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30-517: The network launched on August 18, 2014 with five podcasts: Analog(ue) , Connected , Inquisitive , The Pen Addict , and Virtual . Eventually the company expanded to 31 active podcasts on the network (including the extra B-Sides podcast consisting of before and after podcast snippets and Departures , an audio feed of live events), nine paid members only podcasts, and 17 inactive podcasts. In October 2015, Relay FM launched its mobile application on iOS, allowing users to discover new podcasts, listen to

60-680: A US$ 412 million research facility in Memphis, Tennessee , one purpose of which will be to serve as a collaborative hub. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC) are both nonprofits. From 2000 to 2005, 83.7% of the funds received by St. Jude went to operation or investments. From 2002 to 2004, 47% of program expenses went to patient care and 41% to research. In 2012, 81 cents of every dollar donated to St. Jude went directly to its research and treatment. In 2019, ALSAC raised $ 1.9 billion from donations, of which $ 975 million (51%) went to St. Jude. The rest of

90-411: A $ 1 million winning McDonald's Monopoly game piece. McDonald's officials came to the hospital, accompanied by a representative from the accounting firm Arthur Andersen , and verified it as a winner. Although game rules prohibited the transfer of prizes, and even after learning that the piece was sent by an individual involved in an embezzlement scheme intended to defraud McDonald's, McDonald's waived

120-547: A Chili's Australia franchise was prosecuted and fined A$ 300,000 by the NSW Office of Industrial Relations for underpaying staff, pressuring employees to sign an Australian workplace agreement , and failing to pay A$ 45,000 in owed wages by a deadline set by the Office of Industrial Relations. In the same year, Chili's announced the permanent closure of all its Australian locations due to poor sales, unprofitability, and non-compliance with

150-531: A client at a local Chili's restaurant after Michael had changed the location of the meeting from Radisson citing Chili's as "the new golf course." The Chili's jingle was also used in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me where Fat Bastard meets Dr. Evil with the mojo belonging to Austin Powers . When he sees Mini-Me walk out with the money, startling him, he tries to eat him, thinking he

180-510: A new marketing campaign encouraging people to "laugh so hard you pee a little." In September 2024 Chili's announced, that its advertisement campaign is working, while other food chains in the USA still struggle to entice diners into their stores. Store sales increased 14.8 percent in the fiscal fourth quarter of Chili's. As of 2015, they have 1,580 locations worldwide, including 839 that are company-owned and 741 that are franchised. In October 2008,

210-553: A semi-independent entity founded in 1957 by Danny Thomas. ALSAC serves primarily to raise funds and promote awareness for St. Jude. They largely collect funds from independent sources, such as companies and individuals. Memphis was chosen at the suggestion of Catholic Cardinal Samuel Stritch , a Tennessee native who had been a spiritual advisor to Thomas since he presided at Thomas's confirmation in Thomas's boyhood home of Toledo, Ohio . Danny's daughter Marlo Thomas grew up supporting

240-683: Is a baby. After attempting to eat Mini-Me, Fat Bastard suggests that Dr. Evil keeps the mojo, and he gets the baby, and then sings the Chili's Babyback Ribs song. In Season one of " That '90s Show ," the recurring character, Fez , mentions Chili's is the location where he and his current lover had met, also making a reference to the Babyback Ribs jingle. Chili's was mentioned several times in the 2010 road comedy Due Date , starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis . April 5th, 2024, in Austin, Texas ,

270-613: Is a pediatric treatment and research headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee . Founded by entertainer Danny Thomas in 1962, it is a 501(c)(3) designated nonprofit medical corporation which focuses on children's catastrophic diseases, particularly leukemia and other cancers. In the 2021 fiscal year, St. Jude received $ 2 billion in donations. Daily operating costs average $ 1.7 million, but patients are not charged for care. St. Jude’s covers some, but not all cancer-related costs. St. Jude treats patients up to age 21, and for some conditions, up to age 25. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

300-538: Is an American casual dining restaurant chain founded by Larry Lavine in Texas in 1975 and is currently owned and operated by Brinker International . Chili's first location, a converted postal station on Greenville Avenue in the Vickery Meadows area of Dallas , Texas, opened in 1975. The original Chili's on Greenville Avenue moved to a new building on the same site in 1981; It relocated again in 2007. Lavine's concept

330-671: Is associated with several affiliated institutions in the United States. This program is a network of hematology clinics, hospitals, and universities that are united under the mission of St. Jude. As of July 2023, the Domestic Affiliate Clinic sites include: St. Jude also works with Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center , also located in downtown Memphis. St. Jude patients needing certain procedures, such as brain surgery, may undergo procedures at Le Bonheur Hospital. Both St. Jude and Le Bonheur are teaching hospitals affiliated with

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360-509: Is similar to the Tommy James song " Draggin' the Line "), as well as the melodic theme. The deep "Bar-B-Q sauce" line was sung by famed New York bass vocalist Willie McCoy. A 1996 rendition of the jingle features a doo-wop quartet, Take 6 , singing a cappella . Advertising Age magazine named the song first on its list of "10 songs most likely to get stuck in your head" in 2004. In October 2017,

390-628: The Fair Work Act 2009 . In July 2024, American rap rock group the Beastie Boys filed a lawsuit against Chili's parent company Brinker International for copyright infringement , claiming that the group's 1994 song " Sabotage " has been illegally used to promote Chili's in advertisements on social media starting around November 2022. Chili's was a key location in The Office season 2 episode 7 " The Client ." The episode shows Michael and Jan meeting

420-541: The SpaceX Inspiration4 mission, the first private spaceflight, raised over $ 243 million for St. Jude. St. Jude has an International Outreach Program to improve the survival rates of children with catastrophic illnesses worldwide. St. Jude treats patients up to age 21 and for some conditions, up to age 25. Donald Pinkel was the first director of St. Jude and served from 1962 until 1973. His successor, Alvin Mauer,

450-668: The St. Jude Classic , the annual PGA Tour event in Memphis. The program, and sponsorship, ended in February 2009, when it was found that Stanford Financial Group was a Ponzi scheme , having defrauded investors out of $ 8 billion, with a small fraction of that stolen money having been channeled into the Eagles for St. Jude program. In 1995, St. Jude received an anonymous letter postmarked in Dallas , Texas, containing

480-652: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center . University of Tennessee physicians training in pediatrics , surgery, radiology , and other specialties undergo service rotations at St. Jude. The Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon was established in Beirut on April 12, 2002. The center is an affiliate of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and works in association with the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC). A commitment has been made to establish

510-437: The company offers a nutritional menu, allergen menu, and vegetarian menu. "Chili's (Welcome to Chili's!)" is an advertising jingle used in Chili's Restaurant commercials to advertise the restaurant's line of baby back ribs . The song was written by Guy Bommarito and produced by Tom Faulkner Productions for GSD&M Advertising of Austin, Texas . Faulkner sings both "I want my baby back, baby back, baby back ribs..." (Which

540-647: The department of radiological services, The Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, two floors of outpatient clinics, one floor of inpatient clinics and rooms, two floors of laboratory space, an office floor and an unfinished level for future expansion. In 2014, the Marlo Thomas Center for Global Education and Collaboration was opened as part of the hospital. In 2017, the St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences accepted its inaugural class of PhD students. In 2021,

570-414: The funds were either spent on functional expenses for ALSAC or added to their fund balance, which totaled $ 5.7 billion at the end of 2019. In 2020, ALSAC raised $ 2.4 billion, of which $ 2 billion were from donations and contributions (84%). $ 997 million (42%) of this went to St. Jude. At the end of 2020, St Jude's fund balance was $ 8.03 billion. 74% percent of St. Jude's total budget comes from donations, and

600-452: The hospital costs about $ 1.7 million per day to run. In January 1964, the former presidential yacht USS Potomac was purchased by Elvis Presley for US$ 55,000. Presley then gave the Potomac to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, in Memphis, to sell as a fundraiser. Eagles for St. Jude was a program created in 2007 by Stanford Financial Group , when it paid to become title sponsor of

630-488: The jingle was revived to advertise Chili's new menu, where it was re-conceptualized as "Oh Baby, Chili's is Back (Baby, Back, Baby, Back)." In 2008, the chain aired parody ads for "P. J. Bland's," a fictional restaurant chain with cardboard foods. In 2012, Chili's used Wendy Rene 's Stax single, "Bar-B-Q," in their TV commercial. In September 2017, Chili's dropped about 40 percent of its menu items to focus on burgers, ribs, and fajitas. In February 2020 Chili's announced

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660-451: The latest podcasts, and be notified when a podcast is broadcasting live. Users of the app can also subscribe to a podcast in their app of choice from the Relay FM app. In September 2019, Relay FM became the first St. Jude Children's Research Hospital podcast partner. On the 20th, Hurley and Hackett hosted a 6 hour "podcastathon" to help raise money for the hospital. By the end of the month,

690-473: The mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and she became its national outreach director in 1991. Although it was named after Danny Thomas's patron saint , St. Jude is not a Catholic hospital and is a secular institution not affiliated with any religious organization. In 2007, Chili's restaurant chain pledged $ 50 million to fund the construction of the seven-story Chili's Care Center, adding 340,000 square feet (32,000 m ), providing space for

720-473: The network had raised over $ 300,000. In September 2020 the network again held a fundraiser for St. Jude, bringing in $ 456,000. In addition to the below "members only" podcasts, each podcast produces an annual special for members, eleven have paid versions that are ad-free and contain bonus content, and occasionally members will receive trial episodes for possible new podcasts. St. Jude Children%27s Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

750-545: The rule and made the annual $ 50,000 annuity payments. In 2022, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was named the second best children's cancer hospital in the U.S by U.S. News & World Report . Peter C. Doherty , Ph.D., of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work related to how the immune system kills virus -infected cells . Chili%27s Chili's Grill & Bar (stylized as chili's )

780-502: The saint interceded for his success, he would build him a shrine. Years later, Thomas became a successful comedian and built St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as a shrine to St. Jude Thaddeus to honor his promise. While some donations for St. Jude come from government grants and insurance recoveries, the principal source of funding comes from the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC),

810-496: Was a comedian who was struggling to get a break in his career and living paycheck to paycheck. When his first child was about to be born, he attended Mass in Detroit , and put seven dollars in the offering bin. He prayed for intercession to Saint Jude Thaddeus for a means to provide for his family, and about a week later, he obtained a gig that paid 10 times what he had put in the offering bin. Thomas promised St. Jude Thaddeus that if

840-411: Was director from 1973 to 1983. Joseph Simone was the hospital's third director from 1983 to 1992. Arthur W. Nienhuis was CEO and director of St. Jude from 1993 until 2004. William E. Evans , the hospital's fifth director, served from 2004 to 2014. He was succeeded by CEO and director James R. Downing on July 15, 2014. As of 2018 , St. Jude's scientific director was James I. Morgan, Ph.D. St. Jude

870-410: Was founded by entertainer Danny Thomas in 1962 to a crowd of 9,000 people, with help from Lemuel Diggs and Thomas' close friend from Miami , automobile dealer Anthony Abraham. The hospital was founded on the premise that "no child should die in the dawn of life". This idea resulted from a promise that Thomas, a Maronite Catholic , had made to a saint years before the hospital was founded. Thomas

900-665: Was to create an informal, full-service dining restaurant with a menu featuring different types of hamburgers offered at an affordable price. The brand grew larger, and by the early 1980s, there were 28 Chili's locations in the region, all featuring similar Southwest decor. In 1983, Lavine sold the brand to restaurant executive Norman E. Brinker , formerly of the Pillsbury restaurant group that owned Bennigan's . Chili's serves American food , Tex-Mex cuisine and dishes influenced by Mexican cuisine , such as shrimp tacos , quesadillas , and fajitas . In addition to their regular menu,

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