Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
John Oliver Can’t Believe EMS Isn’t an Essential Service in Over Half the Country
thewrap.comNational Association of State EMS Officials. This means those working in and running emergency medical services providers have a much harder time accessing state funding and other resources needed to keep themselves open. “Unlike other first responders, in 39 states EMS is not considered an essential service, meaning local governments don’t have to provide it to their citizens, which means EMS has much less access to federal funding,” Oliver said, bewildered.
He then pointed out that a quick search on crowd-funding sites like GoFundMe will bring up a number of EMS companies trying to raise funds to upgrade or buy equipment to stay in business, the same way people seeking medical care often try to crowd-fund their medical bills after.
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