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A Green Workplace Boosts the ROI (Code Green)

Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Health, wellness, productivity. What is the Modern Workplace for the Modern Workforce? The Green Workplace involves lower energy and resource use and higher workforce energy. The best Green Building practices produce a healthy, uplifting engaging, and productive workplace attracts valuable talents who contribute to a higher ROI. […]

Preparing (Elderhood: Aging Gracefully)

Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com What does a Social Worker do anyway? Description of the advantages when working with a competent Social Worker. The host for this episode is Larry Grimm. The guest for this episode is Roxanne Cruz. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm […]

Smell Good Naturally (Let’s Mana Up)

Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Relaunching for the next generation. How this local entrepreneur built and scaled her company from right here in Hawaii. The host for this episode is Meli James. The guest for this episode is Rona Yim. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 […]

Honolulu Halekulani Hospitality by Killingsworth’s Ron Lindgren, vol 2 (Human(e) Architecture)

Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Vol 2 of the Waikiki Halekulani Hotel young timer revisited. Architect Ronald Lindgren shares his first hand designers information about the Halekulani Hotel being a young timer keeper he built in the mid 80s. This episode is about looking further into it in detail. The host for […]

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TikTok’s Origin Story: Court Files Show Role of GOP Megadonor Jeff Yass

Court records, mistakenly made public, tell a story about the birth of ByteDance, its bumpy road to success and the role of the Republican megadonor Jeff Yass’s firm. [...]

Takeaways From a Trove of ByteDance Records

The records briefly surfaced in a lawsuit involving the Republican megadonor Jeff Yass’s firm. [...]

TikTok Bill to Be Bundled With Aid to Ukraine and Israel, House Speaker Indicates

A new measure attempts to force the Senate’s hand on passing legislation to ban TikTok or mandate the app’s sale. [...]

Miscalculation Led to Escalation in Clash Between Israel and Iran

Israeli officials say they didn’t see a strike on a high-level Iranian target in Syria as a provocation, and did not give Washington a heads-up about it until right before [...]

Google Fires 28 Employees Who Protested an Israeli Cloud Contract

The dismissals escalated longstanding tensions between company leaders and activist employees opposed to supplying technology to Israel’s government. [...]

Tory MP suspended over alleged misuse of funds

Fylde MP Mark Menzies strongly disputes claims he asked a party volunteer for £5,000 to pay "bad people". [...]

Ukraine warns of WW3 ahead of stalled US aid vote

Denys Shmyhal tells the BBC his country desperately needs the US to approve long-stalled security assistance. [...]

Scotland's under-18s gender clinic pauses puberty blockers

It follows a landmark review of gender services in England which warned of a lack of research. [...]

The West says China makes too much. Its workers disagree

Migrants are caught in China's manufacturing battles with the West, as Beijing tries to save its economy. [...]

Scotland to ditch key climate change target

The Scottish government is to scrap its flagship target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030. [...]

The ECHR has upheld Lithuania's barring of entry to Russian pop singer Philipp Kirkorov. Riga accuses the entertainer of being a "soft power" tool for Russia’s propaganda in former Soviet [...]

German police have arrested two men on suspicion of spying for Russia. The German-Russian nationals are accused of acting as agents for sabotage purposes. [...]

Trump and Duda discussed a range of issues, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Ahead of the November US presidential election, Trump is taking time to forge ties with foreign leaders. [...]

Worries about the water quality for Paris 2024 events in the River Seine follow other environmental sport scandals in western Europe. Can triathlon, marathon swimming and rowing continue in open [...]

Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) economic powers are meeting on the Italian Mediterranean island of Capri. Tensions in the Middle East and aid to Ukraine amid a [...]

Amid concerns about kids and guns, some say training is the answer

The number of U.S. children dying from gunshot wounds has climbed in recent years. Keeping guns out of reach is one way to curb the trend — others argue to [...]

Guns are killing more U.S. children. Shooting survivors can face lifelong challenges

Guns are now the leading cause of death among American children. And many more children are injured in shootings, putting them at risk for life-altering disability, pain, and mental trauma. [...]

A portrait of Haitians trying to survive without a government

Haiti is on the verge of collapse, with little to no government. But many Haitians have already learned to live without the support of the state, as NPR discovered traveling [...]

College is hard enough — try doing it while raising kids

More than 5 million college students are also parents. But many colleges do little to support them. Most don't even offer child care. [...]

Many baby boomers own homes that are too big. Can they be enticed to sell them?

Lots of older Americans say they'd love to downsize, but it doesn't make financial sense. The housing roadblock has left some would-be buyers stuck. We asked experts what policies could [...]

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