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☆ Why college coaches are a hot employee benefit
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Chris Taylor | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Then she came across an employee benefit her company offered: A "college coach." It is an intriguing employee benefit, in the era of the 'Great Resignation' and 'Quiet Quitting.' says Craig Copeland, director of wealth benefits research at the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Getting help from college coaches is not to discount the critical work school counselors do every day. Since we are in the thick of application season, do not waste time in finding out if you have this employee benefit, especially if your teenager is looking ahead to college next fall.

☆ More than 180,000 people overdosed on opioids and survived in the past year, new White House dashboard shows
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

This first-of-its-kind dashboard was developed to track nonfatal opioid overdoses, which have become a growing public health concern as the US struggles with a decades-long opioid epidemic. It will “empower local communities” to tailor their opioid overdose responses and track their progress, Gupta said. “We know that there are significantly more nonfatal overdoses than fatal ones, of which there are over 100,000 a year. Across the United States, the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl has become the most commonly used drug involved in drug overdoses. In 2020, a report from the CDC found that opioids have “substantial involvement” in nonfatal overdoses, including those involving other types of drugs, and these types of nonfatal overdoses are on the rise.

☆ White House spokesperson criticizes Trump's suggestion to get rid of the Constitution: 'You cannot only love America when you win'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A White House spokesperson said Trump's words should be "condemned." A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution," Trump wrote in a Saturday post. In a statement to CNN, White House Spokesperson Andrew Bates called for Trump's words to be "universally condemned." Virginia Representative Dan Boyer tweeted that Trump's words "stoke hatred and political violence." "Trump's words and actions are unacceptable, they stoke hatred and political violence, and they are dangerous."

☆ ‘Gaslighting’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

NEW YORK — “Gaslighting” — mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. Lookups for the word on merriam-webster.com increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year before. “It was a word looked up frequently every single day of the year,” he said. The death of Angela Lansbury in October drove some interest in lookups of the word, Sokolowski said. “Gaslighting,” Sokolowski said, spent all of 2022 in the top 50 words looked up on merriam-webster.com to earn top dog word of the year status.

The Orion spacecraft shared its first view of Earth more than nine hours after launch Wednesday morning. NASAThe towering, 322-foot-tall (98-meter-tall) Space Launch System, or SLS, rocket lit its engines at 1:47 a.m. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images Before the launch was scrubbed on September 3, spectators wait for the NASA Artemis I rocket to launch at the Kennedy Space Center. Brynn Anderson/AP The NASA launch countdown clock was stopped after the launch was delayed on August 29. Throughout the mission, NASA engineers will be keeping a close eye on the spacecraft’s performance.

☆ The Last Word: Angela Lansbury
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Mervyn Rothstein | Kassie Bracken | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

In between, Angela Lansbury’s career spanned seven decades and countless transformations on stage, screen and television. It was missing the night of the fire.” “Jessica Fletcher was probably about as close not to me, but to the sort of woman that I might have been had I not been an actress.” Angela Brigid Lansbury was born in London in 1925. I didn’t know anything. ‘This could be it.’ And I had a special dress made and, oh, I don’t know, It’s just — I think soon after that, I came to New York.” In the mid-’60s, Angela Lansbury returned to the theater. In 2009, she won her fifth Tony Award for playing Madame Arcati in “Blithe Spirit.” Ms. Lansbury was 83 years old.

☆ Angela Lansbury, beloved star of ‘Murder, She Wrote,’ dead at 96
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Lansbury also amassed 11 Emmy nominations for her role as Jessica Fletcher in “Murder, She Wrote,” but never won. Mondadori Portfolio/Getty Images Lansbury, seen here in 1945, moved to United States from England in 1940. Ron Frehm/AP Lansbury celebrates the 100th episode of the TV series "Murder, She Wrote" in 1989. Mychal Watts/WireImage/Getty Images Lansbury, with various Broadway cast members, performs at the Light the Lights Broadway Is Back! Jonathan Brady/Getty Images Lansbury attends the 25th anniversary screening of "Beauty and the Beast" in 2016.

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Whether you're self-employed or your employer doesn't offer one, 401(k) plans simply aren't available to everyone. According to financial planners, there are several ways you can keep saving or start saving, even without a 401(k) plan. Financial planner Kenneth Chavis IV of Lourd Murray recommends a Roth IRA for many people who are just starting to save. If you're self-employed, consider a solo 401(k)When you're self-employed, a solo 401(k) should be the first place to go, financial planners say. Advertisement"That's actually one of the best retirement savings vehicles there is if you know how to use it," said financial planner Brian Bruggeman of Baker Boyer Bank.

Persons: Roth, —, Kenneth Chavis IV, Lourd Murray, Chavis, Brian Bruggeman Organizations: Service, IRA, Baker Boyer Bank Locations: Baker

Concursul Muzical Eurovision 2021 este la cea de-a 65-a ediție. Aceasta are loc în Țările de Jos, în urma victoriei țării la ediția din 2019, organizată la Tel Aviv, cu piesa „Arcade”, interpretată de Duncan Laurence. Concursul se desfășoară la Rotterdam. Ediția din anul trecut a fost anulată din cauza pandemiei. Eurovision a fost anulat din cauza pandemiei

Persons: Concursul, în, interpretată de Duncan Laurence, Jos Țările, ” Corry, „, Jos „, Teddy Scholten, Tom Pillibi ” Jacqueline Boyer, ” Jean, Claude Pascal, amour ” Isabelle Aubret, Grethe, Jørgen Ingmann, Poupée, poupée, ” France, Austria „ Merci, Chérie ” Udo Jürgens Udo Jürgens, Sandie Shaw, Lulu Țările de Jos Țările, Lenny Kuhr Franța, Frida Boccara, ” Dana, Vicky Leandros, Anne, Marie David, Jos „ Ding, ” Marie Myriam #, Israel „, Izhar Cohen și, Johnny Logan, Germania, Ein, ” Nicole, Corinne Hermès, Ley, Sandra Kim, Celine Dion, ” Riva, Toto Cutugno, ” Carola, ” Linda Martin, Niamh Kavanagh, Paul Harrington, Charlie McGettigan, ” Eimear Quinn, Dana, Charlotte Nilsson, Love ” Olsen, Padar, Dave Benton și, Marie, Helena Paparizou, Molitva, Marija Šerifović, Dima Bilan, Alexander Rybak, Satelitte, Lena, Nikki, Conchita Wurst, „ Amar, Salvador, Țările de, Duncan Laurence Organizations: la, pandemiei, ” Corry Brokken, Luxemburg, ” France Gall, Monaco, ” Séverine, Waterloo, of, Israel, Gali Atari, Herreys, Wings, Germania, Forest, Salvador Sobral, Eurovision Locations: Jos, la Tel Aviv, la Rotterdam, Ediția, Austria, Luxemburg, Israel, Gali, Estonia, Serbia, Țările de Jos

☆ These are the best 25 songs of 2017 so far
▼ + stars: | 2017-06-29 | by ( Jake Boyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

The INSIDER Summary:The year is young, but it's already given us some amazing songs. Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Selena Gomez, and Lorde are among some of the best. The top pick is "Big Fish" by Vince Staples. AdvertisementLast week we tallied up the best albums of the year so far, a task that somehow was completed successfully. These are the 25 Best Songs of 2017 (so far).

Persons: Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Selena Gomez, Vince Staples, Playboi Carti, Lorde

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