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☆ The best and worst career advice I ever got
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Henry Blodget | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I've gotten some great career advice over 35 years in the workforce. AdvertisementOver the past 35 years, I've been the lucky and grateful recipient of some excellent career advice. I've also gotten lousy career advice, including this:Advertisement"Follow your bliss." The best adviceThe best career advice I ever got, meanwhile, came from one of my first bosses on Wall Street, an investment banker named Jonathan Morgan. Want to change your job, career, life, community, or world for the better?

Persons: I've, —, Joseph Campbell, Campbell, Sarah Lawrence, Jonathan Morgan, Jonathan, I'm Organizations: Service, Yale, Ivy League

There's music to enjoy too, with Hannah Waddingham leading an Apple TV+ special and the annual Tabernacle Choir concert airing on PBS. Here's where — and when, in Eastern Standard Time — to watch this year's holiday TV bonanza. Hatcher offers a second holiday movie helping this season with a rekindling romance rom-com. The quintet portray former soap opera co-stars who come together for a live holiday special and play matchmakers with their producer and director. HOLIDAY TUNES“Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham taps into her musical theater background by hosting her own Christmas special for Apple TV+ called “ Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas."

Persons: Charlie Brown, ”, Melissa McCarthy's, Hannah Waddingham, Lori Loughlin, Teri Hatcher, Lacey Chabert, Denise Richards, Hatcher, Kate Hudson's “, Loughlin, James Tupper, Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, “, Joel McHale, Phoebe Robinson, Heather McMahan, Chris “ Ludacris ” Bridges, Eddie, Teyonah Parris, Nick, Lil Rel Howery, Santa Claus, Varun Saranga, Jean, Luc Bilodeau, Devyn Nekoda, Nadine Bhabha, Sarah Levy, Leighton Meester, Robbie Amell, “ EXmas, Graham, Ali, Scott Wolf, Jenn Lilley, Matthew Morrison, William DeVry, Chabert, Holly, Kristoffer Polaha, Bethany Joy Lenz, Loni Anderson, Morgan Fairchild, Linda Gray, Donna Mills, Nicollette Sheridan, Jonathan Bennett, Cherry, Vincent Rodriguez III, Erin Cahill, John Brotherton, James Denton, Catherine Bell, Tia Mowry, Kringle, Buddy Valastro, Melissa McCarthy, Paapa, Candace Cameron Bure’s, Natasha Bure, Natasha, Cheryl Ladd, Wolf, Andy Rooney, he’s, Rudolph, Red, “ Frosty, Frosty, Nick Jr, “ Bossy, Vic Michaelis, Bryan Greenberg, Ted Lasso ”, Broadway’s Lea Salonga, Sir David Suchet, Fox’s, Singer ”, ” alums, Nick Cannon, Jenny McCarthy, Wahlberg, Ken Jeong, Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger Organizations: Disney, Apple, Tabernacle Choir, Hulu, Amazon, “ Party, Hallmark, Hallmark Channel, Biltmore Estate, “ Ladies, Lifetime, Netflix, TBS, TNT, CBS, Paddington, London Coliseum, Tabernacle, PBS Locations: Peacock, Milwaukee, Santa, “, North Carolina, New York, Santa Claus

☆ With Diana’s Death, ‘The Crown’ Enters Its Most Evocative Era
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Sarah Lyall | More About Sarah Lyall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In one, reproduced with eerie accuracy in the new season of “The Crown,” Diana, the Princess of Wales sits on a diving board off the deck of a yacht, her long legs dangling above the water. The sixth and final season of “The Crown” begins here, in 1997, on the cusp of one of the strangest and most bewildering periods in recent British history. Diana was just 36, and her death sent Britain into a paroxysm of grief at her loss and rage against the royal family. Over the last five seasons, “The Crown” has been unspooling decade by decade, producing an epic portrait of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, starting with her marriage to Prince Philip in 1947. The earlier episodes could sometimes feel quaint and far away, repackaged history from a semi-distant past.

Persons: ” Diana, Princess, Wales, Dodi Fayed, Diana, Elizabeth Debicki, Khalid Abdalla, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip Organizations: Ritz Hotel Locations: Paris, Britain

☆ Winners and Losers From the Third Republican Debate - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( New York Times Opinion | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

Welcome to Opinion’s commentary for the third Republican presidential debate, held in Miami on Wednesday night. The debate didn’t answer the question of whether she can really cut into DeSantis’s more conservative bloc of support. He deserves praise for his substantive, competent answers, but there’s not much of a market for that in the Republican primaries. In a debate dominated by a neoconservative revival, Ramaswamy — in both style and substance — was the only Trumpist on the stage. primary voters relished his attacks on the Republican National Committee and the debate moderators.

Persons: Jamelle, Nikki Haley, Haley, Gail Collins, Michelle Cottle, yapping, Ross Douthat I’m, Ramaswamy, David French Neoconservatism, Sarah Isgur, Sarah Longwell, DeSantis, Daniel McCarthy, Dick Cheney, —, Haley couldn’t, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, There’s, Ross Douthat, he’s, David French, He’s, Vivek Ramaswamy, Sarah Isgur DeSantis, Sarah Longwell DeSantis, Kim Reynolds, Jamelle Bouie Chris Christie, It’s, David French Christie, Trump, Christie isn’t, Sarah Isgur It’s, Christie —, Christie, there’s, Bouie, Tim Scott, Scott, I’ve, we’re, David French I’m, Reagan, platitudes, hasn’t, Sarah Longwell Tim Scott, Daniel McCarthy He’s, Ross, David French Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy —, cheekily Organizations: Trump Republican, Trump, Republican, Gov, Federal Reserve, White, Republican Party, MAGA, Republican National Committee, Nazi Locations: Miami, Iowa, New Hampshire, Ukraine, Iran, Israel, China, hawkish, Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia, Haley, Florida

☆ Presidential portraits: Kehinde Wiley’s secret, decade-long project painting African leaders
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Perhaps not, supposes Kehinde Wiley in his latest collection, “A Maze of Power,” which, in the artist’s own indelible style, casts plenty of light of its own. We’re now learning that before and after that commission, he had been on a secret, decade-long odyssey across the African continent, painting its current and former heads of state. This series narrows the gap further, with subjects commanding a similar power to some of Wiley’s artistic reference points. Tanguy Beurdeley/© Courtesy Kehinde Wiley and Galerie TemplonHery Rajaonarimampianina, the former president of Madagascar, sits astride a horse in one painting. Some might wrinkle their nose at seeing certain heads or former heads of state depicted in such triumphant fashion.

Persons: Kehinde Wiley, Wiley, Barack Obama, We’re, Jacques Chirac, Obama, Sarah Ligner, Black, Old, Olusegun Obasanjo, Paul Kagame, Tanguy, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, Alpha Condé, –, ”, Rajaonarimampianina –, “, “ it’s, Andy Warhol’s, Mao Organizations: CNN, Old Masters, Democratic, Wiley Locations: Africa, Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, Los Angeles, Senegal, Nigeria, New York, Paris, France, Rwanda, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Guinea, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Democratic Republic of Congo

☆ A teacher who took a pay cut of over $80,000 after moving from California to Florida explains the struggles teachers face, and what she wishes people knew about the job
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A teacher was making six figures in her previous teaching job in California. She talks about teachers' pay and what she wishes students and parents knew about teaching. AdvertisementAdvertisementSarah loved her six-figure teaching job and the school she was working for in California. "I think school districts and states who make the rules on teacher pay do not fully understand how important that is to retaining teachers." And I think the kids think, well, they gave me a bad grade and they don't like me.

Persons: —, Sarah, she'd, Sarah —, she's, Sylvia Allegretto, would've, we're, That's Organizations: Service, Center for Economic, Policy Research, Economic, Institute Locations: California, Florida

☆ Shakespeare’s First Folio Turns 400
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Now known as the First Folio, that volume has become a lodestone of Shakespeare scholarship over the centuries, offering the most definitive versions of his work along with clues to his process and plenty of disputes about authorship and intention. In honor of its 400th anniversary, the British Library and Rizzoli recently released a facsimile version of the First Folio. On this week’s episode, The Times’s critic at large Sarah Lyall talks with Adrian Edwards, head of the library’s Printed Heritage Collections, about Shakespeare’s work, the library’s holdings and the cultural significance of that original volume. “If we didn’t have the First Folio, given that all the manuscript versions of the plays are lost, we wouldn’t have plays such as ‘The Tempest’ or ‘Twelfth Night’ or ‘A Winter’s Tale’ or ‘Julius Caesar’ or ‘Antony Cleopatra’ or ‘Macbeth,’” Edwards says. You can send them to books@nytimes.com.

Persons: William Shakespeare, Sarah Lyall, Adrian Edwards, Julius Caesar ’, ‘ Antony Cleopatra ’, ’ ” Edwards, “, ” Organizations: British Library, Rizzoli

☆ The War on College Campuses
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Lauren Camera | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +16 min

College campuses have always been bastions of protest, where young, energetic students push older generations in the direction of the next social or political reform. Notably, the prevailing notions of the liberal bent of college campuses are not incorrect. According to a 2023 survey by FIRE of roughly 1,500 four-year college professors, 50% identify as liberal, 17% as moderate, and 26% as conservative. Analysts say the recent inflammatory examples that have not only riven college campuses but altered the way many Americans view them also underscore the increasing difficulty observers in the U.S. have of sitting with complex developments. Many of the country’s most elite schools actually perform the worst, according to the 2024 College Free Speech Ranking by FIRE.

Persons: Ron DeSantis –, “, ”, –, Zach Greenberg, Nikki Haley, Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, Pell Grant, Donald Trump, Strawn, Davis Polk, Sarah Lawrence, Samuel Abrams, ” Greenberg, Joe Biden, Peter Coleman, Morton, Coleman, “ We’re, Tony Banout, ” Banout, ” Coleman Organizations: Hamas, National Students for Justice, Florida Gov, College, Foundation, Rights, ”, U.S ., Harvard’s, for Palestine, Palestine Solidarity Committee, George Washington University, GOP, Former South Carolina Gov, Customs, Winston, Wardwell, Harvard University, Columbia University, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, FIRE, Sarah Lawrence College, New York Times, Columbia, America – Democrats, Republicans, Jewish, Tulane University, Cornell University, FBI, White, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Morton Deutsch International, for Cooperation, Israel, University of Chicago, University of Chicago Forum, Free Locations: Israel, Palestine, America, Florida, Gaza, U.S, Former, ., Carolina, Columbia, Costa Rica

☆ The Verdict on John Grisham’s Sequel to ‘The Firm’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Sarah Lyall | More About Sarah Lyall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Whatever happened to Mitch McDeere, the brash young associate who brought down the corrupt law firm of Bendini, Lambert & Locke in John Grisham’s game-changing 1991 legal thriller, “The Firm”? Three decades later, Grisham has resurrected Mitch — or Tom, as I like to think of him, because Tom Cruise played him with such seductive charm in the movie — for another outing. The new book, THE EXCHANGE (Doubleday, 338 pp., $29.95), should be a delicious gift to Grisham fans. But once you’ve read it, you might find yourself wishing that Mitch, last seen slipping out of sight while Bendini, Lambert & Locke imploded, had simply decided to while away his days in moneyed obscurity. It is 2005, and despite his earlier experience in corporate law, Mitch — still married to Abby, and now the father of twin boys — has joined the gargantuan international law firm of Scully & Pershing.

Persons: Mitch McDeere, Lambert, Locke, John Grisham’s, Grisham, Mitch —, Tom Cruise, Mitch, Bendini, Abby, —, Pershing, Giovanna Organizations: Doubleday Locations: Bendini, Libyan

NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Louise Glück, a poet of unblinking candor and perception who wove classical allusions, philosophical reveries, bittersweet memories and humorous asides into indelible portraits of a fallen and heartrending world, has died at 80. In awarding her the literature prize in 2020, the first time an American poet had been honored since T.S. “The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last,” she once wrote. And in each of us begana deep isolation, though we never spoke of this,of the absence of regret. “You would hand in something and Louise would find the one line that worked,” the poet Claudia Rankine, who studied under Glück at Williams College, told The Associated Press in 2020.

Persons: — Nobel, Louise Glück, unblinking, Jonathan Galassi, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, Glück, Eliot, “, Shakespeare, ”, Marigold, Rose, Iris, Nova, ” Glück, Noah, John Darnow, Louise, Claudia Rankine, Leonie Adams, Stanley Kunitz, Goddard, Sam Cooke, Iris ”, “ I’ve, ’ Organizations: ”, Meadowlands, Giants, “, Stanford University, Yale University, Williams College, Associated Press, New York, Guggenheim Museum, Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia University, New Yorker, The Atlantic, Goddard College, “ Ararat, Washington Locations: American, U.S, New, New York City, , New York, Eastern, “, “ Ararat ”

☆ ‘We’re all secretly embarrassed about something’: Inside the world of artist Sarah Lucas
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Ananda Pellerin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The world of Sarah Lucas is crowded with body parts. “Chicken Knickers”, a photo from 1997, is one of over 75 works on display as part of “Happy Gas” a major retrospective of Lucas’ work at the Tate Britain gallery in London. Lucy Dawkins/Tate BritainHow you respond to the work implies something about you as much the art, Lucas said during an interview with CNN on the day of the exhibition preview. It probably depends on what you’re bringing to it; whether you’re secretly embarrassed about something. Max Colson/Courtesy the artist/Sadie Coles HQ London/Tate BritainLike a well-executed joke, Lucas’ work provokes as it draws audiences in, which might have to do with where people encounter it, she says.

Persons: Sarah Lucas, Lucas ’, Florian, Kevin, Lucas, Lucy Dawkins, Tate, I’m, you’re, ” Lucas, Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, Max Colson, Sadie Coles, ”, — Lucas, “, Sarah Lucas Mumum, Mike Bruce, Doris ”, Doris, Robert Glowacki, “ I’m, it’s, Tim Toms, “ William Hambling ”, “ Florian ”, Kevin ” Organizations: CNN, London -, Tate, Young British Artists, Goldsmith University, MTV, Sunday Sport, London, Britain Locations: London, Tate Britain, British, Suffolk

☆ The Evolution of Automated Advising
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Morgan Brennan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe Evolution of Automated AdvisingSo-called "robo-advising" has been available to financial advisors and managers for the better part of 20 years, but the pace of technological change in recent years has revolutionized the field and put more sophisticated tools into the hands of Financial Advisors. Morgan Brennan talks with Betterment CEO Sarah Levy about the impact of generative AI, and what she sees as the next potential breakthrough for automated advising.

Persons: Morgan Brennan, Sarah Levy Organizations: Financial Advisors

NEW YORK (AP) — Louise Meriwether, the author and activist whose coming-of-age novel "Daddy Was a Number Runner" is widely regarded as a groundbreaking and vital portrait of race, gender and class, has died. "Daddy Was a Number Runner," published in 1970, tells of a poor Black community in Harlem during the 1930s as seen through the eyes of 12-year-old Francie Coffin. Political Cartoons View All 1206 ImagesIn 2016 the Feminist Press and TAYO Literary Magazine launched the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize for "debut women/nonbinary writers of color." "Daddy Was a Number Runner" was a personal story. After returning to New York in the late 1960s, she joined the Harlem Writers Guild and befriended Angelou and Sonia Sanchez, among others.

Persons: — Louise Meriwether, Meriwether, Cheryl Hill, Hill, Francie Coffin, Francie, I'm, Toni Morrison's, Angelou's, James Baldwin, Jacqueline Woodson, Louise Meriwether, Rosa Parks, Daniel Hale Williams, Robert Smalls, John Birch, Muhammad Ali's, Angelo Meriwether, Earle Howe, Louise Jenkins, Budd Schulberg, Angelou, Sonia Sanchez, Sarah Lawrence Organizations: Amsterdam Nursing, Feminist Press, Columbus Foundation, Los Angeles Times, IMF, World Bank, John Birch Society, Sarah Lawrence College, University of Houston, New York University, UCLA, Watts Writers, South Central, Universal Studios, Harlem Writers Guild, Pine Manor College Locations: Manhattan, Harlem, Puerto Rican, South Africa, Haverstraw , New York, Brooklyn, South, South Central Los Angeles, Hollywood, New York, Pine

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves at the crowd after speaking during a 2024 presidential campaign rally in Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. September 20, 2023. After spending roughly $1 million on anti-Trump ads in Iowa, the Republican Accountability PAC, for example, concluded in August their money wasn't making a difference. "We have stopped spending money in the primary. Continuing to spend on the primary is essentially a waste of money, said Reed Galen, co-founder of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project. Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for Trump, said "no amount of Never Trump money" could match the enthusiasm Trump is generating among grassroots voters.

Persons: Donald Trump, Scott Morgan, Trump, Charles Koch, Sarah Longwell, Reed Galen, they'd, Galen, Joe Biden, Steven Cheung, Tim Miller, Jeb Bush, Miller, Bill Riggs, Biden, Lincoln Project's Galen, Alexandra Ulmer, Tim Reid, Jason Lange, Ross Colvin, Daniel Wallis Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Trump, PAC, Trump Lincoln Project, Democratic, Lincoln, Independents, Biden, Reuters, for Growth, Federal, Commission, The, Growth, AFP, Koch, Trump Republicans, Republicans, Washington D.C, Thomson Locations: Dubuque , Iowa, U.S, Midwestern, Iowa, Wisconsin, AFP, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington

For its part, North Korea appears to have treated his case as one of illegal immigration. North Korea's KCNA state news agency said King told Pyongyang he entered North Korea illegally because he was "disillusioned about unequal U.S. The Swedish government, which represents U.S. interests in North Korea because Washington has no diplomatic presence in the country, retrieved King in North Korea and brought him to China. The State Department said the U.S. ambassador to Beijing, Nicholas Burns, met King in Dandong, China, a city bordering North Korea. King, who joined the U.S. army in January 2021, faced two allegations of assault in South Korea.

Persons: Travis King, King, Fort Sam Houston, Brittney Griner, Travis T, Sarah Leslie, Handout, Nicholas Burns, Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali, Evan Garcia, Ed Davies, Neil Fullick, Toby Chopra Organizations: U.S . Army, Reuters, Base San, Fort, Brooke Army Medical Center, Russia, Security Area, REUTERS, Army, The State Department, Osan Air Force Base, U.S, South Korean, Thomson Locations: Texas, North Korea, U.S, Base San Antonio, Panmunjom, South Korea, Pyongyang, Swedish, Washington, China, Beijing, Dandong, Shenyang, United States, Korea

☆ Travis King: What happened to other US soldiers who defected to North Korea?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Sarah Leslie/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 27 (Reuters) - Private Travis King, the U.S. soldier who ran into North Korea in July, is in U.S. custody after North Korea expelled him into China, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, following rare diplomatic cooperation between the U.S., North Korea and China. A U.S. military spokesman later said an investigation indicated that White crossed into North Korea of his own free will. In a video released by the North, White denounced the United States and praised North Korea and its then leader Kim Il-Sung. - Charles Robert Jenkins walked into North Korea when on patrol on the DMZ in 1965. - James Joseph Dresnok was a 21-year old U.S. army private stationed in South Korea in 1962 when he fled to the North.

Persons: Travis T, Sarah Leslie, Handout, Travis King, Joseph T, White, Kim Il, Charles Robert Jenkins, Jenkins, Hitomi Soga, Soga, James Joseph Dresnok, Dresnok, Jerry Wayne Parrish, Larry Allen Abshier, Kim Jong, Dresnok's, Josh Smith, David Brunnstrom, Phil Stewart, Chizu Organizations: Security Area, REUTERS, U.S, North, Korea Times, United Nations Command, Washington Post, Thomson Locations: Panmunjom, South Korea, U.S, North Korea, China, China . U.S, Pyongyang, United States, Vietnam, Japan, Korean

☆ North Korea to expel U.S. soldier Travis King over illegal border crossing
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Hyonhee Shin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Sarah Leslie/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSEOUL, Sept 27 (Reuters) - North Korea has decided to expel American soldier Travis King who it said has admitted to illegal intrusion into the country and was "disillusioned about unequal U.S. society," state media KCNA said on Wednesday. The decision was contained in the final results of an investigation into King's July border crossing published by KCNA. Last month it reported interim findings that he wanted refuge in North Korea or elsewhere because of maltreatment and racial discrimination within the army. There have been several attempts by U.S. soldiers stationed in South Korea to desert or defect to North Korea, but King's expulsion came relatively quickly compared to others who have spent years before being released from the reclusive country. King, who joined the U.S. army in January 2021, faced two allegations of assault in South Korea.

Persons: Travis T, Sarah Leslie, Handout, Travis King, KCNA, King, Jonathan Franks, King's, Myron Gates, Hyonhee Shin, Susan Heavey, Brendan O'Brien, Toby Chopra, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: Security Area, REUTERS, Rights, ., Democratic People's, Authorities, U.S . State Department, U.S . Forces, United Nations Command, Joint Security Area, ABC News, U.S, South Korean, Thomson Locations: Panmunjom, South Korea, Rights SEOUL, North Korea, DPRK, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, U.S . Forces Korea, United States, U.S

DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. said Monday that it's pausing construction of a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan until it is confident it can run the factory competitively. The move comes as the company is in the midst of national contract talks with the United Auto Workers union, which wants to represent workers at battery factories and win them top wages. In February, Ford announced plans to build the plant in Marshall, Michigan, employing about 2,500 workers to make lower-cost batteries for a variety of new and existing vehicles. But Ford spokesman TR Reid confirmed Monday that plant construction has been paused and spending has been limited on it. Earlier this year Virginia dropped out of the race for the same Ford plant after Republican Gov.

Persons: —, Ford, Marshall, TR Reid, ”, Shawn Fain, Sarah Lightner, Ford “, “, ” Lightner, Sam Abuelsamid, Abuelsamid, Biden, Glenn Youngkin, Joey Cappelletti, David Koenig Organizations: DETROIT, — Ford Motor, United Auto Workers union, UAW, Ford, Detroit, General Motors, EV, Amperex Technology, . Ltd, Republican State Rep, Guidehouse, Republican Gov, Chinese Communist Party, ____ Associated Press Locations: Michigan, Marshall , Michigan, Detroit, Marshall, China, U.S, Virginia, Lansing , Michigan, Dallas

☆ Zadie Smith Drops In; Drew Barrymore Is Eased Out
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Zadie Smith’s new novel, “The Fraud,” is set in 19th-century England, and introduces a teeming cast of characters at the periphery of a trial in which the central figure claimed to be a long-lost nobleman entitled to a fortune. Smith drew many of the book’s details from the historical record — the trial and the main characters all existed much as they appear in the novel — but as she tells Sarah Lyall on this week’s episode, her archival research was far from dusty or dutiful. “‘Research’ makes it sound really heavy,” Smith says. “It was actually a joy to read about this period and to read books set in the period. We would love to hear your thoughts about this episode, and about the Book Review’s podcast in general.

Persons: Zadie, ”, Smith, Sarah Lyall, “, ” Smith, Alexandra Alter, Julia Jacobs, Drew Barrymore, Gilbert Cruz Organizations: Times, Hollywood Locations: England

☆ CarMax just promoted a longtime employee to CMO. She tells Insider how she went from search analyst to marketing chief.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Ryan Joe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

CarMax just promoted its long-time employee and VP of marketing Sarah Lane to the role of CMO and SVP. Lane started as a search analyst at the company at the age of 22 and in the early aughts, when the company was in only a handful of markets. "We haven't permeated culture in the way that brands today want to and need to, to have that lasting legacy," Lane told Insider. I want to be the only place to consider when you buy a used car." She's also monitoring the United Auto Workers strikes to figure out how they could potentially drive more demand to the used car market.

Persons: CarMax, Sarah Lane, Lane, Jim Lyski, Candace Parker, Sue Bird, Steph Curry, Usain Bolt —, we've, Joseph Kunkel Organizations: Automotive News, Circuit, National Women's Soccer League, WNBA, United Auto Workers, CMO Locations: CarMax

☆ Fall Covid shot rollout gets off to a bumpy start as some patients see insurance delays
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The rollout of a new round of Covid vaccines in the U.S. is off to a bumpy start as some patients report delays in health insurance coverage for the shots. Private insurance plans and government payers such as Medicare are required to cover the new jabs from Pfizer and Moderna , which became available late last week. It also comes after a huge shift in how Covid vaccines are covered in the U.S. Previously, the federal government purchased Covid vaccines directly from manufacturers at a discount to distribute to all Americans for free. Sarah Lindsey, an owner of a Florida-based jewelry store, called on her own insurer to add the new Covid shots to its formulary.

Persons: Sarah Lindsey, it's Organizations: Pfizer, Moderna, Medicare, Medicaid Services, CVS, U.S, CNBC Locations: U.S, Florida

☆ The global treasures in the running for UNESCO’s World Heritage status
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

This year, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee is reviewing nominations from both 2022 and 2023, with participants from across the world attending the session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to examine almost 50 contenders. According to UNESCO, sites must be of “outstanding universal value” to be included on the World Heritage List. So far, the World Heritage Committee has inscribed approximately 1,157 sites in 167 different countries onto the World Heritage List. Seo Heun Kang/UNESCO World Heritage Nomination OfficeOnly those countries that sign the convention creating the World Heritage Committee and list are permitted to nominate sites. Gordion, the capital city of ancient Phrygia in Ankara, Turkey, is also nominated for a place on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Persons: John E, Seo Heun Kang, Bale, Gordion, Mustafa Ciftci, Midas, Morten Rasmussen, Sarah Langrand, Dominique Marck, Bani Ma’arid, Bani Ma'arid, Hamad Al Qahtani, Koh Ker, Mount Pelée, Canada Bale, Francesca Street Organizations: CNN, UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Cultural Organization, UNESCO World Heritage, Heritage, World, Anadolu Agency, Danish Agency for Culture, Fine Arts Department, de Nîmes, National Center for Wildlife, Architectural Museum, Kazan Federal University, Khinalig, Tunisia ESMA Museum, Clandestine Center of Detention, Wooden Posts, Greece Historic Center of Guimarães Locations: Gaya, Denmark, Thai, Ohio, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Hancock, United States, Goryeong, South Korea, Addis Ababa, Phrygia, Turkey, Ankara, B.C.E, Madagascar, Si Thep, Thailand, Si, Nîmes, France, Gorokhovets, Russia, Vladimir Oblast, Erfurt, Germany, Cambodia, Khmer, Courland, Latvia, Kaunas, Lithuania, Ab’aj, Guatemala, India, Karakum, Tajikistan, Menorca, Spain, Ethiopia, Iran, Klondike, Canada, Czech, Odzala, Kokoua, Congo, Mount, Northern Martinique, Benin Ha Long, Ba Archipelago, Vietnam, Forests, Azerbaijan, Jericho, Palestinian Territories, Kazan, Tunisia, Argentina, Belgium, Suriname Royal, Netherlands, Anatolia, Bisesero, Rwanda, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Masouleh, Turan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Northern Apennines, Italy, Tajikistan Highlands, Mongolian, Mongolia, Greece, Portugal

☆ The farming industry is struggling with labor shortages and the climate crisis. But agtech like digital cow collars and AI-quality-control tools are solving problems in unexpected ways.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Sabina Wex | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Still, there are concerns about who owns the farm data and how it's being used. Chemeres said that he saw agriculture tech companies bombard farmers with innovations to mitigate this labor shortage. He believes the future of agriculture tech will be "almost surgical," he said, especially as AI comes into the field and becomes more sophisticated. These concerns came to a head in 2020, when Climate FieldView was accused of sharing farmers' data with Tillable, a platform that connects landowners with farmers. Not all tech companies do this.

Persons: Andy Lenkaitis, Lenkaitis Holsteins, Sarah Lenkaitis, Sarah, Lenkaitis, Bill Oemichen, Jeff Chemeres, Chemeres, Croptracker, Oemichen, that's, Bayer, FieldView, it's Organizations: Service, McKinsey, Credit Services, Data, Services, US Department of, The National Young Farmers Coalition, University of Wisconsin Survey Center, University of Saskatchewan, Bayer, US Locations: Wall, Silicon, Charles , Illinois, Minnesota, California, Washington, German

☆ Putting Women at the Center of Human Evolution
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Sarah Lyall | More About Sarah Lyall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The idea is that by examining how women evolved differently from men, Bohannon argues, we can “provide the latest answers to women’s most basic questions about their bodies.” These include, she says: Why do women menstruate? Thanks to regulations established in the 1970s, clinical trials in the United States have typically used mostly male subjects, from mice to humans. For example: “From 1996 to 2006, more than 79 percent of animal studies published in the scientific journal Pain included only male subjects,” she writes. As she points out in “Eve,” antidepressants and pain medications are considered gender-neutral, despite evidence that they affect women differently than they do men. “When we put the female body back in the frame, even people who don’t have female bodies have a better of idea of where we all stand in this huge evolutionary story.”

Persons: Bohannon, ” Bohannon, ” Organizations: National Institutes of Health Locations: United States, Seattle

☆ Are liberal arts degrees worthless? 'Employers don't care what you major in,' says career expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

I'm living proof you don't need a certain college major to do alright in life. The question of whether your college major matters (if you even have one) is similar to the question of whether having a degree at all matters in that the answer is yes and no. When your major really mattersThere are certainly jobs that require specific degrees. But there are also plenty of jobs that don't require specific degrees. If you're like I was and wondering if your major is going to pay off in the long run, fear not.

Persons: — I've, gainfully, I've, didn't, Mark Zuckerberg, Oprah Winfrey, John Legend, Mayim Bialik, she'd, Kouakou, Christine Cruzvergara, Gen, they're, Cruzvergara Organizations: Sarah Lawrence College, University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Quinnipiac University, CNBC Locations: Los Angeles

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