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| Work Avalanche Journal: Biggest disappointments in the NHL so far this season Dylan Cozens, Jack Quinn and Zach Benson have all started slow for Buffalo. Ditto for Adam Fantilli in Columbus, Luke Hughes in New Jersey and Juraj Slafkovsky in Montreal. There’s still time for them to find a new level, but a significant chunk of the league’s most touted U-23 players are taking a while to reach their potential. |
| Work Focus on These Five Critical Areas in Retirement Planning | Kiplinger Worried about how you'll pay for your retirement? It can help to structure your finances around five key areas: taxes, income, medical, legacy and investments. |
| Work The Simple ChatGPT Trick That Will Transform Your Business AI Interactions Edit StoryForbesInnovationEnterprise TechThe Simple ChatGPT Trick That Will Transform Your Business AI InteractionsBernard MarrContributorOpinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.FollowingNov 18, 2024,02:09am ESTShare to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinDiscover the game-changing approach to using ChatGPT that transforms generic AI responses into ... [+] powerful, personalized business solutions. |
| Work 'Out of sync': The trillion-dollar climate puzzle that's become a diplomatic nightmare As countries negotiate a new global goal to raise climate cash, these five charts show why discussions are so fraught. |
| Work Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on what 'founder mode' really means - The Verge The Airbnb cofounder on why it's important to study Steve Jobs. |
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| Work Rafael Nadal's Last Stand | The New Yorker Louisa Thomas writes about the tennis player Rafael Nadal's impending retirement and his legacy of courage. |
| Work Losing Sleep Due to Frequent, Nightly Trips to the Bathroom? Save Your Sleep With These 5 Simple Tips - CNET Our advice is expert-vetted and based on independent research, analysis and hands-on testing from our team of Certified Sleep Coaches. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement |
| Work Americans Weigh Golden Visa Options in Aftermath of Trump Win - Bloomberg (No paywall) Despite backlash in Europe on programs that offer residency and citizenship through investments, there are still ways to move overseas. |
| Work How to be a modern day Stoic and why it will improve your life Ryan Holiday's books have sold millions of copies, he explains how a two thousand year old philosophy can help people with contemporary life |
| Work 7 Critical Mutual Aid Funds Helping Trans Americans Right Now | Them These funds help trans folks find safe shelter, obtain gender-affirming care, change legal identity documents, and more. |
| Work The 16 Best Shoulder Exercises to Work Your Muscles From Every Angle | SELF The best shoulder exercises use dumbbells, kettlebells, or even your bodyweight to hit all three heads of your deltoids--here's how to use them in your workout. |
| Work Amazon pumps another $4bn into AI start-up Anthropic - FT (No paywall) Tech group doubles total investment to $8bn as generative artificial intelligence race intensifies |
| Work Turning a Blind Eye to War Crimes - The New Yorker (No paywall) On November 10, 2019, just before Veterans Day, Fox News aired an hour-long special, ?Modern Warriors,? featuring one of its political commentators and hosts, Pete Hegseth, along with four men who had served in U.S. Special Operations units. The group sat around a table in what appeared to be the wine cellar of a fancy Manhattan restaurant. They rested their tattooed forearms on the white tablecloth, sipped glasses of red wine, and talked about killing bad guys. Hegseth introduced to viewers a Navy SEAL named Eddie Gallagher, who?d recently beaten a rap for, as Hegseth put it, ?mistreating an ISIS terrorist? in Iraq in 2017. Hegseth called Gallagher a ?war hero.? |
| Work Is your master?s degree useless? - The Economist (No paywall) IN THE COMING months millions of people across the northern hemisphere will apply to do postgraduate study. Most will top up an undergraduate qualification with a one- or two-year master?s degree in the hope that this will set them apart in a job market crowded with bachelor?s degrees. |
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| Work Hyundai?s New CEO Says It?s Sticking With EVs Under Trump?But May Boost Hybrids - Forbes (No paywall) Jose Muoz, tapped to be the company?s first non-Korean CEO, said its new U.S. auto and battery plants allow it to adapt to regulation changes and loss of a federal electric vehicle tax credit. |
| Work Tunnel of Fudge cake recipe: Why is the 1960s Pillsbury Bundt so difficult to bake today? In the late 1960s, you couldn't go to a PTA potluck without running into one of these confectionary marvels--what happened? |
| Work Sanofi plans to change payment terms for 340B hospitals - STAT (No paywall) The battle over prescription drug discounts offered to hospitals under a federal program escalated as Sanofi became the third pharmaceutical company to disclose plans to change the way it will make payments. |
| Work How to Be Systematic About Adopting AI at Your Company - Harvard Business Review (No paywall) Leaders and companies everywhere recognize the transformative potential that AI holds for their business ? but very few of them have a systematic plan for how to experiment with and adopt AI at scale. In this article, John Winsor offers one, based on the successful work that he and Jin Paik have done in recent years helping companies experiment with and adopt digital-talent platforms at scale. Winsor lays out a simple five-step plan ? assess,learn,experiment,build,scale ? that can help companies get serious about adopting AI. |
| Work Yes, You Can Parent Too Gently | The Daily Economy To thrive in a complicated world, kids should be nurtured with both validation and structure. |
| Work Holiday Bonus Season Is Here. Here's What Your Employees Are Expecting - Inc (No paywall) If you?re thinking of skimping on end-of-year bonuses this year, you might want to reconsider. More than one-third of workers say they would consider finding a new job if they didn?t get a holiday bonus. |
| Work The airline industry?s biggest winners are betting you?ll pay to fly in style - WSJ (No paywall) Carving up cabins, catering to high-end travel, and putting a price on nearly every aspect of the flying experience has helped larger airlines haul in more cash from their planes. That is one reason why two companies, Delta and United, accounted for almost 85% of the U.S. airline industry?s profits in the first nine months of this year. |
| Work To challenge China, India needs to get out of the way of its factory owners - WSJ (No paywall) Boosting manufacturing is critical to India becoming an economic powerhouse. It now has a fresh shot at that with the election of Donald Trump, whose promise to levy sky-high import tariffs on Chinese goods could send more manufacturers to the South Asian nation. |
| Work The Worst of Crypto Is Yet to Come - The Atlantic No matter who wins in November, the digital-asset market could be on the brink of a deregulation-fueled bonanza. |
| Work Is the Ukraine war stoppable? - WSJ (No paywall) Joe Biden?s decision this week to let Ukraine use U.S. missiles to hit Russian territory came only after Russia had already moved many key targets out of range; it came after Ukraine had spent its short supply of U.S. rocketry on lesser targets that were previously permitted. |
| Work Rune-Christoffer Dragsdahl is blazing a trail toward a more sustainable food system in Denmark | Vox Denmark's government has set aside millions to make its food more plant-based. Rune-Christoffer Dragsdahl helped lead the way. |
| Work 'Capitalism incarnate': inside the secret world of McKinsey, the firm hooked on fossil fuels | Oil and gas companies | The Guardian Interviews and analysis of court documents show how the world’s most prestigious consulting firm quietly helps fuel the climate crisis |
| Work The Most Coveted Screenshot in the Literary World - The Atlantic It's what proves you're a "real" writer. |
| Work A $6.2 million banana and the unexpected return of the art market - WSJ (No paywall) A $121.2 million Ren Magritte. A $68.3 million Ed Ruscha. And don?t forget that $6.2 million banana that sold for six times its asking price. To anyone looking in, the art market appeared to come roaring back this week?but it?s anyone?s guess if the party will last. |
| Work Microsoft Is Betting Big on AI. Company Insiders Have Serious Doubts. - Business Insider Customers are dissatisfied, rivals are circling, and company insiders are skeptical: a BI exclusive. |
| Work The Second Trump Administration Will Change the World Order Now that the nightmare scenario of a close Trump loss and an ensuing fight over the election has been taken off the table by a decisive Trump-led rightist sweep over Harris? leftist alternative and a number of his key appointments have been announced, a picture of what is likely to happen is emerging. This is my picture of what a second Trump Administration will look like. It is meant to be as accurate as possible without any assessments of good or bad. |
| Work The not-so-subtle message of Trump's disturbing Cabinet picks Our mission could not be more clear and more necessary: We have a duty to explain what just happened, and why, and what it means for you. We need clear-eyed journalism that helps you understand what really matters. Reporting that brings clarity in increasingly chaotic times. Reporting that is driven by truth, not by what people in power want you to believe. |
| Work Donald Trump nominates Scott Bessent for Secretary of the Treasury "I am most pleased to nominate Scott Bessent to serve as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States," Trump said in a statement emailed to Newsweek. "Scott is widely respected as one of the World's foremost International Investors and Geopolitical and Economic Strategists. Scott's story is that of the American Dream." |
| Work Trump picks Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought to lead budget office Trump also said that Sebastian Gorka, a former aide, would serve as deputy assistant and senior director for counterterrorism. Gorka previously served as a national security aide for Trump in 2017, a role that he held for less than a year. He faced criticism after donning the medal of the allegedly Nazi-linked Hungarian group Vitezi Rend to Trump's inaugural ball in 2017. |
| Work Bail decision for Sean 'Diddy' Combs to come next week in his sex trafficking case Ventura settled with Combs a day after the lawsuit became public, and Combs denied all the allegations. But surveillance video surfaced that showed Combs beating Cassie in a hotel hallway in 2016. |
| Work Idaho teen is arrested in connection with a dead infant found in a baby box at a hospital “The Safe Haven Baby Box is intended to safely and anonymously allow custodial parents to surrender a newborn under 30 days old without legal repercussions, provided the child is unharmed," police said in the social media post. "Unfortunately, the placement of a harmed or deceased infant is not protected under this system or Idaho law." |
| Work Infant dies, 10 sickened amid listeria outbreak tied to ready-to-eat meat Listeriosis can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, convulsions and diarrhea, the CDC said. For pregnant women it can infect newborns, it said, and for the elderly it can cause fatal infections. |
| Work 2024 Class 6A Texas high school football playoff schedules, results Here are the Class 6A high school football playoff sites, times and scores for the 2024 Texas High School Football Playoffs. |
| Work Brendan Rodgers, Cal Quantrill non-tendered by Rockies in roster shakeup The right-hander got off to a strong start by utilizing his split-finger fastball. In May, he went 4-0 with a 1.71 ERA in five starts, striking out 32 and walking just nine. He posted a 3.30 ERA with eight home runs allowed through his first 14 starts, but had a 6.88 ERA with 15 home runs allowed over his last 15 starts and dealt with elbow soreness. |
| Work Nikola Jokic welcomes newborn son, returns to Nuggets' lineup for NBA Cup game In his return, he amassed 33 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists, bringing him within one triple-double of tying Magic Johnson for third place on the all-time list. The Nuggets visit the Lakers on Saturday on the second end of a back-to-back. |
| Work CHSAA state football playoffs: How the quarterfinals in Class 5A, 4A and 3A played out A look at how the quarterfinals of the CHSAA state football playoffs played out in Class 5A, 4A and 3A. |
| Work Broomfield gets revenge vs. Palmer Ridge behind Colin Torres' three touchdowns “It’s trust with each other, trust with our coaches, chemistry with our boys, team bonding,” Torres said. “We’re just all a tight group, and that leads to wins. We have grit, we have heart.” |
| Work CSU Rams suffer first home defeat in overtime loss to UC Riverside CSU will be back in action next Thursday and Friday at the Acrisure Invitational in Palm Desert, Calif. The Rams will face Washington on Thursday and then either Santa Clara or TCU on Friday. |
| Work Nikola Jokic returns, but his 33-point triple-double isn't enough as Nuggets drop NBA Cup game to Mavericks “I just think that we’ve gotta continue to drill it in everybody’s heads that we’re not just gonna come out and win basketball games,” said Watson, who carried the load in the dreaded Kyrie Irving matchup with Luka Doncic out for Dallas. “We’ve gotta come out and play with some purpose and play harder than everybody else.” |
| Work No. 7 Fairview shocks No. 2 Mountain Vista following power outage, change of stadium It took Mountain Vista just four plays to drive 80 yards for the TD. Modrzewski connected with Blais, who jitterbugged his way for 33 yards. Modrzewski then connected with Sean Conway for a 20-yard TD pass and the 35-21 halftime lead. |
| Work Today in History: November 23, former KGB spy and Putin critic dies in London In 2008, the U.S. government unveiled a bold plan to rescue Citigroup, injecting a fresh $20 billion into the troubled firm as well as guaranteeing hundreds of billions of dollars in risky assets. |
| Work DUI driver sentenced in crash that killed Arizona woman in Pacific Beach At Friday’s sentencing hearing, Armenta said he feels “like a part of me has been ripped away and I’ll never get it back. One moment, we were talking about our future. The next moment, I wake up in a hospital finding out she wasn’t alive.” |
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| Work Bicyclist struck, killed in Black Mountain Ranch According to Perales, a 50-year-old woman was headed westbound in a 2015 Volkswagen EOS on Camino Del Sur. At the intersection with Casey Glen, the car went into the bike lane, where it struck a man riding a bike. |
| Work California overdose death linked to opioid three times stronger than fentanyl, federal prosecutors say Sandra McDonald is an intern with the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. She grew up in north central Florida, just an hour south of the University of Florida where she studied journalism and worked with the local NPR station, WUFT, and Fresh Take Florida, a news service focused on statewide and political coverage. |
| Work California infant dies from listeria amid outbreak tied to ready-to-eat meat products Rong-Gong Lin II is a Metro reporter based in San Francisco who specializes in covering statewide earthquake safety issues and the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bay Area native is a graduate of UC Berkeley and started at the Los Angeles Times in 2004. |
| Work Video: Why the Rain Won't End the Drought in the Northeast Hundreds of brush fires and wildfires have sparked all over the New York City region. Hilary Howard, who covers climate change and the environment in the region, explains what’s happening. |
| Work Trump Picks Dr. Janette Nesheiwat to Be Surgeon General The job is currently held by Dr. Vivek Murthy, who has sought to draw more attention to mental health issues. He wants to require a surgeon general’s warning label for social media and calls loneliness and isolation a public health crisis. |
| Work How Chloe Flower, a Pop Pianist, Spends Her Sundays “It was a dream to have that kind of stage to perform classical music,” she said. “Afterward, I got so many messages from kids telling me that they were starting to take piano lessons. To me, learning an instrument and learning how to make music can change not just a person, but also a family and even society.” |
| Work Can the Gilgo Beach Suspect's House Become a 'Nice Starter Home'? At once, talk of the house as a headquarters of horror shifted to its potential as a real estate parcel: speculation about price, banter about a bargain buy and the hope that a sale will end an ugly chapter for the neighborhood. |
| Work F.B.I. Agents Investigate Use of Fake Donors in N.Y. Assembly Race “He is defrauding the public, stealing people’s identities,” said Asif Alli, who said he was contacted by the F.B.I. and asked about his appearance on Mr. Yin’s campaign report as a donor even though he never gave the candidate anything. “Of course they should be investigating.” |
| Work Daniel Penny's Defense Shifts Focus From Choke to Sickle Cell and Drug Use “Sickle cell crisis, the schizophrenia, the struggle and restraint and the synthetic marijuana,” he listed for jurors. He argued that Mr. Penny had struggled with Mr. Neely but had not choked him to death. |
| Work Ex-N.Y.P.D. Officer Convicted of Sex Offenses Involving 4 Underage Boys Vinoo Varghese, Mr. Terranova’s lawyer, said he would appeal. The former officer faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and could receive a life sentence, according to the news release. |
| Work Clever Ways to Use Rechargeable Bulbs | Lifehacker Improving the lighting in your home can make things more comfortable, and can even make dark areas safer, but adding lights without wiring can be expensive. Luckily, there are lots of places where you can use a wireless, rechargeable bulb or lamp instead of opting for an expensive wiring project. |
| Work Spirit Airlines is now in 'Wolf of Wall Street' territory Spirit Airlines (SAVEQ+7.69%) is enduring another inevitable embarrassment of its recent bankruptcy declaration: Its stock has been delisted by the New York Stock Exchange. Shares, which are practically at zero, will now trade in the "pink sheet" market outside of the major venues. |