Bain & Company Rank: 47 2017 Rank: 33Number of Employees: 8,000 Bain, a notoriously high pressure and elite Boston-based legal and consulting firm, advises C-level executive on corporate strategy. Sometimes that means making moves at the home office. In 2016, Bain increased paid parental leave to eight weeks for all parents regardless of their full or part time status. Paid leave for the birthing parent was also increased from 12 to 16 weeks at that time....

Why It Works For one thing, the color choice was a brilliant one. The ice blue is a cool earthtone that goes well with basically anything, and veering away from a more traditional tan or grey makes it more ‘fashion’ than ‘utility.’Giabiconi chose to wear it with a darker color palette, giving it an overall sleek look.Worn with a minimum of accessories–just a thin necklace–keeps the look from getting cluttered and cuts a modern silhouette....

RELATED: The 16 Best Beach Gear to Help Make Your Next Beach Day Go Smoothly But for every starry-eyed entrepreneur whose million dollar idea is a cat renting service or a surgically implanted Bluetooth headset, there are some actual innovations that can make your life as a parent easier. Here are the best Shark Tank products for kids — all of which you can get (or will soon be able to get) without buying a controlling share in the company....

Seahorse Races Entertainment Time: 5-10 minutes What You’ll Need: At least one pool noodle and one kid. After fashioning the pool noodle into a “u” shape, riders should straddle it between their legs. Using both arms as paddles, they then move around the pool as if riding the seahorse. After establishing a starting point and finish line, kids can either race against one another, as relay teams, or even individually against the clock....

Biden, in an address at the White House on Wednesday, August 18th, said that the decision “isn’t about politics. It’s about keeping our children safe. It’s about taking on the virus together, united. I’ve made it clear that I will stand with those who are trying to do the right thing,” referring to the local governments and school districts who have disregarded state bans and implemented their own mask mandates....

No one knows exactly how many of Sesame Street’s 4,400 episodes Spinney appeared in, but the show’s spokesperson estimated that he’s been in thousands. Big Bird has also appeared on talk shows, danced with the Rockettes, and was even dubbed a “living legend” by Congress in 2000. This bird has accomplished so much thanks to Spinney’s dedication. Spinney stopped puppeteering Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch in 2015 because he began having issues with his balance, but he remained with the show....

Much like the Sphero’s BB-8 droid, the Bluetooth-enabled R2-D2 is controlled using an iOS or Android app or can be programmed to roam on its own. Its movements look real, including head spins, and thanks to working LEDs and an integrated speaker, Artoo acts and beeps like the real thing, right down to the holographic simulation. Perhaps the most fun feature of the R2-D2 is that it actually has the ability to react to the Star Wars movies like a real viewer, as the droid is programmed to have real responses to the most exciting moments in the movies in real time....

Enter the Bouncie, which acts as a liaison between you and your ever-more-complicated car, truck, or SUV, providing you with real information about your driving habits, location, and system so that you can depend on your vehicle the way that others depend on you. Bouncie is a one-two tech punch that includes both a hardware piece and a connected app. Quickly plug in the device to the OBD port (all modern vehicles will have them) and then sync with the app....

Most of this “knowledge” in our case had come from books and online forums that my wife liked to read. At her job, clients ask her a lot of questions. While she is very knowledgeable (notice no quotes), she often seeks additional information from specialists to better respond to the questions. Looking for answers outside of herself is just a natural and useful strategy for her. This story was submitted by a Fatherly reader....

The Dog Ate The Turkey “I’m sure this one has happened a million times to a million different families, but my story has a bit of a twist. So, long-story-short, our dog was able to hop on the kitchen table and eat most of the turkey before we served it. The twist is that he got almost instant diarrhea all over my mother-in-law’s Michael Kors purse. I’m not her biggest fan, so I’ll admit I chuckled to myself a bit....

Cardi B was recording a video of herself singing along to “W.A.P.,” the raunchy hit she released with Megan Thee Stallion last year. In the background, her two-year old daughter Kulture walks into the room. Spotting her, Cardi B immediately turns off the song, says “No, no, no, no, no, no,” and takes a sip of white wine. It’s like that time your dad hastily changed the channel as a sex scene was starting....

The euphoria of seeing multiple COVID-19 vaccines approved for public use in record time has already faded as the rollout of those vaccines, actually getting them into people’s arms, has run headlong into incompetent politicians and a distrustful public. Instead of solving all of our problems, the vaccine rollout has created new ones. And just as data was critical in tracking the spread of the disease, it will be critical in tracking the spread of the vaccine....

What Do the New Guidelines Allow? according to the new guidelinesVaccinated people What Do the New Guidelines Not Allow? What Does Fully Vaccinated Actually Mean? Are These Guidelines Really Safe to Follow? acknowledging during her White House Briefing like Dr. Monica Gandhi

The lawsuit was brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and charged five debt relief companies — Docu Prep Center, Certified Doc Prep Services, Assure Direct Services, Direct Document Solutions, and Secure Preparation Services — with charging consumers with “unlawful advance fees.” The CFPB announced that checks, with a total payout of close to $19 million for 23,000 people affected, would be sent from CFPB contractor Epiq Systems beginning December 12....

“Men get charley horses or muscle cramps in the calf muscles because they are contracting their toes and ankle muscles while having sex. It’s a very common position to be in,” explains physical therapist Lisa Folden, DPT. “Over-contraction occurs when the muscle contraction is being held for prolonged periods of time, but sometimes just a few minutes, and the muscle goes into full spasm, getting stuck in the contraction.” Charley horses are typically a result of a combination of exertion, dehydration, and electrolyte imbalances....

Cheating has been a strong and consistent predictor for divorce in the past, and studies unsurprisingly show higher incidence of infidelity among divorced individuals compared to married ones. But although a large body of research confirms a correlation between infidelity and divorce, more careful analyses have shown that this correlation is unlikely to equal causation. After analyzing more than 1,000 interviews, Træen has found that the main reasons people under 50 considered ending their relationships were fighting and a poor sex life—not cheating....

What Is the Christmas Tree Cluster? It is a young open cluster located in the constellation Monoceros that was named the Christmas Tree Cluster because the triangular cluster of stars is (kind of) shaped like a Christmas tree. Formed by a cluster of very young stars, the Christmas Tree Cluster was actually first discovered by William Herschel the day after Christmas way back in 1785. What’s really cool about the Christmas Tree Cluster is the reddish hue it sometimes gives off, as the collection of sparking bluish-white stars covered by heavy layers of dust clouds, which are producing luminous new stars....

Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Tenet is an “action epic evolving from the world of international espionage,” a description that feels purposefully generic. The trailer doesn’t do much to clarify, mentioning the afterlife and nuclear Holocaust and showing a car un-crashing itself (cool!) and lots of men in suits walking brusquely through hotel lobbies. You might not know what it’s about, but the trailer — and the pedigree of Nolan and the actors involved — means you’ll still want to see this movie by the time “SEE THE TRAILER IN THEATERS FOR MAXIMUM EFFECT” splashes across the screen....

Claire Ryann is only 7 years old and she’s already popular on social media. One of her latest videos has racked up 7 million total views between Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram. No, she doesn’t do a whole lot of toy unboxing on her family channel called The Crosbys, she’s a singer, and man is she good. The little star with a big voice did a cover of the Frozen 2 song Into The Unknown complete with a video and it caught the attention of pretty much everyone, going viral because she’s really talented....

In a recent interview on the podcast “Inside of You With Michael Rosenbaum,” Jason Alexander spoke about his iconic character on the long running sitcom. Jason dropped a few insider gems, like the actors who were in the running to take on the character while casting was still happening. Michael and Jason were talking about how he landed the role of George all those years ago when Michael asked Jason to tell the story from the beginning on how he came to be chosen for the character....