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2020-10-21 12:35:06

• British woman sees the jackpot run over her nose due to an empty bank account | Abroad

  A young woman from Hertfordshire, UK, thought for a moment that she had won the record jackpot of 210 million euros after the EuroMillions draw at the end of last month. The numbers it had been playing with for weeks turned out to be the winning combination on Friday, February 26th. However, the euphoria had to quickly give way to disappointment when it turned out that something went wrong with the push that she didn’t even play that toss. The British National Lottery now wishes the girl “good luck in a future drawing.”Read Full StoryLottery TicketJackpotBankUKEuroMillionsTwitterSwissDrawingLuckBritish MediaHertfordshireBritish YouthGameDisappointmentLiamRachel

• Save our Sauce: The 10 restauants to try in Tremont

  CLEVELAND — Tremont is one of the best Cleveland neighborhoods to stroll -- especially on a warm, summer evening. You can float in and out of shops, sit down for a nice dinner, and even stop for ice cream for dessert. The restaurant scene in this neighborhood makes this an evening destination.Read Full StoryTremont TaphouseBar FoodRestaurantsSoupsSushiFood & DrinkChicken SoupDessertThe SoupChicken Noodle SoupAsianLatin-AmericanTowpathProsperity Social ClubBelgianReubens

• An entrepreneur’s last attempt at regaining productivity: Ditching social media in 2021

  SaaS copywriter, Lewis Commercial Writing — Alexander specializes in writing conversion website copy and longform ebooks. Do I consume social media or is it slowly consuming me? This blurred line has garnered increased attention due to recent documentaries like The Social Dilemma, which popularized deeply unsettling questions about the impact of social media on our mental health, politics, even free will.Read Full StoryProductivityEbooksLinkedinSocial NetworksTime ChangeSocial BusinessSocial EntrepreneursInternet UsageAlexanderThe Social DilemmaMyspaceTwitterInstagramLinkedInDeep Work HypothesisTim HarfordCal Newport

• Portfolio Engineering

  Three-Dimensional Portfolio Engineering: Building a Strategic Asset Allocation to Meet Financial and Impact Goals. For decades, we have engineered scalable portfolios to help institutional investors achieve their goals. In the past, these goals have typically been financial (eg. return and risk targets), but now many investors are also seeking to achieve environmental and social impacts through their portfolios. We believe the best way to achieve both financial investment goals and these impact goals is through portfolio engineering that incorporates these objectives holistically, beginning with crisply defining an investor’s goals, systematically looking across a variety of asset classes to find assets that are aligned with these goals, and then combining those assets to create a portfolio that is designed to achieve a high ratio of return to risk.Read Full StoryAsset AllocationFinancial EngineeringSocial EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringAsset ClassesPortfolio EngineeringScalable PortfoliosFinancial InvestmentInstitutional Investors

• Microsoft's Bethesda Bid One Step Closer to Completion as European Union Approves Acquisition

  Microsoft's 7.5 billion dollar acquisition of ZeniMax Media — of course including Bethesda Softworks — has met the approval of the European Union. As VGC reports, the EU's antitrust regulator has given the green light to the historic merger, which will see Microsoft become the parent company of all Bethesda's development teams and their IP. Part of the regulator's responsibilities is to uphold competition law, and prohibit acquisitions that look to threaten market competition. With the deal now approved by the EU, it's another step towards finally being done.Read Full StoryCompetition LawBethesda SoftworksMicrosoft Corp.PlaystationEUBethesda Bid One StepZeniMax MediaThe European UnionXboxMergerPS5 Console ExclusivesAcquisitionsPlayStationConsoleMarket Competition

• Consortium counters racism, inequity

  The Human Rights Consortium is stepping up. Chartered in late September, the Human Rights Consortium is a group committed to equal rights for all individuals as described by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 'We felt like this was an important time to reintroduce that effort and provide some clarity...Read Full StoryRacismCountersHuman Rights CommissionPublic EducationCommunity EducationUniversity EducationAnderson OrganizingAvista UtilitiesEvans Brothers CoffeeHagadone Media GroupHospitalityHeritage HealthKootenai HealthLewis-Clark State CollegeMarimn Health

• Leading the tech ecosystem towards gender equality

  It’s critical that the tech ecosystem provide equal pay and equal opportunities to women. This isn’t only my belief because I’m a woman myself, nor because it’s the right thing to do. It’s also in our best interest – both on a micro-level for individual businesses and on a macro-level for the high tech sector as a whole.Read Full StoryGender EqualityEqual OpportunitiesTech CompaniesSocial EqualityWorkplace EqualityWomen In TechTech CultureMcKinseyHow Women InvestVcitaSheCodesYazamiyotVCAtento CapitalIsraeli

• New Pagans’ Lyndsey McDougall: ​“This pandemic has only dilapidated a system that was already failing mothers and carers”

  Firstly, thank you Kerrang! for demonstrating so much support for New Pagans and inviting me to write something for International Women’s Day on the theme of ​‘Choose To Challenge’. It doesn’t take much to get me agitated – anyone who has listened attentively to our lyrics will vouch for that.Read Full StoryLyndsey McdougallCarersParentingCommunity CareHome CareDay CareSocial CareWorking WomenNew PagansLyndsey McDougallSocietyChildcareLyricsGenerationsInternational WomenKim Gordon

• Celebrating Black History Month with, “A Most Beautiful Thing”

  Comcast Twin Cities recently hosted a virtual screening and panel discussion of the critically acclaimed film, “A Most Beautiful Thing.” This 90-minute documentary chronicles the story of the nation’s first African American high school rowing team and their journey to overcome the seemingly endless cycle of violence and injustice in their home community on the West Side of Chicago.Read Full StoryEqual OpportunitiesMental HealthRaceBlack History MonthFamily HistoryFilm HistoryWorld HistoryMovie HistoryComcast Twin CitiesAfrican AmericanMcFarlane Media InterestsManley High SchoolArshay CooperX1FlexMary Mazzio

• Seven Women Around The World On Their Hopes For 2021

  Nearly every country in the world has felt the affects of the pandemic this past year, and - as is often the case during crises - women especially are bearing the brunt. But that's not to say there isn't reason for hope. This International Women's Day, we hear from seven forces for change on their vows to make the world a fairer place, who also remind us why the day is still so needed. From working to ensure young women and girls are safer and benefit from improved laws to refusing to be silent on the violations committed against them, they are doing valuable work with Plan International. While some of their stories remind us how far we are from achieving equality, they also show how many incredible women around the world are fighting for a better future and need celebrating.Read Full StoryFor HopeGirls And BoysNigeria AishatuGender InequalityJordan HibaWorking WomenUNICEFIssues WomenGender EqualitySocial EqualityBornoZenithParaguay NoeliaProgramsSadiaPaulo Freire

• How Zoom Fatigue Impacts Students and Ways to Overcome It

  After nearly a year of the global pandemic, the online video chatting platform Zoom has become a regular part of our lives. From classes, to work meetings, and even calls among friends, we spend a lot of our time staring at computer screens on Zoom. As many know, staring at a screen, and using that as the primary way to communicate, can become tiring to the brain, which leads to what we have deemed “Zoom fatigue”.Read Full StoryCameraBeggingLong DayMental FatigueThe BrainWork TimeQuality TimeFranklin & MarshallZoom FatigueBody LanguageConceptsHuman BeingsCommunicationSocial CreaturesAssignments