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Local veterans worried about change in disability benefits for tinnitus, sleep apnea, mental health

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Local veterans are concerned over the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' proposal to remove tinnitus as a stand-alone disability and to change the language surrounding a sleep apnea disability. The VA made the announcement in February and said in an email to veterans, "The proposed updates to the rating schedule for these conditions will enable VA to incorporate modern medical data and terminology to provide Veterans with more accurate and consistent decisions. Veterans who currently receive compensation for a service-connected condition in these body systems will not have their disability rating impacted when the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities is updated." T he VA projects it will save $57.1 billion over a 10-year-period with the updates to the tinnitus and sleep apnea language. "It doesn't sit right with us that these changes are about to occur and we are left to believe that nothing's going to happen to us," said Army vetera...
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4 Celebrity Facialists on How They’re Prepping Skin for the Oscars Red Carpet

  While bright lights,   glamorous fashion,   and cheering fans are all hallmarks of a walk down the red carpet, Oscars beauty secrets continue to mystify us, each star’s glowing complexion more blinding than the next on Hollywood’s biggest night. But trust that there are many steps leading up to a celebrity’s major glam moment, whether it’s the Oscars or another high-profile event. In order to put their best faces forward, celebrities must put in the work for a healthy, luminous finish. “Prepping the skin before makeup is essential to get that smooth, effortless glow,” says Shani Darden, esthetician and founder of her eponymous skin care brand. “Keeping it healthy and happy in the  weeks  beforehand is essential.” With this in mind,  Vogue  spoke with four celebrity facialists about how they’re prepping stars’ skin for the Oscars red carpets and beyond. Joanna Vargas “Makeup needs a great palette for making you look perfect pre-event,” says...
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A Day With Carl Craig, Detroit’s Techno Maestro

Every time techno pioneer Carl Craig DJs, whether it’s a 5 am rave at the Berlin nightclub Panorama Bar or New York’s historic music pantheon Carnegie Hall, where he played for a sold-out crowd in mid-March, he reminds himself: “I will not show off!” Growing up in Detroit in the early ‘80s, he was a shy kid who occasionally found the courage to preen, but the girls or his friends always saw through his game. Today, at 52, Craig hasn’t forgotten those “social and mental beating[s]” from his youth. “I’ve never felt comfortable with that DJ as a Jesus-like superstar person,” he says. “I am more interested in the art of putting sounds together, so I am less of a performer but more of an engineer who happens to be all on stage.” At a Manhattan café a few hours before the Carnegie Hall gig, which Craig played as part of its ongoing Afrofuturism festival, the Grammy-nominated musician was ready for the first post-pandemic reunion with his Synthesize Ensemble, a quartet of keyboard players...
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Hilton to Open 10 Lifestyle Properties by 2025

  Hilton Worldwide has signed to add 10 new properties of lifestyle brands Canopy, Tempo and Motto in the U.S., Latin America and Europe, the company announced this week. In the U.S., Hilton plans to open in 2024 one Canopy and two Tempo properties in Nashville, along with a Canopy in Sioux Falls, S.D, Tempo properties in Memphis and Myrtle Beach, S.C. Hilton plans to open a Tempo hotel in San Diego in 2025. Internationally, Hilton plans to open in 2023 a Canopy in Cannes, France, and in 2024 Motto properties are in the Brazilian cities of São Paulo and Recife. Within the lifestyle category, Canopy is the most established of the three lifestyle brands, having launched in 2014. Hilton has 35 existing Canopy properties around the globe and 25 in its pipeline. The company before the pandemic in 2020 indicated that corporate transient represented 12 percent to 15 percent of the brand's business. Hilton’s newest lifestyle brand, Tempo, launched in 2020, and Motto, origin...
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