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Associated Press
08-07-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Monuments Men and Women Foundation's Forever Promise Project Receives Critical Support from Bank of America
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 8, 2025-- The Forever Promise Project—a new initiative dedicated to connecting all of the families of American service members memorialized at the Netherlands American Cemetery with the Dutch citizens who have devotedly adopted their graves—is gaining powerful momentum thanks to the support of Bank of America. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: The project is a collaboration between the Monuments Men and Women Foundation (MMWF) and the Foundation for Adopting Graves American Cemetery Margraten. With Bank of America's generous support, the MMWF will expand its outreach and capacity to identify and connect all 10,000 American families to each of their respective Dutch adopters, while honoring one of the most extraordinary examples of international gratitude and remembrance. Presently, the Dutch adopters only have the contact information for the relatives of about twenty-five percent of their American liberators. Rooted in the remarkable tradition that began in early 1945, families in Margraten and other towns in Limburg Province began caring for the graves of fallen U.S. soldiers, placing flowers and paying tribute to their sacrifice, before World War II had even ended. This gesture of gratitude towards the American liberators who restored freedom to this area of the Netherlands has existed as a formal adoption program for eight decades and has continued, uninterrupted, to this day. 'Thanks to Bank of America's support, we are able to scale our efforts and shine a light on this remarkable legacy of gratitude and remembrance,' said Anna Bottinelli, President of the Monuments Men and Women Foundation. 'The Forever Promise Project is about more than remembrance. It's about human connection across generations and raising awareness of the enduring cost of freedom.' 'Preserving the memory of those who gave their lives for our freedom is an important way to honor their sacrifice,' said Brian Siegel, Global Arts, Culture & Heritage Executive at Bank of America. 'We couldn't be prouder to support the Monuments Men and Women Foundation as they embark on this mission, and to help foster the bonds that unite our global communities.' The project aligns closely with the recent release of the New York Times bestseller Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II , the latest book by Robert M. Edsel, founder and chairman of the MMWF. Remember Us tells the powerful story of twelve Americans—paratroopers, combat soldiers, pilots, a chaplain, and a grave digger – whose lives converge in this area of the Netherlands, and how the grave adoption program and its enduring bonds came into being. 'This book is a tribute to the Americans who liberated a portion of the Netherlands in September 1944, and the Dutch citizens whose profound gratitude transformed into a promise kept for generations—a forever promise' said Robert M. Edsel. 'The Forever Promise Project is the continuation of that story—one that honors the American men and women who preserved our freedom with their lives. It is a timeless story as relevant today as it was 80 years ago.' Families of U.S. service members buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery or memorialized on its Walls of the Missing are encouraged to visit to complete a short form and begin the process—entirely free of charge—of being connected with the Dutch family caring for their loved one's grave. About the Forever Promise Project The Forever Promise Project, a partnership between the Monuments Men and Women Foundation and the Foundation for Adopting Graves American Cemetery Margraten, seeks to connect American families with the Dutch adopters of their fallen relatives. Learn more at About Monuments Men and Women Foundation The Monuments Men and Women Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to preserving and promoting our shared cultural heritage by honoring the legacy of the Monuments Men and Women of WWII. Through public awareness campaigns, restitution efforts, and partnerships, the Foundation continues their mission. Learn more at About Bank of America Bank of America is one of the world's leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving approximately 69 million consumer and small business clients with approximately 3,700 retail financial centers, approximately 15,000 ATMs (automated teller machines) and award-winning digital banking with approximately 59 million verified digital users. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately 4 million small business households through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and more than 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BAC). 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Forbes
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
World Labs Ups The Ante In World Generation
Red cup Mushroom, Wild Fly Agaric Amanita Muscaria toxic with poison and hallucinogenic properties. ... More Autumn season in the forest with orange, red and brown leaves from the trees and saturated fall nature colors in Stramproy area in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands, near the Belgian borders on October 24, 2020. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images) A majestic red and black checkerboard pathway, framed by overgrown shrubbery. A manorial structure with bright red windows, on a craggy cliff at the end of a long and winding road. A close pathway through a proliferation of neon mushrooms. What does all of this have in common? It's been generated by groundbreaking technology from World Labs, where the model can extrapolate an entire world based on one single image. It's important that people understand the technology at work here. Just a couple of decades ago, our state-of-the-art technique was to combine thousands of images into a frame-by-frame virtual exploration of a digital space. People used this technology to sell homes with virtual real estate tours, and for other kinds of use cases. This new thing is quite different. The technology is understanding how light and shadow affect surfaces. It's understanding how structures change when viewed from different angles. And most importantly, it's dreaming up a world of color and light, the likes of which we've never seen! World Labs, by the way, is a new player in the industry. It was created by Fei-Fei Li of Stanford fame just this year. FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder One of the most prominent points of these public demos that I've been looking at online is that they're bright, bold and beautiful. These larger-than-life scenes are rendered capably in 3-D, and you can move around a little bit, although billing it as a digital 'world' is a little bit misleading. It's not hard to generate an out of bounds error, just by taking a few steps forward. On a side note, the page also caused my browser to crash more than once. Having said all that, this is extremely illuminating, some examples of capability far beyond what we would have thought possible just a few years ago. The closest thing we have to compare it to is the rendered game environments that were until quite recently mostly hand-coded. A Techcrunch article compares the World Labs project to Minecraft, which might appeal to a ten year old player more than a VC. But the ramifications of this are evident, or at least they should be. This isn't just a kid's game. Recent applications like a 'dress-anybody' garment simulator are just the beginning. Further down in the same demo page, you have a presentation attributed to Brittani Natali, who apparently put together a short film using different elements of today's new cutting-edge tools. The full stack included the World Labs generator as well as ElevenLabs, presumably for speech, and other tools like Suno and Blender and CapCut. On another side note, it seems that in addition to a dearth of information for the creator (Brittani Natali) in a google search, ChatGPT was unable to locate any info on this person either. It seems the individual has a pretty thin web footprint! Anyway, as for the film, the result is striking - the viewer of the film experiences walking through a good number of these digital environments quickly, and then centers in on a dilapidated house that's empty and abandoned. Our love affair with abandoned spaces has always been there in the human imagination. We love to explore – and see inside something that no one has seen for years. But what if we're seeing inside something that nobody has ever seen in the history of humanity? These colorful liminal spaces aren't just abandoned – they're brand new. This is the frontier of our world where we set out through uncharted waters to see what lies ahead. Is it scary? Is it exciting? You decide. But the bottom line is that it's here, and it's going to start popping up in unexpected places. I've covered a lot of big headlines this month, from corporate strategies pivoting quickly, to hardware wars that are determining who will benefit from the next generation of models. But it's also very interesting to keep an eye on the leapfrogging that AI is doing in multimedia – from Stable Diffusion and Dall-E, to Sora, to this new thing - where pretty soon, metaverse environments are going to create themselves.
The Age
07-05-2025
- Sport
- The Age
Race-by-race preview and tips for Thursday meeting at Wyong
Track Soft 6 and Rail out 2m RACE 1 3. Twinkling Star missed narrowly in two provincial runs before being turned out for five weeks. Was strong through the line in a recent and good class Randwick trial, and with first use of the inside draw she rates clear on top. 2. Satin Sparkle can improve third-up back in provincial company, although up sharply in weight for a drop in depth. 6. Our Jewel ran home well when resuming in a deeper field at Gosford, and is an improver. 7. Celtic Sin resumes off two improving trials from a handy draw. How to play it: Twinkling Star to win RACE 2 1. Limburg is a talented four-year-old by Justify resuming for his first run for the Joe Pride stable. Was close up in three game efforts in Melbourne and Sydney last prep against deeper opposition when hard in the market before being turned out. Drawn to hit the ground running here, with blinkers coming off. 5. Carnegie Hill emerges as the big threat resuming off three trials, with a 1.5kg claimer booked to ride and the blinkers back on. Gap to the rest headed by 2. Space Ace also resuming behind two trials, while at much bigger odds, home tracker 6. Matete second-up can add value into trifecta and first four plays. How to play it: Limburg to win RACE 3 7. Ninette is a talented filly who held her ground okay on debut behind a smart winner at Canterbury, and this looks a lovely follow-up assignment back against provincial opposition carrying half a kilo less. 1. Apollo Ridge fought on strongly when only beaten a long neck first-up at this track, and the more the track dries out, the better placed he is. Big watch at good odds on 6. Indefensible resuming for only her third start off two forward trials, and drawn to get a handy run. 3. Justice Warrior is over the odds third-up for a prominent local stable after beating all bar the winner in two runs back. 8. Oakfield Universe drawn inside for her second start is a clear improver and the best of the rest. How to play it: Ninette to win RACE 4 2. Formal is progressive, and finished less than a length from the winner in two runs back from a freshen-up. Drawn to sit right behind the speed, and gets in well at the weights after the jockey's 2kg claim. 3. La Signora Dane shoots for a third straight win stepping up in quality, and can run the quinella. 4. Wingardium is a sparingly raced mare coming back a level at the right time; while 5. Mr Trackside is very fit and honest and the best of the rest. How to play it: Formal to win
