Graduation 2017: Octavia Spencer Speech at Kent State

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  14 minutes  |  2898 words  |  Martina Birk

Wow. Wow, wow, wow. That is a wonderful introduction. Thank you, Dr. Warren. Good morning, Kent State graduating class of 2017. And good morning to everyone here celebrating what this day means. Now I know for a lot of you what it means – it means I’m done paying tuition. I’m kidding, I’m kidding. I know many of you are filled with relief, exhilaration and perhaps a bit of anticipation for what tomorrow brings. [Read More]

Halloween in the Czech Republic - Live & Study

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  345 words  |  Kelle Repass

25. 10. 2021 | Student Life Are you currently studying in the Czech Republic or considering visiting our country by the end of October? Then you might be interested in how we celebrate Halloween. First things first, though. It has to be noted that Halloween isn’t traditionally Czech which implies that, unfortunately, it isn’t massively celebrated here. However, it doesn’t mean that Czech people don’t enjoy spooky stuff, pumpkins and eating candy. [Read More]

Here's how much CEOs at Amazon, McDonald's, and 13 other lucrative brands earn compared to the typic

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  607 words  |  Patria Henriques

CEOs made 20 times their median employee's salary in 1965. As of 2016, at America's largest companies, that multiple has jumped up to a shocking 271. And, at many companies, the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio is even higher. The CEO of McDonald's earned 3,101 times the median worker in 2017 (21,761,052 versus $7,017). That's partially because McDonald's employs workers all over the world, where the cost of living is often lower than the US. [Read More]

Hillary Clinton's Wellesley College Commencement Address

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  15 minutes  |  3070 words  |  Martina Birk

Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you very much for that warm welcome. I am so grateful to be here back at Wellesley, especially for President Johnson’s very first Commencement, and to thank her, the trustees, families and friends, faculty, staff, and guests for understanding and perpetuating the importance of this college: what it stands for, what it has meant, and what it will do in the years ahead. And most importantly, it’s wonderful to be here with another green class to say, congratulations to the class of 2017! [Read More]

Hong Kong's Tiny Apartments Just Got Even Smaller

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1363 words  |  Tandra Barner

Manhattanites, think those 300-sq.-ft. apartments in the Big Apple are small? Please. One property project under development in suburban Hong Kong caused an uproar in the semiautonomous Chinese territory late November, when its developers revealed that the smallest studio suites in the completed apartment block would measure just 128 sq. ft. — or nearly 12 sq m. No, that’s not a typo. A property developer in one of the world’s key financial hubs is offering apartments only two-fifths the size of what New York City’s then mayor Michael Bloomberg referred to as “micro-units. [Read More]

How Barista Jaz Brisack Helped Unionize a Buffalo Starbucks

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  530 words  |  Patria Henriques

A Rhodes scholarship to the University of Oxford can open doors to elite worlds—to a life spent in boardrooms and at gilded galas. Bill Clinton, for example, famously smoked (though “didn’t inhale”) marijuana there before becoming President. Pete Buttigieg served as his cohort’s whiskey purveyor before serving as a Cabinet Secretary. But Texas-born Jaz Brisack was so unenthusiastic about her Rhodes acceptance that she almost didn’t go. At the time, she was a student at the University of Mississippi who also volunteered on union picket lines. [Read More]

How Okada got its name

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1233 words  |  Martina Birk

The generally acceptable word to describe a motorcycle used mainly for transportation of humans and goods in Nigeria is Okada. Now for a lot of people, the word Okada simply means a motorcycle; but the truth behind it is that there is more to the name and its origin. Only recently, the popularity of Okada received some global recognition as ‘Okada’ was officially added tothe English lexicon. Several words, mainly of West Africa origin, made it to the dictionary in 2020. [Read More]

How to Book Hotels Strategically

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  883 words  |  Kelle Repass

In the 15 years since its inception, Airbnb has become part of the travel industry’s bread and butter. The vacation rental marketplace has never been short of quirky appeal, offering vacationers the chance to stay at picturesque properties, from a suite in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s former home to Kate Winslet’s quaint English cottage in The Holiday. The platform also allows everyday property owners to generate income by opening their homes to a global market and, in exchange, holiday makers get to venture out of touristy neighborhoods and enjoy travel tips from local hosts. [Read More]

How to get clear white eyes naturally

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  456 words  |  Tandra Barner

Tired,dull and bloodshot eyes can be as a result of fatigue, lack of sleep, long working hours, continuously staring at a bight computer screen for instance, nutritional deficiency, excessive drinking, dehydration, smoking and even serious health problems like a weak liver. While an alarming case in this situation should be reported to a medical practitioner, these simple ways work to clear the eyes. Today on Pulse Daily we would be dishing on easy breezy ways to get clear and sparkling eyes naturally. [Read More]