahead for Digital Gift Cards in Global E-Commerce Digital gift cards are poised to become integral to the future of global e-commerce. Their convenience, flexibility, and ability to connect consumers with international brands make them a valuable asset for businesses expanding into new markets. Looking forward, digital gift cards will likely benefit from advancements in personalization, multi-currency support, and emerging technologies. As e-commerce continues to grow, these cards will remain a critical tool for businesses and consumers, helping bridge the gap between markets and enhancing global shopping experiences.During the introductory news conference at UCF to welcome Scott Frost back, the former Knights coach received a black jersey featuring the number 10. This number was significant because Frost was the program’s 10th head coach. “Ten is not my number, but maybe we know somebody else who can use that,” Frost said, drawing a cheer from the assembled crowd. The not-so-veiled comment referred to former UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton , who played for the 49-year-old Frost in 2016-17. Milton, 27, was hired as the Knights’ new quarterbacks coach on Tuesday, reuniting with his former coach again. “I’m beyond excited to be back in Orlando and part of the UCF family once again,” Milton said in a statement. “UCF holds such a special place in my heart, and to return as quarterbacks coach is truly an honor. I couldn’t be more excited to work alongside Coach Frost, who has been such a pivotal figure in my career. “I can’t wait to help develop the next generation of Knights and build on the incredible tradition of success we’ve established here at UCF. Charge On!” The move brings one of the most popular figures in UCF history back into the fold and reunites him with one of the more popular coaches. Milton was a two-time American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year who led the Knights to back-to-back perfect seasons in 2017 and 2018. He also helped guide UCF to consecutive New Year’s Six Access Bowl appearances, highlighted by a 34-27 win over No. 7 Auburn in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. At the end of 2018, he suffered a gruesome leg injury that kept him off the field for the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Milton transferred to Florida State in 2021 and appeared in six games for the Seminoles. After retiring from football, Milton was hired as an offensive analyst at Tennessee by former UCF coach Josh Heupel in 2023. The Hawaii native is among the school leaders in passing (8,683 yards) and total passing touchdowns (72). Former UCF quarterback and current Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel was excited to see his former teammate and friend back in Orlando. “I love it,” Gabriel told the Sentinel. Former receiver Marlon Williams, who played for the Knights from 2017-20, was thrilled to see Milton’s return. “[I’m] Happy for my guy KZ; he deserves it!” Williams told the Sentinel in a message on social media. “Especially after everything he has been through. He’s played a big part in our program’s success while playing. Now he gets to positively influence the program on the coaching side as well!” Matt Murschel can be reached at mmurschel@orlandosentinel.com

Charly Arnolt blasts Kylie Kelce and Joe Rogan claim - 'the left hates him'Plum High School student Eli Pollak has a financial strategy. “The earlier you start, like at our age, investing, the more money you will make,” said Pollak, who attended the Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania Stock Market Challenge presented by Citizens on Thursday, Dec. 12 at Stage AE on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. It was an event held to empower students with real-world financial literacy skills. Stage AE was set up like a stock market with a board showing the stock prices similar to the New York Stock Exchange, the biggest stock market on earth, where matches are made between buyers and sellers trading shares of public companies. In this live trading simulation, students formed teams to compete in maximizing their investments, strategizing in response to the ups and downs of a simulated market. There was buying, selling, trading and some tense moments. A bell was rung just like is done to open the daily stock market on Wall Street. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were on the line. Fortunately, this wasn’t real money. The morning included an interactive competition, bringing the trading floor to life. This was the first time for such an event in Pittsburgh. “This is what Junior Achievement does across the country,” said Patrice Matamoros, president of the Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania. “We help with real-life skills. What we do here is an extension of what they are learning in the classroom.” That includes managing money through stocks, which was the lesson of the day. There were 108 teams and 385 students from Allegheny, Beaver, Cambria, Indiana, Somerset and Westmoreland counties and Brooke and Hancock counties in West Virginia. Each team began with $500,000. They came prepared with a portfolio of fake company stocks. They were presented with various scenarios. Their portfolio might include companies such as Donut House, a global donut and coffee chain, and Nichols Sporting Goods, an American manufacturer of sports equipment. Al DiFranco, president and CEO at Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland, would announce information such as the price of coffee beans on the rise. If the students owned Donut House stock, they might want to make a decision what to do with the stock. And they didn’t have a lot of time because, for this competition, one minute was equal to one day. “This JA Stock Market Challenge is about the stock market, but also about financial literacy and wellness and investing wisely,” DiFranco said. “When you work on Wall Street, you have to constantly be paying attention because the stock market can change in a minute.” Gretchen Weber, a marketing, business, accounting, law and finance teacher at Plum, said it was a great opportunity for students to learn about stocks and how to handle money. She brought five teams and 16 students. Sophomore Caydence Morgan said there was so much happening all at once. “This is so important to learn about investing in our future,” Morgan said. Classmate Sophia Tedesco said the morning was pretty stressful and everything was happening so quickly. Learning good money management is important, Tedesco said. Morgan and Plum junior Gianna Sciulli won an award for sharing their experience on social media. Winners of the stock market challenge were Peters Township High School students Laci and Lexi Vance, both first-year students, and their older brother Wyatt Vance, a junior. The prizes were $500 for the first-place team, $300 for the second, and $25 gift cards for each player on the third-place team. Peters Township finished with $662,000 total. Wyatt has been studying the stock market since he was 9 years old. He has read a lot of books about stocks and said, in real life, in the blink of an eye you can go from the top to the floor so you have to always be aware of what is going on in the world. Pollak agreed. “The stock market really gets your adrenaline pumping,” Pollak said. “You have to pay attention to what’s happening around you every second.”Key details to know about the arrest of a suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO

UFC cage side announcer Charly Arnolt has hit out at "feminists and liberals" as she took aim at the "left-wing media" following Kylie Kelce's breakout success with her podcasting debut. The media personality and wife of NFL legend Jason Kelce topped the charts after the release of the maiden episode of her Not Gonna Lie series. The show proved immensely popular with listeners after it premiered on Thursday, Dec. 5, with the 32-year-old having addressed topics including parenthood and fame on her inaugural release. With husband Jason having found success as a podcast co-host alongside brother Travis , this is the family's latest foray into the world of broadcasting. Having managed to topple the Joe Rogan Experience in the charts this week , debate has ensued over whether that show now has a major rival on its hands moving forward. However, it appears that former ESPN reporter Arnolt has been left irked by the comparisons, as she criticised the "left-wing media" after Kelce was hailed for "dethroning" Rogan's show. Ian Machado Garry shows his true colors in emotional post-fight UFC 310 press conference Butterbean told he's one of the most overrated boxers of all time During a rant on her own OutKick show, Arnolt started by offering up praise towards Kelce after the success of her debut outing on the mic. She said: "I know the hype among the Swifties is at an all-time high. "Why? Because Kylie Kelce's debut episode of a podcast has dropped... and great news for her, I'm so happy for her - to have a new podcast is a massive accomplishment. But there is a very over-zealous type of reaction that is taking over the internet. And I would say it is just going a little bit overboard." "Take a look, exhibit A, here is what people are saying after Kylie's podcast has done such tremendous numbers upon her debut episode," she continued, before commenting on the comparisons with Rogan's show. "People are saying that because it is No 1 on Spotify, above The Joe Rogan Experience, that she has now 'dethroned' Rogan in the podcast world. "Now listen, yes - her debut episode had killer numbers. And it is reported to have beaten out Joe Rogan's most recent episode. But this is just his most recent episode. It also beat out Crime Junkie, which I happen to be a massive fan of, and the New York Times' The Daily, consistently in the top three of podcasts." Revealing her disdain towards the nature of the coverage by unspecified outlets after Rogan's show was relegated to second place in the charts, she said: "Why are the headlines - if you beat Crime Junkie and the New York Times - all about dethroning Joe Rogan? Because we know the left hates Joe Rogan. This is easy to solve. DON'T MISS Dale Earnhardt Jr makes feelings clear on ex-NASCAR rival Tony Stewart Jeff Gordon made brutally honest admission to Rick Hendrick over NASCAR decline Joe Rogan and Khabib Nurmagomedov agree on next obvious megafight after UFC 310 'But all of this aside, is she on the level of Joe Rogan, who has been podcasting brilliantly for years and years? Come on. No chance. Are her guests going to compare to President-Elect Donald Trump ? Or Elon Musk ? No way. In a parting shot towards her apparent political adversaries, Arnolt added: "The feminists and liberals on the left are having a field day because of her topping him in this one week. They are trying to convince us Joe Rogan is no longer relevant because of Kylie Kelce stepping into the podcast space."

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former White House adviser Peter Navarro , who served prison time related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, will return to serve in Donald Trump’s second administration, the president-elect announced Wednesday. Navarro, a trade adviser during Trump’s first term, will be a senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, Trump said on Truth Social. The position, Trump wrote, “leverages Peter’s broad range of White House experience, while harnessing his extensive Policy analytic and Media skills.” The appointment was only the first in a flurry of announcements that Trump made on Wednesday as his presidential transition faced controversy over Pete Hegseth , Trump’s choice for Pentagon chief. Hegseth faces allegations of sexual misconduct, excessive drinking and financial mismanagement, and Trump has considered replacing him with another potential nominee. As he works to fill out his team, Trump said he wanted Paul Atkins, a financial industry veteran and an advocate for cryptocurrency, to serve as the next chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He wrote on Truth Social that Atkins “recognizes that digital assets & other innovations are crucial to Making America Greater than Ever Before.” Trump also said he was changing course on his choice for White House counsel. He said his original pick, William McGinley, will work with the Department of Government Efficiency, which will be run by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy with the goal of cutting federal spending. Now David Warrington, who has worked as Trump’s personal lawyer and a lawyer for his campaign, will serve as White House counsel. In addition, Trump announced the selections of former Rep. Billy Long of Missouri as IRS commissioner; former Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia to lead the Small Business Administration; Daniel Driscoll, an Army veteran who was a senior adviser to Vice President-elect JD Vance, as Army secretary; Jared Isaacman , a tech billionaire who conducted the first private spacewalk on Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket, as NASA administrator ; and Adam Boehler, a lead negotiator on the Abraham Accords team, as special presidential envoy for hostage affairs. Navarro was held in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated Jan. 6. Sentenced to four months in prison, he described his conviction as the “partisan weaponization of the judicial system.” Hours after his release in July, Navarro spoke on stage at the Republican National Convention, where he told the crowd that “I went to prison so you won’t have to." Navarro, 75, has been a longtime critic of trade arrangements with China. After earning an economics doctorate from Harvard University, he worked as an economics and public policy professor at the University of California, Irvine. He ran for mayor of San Diego in 1992 and lost, only to launch other unsuccessful campaign efforts, including a 1996 race for Congress as a Democrat. During Trump’s initial term, Navarro pushed aggressively for tariffs while playing down the risks of triggering a broader trade war. He also focused on counterfeited imports and even helped assemble an infrastructure plan for Trump that never came to fruition. Navarro often used fiery language that upset U.S. allies. In 2018, after a dispute between Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Navarro said “there’s a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad faith diplomacy with President Donald J. Trump and then tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door.” Canadians were outraged, and Navarro later apologized. Issacman has reserved two more flights with SpaceX, including as the commander of the first crew that will ride SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship, still in test flights out of Texas. He said he was honored to be nominated. “Having been fortunate to see our amazing planet from space, I am passionate about America leading the most incredible adventure in human history,” he said via X. Trump kept rolling out positions on Wednesday afternoon. He announced Gail Slater as assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s antitrust division. Trump wrote on Truth Social that “Big Tech has run wild for years, stifling competition in our most innovative sector.” Slater worked for Trump’s National Economic Council during his first term, and she's been an adviser to Vance. Trump also said Michael Faulkender would serve as deputy treasury secretary. A professor at the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business, Faulkender was the Treasury Department’s assistant secretary for economic policy during Trump’s initial term. He has also been the chief economist at the America First Policy Institute, a think tank formed to further the Trump movement’s policy agenda. Outside the White House, Trump said that he had asked Michael Whatley to remain on as chair of the Republican National Committee. Whatley ran the committee during the election along with Lara Trump, the wife of Trump’s son Eric. AP Aerospace Writer Marcia Dunn in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Associated Press writer Josh Boak in Washington and Associated Press writer Rob Gillies in Toronto contributed to this report.

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Nicole Velez weighed 244 pounds at her heaviest in November 2023. The 31-year-old who works in a members' lounge at a Florida airport struggled with self-confidence. A 60-minute outpatient procedure helped her lose over 100 pounds because it curbed her appetite. Advertisement This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nicole Velez, 31, from Tampa. It has been edited for length and clarity. My job is welcoming members to Delta Airlines' Sky Club lounge. Advertisement "Are you new here?" customers often ask. "No," I'll reply. "I've checked you in many times before." They can't believe that I'm the same person I was 11 months ago. It's because I've lost 109 pounds after a non-surgical procedure. My portion sizes are about a quarter of what they used to be. I feel full after eating much smaller amounts. My new figure has given me a lot of confidence and a new lease on life. Advertisement I tried every diet in existence My weight has been up and down my whole life. I started dieting at 9. It was triggered by an unkind comment from a boy while I was rollerblading up and down a hill. "Wow, you're fat and you can rollerblade?" he said. I went home and looked in the mirror. In my mind, I saw a large person staring back at me. I regretted raiding the fridge for pizza and eating sugary cereal with sweet, condensed milk. But I couldn't stop myself as an emotional eater. As I got older, I realized I could get through a 4,000 calorie meal and remain hungry. Over the years, I tried every diet under the sun. In my 20s, I lost 60 pounds but regained it within months with an extra 20 pounds on top. Advertisement I suffered aches and pains, despite my young age. My back hurt. Everything hurt. I had to slide out of bed because I was too heavy to pull myself up. Then, last year, at 244 pounds — far too heavy for my 5ft 6in frame — I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes . It was a shock. "I either have to change my ways, or this disease will kill me," I thought. I looked for solutions on the internet. I chance upon the non-surgical procedure Bariendo , which cost me $11,000. It was approved by the FDA in 2022. Advertisement The weight came off quickly Bariendo is an hour-long endoscopic that shrinks the stomach by 70%, causing a reduced capacity to take in food. The experts told me it alters gut hormone signaling, leading to reduced appetite and increased feelings of fullness. Related stories I took one day off work and followed a clear liquid diet . I lost exactly 45 pounds in 45 days. Then I graduated to protein shakes and regular food, including raw, vegan meals. I make sure to drink at least a gallon of water a day. The weight came off quickly. I now weigh 135 pounds. I went from a size 18 to a size 0 and had to buy a new wardrobe. Best of all, my bloodwork showed I was no longer pre-diabetic. Advertisement My confidence is much better. I have a good social life. I can swim and rollerblade again. I'm happier than I've ever been since that boy's thoughtless comment in 1991. Do you have an interesting story to share with Business Insider about weight loss? Please contact this reporter at jridley@businessinsider.com .Why Luigi Mangione is the beautiful face of American nihilism

Baramati Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2024: Baramati, a prominent seat in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, is in the spotlight as all eyes turn to this crucial battleground. This time, the contest has taken an interesting turn with a face-off between two prominent Pawar family members. The experienced Ajit Pawar from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is up against Yugendra Pawar , who is backed by a combination of NCP and the Samajwadi Party (SP). However, this election is not just about Baramati; it holds wider implications for Maharashtra’s political future, especially in the western region. Baramati's key role in 2024 Maharashtra elections The stakes are high in Baramati, as it has become more than a local contest. The rivalry between Ajit Pawar and his uncle, Sharad Pawar, has given the election an added dimension. Ajit Pawar, after splitting from the NCP in 2022, aligned his faction with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joined the ruling government. Despite his repeated victories, having won the Baramati seat seven times, the shift in allegiance has not been well received by traditional voters, as reflected in the results of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. His faction’s performance was underwhelming, whereas Sharad Pawar 's faction secured eight out of the ten seats in the same elections. Ajit Pawar's allegiance to BJP and its impact The Baramati seat became the battleground for the first-ever "Pawar vs Pawar" showdown when Sharad Pawar’s daughter, Supriya Sule, triumphed over Ajit Pawar’s wife, Sunetra Pawar. The shift in loyalties has added a layer of intrigue to the upcoming assembly polls, as voters in the region seem to be leaning slightly toward Sharad Pawar’s influence. Sharad Pawar's stronghold in Western Maharashtra Western Maharashtra, with its significant sugarcane-producing districts like Sangli, Satara, Kolhapur, and Pune, has long been a stronghold of Sharad Pawar. His influence in these areas, dating back to when he founded the NCP, has given him an edge in the political landscape. As the Baramati elections unfold, the results here could mark a significant shift in the region’s political dynamics, potentially reshaping the future of Maharashtra’s governance. 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Authored by Jackson Richman and Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President-elect Donald Trump announced on Dec. 4 that he has selected Peter Navarro as senior counselor for trade and manufacturing. During Trump’s first term, Navarro, a staunch advocate of tariffs, served as director of the National Trade Council and as director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy. Trump said the new role “leverages Peter’s broad range of White House experience while harnessing his extensive policy analytic and media skills.” Navarro’s “mission will be to help successfully advance and communicate the Trump manufacturing, tariff, and trade agendas,” the president-elect said. Navarro was released from prison on July 17 after serving a four-month sentence for refusing to appear before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Tariffs were an integral economic policy feature of Trump’s 2024 election campaign. Since his victory last month, Trump has threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports, slap 10 percent levies on Chinese goods, and implement a 100 percent tariff on countries engaged in anti-dollar activities. As one of the top White House economic and trade advisers in Trump’s first administration, Navarro was a leading voice in enacting tariffs on the United States’ trading partners, particularly China. Navarro said levies would help level the playing field and rectify what he viewed as unfair imbalances in international trade. “President Trump has made it clear he’s a free trader. He’s made it abundantly clear that for this administration, free trade means is free, fair, reciprocal, and balanced,” Navarro said in prepared remarks at a June 2018 Hudson Institute event outlining Trump’s policy regarding the U.S.–China trade relationship. In 2019, he also championed Trump’s threat of tariffs on Mexico in response to Mexico’s “exports” of “illegal aliens.” “ This is strictly about national security and threats to our economy from illegal immigration from a criminal enterprise ,” Navarro told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” Despite various criticisms that Trump’s tariffs would ignite inflation pressures and weigh on economic growth prospects, Navarro defended his trade agenda as “one of the most successful applications of a defense trade policy in U.S. history.” Appearing at a Harvard University event in April 2019, Navarro declared that “Ricardo is dead.” This was in reference to 19th-century economist David Ricardo, who touted that international trade is always beneficial and that nations can prosper with the theory of “comparative advantage.” However, according to Navarro, 19th-century economic philosophies have little relevance in modern global markets filled with “industrial espionage, rampant cheating, intellectual property theft, forced technology transfer, state capitalism, and currency misalignments.” Navarro has been reluctant to back trade agreements supported by whom he called “globalist elites” on Wall Street. “If Wall Street is involved and continues to insinuate itself into these negotiations, there will be a stench around any deal that’s consummated because it will have the imprimatur of Goldman Sachs and Wall Street,” Navarro said in a 2019 speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Navarro will not be the only pro-tariff official in the incoming administration. Trump has been surrounding himself with staunch defenders of his trade agenda. Scott Bessent, a Wall Street financier tapped to lead the Treasury Department, has been vocal in supporting levies on U.S. trading partners. Bessent has spoken favorably about tariffs, describing the measure as a negotiating tool to accomplish the president-elect’s foreign policy objectives. “Whether it is getting allies to spend more on their own defense, opening foreign markets to U.S. exports, securing cooperation on ending illegal immigration and interdicting fentanyl trafficking, or deterring military aggression, tariffs can play a central role ,” Bessent wrote in a recent Fox News op-ed. In an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Bessent also said that tariffs should be “layered in gradually” to prevent immediate inflationary pressures and allow disinflationary measures to offset higher prices. Trump selected billionaire Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary. Lutnick, the CEO of investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald, has also endorsed tariffs, calling them “bargaining chips” to negotiate better trade pacts that can slash levies. “I think tariffs make sense,” Lutnick told CNBC’s “Money Movers” in September. “We should compare what people tariff us and put the exact same tariffs on them and make it equal.” The president-elect recently rounded out his economic team with Kevin Hassett as director of the White House National Economic Council and international trade attorney Jamieson Greer as U.S. trade representative. Hassett was the previous head of the Council of Economic Advisers, a position that Trump has yet to announce. According to Trump, Greer was integral in his first term in replacing the decades-old North American Free Trade Agreement with the U.S.–Mexico–Canada Agreement and implementing tariffs on China. 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MINNEAPOLIS — Debbie Bury is a hardcore Minnesota Vikings fan. This past summer, after having some vision issues, she found out she had stage 4 brain cancer. The very week she found out her diagnosis, she won a Vikings-theme scratch-off worth $100,000 . After our story aired, the cancer got even more aggressive. The Vikings called WCCO and said they wanted to treat Bury to her first game at U.S. Bank Stadium. So on Sunday, Dec. 1, as the Vikings played the Arizona Cardinals, Bury got to watch. She now uses a wheelchair. Her pain is palpable, but that didn't keep her from bringing her trademark positivity with her to the stadium. "I think they are gonna do it, I think they are gonna impress me," she said. Her Vikings in front of her, her family beside her — it was a true escape from a truly hard time. "We appreciate this so much because it's been something for her to look forward to," said her daughter, Melissa Cryer. "If we weren't here, she'd just be in bed." But she's here, fighting alongside her favorite team. "If you don't stay positive, your body's not gonna stay positive, it's not gonna go the way you want. You have to think positive, be positive," Bury said. That's an attitude that's gotten her a long way in life. "When I tell people what's going on and I was invited to the Vikings, people are just like, 'Who are you?' I don't know who I am, but it's good!" she said. So in the the worst of times, she created the best of memories. She dabbed her eyes saying she felt the love. And on this good day, the Vikings won, and Bury brought the luck. "I'm very blessed, I'm very blessed," she said. Bury says her favorite part of the day was feeling her late father's spirit, he was also a loyal fan who used to work with the team. Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield loves sharing the good news. She hosts a show on Sunday mornings based on local "positivity and empowerment," leading right into CBS Sunday Morning.