May Lee was downsized from HP, where she had worked for over 30 years.
After a valuable conversation, she decided to pivot entirely and take a seasonal job in Antarctica.
She can't wait to return to Antarctica for her second job.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with May Lee, a 59-year-old seasonal worker in Antarctica and former marketing and communications manager at HP. It has been edited for length and clarity.
I joined Hewlett-Packard in 1987 as a software engineer intern. As a graduate, I wanted to sign on for life with a good company that I knew I could be loyal to and would be as loyal as a company could be.

#seasonal #packard #downsized

By Laurie Chen and Eduardo Baptista
BEIJING, Sept 4 (Reuters) - President Xi Jinping is preparing a large business delegation to accompany him on his visit to Washington, two sources said, an unusual move given U.S. scepticism towards Chinese investment and Beijing's strained ties with private enterprise.
Xi rarely travels abroad with corporate executives, many of whom fell ‌out of favour after Beijing's regulatory crackdowns on the technology, education and property sectors that began in 2020.
"The White House is not tracking a Chinese CEO delegation," an official ‌said. The White House did not explain what they meant by tracking.
The business delegation for the September 24 summit has not been previously reported. Reuters could not determine which executives would join the delegation.

#business

Starting next year, some passengers flying internationally on a new United Airlines aircraft will have the option to book a seat with extra ****** e after the airline custom-designed seats to block some middle seats in its Economy Plus section.
"For some customers that want to pay a little bit more -- not as much as sitting up front -- but pay a little bit more to get more ****** e, it's a great opportunity," United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said Tuesday in an interview with ABC News.
United first teased the new seating option in July and formally unveiled it Tuesday, as part of its announcement of 10 new routes to destinations across Europe and Asia. Some of the flights will operate on United's new single aisle A321XLR aircraft. The airline is touting it as the largest expansion in United's history.
United Airlines - PHOTO: United is unveiling a new seating option blocking off the middle seat.
"On each XLR, one row will have large, custom-designed tables stretching from armrest to armrest across the open middle seats, giving customers sitting in the window or aisle seat extra ****** e to stretch out on longer international flights," United said in a press release in July. "The table is permanently fixed, with a soft leather-like covering, and two indentations for cups."

#seat #seats #tuesday

LONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Britain set out plans to spend £10 billion ($13.6 billion) on lower-cost housing for renters with a focus on London, although its target ‌for offering social rent was lower than a pledge made by new ‌Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
The government said around 60% of homes delivered through the funding would be for social rent — a subsidised cheaper form of rent that can be built by local councils or housing **** ociations.
That was in line with the proportion set out by the government of former Prime Minister Keir Starmer, which created the programme, but below Burnham's pledge to deliver ‌all housing under the programme ⁠via local councils.
Burnham, who took over in July, has said empowering local councils to build social housing, as Britain did after World War ⁠Two, could lower the amount of the welfare bill that goes to private landlords, reduce homelessness and provide security to people on lower incomes.
"Councils built this country out of a housing crisis once before. Backed properly, and trusted to get on with it, they will do ‌it again," Burnham said in a statement late on Monday, which included details of the first wave of funding.

#lower #burnham #rent #local

Police identify the 22-year-old masked man they accuse of harassing and antagonizing pedestrians in Philadelphia. NBC News' Emilie Ikeda has the new surveillance video.

#police #ikeda #antagonizing

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had urged GOP Rep. Cory Mills to drop out of his Florida primary race before the embattled Republican lost Tuesday to former news anchor Ryan Elijah.
"I told Congressman Cory Mills of Florida, a friend of mine, to get out of the Race, but he wouldn't listen. He thought he could win, so who can blame him?" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
Trump endorsed Mills in February and never publicly rescinded his support, despite the Florida congressman facing significant scrutiny over accusations of **** ault, potential campaign finance violations and an ex-girlfriend alleging that he threatened to release **** ually explicit images and videos of her. Mills has denied any wrongdoing.
However, the congressman was conspicuously absent from a list Trump posted earlier this month of Florida Republicans he endorsed. The president also did not participate in tele-rallies on his behalf, which he's done for several lawmakers he supports.
Mills wouldn't be the first embattled GOP congressman who Trump leaned on to quit. The president told Ohio Rep. Max Miller — whose ex-wife has accused him of abuse — in a previously reported call that he was going to lose his election and lose for the Republican Party if he kept up his reelection bid, according to two sources briefed on the call. CNN previously reported that Trump had expressed that sentiment to some allies, but not that the president said as much to Miller directly.

#mills #president

BAIDOA, Somalia (AP) — After nearly two weeks on the road with her five children, Luul Mohamed finally arrived in the southwestern Somali city of Baidoa with no food and little sense of what would happen next.
Drought conditions had forced Mohamed and her family to leave Saakoow, a town in the Middle Jubba region more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) away. They moved from village to village before arriving in Baidoa, now a major hub for people fleeing drought, insecurity and food shortages, on Aug. 3.
"We are very hungry and in a desperate situation," Mohamed said. "We have nothing to eat and can only place our hope in God, as He is the one who sustains us through this ordeal that culminated in our trip."
The family's journey is one example of a deepening humanitarian emergency in Somalia, where years of drought, conflict and economic pressures are pushing more families from rural communities into displacement camps as hunger rises and humanitarian funding shrinks.
About 2 million people are facing emergency levels of food insecurity, more than double the number recorded last year, according to Plan International, which has provided ****** istance to more than 200,000 people in Somalia this year. The humanitarian group and Somalia's Disaster Management Agency are calling for increased international ****** istance, with concern that the crisis could be compounded by another climate shock later this year.

#year

Tens of thousands of far-left protesters flooded the streets and clashed with police in the Germany city of Erfurt on Saturday as they protested the conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Videos showed police beating back agitators with batons and deploying anti-riot ordnance as the demonstrators chanted against the country's conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a massive political rally.
Police said over 30,000 people attended the demonstrations, according to the ***** ociated Press (AP), and people could be seen carrying signs reading "Stop AfD ***** s" and "For Diversity, Against ***** s."
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Despite the tense clashes caught on video, police told news outlets the demonstrations have been "mostly peaceful," and claimed they've recorded approximately 100 law violations, mostly due to graffiti.

By Ben Blanchard and Ann ****
TAIPEI, June 30 (Reuters) - Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te warned military cadets on Tuesday not to succumb to China's spying activities and to defend freedom ‌and democracy, speaking at a Cold War-era college originally set up to teach against the ‌perils of communism.
Taiwan and China, which views the democratically governed island as its own territory, have long spied on each other, and Taiwan in particular has reported an increased number of Chinese espionage cases, especially in the armed forces.
China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control, and its military operates daily around the island.
A soldier's honour stems from loyalty, Lai told a graduation ceremony at the Fu Hsing Kang College ‌on the outskirts of Taipei.

By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to wrap up its current term in the coming days, with several major cases yet to be decided, including three involving Donald Trump's far-reaching ******* ertion of presidential powers, two important election-related cases and one involving a crackdown by states on transgender athletes.
The court, ‌which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has seven disputes still to be resolved, and has set Monday as its next day to issue rulings. Supreme Court terms begin in October ‌and typically wrap up around the end of June, sometimes spilling over into early July.
The Trump cases center on his moves last year to fire a member of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors and a member of the Federal Trade Commission, and his executive order last year to limit birthright citizenship — three actions that test the boundaries of presidential powers.
The court gave the Republican president victories in two immigration-related cases on Thursday, and has backed him in multiple emergency rulings since he returned to office last year, allowing policies impeded by lower courts to take effect while legal challenges proceeded. The court, however, handed him a significant loss in February when it rejected his sweeping tariffs issued under a law meant for use in national emergencies.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The delayed opening of a bridge connecting Michigan and Canada is spilling into one of the country's most closely watched Senate races, as Democratic candidate Mallory McMorrow launches the first major effort to turn the controversy into a political liability for President Donald Trump and Republicans.
McMorrow's new ad, shared first with The **** ociated Press, accuses Trump of blocking the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge and suggests he is doing so to benefit a major political donor, building on an anti-corruption message she has sought to make central to her campaign.
The bridge, which spans the Detroit River and connects the Motor City with Windsor, Ontario, was slated for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 12. It was abruptly postponed after officials said the U.S. and Canada were still working to resolve "outstanding issues."
The dispute gives Democrats a rare opportunity to tie Trump directly to a project with visible economic consequences in a battleground state. For McMorrow, who is trying to gain ground in a three-person primary, it also offers a chance to distinguish herself as the first Democratic candidate to make the controversy a campaign issue. She's running against U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed.
The winner is expected to face Republican Mike Rogers, who lost to now-Sen. Elissa Slotkin in 2024. Rogers has also used the bridge in political messaging, saying that if he's sent to Washington he'll make sure the bridge is opened.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to resume carrying out speedy deportations of undocumented migrants throughout the United States, not just near the border.
A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit threw out a lower court decision that temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's expanded use of expedited removal. The ruling was a big victory for the Republican administration, which views the expansion of so-called expedited removal as a key tool for carrying out its mass deportation policy.
Expedited removal — quick deportation without a chance to appear before a judge — has previously been applied to migrants arriving by sea or caught at or near the border shortly after crossing.
In January, Trump expanded its use to undocumented migrants all over the United States. Immigration agents began whisking migrants away from courthouses where they had gone for immigration proceedings and then removing them from the country within days.
"The Trump administration's push for fast-track deportations will subject people to an unfair and error-prone system," Anand Balakrishnan, senior staff attorney with the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, said in a statement.

NAIROBI, June 17 (Reuters) - Kenya has barred delegates from Taiwan from attending an international conference on oceans in ‌the east African country under pressure from China, Taiwan's ‌government said.
China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and opposes any treatment of the island as a sovereign state. Taiwan's government rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims.
Visas issued to Taiwanese scientists were revoked at the last minute, the Ocean Affairs Council (OAC), a Taiwan government agency, ‌said in a statement ⁠posted on X on Tuesday, adding that some participants had their passports and phones confiscated for ⁠more than 20 hours.
Kenya's foreign ministry officials and the event organisers did not respond to requests for comment.
"They (Kenyan authorities) insisted on unilaterally distorting their so-called interpretation of "One China," expanding it without limit to ‌the point of blocking our people from attending the meeting," Taiwan's foreign minister, Lin Chia-lung, told reporters in Taipei on Wednesday.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has claimed more than 200 lives in its first month and is the worst known outbreak at this stage, with up to 35,000 suspected potential contacts, Africa’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
With 894 confirmed cases so far, the current outbreak is three times worse than a previous outbreak in Uganda in 2000, which had 281 cases at the same point, said Dr. Wessam Mankoula, a medical epidemiologist at Africa CDC.
The latest number of cases is believed to be higher because the outbreak was confirmed on May 15, weeks after it was suspected to have begun. The number of cases has increased 38% since last week and is now in 32 health zones across eastern Congo, said Mankoula.
The outbreak is caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved vaccines or treatments and was not tested for in the early days. The more common Zaire virus, for which there is a vaccine, was responsible for most of Congo’s past 16 outbreaks of the disease.
So far 74 patients have recovered from the disease across eastern Congo and Uganda. Experimental treatments like monoclonal antibodies are being developed for Bundibugyo.

The American doctor who contracted Ebola while working on a humanitarian mission in Congo has returned to the United States and said he's feeling well after recovering from the potentially deadly disease.
Dr. Peter Stafford, his wife, Rebekah Stafford, and their four children all arrived safely on Monday, according to Serge, a Pennsylvania-based Christian missions organization. Stafford has been Ebola-free since May 30, the organization said.
"I am filled with gratitude to God for preserving my life, to all those who prayed on my behalf, and to the many medical providers who cared for me," Stafford said in a statement. "I am feeling well and thankful to be reunited with Rebekah and the kids. Our prayers continue for those in Congo who are facing this devastating epidemic and for the ongoing efforts to control the disease."
Other missionaries and their families who were serving in Congo alongside Stafford have also been released from care and monitoring and have returned to the U.S., Serge said.
Stafford was working with the missionary group in Congo when he contracted the virus last month. He was evacuated to a hospital in Berlin to receive care on May 20 and was discharged on June 6, according to Serge. His wife, also a doctor volunteering with the organization, and their four children were also evacuated and quarantined.

(NewsNation) — Peptides are surging in popularity across the wellness and fitness ******* e, and now there's one that supporters claim could help reduce signs of aging.
GHK-Cu, a copper peptide that naturally occurs in the body, is gaining momentum as a skin rejuvenation product touted by celebrities and social media influencers.
First discovered in human plasma in 1973, the compound was found to help old liver tissue act as if it were young again. However, as the body ages, it produces less of it.
Peptides are naturally occurring in everyone, but with advances in medical technology, synthetic peptides have become popular.
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An Alabama student who went missing in ******* an while traveling with his family has been found dead, his mother said in a Saturday, June 6, social media post. It had been over a week since he was last seen.
James "Weston" Higginbotham was found by a volunteer search-and-rescue team in a mountainous area outside Kyoto, ******* an, his mother Nancy Higginbotham said.
"The grief we feel is impossible to put into words," she said. "We are forever grateful for the time we had with our sweet, precious Weston, but cannot begin to understand what life without him will be like."
The 20-year-old Auburn University student was last seen on May 29 while the family was on a trip to celebrate his younger brother's high school graduation, Nancy Higginbotham previously told USA TODAY. The family was supposed to leave ******* an on June 4 but extended the trip since Higginbotham went missing.
A search effort was launched with local police sending helicopters and volunteer search teams across hilly terrain. Nancy Higginbotham previously said her son may have been emotionally distressed and was an "experienced hiker."