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☆ A history buff bought a piece of a tent from Goodwill for $1,700. It really did belong to George Washington
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Kaila Nichols | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

A post in the historical documents section featured the image of a framed item purporting to contain a fragment of George Washington’s tent. The tent fragment came with a note saying it was taken from George Washington's tent that was on display in 1907. Symbols of Washington’s leadershipGeorge Washington’s tents, as explained by the museum, have nearly 250 years of history. Two hundred years ago, he started cutting away pieces of George Washington’s tents as souvenirs. Can you imagine the information and the things that were said within that tent?” Moore asked rhetorically.

Persons: Richard “ Dana ” Moore, George Washington’s, ” Moore, George Washington's, Moore, ”, “ There’s, I’m, Susan Bowen, Matthew Skic, ” Skic, John Burns, Mary Custis Lee, Washington’s, Martha, Lee’s, George Washington Parke Custis, “ George Washington Parke Custis, Parke Custis, Skic, Burns, “ Organizations: CNN, Virginia Colony, Museum, American, Smithsonian Locations: Jamestown, Virginia, “, Philadelphia, Norfolk , Virginia

☆ Trivariate's Adam Parke: Risk-taking is still skewed to the positive
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTrivariate's Adam Parke: Risk-taking is still skewed to the positiveAdam Parker, Trivariate Research CEO, joins 'Closing Bell' to discuss the signs of froth from emerging markets and whether he believes we're still in a bull market.

Persons: Trivariate's Adam Parke, Adam Parker, we're Organizations: Trivariate

☆ Constantly pretending your boss's dumb jokes are funny can lead to emotional exhaustion and lower job satisfaction, academics found
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The study, from academics at three elite universities, looked at the impacts of fake positive reactions to jokes by employees. It found that bosses who make too many jokes actually increase the amount of surface acting employees do, which can then lead to emotional exhaustion or burnout, and lower levels of job satisfaction. AdvertisementThe study found that the leaders who frequently made jokes increased surface acting in followers, which subsequently resulted in poor well-being outcomes, including emotional exhaustion. AdvertisementThe surface acting can trigger a cycle of negative well-being outcomes for employees, per the study. When leaders are more thoughtful about their humor, it actually alleviates the pressure of surface acting.

Persons: —, Randall Peterson, Xiaoran Hu, Michael Parke, Grace Simon, Peterson, they're Organizations: Service, Academy of Management, London Business School, London School of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, US Army Locations: United States

The lower house, the State Duma, on Wednesday passed the second and third readings of a bill that revokes Russia's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. What is happening in the world today is the exclusive fault of the United States," parliament speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu visited Russia's testing ground in the remote northern archipelago of Novaya Zemlya in August. CNN published satellite images last month showing Russia, the United States and China have all built new facilities at their nuclear test sites in recent years. The Soviet Union last tested in 1990 and the United States in 1992.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, Vyacheslav Volodin, Volodin, Sergei Shoigu, Melissa Parke, Mark Trevelyan, Nick Macfie Organizations: States Arms, West, State Duma, Comprehensive, Washington, Defence, CNN, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, International, Nuclear, Soviet Union, Thomson Locations: Russia, Moscow, United States, Russian, Ukraine, China, India, Pakistan, Korea, Washington, Novaya Zemlya, Stockholm, USA, Soviet Russia

It topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1977 and won a Grammy Award for record of the year in 1978. But Meisner was uncomfortable with fame. “We did two or three encores, and Glenn wanted another one,” Meisner said, referring to his bandmate, the singer-songwriter who died in 2016. “I told them I couldn’t do it, and we got into a spat,” Meisner told the magazine. “That was the end.”Meisner left the band in September 1977 but was inducted with the Eagles into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

Persons: Meisner, “, ”, Rolling Stone, Glenn, ” Meisner, Parke Puterbaugh Organizations: Eagles, Roll Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame Locations: California, Knoxville

☆ Whitney Museum Sells Breuer Building to Sotheby’s for About $100 Million
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Robin Pogrebin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The deal — which Sotheby’s and the Whitney refused to confirm in response to queries from The Times in April — finally resolves the fate of the Breuer building, which has hung in the balance since the Whitney moved down to the meatpacking district in 2015. Would the Whitney ultimately take back the building and operate uptown as well as downtown? Would the Breuer building end up as some wealthy person’s private residence or a fancy retail store? What was the Whitney without Breuer? But Lauder ultimately became a convert to the new location and it was named for him: the Leonard A. Lauder Building.

Persons: Parke, —, Breuer, Whitney, Leonard A, Lauder, ” Lauder, “ Organizations: Whitney, Times, Hudson Yards Locations: Madison, meatpacking, Manhattan

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