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Sein Rücktritt kam so unvermittelt, dass selbst seine engsten Mitarbeiter überrascht waren. Wenige Stunden bevor er an die Öffentlichkeit ging, rief Kühnert sein Team zusammen. Es hieß, es gebe etwas zu feiern, die Sekretärin stellte Sekt bereit. Dann eröffnete Kühnert seinen Leuten, dass er sein Amt niederlege. Alle weinten, den Sekt rührte niemand an. So erzählt es eine frühere Mitarbeiterin von Kühnert.

Woolly maggots, nature-destroyers – sheep are criticised by many conservationists for denuding Britain’s uplands of rare plants and trees.

So The Wildlife Trusts were shocked when they were compelled to buy 4,000 sheep as part of the biggest land restoration project in England.

The flock were part of the deal to buy the first “big chunk” of the 3,850-hectare (9,500-acre) Rothbury estate in Northumberland last autumn, the largest land sale in England for 30 years.

Summary

Disaster survivors in Arkansas were “blocked from receiving federal recovery aid” after Donald Trump denied Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ request for a major disaster declaration.

The Trump administration stated the damage was “not of such severity and magnitude as to be beyond the capabilities of the state.”

Trump signed executive orders to shift disaster recovery responsibility to states, while aiming to eliminate FEMA.

Sanders appealed, writing, “the state and its citizens are in dire need of assistance.” Without federal aid, “volunteer organizations in Arkansas are stepping up” as the state faces “significant challenges” in recovery efforts.

Google Translated from Japanese source.

I've never had an office job and I've always wondered what it is a typical cubicle worker actually does in their day-to-day. When your boss assigns you a "project", what kind of stuff might it entail? Is it usually putting together some kind of report or presentation? I hear it's a lot of responding to emails and attending meetings, but emails and meetings about what, finances?

I know it'll probably be largely dependent on what department you work in and that there are specific office jobs like data-entry where you're inputting information into a computer system all day long, HR handles internal affairs, and managers are supposed to delegate tasks and ensure they're being completed on time. But if your job is basically what we see in Office Space, what does that actually look like hour-by-hour?

What if it were 100? Or 1000? or 10000? or 100000?

At what point do you ask questions?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News.

The price tag for the project was several thousand dollars, according to two of the sources, at a time when the administration is searching for cost-cutting measures.