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☆ Cheslie Kryst said she was 'burned out' by the 2-week Miss USA competition before winning the crown
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

She won Miss North Carolina USA in 2019 and began preparing for Miss USA while working full-time as a complex litigation attorney. Lunch breaks were reserved for Miss North Carolina speaking engagements or practicing with her Miss USA interview coaches. Related storiesThe preparation didn't ease up once Kryst arrived in Reno, Nevada, for Miss USA 2019. Miss USA/Alex Mertz"The Miss USA competition was far more than the television broadcast aired on finals night," she wrote in her memoir. It was a historic year for pageants as Miss Universe, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Miss America were all won by women of color.

Persons: —, Kryst's, April Simpkins, Patrick Prather, I'd, Kryst, Cheslie, Miss USA, Alex Mertz, Simpkins Organizations: Service, Miss USA, Miss North Carolina USA, Business, Miss, Miss Universe, Miss North, Miss Universe Organization, Miss Teen USA, Miss America Locations: Miss USA, USA, Miss North Carolina, Reno , Nevada, acclimate

☆ Airbnb Appoints Ellie Mertz as New Chief Financial Officer
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Walden Siew | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Ellie Mertz has been with Airbnb for 11 years. Photo: AirbnbAirbnb on Tuesday appointed Ellie Mertz, an 11-year veteran of the short-term rental company, as its new chief financial officer. Mertz succeeds Dave Stephenson , Airbnb’s CFO since 2019, who was promoted to become the company’s chief business officer, a newly created role.

Persons: Ellie Mertz, Mertz, Dave Stephenson

Airbnb Chief Financial Officer Dave Stephenson will transition into a newly created chief business officer role at the company. Airbnb Chief Financial Officer Dave Stephenson, who helped guide the company through Covid-19 tumult and an initial public offering, will transition into a newly created chief business officer role, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said in a Tuesday note to employees viewed by CNBC. Chesky said Stephenson's new role would also mark an "inflection point" for Airbnb, where the business would begin to focus on growth across existing and new businesses. "As Chief Business Officer, Dave will be across all aspects of our strategy to expand beyond the core," Chesky wrote. Before joining Airbnb, Stephenson was finance chief at Amazon's Worldwide Consumer unit.

Persons: Dave Stephenson, Brian Chesky, Ellie Mertz, Stephenson, Chesky, Dave, . Mertz, Catherine Powell, Airbnb, Nathan Blecharczyk, Joe Gebbia, — CNBC's Laura Batchelor Organizations: CNBC, Airbnb, Amazon's, Disney, CNBC PRO Locations: Covid, Airbnb

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Carson Beck threw two touchdown passes in his hometown, Daijun Edwards ran for two scores and No. 1 Georgia dominated Florida 43-20 Saturday to extend its winning streak to 25. Coach Kirby Smart’s team scored on its first four possessions and stuffed the Gators (5-3, 3-2) early and often. Edwards ran for 95 yards and now has four TDs in the last two games in the series. The spotlight on the field intensified when Florida linebacker Shemar James appeared to tweak his left knee during pregame warmups.

Persons: — Carson Beck, Daijun Edwards, Kirby Smart’s, Graham Mertz’s, Trevor Etienne, Etienne, Billy Napier didn’t, Edwards, Mertz, Beck, Ladd McConkey, Brock Bowers, Florida’s Mertz, Tre Wilson, Bowers, Jacksonville’s, Shemar James Organizations: Bulldogs, Cocktail Party, Division, Jacksonville, Mandarin High School, Gators, AP College Football Poll, Miami, Vanderbilt, Missouri, Arkansas, Napier, AP Locations: JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Ray Davis rushed for a career-high 280 yards and scored four touchdowns, including three in the first half, as Kentucky overwhelmed No. Davis also charged hard for a 9-yard TD reception that made it 10-0, getting a little assist at the goal line from guard Eli Cox. Kentucky totaled 398 yards against the SEC's top overall and scoring defense, which entered the game yielding just 224 yards and 13.5 points per outing. He was also intercepted by Trevin Wallace, who snatched Deone Walker's deflection and returned it 21 yards to the Florida 21 and set up Davis' first score. Kentucky: Davis took a huge step toward establishing himself as the SEC’s top runner with a monster day.

Persons: — Ray Davis, Davis, Eli Cox, Graham Mertz, Hayden Hansen, Ricky Pearsall, Mertz, Trevin Wallace Organizations: Wildcats, Conference, East Division, Vanderbilt, Gators, Charlotte, Kentucky, NEXT Florida, AP Locations: LEXINGTON, Ky, Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, . Kentucky

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Trevor Etienne ran for a career-high 172 yards and a touchdown, Montrell Johnson scored twice and Florida upset No. 11 Tennessee 29-16 on Saturday night to extend the Volunteers’ losing streak in Gainesville to 10. Graham Mertz and Florida were much more comfortable in front of 90,751, the 12th-largest crowd at Florida Field. THE TAKEAWAYTennessee: The Volunteers outgained Florida 393-349 in yards, but Milton threw an interception in the first half and never found a rhythm. Florida: The Gators have rebounded nicely from an error-filled opener at then-No.

Persons: — Trevor Etienne, Montrell Johnson, Graham Mertz, Omari Thomas, Tennessee's Kamal Hadden, Florida's Micah Mazzccua, Mazzccua, Florida's Damieon George, Thomas, Josh Heupel, Billy Napier, Napier, Phillip Fulmer, Lane Kiffin, Derek Dooley, Butch Jones, Jeremy Pruitt, FanDuel, —, Joe Milton, Tennessee’s, Scooby Williams, Jaylen Wright, Milton, Mertz, Etienne, Johnson, Kurott Garland, offsides, Tre Wilson, Mertz’s, Adam Mihalek, Mihalek, Trey Smack, Charlotte Organizations: Volunteers, Florida, Tennessee, LSU, Florida State, Gators, Vols, McNeese, East Division, Associated, NEXT, University of Texas, San Antonio, UTSA, AP Locations: GAINESVILLE, Fla, Florida, Tennessee, Gainesville, Georgia, Knoxville, Utah, San

☆ The Decline of Work
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Andy Kessler | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Or “I need a good work-life balance,” which suggests someone doesn’t want to work very hard. The CEO of a Fortune 500 company told me he recently spent an entire afternoon discussing his company’s pet-bereavement policy. He asked the human-resources folks, “Let me get this right, someone’s goldfish dies, and they get a week off from work?”Work has become a dirty word. And now this: The New York Times ran an opinion piece titled “How to Fight Back Against the Inhumanity of Modern Work.” What? The prevailing thinking is we’re all Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz wrapping chocolates on a conveyor belt.

Supravegherea tehnică şi constructor a fost inginerul Izmail Lalevici, care după finisarea construcţiei în acelaşi an, a instalat o tăbliţă informativă, amplasată în partea dreaptă a casei. Se presupune că el a fost şi autorul proiectului. În 1917 această casă împreună cu o atenansă a fost cumpărată de negustorul din Petrograd Moisei Kligman. A fost construită în anii 30 ai secolului al XX-lea, arhitect, probabil, N. Mertz, casa fiind similară imobilelor de la adresele Columna, nr. Faţada casei a fost inclusă în componenţa unui bloc al liceului „Prometeu”.

Persons: Alexei Şciusev, Uprava Chişinăului, Andrei Tolmacev, Anna Avakova, Ivan Hinculov, Duma orăşenească, Maria Constantinovna Ivanova ., Alexandra Dubina, A.I ., Vladimir Hinculov, Serghei Lazo, ., M . Kogălniceanu Organizations: Chișinăului, Ştiinţe, A.I . Bernardazzi Locations: Chișinăului, Chișinău, Chişinău, Izmail, Petrograd Moisei Kligman, Leova, Bergdorf, Tiraspol, Paramentul

Posibil a fost construită după un proiect-model, numit 7 stânjeni. Peieşind din aceasta, se poate presupune, că clădirea a fost construită între 1896 şi 1915. Literul A, a fost refăcută în anii interbelici în spiritul arhitecturii neoromâneşti. În 1891 A. Kiatsky a construit din partea străzii Kogălniceanu o casă într-un etaj din piatră. Este o casă construită într-un parter, pe un plan unghiular, cu o amplasare avantajată din trei părţi de spaţiul curţii.

Persons: Kogălniceanu, Mihai Kogălniceanu, M . Eminescu, Fedorovna, M, M . Kogălniceanu, Mihai Eminescu, Iosafat Benonovici Scopovschii, Semion Vasile Nichitas, Raisa Semionovna, ., Ivanovne, Eleonora Stepanovna Sokolniţky, N ., Iacob Lemeni, Machedon, Ivan Grimalisky, Eudochia, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Kiatsky, Maria Organizations: Chișinăului, M ., Ştiinţe, . Mertz, Paramentul, . Zolotuhina, Sovietului Locations: Chișinău, Chișinăului, Chişinău, Reni, curţii, RSSM

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