I’m a big believer in the role of vitamin D in optimizing your health. As noted in previous articles, it’s been shown to help promote a diverse range of functions, including mental health, skeletal health, and immune function. However, there’s one topic about vitamin D that deserves more attention — toxicity. Just as a deficiency will lead to various health problems, it’s important to maintain a proper balance because too much vitamin D will also cause problems. This issue, as well as other topics, was explored by Reinhold Vieth, Ph.D., during a presentation at the University of Minnesota, which I…
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The S&P 500 descends into correction territory following President Trump‘s tariff declarations. What Happened: Stock prices plummeted in response to President Trump’s sweeping 10% tariffs on all U.S. trading partners announced the day before. This move has sparked concerns over a potential trade war and heightened inflation, both of which could steer the U.S. towards an economic slowdown. Consequently, the S&P 500 has now dipped over 11% from its February peak, indicating its entry into correction territory. Renowned investor Warren Buffett, in his 2017 letter to shareholders, recommended a 19th-century poem as a tool to maintain composure during stock market downturns. “There…
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Kanlaon Volcano emitted ash on February 28, 2025. (Screenshot of time-lapse footage of Phivolcs/Facebook) MANILA, Philippines — Kanlaon Volacano’s ash emission was recorded twice on Saturday on Negros Island, lasting 13 to 24 minutes, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported on Sunday. According to Phivolcs, the two ash emission events lasted for 13 to 24 minutes. It monitored an increase in sulfur dioxide emission from 2,047 tons on Saturday to 2,077 on Sunday, with plumes reaching 400 meters tall. Kanlaon Volcano spews ash twice, logs 12 quakes Twelve volcanic earthquakes were also recorded at Kanlaon Volcano. Phivolcs said…
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The City of Raleigh has opened the fourth and final application window for its 2024–2025 Building Up-fit Grant program. The current cycle began on Thursday, April 3, and runs through Sunday, April 27. Award notifications are expected by Friday, May 16. The Building Up-fit Grant is a matching reimbursement initiative that assists small business owners with interior improvements to commercial properties within Raleigh city limits. Designed to promote job creation, economic development, and the revitalization of underused spaces, the grant matches up to 50 percent of qualified construction costs. Projects must include capital improvements and a change in use to…
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For the first time this Formula 1 season, a McLaren will not start on pole position for a Grand Prix. Max Verstappen surprised the grid, and himself, by snatching pole position ahead of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri for the Japanese Grand Prix. While Verstappen admitted earlier this week that he was lacking “confidence” in the RB21, Red Bull’s challenger for the 2025 season, the defending Drivers’ champion delivered one of his most impressive qualifying performances, taking P1 away from the blazing McLaren duo. Still, Norris and Piastri will be right behind him when the lights go out in Suzuka,…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. AI burst out of the labs in 2022, and by now, just about everybody has heard of it. AI has also progressed exponentially in the last three years. Experts have said that within a few years, AI will affect everything from healthcare to brainstorming and beyond. They have also declared that we are entering an era that will affect humanity like nothing before it. If you don’t employ AI soon in your business, you may not be able to compete. But how do you begin? The following case study is about my…
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In this photo illustration, the icon for the dating app Tinder is seen on the screen of an iPhone. (Photo illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Liking a co-worker’s photo on social media. Sending them direct messages. Checking in on Slack more often than before. Progressively interacting in this way with someone outside your relationship may be no big deal to you. To your significant other, however, it may be microcheating, which some people consider a form of infidelity because it can involve building a bond one heart emoji at a time. Although pushing the boundaries of what’s allowed in a…
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Charlie Munger, the longtime business partner of Warren Buffett, once voiced his disapproval of introducing young people to active stock trading, likening it to initiating them into heroin use. What Happened: Munger expressed his contempt for active investment management during the yearly Daily Journal shareholder meeting in 2019. He proposed that it might be detrimental to novice investors. Munger compared the contemporary world’s efforts to promote active stock trading among the youth to persuading them to start using heroin. Instead, he lauded large index funds as a superior choice for regular investors looking to gain exposure to the stock markets. “If…
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SMU does indeed care about building a winning program in women’s college basketball. That’s what the Mustangs have shown by hiring Adia Barnes away from Arizona. Less than a week after new athletic director Damon Evans fired former coach Toyelle Wilson after four unremarkable seasons, he got the folks in power at SMU to open up their checkbook to go poach a sitting Power 4 head coach — and one that was in the national title game just five years ago — to lead the program in the ACC. Sources confirmed to SB Nation early Saturday morning that Barnes will…
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UST Tigresses in the UAAP Season 87 women’s volleyball tournament game against Ateneo Blue Eagles. –UAAP PHOTO University of Santo Tomas (UST) earned a second straight victory to not only stay on track for a Final Four spot in the UAAP Season 87 women’s volleyball tournament but also distance itself from its three-game slide. Groove back? In a way. But chief playmaker Cassie Carballo is taking the team’s slow rise with guarded optimism. “We still have plenty of lapses,” she said on Saturday after UST’s 25-15, 26-24, 26-24 sweep of Ateneo fashioned at Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. The…