Last summer, a friend of mine was about to leave on a trip for Mexico when she realized that her passport had expired. One round-trip flight and hundreds of dollars in fees later, and she got the expedited renewal before her trip. But the secondhand anxiety was enough for me to go immediately check my own passport. Expiration: April 2029. I should be good, right? For now, yes. But when—or maybe if, at this rate—2029 rolls around, I could be in exactly the same position as my friend. So, I created a calendar event called “1 year till passport expires” and set it for April 2028. A to-do list doesn’t do the trick for every task Yes, I could have added “renew passport” to my to-do list and set a deadline or a reminder. On many apps, I could have even hidden the task from view until it was time to do it. But do I really want a task that’s not coming up for another half a decade to live in my to-do list? No, I do not. I do have a personal to-do list (in Google … [Read more...] about Make this radical change to your to-do list
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How A TikTok Ban Would Deal A Blow To Creators, Businesses And The American Economy
A U.S. ban on the world’s most popular social media app would affect far more American businesses and people than just the 150 million using the platform here. C asey Evertsen drove down a suburban Utah street lined with trash bins, speaking into his phone’s camera as he gave a tour of the brightly-colored truck he uses for his garbage can-cleaning business. “If you like seeing dirty stuff get cleaned and watching how cool stuff works, follow along,” he said in the video shared on TikTok. “Let’s clean some bins!” Evertsen’s service, Bin Blasters , had for a whole year struggled to get traction through Facebook and Instagram. So taking a cue from his teenage daughter, he decided to try promoting it on TikTok instead. On his eighth video, just one month in, Evertsen “blew up.” "I went out and just started cleaning bins that day, started on our route, and I look at my phone like an hour later, and there's 17,000 views,” he recalled. “Then it just got in the millions.” … [Read more...] about How A TikTok Ban Would Deal A Blow To Creators, Businesses And The American Economy
Accor continues expansion in the Philippines with the signing of the country’s first MGallery Resort
From left to right: Chris Cho, Vice President Development, Singapore, Philippines, Japan, South Korea and the Maldives, Accor; Andrew Langdon, Senior Vice President, Development, Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea and India, Accor; Hope Uy, Managing Director of Panglao Shores; Anna Uy-Deaño, Financial Controller of Panglao Shores; Garth Simmons, CEO, Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea and India, and Bill Barnett, Managing Director, C9 Hotelworks Company Press Release BOHOL, PHILIPPINES – Accor, the region’s largest international hotel operator, has continued its rapid expansion in the Philippines with the signing of South Palms Resort Panglao Bohol – MGallery, a locally-inspired five-star resort on the idyllic island of Panglao that will introduce this emerging destination’s unique heritage and community values to visitors from all around the world. The resort joins a strong pipeline of 16 committed projects across the country, and will become the first resort-style property … [Read more...] about Accor continues expansion in the Philippines with the signing of the country’s first MGallery Resort
Thai police shoot dead Phetchaburi gunman after 14 hour standoff, 3 dead, 3 injured
UPDATE At 4am, SWAT police shot dead the ex-military ranger who went on a gun rampage yesterday killing three people and injuring three more in Petchaburi province in lower central Thailand . Pol. Lt. Gen. Thanayut Wuthiratanayong said that after 14 hours of failed negotiations, the gunman showed no signs of surrender so the police took decisive action to kill him to prevent further loss of life. Officers took a soft-to-hard approach, said the officer. When police tried to negotiate with 29 year old Anuwat, he fired shots back at them from the second floor of his house, said Pol. Lt. Gen. Thanayut. The SWAT team’s shields were hit by six bullets, damaging the shields but not penetrating through to cause injury. The gunman turned off the lights, closed the curtains, and moved furniture to hide. However, police entered the house and killed Anuwat on the second floor at 4am. Police found a .9mm gun near his body. Related news Bangkok Airways to launch … [Read more...] about Thai police shoot dead Phetchaburi gunman after 14 hour standoff, 3 dead, 3 injured