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Have you considered turning your life into a video game? And no, we’re not referring to this TikTok trend.Whether you’re trying to hack your

Food insecurity was an issue before COVID. It's only been exacerbated since the pandemic hit. So how to get food to the hungry? That's at the heart of the mission of Feeding New York State and the partnerships it's formed to fill stomachs.

Aug 14, 2021 // Following this week's release of the latest IPCC report on climate change, which sounded stark warnings about the world's inaction on climate change, we asked Diplomatic Courier readers and editors to share some of the books that informed, shocked, inspired, or offered hope and solutions for our changing world. Here are 13 of the most highly-recommended.

New York: Someday, the post-pandemic equities rally is going to end. When it does it will take a lot of newly-christened stock bulls with it. Their refusal to bend has been the signature fact of the stock market for at least 12 months, putting a floor under four other selloffs in 2021 alone that look just like the one that has sheared almost 3 per cent off the S&P 500 Index since Thursday. Whether the devotion of retail investors is enough to turn the tide again is the biggest question in marke...

Lake Michigan waves cover Chicago’s lakefront path in the summer of 2019. (WTTW News) In 2013, Lake Michigan’s water levels were at an all-time low. But just seven years later, in 2020, they broke the summertime record high. “Climate change has started pushing Lake Michigan’s water levels toward uncharted territory as patterns of rain, snowfall and evaporation are transformed by the warming world. The lake’s high-water cycles are threatening to get higher; the lows lower. Already, the...

For individual investors, the challenge can be taking on bets alongside professional investors such as short sellers, whose activity can also trigger big moves. "Often you hear the narrative that its just retail traders, but thats not the case," wrote JJ Kinahan, TD Ameritrades chief market strategist, in a recent market update. "The heavy volume suggests theres a lot of big firms in there, also," he said. For example, distressed investment firm Mudrick Capital reportedly bought and sold 8.5 ...

For individual investors, the challenge can be taking on bets alongside professional investors such as short sellers, whose activity can also trigger big moves. "Often you hear the narrative that its just retail traders, but thats not the case," wrote JJ Kinahan, TD Ameritrades chief market strategist, in a recent market update. "The heavy volume suggests theres a lot of big firms in there, also," he said. For example, distressed investment firm Mudrick Capital reportedly bought and sold 8.5 ...

Jason Hebbe has been named as the state's CTO following the departure of Sean Crager. Hebbe brings nearly three decades of information technology experience in government and the private sector.

A delightful and enchanting little book arrived at my door this week titled Lakes of Victoria, B.C., by Adam Ungstad (2021). Did you know that Spectacle Lake, a lovely warm swimming lake off the . . .

On Wednesday, journalist and author Dan Egan joined Bridge Michigan for a discussion of his award-winning book. Watch the recording here.