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How To Get A Deep Piriformis Stretch To Get Rid Of Sciatica, Hip & Lower Back Pain Bennett Richardson is a physical therapist and writer out of Pittsburgh, PA. He has maintained certification as a strength and conditioning coach (CSCS) since 2014. He then went on to earn a BS in exercise science and a doctorate degree in physical therapy, both from Slippery Rock University. In his free time, Bennett likes to read and exercise. Continued here

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Thousands were laid off from tech companies this summer -- we talked to several workers to find out what it was like But now it’s the tech sector that’s under duress: Over the past few months, major companies like Wealthsimple, Thinkific Labs Inc., Clearco and Coinsquare have laid off hundreds of workers each, and total layoffs number in the tens of thousands sector-wide. With talk of a recession, a sharp downturn in online shopping and inflation cutting into bottom lines, technology sales have been sagging and stock prices have been slumping. Continued here

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Real estate market storm clouds are gathering Today credit has tightened, extensions are rife and defaults are rising, says the principal with LegalClosing.ca. The process of buying and selling was “very clean” when there was an abundance of money flowing through the system, Mr. Morris explains, but now that stream has slowed to a trickle. Continued here

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How to Build Real Relationships at Work Doing your job is only part of your job. The rest comes down to being seen, heard, and known — none of which is possible without strong relationships. But the hybrid office has made relationship building even more awkward than it used to be. In this piece, the author offers helpful advice for how to spark conversations when you’re in the office — and how to build on those conversations when you see the same person again. As he writes, “breaking the silence is the hardest step because it’s the easiest to overthink: Am I bothering this person? A voice in our head asks. What will this person think of me? Another voice wonders. What do I even say? A third voice adds. Before long, doubt sinks in and the opportunity slips away. The easier we make it to break the silence, the more likely we are to do so. The good news is, opportunities to transform strangers into acquaintances are all around us, all the time.” Continued here

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Broke the Rules on OKRs. Why It Worked Over the last few decades, Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) have become something of a staple for startups. OKRs are the goal-setting framework that has propelled companies like Intel, Uber, Amazon, LinkedIn, and many more to success. Think of a tech startup, and chances are they use OKRs. Continued here

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The Excesses of Compassion: A Reading List on Fallen Stories about spiritual teachers who lose their way. Continued here

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This logarithmic view of the Universe will blow your mind As we look to larger cosmic scales, we get a broader view of the expansive cosmic forest, eventually revealing the grandest views of all. Continued here

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When a Captive Shark Vomited Up a Human Arm—and Sparked a Murder Investigation The 14-foot tiger shark at the Coogee Aquarium in Sydney, Australia, was behaving strangely. It had lost the energy and appetite it showed when it first arrived at the facility one week prior, on April 17, 1935. It was moving sluggishly around its 25-by-15-foot pool, bumping into the walls and sinking to the tank's floor, where it swam as if something was weighing it down. Continued here

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Can we diagnose suffering without knowing a person's history? | Psyche Ideas Human bodies and mental states are always transforming. How can the DSM portray the full range of human suffering? Continued here

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How Cooking Became A Therapeutic Ritual For My OCD & Anxiety The mental health benefits of cooking are under-explored. Continued here

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Retirees may be focusing on the wrong risks to financial security, due to 'exaggerated assessments of market volatility' Instead, longevity — the prospect retirees may live longer than expected and run out of money — is actually the biggest financial threat, according to recent research from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. The paper ranked both actual and perceived risks for retirees. Continued here

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How insurance can create tax-free income in retirement I’ve got some good friends who are insurance advisers. If there’s one thing they have in common, it’s that they’re persistent. Maybe you’ve heard the story about the executive who met with an insurance adviser. “You ought to feel privileged that I’ve agreed to meet you today,” the executive said. “So far today, I’ve had my assistant turn away eight insurance salespeople,” he continued. “Yes, I know,” the adviser replied, “I’m all of them.” Continued here

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Rights, Laws, and Google Google is not bound by the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments, but its actions in a false positive CSAM case show that it is flouting the spirit behind them. Continued here

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Real Money, Fake Musicians: Inside a Million-Dollar Instagram Verification Scheme Jugenburg’s physician-influencer tendencies led to a six-month suspension of his Ontario medical license in 2021 after he admitted to filming patient interactions and sharing images of procedures without consent. He apologized for the lapse and is currently facing a class-action lawsuit from female patients who say their privacy was violated. Continued here

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Nepal's early-warning system reduces flood fatalities | DW | 31.08.2022 "Around 20,000 people were evacuated during that time. It was only possible because they had lots of time before the flood came to that place — otherwise they would have lost human lives," said Deepak Chapagain, president of the NGO Volunteer Corps Nepal which assisted with the flood response. Continued here

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How Bird Collecting Evolved Into Bird-Watching Hunting and collecting have long been obsessions among the wealthy, whether it be Egyptian pharaohs fowling in the marshes and filling their tombs with artifacts, Inca chiefs with their menageries, or early modern Europeans like Ole Worm and Francis Willughby cramming their cabinets with curiosities. The obsession with bird collecting in the 1800s and 1900s was a continuation of this trend but much more widespread, because by this date, a higher proportion of people in Europe had the wealth and time to collect. Both then and now, acquisition and accumulation often reflected deep-rooted cravings for status. Continued here

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A team of MLB rejects achieved baseball immortality -- as Bill Murray served the beers SALT LAKE CITY — Still sticky and soggy from the champagne shower in the clubhouse, they made the half-mile walk down Main Street from Derks Field to the watering hole that was as much a sanctuary as a place to get properly smashed. They filed in through the red metal door that opens into Duffy’s Tavern and into another world, one where this band of minor-league misfits, the 1987 Salt Lake Trappers, was bound for Cooperstown and baseball immortality. Continued here

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King of the Hill - The Atavist Magazine Andres Beckett dreamed of competing in a punishing rodeo event known as the Suicide Race. But more difficult than charging down the race’s dangerously steep track was earning a spot on the starting line. Continued here

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Meet 10 Black Icons Who've Shaped Fashion History The prevailing look, which over-indexes on thin, white bodies, has been challenged throughout fashion history, often by Black trailblazers devoted to pushing the boundaries of what a fashion icon looks like. But their work to drive the industry forward isn't always met with the accolades they've earned. It's something top of mind for TV host and style expert Melissa Chataigne, a TODAY Show regular who uses her platform to advocate for a more inclusive fashion scene, from Los Angeles Times op-eds to her blog and weekly newsletter, Elevated Living. Continued here

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From 'wicked stepmother' to unlikely ally: inside Diana's relationship with Raine Spencer – 25 years on from the princess's death Variously titled the Countess of Dartmouth, Countess Spencer and La Comtesse de Chambrun throughout her life, the 'narrative' surrounding her was, writes Tina Gaudoin, 'so speedily crafted that, by the mid-'80s, it was hard to see Raine as anyone other than the impossibly demanding wife of [Earl Spencer] and wicked stepmother of the future queen.' Continued here

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11 Discontinued Breakfast Cereals Breakfast cereal is a competitive industry. Food manufacturers have used a variety of colorful gimmicks to capture the attention of young consumers. While some products have become fixtures in the cereal aisle for decades, others enjoyed only a fleeting lifespan, existing now solely in our memories and old commercials recorded on VHS tapes. If you're craving a nostalgia trip, take a look back at these discontinued cereals from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s. Continued here

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The Art of Eating Well in Antarctica In 1916, when a Chilean ship rescued a group of shipwrecked British explorers on a failed attempt at the first land crossing of Antarctica, the men were on the brink of starvation. They’d resorted to gathering limpets and seaweed to eat with stewed seal bones. By the time the Chilean crew gave them a full meal, the men’s stomachs had become so atrophied that many of them fell sick. Continued here

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The game's Bond: the making of Nintendo classic GoldenEye 007 In 1985, when he was 14 years old, the game designer Martin Hollis asked his mother to help him write a letter to the estate of the author AA Milne. The teenager wanted to make a video game featuring Milne's most famous character, the honey-addict bear Winnie-the-Pooh. To date, Hollis had written only a few games on the BBC Micro in his bedroom: festive-themed clones of popular arcade titles that swapped, say, the Easter bunny for Pac-Man, or Santa Claus for Space Invaders. A PC magazine had paid Hollis £40 to publish the source code to one of his Christmas-themed games, which readers could type out and play. A game featuring Winnie-the-Pooh, Hollis reasoned, could be a lucrative hit. A few weeks later he received a letter from Milne's estate, provisionally offering him the video game rights to Winnie-the-Pooh for a minimum of £50,000. "It was out of our league at that point in time," he says. Continued here

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Here's How to Build Your Own Gaming PC From Scratch With Tips From Gaming Pro Rukari Austin If you’ve ever wanted to build a custom gaming PC but the thought of plugging a CPU and GPU into the right motherboard and then putting it all in a case like some sort of high-tech Lego set sounds a bit overwhelming — read on. Gaming pro Rukari Austin(Opens in a new window) says that building your own PC gaming rig is easier than you think, especially with GameStop’s killer selection of PC gear(Opens in a new window) available in stores and online. You can also get a hands-on feel for different components at GameStop’s new PC Gaming section at select store locations, so you can see how everything plays together and get the gear combo that nails what you’re going for. Continued here

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Our Exciting Plans Are Going to Crush Our Son. How Can We Soften the Blow? Parenting advice on moves, Covid, and neighborhood exclusion. Continued here

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How Parents Can Encourage Their Child's Joy One of the unexpected delights of being a parent is having a front row seat to seeing a child’s joy—whether it’s excitement at zoo, the experience of riding a train, or just getting a slushie on a summer day. “Most children have a huge capacity for joy,” said Maureen Healy, a child psychology expert and author of the book The Happiness Workbook For Kids. “Some children are born with challenges that make it difficult for them to experience joy, because of the environment or biological reasons, but most children are joyful.” As a parent, one of the struggles is finding a way to help your children retain their capacity for joy even as the difficulties of life get in the way. Continued here

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International Relations Theory Suggests Great-Power War Is Coming According to IR textbooks, the United States, Russia, and China are on a collision course. Continued here

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The Origin of Student Debt: Reagan Adviser Warned Free College Would Create a Dangerous "Educated Proletariat" In 1970, Ronald Reagan was running for reelection as governor of California. He had first won in 1966 with confrontational rhetoric toward the University of California public college system and executed confrontational policies when in office. In May 1970, Reagan had shut down all 28 UC and Cal State campuses in the midst of student protests against the Vietnam War and the U.S. bombing of Cambodia. On October 29, less than a week before the election, his education adviser Roger A. Freeman spoke at a press conference to defend him. Continued here

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6 Ch Thousands of châteaux across France have set a certain storybook aesthetic for centuries. Many of these sprawling estates were once reserved for nobility, with gilded interiors (Hall of Mirrors, anyone?) and turreted roofs, but today you don’t need royal lineage to experience a beautiful château. Simply clear your schedule, fork over 20 euros, and indulge in the regal luxury and history. Continued here

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How a Self-Trained Italian Blacksmith Built Himself an Amusement Park When, in 1968, Bruno Ferrin first set foot in the poplar forest on a hill near Treviso, Italy, he knew he had found a good spot. “I was looking for a way to work in my spare time,” he says. “And thought I could open a casual food stand in the woods.” Fifty-three years later, that patch of woods on Montello hill is home to something a fair bit larger and more unexpected. Continued here

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To Be a Good Manager, You Have to Be a Good Teacher Newer leaders sometimes assume their team has the skill or knowledge to successfully carry out the work they have assigned to them, but this may not necessarily be the case. Someone may be struggling with a particular task and might be hesitant to seek out help. To be an inspiring and approachable leader, here’s what you can do: Continued here

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5 Leadership Styles That Can Derail Companies—And End Careers In his 10-year tenure as CEO of Medtronic, Bill George managed to grow the medical technology company at 35-percent-per-year and oversaw huge market cap growth—from $1.1 billion to $60 billion. In his forthcoming book, True North: Emerging Leaders Edition, coauthored with millennial entrepreneur Zach Clayton, George shares some of the secrets of his success, as well as those of 220 other leaders, including Satya Nadella, Mary Barra, Ken Frazier and Indra Nooyi. In short, the best CEOs first discovered their “true north”—based not on platitudes or maxims, but on their own life stories and crucibles—and from there, with great self-awareness, they found their “north star,” or the purpose of their leadership. Continued here

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HBO Max and Warner Bros. Discovery seem to be on fire, and that's on purpose The last few weeks, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav has started to feel like a villain in a Real Housewives show. He isn’t here to make friends. He’s here to make money. Films have been canceled, TV shows have been yanked off HBO Max with zero preamble, execs have been let go, worsening the company’s already notable diversity problem, and the company has lost $20 billion off its market cap — all in an effort to get $3 billion in savings and hopefully reorient a ship Zaslav has disagreed with the course of. Continued here

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All you need to know about Nigeria's ban on foreign models Segun Arinze, a veteran actor and President of the Association of Voice-Over Artistes (AVOA) commended the move saying it was “an enabling regulation that favours the local industry, especially at a time when Nigeria is in dire need of sufficient platforms for its teeming youth population.” Continued here

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How Should I Reject a Job Applicant for Being Rude? I work in retail and accept applications in person. It's a great vetting tool to see how applicants introduce themselves to the sales staff. When an applicant looks down on sales staff or is otherwise pushy or rude to them, we treat that as a signal to not proceed to the interview stage, even if the person has the experience and skills on paper for the job. Continued here

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How to Handle Office Gossip ... When It's About You Gossip comes in different forms that serve different purposes. When it’s used as an indirect way of surfacing or engaging in interpersonal conflicts, it can incite workplace drama. So what should you do if you find out a colleague has been gossiping about you? First, let the messenger of the gossip know you’ll be discussing it with the gossiping colleague. You may lose access to some information. But if your example positively influences others, you may gain a healthier workplace. Second, when you confront the person gossiping, focus first on the content of their gossip, rather than their method. If there’s merit to the person’s concerns, you get the benefit of the feedback, and you also demonstrate both openness to feedback and a willingness to hold others accountable in a way that might encourage them to make a better choice the next time they have concerns. Finally, ask them for a commitment that, in the future, you will hear the complaint before others do — and promise them the same yourself. Continued here

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The best ab exercises, according to science An expert strength coach shares his science-backed picks of the best ab exercises for aesthetics and performance Continued here

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Vitamin B12 deficiency: Five areas on your body that can show signs | The Times of India Refrain from posting comments that are obscene, defamatory or inflammatory, and do not indulge in personal attacks, name calling or inciting hatred against any community. Help us delete comments that do not follow these guidelines by marking them offensive. Let's work together to keep the conversation civil. Continued here

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Scientists discover a 5-mile wide undersea crater created as the dinosaurs disappeared A newly discovered crater off the coast of West Africa was likely caused by an asteroid more than 400 meters wide that hit the Earth around the same time as the space rock that doomed the dinosaurs to extinction. Continued here

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Sharks That Hunted Near Antarctica Millions of Years Ago Recorded Earth's Climate History in Their Teeth Many theories about this climate shift focus on Antarctica. There is geologic evidence that both the Drake Passage, which is the water between South America and the Antarctic Peninsula, and the Tasman Gateway, between Australia and East Antarctica, widened and deepened during this time as Earth's tectonic plates moved. The wider, deeper passages would have been necessary for the waters of the major oceans to come together and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to form. That current, which flows around Antarctica today, traps cold waters in the Southern Ocean, keeping Antarctica cold and frozen. Continued here

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How to Create Space Between Stimulus and Response When something unexpected happens—for example, an accident, a pandemic, a competitor acting unpredictably, and so on—people generally go down one of two roads: they either impulsively react or more thoughtfully respond; the former is automatic (and therefore not very free) whereas the later is conscious and intentional. In the past, I've written about a heuristic for responding that I call the 4 P's: pause; process; plan; proceed. If you meet challenges by following this progression, you tend to make good choices, or at least not horrible ones. Continued here

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5 Ways to Be Happy According to Epictetus In this article we will explore 5 things we can learn about achieving happiness from the Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus. Continued here

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65% of Americans are doing 'the exact opposite of what they're supposed to,' says investing expert—here's what to do instead The S&P 500 — a common proxy for the broad U.S. stock market — is down 13% in 2022, but folks aren't buying more stock at cheaper prices. Just 1 in 4 Americans say it's a good time to invest in the stock market, according to a recent survey from Allianz Life, and 65% say they are keeping more money than they should out of the market out of fear of investment losses. Continued here

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Here's What a $2 Million Retirement Looks Like in America But most people get little guidance or give little thought to what to do with all those savings once they reach this next chapter. Whether they are decades, years, or months from retirement, it can be hard to imagine the life that 401(k) ultimately buys. And it is incredibly difficult to erase the anxiety about whether you are spending too much each year.  Continued here

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Did TikTok Kill The BeautyTube Star? Beauty is currency and can enhance one’s social capital — and the way we consume digital beauty content constantly evolves and changes. It seems like TikTok is largely the platform of choice for beauty content creators (or “gurus,” as they used to be called) in 2022, producing one viral makeup trend after another and influencing beauty lovers to purchase certain products. But there was a time when BeauyTube held a tight grasp on the beauty influencer scene — some would argue that it’s where it was born. Continued here

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It's settled: 6.1 inches is the ideal smartphone screen size I come to you today with good and bad news. The bad news is that small phones are dead. Apple is all but certainly killing off the iPhone Mini this year, and the smallest Android phone I’ve used all year is the 5.9-inch Asus Zenfone 9 — quite a bit larger than the 5.4-inch Mini. But that’s what passes for “small” now. Continued here

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Help! My Husband's Friend Did Something Unforgivable in College. He has a right to know. Continued here

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The Monks Who Took the Kora to Church On a clear day this spring, I attended Mass at the Abbey of Keur Moussa, a Benedictine monastery about an hour’s drive from the Senegalese capital of Dakar. It wasn’t Sunday, and I’m not a Catholic. Rather, I’d come to hear the music, a fusion of Gregorian chant with local languages and instruments that has earned the community worldwide acclaim. Its gray-and-white-frocked frères filed into church at a quarter after eleven, taking their seats on either side of the airy chancel. Perforated walls let in breezes and birdsong; above the altar, Black figures in red adorned a striking modernist fresco of Biblical scenes. The monks cleared their throats and paged through their breviaries. Then, breaking the silence with a few soft alleluias, they led a small congregation in an arrangement of Psalm 118. “Your hands have shaped and strengthened me,” the cantor sang, to the sound of bright arpeggios. “Enlighten me, that I may learn your will.” Continued here

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2022 U.S. Open: Most Iconic Moments in U.S. Open History During the 1981 final, the tennis rivals Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe battled one another in one last match. McEnroe won the match after four sets, making it their 22nd appearance together. In fact, the moment was so iconic that Hollywood made it into a movie starring Shia LaBeouf and Sverrir Gudnason called Borg vs. McEnroe.  Continued here

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US Open: Why is it so difficult to win a second grand slam? When Emma Raducanu won the US Open last year, she dropped her racket, sank to the floor and covered her face in her hands. Continued here

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Meghan of Montecito The conditions are right for confession. It is a beautiful August day in Montecito, in a beautiful sitting room, in a beautiful home. Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, a lively 3-year-old with a shock of ginger curls identical to his father’s, toddles into the room demanding “Momma” listen to his heartbeat with a wooden toy stethoscope. He stands, tummy protruding, while his mother, Meghan, convincingly performs her glee at hearing the thump-thump, thump-thump in his chest. Archie giggles and, satisfied, toddles right back out again. Continued here

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The Big [Censored] Theory I quickly became a fan of the sitcom when it was officially introduced in China on a video streaming website in 2011. But when I rewatched the show in 2022 on Youku, a Chinese video streaming website backed by e-commerce giant Alibaba, I couldn’t help but notice weird jumps, pauses, and disconnected canned laughter. Here is an example: Continued here

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grilled nectarines with gorgonzola and hazelnuts Listen, I don’t make the rules. These things aren’t rational. But at some point over our vacation in Scotland — a time when we mostly consumed fish and chips, more chips, steak pie, also with… Continued here

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How to Make Canned Vegetables Taste Luxurious I grew up eating a lot of canned vegetables, mostly at my grandmother’s house but occasionally at home. (I was a big fan of making pizza bagels in the toaster oven, and often use canned mushrooms as a topping.) My mom used them sparingly, but it was the only kind of vegetable my grandmother cooked with, even if that vegetable was potatoes. Continued here

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Give Yourself Permission to Buy That Steam Deck A year ago, when Valve announced the Steam Deck, I was absolutely riveted. I’m not a PC gamer—after eight to 10 hours of work each day, the last thing I want to do is be at a desk—but this new device offered something different: the ability to play PC games on a handheld. Prior to its arrival, anyone who wanted to play such games on-the-go had to hope they were available on Nintendo’s Switch. The Steam Deck offered an appealing alternative, one that lets players port their games from Steam onto a handheld and take them anywhere. Continued here

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30 years ago, Nintendo changed racing games forever Racing is one of the purest simulated thrills in gaming. Sure, you could get behind the wheel of an actual car and careen down a race track yourself, but racing games let you share the same excitement from the comfort of your couch, where a fiery crash is far less likely. There you can feel the adrenaline of passing the leading car, the elation of drifting nimbly through a sharp turn — and the agony of a blue shell detonating in your face, letting anthropomorphic toadstools and gorillas take victory from your hands. Continued here

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I Don't Want My Dad to Share Custody of Me With My Mom The breakup is very much is fault, and I just don’t like him anymore. Continued here

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My Boyfriend's Kids Don't Treat Me With Basic Respect Parenting advice on respect, spanking, and coming out. Continued here

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A 'radical shift' at the border is making things tougher for Biden A major detail is missing from many conversations about the rising number of migrants coming to the US-Mexico border. Continued here

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Is it fair to forgive student loans? Examining 3 of the arguments of a heated debate NPR’s sites use cookies, similar tracking and storage technologies, and information about the device you use to access our sites (together, “cookies”) to enhance your viewing, listening and user experience, personalize content, personalize messages from NPR’s sponsors, provide social media features, and analyze NPR’s traffic. This information is shared with social media, sponsorship, analytics, and other vendors or service providers. See details. Continued here

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How New York Ruined Its Summer Vacation Options include: Floral displays, TikTok influencers, and Alan Dershowitz. Continued here

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An Oregon couple breaks down how they turned their home into a bunk-bed Airbnb that brings in up to $7,000 a month and has hosted 1,300 guests from around the world First, Michael lost work as an independent mortgage broker during the early days of the 2008 financial crisis, which was largely caused by a housing bubble. Months later, their daughter Kylie was born with a rare genetic disorder. Her care required the presence of a parent at home and expensive items like a $6,000 feeding chair and $5,000 sleeper.  Continued here

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Managing Shareholders in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism Shareholder cultivation in the age of stakeholder capitalism requires management to identify steward shareholders and then foster symbiotic relationships with them. The authors offer four sets of tools managers can use to cultivate steward shareholders. These tools are classified into four types based on two dimensions: time-to-efficacy, which refers to the time needed for the tactics to take effect, and implementation difficulty, which pertains to resource demands and potential resistance managers may face in carrying out the tactics. Using these four sets of tools, managers can build a base of steward shareholders that are sure to offer their support for companies’ stakeholder-centered initiatives. Continued here

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Reinventing the Leader Selection Process The U.S. Army has long struggled with toxic and inept leaders, and no wonder: It has historically chosen battalion commanders, a linchpin position, on the basis of 90-second file reviews. Last year it undertook an ambitious revamping of that selection process, which now involves four full days of physical, cognitive, and psychological assessments and interviews. The author, a lieutenant colonel who served as an adviser to the task force that designed and implemented the new process, describes it in granular detail, including a variety of rigorous measures for reducing interviewer bias and ensuring diversity and inclusion. Although specifically aimed at improving the validity, reliability, and developmental impact of the army’s executive-leader selections, the redesigned process offers important lessons for any organization seeking to bolster its talent assessment and promotion practices. Continued here

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America v Europe: A comparison of riches leaves both sides red-faced When david hockney’s mother visited the British artist in Los Angeles she made an observation that points to the difficulties with transatlantic economic comparisons. “Strange,” she said, after a couple of days in the sun, “all this lovely weather and you never see any washing out.” Continued here

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How to Answer "Why Do You Want to Work Here?" Of all the interview questions job applicants prepare for, the most obvious ones sometimes get the least attention. Yes, you came ready to share your biggest flaw, your greatest strength, a moment when you shined, and a concept you learned, but what do you do with a broad but direct question like “Why do you want to work here?” In this piece, the author offers three strategies for answering this common interview question and provides sample answers for you to use as a guide. Continued here

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How to perfectly answer the "tell me about yourself" interview question The "tell me about yourself" interview question might feel intimidating, but it doesn't have to be. Here are our best tips for a great answer. Continued here

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The drugs don't work (and other mental health myths) According to one analysis of English newspapers, the number of articles stigmatising mental illness roughly halved between 2008 and 2016, while those challenging that stigma roughly doubled over the same period. And that seems to be having a positive impact on day-to-day experiences of prejudice - people with mental illness now report markedly less discrimination from family, friends and colleagues compared to just a few years ago. Continued here

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6 Essential Stretches for Tight Hamstrings and Hip Flexors These stretches for tight hamstrings also stretch and strengthen the hip flexors to ensure you find even more release and relief. Continued here

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The Three-City Problem of Modern Life NASA can land a probe on Saturn's largest moon, 764 million miles from Earth—yet no one has been able to mathematically demonstrate the exact positions of the Earth, sun, and our own moon at a given point in the future. Scientists can make estimates, but these all rely on simplifications. Continued here

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Without Einstein, we might have missed General Relativity Back in the late 1800s, what we thought of as “fundamental science” was rapidly advancing, leading to two different conflicting perspectives. Among most of the old guard, Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetism represented a spectacular achievement: making sense of electricity and magnetism as a single, unified phenomenon. Along with Newtonian gravity and the mechanical laws of motion, it seemed that everything in the Universe could soon be explained. But many others, including many young and emerging scientists, saw precisely the opposite: a Universe on the verge of a crisis. Continued here

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18 Destructive Habits Holding You Back From Success If you are focused on what others think of you, you aren’t listening to yourself. Your attempts to gain approval from others will only hold you back. There are times when it’s good to get the opinions of others, but you don’t need constant accolades from everyone around you. You are your own person, with your own successes and failures. Eventually you have to stand on your own two feet. Continued here

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Your inability to 'quiet your mind' isn't due to lack of effort. It's the wrong goal I understood that “awareness is the greatest agent for change,” as Eckhart Tolle says. Still, the space between awareness and change felt like a disappointing delta. My awareness of my inner voice was matched by an equal awareness that I didn’t know how to quiet it. Now, I had two problems.  Continued here

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A 24-year-old stock trader made over $8 million in 2 years. Here's how he identifies a winning trade regardless of stock-market conditions. Today, Kellogg is 24 years old, and his tax returns, viewed by Insider, showed that he reported over $8 million in gains from day trading in 2020 and 2021. His returns gained momentum in 2020, when he had a total income of $1.6 million. In 2021, that amount grew to a total income of $6.5 million. Continued here

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Rethinking Our Roofs, Parking Lots, and Sidewalks Could Save Money and Lives A 2021 heatwave that swept over the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. and Canada challenged infrastructure in areas that aren't used to such high temperatures. Even with heat advisory warnings from public health officials and efforts to stay cool, there were more than 480 reported sudden deaths at the beginning of July that year across Canada, a 195 percent increase in deaths that would usually happen in a five-day period country-wide.  Continued here

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The Best Portable Bluetooth Speaker Portable Bluetooth speakers are the easiest, most affordable way to spread the sound from your phone or tablet across a room, backyard, or beach blanket. Because Bluetooth speakers come in a variety of designs and sizes, it’s impossible to proclaim any one model perfect for every situation. But we think the Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 2 will appeal to almost everyone. Its full, clear sound and its ultra-rugged, compact design make it a perfect travel companion. Continued here

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A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave farmers around the world have turned to tractor hacking so they can bypass the digital locks that manufacturers impose on their vehicles. Like insulin pump “looping” and iPhone jailbreaking, this allows farmers to modify and repair the expensive equipment that’s vital to their work, the way they could with analog tractors. At the DefCon security conference in Las Vegas on Saturday, the hacker known as Sick Codes is presenting a new jailbreak for John Deere & Co. tractors that allows him to take control of multiple models through their touchscreens. Continued here

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These Online Resources Will Help You Find Free College Textbooks During the 2021-2022 academic year, the average college student spent between $628 and $1,471 on textbooks and supplies. Since the price of textbooks typically increases an average of 12% with each new edition, this cost will only continue to balloon upwards. There are a few measures students can take to try to mitigate these costs: renting the textbook instead of purchasing it, shopping at a secondhand bookstore, or buying a previous edition (and praying the baseline principles of the subject haven’t substantially changed between then and now). But there are also a handful of websites that provide databases to search to see if the textbooks a student needs are available to be downloaded for free. Continued here

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Book banned at a school named after its author | Boing Boing The book Life is So Good, co-written by George Dawson, is banned at George Dawson Middle School in Southlake, Texas. The same George Dawson who wrote this book is the George Dawson the school is na… Continued here

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Hoop dreams: the US basketball team that may have been the greatest of all time “I don’t know anything about Angola. But Angola’s in trouble.” The words of Charles Barkley at the Palau Municipal d’Esports the day before the US basketball team kicked off its run at the 1992 Olympic Games turned out to be true on several levels, some more uplifting than others. Continued here

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College Football Is Now NFL Lite A sport once defined by regional charm is awash in money and becoming more like the pros every week. Continued here

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The DC Universe Is a Mess, but It Can Be Fixed If Warner Bros. Discovery wants to rehabilitate its superhero franchise, it needs to learn from Marvel’s successes—and its misfires Continued here

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Poop and Flies: How New CGI Brought Reality to the Beasts in 'House of the Dragon' Given its title, it should come as no surprise that HBO’s new Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon, is going to have a lot of goddamn dragons. Seventeen, in fact. All owned, flown, and maintained by House Targaryen, and each with their own personality quirks, character design, and George R.R. Martin-created name. Continued here

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People Are Sharing Extremely Simple (But Often Overlooked) Cooking Tips That Make A Big Difference "I traveled to Italy last year, and learning it totally changed my pasta game for the better." Continued here

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20 of the Most Beloved Types of Pizza From Across the US Pizza is ubiquitous, especially in the U.S. where it might just be the unofficial official food of Americans everywhere. The magical phrase “let’s order a pizza” can change the vibe of any evening, and many of us have fond childhood memories of ordering a box of cheesy goodness or piling into the car to head for Pizza Hut. Continued here

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This 32-year-old high school dropout turned his video game side hustle into a $105 million startup A 32-year-old Black man, Fabian was adopted and raised from a young age by a white couple who also fostered a rotating cast of sometimes-troubled children, about an hour outside of Pittsburgh. Everywhere he went, he felt isolated because of his skin color — and always had something to prove. Continued here

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'Stray' — the videogame where you play as a cat — is breaking the internet The $29.99 third-person platform adventure and puzzle game — from French development studio BlueTwelve, and published by Annapurna Interactive — has drawn plenty of hype since it was first teased during the 2020 PS5 reveal event. (A newer trailer released on June 2 has already been viewed more than 1.7 million times on PlayStation's YouTube account.)  Continued here

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Slayer, Striker, Shooter and the Rise of the Extreme Baby Boy Name In a 2017 article for the Guardian titled “I’m No Jaxon or Albie. But a Boring Name Has Its Own Rewards,” novelist Andrew Martin weighs the pros and cons of having a common, unimaginative name. On the one hand, it’s simple and well-liked. On the other, he’s constantly confused for other people in his trade, can’t think up an original username or password for the life of him, and by his calculations would be earning “at least 20 percent more” if his name were “interesting, or even memorable.” Continued here

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How to Help Boost Your Teen Son's Self Image Something has happened to our teenage sons. They swap tips on the best fat-burning workouts. Many of them shun carbs. They agonise about their hair, their height. They won't go swimming with their friends because they think they need to lose weight. Continued here