Years later, I still told the undergraduate students in my research methods class the story of my first date with Corey to help them remember the concept of regression to the mean — how something that is extreme on a first measurement will become less extreme, or regress to the mean, on a second measurement.…
Hannah Shea Sellinger often got on the mic during pep rallies at Byron Nelson High School in Trophy Club, Texas, with a nod to the girls’ varsity basketball team. “She made varsity freshman year,” said Basil Azim, part of the enthusiastic crowd, though he barely knew her. They are both now 24, and he came…
A heartfelt smile can be infectious, and for Anna Clare Spelman and Peter Prix, it commenced their love story. Ms. Spelman and Mr. Prix had been living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for less than a year when they joined a local volleyball club. During a game in May 2013, they spotted each other on opposite…
The first time Jennifer Nicole Walters spoke with John Clark Palicka was over the phone, it was in preparation for a training mission scheduled for the following day. Both were U.S. Air Force pilots stationed at Travis Air Force Base in Solano County, Calif. The phone call, which took place in April 2016, was brief…
The children moved in with an aunt, and with money tight, Ms. Malaret was forced to work from an early age cleaning houses and windows. “My aunt gave me tools,” she said in a 2012 interview. “She taught me that the essence was in me. ‘It’s in you, it’s in you’, she would repeat.” She…
The most recent posts on Lindsay Lohan’s Twitter page are Christmas-themed advertisements from December for “Pilk,” a creamy, bubbly concoction of Pepsi and milk. The posts are clearly marked as promotions for Pepsi. A less festive tweet by her in 2021, in which she promoted a crypto asset without disclosing that she had received payment…
WASHINGTON — In a hotel room on Wednesday morning, Janette Ok, a fashion and lifestyle TikTok creator from Los Angeles, was getting ready for a day of lobbying on Capitol Hill. She ripped off the tag hanging from a sleeve of her blazer and donned a pair of hot pink gloves, which matched her heels.…
“As it gathered momentum, it became my full-time job,” Ms. Goldberg said. Together, members recorded, discussed and dissected recipes from their childhoods, ultimately testing hundreds of recipes in Ms. Goldberg’s spacious contemporary kitchen overlooking Vaucluse Bay and producing four cookbooks. “The club was a journey of discovery,” she said, adding, “It was a beautiful time.”…
Somewhere in every major city in America, there’s a nondescript warehouse filled with enough sheet pans, bowls, knives, pots and pans to arm the kitchen brigade of the next new restaurant. Chefs and restaurateurs have long relied on restaurant supply stores for their needs. But in recent years another customer has been browsing the aisles…
Home cooks are increasingly shopping with chefs and restaurateurs at restaurant supply stores, where they can find inexpensive but durable kitchen tools. Here are the tools that Lesley Stockton, a senior staff writer at Wirecutter, recommends looking for on the shelves. Stainless Steel Mixing Bowls These can be found in nearly any size, so you…