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☆ Dixie D'Amelio says she's been diagnosed with premenstrual dysphoric disorder
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Liz Calvario | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

After dealing with health issues for “the past seven years,” TikToker Dixie D’Amelio shared in an Instagram live that she has been diagnosed with premenstrual dysphoric disorder. I wasn’t feeling great and not really sure why,” D’Amelio, 21, said in a livestream originally posted on her Instagram and shared widely on TikTok. “I’m feeling better now and I will probably be going through the same thing next month and the month after that,” D’Amelio said, adding that she’s learning more about the disorder. The second season of “The D’Amelio Show” premiered last month on Hulu, with new episodes airing on Wednesdays. As D’Amelio noted, fans may be able to see her experience with the disorder in the coming episodes.

☆ I run an 8-figure biscuit business that started as a side gig. Here's how I caught the attention of major distributors like Whole Foods and Costco.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Ayeshah Abuelhiga, 36, started selling biscuits in 2014 as a side hustle while consulting full time. A customer asked if she would consider selling frozen dough so they could bake the biscuits at home. The day after, I drove a big ice chest filled with frozen biscuits to the stall before work. Two hours later, I got a call from my chef asking whether we had more frozen biscuits at the off-site kitchen because we had sold out. The company turned over eight figures last year, and Target, Publix, Safeway, Costco, and Aldi all stock our frozen biscuits.

☆ A merger with Albertsons could bring Kroger's tech initiatives, like automated warehouses and smart carts, to over 5,000 locations
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Alex Bitter | Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Kroger is building its own tech infrastructure, including automated warehouses for delivery orders. Here are Kroger's biggest e-commerce and technology initiatives:A ClusterTruck ghost kitchen inside a Kroger in the Midwest. The delivery-focused ghost kitchen touts a Cheesecake Factory-inspired menu of 80 to 100 food items. Over the last few years, ClusterTruck opened locations inside Kroger stores in Indiana and Ohio. Another partnership, this one with the autonomous-car startup Nuro, has stationed self-driving vehicles to deliver grocery orders in certain cities since 2018.

☆ Russia's war in Ukraine raises a harrowing question: How widespread would fallout from a nuclear bomb be?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Aria Bendix | Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"Ukraine doesn't have nuclear weapons, so the risk of nuclear war in this scenario is if, somehow, the conflict escalated to pull in NATO countries or the US," she added. "That raises the risk of nuclear confrontation because some of the NATO countries have nuclear weapons." The US, for instance, has about 5,500 nuclear weapons, while Russia has about 6,000, according to the Federation of American Scientists. When a nuclear bomb strikes, it sets off a flash of light, a giant orange fireball, and building-toppling shockwaves. The fallout of a nuclear bomb also depends on how a country chooses to detonate it.

Before Hurricane Ian caused billions of dollars in damage in Florida, Alaura Miller considered herself a part of the lower middle class. Miller, 60, a retired barber, is among Floridians on low or fixed incomes struggling to find affordable housing in one of the nation's most popular and expensive states to live. "Florida came into this hurricane season already having a shortage of affordable housing, particularly for people who are working in service jobs and other lower wage jobs," said Anne Ray, a researcher at the University of Florida's Shimberg Center for Housing Studies. "And so, people who have lost their homes are going to be competing with the people who are already trying to find affordable housing. She added: "I've never been put in a position before where I've had to worry about where I'm going to live or where I'm going to go."

A flooded street is seen in downtown as Hurricane Ian makes landfall in southwestern Florida, in Fort Myers, Florida, U.S. September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Marco BelloVENICE, Fla., Sept 29 (Reuters) - A weakened but still formidable Hurricane Ian chugged across Florida toward the Atlantic seaboard on Thursday after thrashing the state's Gulf Coast with fierce winds, torrential downpours and raging surf that flooded oceanside communities. Separately, U.S. border authorities said 20 Cuban migrants were missing after their boat sank off the Florida coast as Ian neared the coast on Wednesday. Up to 30 inches (76 cm) of rain was forecast to fall on parts of central Florida, the NHC said. DeSantis said Ian had generated life-threatening storm surges - waves of wind-driven seawater rushing in along the coast - of up to 12 feet (3.7 meters) in some places.

☆ How this 31-year-old turned his side hustle into a $300,000 vending machine business: 'I only work 4 hours a week'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Marcus Gram | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Today, at 31, I have a thriving vending machine business that brings in more than $300,000 a year in sales. But one day, a new side hustle idea sparked when my friend saw a woman taking cash out of a vending machine. But I kept at it, and now I have 21 vending machines throughout Baltimore, Philadelphia, Detroit, and Washington, D.C. Look to see if there are vending machine warehouses in your city, and on platforms like Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace and eBay. There are also local vending machine warehouses that sell food and beverage products, like Pinnacle Vending in Philadelphia.

☆ Kroger is doubling down on its subscription delivery business as it weans itself off of Instacart. Here's a rundown of its other initiatives, from ghost kitchens to smart carts
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Alex Bitter | Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Here are Kroger's biggest e-commerce and technology initiatives:A ClusterTruck ghost kitchen inside a Kroger in the Midwest. ClusterTruckGhost kitchensIn December 2019, Kroger began improving its prepared meals offering by partnering with ghost kitchen startup ClusterTruck. The delivery-focused ghost kitchen touts a Cheesecake Factory-inspired menu of 80 to 100 food items. Over the last few years, ClusterTruck opened locations inside Kroger stores in Indiana and Ohio. But the firm, which tracks where consumers shop, said Kroger stores with the ghost kitchens are seeing an uptick in visits compared to neighboring Kroger branches.

☆ How to turn the job you have into the job you want
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Ebony Flake | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

While searching through books at the intersection of business, careers, and self-improvement, Insider's correspondent Shana Lebowitz Gaynor realized she couldn't find what she was seeking. In her recently released book, "Don't Call It Quits: Turn the Job You Have into the Job You Love," the experienced journalist compiled the career advice she wanted to see in the world. Lebowitz Gaynor spoke with consultants, public-relations pros, lawyers, and a Broadway musician, all of whom at one time felt unfulfilled in their work. I started learning a bunch of mindsets and habits that would really help me effectively manage my career," Dea said. In her book, Lebowitz Gaynor acknowledges the role of background and life experience in the decision to quit.

☆ (longread) „Numa’ la sex (nu) vă gândiți.” Dreptul persoanelor cu dizabilități de a primi și oferi plăcere
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-03 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +37 min

Diagnoza mea e destul de specifică, sunt multe tipuri/subtipuri și e greu să vii cu anumite recomandări, cu un ghid, fiecare caz e individual. Nothing About Us Without UsDomeniul drepturilor sexuale și reproductive ale persoanelor cu dizabilități a fost mai puțin explorat în Moldova. „Personalul medical a refuzat în mod repetat să ofere consiliere pentru contraceptie și planificarea unei sarcini, motivând lipsa timpului, și a amânat discuția pentru altă dată. Mark O’Brien a fost un poet, jurnalist și activist care, în urma poliomielitei căpătate în copilărie, a rămas paralizat și a fost nevoit să-și petreacă o mare parte a vieții într-un ventilator cu presiune negativă, numit și plămân de fier (iron lung). La solicitarea de a scrie despre sexualitatea persoanelor cu dizabilități, a înțeles că nu o poate face neavând nicio idee despre propria sexualitate.

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

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

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