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☆ I always hated my first name and thought it was boring, but I didn't want to insult my parents by changing it
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I was never happy about being named Jane. The nasties at school weren't imaginative and inevitably called me "Plain Jane" or "Jane the Pain." The godmother was delighted when her first granddaughter was named Jane. AdvertisementI thought about changing my name but worried what my parents would thinkI spent a good amount of time considering my sister's question. It's not as if they'd named me Lucrezia, one of the infamous Borgia poisoners.

Persons: —, Jane, Jane the, Ridley, Regrettably, Jane Ridley I, Jane I, Cressida, Hermione, Jane —, We've, Margaret —, I've, Pete, Peter, Charlotte, Jane Seymour, Henry VIII, Jane Goodall, Jane Austen, I'd, Dad, they'd, It's, Lucrezia, Borgia, Ophelia Organizations: Service, Business, Janes Locations: Marg

☆ Mob of hopping kangaroos invade Australian golf course
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —You’re having fun playing golf and then a mob of kangaroos suddenly interrupts your round. Golfer Stephen Roche must have thought he’d gone hopping mad when he saw the stream of ‘roos approaching him. Roche explained in his post that the kangaroos were traversing the fourth hole on the St John’s course at the Heritage Golf and Country Club in Victoria, Australia. Stephen Roche/XWhile the kangaroos’ appearance left some jumping for joy, others jokingly attributed some well-worn golfing habits onto the marsupials. At Anglesea Golf Club, also in Victoria, players share the fairways with over 300 Eastern Grey kangaroos, with a popular bus tour run to educate visitors on its resident ‘roo population.

Persons: CNN —, Stephen Roche, ‘ roos, Roche, “, ” Roche, ”, ‘, Marg Lacey, you’ve Organizations: CNN, Twitter, Heritage, Country Club, Golf Locations: Victoria, Australia

☆ I've been a bartender for over 10 years. Here are 11 things I wish customers would stop doing.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Emily Anderson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Most of the time, simply being at the bar without a fresh drink is enough to let the bartender know you want one. AdvertisementIf you really think the bartender doesn't know you're waiting to order, some eye contact and a nod will suffice. Don't lose your spot in line with the bartender by saying "I don't know" or turning around to ask your friends what they want. A bartender usually isn't willing to risk their job or get into legal trouble just to help you out. Alter special cocktails on the menuThe bartender usually knows best when it comes to mixed drinks.

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Thursday's attack followed one by Iran inside Pakistan on Tuesday. The strikes imperiled diplomatic relations between Islamabad and Tehran, as Iran and nuclear-armed Pakistan have long regarded each other with suspicion over militant attacks. Iran has seen growing pressure for action after the Islamic State group attack, Israel's war on Hamas and wider unrest against its theocracy. Iran and Pakistan share a 900-kilometer (560-mile), largely lawless border in which smugglers and militants freely cross. For both Iran and Pakistan, the cross-border attacks renew questions about their own military preparedness, particularly their radar and air defense systems.

Persons: ”, Ali Reza Marhamati, Pakistan's, “, Jundallah, Jaish, Abdullah Khan, ” There's, Mao Ning, ___ Gambrell, Riazat Butt, Nasser Karimi, Liu Zheng Organizations: Hamas, Islamic, Ministry, Baluch Liberation Army, Baluch, Adl, Islamic State, Pakistan Institute for Conflict, Security Studies, Baloch, Foreign Ministry, Associated Press Locations: ISLAMABAD, Iran, Pakistan, Gaza, Iraq, Syria, Islamic State, Islamabad, Tehran, Iran’s Sistan, Baluchestan, Saravan, Baluchistan, United States, Israel, Pakistan’s Baluchistan, Sistan, Chabahar, Afghanistan, India, U.S, French, China, Beijing, Pakistan's Baluchistan, Jerusalem

Islamabad, Pakistan CNN —Pakistan has carried out a series of military strikes on what it said were separatist militant hideouts inside Iran, its foreign ministry said Thursday, in the latest incident across their shared border that has sent tensions between the two neighbors soaring. “At 4:30 a.m. explosions were heard in a border village, several missiles were fired at the village,” Marhamati said. This morning’s action was taken in light of credible intelligence of impending large scale terrorist activities,” Pakistan’s foreign ministry said. But the deadly attack inside Pakistani territory seriously damaged relations between the two countries, Pakistani Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani told his Iranian counterpart. And Iranian-backed forces in Iraq and Syria have launched dozens of attacks aimed at US military positions in those countries.

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☆ Applebee's is bringing back the $1 margarita that miraculously lifted the company out of a sales slump
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Applebee's is bringing back its iconic Dollarita — a margarita that costs $1. "We've got our team members all geared up," Chief Marketing Officer Joel Yashinsky told Insider. After introducing the drink, Applebee's posted four consecutive quarters of same-store sales growth. Despite inflation, Yashinsky said Applebee's is able to keep the original $1 offer price because the ingredients have not increased in cost. Yashinsky did not provide an exact end date, though he told Insider that in the past, Applebee's has run the offer for a month at a time.

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Unable to afford a flight to Egpyt from Guinea, he drew a map of Africa in his spiral notebook and set off on a second-hand mountain bike. Four months and seven countries later, he is in Cairo with a full scholarship to Al-Azhar University, one of the world's oldest and most renowned Sunni Muslim learning institutions. Thousands of West Africans like Barry undertake risky journeys across the Sahara desert each year, searching for a better life. Barry arrived in Cairo on Sept. 5 and days later secured a full scholarship to Al-Azhar. He intends to return to Guinea when his studies are complete, to spread the faith that has taken him so far.

Persons: Mamadou Safaiou Barry, Barry, Barry pedalled, Azhar, Cooper Inveen, Alison Williams Organizations: Al, Azhar University, International Organization for Migration, CFA, Thomson Locations: Guinea, El Marg, Cairo, Egypt, CAIRO, N'DJAMENA, Egpyt, Africa, West, Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Niger, N'Djamena, Chadian, Sudan

☆ Golf, Aussie-style: How to play alongside crocodiles, snakes and kangaroos
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Steve Storm / Anglesea Golf ClubWater hazardsThere is no need for a no-petting rule for other animals that commonly inhabit Australian golf course – chief among them, crocodiles. “Everyone asks about crocodiles – some out of fear, others excitement,” Half Moon Bay’s general manager Tim Mackrill told CNN. Half Moon Bay Golf ClubOperating in the course’s favor is a “crocwise” nature built into the majority of the club’s players. The last big crocodile to be removed by rangers from Half Moon Bay was in 2019. Half Moon Bay Golf ClubHissing holeSometimes though, it’s inquisitive wildlife that brings potential danger to patrons.

Persons: ‘ Roos, ‘ roos, It’s, Marg Lacey, …, ” Anglesea, ” Lacey, roos, you’ve, ”, Steve Storm, Tim Mackrill, ” Mackrill, Amanda Jayne, Jayne, Jayne’s, Luke Goodier, ” Jayne, it’s Organizations: CNN, Golf, “, birdlife, The Locations: Australia, Melbourne, –, England, Australian, Northern Territory, Queensland, Cairns, Eastern Australia

☆ Hollywood actors, studios agree to media blackout for labor talks
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The actors' union is seeking pay increases and protections around the use of artificial intelligence in negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents Walt Disney Co (DIS.N), Netflix Inc (NFLX.O), Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O) and other companies. The actors' negotiations are taking place as the Writers Guild of America (WGA) remains on strike. The work stoppage, which began May 2, has shut down late-night talk shows and halted production of shows such as a new season of "Stranger Things." SAG-AFTRA members have authorized a strike if their talks fail to yield an agreement by June 30. Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Lisa ShumakerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Marg Helgenberger, Lisa Richwine, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: CBS, Screen Actors, Writers Guild of America, Universal Studios, Hollywood, Alliance, Television Producers, Walt Disney Co, Netflix Inc, Comcast Corp, SAG, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, ANGELES

☆ Meta's Oversight Board tells company to allow 'death to Khamenei' posts
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Katie Paul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Jan 9 (Reuters) - Meta's (META.O) Oversight Board on Monday overturned the company's decision to remove a Facebook post that used the slogan "death to Khamenei" to criticize the Iranian leader, saying it did not violate a rule barring violent threats. It also urged the company to develop better ways of factoring such context into its content policies and outline clearly when rhetorical threats against heads of state were permitted. It is a rhetorical, political slogan, not a credible threat," the board wrote. The unrest created a now-familiar conundrum for Meta, which has wavered repeatedly in its treatment of violent political rhetoric on its platforms. The Oversight Board said in its ruling that "death to Khamenei" statements differed from threats posted around Jan. 6, as politicians were then "clearly at risk" in the U.S. context and "death to" was not a rhetorical statement in English.

☆ Georgia Holt, actress and Cher’s mother, dies age 96
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Cher is mourning the loss of her mother, Georgia Holt, who has died at the age of 96. While no further details surrounding her death have been made public, Holt had struggled with health issues in recent months. In September, Cher shared that her mother had been hospitalized with pneumonia and had been suffering from recurring health issues. Mom is gone😔 — Cher (@cher) December 11, 2022Following news of Holt’s death, tributes poured in from fans and celebrities. “I cried from the special, I cried from the album coming out after all these years,” Holt told the Huffington Post at the time.

☆ Medly files for bankruptcy as the once-hot pharmacy startup crumbles under mounting losses
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Medly filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday. The company has been tumbling since August, when it laid off over half its staff and closed 24 stores. Pharmacy startup Medly filed for bankruptcy on Friday after mounting losses caught up to the company that once sought to disrupt pharmacy giants like CVS and Walgreens. Medly filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. Medly did not respond to Insider's request for comment about the filings.

☆ German architect von Gerkan, who designed Berlin airport, dies at 87
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Meinhard von Gerkan, one of Germany's most famous architects who designed Berlin's Tegel Airport and the capital's main railway station, has died at age 87, his office said on Thursday. A year after graduating from his architecture studies in 1964, von Gerkan founded a partnership with Volkwin Marg, which survives under the name "von Gerkan, Marg und Partner" (gmp). Von Gerkan also designed Berlin's main railway station, which is near the chancellery and within sight of the Reichstag parliament's glass cupola, though he fell out with rail operator Deutsche Bahn, which he said mutilated his design. Von Gerkan said Deutsche Bahn had made the underground hall look like a supermarket when it should have been an undulating, cathedral-like space. In 2008, Bahn and von Gerkan settled their dispute, with the rail operator paying an undisclosed sum to a foundation set up by the architect's office.

☆ Medly set out to disrupt the pharmacy industry. Instead it burned through money and laid off more than half its staff as its business crumbled, leaving patients in the dark.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Medly, a pharmacy startup that took off in the pandemic, laid off over half its staff in August. Natalia Rzeszutek first started using Medly three years ago, relying on the pharmacy startup to deliver her medications for epilepsy. Unbeknownst to her, many other patients, and its own employees, Medly had been approaching this collapse for months. But behind the scenes, the pharmacy startup was on the brink of imploding. Many said they'd repeatedly called their local Medly pharmacy to get their prescriptions filled but never received a response.

☆ Cooperarea cu OSCE, discutată de premierul interimar la Viena
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-28 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: 1 min

Cooperarea cu OSCE, discutată de premierul interimar la VienaCooperarea Republicii Moldova cu Organizației pentru Securitate și Cooperare în Europa discutată de premierul interimar, Aureliu Ciocoi, cu Helga Maria Schmid, secretarul general al organizației. În cadrul întrevederii, care a avut loc la Viena, interlocutorii au efectuat un schimb de opinii pe marg...

Persons: Aureliu Ciocoi, Helga Maria Schmid, . Organizations: OSCE, Organizației, Securitate Locations: Viena, Moldova, Europa

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