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Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Just two weeks ago, New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns was still a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves, gearing up for the team’s best season in more than 20 years. Suddenly, a blockbuster trade sent the four-time All-Star to New York to complete their quest for a championship alongside superstar Jalen Brunson. Knicks’ Karl-Anthony Towns still in shock over trade Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Towns, a New Jersey native, is still adjusting to playing in New York and a lifestyle that is completely different from his first nine years in Minnesota. “Sometimes I’m on social media…
When you think of what makes us human, would you say it’s our powers of prediction?I probably wouldn’t have, at least not until my conversation with Mark Miller, a philosopher of cognition and research fellow at both the University of Toronto and Monash University in Melbourne. He studies how new ideas about the mind can provide insight into human well-being.Prediction is clearly useful: Being able to anticipate the future helps us strategize in the present.But too much predictive power is usually the stuff of dystopian sci-fi stories, where being creative and unpredictable are the hallmarks of humanity, while the power…
Wayne Brady talks about the hardships of raising his children due to their 20-year age difference Wayne Brady has revealed the biggest differences he’s faced raising his two children, who are nearly 20 years apart in age. in a recent chat people magazine At the Bring Change to Mind Revels & Revelations event in California, the 52-year-old actor opened up about the huge differences he’s experienced in raising his son Val and 21-year-old daughter Maile. “The energy level in parenting is different. I had Maile when I was 30, so in terms of the physical strength required to run around…
Image source: The Motley Fool/Upslash Small business owners are known for their tireless work ethics, sometimes working weekends. But should your small business marketing software start running on weekends? Unlock $250 worth of bonuses and suspend interest until 2026 – this credit card is the perfect combination. Click here for more information. According to new research from DesignRush, if you’re selling to business-to-business (B2B) customers, you’ll want to: Start more marketing efforts on weekends –Because B2B buyers are paying attention. B2B buyers don’t just open emails or read blog content or whitepapers during normal business hours. Weekends may be the…
Anthony Tan is the co-founder and CEO of Grab. Courtesy of From the outside, Anthony Tan appears to have it all: family, wealthy upbringing, and success. Now, he’s the chief executive of Grab, one of Southeast Asia’s biggest technology companies, and he’ll be the first to tell you that the journey hasn’t been easy. “To be honest, it might have been. Ignorance is bliss. If I had known it would be so difficult, I don’t know if I would have done it,” he said. “But is it very rewarding? Look, I got the long end of the stick, so yeah……
Brand Partner Mahomes embarks on a rare journey as one of the few athletes to ever do so. Team uniforms feature their personal logos Adidas and Patrick Mahomes today unveiled new Texas Tech football uniforms featuring Mahomes’ signature “Gladiator” logo. This is the first time in history that an athlete’s personal brand has been featured on official on-field apparel. The Mahomes Strategy uniform features a dark gray tackle swill with printed metallic film and Power Red accents. Taking inspiration from the 45-degree bevels found throughout Texas Tech’s campus and the angular nature of Mahomes’ iconography, the helmet, logo, and numbers…
Michael Jordan appears to have taken delivery of a new private jet worth around $65 million. A Gulfstream G650ER with flashy custom paintwork that includes the Jumpman logo was photographed on the tarmac at Palm Beach International Airport in a video uploaded to TikTok on Monday. The jet’s tail number, N236MJ, includes the basketball legend’s initials. The plane was registered last Tuesday to a company called MJ Air LLC, which is controlled by Jordan’s family firm Jump Management, according to a Federal Aviation Administration database. The G650ER is especially popular among wealthy people around the world. Other owners include Elon…
In a landmark operation, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has uncovered an alleged widespread cryptocurrency market manipulation scheme involving 18 individuals and four major cryptocurrency companies. The investigation into the incident led authorities to launch their own Ethereum-based token called NexFundAI. The indictment, unsealed in Boston federal court, alleges that the defendants engaged in “wash trading” and other deceptive tactics to inflate the value of various crypto tokens. Wash trading is the practice of creating artificial trading activity to mislead investors, where the same entity both buys and sells an asset, creating the illusion of high demand. The…
A study by fitness company Verbend that ranked all 50 states based on structural and environmental factors revealed that Hawaii is the healthiest state in the United States. Factors included access to healthcare, air pollution and food prices, as well as how healthy residents felt and good habits related to nutrition and fitness. While Hawaii topped the list, New England also did well, with New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts all ranking in the top five in the study. At the other end of the spectrum, southern states fared poorly. Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana and West Virginia all finished in the bottom…
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Sauron is pure evil. He is the acolyte of Morgoth, a Satan figure in Tolkien’s mythos. Morgoth creates sun-hating minions, the orcs, during his reign of darkness — hellspawn, in other words, created by a devil figure to do his bidding. These are the villains our protagonists most frequently encounter, and their status as dispensable adversaries serves the function of challenges to be overcome, through trickery or battlefield carnage, so that the One Ring might be destroyed and with it, the spirit of Sauron, who seeks to enslave the peoples of Middle-earth.…