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☆ Ruzwana Bashir Is Quietly Connecting the Tech World
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

Story by Melia RussellPhotography by Lelanie FosterRuzwana Bashir is ransacking her kitchen cabinet for just the right tea. Bashir wears an Erdem floral-printed bra top, Erdem skirt, Giuseppe Zanotti shoes, Old Jewelry earrings along with her own bracelet and ring. "Part of building a business was going out and sharing what you were doing with the world," Bashir says. For years Bashir's startup had been building muscle around these capabilities; now it had an eager audience. Eating at acclaimed restaurants is fine, but Bashir prefers the more-intimate affairs at tech executives' homes because, she says, "you can stay longer."

Persons: Melia Russell, Lelanie Foster Ruzwana Bashir, Peek, She's, she's, Andy Warhol, Picasso, Bashir, I'm, Andreessen Horowitz, Jack Dorsey, Eric Schmidt, Goldman Sachs, Giuseppe Zanotti, Lelanie Foster, Bashir isn't, Elon Musk, Ronan Farrow, Roelof Botha, Mustafa Suleyman, we've, Bennett Miller, Capote, " Miller, —, doesn't, didn't, Madeleine Albright, Tom Ford, Jared Cohen, Oskar Bruening, Forbes, Mark Zuckerberg, I've, Bashir wasn't, Travis Kalanick, Adam Neumann, Ty, Emily Weiss, Bashir refashioned, Donald Trump, Bruening, Laurence Tosi's, Miller, Beyoncé, shrugs, Anna Wintour, Anna, we're, Taylor Swift, Katie Haun, Marc Benioff, Reid Hoffman, Marissa Mayer, Dick Costolo —, Cohen, Katherine Maher, Maher, Daniel Kahneman, It's, Radel, Becky Akinyode, Elaine Winter, Tiffany Bloomfield, Dela, Chad Hilliard, Enmi, Kenny Aquiles Ulloa, Cyrenae, Madison Perez, Aidan Lapp, Bashira Webb, Bryan Erickson, Jinyoung Chang, Rodriguez, Rebecca Zisser, Claire Landsbaum, Emma LeGault, Joi, Marie McKenzie, Conner Blake, Kyle Desiderio, Victoria Gracie, Nicole Forero, Virginia Alves Organizations: Google, Museum of, Business, Elon, Vogue, Roelof, Oxford University, Oxford Union, Blackstone Group, Harvard Business School, Studios, Web, Young, Organization, Dela Revoluciøn, Enmi Yang Digital Tech Locations: Manhattan, SoHo, Bahamas, United States, Balthazar, England, Israel, Petra, Istanbul, Elle, Utah, COVID, Salt Lake City, Costa Rica, Atlanta, WestCap

☆ Trump 'made his own bed,' cannot add witness for writer's trial - judge
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Trump had claimed he would suffer "extreme prejudice" without a new damages expert for the scheduled Jan. 16, 2024, trial. That Trump's chosen expert "was unreliable and would not testify had been known to him for months. Trump's lawyers are defending him at trial against New York Attorney General Letitia James' civil fraud claims related to his family business, the Trump Organization. In May, a jury ordered Trump to pay Carroll $5 million for sexual assault and defamation in a second lawsuit, after Trump again denied her claims in October 2022. The case is Carroll v. Trump, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Donald Trump, Steve Marcus, Donald Trump's, Jean Carroll, Trump, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Kaplan, Letitia James, Carroll, Jonathan Stempel, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Republican U.S, Republican Jewish Coalition, Leadership, REUTERS, U.S, District, New York, Trump Organization ., Elle, Trump, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, U.S, Manhattan, Southern District, Southern District of New York, New York

☆ Trump 'Made His Own Bed,' Cannot Add Witness for Writer's Trial - Judge
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

Trump had claimed he would suffer "extreme prejudice" without a new damages expert for the scheduled Jan. 16, 2024, trial. He said he hadn't foreseen a need for one until after U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who oversees the case, on Oct. 5 excluded testimony from another expert. That Trump's chosen expert "was unreliable and would not testify had been known to him for months. Trump's lawyers are defending him at trial against New York Attorney General Letitia James' civil fraud claims related to his family business, the Trump Organization. The case is Carroll v. Trump, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Jonathan Stempel, Donald Trump's, Jean Carroll, Trump, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Kaplan, Letitia James, Carroll, Daniel Wallis Organizations: U.S, District, New York, Trump Organization ., Elle, Trump, Court, Southern District of Locations: Manhattan, Southern District, Southern District of New York, New York

☆ Opinion: Why I’m not going to have children
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Opinion Anna Lee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

But each day, the current state of the world dissuades me more and more from having children. Like many folks in Gen Z (those born between 1997 and 2012), my main concern is climate change. As environmental catastrophes reach a caliber we cannot predict or conceive, having children is becoming less of a risk I’m willing to take. Coupled with the resources and opportunities that the US provides, my hypothetical children likely wouldn’t be among the worst-affected by climate change. Under today’s environmental and political climate, I find it is better to regret not having children than regret having them.

Persons: Anna Lee, I’d, ”, William ”, I’ll, I’ve, Z’ers, Jessica Combes, “, trepidation, Miley Cyrus, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Emma Lim, —, It’s, Z, Greta Thunberg, — Sophia Kianni, Vanessa Nakate —, Joe Biden’s, William Organizations: CNN, College of, University of Oxford Student, NBC, Research, ELLE Magazine, Rep, University of Bath Locations: Alexandria, Cortez of New York

☆ My husband was forced to return to the office. Life got harder and more expensive when all of the parenting duties fell to me.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Elle Hardy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

When Marquita Wright and her husband were working from home, they split childcare duties. AdvertisementAdvertisementThen my husband went back to the officeAbout 18 months ago, he was told he had to return to the office three days per week. My husband going back to the office meant we needed to reconsider how to balance our work and family life. AdvertisementAdvertisementMy husband's schedule changed againThree months ago, my husband was told he had to start going into the office every day. I wish my husband could return to working from home a few days a week, but it doesn't look like that will happen anytime soon.

Persons: Marquita Wright, Wright, —, Jaime, I've, Marley, isn't, I'm Organizations: Service, Catholic, Waldorf Locations: New Orleans, Milwaukee, Miami

☆ Jean-Baptiste Andrea Wins Goncourt Prize With Sprawling Novel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Aurelien Breeden | More About Aurelien Breeden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Jean-Baptiste Andrea received the Goncourt Prize, France’s most prestigious literary award, on Tuesday for his novel “Watching Over Her,” or “Veiller Sur Elle.”The novel, published by L’Iconoclaste, a small, independent publisher, is a sprawling fresco and star-crossed love story that follows Michelangelo “Mimo” Vitaliani, a dwarf and skilled sculptor who at the end of his life is said to be “watching over” his masterpiece, a mysteriously powerful sculpture. Andrea, 52, a former screenwriter and film director, sets the nearly 600-page novel across several tumultuous decades in 20th-century Italy, including the years of fascism’s rise, when Mimo, young and poor, forges an intense bond with Viola Orsini, the adventurous and ambitious daughter of an aristocratic family. The 10 members of the Goncourt Academy, the French literary society that awards the prize, made their announcement at lunchtime at the Paris restaurant Drouant, where the winners have been declared since 1914.

Persons: Jean, Baptiste Andrea, ”, L’Iconoclaste, Michelangelo “ Mimo, Andrea, Viola Orsini Organizations: Goncourt Academy, Drouant Locations: Italy, Paris

☆ Donald Trump to face anonymous jury in writer E. Jean Carroll's second trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

E. Jean Carroll exits the Manhattan Federal Court following the verdict in the civil rape accusation case against former U.S. President Donald Trump, in New York City, U.S., May 9, 2023. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Nov 3 (Reuters) - A federal judge said Donald Trump will face an anonymous jury as it decides how much he should pay E. Jean Carroll for defaming the writer in 2019 by denying that he raped her. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan said he found "strong reason" to provide special protections for jurors at the scheduled Jan. 16, 2024 civil trial. Neither Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, nor Trump, nor anyone else objected to using an anonymous jury, the judge said. Another anonymous jury in May ordered Trump to pay Carroll $5 million for sexual assault and defamation in a second lawsuit, after Trump again denied her claims in October 2022.

Persons: Jean Carroll, Donald Trump, David Dee Delgado, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, president's, Carroll, Kaplan, Letitia James, Trump, Goodman, Joe Biden, Jonathan Stempel, Rod Nickel Organizations: U.S, REUTERS, District, Trump, Mr, Elle, Republican, Democratic, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York City, U.S, New, Carroll's, Southern District, Southern District of New York, New York

☆ I moved to the US from Italy and it's been a rollercoaster. Here's what has shocked and disappointed me the most about America.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Elle Hardy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Oana Adamopoulos moved to Washington, DC, in 2012 and then to Sarasota, Florida, in 2017. She was also shocked by the lack of maternity leave and the cost of healthcare. He was offered a job in policy at the Department of Labor in Washington, DC, and we decided to move to the United States. In Romania, new moms get 18 weeks of maternity leave paid at 85% of income, which is not taxed. We moved to Sarasota, Florida, in 2017We moved to Florida in 2017, shortly after our daughter was born, to try to improve our quality of life.

Persons: Oana Adamopoulos, —, There's, it's, I've Organizations: Service, Department of Labor, DC, Florida Locations: Washington, DC, Sarasota , Florida, Europe, Romania, Italy, Greece, Washington ,, United States, America, Florida

☆ A complete timeline of Channing Tatum and Zoë Kravitz's relationship
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Kravitz and Tatum met through the casting process for her upcoming directorial debut, "Blink Twice." On the right: Zoë Kravitz in January 2020. Tristar Media/Getty Images; Jordan Strauss/Invision/APThe film was originally called "Pussy Island," but was retitled "Blink Twice" in 2023. Kravitz hadn't met Tatum prior to casting him in the film, which she spent five years cowriting and rewriting with E.T. "Blink Twice" centers on a cocktail waitress named Frida and a billionaire tech mogul named Slater King (Tatum).

Persons: Kravitz, Tatum, Channing Tatum, Zoë Kravitz, Jordan Strauss, Kravitz hadn't, Frida, Slater King, Chan, Mike, Elle Organizations: Tristar Media

☆ Louis Oliver Gropp Dies at 88; Led Shelter Magazines Through Turmoil
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Penelope Green | More About Penelope Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Stephen Drucker, the veteran shelter magazine editor who worked for Mr. Gropp in the 1970s, said by phone: “Lou saw himself as a business head. It was the only magazine in its category — magazines with circulations between 400,000 and 1 million — to do so. By 1987, however, Mr. Liberman and S.I. They gave her House & Garden instead. Mr. Gropp was typically sanguine.

Persons: Stephen Drucker, Gropp, Lou, ”, Liberman, Newhouse, Condé, Anna Wintour, —, William Shawn, Grace Mirabella, Kazanjian, Calvin Tomkins, “ Alex, Alexander Liberman ”, Elle Décor Organizations: Mr, & Garden, S.I, Vogue, The Locations: British, Newport Beach, Calif, Yorker

“The biggest thing there is Reggae music and classic country music,” Brooks said. “I never would have thought that I would be performing at a country festival as an artist in Miami, being from Miami. “We believe that this could become a destination festival, where people come for Miami and country music,” Albareda said. "We have a long-term commitment to Country Bay as a festival, and we have a long-term commitment to Miami," Albareda said. Besides hosting one of the largest country events in Miami's music history, the Country Bay Music Festival will include a country-themed bar, games, food, line dancing, a mechanical bull and a giant Ferris wheel.

Persons: Leo Brooks, Brooks, ” Brooks, George Jones, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, ”, Thomas Rhett, Sam Hunt, Chris Young, Lee Brice, Lainey Wilson, Randy Houser, Chris Lane, Elle King, Blanco Brown, Josh Ross, Hailey Whitters, David J, Kat, Alex, “, Lauryn Hill's, Pitbull, Tim McGraw, Andrew Millsaps, Nelson Albareda, Albareda, ” Albareda Organizations: MIAMI, —, Union, Bay Music, Miami Marine, Neon Union, ”, Bay, Ultra, Miami Marine Stadium Locations: Miami, Nashville, Roatán, Honduras, downtown, Virginia, Biscayne Bay, LOCASH, North Carolina, South Florida, U.S, Biscayne, Miami's, Bayfront

☆ An Embarrassment of Witches
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Marjorie Ingall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

$17.99, ages 8 to 12) shares with Del the realization that self-love can be an act of resistance. Not only can her powers help save the world, but they may also heal her fractured Scottish family. Stories involving spirits and witches (including “Where the Wild Things Are,” “A Wrinkle in Time,” and the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings series) have triggered book bans and challenges. These three novels are far more likely to be banned for featuring Black and Jewish characters than for witchcraft. Is it any wonder kids want to read about a magical world they have the power to improve?

Persons: Del, Eden Royce —, who’ve, ’ Lundy, Elle McNicoll’s, “, McNicoll, Harry Potter Organizations: Pond Press, PEN America Locations: South Carolina, Edinburgh

CNN —For the victims of the mass shooting Wednesday night in Lewiston, Maine, it was an ordinary night out. Even on her night off on Wednesday, Asselin was at Just-in-Time, her brother told CNN. He was one the victims lost in the shooting in Maine,” the organization wrote in a Facebook post Thursday. Arthur “Artie” StroutArthur "Artie" Strout Strout family/WBZArthur “Artie” Strout, 42, was at Schemengees during the shooting, his father, Arthur Bernard, told CNN affiliate WBZ. His death has left his family in “shock and profound grief,” his family member Cecile Francoeur Martin told CNN.

Persons: Robert Card, Michael Sauschuck, Tricia Asselin Tricia Asselin, CNN Tricia Asselin, Asselin, I’m, ” DJ Johnson, ”, Johnson, Stephen “ Steve ” Vozzella Stephen Vozzella, Megan Vozzella Stephen Vozzella, Vozzella, Brian L, Renfroe, “, Governor Baxter, Karen Hopkins, ” Vozzella, NEDC, Steve Vozzella, he’d, Peyton Brewer, Ross Peyton Brewer, Ross, CNN Peyton Brewer, Ralph Brewer, Brewer, cornhole, Schemengees . Brewer, Ross “, Elle, Thomas “ Tommy ” Conrad Tommy Conrad, Timothy Conrad Tommy Conrad, Conrad, Michael Deslauriers, Vicki Deslauriers Roy, Michael Deslauriers II, Michael Deslauriers Sr, Deslauriers, ” Deslauriers, ” Jason Walker Jason Walker, Mike Sauschuck, Bryan MacFarlane Bryan MacFarlane, Keri Brooks Bryan MacFarlane, Keri Brooks, MacFarlane, Brooks, Arthur “ Artie ” Strout Arthur, Artie, Strout, WBZ Arthur, Artie ” Strout, Arthur Bernard, Bernard, Joseph “ Joey ” Walker Joseph Walker, CNN Leroy Walker, Joseph Walker, Walker, Joseph, ” Leroy Walker, it’s, ” Joshua Seal Lewiston, Joshua Seal, Seal, Janet Mills, Nirav Shah, Elizabeth Seal, Joshua, ” Seal’s, ” Keith Macneir Keith Macneir, Maxx Hathaway Maxx Hathaway, Kelsay Hathaway, GoFundMe Maxx Hathaway, ” Kelsay Hathaway, “ Brenda, Maxx, Brenda Hathaway, Lilian, Brenda, ” Kelsay, Courtney Hathaway, she’s, he’s, ” Courtney Hathaway, “ Maxx, Robert “ Bob ” Violette Bob Violette, Violette, CNN Bob Violette, “ Bob’s, Brandon Dubuc, ” Witnesses, Cassandra Violette, Lucille Violette Lucille Violette, Bob Violette, William “ Bill ” Young, Aaron Young, Bill Young, Aaron, Kayla Putnam, CNN Bill Young, Young, Putnam, Bill, “ He’s, ” Putnam, WCVB, “ It’s, Rob, ” Rob, Ronald “ Ron ” Morin, Ron Morin, Ron Morin Ron Morin, Cecile Francoeur Martin, Martin, Morin’s, Morin, ” William Frank Brackett William Frank Brackett, CNN’s Caroll Alvarado, Elizabeth Wolfe, Sara Smart, Afshar, Amanda Jackson, Cara Lynn Clarkson, Aya Elamroussi Organizations: CNN, Public, New, Deaf, National Association of, Carriers, U.S . Postal Service, Governor, Governor Baxter School, Deaf Cornhole, “, Schemengees, WMTW, Facebook, Historical Society, of Public, WBZ, WGME, Tree Society, Maine Gov, Boston Globe, Portland Press Herald, Press Herald, WCVB, Bangor Daily News Locations: Lewiston , Maine, Lisbon Falls, United States, Uvalde , Texas, Lewiston, Maine, Schemengees, Auburn , Maine, “

☆ US Court Challenges Trump Appeal in Rape Accuser E. Jean Carroll's Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan challenged Trump's lawyer Michael Madaio during oral arguments in Trump's appeals of pivotal rulings by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan. Carroll's lawyer Joshua Matz rejected any suggestion that Trump could not waive absolute immunity because "broader structural considerations" were at play. "A party who believes that they are holding onto absolute immunity from suit does not behave the way that Mr. Trump behaved it his case." The appeals court did not say when it will rule. The appeals court could order Trump to pay damages and costs if it ends up agreeing with the judge.

Persons: Jonathan Stempel, Donald Trump, E, Jean Carroll, Michael Madaio, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Madaio, Carroll, Trump, Kaplan, Denny Chin, Chin, Judge Kaplan, Joshua Matz, Matz, Joe Biden, Letitia James, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, Circuit, District, Elle, Trump, CNN, Republican, Democratic, New York Locations: Manhattan, midtown Manhattan, New York

”It was a very strong moment for us — emotionally charged,” activist Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen told the VG newspaper after the meeting with King Harald and Crown Prince Haakon at the royal palace in Oslo. The activists say a transition to green energy shouldn’t come at the expense of the rights of Indigenous people. They have protested several times since the Supreme Court of Norway ruled in October 2021 that the construction of the turbines had violated the rights of the Sami, who have used the land for reindeer for centuries. They had asked for the meeting with the Norway's monarch, who has a ceremonial role as the country's head of state. The palace confirmed the meeting took place and “they presented their view" to the monarch and his son.

Persons: Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen, King Harald, Crown Prince Haakon, ”, Elle Nystad, Sami, Jonas Gahr Støre Organizations: VG, Ministry of Petroleum, Energy Locations: COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Norway, Norwegian, Oslo, “, Norway’s Fosen, Fosen

☆ I moved to a US military base in South Korea with a month's notice. I love it so much I'm dreading going back to America.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Elle Hardy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Amber Griffiths moved to Camp Humphreys in South Korea last October after her husband was assigned there. AdvertisementAdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Amber Griffiths, a 25-year-old military wife, mother, and owner of a baking business. Since my husband is in the military, we knew our life could be incredibly unpredictable, but it was still kind of crazy. In that time, we had to get everything packed, say goodbye to friends and family, and ship our car overseas. We've made so many good memories that I'm dreading going back to AmericaI didn't think I was going to love living in another country as much as I do.

Persons: Amber Griffiths, Camp Humphreys, —, Baskin, Robbins, Griffiths, I'd, Everyone's, there's, we've, We've, I've Organizations: Service, United Service, USO, Google Locations: South Korea, Fort Hood , Texas, Seoul, —, Korea, America, There's, Texas, Australia

☆ How Karol G went from a Latin music star to a fashion icon
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Robb Young | Graciela Martin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +24 min

With 66 million followers on the platform, Karol G ranks 70th in terms of follower count but 6th when it comes to engagement rates. But the label’s enthusiasm for its Karol G campaign a half-year after its release is telling, nonetheless. Karol G attends the #BoF500 Gala during Paris Fashion Week at Shangri-La Hotel Paris on September 30, 2023 in Paris, France. By the time Karol G entered the scene in a big way, fashion, luxury and sportswear giants were still warming up to her male counterparts. People aren’t as fixated on that anymore.”Indeed, it is the shift in attitudes toward language that appears to have helped Karol G secure the Loewe deal.

Persons: Karol G, Jonathan Anderson, Karol’s, Shakira, — Karol G, Provenza, “, ”, Nicki Minaj —, Karol, Karol G's, she’s, Lea Colombo, “ Karol G, Charlie Smith, Loewe, couldn’t, Ricky Martin’s, hasn’t, “ I’ve, Anderson, Karol G’s, ” Karol G, Christopher Polk, SocialBook, Kim Kardashian, Julian Martinez, ” Martinez, “ Karol, Miu, Roberto Cavalli, Gina Ferazzi, Loewe’s Smith, Jacquemus, Barbie, Emilio Pucci, —, Vetements, Rick Owens, Pascal Le Segretain, Maykol Sanchez, Spotify’s, Yankee’s, Don Omar’s, Maluma, J, Nicky Jam, . Ivy Queen, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira —, Burberry —, Becky G —, Karol —, Ovy, Bad Bunny, Rich Fury, Karla Martínez, There’s, Leila Cobo, Billboard’s, ” Cobo, aren’t, “ Jonathan, ” Karol, Carolina Giraldo Navarro, Colombia’s, J Balvin, Cobo, She’s, ” she’s, haven’t, ’ ” Karol G, Alexander Tamargo, Nina García, Elle, García, ” García, I’ve, I’m, it’s, Brett Alan Nelson, I’d Organizations: The, Fashion, CNN, —, Billboard, MTV, New York City’s Rockefeller Center, Variety, Los Angeles Times, Getty, Brands, Los, Paris, Spotify, Reebok, Umbro, Dolce, Gabbana, Nike, Guess, Adidas, Trailblazers, Burberry, Levi’s, Kappa, Puerto Rican, Pew Research Center, Limits, Vogue Mexico, reggaeton’s, Loewe, Carolina, Puerto Locations: Spanish, ”, Latin America, New York, Newark , New Jersey, California, Versailles, bejeweled, Paris, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Canada, America, Balmain, Barcelona, Rosalía, American, Panama, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Dominican, Caribbean, Medellín, Colombia, Puerto, Miami, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Chile, Austin, Austin , Texas, Mexico, North America, Europe, Dubai, Singapore, Nairobi, Puerto Rican, Sera, Miami , Florida, Colombiamoda

☆ I earn a living wage at a bar so I don't have to rely on tips. I'll never work any other way.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Elle Hardy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Karla Gonzalez is a server and bartender at a champagne bar in North Carolina that pays $18 an hour. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementBefore working at RBF, I worked retail jobsI had never worked at a bar or at a restaurant before. Now, I'll only ever work for a living-wage modelHaving experienced this way of working, I'm not going back. The bar is full of people who are happy to be there, and that's the kind of environment I want to work in.

Persons: Karla Gonzalez, they're, —, I've, Tiffany Welton, I'm Organizations: Service Locations: North Carolina, Raleigh , North Carolina, Salvadoran, New York, RBF

Central Florida CNN —Now that books are being banned and disappearing from school libraries, students and parents are showing up to school board meetings in Florida to argue for access to books that take on difficult subjects. Some school board lawyers are confused by the rules, and and those arguing for access have few ways to fight back. According to a PEN America study, more than 40% of book bans nationwide last school year happened in school districts in Florida. But for the spectacle to matter, a school board member had to declare the words were inappropriate for the crowd who came to hear them. … They should stay in the libraries.”Jacob Smith, who said he graduated from a county school in 2017, also addressed the board.

Persons: ” Trixie Meckley, she’d, ” she’d, Riley Kellogg, “, ” Kellogg, they’d, Merrick Brunker, Matt, Jodi Picoult, Josie, ”, Michael Marsh, Brunker, Kellogg, ” Jacob Smith, “ I’m, ” Smith, Jenifer Kelly, ” Jenifer Kelly, It’s, Mike, Liberty, ” Marsh, ‘, “ We’ve, Julie Miller, it’s, Liberty ”, ” Miller Organizations: Central, Central Florida CNN, Liberty, “, CNN, Google, PEN, HB, Liberty ”, Clay County Schools Locations: Central Florida, Florida, DeLand ,, PEN America, Orlando, Seminole County, River County, Volusia County, Seminole, Liberty “, Clay County, Clay

☆ Pamela Anderson’s makeup-free look draws praise from Jamie Lee Curtis
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Pamela Anderson went without makeup for Paris Fashion Week and Jamie Lee Curtis found it beautiful. Anderson recently told Elle that back then, “I just went along with what people were telling me what to do” in terms of her look. She explained that she has chosen to wear little or no makeup since the death of her former makeup artist Alexis Vogel, who died in 2019 following a battle with breast cancer. “She was the best,” Anderson said of Vogel. And I’m kind of laughing at myself when I look at the mirror.

Persons: Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anderson, ” Curtis, “, ”, Elle, Alexis Vogel, ” Anderson, Vogel, Alexis, it’s, Hugo Boss, Tommy Hilfiger Organizations: CNN, Paris Fashion

☆ A night inside a strip club near Ukraine’s front lines
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Anna Conkling | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

By mid-afternoon, nine women have gathered around the dance pole at Flash Dancers, the only women-owned exotic dance club in Kharkiv. Valerii Kseniya, Flash Dancers' co-owner, in an undated photograph from her career as a professional dancer (left), and in July 2023. Iva Sidash for InsiderWhen Dana first joined Flash Dancers, Valeriya said, she was shy, silent, and not open to speaking with the team. Iva Sidash for InsiderOver the past year, several soldiers who were regulars at Flash Dancers have been killed in the fighting. Iva Sidash for InsiderThe evening at Flash Dancers could serve as a microcosm of Ukraine's tentative but determined return to normality.

Persons: Valeriya Zavadskaya, Christina Aguilera's, bam, Iva Sidash, Valeriya, Cher, proprietorship, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Valeriya's, Valeriia Kseniya, Kseniya, Valerii Kseniya, —, Valeriya's lapdogs, Sara, Lady —, grimly, Dana, hasn't, they're, Gyrating, doesn't, they've, Yurii Tryfan, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Tryfan, Lyuda, Maksyum, Pavlo, trundle, We've, Anna Conkling, Elle Organizations: showtime, Boys, Komsomol, league, Communist Party, Hustler, National University of Kharkiv, Valeriya, Flash Dancers, Monetary Fund Locations: Kharkiv, Ukraine's, Russian, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, bam, Soviet, South Korea, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Italy, Asia, Russia, Ukraine's Crimean, Moulin Rouge, Drohobych, Polish, USSR, Bakhmut, Kupyansk, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Berlin

PARIS (AP) — Valentino took a sentimental journey to Les Beaux-Arts this Sunday, revisiting the prestigious Parisian art school where its founder, Valentino Garavani, was once a student. Dive into the highlights of this Spring/Summer 2024 ready-to-wear collections from Paris, including the end of an era at Alexander McQueen as its lauded designer Sarah Burton presented her final show. Strategically positioned boxes filled with rocks, sand, and earth transformed into platforms for a troupe of sinewy, scantily clad contemporary dancers. Her task had always been titanic – to step into shoes left empty by the enigmatic genius of Lee Alexander McQueen. From the profound artistry of Kate Middleton’s wedding gown – a garment that transcended royal expectations – to her final collection’s poignant motifs, Burton proved her mettle time and again.

Persons: — Valentino, Les, Valentino Garavani, Alexander McQueen, Sarah Burton, VALENTINO, Pierpaolo, pare, Lee Alexander McQueen, Burton, Magdalena Abakanowicz’s, Kate Middleton’s, –, Naomi Campbell, Cate Blanchett, Elle Fanning Organizations: PARIS, Les Beaux, Beaux, Arts Locations: Paris, Polish

☆ The consequences of old, powerful politicians refusing to let go
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Most people don’t want to work into their 80s and 90s, but the powerful in Washington refuse to let go. “Anybody who thinks that if I step down, Obama could appoint someone like me, they’re misguided,” she told Elle in 2014. Nikki Haley got some early attention for her presidential campaign when she suggested a mental competency test for politicians over 75. What voters like most of all is what they knowThe most powerful force in American politics isn’t age or ideas, but rather incumbency. Everyone may have to work longer in the futureAmerican life expectancy, despite advances in medical care, was 77.4 in 2020.

Persons: Sen, Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat –, –, Gavin Newsom, Feinstein, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi, ” Pelosi, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, ”, “ He’s, Mitt Romney, ” Romney, Biden, Donald Trump, George H.W, George H.W . Bush, Clarence Thomas –, Thurgood Marshall, Marshall, ” Marshall, Bill Clinton, Ginsburg, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Obama, “, Elle, Barack Obama, Amy Coney Barrett, Antonin Scalia, Nikki Haley, Trump, Haley, Ronald Reagan, Harry Enten, midterms, Charles Grassley, he’d, West Virginia Sen, Robert Byrd’s, Byrd, John McCain Organizations: CNN, California Democrat, California Gov, Capitol, Republican, Republicans, KGO, Utah Republican, Democrat, Former South Carolina Gov, Trump, Senate, Arizona Republican, Social Security Locations: Washington, California, Francisco, Utah, George H.W ., Former, West Virginia

☆ OpenAI's GPTBot and other AI web crawlers are being blocked by even more companies now
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Unique, high quality data, mainly scraped from the web, is vital to the performance of AI models. AdvertisementAdvertisementMore and more companies are trying to avoid having their data freely scraped and saved by web crawlers working for the benefit of AI models. Last month, OpenAI last revealed its own crawler, GPTBot, saying it would respect robots.txt, a decades-old method through which a website can tell a web crawler to ignore it. Many more companies are now also blocking CCBot, a web crawler used by Common Crawl. AdvertisementAdvertisementSee below for a full list of the biggest websites now blocking GPTBot and CCBot as of Sept. 22:Blocking GPTBotamazon.comquora.comnytimes.comtheguardian.comshutterstock.comwikihow.comcnn.comsciencedirect.comusatoday.comhealthline.comstackexchange.comalamy.comscribd.comwebmd.combusinessinsider.comdictionary.comreuters.comwashingtonpost.commedicalnewstoday.comnpr.orgcbsnews.comgoodhousekeeping.comamazon.co.uktumblr.comlatimes.cominsider.comglassdoor.comvocabulary.cominvestopedia.comslideshare.netamazon.decosmopolitan.comnbcnews.comindiamart.comstackoverflow.comhindustantimes.combloomberg.comcnbc.compeople.comtvtropes.orgamazon.invimeo.comverywellhealth.comikea.comespn.comindianexpress.comthesaurus.compbs.org123rf.comwattpad.comvariety.comtoday.compopsugar.comthespruce.comuol.com.bramazon.frgeeksforgeeks.orgelle.comeconomictimes.compcmag.comtheverge.comallrecipes.comthoughtco.comrollingstone.comwired.comnextdoor.comhollywoodreporter.comabc.net.auew.comamazon.canews18.comwomenshealthmag.comrateyourmusic.comamazon.co.jptechradar.comairbnb.comndtv.comlifewire.comtomsguide.comvulture.comeverydayhealth.compolygon.comtheconversation.comesquire.comprnewswire.combillboard.commenshealth.commetro.co.ukcountryliving.commashable.comgamesradar.comthehindu.comtimesofindia.comdeadline.comharpersbazaar.commedscape.comnymag.comrefinery29.comradiotimes.comcbssports.comtandfonline.comtheatlantic.comtrulia.comamazon.espinterest.esnationalgeographic.combhg.comeater.comsouthernliving.comhealthgrades.comvice.compicclick.combustle.comnewyorker.comeonline.comdigitalspy.comopentable.compinterest.dethepioneerwoman.comcaranddriver.combyrdie.comlivemint.commedicinenet.comteacherspayteachers.comcookpad.comthespruceeats.combizjournals.compagesjaunes.frliputan6.comdelish.commasterclass.comarchiveofourown.orgvox.comrealsimple.comaarp.orgfrancetvinfo.frpinterest.frkumparan.comtheathletic.comtravelandleisure.comvogue.comlivescience.comapartments.commarketwatch.comglamour.comamazon.itcinemablend.comthrillist.comamazon.com.brpinterest.co.ukangi.comalamy.esusmagazine.comdistractify.combbcgoodfood.comjagran.commercadolibre.com.mxandroidauthority.comcity-data.comfoodandwine.comhellomagazine.comamazon.com.augq.comingles.comamarujala.comieee.orgprevention.comstern.dekbb.comedmunds.commarthastewart.compcgamer.comjustanswer.comhealth.com20minutes.frfortune.comhomes.comscientificamerican.compopularmechanics.comverywellfit.comvanityfair.comchicagotribune.comverywellmind.comhousebeautiful.comcntraveler.comallure.comspanishdict.comneverbounce.comanswers.commoneycontrol.comarchitecturaldigest.comslate.comlonelyplanet.cominverse.comcorriere.itactu.frself.comtripsavvy.cominstyle.comeatingwell.comsuperuser.comwelt.despiegel.dewomansday.comseventeen.comhbr.orgoprahdaily.comautotrader.combonappetit.comsueddeutsche.deseriouseats.comliveabout.comseattletimes.comcoursera.orglivehindustan.comfrance24.comtownandcountrymag.comdotesports.comworldplaces.mefaz.netteenvogue.commotor1.comnj.comglamourmagazine.co.ukokdiario.combrides.comstylecaster.comalamyimages.frjagranjosh.comtheglobeandmail.comaxios.comfrancebleu.frtabelog.comthebalancemoney.comnydailynews.comsheknows.comnaomedical.comverywellfamily.comBlocking CCBot

Persons: —, OpenAI, GPTbot, Conde Nast, Masterclass, Kelly, robots.txt, verywellhealth.com, indianexpress.com Organizations: Service, Amazon, Guardian, NPR, CBS News, CBS Sports, NBC News, CNBC, Yorker, Hearst, New York Times Locations: USA, Europe, Originality.ai, androidauthority.com

☆ Dior shows frayed edges and bare shoulders at Paris Fashion Week
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Mimosa Spencer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/7] A model presents a creation by designer Maria Grazia Chiuri as part of her Spring/Summer 2024 Women's ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Dior during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, September 26, 2023. "It's a reflection about image, about the narrative and how we build -- in some way -- a stereotype in our mind," Chiuri told Reuters. Chiuri used knitwear techniques to lighten the weight of a pleated skirt, and took on pointy-toed kitten heels, turning them into gladiator shoes, with rows of straps running up the leg, fastened with pearls. The LVMH-owned (LVMH.PA) fashion label's show saw onlookers angle for photos of celebrities, including Blackpink member Jisoo, Charlize Theron, Elle Macpherson and Rosalia. Paris Fashion Week, which runs until Oct. 3, features dozens of labels including Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Hermes and Saint Laurent.

Persons: Maria Grazia Chiuri, Dior, Stephanie Lecocq, baring, Chiuri, Elena Bellantoni, ” Bellantoni, jean, Queen Camilla, King, Jisoo, Charlize Theron, Elle Macpherson, Rosalia, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Hermes, Saint Laurent, Mimosa Spencer, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Paris, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Versailles, King Charles's

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