NoneIn February 2021, uttered a line that will go down in pop culture history. “I never thought I’d be engaged with somebody who threw balls for a living,” she told Jimmy Fallon during a virtual appearance on . The man in question was her then- . Yes, Aaron Rodgers. The Green Bay Packers quarterback who was a Super Bowl MVP. Did I have to look up that stat? Maybe. I guess Shailene and I have something in common (we don’t know that much about sports). You see, Shailene wasn’t starstruck over Aaron’s football abilities—nah, she just thought of him as a -loving nerd. So how did the end up engaged to a football legend before they eventually called it off and broke up? I’m so, so glad you asked. July 2020 Let’s start at the beginning, shall we? A rep that Aaron and Danica Patrick had broken up last summer. They met in 2012 at the ESPYS and started dating in 2018. That month, rumors started that Shai and Aaron were seeing each other. Sports gossip blogger that they were spotted together in Lake Tahoe. September 2020 Aaron appeared on , and while he didn’t say he was in a relationship, he did reference “changes” in his life. “I have just a new and increased love of life and I have made decisions and changes and habits that put me in a lot better headspace,” he said. “There’s just a lot of things that have come together in my life over the last few months that have really been enjoyable and reminded me, given me perspective in life and in football to view things through the most positive lens I possibly can.” February 2021 We *finally* get confirmation that Shailene and Aaron are a bona fide couple. “2020 was definitely a crazy year filled with lots of change, growth, some amazing, memorable moments, 180 straight days of having my nose hair scraped, playing for very little fans or no stands the entire season,” Aaron said during a speech after accepting the 2020 AP Most Valuable Player Award. “I got engaged and I played some of the best football in my career.” He continued, “So I’d like to thank, first and foremost, my teammates for their support, their inspiration, protection, incredible play on the field...off the field, I’ve got a great group of people that support me, so I’d like to thank my team.” He didn’t name Shailene, but WE ALL KNEW. Then Shailene and spilled alllll the deets. Iconic. May 2021 Double date time! On May 1, Shailene and Aaron (Sharon? Ailene? More on that later...) attended the Kentucky Derby with their friends, including Miles Teller and his wife, Keleigh Sperry Teller. FYI: Miles and Shailene are frequent costars. They both appeared in and the franchise. Later that month, the couples went on vacation to Hawaii and many Instagrammable moments ensued. June 2021 Shailene divulged more information about her relationship in a cover story. “Starting a relationship where you immediately move in with someone—because it’s a pandemic and you can’t just get on a plane and go back and forth on weekends—taught us a lot about each other very quickly,” she said. “We jumped in headfirst and got some of the sticky bits out of the way early.” She continued, “I have the perspective that I would have met Aaron in any context, any space in time because I feel we were meant to be together.” July 2021 As it turns out, Shailene and Aaron were keeping their engagement low-key for . “When we announced that we were engaged, we wanted to do that only because we didn’t want someone else to do it before we did,” Shailene told the in a cover story. “And we didn’t do it for months and months after we had become engaged.” She added, “But the reaction to it was really a lot, and so we were like, ‘Let’s just politely decline [to talk about the relationship] for a little while and live in our little bubble.’” February 2022 Months later, things took a turn. A rep for Aaron told that Aaron and Shailene called off their engagement and ended their relationship completely. The good news is it doesn’t seem like it was too messy or devastating. “It was an amicable split—it just wasn’t working,” the source told . “They’re very different people with busy careers and there were obstacles that they couldn’t surmount. They will remain friendly; there’s no bad blood and no drama. It just didn’t work out for them.” The news of their breakup comes just about a year after their secret engagement. Less than two weeks after news broke that the couple had called off their engagement, however, Aaron and Shailene were spotted together in Los Angeles, spurring rumors of a reconciliation. While Shailene and Aaron have yet to personally address the current status of their relationship, sources close to the pair gave some hopeful updates. “Shailene and Aaron broke up after the two spent a lot of time apart and couldn’t make it work,” one source told “Aaron had told Shailene he’ll put more effort into the relationship and making her a priority. The two have been spending more time together recently and will see what the future holds.” Another insider told that Shailene and Aaron aren’t back together but that they *are* “talking things through and trying to keep things private” because even though they split, “their love for each other never went away.” “Things are different now, but they were definitely over,” the source added. “Now that Aaron is in [the] off season, he has more downtime and can focus more on a relationship. Shailene is understanding and open—she hasn’t shut the door completely or [she] would’ve never agreed to meet up with him.” March 2022 Even though Shailene and Aaron kept “spending time together,” they were never “fully back on” at this time, explained a source to Instead, they were simply “testing the waters.” The source continued: “Since he’s been off, they have been able to take some time to work on their relationship and try to figure things out. They are going to continue trying to do that and see what happens.” April 2022 After the last attempt at “testing the waters,” it now seems very official that Shailene and Aaron are truly over. As of right now, the two are definitely “not together,” according to what a source told Shailene tried to give it another shot and was spending time with Aaron,” continued the source. “But she quickly saw that everything was on his terms and nothing was going to change. There was no reason to continue, and she’s done with it again.” September 2024 During an interview with , Shailene reveals how she's changed since experiencing "a broken heart." As she explains, "I give all of myself. I used to be a person who, if you crossed me and disrespected that, would continue to give and give. And now you cross me, I respectfully go, 'Thank you so much for that information. Have a beautiful life. I wish you well.' Not interested." December 2024 Though it's still not clear *exactly* why the two broke up, Shailene hints that things didn't end well during an interview with Early in the interview, she notes, "I haven’t shared much about my relationship with Aaron because it always makes me cry. It was not right. But it was beautiful." Later, however, she alludes to a "really awful, traumatic thing" happening in early 2022, which was presumably when the two decided to end their engagement. "I felt like I lost my soul, my self, my happiness, my joy," she says. According to her, she chose to remain in the "toxic situation" because she was empathizing with "someone else" (though she doesn't specifically name Aaron as that someone else). Here’s to wishing them both the best in the future, whatever they decide to do.
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It looked like a recipe for disaster. So, when his country's swimmers were being accused of doping earlier this year, one Chinese official cooked up something fast. He blamed it on contaminated noodles. In fact, he argued, it could have been a culinary conspiracy concocted by criminals, whose actions led to the cooking wine used to prepare the noodles being laced with a banned heart drug that found its way into an athlete's system. This theory was spelled out to international anti-doping officials during a meeting and, after weeks of wrangling, finally made it into the thousands of pages of data handed over to the lawyer who investigated the case involving 23 Chinese swimmers who had tested positive for that same drug. The attorney, appointed by the World Anti-Doping Agency, refused to consider that scenario as he sifted through the evidence. In spelling out his reasoning, lawyer Eric Cottier paid heed to the half-baked nature of the theory. "The Investigator considers this scenario, which he has described in the conditional tense, to be possible, no less, no more," Cottier wrote. Even without the contaminated-noodles theory, Cottier found problems with the way WADA and the Chinese handled the case but ultimately determined WADA had acted reasonably in not appealing China's conclusion that its athletes had been inadvertently contaminated. Critics of the way the China case was handled can't help but wonder if a wider exploration of the noodle theory, details of which were discovered by The Associated Press via notes and emails from after the meeting where it was delivered, might have lent a different flavor to Cottier's conclusions. "There are more story twists to the ways the Chinese explain the TMZ case than a James Bond movie," said Rob Koehler, the director general of the advocacy group Global Athlete. "And all of it is complete fiction." In April, reporting from the New York Times and the German broadcaster ARD revealed that the 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for the banned heart medication trimetazidine, also known as TMZ. China's anti-doping agency determined the athletes had been contaminated, and so, did not sanction them. WADA accepted that explanation, did not press the case further, and China was never made to deliver a public notice about the "no-fault findings," as is often seen in similar cases. The stock explanation for the contamination was that traces of TMZ were found in the kitchen of a hotel where the swimmers were staying. In his 58-page report, Cottier relayed some suspicions about the feasibility of that chain of events — noting that WADA's chief scientist "saw no other solution than to accept it, even if he continued to have doubts about the reality of contamination as described by the Chinese authorities." But without evidence to support pursuing the case, and with the chance of winning an appeal at almost nil, Cottier determined WADA's "decision not to appeal appears indisputably reasonable." A mystery remained: How did those traces of TMZ get into the kitchen? Shortly after the doping positives were revealed, the Institute of National Anti-Doping Organizations held a meeting on April 30 where it heard from the leader of China's agency, Li Zhiquan. Li's presentation was mostly filled with the same talking points that have been delivered throughout the saga — that the positive tests resulted from contamination from the kitchen. But he expanded on one way the kitchen might have become contaminated, harkening to another case in China involving a low-level TMZ positive. A pharmaceutical factory, he explained, had used industrial alcohol in the distillation process for producing TMZ. The industrial alcohol laced with the drug "then entered the market through illegal channels," he said. The alcohol "was re-used by the perpetrators to process and produce cooking wine, which is an important seasoning used locally to make beef noodles," Li said. "The contaminated beef noodles were consumed by that athlete, resulting in an extremely low concentration of TMZ in the positive sample. "The wrongdoers involved have been brought to justice." This new information raised eyebrows among the anti-doping leaders listening to Li's report. So much so that over the next month, several emails ensued to make sure the details about the noodles and wine made their way to WADA lawyers, who could then pass it onto Cottier. Eventually, Li did pass on the information to WADA general counsel Ross Wenzel and, just to be sure, one of the anti-doping leaders forwarded it, as well, according to the emails seen by the AP. All this came with Li's request that the noodles story be kept confidential. Turns out, it made it into Cottier's report, though he took the information with a grain of salt. "Indeed, giving it more attention would have required it to be documented, then scientifically verified and validated," he wrote. Neither Wenzel nor officials at the Chinese anti-doping agency returned messages from AP asking about the noodles conspiracy and the other athlete who Li suggested had been contaminated by them. Meanwhile, 11 of the swimmers who originally tested positive competed at the Paris Games earlier this year in a meet held under the cloud of the Chinese doping case. Though WADA considers the case closed, Koehler and others point to situations like this as one of many reasons that an investigation by someone other than Cottier, who was hired by WADA, is still needed. "It gives the appearance that people are just making things up as they go along on this, and hoping the story just goes away," Koehler said. "Which clearly it has not." 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French government toppled in deepening political crisisLAS VEGAS, Dec. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hyperscale Data, Inc. (NYSE American: GPUS), a diversified holding company (" Hyperscale Data ” or the " Company ”), announced that it was notified today by the NYSE American that due to the Company's disclosure in its Form 10-Q filed for the fiscal period ended September 30, 2024, which reported stockholders' equity of approximately $2.2 million, it no longer meets the requirement that it must have no less than $6 million or more in stockholders' equity pursuant to the listing standard set forth under Section 1003(a)(ii) and (iii) of the NYSE American Company Guide (the " Listing Standards ”) because the Company has reported losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in five of its most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2023. Under the applicable NYSE American listing rules, the Company must by January 17, 2025 submit a compliance plan that demonstrates how it intends to regain compliance with the Listing Standards within 18 months of the receipt of the notice, or June 18, 2026. The Company intends to develop and submit to the NYSE American such a plan. If the NYSE American does not accept the plan, or if the Company does not make progress consistent with the plan during the plan period, the NYSE American will initiate delisting procedures. If the NYSE American accepts the plan the Company will be subject to periodic reviews including quarterly monitoring for compliance with the plan. During this period, the Company's common stock will continue to be listed on the NYSE American and trade as usual subject to compliance with other NYSE American listing requirements. The Company is confident that it will be able to submit a plan acceptable to the NYSE American within the requisite period and further that it will promptly be able to demonstrate that it has regained compliance with the Listing Standards. For more information on Hyperscale Data and its subsidiaries, Hyperscale Data recommends that stockholders, investors and any other interested parties read Hyperscale Data's public filings and press releases available under the Investor Relations section at hyperscaledata.com or available at www.sec.gov. About Hyperscale Data, Inc. Hyperscale Data is transitioning from a diversified holding company pursuing growth by acquiring undervalued businesses and disruptive technologies with a global impact to becoming solely an owner and operator of data centers to support high performance computing services. Through its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries and strategic investments, Hyperscale Data owns and operates a data center at which it mines digital assets and offers colocation and hosting services for the emerging artificial intelligence ecosystems and other industries. It also provides, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Ault Capital Group, Inc., mission-critical products that support a diverse range of industries, including an artificial intelligence software platform, social gaming platform, equipment rental services, defense/aerospace, industrial, automotive, medical/biopharma and hotel operations. In addition, Hyperscale Data is actively engaged in private credit and structured finance through a licensed lending subsidiary. Hyperscale Data's headquarters are located at 11411 Southern Highlands Parkway, Suite 240, Las Vegas, NV 89141. 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