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A $3.5 billion accounting error puts the South Carolina comptroller’s job on the line

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South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom holds up a book he wanted to present to his new chief of staff during his introduction at a meeting on Aug. 13, 2009, in Columbia, S.C. Pressure is mounting for Eckstrom after a $3.5 billion accounting error. Mary Ann Chastain/AP

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina lawmakers angry over a $3.5 billion accounting blunder by the state’s comptroller general began efforts Thursday to sack the official, a day after demanding he quit or be fired.

Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom told senators last month he had unintentionally exaggerated the state’s cash position by $3.5 billion by overstating the amount the state had sent to colleges and universities for a decade. He has signaled he won’t resign.

The error wasn’t in actual cash, but in the way the state reports its balance sheets. It could affect South Carolina’s credit rating and destroyed any confidence that a large number of lawmakers in the Republican-dominated state had in Eckstrom.

A resolution introduced Thursday seeks a two-thirds vote from the House and the Senate to trigger a state constitutional provision that says the governor should remove Eckstrom for “willful neglect of duty.”

The constitution allows Eckstrom a hearing in his own defense, although the exact procedure isn’t clear. Several senators couldn’t remember this process being used since it was added to the constitution more than 50 years ago.

Eckstrom has been S.C. comptroller or treasurer for nearly a quarter-century

A certified public accountant, Eckstrom, 74, has spent 20 years as comptroller general and before that four years as state treasurer.

“At least for a decade we know that he has signed his name, Richard Eckstrom, CPA, on our state’s closing financial document and every year he has been wrong,” said Republican Sen. Larry Grooms, who is sponsoring the resolution.

Grooms said the legislature needs to act because Eckstrom isn’t doing “the honorable thing” and resigning.

Thirty-eight of 46 senators signed on to sponsor the proposal. Just 30 are needed for the two-thirds threshold to pass. In the House, the resolution needs 83 of 124 votes.

Grooms said he expects once Eckstrom is dealt with the Senate will take up other matters his subcommittee recommended like dismantling his agency and sending its duties to other offices.

It all started as a $12 million coding error

The error started as a $12 million coding error in 2007 and was compounded when the state switched accounting systems in 2011, Eckstrom told senators at hearings in the past few weeks.

State cash transferred to colleges and universities was being double counted and auditors said Eckstrom ignored repeated warnings about the problem. They said he waited five years to conduct a full review of accounts that eventually assisted in uncovering the problem about a year ago.

Eckstrom responded to the Senate report with a statement Wednesday saying he isn’t quitting. He said his office worked tirelessly to find and then fix the problem which it first started cropping up in 2013. The problem wasn’t reported to lawmakers or others in the government until months ago.

Eckstrom said he would support a constitutional amendment making his job appointed by the governor instead of elected, but in the meantime “I will not be distracted by anyone from the work ahead of us, work voters elected me to do during this term.”

Eckstrom has run unopposed by anyone in the past two elections and last had a challenger in the Republican primary in 2010.

The governor said Eckstrom should be held accountable by voters

Republican Gov. Henry McMaster said last week that Eckstrom should be held accountable by voters and not impeached.

The resolution requires a lower level of wrongdoing of willful neglect of duty, where impeachment requires “serious crimes or serious misconduct” according to the constitution.

McMaster’s office didn’t immediately respond to questions about whether Thursday’s resolution from lawmakers had changed his thinking.

Exactly what happens next isn’t known. The constitution allows Eckstrom a hearing if he wishes.

“We’re consulting with Archives and History right now to ensure we do the correct procedures,” Grooms said. “He’ll have an opportunity to rebut.”

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How the slam dunk became this director’s metaphor for the Asian American experience

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Director Jingyi Shao arrives for the launch event of Disney’s Chang Can Dunk. VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images

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When is a dunk more than a dunk? When it’s wrapped up in proving yourself to your entire high school.

Who are they? Jingyi Shao is a writer and director, whose latest project is the Disney film, Chang Can Dunk.

The story follows Bernard Chang, a 5-foot-8-inch high schooler in the marching band, who makes a bet with his school’s top jock that in just 12 weeks, he’ll be able to dunk a basketball.Chang’s mission to prove himself to his peers and subvert their expectations is one that is personal to Shao. He says the inspiration for the film and many of the themes are drawn from his own experiences growing up in New Jersey. YouTube

What’s the big deal? Though the premise is pretty straightforward, the plot touches on many elements others may identify with: Chang trying to earn the respect of his peers as an Asian American and novice athlete; struggling to gain his single immigrant mother’s understanding; and believing in himself enough to achieve his goal.

Shao explains how representation is intertwined with self-perception: “Watching this film, if you’re an Asian American or if you’re another person who’s a minority, there’s another layer to that. When people watch this film, I want them to think about their own self-perception, because I think that is almost as important as other people’s perceptions of you. I think that stereotypes are really powerful because we’re scared that they might be true.”  It’s also another story focused on providing a new perspective on the Asian immigrant experience in the United States, hot on the trail of the groundbreaking Everything Everywhere All At Once Oscars sweep.In 2021, USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative published a study that analyzed 1,300 films from 2007-2019. The results showed that from 51,159 speaking characters, just 5.9% of them were Asian or Pacific Islanders.  

Want to hear more from Shao? Listen to the NPR interview by clicking or tapping the play button at the top.

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(From left) Zoey Renee as Kristy, Bloom Li as Chang, Dexter Darden as DeAndre, and Ben Wang as Bo in “Chang Can Dunk.” Stephanie Mei-Ling/Stephanie Mei-Ling

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What are they saying? Shao spoke to NPR’s Ailsa Chang (who insists that she cannot dunk) about the process of making the film.

On the significance of ~the dunk~

From a screenwriter’s perspective, you’re always looking for a metaphor that’s really simple and also universal. I mean, everyone that walks by a hoop wants to dunk. And the dunk is such a powerful,  top three sports move. There’s a home run, there’s a knockout in boxing, and then there’s the slam dunk.  And it’s like [an] athletic feat. It’s not something a lot of people can do. And it brings all the attention to that person and it riles up the crowd. 

And when I saw that, I think all these questions of Asian Americans coming into our own, discovering ourselves, trying to fulfill our dreams and reaching for this goal with all these obstacles in the way, the dunk seems to be just a super simple metaphor. Yeah, it’s 10 feet, it’s there, you jump up and you do it or you don’t. But at the same time, you’re weighed down by invisible things.

On his own relationship to the story:

When I create stories, I try to relate it to personal experience. And so Chang is Asian because I’m Asian. Growing up, I tried my hardest not to think of things that way. I tried to convince myself that I was just me and race didn’t matter. But at a certain point, you do come across these things that people perceive of you, and you’re running up against these barriers and you’re trying to prove them wrong in different ways, not just to everyone else, but to yourself. So for this character to be Asian, I think that the whole thing of trying to disprove other people’s beliefs of you, or you’re trying to be cooler in school, is a universal thing.

So, what now?

Shao recalls watching sports movies growing up, and never quite identifying with the challenges faced by the protagonists. He hopes that his film will create space for kids who grew up like him.  Chang Can Dunk is available to stream on Disney Plus. 

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Denver donates 35 bison to Native American tribes

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Some of the 35 Denver Mountain Park bison wait in a corral to be transferred to representatives of four Native American tribes and one memorial council as they reintroduce the animals to tribal lands on Wednesday. David Zalubowski/AP

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The city of Denver has donated 35 bison to several Native American tribes and one memorial council in Colorado, Oklahoma and Wyoming. The transfers marked another example of Indigenous people reclaiming stewardship over land and animals their ancestors managed for thousands of years.

After a ceremony on Wednesday, the animals were loaded onto trucks and moved to tribal lands.

The city’s Parks Department transferred 17 bison — which many, including Tribal members, commonly call buffalo — to the Northern Arapaho Tribe and 12 to the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, both located in Wyoming. Five went to the Yuchi Tribe of Oklahoma, which will use the animals to establish a new herd. One will go to the Tall Bull Memorial Council in Colorado.

“Our tribes, our ancestors were buffalo people,” says Jason Baldes, a Tribal buffalo program senior manager at the National Wildlife Federation and executive director of the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative. “We want to ensure that our young people today also have that historical and contemporary connection to this animal.”

That means restoring each tribe’s herd to the point that Indigenous people can “get them back into our diet, provide those animals for our cultural and spiritual belief systems,” and provide educational opportunities for young people, Baldes says.

The Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes restored their herds with 10 animals each in 2016 and 2019, respectively, Baldes says. Both tribes’ herds have now grown to several dozen animals.

In the Denver Mountain Parks system, Denver Parks and Recreation maintains two conservation herds that are descended from the last wild bison in North America, according to a press release. The herds were originally established in Denver’s City Park by the city and the Denver Zoo, then moved to a park west of Denver in 1914.

Since 2018, the city has donated 85 surplus bison to Native American tribes instead of selling them at auction, which the Parks Department says “kept the herd at a healthy population size and promoted genetic diversity within the managed bison population.”

By 2030, the city will have donated about 300 bison to tribes, says Scott Gilmore, deputy executive director of Denver Parks and Recreation.

The first donation came from Gilmore’s relationship with Bill and Rich Tall Bull of the Tall Bull Memorial Council, when he asked the brothers if they would be interested in a bison donation.

“We auction them off anyway,” Gilmore remembers telling them. “This is what we should be doing.”

The city of Denver reads a land acknowledgement at all of its events, acknowledging the tribes that once called the area home. But those are just words, Gilmore says, and “we’re not checking a box here in Denver. We are following through.”

“The bison, the buffalo are part of the land,” Gilmore says. “We are returning the land to these individuals, these tribal members, and we’re returning them to their homeland.” That, he says, is far more important than the money the city would get from auctioning the animals off.

The transfer is part of a nationwide movement to increase Indigenous bison stewardship

Tens of millions of bison used to live in North America. By the late 1800s, however, “bison were nearly driven to extinction through uncontrolled hunting and a U.S. policy of eradication tied to intentional harm against and control of Native American Tribes,” according to the Department of the Interior.

Thanks to conservation efforts, the North American bison population has rebounded to about half a million, but the majority are raised as livestock in commercial herds. Only about 30,000 live in conservation herds, according to the National Park Service.

This most recent transfer came two weeks after U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued a conservation order to restore large bison herds to Native American lands. She also announced that the department would invest $25 million in building new herds and supporting bison transfers to tribes.

The InterTribal Buffalo Council, a coalition of 80 tribes nationwide, has restored 25,000 buffalo to 65 herds across Native American land in 20 states, according to Baldes, who sits on their board. In recent years, herds have grown as federal, state and local governments, private ranches and other tribes transfer animals to reservations.

The work in Denver “sheds light on the larger issue of how important it is for the federal government to support efforts like this,” Baldes says.

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In rare rebuke, Germany’s Scholz expresses ‘great concern’ over Israel’s judicial reforms – POLITICO

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz issued rare criticism of the Israeli government on Thursday, expressing “great concern” over planned judicial reforms that have sparked protests.

Scholz made the remarks during a joint press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was visiting the German capital, urging the Israeli leader to reconsider a compromise proposal on reforms.

“As partners of democratic values ​​and close friends of Israel, we are following this debate [over the planned judicial reforms] very closely and – I won’t hide it – with great concern,” Scholz said. “The independence of the judiciary is a highly democratic asset.”

Since the end of World War II and Berlin’s recognition of the country’s atrocities during the Holocaust, German leaders have traditionally been cautious about making critical remarks about the Israeli government. But the judicial reforms have raised concerns both at home and abroad.

Netanyahu’s ruling coalition, which includes ultra-Orthodox and far-right parties, has proposed changes that would allow lawmakers to overturn rulings by the country’s Supreme Court, while increasing the government’s influence in the appointment of judges. Opponents argue the proposals undermine democracy and the rule of law, and protests against the measures have continued for weeks.

Scholz urged Netanyahu to reconsider his rejection of a compromise proposal that Israeli President Isaac Herzog presented on Wednesday.

“We know that President Herzog also made concrete proposals last night to resolve the difficult situation. As friends of Israel, we would like to see that the last word has not yet been said on this proposal,” the Chancellor said, adding that Israel must try to find “the widest possible” social consensus. .

In striking remarks, Herzog also warned on Wednesday that Netanyahu’s reforms could plunge Israel into civil war: “Anyone who thinks a real civil war…is a line we won’t reach has no idea. The abyss is at hand,” the president said.

Netanyahu, however, fiercely defended his reform proposals: “Israel has an independent judiciary, but many think it is too powerful,” the prime minister said, adding, “The accusation that we are breaking with democracy is not true”.

He even made the controversial claim that his government is simply trying to limit the judiciary to a level similar to that of Germany: “When we have made this reform, we will have the same separation of powers as in other countries and that in your country,” Netanyahu said. “We want to bring [our judiciary] consistent with what is acceptable in all other western democracies.

Scholz stressed the importance of Israel’s democratic values, also when dealing with its various critics around the world.

“For us, Israeli democracy is a very important valued partner, and it’s something we emphasize again and again when speaking to others who question our unwavering support for Israel,” the Chancellor said.

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Ulta 24-Hour Flash Sale: 50% Halsey’s About-Face, Too Faced, and More

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Beauty enthusiasts and bargain hunters, rejoice! There are some great deals at Ulta. The 21 Days of Beauty Sale is happening from March 12 through April 1, with different markdowns on their best-selling makeup, skincare, haircare, and more items every single day. Every day, you will have 24 hours to shop for different beauty products at half price. And, if you’re a Diamond or Platinum member, your order will ship free (no shipping minimums!).

Today is the only day for Ulta shoppers to save 50% on select products from Too Faced, StriVectin, Iconic London, and Halsey’s brand About-Face. Keep reading to find out why these are must-buy products and to peek ahead at the upcoming steals so you can plan your shopping accordingly.

TL;DR: You need to check out my all-time favorite Too Faced lip plumper while it’s available at half price.

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Penn Badgley Suggests You Season 5 Could Be Its “Grand Finale”

“It has to go to this place for five episodes where it’s like, ‘Is he going to become a hero as we’ve all wanted him to?’ It doesn’t make any sense when Joe becomes a hero,” he admitted. “This is the only place the show could have ever gone and remain relevant, remain responsible, remain intelligent, remain sensitive, but true.”

Badgley added of season four, “The whole thing has been building towards seeing Joe in a different light, truly, which we’ve never ever done before.”

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FDIC taps investment bank to lead sale of Silicon Valley Bank

“I think it’s deeply concerning,” the senator said. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) said in an interview Tuesday night. “The idea that they’re going to do better as this asset turns into a carcass? … It’s hard for me to understand why that’s the best answer.

The FDIC declined to comment. Piper Sandler did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Banking regulators and Biden officials ultimately determined that emergency measures to support the bank’s uninsured depositors — which included about half of all Silicon Valley-backed companies — would bring more clarity and calm to the amid fears of possible financial contagion.

Signature Bank, a New York institution that had been a key banking partner for major crypto firms, was also shut down by regulators on Sunday.

Ratings agency Fitch Ratings on Wednesday downgraded First Republic, another lender whose shares have been battered since SVB’s bankruptcy. The rating agency also warned that the regional banking crisis could spread to the whole market, including insurance companies and investment funds.

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How former LA mayor Eric Garcetti got his job as ambassador to India

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It took nearly two years, but former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti finally got the job.

The Senate voted 52 to 42 on Wednesday to confirm Garcetti as the next US ambassador to India. Seven Republicans joined all but three Democrats present in endorsing him for the job.

The former mayor had to fight for his new post. President Biden selected Garcetti, a close political ally, for the post of Plum Ambassador in July 2021, but the nomination quickly stalled. Biden’s Democratic allies on Capitol Hill have raised concerns about whether Garcetti knew, or should have known, of the alleged sexual harassment of his colleagues by a former senior official.

Ultimately, Biden’s unwavering loyalty to Garcetti likely saved the former mayor’s confirmation. By refusing to give up on his ally – even appointing him a second time when the new Congress began this year – and allowing an important ambassadorial post to remain vacant for record time, Biden has created an unlikely standoff with the Senate Democrats.

“Once Biden nominated him for the second time, it was clear this was a priority for him and it was now going to be quite embarrassing if we couldn’t confirm a nominee to one of our most important allies. for three years,” said Sen. Christopher S. Murphy (D-Conn.), who, as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee with jurisdiction over U.S.-India relations, has long wanted an ambassador in place. .

Garcetti also had the help of Republicans who walked down the aisle in support of his nomination in hopes of bolstering US-India relations.

During the lengthy process, Garcetti never considered stepping down, and Biden never asked him to do so, the former mayor said in an interview Wednesday.

“I checked with him to make sure he still wanted me,” Garcetti said, noting he didn’t want to block the president’s foreign agenda. “I can tell you, unequivocally, he said, ‘Eric, I’m still 100% behind you. “”

A longtime politician – but who admitted to having few connections in Washington outside of the president – Garcetti acknowledged that it took him time to meet with senators, set up meetings and deliver his response to allegations about the former assistant, Rick Jacobs.

“When they looked at my qualifications, they looked at the evidence, it wasn’t a hard vote,” he said.

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Initially, it looked like Garcetti’s nomination would go through. He cleared his first Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote in late 2021 with no opposition expressed, signaling a clear path to final approval in the Senate.

But soon enough, the chatter surrounding Jacobs — that he was sexually harassing colleagues in Garcetti’s office and that the former mayor knew or should have known — crossed the country to Washington. Democrats feared Garcetti’s endorsement would undermine their zero-tolerance policy on harassment.

Asked about the matter at his committee hearing in 2021, Garcetti said he was unaware of Jacobs’ alleged conduct and that if he had, he would have done something about it. Separately, Jacobs denied the allegations.

By early 2022, complaints about Garcetti’s handling of the Jacobs case were growing louder.

Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) said a whistleblower contacted his office with allegations that Garcetti was aware of Jacobs’ actions. He announced an investigation and suspended the nomination, a warning that he was blocking any effort to expedite the nomination. Other Republicans followed suit.

The holds meant that if Democrats wanted to put the nomination on the ground, they would have to hold two votes instead of one and tie up valuable speaking time. Senate Democrats did not want to spend time on a nomination that some of their members found controversial.

Several Democrats have publicly said they weren’t sure they could back Garcetti — a potential death knell for his nomination in the House which was then evenly split between 50 Republicans and 50 Democrats (including independents who caucus with them).

Throughout the process, Biden was “very, very involved,” according to a White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity to speak candidly about the nomination. Biden was “watching and being a part of this closely for a long time…and we just drove.”

The White House sent an unequivocal message to the Hill: Biden was staying with Garcetti. There was no plan B.

“If that vote failed, it would have started all over again,” Murphy said. “In reality, that would have meant the position would remain vacant for the rest of this year. It’s just compounding error upon error.

Garcetti and his allies turned up the heat, sometimes in unconventional ways.

He made frequent trips to Washington, sometimes accosting walk-in senators, according to several people familiar with his actions. In one instance, Garcetti’s allies left Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) with the impression that the senator would be cut off from Garcetti’s valuable donor network if he voted no, according to Politico. Kelly ultimately voted against the nomination.

Garcetti said he had “enthusiastic friends” and only asked his allies to give introductions.

The parents of the former mayor – the former LA County Dist. Atti. Gil Garcetti and Sukey Garcetti – hired lobbyists to help him get his confirmation. Even in Washington, lobbyists are rarely hired to mentor candidates for ambassadorships — and even more rarely hired by a candidate’s parents. In 2022 alone, Garcetti’s parents spent $90,000 on the effort, according to federal documents. Garcetti said Wednesday that his family had hired lobbyists to ensure that people who would have stood up for him anyway would be properly paid and recognized for their work.

Garcetti leaned on the few Washington friends he had, like Sen. Cory Booker (DN.J.), who has known Garcetti for decades. Booker missed the vote on Wednesday but told Garcetti he was pushing his colleagues to vote yes from his cellphone on Amtrak.

Other senators, including Murphy and Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), who is close to Biden, have stressed the importance of having someone confirmed in the job.

Republicans interested in US-India relations echoed that message. “The Biden administration and my colleagues here have taken far too long to fill what I think is one of the most vital ambassadors we have,” said Sen. Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, one of the Republicans who voted for Garcetti.

Garcetti said he had been patient through the ups and downs of the process as he served the end of his term as mayor. His successor, former representative Karen Bass, was sworn in on December 11.

“On December 12 – as Christmas rolled around – it became clear that we have to do it now if it’s going to happen,” he said.

A recent trip by a congressional delegation to India led by Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (DN.Y.) – during which Indians questioned senators on why the world’s preeminent superpower had yet to send an ambassador to the world’s largest democracy – bolstered Garcetti’s case.

And finally, Biden’s renomination of Garcetti on the first day of this year’s new Congress sent an unequivocal message.

“There was ultimately a ruling, when the president reappointed him, that he was entitled to one vote,” said Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.).

Garcetti’s close relationship with Biden — the president called to congratulate him just hours after his confirmation on Wednesday — will be a boon to U.S. relations with India, Murphy said.

“A country like India wants to know that when they’re talking to the ambassador, they’re talking to someone who has the president’s ear,” Murphy said. “Eric’s confirmation was especially important because everyone knows how close he is to Biden.”

Garcetti does not yet know when he will leave for New Delhi. But he and his family are ready to leave “as soon as possible”, he said.

Writer Courtney Subramanian contributed to this report.

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My husband forgets our family – a tumor is eating away at his brain

A British father-of-two, who may only have three months to live, begins to forget his family – and any memories of his wedding day.

Kirsty Chorlton, 34, from Welsh, says time is running out for her 37-year-old husband, Wayne.

He was reportedly diagnosed with a butterfly glioma, a rare type of brain tumor that is slowly eating away at his brain. Memory loss is just one symptom of the tragic disease.

“We’ve been completely devastated as a family because his memory has gone really bad and he doesn’t remember much about his daily routine or the big moments in his life,” Chorlton told Jam Press.

The couple recently renewed their vows in front of their two young daughters, Daisy-Marie, 4, and Evie, 2, to give Wayne new memories of his life.

Kirsty Chorlton’s husband, Wayne, has reportedly been diagnosed with a rare brain tumor that’s causing him to forget important memories, like his wedding day. jam press


She said Wayne was told he only had three months to live. jam press

“Wayne is [so young], and we should spend the rest of our lives together. It doesn’t feel real knowing that I will one day have to bury my soul mate, the father of my children,” Chorlton told the outlet.

“I’m afraid of the unknown, but our vow renewal was the best day of my life.”

The couple met in April 2010 – immediately in love with each other.

Wayne proposed eight months later, and the rest was history – or so they thought.

In December 2014, Wayne began having what have been described as “blinding headaches”. These horrific episodes reportedly caused him to collapse and change the way he acted – namely, he started drinking hand soap.

She was told the symptoms could be attributed to a migraine, but after several visits to an optician and MRIs and PET scans, she was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour.

The couple have two young children, and Chorlton admitted she was “terrified” to raise them on her own. jam press

He underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy for the next six years, but in February his family learned that his tumor was no longer responding to treatment.

“It was very exhausting, especially to learn that his cancer was terminal and had spread to the rest of his brain, possibly also to his spinal cord,” Chorlton said.

She thinks Wayne’s memory deteriorated a few months ago after suffering a two-hour seizure. She said the doctors told her he would be dead in a few hours.

“He was unresponsive for over 30 hours before he came back, but I think it made his memory worse,” she explained.

Wayne initially thought he had migraine symptoms, but it turned out to be cancer. jam press

Chorlton said doctors asked her to ask her husband routine questions to keep his brain active, but he barely remembered some of the most important things in his life.

“It was horrible, because I had to remind him that his grandmother had died, and I knew from that moment that he didn’t remember anything beyond that date,” he said. she revealed.

Chorlton’s mother, Kathleen Heafield, raises funds to help Wayne create memories with his family.

She raised more than $2,500 in donations Wednesday via GoFundMe.

Wayne allegedly suffered a seizure that nearly cost him his life, and his memory subsequently deteriorated. jam press


He was diagnosed with a tumor known as butterfly glioma.jam press

For her part, Chorlton admitted she was “terrified” about raising her children without her husband.

“It breaks my heart that I can’t stop this [from] happens to him, but I love Wayne so much,” she said.

“I would be nowhere else but by his side, because it has always been the two of us for the past 13 years, and I will continue to be here until the unthinkable day comes.”

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NFL’s Damar Hamlin Supports Brother on The Masked Singer

Up next, The Fairy made her Masked Singer debut with a performance of Linda Ronstadt‘s “You’re No Good.” The impressive rendition was preceded by a clue package including a black panther, a basketball, a rubber duck, a police badge and references to “friends” Sean Penn, Rob Lowe and Emilio Estevez.

In addition, Sesame Street‘s Cookie Monster also revealed one final clue for The Fairy: the words “Endless Love.”

Finally, The Jackalope made her debut by singing Shakira‘s “Whenever, Wherever” after a clue package including references to social media, a necklace with the letter “G” and the Ghostface mask from Scream.

After the performance, Sesame Street‘s Count von Count unveiled a final Jackalope clue: the words “30 Under 30.”

Once the tallies from the first round of voting were counted, The Squirrel was unmasked as 27 Dresses and Billions star Malin Akerman. 

After she scurried away, The Fairy and The Jackalope were left to go head-to-head in the Battle Royale set to Imagine Dragons‘ “On Top of the World.”

Ultimately, The Fairy advanced in the competition, leaving The Jackalope to be unmasked as YouTube sensation, actress and singer Lele Pons.

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