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☆ Sailor’s Remains Identified 82 Years After Pearl Harbor
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Lola Fadulu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

California, the flagship of the Navy’s Pacific Fleet, was moored on “battleship row” at Pearl Harbor when it was struck by Japanese torpedoes and bombs. The ship caught fire, flooded and sank over the course of three days, and 103 crew members were killed. Officials were initially unable to identify all of the victims and the remains of 25 “unknowns” were buried in Hawaii. Accounting Agency, or D.P.A.A., an arm of the Pentagon whose mission is to find and return missing military personnel. “It’s a promise fulfilled to the service member,” he said, adding that “we also owe it to the families to give them answers.”

Persons: David Walker, ”, Sean Everette, “ Organizations: Navy’s, Defense, Accounting Agency, Pentagon Locations: . California, Pearl, Hawaii, Norfolk, Va

☆ Seeing DEI Through a 360 Lens
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Sharon Epperson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Marketing guru and serial entrepreneur Everette Taylor has always put Diversity, Equity and Inclusion front and center. Now as CEO of crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, he's made diversity and inclusion a fundamental strategy for his company and its customers. Everette and Kickstarter's Vice President of People, Tarveen Forrester, talk about the benefits of a DE&I foundation, and the company prospers from their efforts.

Persons: Everette Taylor, he's, Tarveen Forrester Organizations: Equity, People

☆ Verizon CEO shares his weekly strategy to motivate people around him—it involves actually picking up the phone
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

You can motivate others at work simply by picking up the phone, according to Verizon Communications CEO Hans Vestberg. "I now have all these friends out there that actually want to work here, work together and get our job done. Bosses should make more of an effort to have regular chats with their employees, research shows. Seventy percent of workers say they want more daily or weekly check-ins than they're currently getting, according to a 2022 report from RedThread Research, a research services company. Kickstarter CEO Everette Taylor, for example, told Make It last month that he wouldn't have gotten his job without it.

Persons: Hans Vestberg, Vestberg, GoodRx, Doug Hirsch, Hirsch, TINYpulse, they're, Everette Taylor Organizations: Verizon Communications, Verizon, Fast, CNBC, RedThread Research

☆ You can shop Drake's virtual $100 million mansion for everything from a $3,000 robe to a $69 Hotline Bling pool float
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Dominick Reuter | Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Fans can explore and buy exclusive products through a digital rendering of Drake's Toronto mansion. Shopify's latest tool allows the rap star to partner with other brands for unique merch drops. True to form, his approach has been a bit unconventional, with a flagship e-commerce site modeled off his $100 million Toronto mansion, The Embassy. Rather than scroll through the same-old grid of product listings, fans can explore various virtual rooms strewn about with items to buy, all powered by Shopify's e-commerce platform. Shopify Collective is one of several new business-to-business initiatives the company has announced recently, and on the earnings call Finkelstein highlighted the launch of dozens of new B2B features in the last year alone.

Persons: Drake, Everette Taylor, Harley Finkelstein, Finkelstein Organizations: Service, Shopify's Locations: Toronto, Wall, Silicon, Canadian, Embassy

☆ The No. 1 'underused' skill highly successful people share, says Harvard-trained career coach: 'It's really not that hard'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Highly successful people possess a skill that helps them get and stay ahead, says a Harvard-trained executive coach: They listen with curiosity. "It's really not that hard," Muriel Wilkins, co-founder of leadership consulting firm Paravis Partners, recently told the "Radical Candor" podcast. Listening is the biggest and the most underused skill that helps drive empathy, and a lot of other things as well." Nearly all (96%) professionals consider themselves to be good listeners, according to 2015 research from Accenture, a IT consulting company. However, 50% of adults don't recall what they hear only moments after hearing it, a 2013 Carnegie Mellon study reported.

Persons: Muriel Wilkins, Wilkins, they've, Everette Taylor, Taylor, Warren Buffett Organizations: Harvard, Paravis Partners, Accenture, Carnegie Mellon, American Psychological Association, Harvard University, Catalyst, CNBC

☆ A key part of success that a lot of people overlook, according to the 34-year-old Kickstarter CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Hard work, determination and perseverance can all contribute to a successful career. But there's one key underrated element, according to Everette Taylor, CEO of the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter: Timing. And though he says he's worked diligently to achieve his current stature, timing played a huge role, too. For example, "the way Kickstarter discovered me is that one of the board members happened to be reading a Financial Times article about me," he says. But also the intentionality to put yourself in a position to have new opportunities and then execute on those opportunities," he says.

Persons: Everette Taylor, Taylor, he's, I've Organizations: CNBC

☆ 34-year-old Kickstarter CEO credits his success to 2 traits: They're an 'essential skill set'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Then, he sold the company and landed a VP of marketing job at another startup. Two soft skills helped him navigate that journey, he says: empathy and risk taking. At Kickstarter, Taylor recently implemented a four-day workweek for his employees, a risk that comes with pros and cons. For now, it's paying off, Taylor told Time in June: "We've been just as productive or even more productive with a four-day workweek." Other risks aren't worth taking, Taylor says.

Persons: Everette Taylor, Taylor, Constance Hadley, We've, hadn't, LinkedIn's, There's, there's Organizations: Virginia Tech, CNBC, Boston University Locations: Virginia

☆ Kickstarter CEO Everette Taylor's Ambition Was Defined At A Young Age
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | 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 EmailKickstarter CEO Everette Taylor's Ambition Was Defined At A Young Age"Art is bold creativity bringing your visions to life." Find out how Everette Taylor went from being homeless to becoming the CEO of Kickstarter and what his dreams and ambitions are for the company.

Persons: Everette, Everette Taylor

☆ An AI porn lobby group had its fundraising campaign booted off Kickstarter after raising $56,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Unstable Diffusion, which campaigns to legitimize AI porn, was banned from Kickstarter last month. Originating on Discord, Unstable Diffusion allows users to artificially generate explicit imagery. The group's campaign was active from December 9 to December 21, raising around $56,000 in its 12-day active period. However, they told Insider that the site had not banned all AI art. Everette Taylor, Kickstarter's CEO, seemingly referenced some of the backlash in a blog post about AI art published on December 21.

☆ A group trying to make AI porn legitimate had its campaign booted off kickstarter after raising $56K
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

☆ O adevărată minune medicală! Un bebeluș s-a născut dintr-un embrion care a stat înghețat timp de 27 de ani
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-02 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Molly Everette Gibson a venit pe lume la sfârșitul lunii octombrie și a înregistrat un record mondial, unul deținut anterior de sora ei mai mare, Emma, fiind rezultatul unui embrion înghețat în octombrie 1992, potrivit CNN, citat de libertatea.ro. Emma, fiica mai mare a Tinei Gibson, s-a născut în noiembrie 2017, după ce embrionul ei a fost înghețat timp de 24 de ani și a stabilit recordul anterior pentru cel mai lungeviv embrion înghețat despre care se știe că a avut ca rezultat o naștere, potrivit centrului. Înainte ca Emma și apoi Molly să se nască și să stabilească recorduri, nu se știau prea multe despre viabilitatea embrionilor mai în vârstă. Când a aflat că embrionul Emmei fusese înghețat atât de mult timp, Tina Gibson se temea că asta îi va diminua șansele de a rămâne gravidă. Ea și sora ei mai mare sunt două minuni medicale, dar ceea ce îi surprinde și mai tare pe părinți este că sunt ale lor.

Persons: Molly Everette Gibson, Emma, Molly, Tina, Benjamin Gibson, Tina Gibson, . Emma, Gibson, Doctorul Jeffrey Keenan, Ea Organizations: CNN, Donare Locations: Tennessee

Recordul anterior a fost stabilit chiar de sora ei, Emma Wren Gibson, care s-a născut în 2017. Embrionul care a dus ulterior la nașterea lui Molly a fost înghețat la 14 octombrie 1992, apoi dezghețat de directorul de laborator al Centrului Național de Donare a Embrionilor Carol Sommerfelt, pe 10 februarie 2020. Anul acesta a fost transferat în uterul Tinei pe 12 februarie. A fost palpitant să aflăm, după 11 zile de la implantarea embrionului, că Tina era însărcinată și va avea un bebeluș sănătos”. „Când s-a născut Molly Everette, ea avea deja 28 de ani din punctul de vedere al perioadei înghețării embrionului.

Persons: Molly Everette Gibson, Tina, Ben Gibson, Molly, Emma Wren Gibson, Emma, Carol Sommerfelt, Dr . Keenan, Carol Summerfelt, Ben, Molly Everette Organizations: Universitatea din, Donare, ABC News Locations: Tennessee, Universitatea din Tennessee, Statele Unite, Knoxville

☆ 28-летняя мать родила зачатого 27 лет назад ребенка
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-02 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

В феврале замороженный донорский эмбрион, хранившийся с 1992 года, пересадили матери — 28-летней Тине Гибсон (Tina Gibson). Беременность прошла благополучно, и в конце октября на свет появилась новорожденная девочка, которую назвали Молли Эверетт (Molly Everette), передает lenta.ru. Специалисты полагают, что это первый случай рождения ребенка, зародыш которого был заморожен так долго. В 2018 году сообщалось, что в США зачатые в один день три пары близнецов родились с разницей в 15 лет. Их биологическая мать, 53-летняя Мэри Джонсон (Marie Johnson) около 16 лет назад прошла процедуру экстракорпорального оплодотворения.

Persons: Tina Gibson, Molly Everette, —, Emma Wren, Marie Johnson, Тина Гибсон, Молли Эверетт, Эмма Врен, Мэри Джонсон ( ) Organizations: Morning America, ABC Locations: США

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