Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Style Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Today’s Paper Style | The Big Online Dating Rebrand Supported by Apps like Tinder, Bumble and Grindr want you to fall in love again (with them). ByJonah Engel Bromwich Dec. 18, 2018 Tinder and Bumble are desperate to convince you that you’re not desperate. Dating, they promise, is fun, so fun, that when one date ends badly, it’s a barely disguised blessing: You get to stay on the apps and keep on dating! Both companies are pushing this message with recent advertising efforts. Tinder has aSwipe Life, specializing in personal essays that reinforce the idea that dating misadventures are cool, or at least exciting, invigorating and youthfulcompares downloading Tinder to buying your first beer and losing your virginity.) Bumble is selling itself as a means to personal betterment and greater sophistication. It is … [Read more...] about The Big Online Dating Rebrand
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WATCH: Fascinating pictures offer a glimpse at Suffolk village life dating back as far as 1890
Video PUBLISHED: 19:10 06 December 2018 Andrew Hirst Archive photos showing working life in Westleton Picture: WESTLETON VILLAGE HALL WVH A Suffolk village hall improvement project hopes to preserve an archive of thousands of documents and photographs, offering a unique insight into rural life across the ages. People in Westleton are trying to raise £120,000 before Christmas to attract additional funding to restore the historic Grade II listed building, which is said to play a “vital” community role. The project would see an extension and refurbishment of the old Victorian school hall to host events and for organisations to meet. Project leaders have also highlighted the hall’s role as a village archive centre, which they want to keep for future generations. “There are some 8,000 documents in the village archive which are mostly stored in a damp and decaying shed and what were the outside earth closets in the old school … [Read more...] about WATCH: Fascinating pictures offer a glimpse at Suffolk village life dating back as far as 1890
The life and rise of ‘Westworld’ star Evan Rachel Wood, who was nominated for a Golden Globe as a teenager and has a deep connection to music and activism
source John P. Johnson/HBO Evan Rachel Wood has been a famous actress for half of her life. Now 30, she first gained fame for her breakout leading role in 2003’s “Thirteen,” which snagged her a Golden Globe nomination. After that film’s success, she continued to appear in smaller independent films. Toward the later 2000s, her roles made her more high-profile thanks to meaty stints in Oscar-nominated films including “The Wrestler” and “The Ides of March.” Now, she’s one of the best actors on television, starring on HBO’s “Westworld” as Dolores Abernathy, a dangerous host with free will, and a primary anti-hero in the second season, airing now on HBO. Wood is also an activist for women’s rights, an outspoken victim of sexual assault, and an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights. Here’s how Wood’s career has blossomed over the past two decades: Evan Rachel Wood was born … [Read more...] about The life and rise of ‘Westworld’ star Evan Rachel Wood, who was nominated for a Golden Globe as a teenager and has a deep connection to music and activism
Thrive Global Closes Series B Extension with $43 Million Raised to Date, Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Durant, San Francisco 49ers Enterprises and Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Wndrco Among New Funders
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2018--Thrive Global, the behavior change media and technology company founded by Arianna Huffington in November 2016, has closed an extension of its Series B funding round with a group of new strategic partners, bringing the total raised to date to $43 million at a $121.5 million valuation. The Series B funding is focused on dramatically accelerating Thrive’s technology and product growth to scale its impact on ending the epidemic of stress and burnout to more people, more companies and more countries around the world."This extension is an amazing opportunity for Thrive Global to bring in some great strategic partners who deeply believe in our mission and are uniquely positioned to help us grow our business and accelerate the culture shift we are working on," said Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO of Thrive Global."After closing our Series B there was lots of interest in Thrive Global as they are pursuing … [Read more...] about Thrive Global Closes Series B Extension with $43 Million Raised to Date, Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Durant, San Francisco 49ers Enterprises and Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Wndrco Among New Funders
Life among the ruins: Chinese village 10 years after quake
For some residents of southwestern China's Radish Village, very little has changed in the decade since a devastating earthquake nearly levelled their ancient homes. The tiny hamlet is one of several in Sichuan province that decided to preserve the destruction as a memorial to the disaster that left 87,000 people dead or missing when it struck on May 12, 2008. But there is one major difference: among the debris in Radish Village, life goes on. Vegetable gardens quilt the spaces where homes once stood. Survivors grow greens and other crops among the rubble to supplement their meagre income. An abandoned ruin. Collapsed homes double as hog pens. Bees buzz through empty window frames and into rooms open to the sky, where elderly survivors tend to their hives. The honey is one of several products locals hawk to tourists wandering the village's quiet footpaths. As an early morning mist breaks, women in the traditional blue robes of the local Qiang minority group set up tables full of … [Read more...] about Life among the ruins: Chinese village 10 years after quake