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And they were everywhere, although, naturally, New York City was a magnet, as it has always been for L.G.B.T.Q.+ people looking for a place in which they can be themselves. New York City was where you lost your soul, and we wanted to be closer to the earth. I wore an eight-and-a-half-foot-tall Statue of Liberty costume to the Easter Parade in New York City, and Kirsten came along with me. By the time I turned 30, I’d been telling people I was older for years, because I’m not the type to bemoan the loss of my youth. Going to New York felt like this moment of emerging to a wider audience, and then I started to travel a lot.

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☆ District attorney plans to appeal decision to overturn murder convictions of ‘Chester Trio’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Danny Freeman | Eric Levenson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A Pennsylvania district attorney intends to appeal a judge’s decision last month to overturn the murder convictions of the so-called “Chester Trio” – three men who have spent nearly 25 years in prison for a crime they say they did not commit. In late March – over the objections of prosecutors who fought to have the convictions upheld – Delaware County Judge Mary Alice Brennan vacated the trio’s convictions and granted their request for a new trial. On Tuesday, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said he had, in fact, decided to appeal. Attorneys for at least two of the men said the district attorney’s announcement was disappointing. “There could be nothing further than justice than the decision to appeal the judge’s order,” said Vanessa Potkin of the Innocence Project, who represents Johnson.

Persons: Derrick Chappell, Morton Johnson, Samuel Grasty, Henrietta Nickens, They’ve, –, Mary Alice Brennan, Chappell, Johnson, Grasty, Jack Stollsteimer, Stollsteimer, ”, Judge Brennan, ” Stollsteimer, “, Vanessa Potkin, Nilam Sanghvi, ” Sanghvi, Paul Casteleiro, Stollsteimer “, ” Nickens, Chester, CNN’s Dakin Andone Organizations: CNN, Prosecutors, Pennsylvania Innocence Locations: Pennsylvania, Chester , Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, – Delaware County, Delaware County

☆ Meet the typical ALICE: Americans struggling to afford basic necessities but making too much to get help
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The South has the highest concentration of states with about 50% of residents below the ALICE threshold. They're either the youngest or oldest workers in the workforce, often single parents, and full-time workers — but they're still not making ends meet. Married adults with children tend not to be ALICE, as 80% reported being above the ALICE threshold. ALICE Americans are all across the country and in both rural and urban areasALICE Americans exist everywhere from the isolated countryside of the US to the country's biggest cities. The breakdown between urban and rural ALICE is somewhat consistent — the ALICE population makes up 30% of the rural population and 28% of the urban population.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's high court will consider whether some automatic life sentences for those convicted of murder violate constitutional protections for defendants, the justices said Friday. The appeal being pursued by Derek Lee, convicted of a 2014 killing, argues the state's life-without-parole law violates prohibitions in the Pennsylvania and U.S. constitutions against cruel punishment. Advocates say there are about 5,200 people in Pennsylvania currently serving what they call “death by incarceration” sentences, the highest per capita rate among states. In a June ruling, the Pennsylvania Superior Court cited decisions in previous, similar appeals as it turned down Lee's claim that life-without-parole violates his constitutional rights. But in a concurring opinion, Superior Court Judge Alice Beck Dubow urged the higher court to revisit the matter “in light of changes in related case law from other states and research and policy concerns regarding the criminal justice system.”.

Persons: Derek Lee, “, Quinn Cozzens, Lee, ” Cozzens, ” Kelly Callihan, Leonard Butler, Butler, ”, codefendant Paul Durham, Alice Beck Dubow Organizations: Abolitionist Law Center, Pennsylvania, Association Locations: HARRISBURG, Pa, Pennsylvania, Allegheny

☆ Do we simply not care about older adults in the US?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Judith Graham | Kff Health News | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

KFF Health News —The Covid-19 pandemic would be a wake-up call for America, advocates for the elderly predicted: incontrovertible proof that the nation wasn’t doing enough to care for vulnerable older adults. Around 900,000 older adults have died of Covid-19 to date, accounting for 3 of every 4 Americans who have perished in the pandemic. Many seniors at high risk aren’t getting antiviral therapies for Covid, and most older adults in nursing homes aren’t getting updated vaccines. The pandemic made things worsePrejudice against older adults is nothing new, but “it feels more intense, more hostile” now than previously, said Karl Pillemer, 69, a professor of psychology and gerontology at Cornell University. But as a society, we don’t value older adults or the people who care for them,” said Robert Kramer, 74, co-founder and strategic adviser at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.

Persons: —, ”, Alice Bonner, I’m, Karl Pillemer, “, ’, ’ ”, Andrew Achenbaum, Achenbaum, Covid, Edwin Walker, Robert Kramer, Kramer, John Rowe, Anne Montgomery, Allen Power, ” Power, it’s “, ” Pillemer Organizations: Health, America, CDC, Institute for Healthcare, gerontology, Cornell University, Texas Medical Center, Aging, Department of Health, Human Services, National Investment Center, Seniors Housing & Care, ”, Columbia University’s Mailman, of Public Health, National Committee, Preserve Social Security, Schlegel, University of Waterloo Research Institute, National Academy of Medicine’s, Healthy, University of Southern, Cornell, Kaiser Health, KFF Locations: Houston, Canada, University of Southern California

☆ Can AI carry on this fashion designer’s legacy?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Marc Bain | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

A few years back, she began thinking about AI after working on a fashion game tied to a line she designed for Walmart. The tagged imagery is fed into the AI model to train it. “It took us about a month to get it to the right point,” said Cyril Foiret, founder and creative director of Maison Meta. Foiret said they essentially had to develop a mini AI model just for that. Last year, she contacted Maison Meta, which was creating a name for itself through projects like organizing the first AI Fashion Week with Revolve.

Persons: Norma Kamali isn’t, Norma Kamali, Lynn Karlin, ”, “, hasn’t, ” Kamali isn’t, She’s, Hillary Taymour, Julius Juul, Heliot Emil, Laverne Cox, Jennifer Lopez, Kamali, Jamie McCarthy, Helmut Lang, Ann Demeulemeester, Alice Bouleau, Bouleau, Maison Meta, Cyril Foiret, Maison, Iman, Nick Elgar, Corbis, Foiret, they’ve, it’s, ” Kamali, “ I’m, Nima Abbasi, Vivienne Westwood, Francesco Da Vinci, ” Abbasi Organizations: The, Fashion, CNN CNN —, New, Maison Meta, Penske Media, Northwest Airlines, Walmart, NBC, Sterling International, Kamali’s, Maison, Getty, Meta, Designers, CNN Locations: New York

☆ Wellness influencers fueled pandemic misinformation. Now they have another big conspiracy in their sights
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

As interest in the pandemic waned, experts say some wellness influencers have latched on to climate change to galvanize followers. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty ImagesCécile Simmons, a trained yoga teacher, was surprised when many of the wellness accounts she followed started posting about climate change. Some wellness influencers are exposing young audiences to a slew of climate misinformation. Climate misinformation is having “a profound impact” both on people’s beliefs and on the normalization of fringe perspectives, Caulfield said. It’s particularly worrying as it allows climate misinformation to reach new audiences, experts say, including young people that might otherwise be supportive of climate change action.

Persons: Instagram, influencer @truth_crunchy_mama, “, ” They’re, influencer @drmercola, Patrick T, Fallon, Cécile Simmons, ”, Simmons, Joseph Mercola, it’s, Stephanie Alice Baker, Halbert L, Dunn, Baker, Derek Beres, Marc, André Argentino, ” Beres, Callum Hood, Hood, they’re, Tim Caulfield, Spencer Platt, ” CCDH’s Hood, Caulfield, Mariah Wellman, ” Wellman, ” Caulfield, —, It’s, ” Simmons Organizations: CNN, Getty, Institute for Strategic, Global Wellness Institute, City University, Wellness, Center, University of Alberta, University of Illinois, Meta Locations: Hawaii, Lahaina , Hawaii, AFP, globalists, Chicago

☆ The state of Wall Street's drug culture
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In today's big story, we're looking at the state of Wall Street's drug culture. What's on deck:AdvertisementBut first, does Wall Street have a drug problem? The big storyHigh on Wall StreetVartika Sharma for BIOf the many stereotypes about Wall Street, one of the most prevalent is the industry's rampant drug use. From Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" to HBO's "Industry," extreme drug use and working in finance are often portrayed as being hand-in-hand. Business Insider's finance team spoke to more than a dozen current and former finance professionals, along with several health professionals, to get a sense of Wall Street's drug culture these days.

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☆ Here's where you might recognize the cast of 'A Murder At the End of the World' from
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

"A Murder at the End of the World" is a murder mystery series from the creators of "The OA." The series stars Emma Corrin, Clive Owen, Brit Marling, and Harris Dickinson. Here's where you might recognize the show's stars from. Advertisement"A Murder at the End of the World" is the latest television project from "The OA" co-creators Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij. In addition to Corrin, the series' cast includes Marling herself, in addition to Harris Dickinson, Alice Braga, and Clive Owen.

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“I really want to be friends with a whale,” Mikey Day, the “Saturday Night Live” cast member, said this week as he stood inside the American Museum of Natural History and discussed his favorite displays. “They just look so magical.”“Sorry, it’s Thursday,” he continued. “I just came from work, and my brain is fried.”In keeping with a longstanding tradition, members of the cast of “Saturday Night Live,” deep in preparations for their upcoming show, put on tuxedos and feathery gowns to join benefactors of the American Museum of Natural History for the institution’s largest annual fund-raiser, held at the museum in Manhattan. “It’s always a nice cast bonding moment,” the “S.N.L.” cast member Bowen Yang said on a red carpet near the large dinosaur models in the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda. “It’s like a perfect little reception for the new people.”The gala was chaired by Lorne Michaels, the creator and executive producer of “S.N.L.”; his wife, Alice Barry; the writer and actress, Tina Fey, who was once the show’s head writer; and her husband, the composer Jeff Richmond.

Persons: “, ” Mikey Day, ”, “ It’s, Bowen Yang, Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda, Lorne Michaels, Alice Barry, Tina Fey, Jeff Richmond Organizations: American Museum of Locations: Manhattan

☆ Former Trump Bedminster club worker files sexual harassment lawsuit, alleges she was pressured to sign NDA
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | Paula Reid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

According to the lawsuit, Habba “acted as if Ms. Bianco was her friend,” urging Bianco to fire her lawyer and offering to give Bianco advice. According to the lawsuit, Habba encouraged Bianco not to go public with her accusations and to instead sign a “simple” NDA. Bianco eventually signed the settlement that included the NDA and an undisclosed sum of money, according to the lawsuit. Shortly after the settlement was signed, according to the lawsuit, Habba began publicly representing Trump and stopped assisting Bianco. “Habba didn’t need to text heart emojis anymore, she had accomplished her goal of protecting Donald Trump and of silencing Ms. Bianco,” the lawsuit says.

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☆ Review: This ‘House of Bernarda Alba’ Is on Fire
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Matt Wolf | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The ground is breathing fire, we’re told, in “The House of Bernarda Alba,” the Spanish classic by Federico García Lorca that opened Tuesday at the National Theater in London in a ferocious new version by Alice Birch. The show runs through Jan. 6. Directed by Rebecca Frecknall and starring Harriet Walter from “Succession” in the imperious title role, it really is scorching. Lorca’s play about a tough-as-nails matriarch and her five unmarried daughters in 1930s Andalusia is regularly revived in theaters in England, but I’ve never seen an ensemble so fully committed to the play, which races toward its tragic finish with genuinely shocking force. As Frecknall has demonstrated in work including that of Tennessee Williams and the Broadway-bound revival of “Cabaret,” she has a gift for reinvigorating familiar titles as though they were brand new.

Persons: we’re, Bernarda Alba, Federico García Lorca, Alice Birch, Rebecca Frecknall, Harriet Walter, I’ve, Frecknall, Tennessee Williams, ” Organizations: National Theater Locations: The, London, Jan, Andalusia, England

☆ Rate cuts are likely coming next year, but investors shouldn't bank on them saving the market
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . In today's big story, we're looking at why the rate cuts investors have been praying for might not be the godsend they imagined. But rate cuts won't necessarily be the win markets are hoping for, Business Insider's Jennifer Sor writes. Still, some interest rate traders are predicting rate cuts coming as soon as this March, according to CME's FedWatch Tool. Another key piece of the economy facing headwinds complicates the case for rate cuts being a boon for investors.

Persons: —, I've, we're, Patrick Semansky, Jennifer Sor, CME's, Jennifer, Insider's Dominick Reuter, Miles Goodloe, Domenic, Robert Oszust Jr, Domenic Boresta, Alice Brooks, Jennifer Campbell, Sean Jacobsohn, he's, Jacobsohn, Chelsea Jia Feng, They're, it's, Gen, Bradley Cooper, Ben Affleck, Greta Gerwig, Bill, Bill —, Bill Nye, Science Guy, Manolo Blahnik, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Bannon, Bruce Lee, Dan DeFrancesco, Naga Siu, Hallam Bullock, Lisa Ryan Organizations: Service, Tech, Business, Federal Reserve, Fed, UBS, Big Tech, Retail, Walmart, Target, Financial Times, Echo, Khosla Ventures, Science Locations: Washington, Miles, Chelsea, New York City, San Diego, London, New York

☆ 20 women in venture capital who made partner or higher at firms like Khosla Ventures and GV in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Samantha Stokes | Madeline Renbarger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The venture capital industry is overwhelmingly male. But more firms made moves to close the gender gap in 2023 by hiring and promoting women to partners. Startups and venture capital are still overwhelmingly boy's clubs — but each year, more and female investors are claiming their seat at the table. Business Insider is recognizing the women in venture capital who made partner or general partner for the first time in 2023. You can read more about Europe's new female partners here.

Persons: Alice Brooks, Jennifer Campbell Organizations: Khosla Ventures, Business

☆ Macquarie sends shareholders a sell signal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Chief Executive of the Macquarie Group Shemara Wikramanayake, is seen in this handout picture taken in Sydney, Australia in 2022 released on May 5, 2023. Macquarie Group and Alice Boshell/Handout via REUTERS. Acquire Licensing RightsMELBOURNE, Nov 3 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Macquarie (MQG.AX) boss Shemara Wikramanayake knows how to time the market. The two moves seem designed to calm any shareholders nervous about the bank’s dip in fortunes. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

Persons: Alice Boshell, Shemara Wikramanayake, Macquarie, Antony Currie, Aston Martin, Una Galani, Thomas Shum Organizations: Macquarie Group, REUTERS, Acquire, Rights MELBOURNE, Reuters, X, Pfizer, Thomson Locations: Sydney, Australia, Handout, Macquarie

PARIS (AP) — Police arrested a man climbing Thursday on the Eiffel Tower, leading to visitors being temporarily stranded at the summit — including a reporter for The Associated Press and a Washington, D.C., couple who decided during the wait to get married. But when the lifts were temporarily shut down because of the climber, stranding the couple and others at the top, Khan decided to spring his surprise. “I figured we might be here longer than I imagined," Khan told the AP reporter. "So I didn’t want to miss dinner and she always wanted to be proposed to on or under the Eiffel Tower. Besides, when trapped at the top of a 1,083-foot (330-meter) tower, how can anyone say “No?”Had that happened, “somebody else would be climbing the Eiffel Tower today possibly,” she joked.

Persons: Amir Khan, Kat Warren, Khan, Pat Eaton, Robb, ’, ” Warren, ”, Alice Beunardeau, Beunardeau, she’d, Billie Eilish, “, ’ ”, “ I’m, AP's Eaton, Kathleen, ___ John Leicester, Le Organizations: PARIS, — Police, Eiffel, Associated Press, D.C Locations: Washington, Paris, Connecticut, Versailles, Le Pecq, France

☆ The 500-year-old hamam bringing Istanbul’s past to life
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Alice Barnes-Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Closed to the public for more than a decade, the stunning Zeyrek Çinili Hamam has just reopened its wooden doors to the world. A team of archaeologists and historians at the hamam helped those institutions to identify exactly where their Iznik tiles came from. Ottoman know-how and seamless minimalism come together inside the Çinili Hamam to create the ultimate zone-out space. The glass stars on the domed ceilings (a signature of Ottoman hamam design) allow just enough natural light to shimmer in, but not so much that it dazzles. Yazgan says the Zeyrek Çinili Hamam will closely replicate time-honored Ottoman bathtime traditions.

Persons: Hamam, Mimar Sinan, Suleiman the, Çinili, ”, Koza Yazgan, “, Sinan, London’s, Yazgan, Brüeckner –, Hammam, Murat Germen, Murat, Germen Murat Germen, puffy, ‘, Istanbul’s, It’s Organizations: CNN, hamam, Istanbul Biennial, Marmara Group, Egyptian Museum, UNESCO, Hagia Locations: Istanbul’s Zeyrek, Fatih, Zeyrek, Cairo, Abu Dhabi, Mimar, Turkey, Istanbul, Ayasofya, Hagia Sofia, Ottoman, hamams, Aivita, Marmara, Valens, –

☆ Should you scrape your tongue?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Jocelyn Solis-Moreira | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Tongue scrapers are metal or plastic devices used to clean the surface of the tongue. Tongue scraping can help when “you have a lot of bacteria and film on your tongue,” Kosdon said. A few medical studies support the use of tongue scraping for getting rid of tongue bacteria and bad breath, but the studies were mostly small and didn’t show strong results. The few clinical trials available found a slightly greater benefit in using tongue scrapers for tongue cleaning than toothbrushing, but these effects were temporary. Consider starting in the middle rather than trying to stick the tongue scraper all the way to the back of the tongue.

Persons: Jocelyn Solis, Moreira, Michael Kosdon, “, ” Kosdon, you’re, Alice Boghosian, Boghosian, Kosdon, It’s, ” Boghosian, “ It’s, ” Organizations: CNN, American Dental Association Locations: New York, Manhattan

☆ Newly discovered ancient creature may have been the heaviest animal ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

This week, scientists shared discoveries of ancient species that lived and died tens of millions of years ago, providing tantalizing insights into creatures never documented until now. The colossal ancient whale, which swam the seas about 39 million years ago, likely weighed two to three times more than the blue whale. NASA/ESA/Joseph Olmsted (STScI)When the Hubble Space Telescope initially observed a young planetary system 32 light-years from Earth, it didn’t reveal any surprises. And the James Webb Space Telescope spied new details within the colorful, iconic Ring Nebula. The fruit flies in the groundbreaking study don’t typically reproduce through virgin births, also called parthenogenesis, although many animal species do.

Persons: Alberto Gennari, Michael Brecht, ” Brecht, Joseph Olmsted, Euclid, James Webb, —, Hala Alarashi, Alice Burkhardt, Ba, Emperor Nero, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, Canadian Rockies, Humboldt University, NASA, ESA, Hubble, Telescope, Petra Museum, CNN Space, Science Locations: Ica, Berlin, Jordan, East Coast, United States

☆ Ornate necklace found in an ancient grave site of a child and reassembled
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Researchers have reassembled an ancient ornate necklace discovered in the grave of a child who lived in the Neolithic village of Ba’ja in what’s now southern Jordan. More than 2,500 colorful stone and shell beads were found in the grave, which was dated between 7400 and 6800 BC. In 2018, researchers discovered the grave of an 8-year-old child buried in a fetal position. Instead, researchers focused on the beads and the story they might tell about the child as well as Neolithic funerary practices. Decoding ancient meaningThe intricate design of the necklace, one of the oldest and most impressive Neolithic ornaments yet discovered, suggests the child was of high social status.

Persons: Hala Alarashi, Alice Burkhardt, Ba, It’s, ” Alarashi, ” Organizations: CNN —, Spanish National Research Council, University of Côte, Petra Museum Locations: Ba’ja, what’s, Jordan, Petra

☆ A Wedding in 2025? Not Astrologically Ideal for Me.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Laura Pitcher | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last year, Alice Bell told Jesse Zannino that he needed to propose by May 2023. “My astrology for getting married is really good in 2024 but not in 2025,” Ms. Bell explained in an interview. The beginning of their relationship was also based on astrological guidance — she timed their first date with the new moon in February 2021 — so Mr. Zannino took the suggestion in stride. After Mr. Zannino, a director of business development, met Ms. Bell’s astrologically aligned proposal deadline on April 28, she quickly mapped out potential wedding charts in order to find a date. She landed on June 8, 2024, which was ideal for both of their birth charts, she said.

Persons: Alice Bell, Jesse Zannino, ” Ms, Bell, Zannino, ”, ” “, ” Mr, Bell’s Locations: New York

☆ Yotam Ottolenghi Celebrates Spring With Asparagus
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Yotam Ottolenghi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In her cookbook “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat,” Samin Nosrat reduces two cups of heavy cream — add olive oil and Parmesan in very generous amounts — in an asparagus-and-mint pasta. Alice B. Toklas tossed her asparagus in melted butter and heavy cream. But as she served it, she whipped up some more heavy cream, seasoned with salt and pepper, to ward off any false sense of restraint. You can take a minimalist approach and roast your asparagus spears with some oil and salt. I also love Alice Waters’s classic salad of raw, thinly shaved asparagus with vinaigrette and Parmesan.

☆ An N.F.L. Star Finds Confidence in Making Music
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Emmanuel Morgan | Gabriella Angotti-Jones | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Later in 2017, Darren Waller released his debut album, “Better Call Wall,” 12 songs he rapped with lyrics about his life. reinstated Waller, he signed with the Raiders in November 2018 and was named to the Pro Bowl in the 2020 season after posting 1,196 receiving yards and nine touchdowns. In his downtime, he began dating Plum, a star player for the W.N.B.A’s Las Vegas Aces, shortly after meeting her last April while recording a podcast. He proposed to her in October during a bye week for the Raiders, with Waller later telling McDaniels and Ziegler that the couple was keeping their upcoming marriage confidential. Before Waller and Plum could reveal their March wedding on Instagram, Ziegler and McDaniels told reporters of the upcoming nuptials during an off-the-record session at the N.F.L.

☆ U.S. Corporate Boards Boosted Sustainability Experience in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Dieter Holger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +3 min

Companies are shoring up sustainability experience in the boardroom as they face mandatory climate-disclosure regulations. Among Fortune 500 companies, 25% of board appointees in 2022 had previous experience on sustainability committees, up from 14% in 2021, according to executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. “Boards feel like they don’t always have the right skills, knowledge, language about what’s going on,” she said. In the longer term, the work of these sustainability committees should be more integrated into the company’s overall strategy, Ms. Breeden said. The agenda of sustainability committees varies among companies and industries, Ms. Breeden said.

☆ 10 ways to stop self-sabotaging behaviors that cost you time, money, and happiness
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( John Rampton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Self-sabotage habits aren't easy to avoid, but they're essential to growing up healthy. However, identifying negative habits needs to be a priority. What causes self-sabotaging behavior? We may even model negative habits.. Self-sabotage can be influenced by growing up in a dysfunctional family. Make a plan — then follow throughYou'll need to come up with a plan for how you'll break negative behavior patterns.

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