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Author James Chappel unravels the idea of retirement
Whether it’s the plucky independence of The Golden Girls or the “boomers with zip” (also known as ‘Zoomers’ here in Canada), our popular notions of retirement and old age are relatively modern conceptions. In his book Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age, author James Chappel...
theglobeandmail.com - 30+ days ago

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Styx Plays the Entirety of Their Albums ‘The Grand Illusion’ and ‘Pieces of Eight’ Live in 2012
During a 2012 show, the new iteration of Styx, which included original members Tommy Shaw and James “JY” Young, played two of the band’s most seminal...
laughingsquid.com - 30+ days ago
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Three’s ‘best value’ ads probe cleared after Vodafone complaint
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled in favour of Three UK, rejecting Vodafone’s challenge that the mobile operator’s ads for its...
cityam.com - 3 days ago
education
Tufts University student can’t be deported to Turkiye without court order
Pro- Palestine student Rumeysa Ozturk was arrested on Tuesday by US immigration authorities in Massachusetts. A federal judge in Massachusetts has temporarily barred the deportation of a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, who voiced support for Palestinians in Israel’s war in Gaza and was...
aljazeera.com - 7 days ago
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Hilary Mantel’s last novel was to have been an Austen mash-up: read an exclusive extract starring Mr Darcy
In the week of the Wolf Hall author’s memorial, her husband and agent talk about the Jane Austen satire she was working on when she died in 2022. Plus: read an exclusive extract, along with her earliest published work...
theguardian.com - 30+ days ago
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Houck: Retirement Series Part 2
Do you want to obtain a new home by taking out a mortgage, paying for it in cash, or renting? Evaluate your options. If you are thinking of taking out...
ladailypost.com - 15 days ago
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Carmelo Anthony Has Strong Message For Scottie Pippen: 'Leave LeBron Alone'
One of LeBron James' closest NBA friends is coming to the defense of the Lakers superstar after Scottie Pippen's latest comments. During an explosive...
thespun.com - 30+ days ago
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ChatGPT Prompts To Write AI-Generated Content That's Actually Good
Creating content with ChatGPT sounds easy on the surface. Ask it to write something, edit what it gives you, hit publish. But that's not how you create work worth reading. That's not how you stand out. That's not how you build authority and win an audience that hangs on your every word. Use these...
forbes.com - 30+ days ago
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Ben Falcone talks new kids' book ‘What’s Scarier Than Thunder?’
Actor, comedian and author Ben Falcone sits down with TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager and guest co-host Brooke Shields to discuss his new children’s book, “What’s Scarier Than Thunder?” inspired by his fear of going to sleep as a child, in hopes to help children ease bed time anxiety. Falcone also opens up...
today.com - 16 days ago
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Canadian writer Chip Zdarsky is the comic-book world’s very own Nostradamus
Canadian comic-book writer and artist Chip Zdarsky has crafted stories for Earth’s mightiest heroes: Batman, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and of course the multiverse’s most supreme being, Howard the Duck. But now the Toronto-based author (real name: Steve Murray) is fixing his vision on an...
theglobeandmail.com - 12 days ago
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James Cameron Teases What Is To Come for 'Avatar 3' With New Concept Art
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hypebeast.com - 30+ days ago
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The Wager review: David Grann’s magnificent shipwreck epic
New masterpiece from the author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z is as much about literature as adventure...
theguardian.com - 30+ days ago
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'I spent 10 days in the ICU' - Anna Shackley opens up about heart condition and retirement
Anna Shackley begins recounting what she now remembers as “the worst day of my life”. It came in March last year, and played out in a hospital in...
cyclingweekly.com - 30+ days ago
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New 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' Concept Art Sends Audiences Back to James Cameron’s Exotic Utopia
Audiences are about to return to Pandora thanks to Avatar: Fire and Ash. New concept art from the upcoming sequel has been released, showing Lo'ak...
collider.com - 30+ days ago
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'I was lucky to be Sir Terry Pratchett's agent'
Ten years ago, Sir Terry Pratchett died aged 66, eight years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. His friend and lifelong agent Colin Smythe recalls his memories of the renowned fantasy author. A 20-year-old Terry Pratchett first walked into the office of the man who would become his...
bbc.com - 24 days ago
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‘My whole account is messed up’: Student loan chaos ensues, borrowers face soaring payments, uncertainty as repayment system unravels
Student loan borrowers face steep increases in their monthly payments as court rulings and Department of Education staff cuts disrupt the repayment system. A February ruling from a federal appeals court expanded an existing injunction, blocking the Biden administration’s Saving on a Valuable...
aol.com - 9 days ago
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Amy Schneider Teases 'Jeopardy!' Book After Memoir's Success
Amy Schneider‘s career as an author is just beginning. After releasing her memoir, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life,...
tvinsider.com - 8 days ago
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Plot by Claudia Rankine review – the lives of mothers
The award-winning author of Citizen turns her mind to the complexities of balancing art and parenting...
theguardian.com - 30+ days ago
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James Salter’s machismo myth
The all-action American novelist is praised for his virile heroics – but it was his instinct for “the feminine” that gave his books beauty and...
newstatesman.com - 30+ days ago
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Brutal Hit for Denny Hamlin’s Career Has Fans Debating Early Retirement Months After FedEx Loss
Spending 19 years is a long time in NASCAR. Denny Hamlin spent all of them with Joe Gibbs Racing as one of the sport’s very best. Over the course of...
essentiallysports.com - 30+ days ago
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Baillie Gifford winner of winners James Shapiro: ‘I draw a very sharp line between fiction and nonfiction’
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theguardian.com - 30+ days ago
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'Loophole' allowing non-UK residents to apply for full state pension closing
Expats are being urged to make the most of a “wild loophole” offering former UK taxpayers the opportunity to significantly boost their retirement...
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Chino Hills nonbinary author and podcaster celebrates being “Black, Fat, Femme” in book debut
Growing up in the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith, nonbinary Inland Empire author Jonathan “Jon Paul” Higgins struggled to find positive representations of...
dailynews.com - 11 days ago
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Two men stumble upon $ 1M James Bond underwater car in $ 150 mystery container
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themirror.com - 30+ days ago
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Why the author of AI novel ‘We Lived on the Horizon’ says to unplug Siri and Alexa
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dailynews.com - 30+ days ago