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☆ 6 Uber and Lyft drivers share their wildest holiday work tales, from drunk passengers to extreme tips
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Jenny Powers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Christmas can be a busy season for Uber and Lyft drivers taking passengers to their families' homes. Shelly Castle, 43, a Lyft driver in Houston, Texas: 'They wound up inviting me in and treating me to breakfast'Shelly Castle. Jonathan Gaurano, 29, an Uber driver in Los Angeles, California: 'I hatched a plan and set out to create an epic compilation video'Jonathan Gaurano. While this wasn't the first video I'd created incorporating Uber passengers, it was certainly my most popular. Bunny Rivera, 35, an Uber driver in Washington, DC: 'They refused to not give up and began chanting'Bunny Rivera and her son.

☆ I was a flight attendant for 17 years. I had to deal with drunken and unruly passengers – but my colleagues were sometimes harder to handle.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Some of my colleagues had confrontations with passengers on a regular basis, but that very rarely happened to me. Unlike some of my colleagues, I wasn't there to play police with the passengers – I always tried to defuse tricky situations. After that, I tried to deal with the passenger's behavior as gently as possible, while still conveying the severity of his actions. On one occasion a passenger started behaving really aggressively for no clear reason. Some of them could be quite judgmental, narrow-minded, and even bigoted — and that definitely affected their treatment of their passengers and their colleagues.

☆ AWS CEO pitches cloud as a cost-saver despite rising customer concerns about runaway cloud bills
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Ellen Thomas | Sage Lazzaro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AWS CEO Adam Selipsky is pitching cloud as a cost-saver, while customers increasingly feel the burden of runaway cloud costs. But for customers, cloud bills are top of mind and putting pressure on their balance sheets, especially during the economic downturn. Ternary's client base is mostly big companies that need to manage their cloud costs generally because of their size, he said. It's easy for cloud costs to get out of control for big companies that have a lot of data and workloads in the cloud. But more and more, Ternary is getting interest from smaller companies looking to lower their cloud bills, he said.

☆ Putin's war in Ukraine looks more and more like a failure. Past Russian leaders haven't survived similar mistakes.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Joy Neumeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Instead, Russia's failing war effort has raised doubts about Putin's hold on power. For now, Putin looks secure, but past Russian leaders have suffered at home for blunders abroad. By the following summer, the Germans had taken huge swathes of Russian-controlled territory and a million Russian soldiers were dead. Captured Russian soldiers after the defeat at Tannenberg, in present-day Poland, on August 30, 1914. After an ineffectual troop surge, Gorbachev gave up on trying to improve the situation, and the last Soviet troops left Afghanistan in February 1989.

☆ ‘Slow Horses’ Season 2 Review: Spies and Sleeper Agents
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Cracking ice-cold cases, digging up former associates and unearthing decades-old mistakes by his not-so-beloved MI5 is what really gets the veteran British agent’s blood up. The slow horses of “Slow Horses.”Any season 2 is approached with apprehension, especially when a show has been as successful as this series was in season 1. But it may be even better now, with its likable misfits’ various back stories revealed and the characters established—especially Jackson, played with a malignant flourish by Gary Oldman . His character may not be quite as flatulent as he was last time around, but is just as untidy and unhygienic. (Jackson does suggest an excessively dissipated version of Le Carré’s George Smiley , whom Mr. Oldman played in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.”)

☆ Fact Check-Fabricated Charlie Hebdo magazine cover shows Ukrainian fans defacing World Cup posters with Nazi symbols
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Social media users have circulated a fabricated image that looks like the cover of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo which appears to show a cartoon of Ukrainian soccer fans defacing a World Cup poster with Nazi symbols. A screenshot of the image shows what appears to be a Charlie Hebdo magazine cover with a cartoon of two soccer fans wearing Ukraine soccer team t-shirts defacing a World Cup poster with a Nazi slogan. The fabricated Charlie Hebdo cover circulated online after a fake Al Jazeera clip was shared on social media, which claimed that three drunken Ukrainian fans were arrested in Doha for defacing posters with Nazi symbols (here). The magazine did release a special edition to mark the World Cup, with a cover that shows skeletons playing football (here). Charlie Hebdo did not publish a cartoon depicting Ukrainian soccer fans defacing a World Cup poster.

☆ Here's the six-word outlook for stocks in 2023: going to hell in a handbasket
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

We knew that the stock market had formed a bubble and that it was going to pop as interest rates went up. That, in turn, pushed the stock market off a cliff so steep that we still cannot see the bottom. This all goes back to the Fed's move to keep interest rates at 0% after the 2008 financial crisis. Since interest rates were so low, companies that didn't make money could just borrow to keep the lights on. In 2018, Wall Street got a preview of how ugly this bubble would look once it popped in earnest.

☆ Former Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid sentenced to 3 years in DWI crash that injured girl
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Phil-Helsel-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Phil Helsel | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a young girl. Reid, 37, who is the son of head coach Andy Reid, crashed his truck into two stopped vehicles near Arrowhead Stadium on Feb. 4, 2021, according to police. The crash left Ariel Young, who was 5 at the time, with a traumatic brain injury. Britt Reid on the sideline before a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh on Dec. 21, 2014. Reid, who was the outside linebackers coach, was placed on leave after the crash, and then his contract expired.

☆ Accused fraudster Justin Costello has history of posing as billionaire and threatening cops, police say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Justin Costello yearbook photo"It's easy to be someone you're not, but hard to be yourself," Wisconsin teenager Justin Costello wrote under his senior photo in the Oconomowoc High School yearbook in 1999. Cash and gold bars as detailed in court filing in US District court in San Diego in case of former fugitive Justin Costello. Another San Diego judge then ordered Costello back to Washington state to face trial in DOJ's criminal case in U.S. District Court, court documents show. Costello's recent arrest is not the first time he has run into trouble with the law — or posed as a billionaire, court and police records show. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards FBI Poster for Justin Costello FBI

In her opening statement, Spacey attorney Jennifer Keller squarely targeted the #MeToo movement: “One of the cardinal rules of the so-called MeToo movement [is] that you have to believe the victim. It was cleverly set up by Mr. Rapp.”And while testifying in trial, Spacey denied any wrongdoing and blamed his Twitter response for being the product of misguided “crisis” management against the backdrop of the #MeToo movement. He reiterated his embrace of the #MeToo movement after losing the trial. There was no reason to allow the trial to demonize a movement that encourages reporting sex crimes and discourages sexual abuse. How the trial was conducted matters to people other than Rapp and Spacey.

☆ 'Ticket to Paradise' review: George Clooney and Julia Roberts get some mileage out of their rom-com pairing
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Think of “Ticket to Paradise” like a postcard of beautiful people having fun in a beautiful place and you’ll get along just fine. Giving it much more thought than that won’t help this rom-com vehicle for George Clooney and Julia Roberts, although the “com” part proves a trifle deficient in a movie that’s significantly better when it’s sweet than salty. Here We Go Again”), “Ticket to Paradise” fares better in the inevitable softer moments, allowing the leads to mug less and feel more. “Ticket to Paradise” does tend to shine when Clooney and Roberts soften their rough edges or let their hair down, as they do during a game of drunken mystery-alcohol (not beer) pong. “Ticket to Paradise” premieres in US theaters on October 21.

The jury in Kevin Spacey's sexual abuse trial found that the Oscar-winning actor is not liable for battery against “Star Trek: Discovery star” Anthony Rapp. Rapp alleged that Spacey climbed on top of him at a party in New York City in 1986, when Rapp was 14 and Spacey was 26. “I didn’t ask for him to do that,” he told jurors, referring to Spacey’s alleged sexual advance. Rapp alleged that sometime after that evening, Spacey invited him to a party at his apartment. Rapp testified that he did not recognize anyone at the party, so he went into a bedroom to watch television.

☆ Kevin Spacey denies Anthony Rapp's allegation and testifies about 'terrifying' upbringing as the son of a 'neo-Nazi'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Daniel Arkin | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

In a significant development Monday, the judge overseeing the trial tossed out Rapp's claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said that claim "repeats and re-alleges" Rapp's allegation of battery. The actor testified that he "certainly had a degree of shame" about being gay because he grew up with his father's hateful views. Spacey is expected to rebut Rapp's allegation of sexual misconduct on Monday afternoon following a roughly hour-long lunch break. Rapp testified that Spacey invited him to a party at his apartment.

Rapp, watching Spacey accept his prize, threw a pencil at the screen, he testified this week. Spacey’s lawyers have tried to convince the jury of six men and six women that Rapp fabricated his claim in large part because he was bitterly envious of their client's success. Rapp, they contend, desperately wanted Spacey’s career: the hit films, the plum roles, the two Oscars. But through the first five days of the trial in downtown Manhattan, Rapp’s alleged jealousy has been a recurring and striking theme. “I wanted my career.”Warrington Parker, a San Francisco trial attorney, and Danny Cevallos, an NBC News legal analyst, both described the jealousy argument as a high-risk bet for Spacey’s lawyers.

☆ Violence, chauvinism, and no masturbation allowed: 'We Are Proud Boys' details the 4 tiers of membership in the extremist group
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A new book, "We Are Proud Boys," details the four tiers of membership in the extremist organization. The top Proud Boy tier requires an arrest or a "serious violent fight," per founder Gavin McInnes. "The Proud Boys' actions," notes the Southern Poverty Law Center, "belie their disavowals of bigotry: Rank-and-file Proud Boys and leaders regularly spout white nationalist memes and maintain affiliations with known extremists." While Proud Boys are encouraged to boast of their membership, obfuscation is an essential part of being in the group. Tarrio was not in DC the day of the attack but, prosecutors allege, helped direct his fellow Proud Boys' actions from afar.

☆ New York school official seen crowd surfing at high school football game is charged with DWI shortly after
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A New York school district superintendent who crowd surfed among students at a high school football game on Friday night was arrested shortly afterward on suspicion of drunken driving and charged with DWI, police said. Police say Baldwinsville Central School District Superintendent Jason D. Thomson, 48, was seen reveling in the student section at Baker High School in Baldwinsville, about 13 miles northwest of Syracuse. Photos and videos of Thomson crowd surfing have circulated on social media and local news outlets. “Jason Thomson, had been observed by numerous individuals, 'crowd surfing' in the student section of the bleachers,” the statement said. "It is the expectation our district staff serves as role models for our students at all events," the school board said.

☆ Video shows mobilized Russian soldiers drunkenly fighting one another as Putin's controversial new draft gathers pace
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A video on social media, shared by a Belarussian journalist, shows Russian to-be soldiers engaging in a drunken brawl. The over-consumption of alcohol by Russian soldiers has been an issue since the beginning of the invasion. An intelligence report from Britain's defense ministry said "The impact of Russia's manpower challenge has become increasingly severe." The video, shot in the Yuzhno-Kurilsk region in the Sakhalin Oblast, shows men slamming into each other, throwing slurred punches, and shouting. Poor morale among Russian soldiers is often attributed to issues of alcohol over-consumption and infighting.

☆ Budweiser Will Promote Its Alcohol-Free Beer at World Cup in Qatar
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Katie Deighton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

Budweiser is promoting its alcohol-free lager at the upcoming soccer World Cup in Qatar, balancing its role as the official beer of the event with the strict regulations on the sale and consumption of alcohol in the predominantly Muslim host nation. FIFA announced last month that it has so far sold 2.45 million World Cup tickets out of a possible 3 million. The brand said it plans to roll out localized ads and digital content in 70 countries as part of its World Cup marketing plans. It will also distribute more than 1 billion limited-edition bottles of Budweiser, each featuring a unique QR code linking to a competition to win free prizes including beer and World Cup tickets. And Anheuser-Busch InBev will use its World Cup sponsorship to promote the introduction of its direct-to-consumer e-commerce website and app TaDa, starting with 10 markets in Latin America, Mr. Marcondes said.

☆ China had a plan to dominate tech and become the world's most powerful country. It's all gone wrong.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-08 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Semiconductor chips are the tiny brains that power our technological world, from cars and cellphones to fighter jets and advanced missile systems. Right now China is awash in money for tech, but you need the right people and customers that trust you. Why China needs the chipsThe Chinese economy is big, but it isn't wealthy. In other words, China needs a more lucrative line of business the same way someone with credit-card debt needs a raise. The Made in China 2025 plan lays out a goal for domestically manufactured chips to meet 70% of China's semiconductor needs within three years.

☆ Best of: fiecare zi e o mică sărbătoare! Lista localurilor din Chișinău care se specializează pe crearea cocktailurilor
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-09 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

AICI puteți vedea alte poziții cu cocktailuri! Mitropolit Dosoftei 89# ESCOBARPrintre băuturile speciale de la ESCOBAR puteți găsi următoarele:# Ultimate;# Japanese Yuzu;# EscoBasil;# Honey Suckle;# Tony Stark Pepper. Celelalte băuturi le puteți găsi AICI! Celelalte cocktailuri le puteți vedea AICI! M. Eminescu 50# MojoPrintre cocktailurile localului se regăsesc următoarele:# REED;# FORESTER;Iar AICI puteți vedea alte cocktailuri pe care le oferă localul!

Persons: Dosoftei, ESCOBAR, Tony Stark Pepper ., Ramos Gin, . Cantemir, Berry, G . Bănulescu, M . Eminescu, REED, Tănase Organizations: New Delhi Sour, Café, Gold, Garden Locations: Chișinău, Chișinăului, Marlène, and, New Delhi, București

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☆ I Spent The Night In A Homeless Shelter—Here's What It Was Like
▼ + stars: | 2012-01-17 | by ( Robert Johnson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Last week, I registered at a shelter in Atlantic City and spent the night in a jam-packed room with more than 100 other men. His name was Pastor Gregory. If I stayed out of trouble, Pastor Gregory said, I could stay, more or less, indefinitely. Advertisement“Are you hungry?” Pastor Gregory asked me when we were done. AdvertisementAfter Pastor Gregory saw me drying off, he disappeared and I was on my own.

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