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Do vibration plates have health benefits? Although vibration plates are safe for most people, ultimately, Johnson says, “when we make changes, we tell people to listen to their body.”Deja Mason of Roanoke, Virginia, said she first heard about vibration plates on TikTok. As vibration plates experience a resurgence, some hear echoes of past fitness fads. “Trends come and go,” she said, pointing to other trends that displaced vibration plates, like group fitness and CrossFit. But just as vibrating plates shake users up and down in quick succession, trends too are always oscillating.

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But after the chaos of the last few months, one thing is certain: “Saturday Night Live” will be on hand to skewer it all. “SNL” alum Maya Rudolph will reprise her Emmy-winning role as Vice President Kamala Harris. “SNL” cast member James Austin Johnson will once again don a red tie to play former President Donald Trump. Bush (“Thousand points of light”) to Tina Fey as GOP vice presidential contender Sarah Palin (“I can see Russia from my house!”) during the 2008 election. “You have three people who are not as well known — Harris, Walz, Vance — so I think the caricatures on the show will help define who they are in the public imagination,” said Jones, the media professor.

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☆ ValueAct takes a stake in Sanwa. How the activist can make a good company into a great one
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Kenneth Squire | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Business: Sanwa Holdings is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of building and commercial facility construction materials, as well as the provision of maintenance and renovation services. Activist Commentary: ValueAct has been a premier corporate governance investor for over 20 years. Ahead of any shareholder value creation, ValueAct will likely call for increased shareholder returns in the form of buybacks to capitalize on the Sanwa's relatively low valuation. ValueAct is likely to continue as an active shareholder while Sanwa continues to do what it's been doing, just on a faster timetable. As an engaged investor, ValueAct has historically closed the gap between "good" and "great" by supporting management in executing its plan.

Persons: ValueAct, Rob Hale, Hale, Sanwa, Clopay, healthily, It's, Dalton, Ken Squire Organizations: Sanwa, Olympus, JSR, ValueAct, Griffon Corp, KKR, Nikkei, U.S, Dalton Investments, 13D Locations: Japan, North America, Europe, U.S, Asia

☆ I own a luxury cleaning service. Here are the 5 things people do wrong when cleaning.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Holly Oldham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementAs a luxury cleaning service owner, here are five things people get wrong when cleaning. If you're washing sheets, blankets, or even towels, I highly recommend using the setting for each. However, the items inside may get a shorter wash cycle than is needed. Some clothes need a longer wash cycle — for example, your family's sports choices. Bathroom rugs need to be refreshed in the dryer or shaken outside, at minimum, weekly.

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☆ I quit my job because of an RTO mandate. I never want to work in an office again.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Jen Glantz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Jennifer Oliva quit her job after a return-to-office mandate in Fall 2021. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jennifer Oliva, a 54-year-old who quit her job after receiving an RTO mandate. I was happier even though I was technically on the clock and logged in for more hours working from home. In November, I asked my boss again if I could work a hybrid schedule and only come into the office a few days a week. I work many more hours than when I worked my network TV job, even factoring in a commute, but I can spread out the work throughout the day.

Persons: Jennifer Oliva, —, I, I'd, I'm, Lauryn Haas Organizations: Service, lhaas Locations: New York City, Washington

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☆ Why the NFL has TV executives freaking out over 2029
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Alex Sherman | Alex Sherman Covers Media For Cnbc. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

That means that after the 2029 Super Bowl, the NFL has the right to completely rejigger the media landscape, if it so chooses. NFL games last year were 93 of the top 100 most-watched TV broadcasts. But I also know that some legacy media executives are already thinking about 2029 and brainstorming internally about how they can afford to compete against the tech giants for NFL games. The NBA, in its most recent rights deal, only wanted three media packages to help with consumer confusion and subscription fatigue. Given how popular NFL games are versus everything else on TV, the architecture of the NFL rights is the single biggest decision in the American media industry.

Persons: NBCUniversal’s Peacock, HBO Max, hadn’t, it’s, It’s, “, ”, MoffettNathanson’s Robert Fishman Organizations: Disney, YouTube, NFL, Paramount, HBO, CNBC, Netflix, Google, Apple, CBS, Fox, NBC, Bengals, Chiefs, Amazon, NBA, Amazon Prime Locations: U.S

☆ Trump ally Matt Gaetz says House Ethics panel issued subpoena for him in sex, drug probe
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Matt Gaetz said Thursday that he has learned the House Ethics Committee will subpoena him as it investigates whether the Florida Republican engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor or illicit drug use. Gaetz, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, made the statement in an angry letter to the Ethics Committee that declared he will "no longer voluntarily participate" in the panel's probe. Gaetz said he understands that a subpoena has been "issued, but not served" — but did not say whether he would comply with the subpoena. An Ethics Committee spokesman declined to comment on the letter. Gaetz reportedly helped Trump prepare for his Sept. 10 presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee.

Persons: Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump, Gaetz, Michael Guest, Susan Wild of, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, Trump, Kamala Harris Organizations: U.S, Capitol, Security, Florida Republican, Constitution, Republican, Trump, GOP, Democratic Locations: Florida, U.S, United States, Susan Wild of Pennsylvania, Congress

☆ Port workers from Maine to Texas are set to strike Tuesday. Expect shortages and higher prices
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Chris Isidore | Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

It represents the major shipping lines, all of which are foreign-owned, as well as terminal operators and port authorities. Depending on duration, a strike could mean shortages of consumer and industrial goods, possibly driving up prices again. That labor peace has helped them capture market share from West Coast ports that have historically had more contentious labor relations. But he said the shipping lines appear unwilling to pay what it takes this time. The shipping lines realize the problem with having Biden order the union back to work, said Tirschwell.

Persons: Luke Sharrett, Patrick Anderson, ”, USMX, Harold Daggett, John McCown, containerization, Brendan Smialowski, Peter Tirschwell, “, Republican Donald Trump, ” Tirschwell, hasn’t, Jonathan Gold, ” Gold, Biden, Joe Biden, Taft, Hartley, George W, Bush, Bradley Saunders, Daggett, ’ ” Organizations: New, New York CNN, US Maritime Association, International Longshoremen’s Association, BMW, Port, Bloomberg, Getty, ILA, Anderson Economic Group, “, P Global Market Intelligence, Federal Maritime Administration, Republican, National Retail Federation, North, Capital Economics, United Auto Workers Locations: New York, Maine, Texas, East Coast, Gulf, Gulf Coast, of New York, New Jersey, Port Wilmington, Delaware, Port, Baltimore, Port of Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston , South Carolina, West Coast, Michigan, Port of Baltimore, Baltimore , Maryland, AFP, East, North American

☆ At 65 I feel better than ever. I stopped weighing myself, eat healthier, and do exercises that feel good.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Lauren Crosmedlicott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I was a plump, complex, introverted, spotty-faced teen and felt like such a disappointment to my family of high achievers. I stopped checking how much I weighed and started living my life. As I listened to my body, I could feel it start to change shape from a pear to an inverted triangle. Every year, I have felt even better about who I am as a whole — body and soul. I lead a dietless life, fuelled by healthy living, and am no longer defined by a number.

Persons: —, Alison Weihe, I'm, I've Organizations: Service, Business

☆ Do this 1 exercise today to be happier and healthier, life coach says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

It is easy to walk through life feeling not good enough. In American culture in particular, people often look to external factors like a salary or material possessions to dictate their status or worth. The problem is, looking for validation outside of yourself "is a slippery slope and it is a bottomless pit," she says. You "will never feel good enough because there will always be something else" to achieve, another goal post to reach. When Hogi, whose book "How to Find True Love" hits shelves in April 2025, sees her clients struggling with self-worth, she suggests an exercise that helps them reframe.

Persons: Francesca Hogi, Hogi

One of the nation’s largest Muslim political groups endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday despite fierce opposition to her Middle East policy, saying that stopping former President Donald Trump is paramount. Alzayat, of Emgage, said his group respected those in the community who are making different decisions. And he acknowledged the difficulty of backing Harris, pointing to Palestinian and Lebanese American staffers and supporters of the group. “We hold President Biden responsible for continuing to provide the Netanyahu government with weapons.,” Alzayat said, drawing a distinction with Harris. As she has over the past year, the Vice President will continue to work to prevent the conflict from widening throughout the region.”

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, they’ve, Wa’el Alzayat, Trump, Joe Biden’s, Jill Stein, Harris, Cornel West, Chase Oliver, ”, Amer Ghalib, Alzayat, “, National Intelligence Ric Grennell, ” Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, Emgage, Biden, Netanyahu, ” Alzayat, we’ve, ” Harris, Julie Chavez Rodriquez, Chavez Rodriquez Organizations: Wednesday, NBC News, ”, Democrats, Cornel West, Force, Libertarian Party, Arab, Lebanese American, Palestinian, Trump, National Intelligence, Biden Locations: Gaza, Lebanon, Hamtramck , Michigan, Emgage, Palestinian, Israel, Arab

The two women with very similar names offer a snapshot of the different surrogate pools for Trump and Harris. The courting of celebrity endorsements is a long-running tradition in presidential politics and one that Democrats generally win. Swift criticized the fake posting, saying it was part of the reason she is backing Harris’ campaign. Even as he downplayed Harris’ level of celebrity endorsements, Trump has tried to use people with celebrity status to appeal to specific voter blocs. Shortly after Swift backed Harris, Trump said she would “probably pay a price” for the endorsement, and five days later on Truth Social he made his bluntest and most direct attack on Swift.

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☆ A nutrition researcher shares how she eats to avoid an afternoon blood sugar crash
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewA nutrition researcher said that switching up her breakfast routine has helped her beat the 4 o' clock crash. Berry found out that her blood sugar was crashing every afternoon when she had a high-carb breakfast, which helped explain the exhaustion she'd been feeling. A high-protein breakfast can provide lasting fuelPrior to checking out her blood sugar response, Berry might have a pastry or white toast for breakfast. "An increase in circulating blood sugar is a normal physiological response to eating carbohydrate," she said. For instance, there's some evidence that eating late at night can prompt a bigger blood sugar response, but Berry said it's worth it to have dinner with her family.

Persons: —, Sarah Berry, ZOE, Berry hadn't, Berry, she's, it's Organizations: Service, King's College, Business Locations: London

☆ A US ally in the Pacific says it wants to keep a new American missile system that China got all 'dramatic' about 'forever'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA top Philippine general wants a new US missile system to remain in the country "forever" to boost its defenses and deterrence capabilities. The American weapon, the Mid-Range Capability missile system, has drawn China's ire. The MRC, also known as Typhon, is the US Army's new ground-based missile system capable of firing both the Standard Missile 6 and Tomahawk Land Attack missile. The Typhon system fills a gap in the US arsenal, offering a particularly versatile new land-based intermediate-range missile option as US rivals develop and field similar capabilities. Its ongoing deployment has angered China, which has repeatedly demanded the missile system be removed and accused the US of fueling an arms race.

Persons: —, Romeo Brawner Jr, he'd, Taylor, Enrique Manalo, Wang Yi, Manalo, Christine Wormuth Organizations: Service, MRC, Business, Armed Forces, Nuclear Forces Treaty, U.S . Navy, Associated Press, US, Association of Southeast, Nations, US Army, Force Locations: Philippine, Beijing, Philippines, China, Pacific, U.S, Washington, Manila, Laos, Japan

☆ Wisconsin mayor carts away absentee ballot drop box, says he did nothing wrong
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Madison, Wisconsin CNN —The mayor of a central Wisconsin city who ran for office on his opposition to absentee ballot drop boxes said Wednesday he did nothing wrong when he put on work gloves, donned a hard hat and used a dolly to cart away a drop box outside City Hall. Drop boxes were widely used in 2020, fueled by a dramatic increase in absentee voting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Wausau, with about 40,000 people, was among the cities that did not use an absentee drop box in the August state primary. The Wausau drop box was under video surveillance but had not yet been bolted down. Wausau resident Pamela Bannister, speaking at a city council meeting Tuesday night, called for Diny to apologize and return the drop box.

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☆ My mom used to yell at me when I was a kid. I taught her about gentle parenting and she's now an amazing grandmother.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

My husband, Ryan, and I practice gentle parenting. We were pleased my parents moved cross-countryI was raised with a certain amount of dieting. My parents moved from Charlottesville, Virginia, to California in 2021 when my daughter was 2, and I was about six weeks pregnant with my son. Mulligan coached her mom in gentle parenting. The following year, Mom moved to a retirement community within 15 minutes of our house.

Persons: —, Joelle Mulligan, Ryan, Dad couldn't, Dad, Mulligan, Mom, I'm, millennials Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Santa Cruz , California, Charlottesville , Virginia, California

☆ Pope expels a bishop and 9 other people from a Peru movement over ‘sadistic’ abuses
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Associated Press | Claudia Rebaza | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

VATICAN CITY Associated Press —Pope Francis took the unusual decision Wednesday to expel 10 people – a bishop, priests and laypeople – from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican investigation uncovered “sadistic” abuses of power, authority and spirituality. It was announced by the Peruvian Bishops Conference, which posted a statement from the Vatican embassy on its website. The statement was astonishing because it listed abuses uncovered by the Vatican investigation that have rarely if ever been punished canonically — such as hacking someone’s communications — and cited the people the pope held responsible. Victims of Figari’s abuses complained to the Lima archdiocese in 2011, though other claims against him reportedly date to 2000. The investigation, published in 2017, found that Figari sodomized his recruits and forced them to fondle him and one another.

Persons: CITY Associated Press — Pope Francis, –, Francis ’, Luis Figari, ”, Figari, Pedro Salinas, Paola Ugaz, Sodalitium, Jordi Bertomeu, Charles Scicluna, Martin Mejia, Jose Antonio Eguren, Francis, Salinas, “ Organizations: CITY Associated Press, Peruvian Bishops Conference, CNN, South, Catholic, Maltese, Associated Press Locations: Peru, Vatican, America, South America, United States, Lima, Rome, Spain, Malta, Lima , Peru, Figari, Piura, Ugaz, Eguren’s, Peruvian

☆ American Eagle sues Amazon over alleged 'knock-offs' of Aerie products
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A shopper searching for Aerie products on Google will see sponsored and organic links to Amazon's website, the lawsuit says. Clicking on a link leads to an Amazon webpage that "displays only knock-offs and 'dupes'" of Aerie products, including sweatshirts and exercise shorts, American Eagle alleges. "These statements are patently false because customers cannot shop for Aerie products on Amazon." Many of the alleged Aerie knock-offs referenced in the lawsuit are sold by third-party sellers on Amazon's online marketplace. American Eagle is seeking an injunction and financial damages based on Amazon's alleged trademark infringement.

Persons: Arie, It's, Birkenstock, didn't Organizations: Eagle Outfitters, Amazon, Eagle, Southern, of, of New York ., Google, Daimler AG, Mercedes, Benz, counterfeiters Locations: U.S, of New York

A hurricane watch and warnings of storm surges up to 15 feet high were issued Tuesday for almost all of Florida's western coastline as a potential tropical storm moves across the Caribbean Sea and towards the Gulf Coast. The hurricane watch extends from Indian Pass in north-west Florida near Panama City, down to Englewood, and includes Tampa Bay. Hurricane and tropical storm watches are now in effect for the entire western coast of the Sunshine State. A hurricane watch means that hurricane conditions are possible, and is typically issued 48 hours before the anticipated onslaught of tropical-storm-force winds and conditions. Outside of the U.S., a hurricane watch is also in effect for parts of eastern Mexico from Cabo Catoche to Tulum and Pinar del Río in Cuba.

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☆ Wole Soyinka on having his memoir made into a movie: ‘Turning my life into something people can watch, pains me’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Daniel Renjifo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Twenty-two months in total isolation, denied books, denied paper, my cell constantly searched, nothing at all to sustain my mind. Let me put it this way, turning anything in my life into something other people can watch, pains me. Nigerian playwright, novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature winner Wole Soyinka poses for a portrait in Johannesburg on April 4, 2024. But it was grand when one after the other (African Nobel winners) began to come in. WS: If Branson came now and said, I’ve found space for you, I would terminate this interview right now.

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☆ Prosecutors want to bring attempted assassination charge against man in Trump golf incident. Here’s what they’d have to prove
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Prosecutors have already charged Ryan Wesley Routh with two firearms offenses, and a federal magistrate judge on Monday ordered him detained pending further court proceedings. The attempted assassination charge is “pretty rare,” according to former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a CNN senior law enforcement analyst. But it has been used in other high-profile attempted assassination cases, such as that of a man charged with traveling to Brett Kavanaugh’s Maryland home with a gun, burglary tools and other equipment in an apparent attempt on the Supreme Court justice’s life. To prove their case, prosecutors would have to convince a jury that Routh took affirmative steps to carry out a plot to kill the former president. Ron DeSantis said last week that the state “will be conducting its own investigation regarding the attempted assassination at Trump International Golf Club.” Routh has not been charged in state court.

Persons: Donald Trump, Mark Dispoto, Ryan Wesley Routh, Andrew McCabe, Brett Kavanaugh’s, Routh, ”, David Aaron, Trump, “ It’s, ” Aaron, ” McCabe, “ don’t, “, Aaron, Ron DeSantis, ” Routh, McCabe, They’re, ” CNN’s Holmes Lybrand Organizations: CNN, US Department of, Justice Department, United, Prosecutors, ” Former Justice Department, Justice, Florida Gov, Trump International Golf, Republican Locations: United States, Brett Kavanaugh’s Maryland, Florida

☆ TikTok purges accounts tied to Russian media RT and Sputnik over ‘covert influence’ efforts ahead of US election
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Olesya Dmitracova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —TikTok has removed accounts associated with two Russian media groups for trying to exercise what it called “covert influence” on the upcoming US presidential election, in violation of its guidelines. The covert influence campaign was aimed at the American public ahead of the presidential election, US officials said. Tenet Media boasts a slate of high-profile right-wing, pro-Trump commentators, including Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson and several others. After the Justice Department announcement, RT responded with mocking statements that did not address the specifics of the US allegations. TikTok, for its part, has itself faced questions over whether or not the Chinese government can manipulate its algorithm to influence the American public.

Persons: London CNN — TikTok, Rossiya, Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson, Joe Biden Organizations: London CNN, Novosti, Sputnik, Meta, CNN, US Justice Department, Tenet Media, Trump, Department Locations: United States

☆ A new US missile system that showed up in the Pacific this year keeps making China more and more unhappy
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The US military deployed its Mid-Range Capability, or Typhon, missile system to the Philippines in April, and US military officials have expressed interest in deploying it in Japan. The MRC is a versatile new ground-based missile system that is capable of firing the Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) and Tomahawk Land Attack Missile System. The US military deployed the missile system overseas for the first time in April, putting it in the Philippines amid a joint exercise between the two militaries. AdvertisementWhile the new weapon wasn't fired during the exercise, its presence in the region irked China, which demanded the system be removed. Russia is said to have violated the Cold War-era arms-control pact by developing and fielding the SSC-8/9M729 missile system.

Persons: —, wasn't, Zachary Anderson, Enrique Manalo, Wang Yi, Manalo, Lin Jian, Army Christine Warmouth, Lin, Robert S, Price, Trump, Vladimir Putin's Organizations: Service, Business, MRC, Missile, US Army, US Army Pacific, US Navy, Zachary Anderson Philippine Foreign, Association of Southeast, Nations, Defense, Army, ., Navy, US, Nuclear Forces Treaty, NATO Locations: China, Beijing, Philippines, Japan, Zachary Anderson Philippine, Laos, Pacific, Russia, Moscow, Europe, Ukraine

☆ Jordan Chiles’ attorneys say documentary footage proves decision to strip her bronze medal rests on a ‘factual error’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —American gymnast Jordan Chiles’ legal team has submitted a new application in the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland over the decision that led to her losing an Olympic bronze medal, pointing toward new video evidence that Chiles’ lawyers say proves her case. Chiles’ attorneys say that a documentary crew has video and audio recordings to prove Chiles’ case. Romanian gymnast Ana Bǎrbosu appeared to have locked up the bronze medal after Chiles finished her routine. That decision led to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) handing the bronze medal to Bǎrbosu. Chiles’ latest filing follows an earlier filing, from September 16, where Chiles opted to appeal CAS’ decision to the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland.

Persons: Jordan Chiles, Chiles, ” Chiles, USAG, “, Cecile Landi, Jordan, ”, ” USAG, Amanda Perobelli, Reuters Chiles, Ana Bǎrbosu, Jordan’s Organizations: CNN, Federal, Sport’s, Jordan Chiles’s, FIG, ” CNN, Reuters, Olympics, Sport, International Olympic Committee, United States Olympic, Paralympic Locations: Switzerland, Paris, Romanian, American

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