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How A Data Nerd Approaches DIY Home Improvement Projects

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 01/19/2023 - 3:00am

I started 2021 by buying an 1885 hulk of a home, sight unseen, with visions of restoring its earlier grandeur. In almost two years, I've restored three of many rooms and tackled multiple smaller projects, by myself.

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Women With Voices: ‘Empowerment Through Connections’

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 01/19/2023 - 1:00am

Women With Voices – founded by Sandy Spady (center) – celebrated their one-year anniversary last month. Women With Voices is a collective of women who gather together to uplift, network and share their true stories while showcasing local Omaha businesses as well as national businesses in the Omaha area. They strive to produce organic connections between their members and others in the community. (Courtesy of Sandy Spady)

It was one day during coffee as a woman shared her courageous story to Sandy Spady that an idea was born. “Would you share your story to other women?” Spady prompted her coffee-mate.

And so, Women with Voices began.

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How Pay Transparency May Affect Your Job Search Or Raise

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/17/2023 - 2:00am

Knowing if you're being paid fairly for the work you do is a mystery shrouded in a lack of information. That may be changing, though, and pay transparency may be the catalyst. It's a growing trend for companies to reveal what a job opening or current position pays — whether voluntarily, or because governments mandate it.

Navigating Salary Ranges

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World Bank: Recession A Looming Threat For Global Economy

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 01/12/2023 - 4:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy will come "perilously close" to a recession this year, led by weaker growth in all the world's top economies — the United States, Europe and China — the World Bank warned on Tuesday.

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Feds Propose 'Student Loan Safety Net' Alongside Forgiveness

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 01/12/2023 - 1:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is moving forward with a proposal that would lower student debt payments for millions of Americans now and in the future, offering a new route to repay federal loans under far more generous terms.

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Longtermism – Why The Million-Year Philosophy Can’t Be Ignored

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 01/11/2023 - 3:00am

In 2017, the Scottish philosopher William MacAskill coined the name “longtermism” to describe the idea “that positively affecting the long-run future is a key moral priority of our time”. The label took off among like-minded philosophers and members of the “effective altruism” movement, which sets out to use evidence and reason to determine how individuals can best help the world.

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2023 Public Domain Debuts Include Last Sherlock Holmes Work

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 01/11/2023 - 1:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sherlock Holmes is finally free to the American public in 2023.

The long-running contested copyright dispute over Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tales of a whipsmart detective — which has even ensnared Enola Holmes — will finally come to an end as the 1927 copyrights expiring Jan. 1 include Conan Doyle's last Sherlock Holmes work.

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Alfalfa Sprouts Being Recalled After Salmonella Outbreak

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 01/04/2023 - 1:00am

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska company is recalling alfalfa sprouts sold in three states after 16 cases of salmonella were linked to the food.

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Nebraska’s Nitrate Problem Is Serious, Experts Say. Can We Solve It?

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 01/04/2023 - 12:00am

Pretend for a moment that Nebraska somehow halted all use of nitrogen fertilizer – not a single speck more on our lawns, golf courses and corn fields.

What would happen?

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To Attain Global Climate And Biodiversity Goals, We Must Reclaim Nature In Our Cities

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 4:00am

Delegates arrive at the convention center at the COP15 UN conference on biodiversity during a snowfall in Montreal, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. After a historic biodiversity agreement was reached, countries now face pressure to deliver on the promises. The most significant part of the global biodiversity framework is a commitment to protect 30% of land and water considered important for biodiversity by 2030. (Paul Chiasson / The Canadian Press via AP Photo)

The climate and biodiversity crises we have been experiencing for the past few decades are inseparable. The scientific research presented at the back-to-back international summits on climate and biodiversity held in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt and in Montréal, Canada, respectively, has made this abundantly clear.