Saturday assorted links
1. Kenyan living standards. 2. What happens when a moose walks into an Alaskan movie theatre? 3. The NIMBY culture that is Britain. 4. Why do dogs tilt their heads to one side? 5. Sudowrite, AI for writing, supposed to be very good. 6. The fertility culture that is South Korea. 7. Shruti’s…#kenyan #alaskan #nimby #shruti #padmadesai
Source: Reuters: Health - May 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Warren Buffett gave Alex Rodriguez 2 pieces of investing advice when he signed his $252 million contract
When he was just 25 years old, baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez signed a 10-year, $252 million contract with the Texas Rangers. It was the biggest contract in the history of sports at the time. The deal not only set A-Rod up for life from a financial standpoint, it also helped him create a…#alexrodriguez #texasrangers #arod #warrenbuffett #davidrubenstein #omaha #debbiebosanek
Source: Reuters: Health - May 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

World Health Organization Says COVID-19 Is No Longer a Global Emergency
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least 7 million people worldwide. WHO said that even though the emergency phase was over, the pandemic hasn’t come to an end, noting recent spikes in cases in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. The U.N. health agency says that thousands of people are still dying from the virus every week. “It’s with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as ...
Source: TIME: Health - May 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: MARIA CHENG and JAMEY KEATEN / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 wire Source Type: news

‘Lost’ microbial genes found in dental plaque of ancient humans
About 19,000 years ago, a woman died in northern Spain. Her body was deliberately buried with pieces of the natural pigment ochre and placed behind a block of limestone in a cave known as El Mirón. When her ochre-dyed bones were unearthed in 2010, archaeologists dubbed her the Red Lady. The careful treatment of her body provided scientists with insights into how people from the time buried their dead. Now, thanks to the poor oral hygiene of that period, her teeth are helping illuminate a vanished world of bacteria and their chemical creations. From dental calculus, the rock-hard plaque that accumulates on teeth, ...
Source: ScienceNOW - May 4, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

A farewell to the x-ray –generating particle accelerator that was my father’s baby
Last week technicians at Argonne National Laboratory began to disassemble a particle accelerator known as the Advanced Photon Source (APS), a ring 1.1 kilometers around that since 1995 has shone as one of the world’s brightest sources of x-rays. It’s hardly the end for the facility, which annually serves nearly 6000 scientists from myriad fields. Within a year, workers will replace the electron accelerator with a new one that will boost the intensity of the APS’s output x-ray beams by a factor of 500. A major scientific facility will be rejuvenated. That’s not unusual. For me personally, however, the dis...
Source: ScienceNOW - May 4, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Miley Cyrus ’ Happy Hippie Foundation Partners With Betsey Johnson to Help LGBTQ Youth
Sure, you can buy yourself flowers. But, if you’d rather buy yourself flower-print pieces from Betsey Johnson’s rhinestone collection, Miley Cyrus‘ Happy Hippie Foundation will receive $1 from each purchase — a new partnership that will benefit LGBTQ youth throughout Mental Health Awareness Month.…#y2k #maven #disneychannel #hannahmontana #grammy #betseyjohnson
Source: Reuters: Health - May 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

' Iconic ' pieces of Hollywood history are up for auction including Sam Malone ' s ' Cheers ' bar and Johnny Carson ' s ' Tonight Show ' set
When Johnny Carson retired from “The Tonight Show” after 30 years, one man was determined to make the iconic set part of his burgeoning collection of television memorabilia. “I would love to say that I convinced him that I was the best guy for the job, but really, if I’m being honest, I had to…#johnnycarson #tonightshow #jamescomisar #hollywood #comisar #dallas #heritageauctions #sammalone #cheers #barbaraeden
Source: Reuters: Health - May 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The science of standup: can you train someone to be funny?
The founders of Melbourne ’s Steam Room program believe scientists can make their work more accessible through humour. Will their hypothesis prove true?Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailFive scientists walk into a theatre and try standup for the first time. Does hilarity ensue?Yes, according to the producers of the Steam Room – a program in which comedians teach a team of scientists how to be funny. The result, after weeks of improv classes and intensive workshops, is several nights of science-inflected live comedy performed around Australia.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 30, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Donna Lu Science writer Tags: Science Comedy Culture Australia news Source Type: news

The Weekend Shift: DeFi, Trading Bots, Bitcoin City
Welcome to the 116th Weekend Shift! What’s the deal? Over the weekend, we’ll update this post with some of the most interesting articles, podcasts, charts, and opinion pieces we’re too busy to write about. OK, only crypto? Not necessarily. We do that Monday to Friday, so we try to explore new…#twitter #consensusa #bennetttomlin #garygensler #eth #wublockchain #pikacap #andrewkangrewkang #gmx #567khe
Source: Reuters: Health - April 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

‘Queen Charlotte’ Cast Teases the New World Explored in ‘Bridgerton’ Spinoff
Netflix hosted a royal ball fit with its own royal court from several HBCUs as well as the “Bridgerton” royals at the “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” premiere on Wednesday night. Held at Westwood’s Regency Village Theatre, cast members including executive producer and showrunner Shonda…#netflix #bridgerton #shondarhimes #betsybeers #goldarosheuvel #amarteifio #coreymylchreest #arsemathomas #aliciakeys #ifiaintgotyou
Source: Reuters: Health - April 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Three Steps NGO Leaders Can Take toward a Future of Inclusive, Locally Led Development
By Maqsoda Maqsodi, President and chief executive officer (interim) ; Pape Amadou Gaye, Founder& President, Baobab InstituteApril 27, 2023If you ask the head of any international or regional NGO what is on their mind lately, chances are it’s the same thing that’s on ours: the localization debate.And it truly is a debate—opinions vary on every aspect of it, from what we should call it to how to do it, and how to help your organization survive it. Those of us who follow such things have seen an onslaught of opinion pieces on this topic lately, most of which highlight northern perspectives and the po...
Source: IntraHealth International - April 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Tags: Family Planning & Reproductive Health Education Performance Source Type: news

Rihanna Shows Up At CinemaCon, Announces That She ’s Playing Smurfette In Paramount ‘The Smurfs Movie’
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 26: Rihanna attends Marvel Studios' "Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever" Premiere at Dolby Theatre on October 26, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) In her third trimester, Rihanna showed up at Paramount Pictures CinemaCon to say…#hollywood #marvelstudios #blackpanther2 #wakandaforever #par #nickelodeonmovies #smurfsmovie #chrismiller
Source: Reuters: Health - April 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Lumber prices fall toward multi-year lows as pending home sales slump and industry searches for supply balance
A man loads pieces of two-by-four wood onto his cart in the lumber section at a home improvement store on August 16, 2022 in Alhambra, California. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images Lumber prices continued their downward trend on Thursday, falling 4% toward multi-year lows. The decline in…#alhambra #fredericjbrownafp #gettyimageslumber #nar #lawrenceyun #sherwoodlumber #andygoodman #goodman
Source: Reuters: Health - April 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

At These American Museums, You Can Travel the World
This article is part of our Museums special section about how art institutions are reaching out to new…#johanzoffany #philipsassoon #jewishmuseum #sassoon #udaipur #industrialrevolution #queens #mexican #queensmuseum #smetgala
Source: Reuters: Health - April 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Idris Elba Boards U.K. Production of ‘School Girls’ as Associate Producer (EXCLUSIVE)
“Luther” star Idris Elba has joined the team at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre as an associate producer for the U.K. production of “School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play” by Jocelyn Bioh, in association with Mark Gordon Pictures and Francesca Moody Productions. The play is set in Ghana’s…#idriselba #african #jocelynbioh #markgordonpictures #ghana #queenbeepaulina #paulina #ericka #heatheragyepong #bolaakeju
Source: Reuters: Health - April 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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