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� � � � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � He wanted to be a trombone player. Instead, he ended up as CEO of one of the world's biggest airlines. - Business Insider    In a parallel universe, Johan Lundgren would have become a professional musician and never ended up as CEO of one of the world's biggest airlines. The Swede started playing the trombone at the age of 11 and was good enough to land scholarships that took him to Britain and the US. (His time in London included a bit of busking on the Underground: "At Christmas, you could make quite a lot of money.") However, Lundgren wasn't quite good enough to get into the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He was "so disappointed," but the setback forced him to think about what he wanted to do instead. "I like people, and I like travel," Lundgren tells Business Insider in a faint Swedish accent during an interview in central London. Continued here Opinion | It's OK to Never 'Get Over' Your Grief - The New York Times    Queen Victoria wore black for the remaining four decades of her life after her beloved husband, Prince Albert, died in 1861. This mourning practice was still commonplace during the first decades of the 20th century but almost nonexistent by its end. My great-grandmother, who died in 1999, was the only person I knew who wore mourning black until her own death. Over the past century, traditional mourning practices have fallen out of favor in the West. Black is now usually worn only to a funeral, and not always then. Fewer and fewer people return to visit the deceased at their place of rest regularly; annual memorial services are especially rare. The sight of someone wearing mourning jewelry made of jet can strike a modern observer as a touch macabre. We are not supposed to hang on so tightly to those who are, after all, gone. But traditional mourning practices were designed to do just that: to preserve a place for the dead among the living, to help mourners carry the weight of their grief not by getting over it but by maintaining their relationship with the deceased (as metaphysically suspect as that might sound to modern ears). That approach to mourning has been displaced by one that focuses more on coming to terms with the reality of loss, liberating sufferers from the burden that those emotional bonds — now untethered to a living being — might impose. Continued here Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Lauren Sanchez says fiancé Jeff Bezos is a 'monster' in the gym — here's what his fitness routine looks like - Insider    Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sanchez seem to like doing just about everything together, but there's one thing Sanchez won't share with him — an exercise routine. "We cannot do the same exercises," Sanchez said. "He's on a whole different level than I am. He is a monster in the gym." It's not the first time she's touted his dedication to fitness. Over the summer, she posted shirtless pics of Bezos on vacation. Continued here My Elderly Neighbors Need Help, but There's Only So Much We Can Do - The New York Times    When serious health issues, including dementia, make sharing an apartment building difficult, there are resources available to consider. Q: I live in a co-op apartment on the Upper West Side. There is a rent-stabilized apartment on my floor occupied by an older couple who have lived here for 50 years and have serious health issues. This morning, one of the occupants, who has advanced dementia, opened my apartment door, which was briefly unlocked, and was standing in my living room! I was able to gently escort her back to her apartment. Building management said that they have spoken to the city’s adult protective services, which has investigated and declined to act. This is a terrible situation — there are no interested family members, and the couple is often unbathed and walking the halls. What can we do? A: The situation you describe is no doubt difficult, but there are resources available for you and your neighbors. Continued here

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