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☆ Pittsburgh tech workers say building community and financial stability has made the move to work remotely from a lesser-known tech hub worth it
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Katie Malone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Amid a market downturn, tech workers in Pittsburgh say they're happy to live in a low-cost area. Three tech workers told Insider their stories and why they chose to work from Pittsburgh. When the world shut down early in the COVID-19 pandemic, it suddenly became less important for tech workers to live in hot spots like New York; Austin, Texas; or San Francisco. Now, she says, intangible perks like Pittsburgh's supportive tech community have made her very satisfied with her decision. And at some jobs, even ones without a Pittsburgh HQ, there's a pride in the locality that keeps workers here.

☆ A 30-year-old who rakes in about $89,000 a month from 2 online hustles shares the top 3 technical skills that helped him build success, how he learned them, and how he invests
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-16 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

In between his day-to-day deals, he'd spend time watching YouTube videos and reading forums to learn new skills. Through affiliate links, he made $141,500 for the same period, which came to about $89,000 a month from two sources. When it comes to technical skills, he points to three main ones that he says helped him build his success. The most powerful type of audience is the one that finds your content through a search engine, Chang said. Video editingEditing high-quality video is central to Chang's brand since most of his content is on YouTube and TikTok.

☆ Execs at Bank of America, Dow, and JUST Capital say being prosperous isn't just about having enough money
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-11 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The event, in partnership with Bank of America, took place Tuesday, May 10. Martin Whittaker, chief executive officer of the nonprofit JUST Capital, said there is now a greater focus on worker well-being than ever. For Karen Fang, the managing director and global head of sustainable finance at Bank of America, prosperity includes access to basics like financial services and digital inclusion. "The definition of prosperity has gone from economic prosperity to social prosperity," Fang said. She said the bank has hired 10,000 workers from these areas, a goal it achieved two years early.

This season, they have gone on 28 flight missions for cloud seeding in Wyoming. This photo shows flares fixed on the aircraft's wing that house the silver iodide used for cloud seeding. Weather Modification International 2022Once the pilot flies into the storm, they ignite the cardboard casings full of silver iodide and “seed” the clouds. Their results, published in 2020 in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, managed to quantify how effective cloud seeding is. The amount of precipitation produced by cloud seeding — up to 10% — isn’t enough at all to quench the drought-stricken West.

☆ Prosperity: Companies foster sustainable communities when they take a long-term view and measure progress
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-03 | by ( Julia Hood | Megan Dematteo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Prosperity goals seek to help communities thrive, which is crucial to ensure a sustainable future. This article is part of the "Financing a Sustainable Future" series exploring how companies take steps toward funding and setting their own sustainable goals. Prosperity goals are designed to foster the health and growth of communities across multiple tracks — including adequate employment, economic opportunity, and access to education and training. So if companies are doing all this simply by existing, why focus on prosperity as one of the pillars of a sustainable future? "By measuring and reporting on aspects of prosperity more holistically, companies and their stakeholders can become better informed."

☆ Why companies like Amazon, Walmart, and Target are letting customers keep some returns, even after issuing refunds
▼ + stars: | 2021-11-30 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Major retailers are offering a surprising new option to customers for some returns: just keep it. Walmart, Target, and Amazon are some of the major retailers offering so-called returnless refunds. Amazon is one of several major retailers issuing refunds for products customers don't want without requiring they send the items back. "There's a customer service angle and there's an economics angle," Smith told Insider. So it's not much of a surprise that major retailers are reconsidering that expense.

☆ Women are the majority in education, yet still find themselves overlooked for promotions and making less than their male peers
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-30 | by ( Katherine Hekker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Chelsea WarnerLena Peck, a middle-school teacher in a Maryland charter school, noticed early in her career that her male principal had stronger and more personal relationships with male teachers. Her male principal seems to address female teachers more directly regarding punctuality and dress code, while "male teachers don't seem to get talked to," she added. Male teachers in the aggregate do demonstrate a clear preference for working under male administrators. A 2018 study found that male teachers are "significantly more likely to leave a school when it is led by a female principal." White women make up the majority of public school teachers, about 60%.

“I think in every country in the world, historically, some soups were seen as restorative.”That’s true no matter what you call it. These are CNN Travel’s nominations for 20 of the best soups around the world:Banga | NigeriaBanga is so popular in Nigeria that shops sell ready-mixed packets of spice. By 1930, Nguyen explained, the soup was served with slices of raw beef cooked gently in the broth. Today, beef pho remains the most beloved version in Vietnam, with options that include the original raw beef, a mix of raw and cooked beef, brisket and tendon. Slip them into a bowl of beef broth for a world-class soup that includes tender beef, pale slices of radish, chili oil and fresh herbs.

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☆ 9 countries where you can easily buy citizenship and how to do it
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-01 | by ( Taylor Borden | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A number of countries in the Caribbean and Europe offer "Citizenship by Investment" programs, where the elite can invest in a country in exchange for citizenship. Among that ranking are a handful countries with "Citizenship by Investment" programs. Visa-free access to other countries was previously one of the main reasons for securing dual citizenship, but the coronavirus pandemic has rendered that reasoning "useless," according to Lesperance. That doesn't mean dual citizenship isn't worth it for "fire-escape plan" purposes. We've rounded up nine countries with "Citizenship by Investment" programs below, along with the minimum cost, the expected timeframe for the process, and how powerful the passport is.

☆ 50 of the world’s best breads
▼ + stars: | 2019-10-15 | by ( Jen Rose Smith | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +33 min

In alphabetical order by location, here are 50 of the world’s most wonderful breads. Roti gambang, IndonesiaShutterstockPalm sugar and cinnamon lend a light, aromatic sweetness to roti gambang, a tender wheat bread that’s an old-fashioned favorite at Jakarta bakeries. This is where locals bring rounds of tender wheat dough ready to bake into khobz kesra, one of the country’s homiest breads. Gyeran-ppang, South KoreaShutterstockThere’s buried treasure within every loaf of gyeran-ppang, individually sized wheat breads with a whole egg baked inside. To make malawach, bakers roll wheat dough into a delicate sheet and fold it over a slick of melted butter.

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