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Why this CEO wants you to include a typo in your work emails - CNBC

Go ahead, send that email with "their" spelled "there" or with "than" in the place of "then."

It may run counter to the career advice we usually hear about religiously checking our work for typos and errors, but making a mistake knowingly is exactly what Reshma Saujani, CEO and founder of Girls Who Code, wants people to do.

In an interview with MONEY, Saujani says she encourages employees, especially women, to include a typo in a professional email â it can't be a nothing email to an office friend, either â because it highlights just how inconsequential imperfections can be.

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Russian forces make renewed push to take eastern Ukraine towns - POLITICO

A mechanic repairs a Ukrainian military truck at a repair shop in the Kyiv region Oct. 20, 2023. | Bram Janssen/AP

KYIV, Ukraine — At least three civilians were killed and others wounded in Ukraine on Friday and Saturday, as Russian forces continued to shell areas across the country and pushed forward near an embattled eastern city, local Ukrainian officials reported Saturday.

A man died as Russian forces shelled the Ukrainian-held town of Nikopol from their stronghold at Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant, according to Ukrainian local Gov. Serhii Lysak. Lysak said that emergency services in Nikopol were working to assess the damage.

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To create a small Mars colony, leave the jerks on Earth - Popular Science

Agreeable personality traits helped keep things running smoothly in new simulations of Martian communities.

By Jon Kelvey | Published Aug 25, 2023 2:00 PM EDT

When it comes to building a sustainable settlement on Mars, the technological and engineering challenges are steep. But they take a back seat to the Human Resources department. Forget sophisticated vehicles or sensitive instrumentation—the most temperamental, fragile things we send to the Red Planet will be humans.

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The 7 Very Best Cooling Weighted Blankets - The Strategist

While the pressure of a weighted blanket can help reduce stress and help you stay asleep a little longer, that heaviness may seem like a nightmare to a hot sleeper. Thankfully, you don’t have to sweat through the night with one, since an ever-expanding category of late is cooling weighted blankets. According to the panel of sleep experts, health specialists, and sleep-product reviewers I spoke to, the cooling factor usually comes from the outer-cover material.

Weighted blankets are typically made of two components: the inner weighted portion (typically filled with plastic pellets or glass beads) and a cover. (There is one major exception, which you will see below, that has neither a cover nor a filling.) As with cooling sheets, what type of fabric the cover is made with will dictate its ability to promote airflow and keep you comfortable. Most of the weighted blankets on this list are made of naturally derived fibers like Lyocell (which also goes by the brand name Tencel), a type of rayon made from wood cellulose. Lyocell, like bamboo (another type of rayon), is known to be soft, lightweight, and temperature regulating, making it a good choice for those looking for a weighted blanket with cooling properties. While cotton-covered weighted blankets may be comparatively cooler to blankets made of fleece, for instance, they won’t be actively cooling.

Scientifically speaking, while “more extensive research is needed before we can pinpoint the effectiveness of weighted or cooling blankets,” says Dr. Sanam Hafeez, a neuropsychologist in New York City and faculty member at Columbia University, “anecdotal evidence shows those who purchase either or a combination feel very happy with its effect on their sleep.” Over the years, we’ve heard from all sorts of sleep specialists about how the right temperature can make the difference between sleeping through the night and tossing and turning. Dr. Michael Grandner, the director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the University of Arizona, probably put it best when he previously said, “Your body’s ability to regulate temperature is a big part of how it regulates sleep.”

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