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At the All-Star Game, a Dimmer Stage for Black Players
At the All-Star Game, a Dimmer Stage for Black Players
Dave Parker recalls a time when the Midsummer Classic was a celebration of the game’s many African American stars. At this year’s game, the National League will have just two.
At the All-Star Game, a Dimmer Stage for Black Players
Ban Mansions
Ban Mansions
Let's be real. The rich are never going to clean up their homes on their own.
Ban Mansions
Unlocking experience-based job progressions for millions of workers
Unlocking experience-based job progressions for millions of workers
Millions of US workers without four-year college degrees are unemployed. Novel data analytics reveal opportunities for them to attain better jobs than they had before the pandemic if there’s action to build a more inclusive economy.
Unlocking experience-based job progressions for millions of workers
The search for purpose at work
The search for purpose at work
Individuals find purpose in their work. Companies need to harness that to boost engagement and meaning.
The search for purpose at work
The top trends in tech
The top trends in tech
Which technology trends have the most momentum in an accelerating world? We ranked the top cross-industry trends that matter most for companies and executives.
The top trends in tech
Frontiers | Comparison of High- vs. Low-Responders Following a 6-Month XC Ski-Specific Training Period: A Multidisciplinary Approach | Sports and Active Living
Frontiers | Comparison of High- vs. Low-Responders Following a 6-Month XC Ski-Specific Training Period: A Multidisciplinary Approach | Sports and Active Living
Individual training responses among endurance athletes are determined by a complex interplay between training load, recovery and genetic influence. The present study used a multidisciplinary approach to compare high- and low-responders following a 6-month training period in endurance athletes transferring to cross-country (XC) skiing. Twenty-three endurance-trained athletes (14 runners and 9 rowers/kayakers; 14 men and 9 women) were classified as high (n = 9) or low-responders (n = 11) based on pre- to post changes in treadmill running, roller-ski skating and double-poling ergometry performances following 6-months of standardized XC ski-specific training. Physiological and technical capacities during these same modes were monitored pre and post. In addition, training volume, intensity, mode and session rating of perceived exertion (sRPE) training load were quantified daily. Finally, qualitative interviews of the athlete's personal coaches were performed after the intervention. There were no differences between groups with respect to physiological baseline characteristics. High-responders improved maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max) in treadmill running (5.5 ± 7.0% change from pre- to post) as well as peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak; 7.3 ± 7.0%) and power output at 4 mmol·L−1 (37.7 ± 28.2%) treadmill roller-ski skating which differed from a corresponding non-significant change in low-responders (−1.2 ± 3.6%, −2.7 ± 3.7% and 8.2 ± 12.5%; all P ≤ 0.05). VO2peak in double-poling ergo...
Frontiers | Comparison of High- vs. Low-Responders Following a 6-Month XC Ski-Specific Training Period: A Multidisciplinary Approach | Sports and Active Living
NSA’s Google for the World’s Private Communications
NSA’s Google for the World’s Private Communications
One of the NSA’s most powerful tools of mass surveillance makes tracking someone’s Internet usage as easy as entering an email address, and provides no built-in technology to prevent abuse.
NSA’s Google for the World’s Private Communications
Mapped: Global Happiness Levels in 2021
Mapped: Global Happiness Levels in 2021
Global happiness levels are determined by many diverse factors. These maps look at the happiest and unhappiest countries in every region.
Mapped: Global Happiness Levels in 2021
Have a seat: Patio furniture shortage tells US economic tale
Have a seat: Patio furniture shortage tells US economic tale
COCKEYSVILLE, Maryland (AP) — People used to go to Valley View Farms to buy five tomato plants and end up with $5,000 in patio furniture. This year is different. After a record burst of sales in March, the showroom floor is almost empty of outdoor chairs, tables and chaises for people to buy.
Have a seat: Patio furniture shortage tells US economic tale
From Materiality to Risk Mitigation: ESG at A Tipping Point for Real Estate - Counselors of Real Estate
From Materiality to Risk Mitigation: ESG at A Tipping Point for Real Estate - Counselors of Real Estate
Volume 45, Number 13 July 7, 2021 By Deborah J. Cloutier, CRE Photo: fokke baarssen/Shutterstock.com ESG at a Tipping Point was listed as the #3 issue in the 2021-22 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. Introduction Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) has reached a tipping point. In a 2019 McKinsey …
From Materiality to Risk Mitigation: ESG at A Tipping Point for Real Estate - Counselors of Real Estate
Montreal Real Estate Market: Soaring Prices Weaken Sales in the Suburbs
Montreal Real Estate Market: Soaring Prices Weaken Sales in the Suburbs
Montreal Area Real Estate Market Residential Sales – June 2021 L'ÎLE-DES-SŒURS, Quebec, July 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers (QPAREB) has just released its residential real estate market statistics for the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) for the month of June, based on the real estate brokers’ Centris provincial database. “Residential sales in the Montreal area fell significantly in June, mainly due to a historic shortage of single-
Montreal Real Estate Market: Soaring Prices Weaken Sales in the Suburbs