WorkHow Food Banks Prevented 1.8 Million Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Last Year - Scientific American (No paywall)
The latest annual impact report from the Global Foodbanking Network — a nonprofit that works with regional food banks in more than 50 countries to fight hunger — found that its member organizations provided 1.7 billion meals to more than 40 million people in 2023. According to the nonprofit, this redistribution of food, much of which was recovered from farms or wholesale produce markets, mitigated an estimated 1.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. WorkI feel stuck in the middle class. Will a loan help me build generational wealth?
On the Money is a monthly advice column. If you want advice on spending, saving, or investing — or any of the complicated emotions that may come up as you prepare to make big financial decisions — you can submit your question on this form. Here, we answer two questions asked by Vox readers, which have been edited and condensed.
WorkHow To Freeze Your Credit If Your Information Was Leaked
In the aftermath of the major security breach confirmed by National Public Data (NPD) on Friday, many may have to safeguard their sensitive information, like their social security number, to prevent identity theft. One of the best ways to do this is through a credit freeze, which limits access to your credit reports. Work
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Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I'm Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. and Fast Company. If you received this newsletter from a friend, you can sign up to get it yourself every Monday morning. WorkWhat Leaders Can Learn from Training Like an Olympic Archer - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)
The discipline of archery, with training that emphasizes purposeful practice, mindful focus, mental toughness, and adaptability, offers useful lessons for business leaders. Just as archers break the skill of using a bow and arrow to hit a target from distance into component parts, such as stance or aim, executives can break the task of “becoming a better leader” into specific, actionable, and manageable steps. Just as archers are taught to concentrate intensely and channel all their energy into the perfect shot through rigorous mental training, including meditation and self-talk, businesspeople can use similar techniques to develop transformative focus. Just as archers practice visualization and cognitive reframing to manage stress and maintain composure in challenging situations, leaders can also use scenario planning and self-talk to become more resilient. Finally, just as archers to develop their ability to adapt to varying conditions—wind, light, and even their physical and mental state on a given moment or day—executives can try similar exercises to better prepare for the unexpected.
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WorkCities used to sprawl. Now they're growing taller - The Economist (No paywall)
THERE IS A special thrill to landing in a new city. The view you get before the plane touches down reveals a lot about a place. You can tell whether locals live packed together in tall towers or spread out in low buildings. You can gauge whether there is a dense centre or a sparse urban sprawl. A new study reveals that low-rise cityscapes may, one day, be a thing of the past. Increasingly, cities are growing upwards rather than outwards. WorkColonialism facts and information - Culture (No paywall)
Colonialism is defined as “control by one power over a dependent area or people.” It occurs when one nation subjugates another, conquering its population and exploiting it, often while forcing its own language and cultural values upon its people. By 1914, a large majority of the world's nations had been colonized by Europeans at some point.
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Three in 10 Americans are counting on Social Security benefits to support themselves through retirement, according to a new poll by NerdWallet, despite dwindling fund reserves that could mean cuts to their checks in the next decade. WorkFDA rejects MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD treatment
Drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics announced on Aug. 9, 2024, that the Food and Drug Administration declined to approve the company’s application for the use of MDMA-assisted therapy in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. It is the first such decision issued on a psychedelic drug application.
WorkIn London, Taylor Swift and Her Fans Are in Their Fearless Era - The New Yorker (No paywall)
This week, Taylor Swift fans from around the world gathered anxiously in London to witness the end of an eraâor at least the end of the European leg of the Eras Tour. In the days leading up to the first of five planned shows at Wembley Stadium, reports of increased security circulated. Other Swift shows have seen thousands of ticketless fans linger outside the official venue in a joyous overflow of Swiftian enthusiasm. But that would not be allowed at Wembley, which posted these rules on its Web site: "Anyone without a ticket should not travel to Wembley Stadium. No one is allowed to stand outside any entrance or on the Olympic Steps at the front of the stadium. Non ticket holders will be moved on." In other words, no Tay-Gating. WorkJorge Ramos, the Voice of Latino America - The New Yorker (No paywall)
For decades, his voice was omnipresent in Latino households. Two million people tuned in to Univision every night to watch the man with silver hair and pale-green eyes deliver the headlines in a clear, level tone. If war broke out in Latin America or a leader was deposed, if inflation soared in the United States or deportations went up, he would be on the story. The news, he’d say, needed to go out on time or it would rot. Poll after poll ranked him among the most influential Latinos in the United States; during his thirty-eight years as an anchor at Univision, the network’s standing came to rival that of the Catholic Church. He drew comparisons to both the avuncular American broadcaster Walter Cronkite and the combative Italian reporter Oriana Fallaci, but his audience saw him most importantly as a fellow-immigrant—someone who, like them, was working to decode the mores of his adopted home. He embodied the power of a community that, in four decades, has grown from fifteen million people to more than sixty million. He believed firmly in Cesar Chavez’s prediction, from 1984: “We’ve looked into the future, and the future is ours.” WorkThe Democratic Party's Money Machine
The first Democratic Party convention was in 1832. Sixteen years later, at their convention in Baltimore, party leaders established the Democratic National Committee. In 1856, the Republicans did the same, paving the way for the Republican-Democratic juggernaut that has dominated American politics ever since. WorkNew Real Estate Rules Sow Confusion, at Least in Short Term
The new rules went into effect across the United States as part of a $418 million settlement agreement with the National Association of Realtors, a powerful real estate trade group that was successfully sued by a group of homeowners in Missouri who argued that the longtime practice requiring them to pay agents’ commissions led to inflated fees. Brokerages have spent months trying to educate agents and consumers on the looming changes. WorkThe US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'talk' to each other
The rollout of V2X has been slowed by \"regulatory uncertainty,” said John Bozzella, president and CEO of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, an automaker trade group. “This is the reset button,” Bozzella added, according to NPR. “This deployment plan is a big deal. It is a crucial piece of this V2X puzzle.” WorkWorkWorkEngadget review recap: Dyson's non-weird headphones and Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon
We also continue to test a whole host of Copilot+ PCs (remember those?) from companies like HP, Dell, ASUS and Samsung? Then there\'s the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra, which is taking a little longer to evaluate considering a lot of its features require longterm testing. Plus, it\'s almost September, which is when we usually expect Apple to launch new iPhones. There\'ll be plenty of reviews here soon, so stay tuned. WorkWorkWorkWorkHarris Campaign Reserves $370 Million for Swing-State Fall Ad Blitz
The Harris campaign is advertising now in seven swing states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — as part of a $150 million summer ad blitz. Mr. Fulks said advertising would continue in all of those states as well as nationally. WorkBiden's Goodbye to Politics Will Begin in Earnest With His Convention Speech
In his speech, the president will also frame Ms. Harris’s campaign as continuing policies and ideals he has long championed. Mr. Biden’s remarks will make the case that “democracy prevailed” with his election in 2020. A win for Ms. Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, in November will mean that “democracy is preserved.” WorkHow to Watch the Democratic Convention
It runs through Thursday, when Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to take the stage during prime time. While conventions are traditionally used to formally nominate the party’s presidential candidate, Ms. Harris was voted in through a virtual roll call earlier this month. Even so, the party’s gathering will be a high-profile affair as top Democrats make the case for a Harris-Walz administration. WorkWorkWorkWorkLeonard Hayflick, Who Discovered Why No One Lives Forever, Dies at 96
This finding, which the Nobel-winning virologist Macfarlane Burnet later called the Hayflick limit, ran counter to everything scientists believed about cells and aging — especially the thesis that cells themselves are immortal, and that aging is a result of external causes, like disease, diet and solar radiation. WorkWorkDuring Ukraine's Incursion, Russian Conscripts Recount Surrendering in Droves
The Russian military command had, by all signs, made the same assumption, manning its border defenses with green conscripts, some drafted only months earlier. Their defeat and descriptions of surrendering in large numbers could increase Ukraine’s leverage in possible settlement talks and lead to prisoner exchanges. WorkOpinion | I Knew What My Enablers Were Doing. It's Murkier With Matthew Perry.
Did some of the people charged in connection with Mr. Perry’s death start out rationalizing? Saying things like, “We’re helping to lessen his pain” or “If we don’t give this to him, he’ll get it somewhere else?” However they started out, they seem to have ended up in the same cold terrain as the dealers. When Matthew Perry died, a text went out between two of the five people charged saying to delete all previous texts. WorkOpinion | The Dems Are Delighted. But a Coup Is Still a Coup.
Biden went from looking “forward to getting back on the campaign trail” to gone in one weekend, with the handprints of Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries on the president’s back. And when Kamala Harris deftly cemented her position as the nominee, the party erupted in a dizzying sense of possibility. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkInstagram's experimental profile grid has rectangular images instead of squares
Based on an old post by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, the app has been working on the new rectangular grid layout since at least 2022. It looks like the test is making its way to more users — and it seems like not everyone\'s happy about it. Mosseri posted his Story in response to a comment submitted to his \"Ask Me Anything\" session, pleading for the app not to kill the old layout. WorkHow to watch all of Xbox's Gamescom streams
That’s it! Four streams. If the idea of remembering when and where to watch all of these events gives you the anxious sweats, just keep this page open. Beyond that, we’ll have separate posts for all of the big news from Gamescom. WorkWorkWorkWorkAustralia's productivity riddle ? and what it might mean for interest rates
Ellis and Bustamante reckon the RBA may be taking too dim a view: "Prior to the June quarter, we had seen a turnaround in labour productivity, particularly in the non-mining sector of the economy where it had increased by 2.2% over the three quarters from the June quarter 2023, to be 2.3% above pre-pandemic levels." TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us | Advertise Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe (one-click) You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs.
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