After decades in woods, New Hampshire man forced from cabin
As the owner of the land seeks to tear down the cabin, Lidstone has been jailed since July 15 on a civil contempt sanction. “He’s just a really, really, big caring guy, and just chooses to live off the grid,” she said. But in the eyes of the current owner, he's a squatter and needs to go. The judge suggested Wednesday that Giles and town officials work with a mediator, but Giles' lawyer said the logistics would be too daunting. Lidstone's decision to live in the woods is “exactly the lifestyle he wants," said his brother, Vincent Lidstone, 77, of Lafayette, Georgia.
Source:ABC News
August 04, 2021 11:15 UTC
Is ‘Fail-Fast’ Strategy A Non-Starter For Women And Minorities?
Fail forward fast. Three words of management strategy you hear regularly in Silicon Valley and increasingly from would-be innovators in other industries, as well. ADVERTISEMENTThere’s a problem, however: Minorities and women face a unique set of challenges – and rules, for that matter – that unfortunately prejudge performance and stereotype it back to their identity group. The bottom line: Black women are both the most visible people in an organization while, at the same time, are totally invisible. Going ForwardHere’s the reality: women and minorities have to approach things differently.
Source:Forbes
August 04, 2021 11:15 UTC
What Does Your Workplace Of The Future Look Like?
No matter what stage you are in, determining your workplace of the future should be driven by the needs of your employees. Many found increased flexibility and productivity by working remotely and don’t want to return to the office. This empathetic model offers each employee flexibility in choosing their own workplace classification: on-site, remote or hybrid. Companies should assess which parts of their population can, and wish to, continue working remotely on a permanent basis. Hybrid: Nearly 90% of workers in the U.S. now prefer to work remotely at least one day per week.
Source:Forbes
August 04, 2021 11:15 UTC
Ways To Boost Customer Engagement Using Conversational AI
Using natural language understanding (NLU), conversational AI enhances customer engagement between humans and machines. Now that we have a better understanding of the technology and why customer engagement is crucial for brands, let’s talk about ways to boost customer engagement using conversational AI:1. Understanding your customer better: Conversational AI helps understand your customer, their asks and their preferences better. Build a conversational AI platform where customers can be automatically routed to support agents in order to make customer engagement seamless. Benefits Of Conversational AI• Cost efficiency: Conversational AI reduces human intervention and helps create chatbots that provide better, more efficient and faster resolution.
Source:Forbes
August 04, 2021 11:03 UTC
Post-Pandemic Active Travel - Your Best All-Inclusive Adventure Vacations
Tour operators and hotels specializing in active travel are seeing high demand, and in many cases, record reservations, especially for 2022. Today is all about one of the most enjoyable but least well-known active vacations, a trip to an all-inclusive adventure lodge. “In particular, travel agents turn to us and confirm that the type of travel Explora is renowned for is exactly what their clients are interested in. ExploraThe best example of this type of travel comes from South America, where a handful of companies have specialized in all-inclusive adventure lodges in the most beautiful settings. Explora lodge guests on a hike on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Explora“Hiking is a common ground for all Explora travelers.
Source:Forbes
August 04, 2021 11:03 UTC
While they were asleep, their Teslas burned in the garage. It’s a risk many automakers are taking seriously.
Also late last year, flames started shooting out of a five-year-old Tesla Model S in Frisco, Tex., and firefighters struggled to gain access to the cabin after the motorized doors failed to open. Tesla said in 2019 that it had sent investigators to the site of an explosion involving a Model S in a Shanghai car park. Surveillance video showed smoke billowing from the parked car before a fiery blast. In 2018, a Tesla Model S caught fire “out of the blue” on a Los Angeles street, said actress Mary McCormack, whose husband owned the vehicle. Tesla acknowledged that the flames came from the battery.
Source:Washington Post
August 04, 2021 11:03 UTC
When it comes to Olympic sport climbing, hands are the ultimate ‘problem’ solvers
AdvertisementAdvertisementThis week, Coleman and his U.S. teammates have come to the Tokyo Olympics for the debut of sport climbing, an event that derives from the age-old challenge of scrambling up cliffs in the wilderness. “Essentially, every move you make in climbing, you’re using the hands,” says Josh Larson, the U.S. coach. But finger strength is something you can measure.” Josh Larson, U.S. Olympic sport climbing coachBowflex has yet to devise a workout machine that adequately strengthens the grip. “That’s what keeps us from climbing every day, which I think is a good thing because we’re a little obsessive.”InjuriesThe hands of U.S. sport climber Brooke Raboutou. They want the touch of bare hands, maybe a little chalk, and the kind of skin that sticks to the wall.
Source:Los Angeles Times
August 04, 2021 11:02 UTC
Super Electric Scooter Looks To Zapp Urban Mobility Market
Zapp i300 electric scooter. Specifically, on a Zapp i300 electric motor scooter. Tony Posawatz with the Zapp i300 electric scooter. We view it as a daily commuter.”Battery pack for the Zapp i300 electric scooter. Even as it ramps up production, distribution and sales of the i300, Posawatz declares Zapp is in solid financial shape.
Source:Forbes
August 04, 2021 11:00 UTC
We Predict Repair Study Offers Optimism For EV Owners
In general, vehicle service costs increase over time, according to We Predict's Deepview Truecost study, but when spending for electric vehicles is broken out, it appears just the opposite is the case. According to We Predict data, the cost to repair an EV after three months of service is more than 2.3 times higher per vehicle than the costs to repair other vehicles. A year after an electric vehicle's launch We Predict found the the number of so-called “incidents” per 1000 vehicles dropped 33% from its initial launch and repair costs declined 27%. “It looks like the EV costs are actually very front-loaded,” explained Davies. As automakers have more experience engineering, building and launching and servicing EVs repair costs will decline even further.
Source:Forbes
August 04, 2021 11:00 UTC
Skateboarder's Fall Produces The Most Uplifting Moment At The Tokyo Olympics
Skateboarder Misugu Okamoto of Japan finished short of a medal when she fell on her last run in the park finals at the Tokyo Olympics. Although Okamoto, 15, came in fourth, her fellow competitors made sure she felt like a winner as they hugged her, lifted her up on their shoulders and carried her away.
Source:Huffington Post
August 04, 2021 10:52 UTC
Simone Biles reveals she was dealing with family tragedy while at Tokyo Olympics
Simone Biles revealed Tuesday she was dealing with a family tragedy amid trying to get her mental health in order on the global stage of the Tokyo Olympics. Biles, after winning the bronze medal in the balance beam event, told reporters those watching Olympians from home don’t know what they’re going through. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"At the end of the day, people don't understand what we are going through," Biles said, via Olympics.com. Biles told NBC’s "Today" the bronze medal – her seventh Olympic medal – meant more than the gold medals she won in 2016. It was very emotional, and I'm just proud of myself and just all of these girls, as well," Biles said.
Source:Fox News
August 04, 2021 10:41 UTC
Damian Warner: Three-time Olympian says Tokyo 2020 is the 'hottest' Games' he's competed in
Wednesday is one of hottest days of the Games so far as Tokyo and 39 other Japanese prefectures issued heat illness alerts. Korda gestures on 18th hole during the first round of the women's golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. An ongoing issueTokyo's high summer temperatures and thick humidity concerned many going into the Summer Games. Canadian decathlete Damian Warner, who is at his third Olympics, said Tokyo 2020 is the "hottest" Games he has competed in. Warner reacts during the men's decathlon 100m heats on day twelve of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Source:CNN
August 04, 2021 10:40 UTC
Fenty’s Fortune: Rihanna Is Now Officially A Billionaire
by Madeline BergW hen Robyn Fenty, known to the world as Rihanna, launched Fenty Beauty in 2017, she sought to create a cosmetics company that made “women everywhere (feel) included.” A perhaps unintended consequence: The beauty line has helped her enter one of the world’s most exclusive ranks: Billionaire. The bulk of her fortune (an estimated $1.4 billion) comes from the value of Fenty Beauty, of which Forbes can now confirm she owns 50%. Thanks to the impressive multiples at which beauty companies are trading, Fenty Beauty is worth a conservative $2.8 billion, Forbes estimates. Fenty Beauty isn’t Rihanna’s only billion-dollar brand. “Even if you don't like her music, she’s created a real style in the fashion and beauty space.”MORE FROM FORBES
Source:Forbes
August 04, 2021 10:30 UTC
Belarusian Olympic runner flies to Europe amid fear of reprisal at home
Vadim Krivosheyev, an activist with the Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation, said Tsimanouskaya took the flight to Austria on the advice of Polish authorities. After landing in Vienna, Tsimanouskaya was expected to head to Warsaw later Wednesday, according to Krivosheyev. The team officials threatened her with reprisals back home, she said. Her husband, Arseni Zdanevich, told the AP that he decided to leave the country when Tsimanouskaya told him she wasn’t coming back. Amid Tsimanouskaya’s rift with her team officials, two other Belarusian athletes announced their intention to stay abroad.
Source:Los Angeles Times
August 04, 2021 10:28 UTC
Texas Gov. Abbott fires back after federal judge blocks executive order on migrant vehicles
"We look forward to providing the Court with the evidence to support the Governor's Executive Order to protect Texans." The Governor’s Executive Order attempts to prevent the Biden Administration from spreading COVID-19 into Texas and protect the health and safety of Texans." GREG ABBOTT SIGNS ORDER BANNING COVID VACCINE, MASK MANDATESAbbott's order banned the transportation of migrants within Texas by anyone other than law enforcement, according to reports. Garland told Abbott to "immediately rescind" the executive order, which he deemed "both dangerous and unlawful." Abbott's office said the hold on the executive order will last until that date.
Source:Fox News
August 04, 2021 10:18 UTC