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☆ Russia built fake trenches along the front lines to lure Ukrainian soldiers into deadly explosive traps, researchers found
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Among them are fake trenches designed to lure Ukrainians into a death trap, researchers found on a recent Ukraine trip. And while many of the trenches are actual Russian combat positions, others have been traps, researchers learned from front-line Ukrainian forces. They have mine trenches," Kofman said, explaining that they attempt to "lure Ukrainian forces into trenches that have been mined" with remote-activated mines "and then blow up the mines." The possibility that the trench Ukrainian infantry are rushing into might be an explosive trap makes things immensely more difficult. Hendrickson said they have come across extremely complex minefields in which anti-tank mines are protected by anti-personnel mines and other explosives surrounded by booby traps.

Persons: we've, Michael Kofman, Kofman, Laurent van der, Ryan Hendrickson, Hendrickson, Franz, Stefan Gady Organizations: Service, Center for Naval, 81st Airmobile Battalion, Le Monde, US Army Special Forces Engineer, Toronto Television, Paratroopers, Center for New American Security, Ukrainian Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Wall, Silicon, Seversk, Russian, Afghanistan

☆ I finally landed a 6-figure book deal after 20 years of trying to become an author. Here's how I did it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Melissa Petro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Melissa Petro is a freelance writer, writing instructor, and author in New York City. Days after my story was publicized, my writer friends and other industry folks begrudgingly congratulated me on my presumably imminent book deal. It took about two years to write the book proposal, and I wrote the book in about nine months. She was a Facebook friend of mine whom I saw left her job as a book editor to become a literary agent, so I reached out to her. After working with her to craft my book proposal that ultimately sold, it was a different book — a better one.

Persons: Melissa Petro, I'd, NYC Department of Education —, that's, begrudgingly, who'd, you'll, I've, bylines, it's, she'd, They'll Organizations: Service, Big, Fine Arts, New York Post, NYC Department of Education, Putnam Books, Penguin Random, PEN Locations: New York City, Wall, Silicon

☆ Ukraine says it took out 2 Russian T-72 tanks using a single US-supplied Bradley IFV
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Two Russian T-72 tanks were taken out by a single US-supplied Bradley IFV, Ukraine says. Ukraine's deputy defense minister said the tanks were set aflame by the Bradley's anti-tank missiles. Ukraine is keen to demonstrate to Western allies how it is putting their military aid to good use. She said the vehicle took a direct hit from a Russian Grad rocket system — but was tough enough to keep going, while protecting everyone inside. "If we were using some Soviet armored personnel carrier we would all probably be dead after the first hit."

Persons: Bradley IFV, Hanna Maliar, Bradley, Maliar, Bradley IFVs Organizations: Service, Bradley, Russian, New, Russian Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Russian Grad, ABC News Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian

☆ A Netflix assistant launched a newsletter for young Hollywood because 'there is no blueprint' to break in, and she's enlisting help from workers at Disney, Showtime, and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A Hollywood assistant role has long been a launching point for a career in entertainment. But "there is no blueprint" for how to get such a job, said Cathy Campo, a creative assistant at Netflix. Campo launched The Hollywood Assistant, a monthly newsletter aimed at industry hopefuls, to change that. In February, Campo launched The Hollywood Assistant, a free newsletter that recently released its sixth edition. It's difficult to make ends meet on those salaries in the costly cities where the entertainment industry is most heavily concentrated: Los Angeles and New York.

Persons: Cathy Campo, Campo, she's, —, Matthew Belloni, Nick Lachey, She's, Emma Weiss, Jonathan Groff, Alyssa Tumale, Drew Barrymore, Brown, Jimmy Fallon, Michelle Greene, Don Rutledge, Natalie Lifson, Buchwald, Allison Leffingwell, Rutledge, Puck, Reed Alexander Organizations: Netflix, Hollywood, Brown University grad, NBCUniversal, CBS, Disney Entertainment, CAA, Chautauqua Ordway, Campo, Universal, Showtime, Media, Universal Filmed Entertainment Locations: Stillwater, Hollywood, Los Angeles and New York

☆ Russian forces are running out of the critical radars they need to defeat Ukraine's artillery, UK intel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Britain's defense ministry said Russian forces likely only have a few key systems remaining. For ground troops to surmount these obstacles means navigating through a slow and deadly process, and Ukrainian forces lack air superiority. "Russian ground forces survivability relies on effectively detecting Ukrainian artillery and striking against it, often with its force's own artillery," Britain's defense ministry said in a Monday intelligence update. According to an analysis by the open-source intelligence site Oryx, at least 38 Russian radars have been destroyed, damaged, or captured in Ukraine. "The priority Popov apparently gave to this problem highlights the continued centrality of artillery in the war," Britain's defense ministry said.

Persons: SERGEY SHESTAK, Ivan Popov, Popov, Caesar, Biden, Jake Sullivan Organizations: Service, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, Getty, Arms Army, CAA, Separate Artillery Brigade, REUTERS, West, Oryx, NATO, National Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Bakhmut, Donetsk, AFP, Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Donetsk region

☆ Thailand's royalists foiled Harvard grad Pita Limjaroenrat's first attempt at becoming prime minister. Here's what happens now
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Clement Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Thailand's Pita Limjaroenrat may get another shot at the country's prime minister job next week. But his path to potential power remains unclear, especially if the leader of the country's Move Forward Party does not budge from his election pledge to amend a law that prohibits criticism of the monarchy. Limjaroenrat fell 51 votes short of the majority he needed from the 749 members of Thailand's bicameral National Assembly for the top job in a first parliamentary vote on Thursday. Forty-two-year-old Pita, who attended Harvard Kennedy School, will be able to stand for prime minister if nominated again by his eight-party alliance. Otherwise, Pheu Thai — the second-largest party in the eight-party coalition with Move Forward — may also put forward its own candidate from among the three candidates the party had earlier surfaced.

Persons: Thailand's Pita Limjaroenrat, Limjaroenrat, Grace Lim, Pita, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thaksin Shinawatra, Srettha Thavisin, Chaikasem Nitisiri Organizations: National Assembly, Senate, Moody's Investors, Harvard Kennedy School Locations: Southeast Asia's

☆ One Parent, Two Teenagers and a Three-Bedroom House: Would Her Budget Be Enough?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Mark Kreidler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“I found a good grad school program in the area,” Ms. King, 43, said. When her marriage ended, she found a small rent-controlled house for herself and her two boys in the multicultural Dimond District of Oakland. Email: thehunt@nytimes.com]“She asked a lot of questions, I’ll tell you,” said Sebron Flenaugh, the agent she worked with at Fordy Realty. “Oakland is very much a block-by-block place,” Ms. King said. “I was ready to quit looking at one point,” Ms. King said.

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News analysisPresident Biden and the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, with G7 leaders at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Wednesday. Mr. Zelensky has never pushed for Ukrainian NATO membership while the war is raging, nor has anyone else. Mr. Zelensky has never pushed for Ukrainian NATO membership while the war is raging. “I think the win here for Ukraine is the sort of cultural acceptance that Ukraine belongs in NATO,” he said. Image French President Emmanuel Macron has moved from opposition to Ukrainian membership in NATO to strong support for it.

Persons: Biden, Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, Zelensky, Mauricio Lima, John Kornblum, Mr, Kornblum, “, Emmanuel Macron, Michal Baranowski, François Heisbourg, ” Ben Wallace, Macron, Ludovic Marin, Jens Stoltenberg, Russia —, Olaf Scholz, Germany, Doug Mills, Camille Grand, Heisbourg, Ukraine can’t, ” Lara Jakes Organizations: NATO, Lithuania — NATO, Kyiv, Ukraine, Central, Ukrainian NATO, Grad, The New York Times, Ukraine Council, German Marshall Fund, “, ”, Washington, Agence France, Russia, New York Times, Ukraine —, European Council, Foreign Relations Locations: Vilnius, Lithuania, VILNIUS, Turkey, Ukraine, NATO, Ukrainian, American, Germany, France, Warsaw, “ Ukraine, Bucharest, French, United States, Bratislava, Central Europe, Russia

☆ Inside the buzzy newsletter a Netflix assistant launched to create a ‘blueprint’ for breaking into Hollywood — featuring tea from workers at Disney, CBS, and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

☆ Here's how much I made at Google, Meta, and LinkedIn — and why I ultimately left my $196,000 tech job
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Aria Yang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Mitchie Nguyen is a former product marketing manager at Meta and Google. She left her $196,000 job at Meta job to build her own creator economy startup. I've spent around six years working in the tech industry at companies like LinkedIn, Meta and Google. Google: Associate product marketing manager$91,000 base salary + 15% annual bonus target + $64K stock package vested over four yearsI joined the associate product marketing program at Google where I fell in love with product marketing. During my time there, I took on various roles, starting with building the privacy product marketing team for augmented reality and virtual reality products.

Persons: Mitchie Nguyen, Aria Yang, Michelle Nguyen, I've, —, it's Organizations: Meta, Google, LinkedIn, Business, VR, Facebook Locations: Japan, Austria, Australia, Italy, Spain

☆ Student-loan holders will soon have $300 less to spend each month. That could be bad news for Target and Dick's.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Student loan payments are set to resume in October following a Supreme Court ruling last month. Analysts at Morgan Stanley project this will have a broad — but uneven — impact on major retailers. Retailers are already bracing for the shift, which analysts at Morgan Stanley project will affect nearly every company — some more than others. "Retailers with high exposure to student loan holders that sell into a discretionary category are likely most at risk, while retailers with low exposure to student loan holders are likely most insulated," the analysts note. In addition to Target, the analysis calls out Dick's Sporting Goods, Wayfair, and Williams-Sonoma as particularly vulnerable to this pullback in discretionary spending.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Joe Biden's, O'Reilly, Jeffries Organizations: Service, Target, Walmart, Sporting Goods, Dollar, Tractor Supply Co Locations: forbearance, Wall, Silicon, Williams, Sonoma, Amazon

“We were jumping like rabbits under mortar rounds and bombs.”When it got quieter, he and fellow soldier Slava fell asleep. In the presence of two Ukrainian soldiers, the three men described low morale in their trenches, disarray and the apparent expendability of some Russian forces. Mark Phillips/CNNHopes of exchangeThe men’s captors want them exchanged for Ukrainian soldiers held by the Russians, but they don’t have high hopes. When he saw the Ukrainian soldiers, he crawled away in fear and huddled with two soldiers. A Ukrainian soldier later explains that it’s difficult to hear what the Russian soldiers are saying during the gunfights.

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☆ Russia's Kursk, Belgorod regions come under fire from Ukraine -governors
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 5 (Reuters) - Russia's Kursk and Belgorod regions came under fire from Ukrainian forces across the border in the early hours of Wednesday, the regions' governors said, reporting that at least one person was wounded. "The attack on the town of Valuyiki lasted for more than an hour," Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Ukraine forces also fired 12 times from the Grad rocket launchers, he added. Ukraine almost never publicly claims responsibility for attacks inside Russia or on Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine. Blasts and attacks on Russian regions bordering Ukraine have been occurring on nearly daily in recent months, with Russian officials blaming either Ukrainian forces or pro-Ukrainian saboteurs.

Persons: Vyacheslav Gladkov, Gladkov, Starovoyt, Lidia Kelly, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Russia's, Grad, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia's Kursk, Belgorod, Ukrainian, Valuyiki, Russian, Ukraine, Kursk, Tyotkino, Russia, Melbourne

☆ Drones easily spotted Russian arms dump near a city where piles of ammo were lying in the open. Ukraine bombed it, causing massive explosions, video shows.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Videos appear to show Ukraine striking a Russian ammo depot on the outskirts of an occupied city. Russian authorities claimed that Ukraine struck a hospital, but geolocation appears to debunk this. Russian occupation authorities and pro-Russian channels accused Ukraine of striking a residential area and hospital in Makiivka and harming civilians, per the Post. Twitter users geolocated the strike and said that the videos showed it hit an ammunition store near a hospital. Makiivka, a coal-mining city of 330,00 people in the industrial Donbas region, was occupied by Russian forces and its proxies in 2014.

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☆ Opinion | On Race and Academia
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( John Mcwhorter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

But I have always thought of that as racial preferences the way they should have been, merely additive around the margins. I was hired straight out of my doctoral program for a tenure-track job at an Ivy League university in its august linguistics department. Plus, I was brought on to represent a subfield within linguistics — sociolinguistics — that has never been my actual specialty. At the time I was not very politicized, and I assumed that my race had merely been a background bonus to help me get hired. I had been hired by white people who, quite innocently, thought they were doing the right thing by bringing a Black person onto the faculty.

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☆ Galym Imanbayev went from Stanford School of Medicine to venture capital. Here's why he says his medical training has been so crucial to becoming an investor at Lightspeed.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

During his senior year of high school, Imanbayev discovered another interest, entirely by chance. After mistiming his MCAT, Imanbayev faced one gap year before he could start medical school. As he jumped into the grueling demands of medical school, Imanbayev said that for everything he studied, there were additional things he wanted to add on and learn. Helping Lightspeed push into healthtech investingSince 2020, Imanbayev has been a partner at Lightspeed focusing on the health sector. Imanbayev himself has spearheaded investments for Lightspeed in the healthcare-equity startup Soda Health and the virtual-care startup Wheel.

Persons: Galym Imanbayev, he'd, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Jack Dorsey, Imanbayev, Imanbayev's, Dean Lloyd Minor's Organizations: Stanford, VC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Co, Oregon Health & Science University, Martis, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Lightspeed, Ancora Biotech, Soda Health Locations: Kazakhstan, Soviet Union, Portland , Oregon

☆ Ukrainian soldiers say US Bradley IFVs saved their lives. In old Soviet armored vehicles ‘we would all probably be dead after the first hit.’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukrainian soldiers said their lives were saved by the US-supplied Bradley IFVs they were riding in. One soldier said that if they were in a Soviet carrier "we would all probably be dead after the first hit." The soldiers are part of Ukraine's 47th brigade, according to ABC News, which is fighting near Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine. The US has sent 109 Bradleys to Ukraine, and this month pledged to send 30 more. While Ukraine is getting modern weapons and ammunition from Western partners, many Ukrainian soldiers still have to rely on Soviet-era weaponry.

Persons: Bradley IFVs, Bradley, —, Serhiy, Andriy, It's, Rob Lee, Hanna Maliar, Oryx, Bradleys, Pat Ryder, Insider's Chris Panella Organizations: Service, Bradley, Russian, ABC News, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Twitter, Russian Grad, US, Pentagon Press, Air Force Locations: Ukraine's, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Soviet, Russian

☆ How the writers' strike is crushing Hollywood's next generation, as job-seekers face 'skyrocketing' debt, crumbling hope, and endless hours 'just doom-scrolling LinkedIn'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Hollywood development and production have mostly ground to a halt amid the film and TV writers' strike. Young workers hoping to break into entertainment say the strike has made a competitive job market even tougher. Sears, who is currently unemployed, graduated this year with a master's degree in entertainment industry management from Carnegie Mellon University. Now, she's attempting what feels like a herculean feat: getting her career off the ground in the midst of a months-long Hollywood writers' strike, the first labor stoppage to grind the industry to a halt in 15 years. Contact this reporter to share your experience during the writers' strike.

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☆ How to Pay Off Your Student Loans
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Rebecca Safier | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +13 min

Here’s how to pay off student loans in a way that works for your budget and goals. Look into specialized loan forgiveness programsWhile the Supreme Court hasn’t shared its ruling on Biden’s widespread forgiveness initiative yet, there are other options for loan discharge, such as Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Teacher Loan Forgiveness. You can pay off federal student loans early, as there’s no student loan prepayment penalty. If you want to retain access to federal protections, it wouldn’t make sense to refinance your federal student loans. In the end, there’s no single right way to pay off student loans faster.

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☆ Cheap Russian drone a menace to Ukrainian troops and equipment
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/5] View of what appears to be a Lancet drone, in this handout still image released on January 22, 2023. Bendett said that, according to publicly available Russian sources, a Lancet drone costs approximately 3 million roubles (around $35,000). DRONE WARSUkraine has also developed strong capabilities in drones - also known as UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) - as a cost-effective way to hit Russian targets. Having fired on a Russian target, Voron said his Grad was immediately targeted by a Russian S-300 missile, which missed by about 150 metres. However, a Lancet drone then appeared in the sky and chased the Ukrainian rocket system.

Persons: Caesar, Bohdan, Samuel Bendett, Bendett, Yuriy Sak, Lancets, it's, Sak, Voron, Grad, Max Hunder, Mike Collett, White, Alex Richardson Organizations: Defence, REUTERS, Reuters, Center, New, New American Security, MISS, Drones, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Handout, DONETSK, Moscow, Ukrainian, Russian, Avdiivka, Donetsk, frontlines, New American, Russia, Iran, Soviet

The men of the 35th Marine Brigade transfer newly arrived American-made 120-millimeter mortar rounds to their temporary hideout. The bangs of outgoing artillery and mortar rounds cut through the tranquillity of abandoned fields. But like the long waits of the soldiers, the Ukrainian counteroffensive is a slow grind. As soon as the 120-mm American-made mortar rounds were delivered, they were cleaned and prepared for firing. Ukrainian soldiers say many corpses were collected earlier and many more could still be in the fields.

Persons: ”, Yuri, Sarah El Sirgany, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky, Mark Phillips, Neskuchne, It’s, Matyoriy Organizations: Ukraine CNN, 35th Marine Brigade, CNN, 35ths Marine Brigade Locations: Neskuchne, Ukraine, American, Ukrainian, Donetsk, Russia, Russian

If you plan to attend graduate school, it's important to understand the costs up front. As a graduate student, relying on grants, scholarships, and fellowships is better than taking out loans to pay for school. As you gear up for graduate school, it's time to find grants, scholarships, and fellowships to cover the cost. Example comparing school costs with and without grant and scholarship aidPaying for graduate school is often not as simple as finding a single grant to cover the entire cost. Alternative ways to pay for grad schoolGrants and scholarships aren't the only way to pay for school.

Persons: —, Trinity Owen, you'll Organizations: Service, Federal Student Aid, Fulbright, College Board

☆ 6 ways the Russia-Ukraine war could play out in the wake of Ukraine's counteroffensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Over a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, there still does not appear to be a clear end in sight. Here are six ways the war could play out and what victory might look like for either side. Russia's war in Ukraine has been raging on for over a year, and there is still no clear end to the conflict in sight. With the largest land war in Europe since 1945 now entering a new phase, here are six ways it could play out. One senior official previously said that a Russian nuclear strike could trigger a "physical response" from NATO.

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☆ They fell in love backpacking through Europe then they lost each other. Here’s how they’ve ended up married for 24 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Kim LatkovicLike Tom, Kim had spent that day in disbelief that she’d found someone who seemed so perfect, and lost him just as quickly. From there, Tom, Kim, Amanda and John chatted about their respective colleges and travels. From left to right: John, Kim, Tom and Amanda at the Hofbrauhaus Munchen on the first night they met. Over the next couple of days, Tom, Kim, Amanda and John explored Interlaken together. As soon as Kim’s parents met Tom, and saw Tom and Kim’s natural ease together, they were wholeheartedly supportive.

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☆ Photos from Ukraine's offensive show how US Bradley IFVs are kicking butt even when they get blasted by Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Kieran Corcoran | Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An official described how a Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle took a direct hit but kept going. Tough vehicles like the Bradley are stronger than Ukraine's own equipment, and may give it an edge. A damaged Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle in a photo shared by a Ukrainian official. A group of Ukrainian soldiers in front of a Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle, seemingly taken before it was damaged. It's unclear whether this was the same Bradley Maliar mentioned.

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