Valuable lessons learned in life

Alex Jones, an American radio show host and far-right conspiracy theorist. (Image: Reuters) Alex Jones, a United States entrepreneur, radio host, Donald Trump supporter, and spreader of conspiracy theories, has been fined $45 million in penal damages , and $4.1 million in compensatory damages for the hurt he inflicted on families of schoolchildren who had been shot dead in the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre. This is significant, not only for the media in the US, but also for media around the world. Falsehoods, which spread online with grievous effects on some people, can be nailed in the courts and their purveyors, brought to book — that is the clear message. Jones has two more prosecutions to survive, for the same lie, in which different sets of parents are suing him, and he might accumulate even higher penalties. If fake news can be nailed in the US, where the Supreme Court has generally chosen to protect hate speech as an exercise of the right to free speech, why … [Read more...] about Lessons for India to learn from the Alex Jones case

Lim (right) with Benjie Paras (left) and Janno Gibbs In his teenage years, Xian Lim moved to the Philippines from the United States with one goal in mind—to become a professional basketball player. And while he did manage to earn a spot in a collegiate team, his plans didn’t pan out as he had hoped. “The reason I moved here was I wanted to play ball. I didn’t have a plan B or plan C. That was it. The dream was to become a professional player, and it didn’t happen,” he said in a recent online story conference for “Hello, Universe,” his upcoming second film as a director. But life has a way of surprising us, Xian realized later on. One door closed, but another one opened. Show biz beckoned. “We face rejections constantly. But life can steer you into a different direction. Life will not give you what you want all the time, or from the get-go,” Xian said. “You can go through many ups and downs and still don’t get what you want. But I was led to another door. We can’t say what’s … [Read more...] about Lessons from rejection that led to Xian Lim’s career as an actor-director

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Dr. Matt Binnicker, an expert in the diagnosis of infectious diseases, discusses how testing for monkeypox is performed and how it differs from Covid-19. Monkeypox virus , once considered a rare viral infection mainly confined to the continent of Africa, has now been confirmed in over 28,000 cases worldwide, including more than 7,500 in the United States. Last week, the Biden Administration declared monkeypox a public health emergency, including plans to expand the availability of vaccines and testing. As of right now, the only way to confirm a positive monkeypox case is to send a sample to a lab, which is why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently partnered with 5 commercial labs to expand testing capacity. Monkeypox is spread primarily through direct contact with a lesion (or rash) that contains the virus. Many cases in the current outbreak have been associated with sexual transmission of … [Read more...] about Here’s Why You Won’t Be Testing For Monkeypox At Home Anytime Soon

Many things separate a good collaboration from a bad one—a clear storyline or message and delivery with confidence—but most bad interactions have something in common. In bad ones, the person delivering the information puts themselves at the center of structuring, designing, and delivering. Good ones are about the recipients, colleagues, or collaborators, and what will work for them. advertisement advertisement Attention hog warning signs You may be taking this approach without even realizing it. Attention hogs often think like this: How can I create what I need quickly and easily? What content matters to me, and so should go in the communication? How can I create slides or supporting materials with minimal effort? What storyline and structure makes sense to me? How can I deliver the information quickly and get it over with? For example, many MBA students I teach want to learn how to design presentations more quickly. They … [Read more...] about 5 signs you’re being an attention hog and how to stop

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin For MedTrans Go CEO and Co-Founder Dana Weeks, equity, inclusion, and belonging have always been driving forces, but she also thought heath equity could mean better business. Frustrated by a healthcare industry hurting patients and businesses alike, she saw an opportunity and got to work. “The reason I love my job so much is because I can have positive impact on people, while contributing to solutions to healthcare industry problems, and simultaneously growing a successful business.” —Dana Weeks, CEO and Co-Founder, MedTrans Go Jessica Pliska: I often start these columns asking executives about their early life influences that persist today. What can you tell me about yours? Dana Weeks: My story starts when I was an orphan in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. I was adopted by an American family when I was one-and-a-half years old. I don’t know the full story because some of the paperwork about me … [Read more...] about Building Healthcare Equity, One Ride At A Time

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Since she opened their first property in 1999 with her husband Phil, turning the family’s South Africa safari lodge into Royal Malewane , Liz Biden has created hotels known for her exuberant, unique design and top of the line service: Birkenhead House waterfront in Hermanus; La Residence in the Cape Winelands town of Franschhoek; the art filled tower The Silo Hotel in Cape Town. But she continued to add on to the Royal Malewane lodges in the private Thornybush reserve next to Kruger National Park. The latest: the opulent, eclectic, vividly colored and perfectly located for wildlife viewing Waterside opened in mid July. The designs in the 8 freestanding suites (six with one bedroom, one with two and a four bedroom house) mix furnishings that would look right at home in city Presidential Suites with local African artifacts and art. But it’s the bold colors that you notice first starting with intense versions of the … [Read more...] about This New, Sumptuous Safari Lodge Is The Place To Stay In South Africa Now

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Eric Fragola is a cofounder of Labruutories LLC . The parent company to several successful retail businesses. Business and marriage are complex topics on their own. So why would anyone care to mix them? Just because something is possible, should you do it? It may have been inadvisable, but with some proper guidelines, I've found it can be quite beneficial. Not only am I happily married, but my wife and I run one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S. with a great team, and we continue to grow each year as a company and as a couple. However, it wasn't smooth sailing to start. We worked through some major growing pains, and together I've highlighted these to help other couples who actively work together and those who are considering it. Identity While you may share tax documents, last names and assets together, it's not to be taken lightly that you both need to maintain your own separate … [Read more...] about Building A Business With Your Spouse—Guidelines To Make It Work

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The recently cancelled superhero film Batgirl is a valuable property. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) thinks it looks and feels more like a TV movie than a big-budget feature film, but with a year until it can even hit theaters due to continuity issues with the timing of Michael Keaton’s arrival as the new DCEU Batman in The Flash , there’s plenty of time for WBD to elevate its cinematic scope and release Batgirl in 2023. Releasing Batgirl means spending money instead of taking a write off. But that’s what betting on yourself is all about in big moments, even if the typical way of doing business is to cast off the plans and victories of your predecessors (the thinking being, “Why invest time and resources under your watch to something that will only gain fame and favor for someone you replaced and are specifically repudiating with your longterm vision and planning?”). I cannot believe anyone seriously thinks there’s … [Read more...] about The Best Reasons Warner Bros. Discovery Should Release ‘Batgirl’ In Theaters In 2023

Story highlights People who perform same-sex marriages could face up to seven years in prison Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed an anti-homosexuality bill Monday The White House says Museveni took his country a "step backward" Museveni changed positions on the bill several times before signing it President Yoweri Museveni, who made anti-homosexuality laws in Uganda much tougher Monday, told CNN in an exclusive interview that sexual behavior is a matter of choice and gay people are "disgusting." After signing the bill that made some homosexual acts punishable by life in prison, Museveni told CNN's Zain Verjee that, in his view, being homosexual is "unnatural" and not a human right. "They're disgusting. What sort of people are they?" he said. "I never knew what they were doing. I've been told recently that what they do is terrible. Disgusting. But I was ready to ignore that if there was proof that that's how he is born, abnormal. But now the proof is not … [Read more...] about Uganda president: Homosexuals are ‘disgusting’

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Be More Chill begins previews July 26 Be More Chill begins previews July 26 "Be More Chill" is a musical success story that almost didn't happen. The Off-Broadway show debuting later this month enjoyed modest success when it first premiered at Two River Theater in New Jersey in 2015. The production ran for six weeks and a cast album got made. Two years later, without warning or any particular prompt, fan interest took off in the form of an underground viral obsession, particularly among young people. Streams of the cast recording were downloaded more than a hundred million times and the blizzard of attention led to the revival opening July 26 at the Pershing Square Signature Center. I first heard about "Be More Chill" when my theater-loving teenager and his friends started singing the songs in the back seat on the way home from play rehearsal. They knew all the words and even the back story to a musical I … [Read more...] about The Fascinating Success Story Of The Cult-Hit Musical That Almost Didn’t Happen