During this time, Shah was a partner at a hedge fund and had to wind down his fund to become a full-time caregiver for two years.

To get additional care for his wife, Shah hired college students who were studying healthcare to be caregivers for his wife. Shah learned that other families were doing the same thing informally by posting flyers at local campuses to find someone who was qualified to look after their loved one.

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CareYaya, a platform that matches people who need caregivers with healthcare students, is working to disrupt the caregiving industry. The startup is looking to enhance affordable in-home support, while also helping students prepare for their future healthcare careers.

The startup was founded in 2022 by Neal Shah, who came up with the idea for the startup based on his own experience as a caregiver for his wife after she became ill with cancer and various other ailments.

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Japan also figures prominently in this literary landscape, and a fondness for #cats in the iyashikei genre has proven commercially viable abroad.

While it’s true feline-centered iyashikei literature may lean toward the frivolous at times, the late poet Mayumi Inaba amply demonstrates its quiet potentiality in her memoir “Mornings With My Cat Mii,” skillfully translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori.

Healing fiction is prevalent in the latest wave of Korean literature in translation, with escapist narratives centered on magical bookstores, laundromats and other mundane spaces.

Younger generations of readers have been so voracious that in this calendar year alone, Penguin Random House UK is releasing six English translations of Korean titles: soothing tomes of fiction and nonfiction that tackle social issues and delicate topics including mental health.

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Japan’s #iyashikei (healing type) cultural commodities exist across a variety of media. They typically manifest as anime, manga or other narrative forms that offer a cozy atmosphere and feature mundane dramas unfolding at a leisurely pace.

In recent years, publishers have perked up to the potential of “healing fiction,” driven by a healthy appetite for East Asian literature.

Translated fiction has been gaining more readers due to social media communities like Bookstagram and BookTok.

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Countries at the U.N. COP16 summit on nature on Friday approved a measure to create a permanent body for #Indigenous peoples to consult on United Nations decisions about nature conservation.

The consultative body is considered a breakthrough in recognizing the role that Indigenous peoples play in conserving nature globally, including some of the most biodiverse areas of the planet, according to Indigenous and environmental advocates.

This took WAY WAY too long.

Rowing and using the ab coaster are great for me and they are exercises that I love.Neither requires me to have to get up and down off the floor which is hard for me do to #MCTD and the #chronicpain that goes along with that.

The #Aviron rower has an incredible captains seat that is high off the ground (stool height) so it's very easy to get on and off of and the new ab coaster I have is just kneeling on a very, very soft and comfortable cushion.

I'm thankful to have room for both machines.

Thanks to #PCOS my biggest problem area is the midsection.

Women with PCOS are often easy to spot because body shape; arms and legs are super thin and the middle is where everything settles.

𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘤𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘦 (𝘗𝘊𝘖𝘚) 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦-𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯.

As a result I have to spend more time doing a lot of ab work.

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Got a ways to go but I'm pretty confident that I'll reach my goal considering I haven't done HARDLY ANYTHING since August and I'm down 2.9%.

The #ZoZoFit is great because when I work out, thanks to PCOS, I bulk up crazy fast. My muscle growth if I consistently row for a few weeks gets crazy and just going by a scale it always looks like I am gaining weight and my stupid doctors think so as well. With a body scan I can show them a more accurate view of what's going on with my body.

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89/94 going into the weekend. 👍🏾

Month end is when @IronButterfly and I get a bunch of things done including our body scans with #ZoZoFit. Don't we look lovely in our scan outfits 🤣 🤣

I haven't updated my scan in a while only because I keep forgetting to do it.

I'm doing pretty well when it comes to my health and fitness but I just wanted to get a new starting point now that my apartment gym area is finished and I can get back on track. 🎉

#sleeptracking #healthtracking #oura #bodyscan

Georgia’s third-largest county is running late in mailing more than 3,000 absentee ballots to voters just a few days before the election.

https://apnews.com/article/georgia-absentee-ballots-cobb-county-3000-7c0d427ff75ea1c9946e8876970530bd

Tauri worked out so hard he just fell off the wheel and decided to die 🤣 or pose ... yeah, I think this is a pose ...

#CatsofCoSo

Best headline today 🤣

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙙𝙯𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚 𝙄𝙨 𝘿𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙂𝙤𝙙𝙯𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚

Toho has greenlit a new movie from #Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki.

Godzilla Minus One took a unique approach to the traditional giant lizard tale that created one of 2023’s best films. It notably won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects at the 96th Academy Awards.

There is no anticipated release date for Yamazaki’s new film but I'm still excited to see what he will do next!

Who wants to take a guess why we have Milly Alcock and not Sasha Calle who is of Colombian descent? Anyone wanna take a crack at it?

Sasha Calle was cast as Supergirl in The Flash and there were big plans for her future in the DCEU. She signed on for multiple films and there were several conversations about her future in the franchise.

But, ultimately, after James Gunn and Peter Safran took over DC Studios to reboot the DCU, those future plans were flushed down the toilet.

In Gunn’s new DCU, Supergirl will be played by House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock. She will most likely make her debut in next year's Superman movie.

Hospital beds have wheels on them so they can be moved around. But one man went one step further, outfitting a bed with tank-style tracks so he could ride it around on any terrain. It can even climb a steep staircase. Not bed ridden but riding the bed instead. 🤣

THIS is how you reboot a dying, toxic franchise for a whole new generation. I can't wait to see this wonderful GoonieesqueNESS ❤️

https://youtu.be/f19gfOMZTtg

#RecluseReleases

The Impulse Induction Cooktop is inspired by a DJ console, the cooktop offers intuitive control with four raised burners, each equipped with temperature-sensing technology and LED light rings for easy visibility. The centralized LCD screen ensures precision, displaying real-time temperature readings for each burner.

Designed for seamless efficiency, the Impulse runs on both grid power and an integrated battery, ensuring functionality even during power outages.

Only 6k 🤣

#AllTheSexy

The Nanxi hotel’s design by WH Studio draws from the structural form of leaves, particularly the Ginkgo biloba, one of the oldest tree species.

Ginkgo leaves feature a fan shape and simple, clear vein structures that provide resilience against wind and rain.

In the Nanxi Tree House, WH Studio mimics this structure through fan-shaped rooms and cantilevered supports that extend from the main ‘root’ of each unit.

A newly completed hotel by WH Studio, known as the Nanxi Happy Pastoral Wild Hotel Treehouse, presents an evolution in treehouse-inspired design.

Following the success of WH Studio’s 2019 Xianghu Senbo Resort Treehouse in Hangzhou, the studio was invited to design this second iteration. Unlike traditional treehouses, this design emphasizes suspended forms and a lightweight structural system.

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#architecture