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☆ ‘Botticelli Drawings’ Review: A Master Painter’s Skills on Paper
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-06 | by ( Cammy Brothers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Study for ‘Portrait of a Lady (Simonetta Vespucci)’ (c. 1480) Photo: Ashmolean MuseumSan FranciscoIn the popular imagination, Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445-1510) is associated with ethereal nymphs, idealized nudes, and blond beauties, thanks largely to the ubiquity of his most famous paintings, “Primavera” and “Birth of Venus.” But as a stunning new show at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor museum establishes, he is a more complex, intellectual, conflicted and varied artist than superficial familiarity might suggest.

Persons: Simonetta Vespucci, ’, Sandro Botticelli, “ Organizations: Ashmolean Museum San Francisco, “ Primavera, Francisco’s Legion

☆ Conservators restore 17th-century portrait of noblewoman to remove cosmetic touch-ups
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

English Heritage, an organization that manages more than 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites in England, has discovered that a portrait dating back almost four centuries was later altered to “improve” the subject’s appearance. The portrait before the added changes were removed by the conservation team English HeritageConservators have now revealed the true face of noblewoman Diana Cecil, after spending hours removing changes to her features. Cecil (1596–1654), was the great-granddaughter of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, one of Elizabeth I’s closest friends and advisers. The restored version of the portrait will go on display in London from November 30. Christopher Ison//English HeritageAccording to English Heritage, Cecil was “one of the great beauties of the age” but the full-length painting was found to have undergone some cosmetic alterations since it was painted in the 17th century.

Persons: London CNN —, Diana Cecil, Cecil, William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I’s, Christopher Ison, “, Conservators, Cornelius Johnson, Alice Tate, sweeten, Diana, Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin Organizations: London CNN, English Heritage, Kenwood House, Heritage, Harte Locations: England, London

In response, Israel launched a full-scale war against Hamas, trapping Mr. Azaiza and two million others under bombardment in Gaza, a tinderbox after decades of conflict. Mr. Azaiza, who had already lived through four wars, grabbed his camera, and stepped out into an unraveling world. But war in Gaza transformed him into a war correspondent for the social media age. Mr. Azaiza documents the effect of Israel’s bombardments in a way typical of his generation: raw footage filmed selfie-style, uploaded as stories. I had one leg on the bed and one leg on the floor,” Mr. Azaiza said.

Persons: Motaz Azaiza, Azaiza, “, ”, ” Mr, he’s, He’s, Mr, I’m, I’ll Locations: Gaza, Israel, Gaza City

☆ The Met Gala announces the 2024 theme ‘Sleeping Beauties’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute has revealed details of its 2024 spring exhibition, which serves as the inspiration for the theme of the accompanying Met Gala. “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” will be presented at the Costume Institute in New York from May 10 through September 2, 2024, pulling rare “masterworks” from the Institute’s archive for museumgoers to experience in a new, imaginative way, according to a press release. Nick Knight/Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art“When an item of clothing enters our collection, its status is changed irrevocably. Hippolyte Petit/BFA.com; Courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of ArtGarments too fragile to be dressed on mannequins will be displayed instead as the titular “sleeping beauties,” appearing in coffin-like glass displays with microscopes available to observe their deterioration up close, according to the Institute. But how will celebrities interpret a more abstract, nuanced theme on the Met Gala’s red carpet — especially one that focuses on garments that one can no longer wear?

Persons: Karl Lagerfeld’s, Madeleine Vionnet, Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Dior, Alexander McQueen, Charles Frederick Worth, Nick Knight, ”, Andrew Bolton, Hippolyte Petit, Karolina Kurkova’s Marchesa, Blake, Ralph Lauren Organizations: CNN, Metropolitan Museum, Art’s, Costume Institute, Met, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dior's, Metropolitan Museum of, Institute Locations: New York, Worth

☆ ‘The Buccaneers’ Review: Edith Wharton’s Expats on Apple TV+
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Kristine Frøseth, Alisha Boe, Josie Totah, Aubri Ibrag and Imogen Waterhouse Photo: Apple TV+If “The Buccaneers” is what it takes to keep Edith Wharton in circulation among a new generation of readers, it may be worth the price. On the downside, people will think “The Buccaneers” has something to do with Edith Wharton. The Buccaneers Wednesday, Apple TV+Wharton—chronicler of robber-baron America, genius of the social critique, stylist extraordinaire—had left four-fifths of “The Buccaneers” behind when she died in 1937. It was published in 1938, unfinished; Marion Mainwaring’s “completed” version appeared in 1993, to a predictable mix of bouquets and outrage. The version materializing on Apple TV+ is the interpretation of series creator Katherine Jakeways (the director is Susanna White ) and will have hardcore Wharton-ites squealing louder than the bevy of batty beauties exported from New York for the London Season in order to find themselves titled English husbands who need American money.

Persons: Kristine Frøseth, Alisha Boe, Josie Totah, Aubri Ibrag, Imogen Waterhouse, Edith Wharton, Wharton, America, extraordinaire —, Marion Mainwaring’s “, Katherine Jakeways, Susanna White Organizations: Apple, Buccaneers, Wharton, London Locations: batty, New York

☆ The Next Costume Institute Fashion Blockbuster Is Revealed
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | More About Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After all, it is called “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.” And those princess costumes have been very influential. But while the show was, indeed, partly inspired by a hot button cultural moment, it’s not a fantasy one. Specifically, the ephemeral nature of … well, nature. And how fashion captures that literally, in the form of garments inspired by and decorated with flora and fauna, and conceptually, in its endless cycle of in and out, its potential to degrade. Think of it as a show devoted to unsustainable fashion, one that could function as a requiem, a warning sign and a reminder of the fundamental importance of regeneration.

Persons: Barbie Organizations: Marvel, Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art

The theme of the next Met Gala has been unveiled: “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.”The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art revealed the theme of its spring 2024 exhibit, which is launched by the huge party known as the Met Gala, on Wednesday. The “sleeping beauties” referred to in the title of the show are actually treasured garments in the museum’s collection that are so fragile, they need to be housed in special glass “coffins,” curators said. Garments will be displayed in a series of galleries organized by themes of nature. Curator Andrew Bolton, who masterminds all the Met Gala exhibits, explained that the show includes both rare historical garments and corresponding contemporary fashions. Political Cartoons View All 1237 Images“When an item of clothing enters our collection, its status is changed irrevocably,” Bolton said in the statement.

Persons: Andrew Bolton, ” Bolton Organizations: Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art

☆ Elon Musk is getting ready to launch his first AI model to premium X users. 'Grok' will be 'based' and 'loves sarcasm,' Musk said.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Musk announced on X that his new AI model, Grok, would be available to a 'select group' on Saturday. Once the model is out of "early beta" it'll be available to all "X Premium+ subscribers," Musk said. Its main advantage over other chatbots is that it has "real-time access to X," Musk said. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Musk noted that Grok's "massive advantage" over other AI models is that it has "real-time access" to X. Grok also "loves sarcasm" and has been designed to have a "little humor" in its responses, Musk noted in his post.

Persons: Musk, —, Bard, Claude, Grōk — Elon, Elon Musk, Elon, Tesla, Grok, I'm, Grok cheekily, WqXxlwI6ef — Elon, Robert A, Heinlein, Istvan Csicsery Organizations: Service, Oxford English

☆ Will Smith responds to Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Worthy,’ while she says they are in a ‘beautiful’ place
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Will Smith has shared his thoughts on Jada Pinkett Smith’s new memoir. The pair have been the subject of multiple headlines since Pinkett Smith revealed last week that the pair have been separated since 2016. Pinkett Smith confirmed what her mother said. “During Pinkett Smith’s appearance on the “On Purpose with Jay Shetty,” which debuted Monday, Shetty read a letter he said was from Smith. “That’s why I can’t divorce that joker.”In making her original revelation that she and Smith had split, Pinkett Smith told NBC’s Hoda Kotb they are still leagally married.

Persons: Will Smith, Jada Pinkett, Pinkett Smith, It’s, “ Worthy, ”, Smith, you’ve, Adrienne Banfield Norris, Norris, “, ” Norris, ” Pinkett Smith, August Alsina, we’ve, Jay Shetty, Shetty, ” Shetty, NBC’s Hoda, leagally, haven’t, ” Smith, emojis Organizations: CNN, New York Times

Ruckel had to make a choice: Lower the price on Amazon or ask Chewy to raise the price of his product. The company also invests in tools to help sellers offer “competitive prices,” he said. Scott Needham, who sells on Amazon and runs a product-finder tool for other Amazon sellers, said he was “surprised by some of the points that the FTC selected.”watch now“I have over the years been very critical of Amazon,” Needham told CNBC. Competitors like Shopify and Walmart are increasingly viable alternatives for many categories of sellers, Needham said, not to mention rapidly growing Chinese e=commerce companies like Temu. Among those is a greater ability for Amazon sellers to communicate with buyers, offering select customers certain promotions.

Persons: Watchara, Fred Ruckel, Ruckel, Chewy, Fred Ruckel's, that’s, David Zapolsky, ”, ” Zapolsky, “, ” “, I'm, commenter, Scott Needham, ” Needham, “ I’ve, Needham, I’m, ” Scott Moller, Moller, ” Moller, ecommerce, he’s, Molson Hart, Hart Organizations: MediaNews, Riverside Press, Enterprise, Getty, Amazon, CNBC, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Walmart Locations: Eastvale , California, Amazon’s

☆ Multiple crises batter Washington and set up a fateful 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The octogenarian president is increasingly coming under scrutiny over his ability to serve a full second term if he wins in November 2024. But the trauma seizing Washington will soon intrude, transfixing the nation in a tumultuous 2024 election. The turmoil in the Republican Party is creating the kind of dysfunction and extremism that could turn off general election voters next year. In more placid times, the auto strike would be a dominant national issue defining a fraught political moment. But it’s just one of many crises threatening to overwhelm a political system that appears on the verge of a serious malfunction.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden’s, – Trump, Biden, Hunter’s, Kevin McCarthy, It’s, Washington’s, Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump, Zelensky, Vladimir Putin “, – Biden, tailgated, ”, McCarthy, Matt Gaetz, “, Kevin, ” Gaetz, demagogue, Jack Smith, Tanya Chutkan, David Weiss, Hunter Biden, Trump’s, Hunter, –, David Ignatius, Kamala Harris, it’s Organizations: CNN, Republicans, White, Republican, Trump Republicans, Senate, GOP, Hollywood, Press, NBC, Caucus, Florida GOP, Sunday, Fox News . House Republicans, Republican Party, Trump, United Auto Workers, Big Three, Biden Locations: American, China, Ukraine, Washington, Russian, Rosh

☆ Sen. Tuberville slammed poetry by US sailors that is a time-honored tradition
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Sen. Tuberville called out "wokeness" in the Navy, saying people are reading "poems on aircraft carriers." But the art form has been a long been a part of military service, especially for sailors. Tuberville faces widespread criticism for blocking hundreds of promotions over the Pentagon's abortion policy. Tuberville's comments on poetry and "wokeness" in the Navy come seemingly out of nowhere — especially considering the art form has a long history for sailors. Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Albuquerque SSN 706 stand watch as the boat departs Diego Garcia.

Persons: Sen, Tuberville, Tommy Tuberville, We've, Carlos Del Toro, Del Toro, Christine Wormuth, Frank Kendall, Mark Milley, Roe, Wade, John C, Steve Smith, Roosevelt, Champlain, Sailors, Diego Garcia, Jeremy Gross, Smith, it's, Marines I've, Nolan Peterson Organizations: Navy, Service, Alabama Republican, US Navy, Fox, Air Force, Washington Post, Joint Chiefs, Staff, Carrier Air Wing, Nimitz, Stennis, U.S . Navy, Getty, The Washington Post, USS, Marines, US Air Force, Council's Eurasia Locations: Wall, Silicon, Alabama, Yorktown, Los Angeles, Albuquerque, Iraq, Afghanistan

☆ Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington star in first trailer for ‘Super Models’ docuseries
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Four of the women who inspired the term “supermodel” are getting some majorly overdue recognition in a new docuseries set to premiere on Apple TV+ later this month. The first trailer for “The Super Models” premiered on Wednesday, featuring a mix of old and new footage of models Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington reflecting on their careers. (From left) Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford, Lauren Hutton, Beverly Johnson, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell in 1993. Time is also dedicated to George Michael’s pop classic “Freedom ’90” and its iconic black and white music video, which made the quartet of beauties – Naomi, Cindy, Linda and Christy – household names. “The Super Models,” a four-part series, will premiere on Apple TV+ on September 20.

Persons: ”, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Evangelista, Campbell, “, Lauren Hutton, Beverly Johnson, Frank Micelotta, Donna Karan, Gianni Versace, George Michael’s, – Naomi, Cindy, Linda, Christy – Organizations: CNN, Apple

☆ These tiny creatures are losing their battle to survive. Here’s what we can do to save them
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Amy Chillag | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The first time Mike Parr, president of the American Bird Conservancy, saw one, it was feeding on blossoms of a lemon tree in California. These tiny creatures are one of 70 bird species on the “Tipping Point” list that will lose another fifty percent of their populations in the same time frame if conservation doesn’t improve. You can create more habitat for birds by planting native species and not overly tidying your yard. They kill an estimated 2.4 billion birds every year in the US alone, according to the American Bird Conservancy. You can also help fight for the survival of bird species by donating to these groups: American Bird Conservancy, National Audubon Society and International Bird Rescue.

Persons: Mike Parr, ”, Parr, “, Laura Erickson, ” Parr, they’re, “ We’ve, Greg Homel, landscapers, catios, they’ve, everybody’s Organizations: CNN, American Bird Conservancy, Cornell, of Ornithology, Bird Conservancy, National Audubon Society Locations: California, Alaska, Mexico, Rocky Mountain, North America, United States, Arizona

Eventually, he had his own radio show in Los Angeles, “The Bob Barker Show.”American game show host Bob Barker points to himself on a nearby television screen as his wife Dorothy Jo Barker (1924 - 1981) looks on and laughs, November 4, 1977. Gabi Rona/MPTV/Reuters Barker, right, appears on a 1960 episode of "Bonanza" along with actors Jim Galante, Ken Mayer and Natalie Trundy. CBS/Getty Images Barker and Amanda Jones, who was Miss Illinois, are seen after Jones won the 1973 Miss USA Pageant. David Livingston/Getty Images Barker plays with his pet Mr. Rabbit at his home in Los Angeles in 2011. There hasn’t been a day on set that I didn’t think of Bob Barker and thank him.

Persons: Bob Barker, Roger Neal, Barker, popper, Bill Cullen, Drew Carey, ”, “, ‘, ’ ” Barker, Robert William Barker, ’ ”, “ I’d, Drury, Dorothy Jo Barker, Ralph Edwards, Edwards, wasn’t, – Barker, Barker’s, nimbly, Barker's, Jesse Grant, Gabi Rona, MPTV, Reuters Barker, Jim Galante, Ken Mayer, Natalie Trundy, Dorothy Jo, Tilly, Paul W, Bailey, NBCUniversal, Gerald Smith, Herb Ball, Amanda Jones, Jones, Ron Galella, Lennox McLendon, Dian Parkinson, Janice Pennington —, Parkinson, Jim Smeal, Adam Sandler, Happy Gilmore, Mark Mainz, Robert Hanashiro, Mark Davis, Ingrid Newkirk, David Livingston, Rabbit, Damian Dovarganes, Scott Clifton, Lisette M, Azar, CBS Barker, Monty Brinton, Dorothy Jo Gideon, Gideon, you’ve, Gilmore ’, Carey, ‘ Bob, I’m, ‘ Drew, you’re, Nancy Burnet, Gilmore, ” Sandler, Bob, hasn’t Organizations: CNN, CBS, American Television, Drury College, U.S . Navy, Springfield, NBC, Reuters, DJ, T Foundation, US Naval Reserve, Getty, Miss, Miss USA, MTV, Television Academy Hall of Fame, USA, PETA, “, Los Angeles Times Locations: Mission , South Dakota, Rosebud, Springfield , Missouri, Los Angeles, Miss Illinois, “, ”

☆ Bel Canto Rarities, Delivered With Unflashy, Revelatory Style
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Oussama Zahr | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Opera fandom is often built around a preoccupation — zealous, territorial, absolute — with distinctive voices. Maria Callas, Renée Fleming, Cecilia Bartoli, Luciano Pavarotti — they’re all immediately identifiable by timbre alone. Teatro Nuovo, the brainchild of the bel canto specialist Will Crutchfield, inverts that value system. It asks: What would happen if all of the singers onstage shared a particular school of singing and even a certain vocal quality? The singers in the two casts largely shared a vocal profile and style — a trim yet colorful sound with a quick, understated vibrato and an emphasis on legato, portamento and unaspirated coloratura.

Persons: Maria Callas, Renée Fleming, Cecilia Bartoli, Luciano Pavarotti — they’re, Will Crutchfield, Donizetti’s, ”, Federico, Luigi Ricci’s “ Organizations: Teatro Nuovo, Theater, Lincoln Center

☆ Called the French ‘Huck Finn,’ This Book Has Pleasures All Its Own
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Marco Roth | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The novel is existential or, more appropriately, elemental: Earth, air, fire and water — these are Bosco’s instruments along with the passions, fears and fantasies each of them evokes. The result is a strange kind of gothic romance about the human attempt to reach a real peace with wildness and wilderness without pacifying them, subduing them, paving them over. It is a more modest undertaking than “Malicroix,” yet full of small beauties, like a multifaceted gem. A grove of poplars is described like this: “Bunched tightly together against the daylight, their leaves formed a dark hedge. Some grew up almost from the level of the water in the shallower pools.

Persons: Bosco, I’ve, James Galvin's, “, frustratingly, Huck Finn, ”, he’s Locations: American

☆ Opinion: What Oppenheimer’s reading list can teach us
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Jane Carr | Opinion Jane Greenway Carr | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Oppenheimer’s list of books included works by Plato, mathematician Bernhard Riemann and scientist Michael Faraday, and the “Bhagavad-Gita,” with which he has famously long been associated. What happens when the inner workings and potential reach of scientific inventions are unknown, even to the human beings who create them? Still, Pride is also a time to revel in culture’s power to transform, sustain and bring joy to LGBTQ communities. But Medvedev knows that above all else he needs Putin to think of him as unequivocally loyal and useful. What it will do is help 40 million borrowers who, like me, were drowning in debt and need immediate relief.

Persons: Robert Oppenheimer, ” Oppenheimer, Plato, Bernhard Riemann, Michael Faraday, William Shakespeare’s “, ” Charles Baudelaire’s “, Fleurs, Mal ”, Eliot’s, Oppenheimer, ” Matthew Zapruder, ”, William Carlos Williams, Nick Anderson, ChatGPT, Stuart Russell, Jessica Chia, Bethany Cianciolo, Russell, isn’t, ” Russell, “, Clay Jones, Joe Biden, John Avlon, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, Joel Pett, Poppy Harlow, James Comey, Donald Trump, Republicans ’, MAGA, Julian Zelizer, Zelizer, Trump, Kayleigh McEnany, Rob Finnerty, Matt Wolking, Cupp, McEnany, that’s, Kayleigh, Pride Luciano, Sereno, Luciano Vecchio, It’s, ” Vecchio, “ Sereno, Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin, Russia’s, Frida Ghitis, Medvedev, Putin, ” Medvedev “, Michael Bociurkiw, Biden, Sophia A, Nelson ., Nelson, it’s, …, Brandon Bell, Jill Filipovic —, —, Filipovic, we’ve, ” Don’t, Keith Magee, Kara Alaimo, James Moore, Texas GOP Tess Taylor, Lala Tanmoy Das, Alex Soros, Scottie Pippen can’t, Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Nathaniel S, Butler, NBAE, Michael Jordan, ” Pippen, Charles Barkley, Phil Jackson —, Will Leitch, ” Leitch, Pippen, Leitch, There’s Organizations: CNN, Manhattan, American, Committee, Tribune, Agency, Biden, Republicans, Trump, GOP, Luciano Vecchio Pride, United, AFP, Russia’s Security, Republican, Texas GOP, Philadelphia 76ers, Getty, NBA Locations: Berkeley, Iowa, revel, it’s, Argentina, United Russia, United Kingdom, Russia, Houston City, America, European, Texas

☆ Warren Buffett's successor Greg Abel is wooing shareholders, but some questions remain
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

To say that Warren Buffett's successor Greg Abel has big shoes to fill would be an understatement. The vice chairman for non-insurance operations at Berkshire Hathaway recently joined Buffett in Japan to visit the country's top trading houses. Skin in the gameAbel recently loaded up on Berkshire Hathaway shares with his personal assets. Berkshire acquired MidAmerican Energy in 1999, and Abel became CEO of MidAmerican Energy in 2008, six years before it was renamed Berkshire Hathaway Energy in 2014. How does dispute resolution work if there is a dispute," said a Berkshire shareholder, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

☆ Should Champagne Be Sipped From Coupes or Flutes? A Design Lover Weighs In
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Ajiri Aki | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

ONE CHILLY Parisian Friday evening five years ago, our French neighbors invited us downstairs for an apéro. As an American expat whose grasp of the language was embarrassingly subpar, I remember dreading this hangout. When my husband and I walked in, there was the expected bottle of Champagne on a low marble table ready for service next to unexpected glassware: Champagne coupes. I had always understood that Champagne should be poured into flutes to maintain the bubbles, and here was my neighbor, a French person who should know, setting out coupes. I’d thought they would be used for cocktails, wine, even desserts.

☆ A financially independent real-estate investor who bought during the 2008 crash and the pandemic details how he approaches different market environments — and why he thinks people should 'definitely b
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Veteran real estate investor Dominic Kosteris bought his first property in the mid-1990s. He's invested during the housing crisis of 2008 and at the start of the pandemic in 2020. The veteran investor has first-hand experience with the ebb and flow of the real estate market. "When the houses were priced insanely high, there was no cash flow and it made no sense for me, so I sat out." The most important factor he's considering when looking at any potential investment, however, is cash flow.

☆ Amazon and Microsoft are backing this battery-powered generator startup
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Diana Olick | In Dianaolick | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

While big legacy companies like Generac and Caterpillar are beginning to offer small battery-powered units in addition to their larger diesel generator lines, California-based startup Moxion Power is focused entirely on this new power frontier. Huelskamp says diesel generators are notoriously difficult and expensive to maintain and burn diesel fuel very inefficiently. Amazon is both investing in the company and currently leasing Moxion units for two video productions, a movie and a series. Roughly half of the carbon emissions from the average movie come from the fuel used to power generators and transportation. In addition to the Amazon Climate Pledge fund, Moxion's backers include the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Enterprise Holdings, Energy Impact Partners, Tamarack Global and Sunbelt Rentals.

Insider's experts choose the best products and services to help make smart decisions with your money (here’s how). My mother was a smart economizer — she knew her financial priorities and focused on them. Following her example, I have never deprived myself but also don't waste money on big-ticket items. My dad taught me how to invest for the long termMy dad, meanwhile, was not only a saver, but an investor. We figured out that no one has a "market on the market," so to speak.

A former Miss Argentina and an ex-Miss Puerto Rico announced on Instagram over the weekend that they are married. The video included in their post features a montage of them traveling, their candlelit marriage proposal and a kiss outside a courthouse in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Varela, 26, and Valentín, 22, appear to have met last March, when they competed in the Miss Grand International beauty pageant in Thailand. !” And Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2017 Danna Hernández commented, “Beautiful couple congratulations and blessings on your marriage!!! Same-sex marriage has been legal in Puerto Rico since 2015 as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.

☆ (video) Top 100 cele mai bune filme regizate de femei. Lista a fost realizată de 368 de experți din 84 de țări
▼ + stars: | 2019-12-03 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +6 min

(video) Top 100 cele mai bune filme regizate de femei. Lista a fost realizată de 368 de experți din 84 de țăriÎn fiecare an, BBC, cu ajutorul a sute de experți în cinematografie, realizează topuri cu filme. „Top 100 cele mai bune filme străine”, „Top cele mai bune 100 de filme din toate timpurile”, „Top 100 cele mai bune filme ale secolului XXI”. Pornind de la această idee, jurnaliștii BBC și-au pus drept scop ca în acest an să descopere 100 cele mai bune filme regizate de femei. The Silences of the Palace (Moufida Tlatli, 1994)87.

Persons: Lista, experți, Pornind, în, directori, academicieni, femei, Lisa Cholodenko, Joanna Hogg, Sofia Coppola, Mészáros, Anna, Chantal Akerman, Deren, Andrea Arnold, Julia Ducournau, Claire Denis, Amy Heckerling, Agnès Varda, Tlatli, Haifaa Al, Mansour, Jason, Shirley Clarke, Nora Ephron, Ana Lily Amirpour, Penny Marshall, Lois Weber, Makhmalbaf, Céline Sciamma, Sciamma, Kelly Reichardt, Enyedi, Agnieszka Holland, Germaine Dulac, Niki Caro, Kasi Lemmons, Margarethe von Trotta, Ratcatcher, Lynne Ramsay, Debra Granik, Chloe Zhao, Marie Antoinette, Kathryn Bigelow, Marguerite Duras, Kira Muratova, Susan Seidelman, Jennifer Kent, Ava DuVernay, Patty Jenkins, Jane Campion, Lucrecia Martel, Alice Rohrwacher, Barbara Kopple, Ida Lupino, Mira Nair, Leni Riefenstahl, Honey, Prince Achmed, Lotte Reiniger, Capernaum, Nadine Labaki, Kimberly Peirce, Jennie Livingston, Wendy, Lucy, Lilly Wachowski, Morvern Callar, Porter, Liliana Cavani, Le Bonheur, Selma, Sarah Polley, Farrokhzad, Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig, Kevin, Winter’s Bone, Sally Potter, Mary Harron, Lina Wertmüller, Wanda, Barbara Loden, Larisa Shepitko, Julie Dash, Toni Erdmann, Maren Ade, Chytilová, Beau Travail, Jeanne Dielman Organizations: BBC, filme, Times, Apple, Europa, League, Bright, Salaam, du Locations: femei, Rezultatul, jos, Agnes, Seattle, Meek’s, Kasi, Harlan County, USA, Salaam Bombay, Paris

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