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☆ Fact Check-Picture of misspelled ‘secede’ sign is not from CPAC 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A photograph showing a group of people holding a misspelled “secede” sign was taken at a 2009 motorcycle rally in Texas, not during the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC 2023) as recent social media posts suggest. The image was taken at a Republic of Texas motorcycle rally in Austin on June 12, 2009, according to the caption information on Flickr. One user who shared the image on Twitter (bit.ly/3ZRqeqV) later labeled it “parody” in a separate post (bit.ly/3SXe65d). CPAC 2023 took place between March 1 and 4 in Maryland. A picture of people with a misspelled “secede” sign was taken at a Republic of Texas motorcycle rally in 2009, not during CPAC 2023.

☆ Fact Check-Digitally altered photo purports to show Ukrainian President Zelenskiy’s former advisor Oleksiy Arestovych at a pride parade
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A photograph from a 2006 Gay Pride Parade in New York has been digitally altered to include Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskiy and his former advisor Oleksiy Arestovych. A reverse image search shows the original image did not include Zelenskiy. According to the description it was taken at “Gay Pride 2006.” The post includes the tags “new,” “York” and “city.”A side-by-side comparison can be found (here). Other photos in the Flickr album showing the same person with the blonde wig and green eyeshadow can be seen (here) (here). The image has been altered to include Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskiy and his former advisor Oleksiy Arestovych.

☆ See The Real-Life Mushrooms That Inspired The Zombies in "The Last of Us"
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( Don Steinberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The documentary shows jungle ants whose brains have been addled by a real parasitic fungus called cordyceps that acts like a neurotransmitter inside them. Cordyceps growing out of an ant. photo: Jasper Nance/Flickr

☆ The average Chick-fil-A franchise exceeds $8 million in sales and has one of the lowest fast-food franchise startup fee — here's how to open one
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Hayley Peterson | Dominick Reuter | Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Chick-fil-A 's fee for a new restaurant is $10,000 – one of the lowest of any major fast-food brandChick-fil-A restaurants average more than $8 million in sales annually among non-mall locations. By comparison, McDonald's restaurants posted average domestic sales of $4 million in 2021, according to the chain's franchise disclosure report for 2022. McDonald's, for example, requires potential franchisees to pay from $1.4 million and $2.5 million in startup costs — including a $45,000 franchise fee. Total costs to launch a franchised Chick-fil-A restaurant ranges from $219,055 to $2,912,697, according to 2022 FDD documents. While a Chick-fil-A costs less up-front, over time franchisees end up paying a lot more to the company to operate the business.

☆ Fact Check-Fabricated story about a local hero arrested after murder spree taken seriously
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A screenshot of an article about a Nebraska man who was allegedly arrested for killing pedophiles originates from a fictional website from 2016. Some social media users, however, are taking it seriously and sharing it as though it happened recently. The screenshots show an article titled, “Local Hero Arrested After Killing 30 Pedophiles In Murder Spree” and include some quotes from the alleged suspect. An archived version can be seen (here), and features the same title, byline, and alleged quotes from the suspect. The story about a man arrested for killing 30 pedophiles originates from a website that publishes fictional information in 2016 and was intended for entertainment purposes.

☆ Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield is leaving Salesforce two years after deal was announced
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Salesforce said on Monday that Slack founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield is leaving the company. "Stewart is an incredible leader who created an amazing, beloved company in Slack," a company spokesperson told CNBC in a statement. "He has helped lead the successful integration of Slack into Salesforce and today Slack is woven into the Salesforce Customer 360 platform. Noah Weiss, senior vice president of product at Slack, will replace Yehoshua, Butterfield said in a Slack message to all Salesforce employees that CNBC viewed. Months later, Taylor told Butterfield that while Salesforce wasn't interested in selling Quip to Slack, Salesforce was interested in buying Slack.

☆ The death of Twitter won't be the dramatic explosion you might expect
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Matt Weinberger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

So I'm confident saying Twitter won't wink out of existence, here one day and gone the next. That said, I'm also confident that Twitter won't be the same after Musk's gambit. Here's how I think will happen:Power users start to abandon ship. The combination of app unreliability and the increasingly-notable absence of power users and influencers will lead to average Twitter users spending less time on the site. If and when users stop refreshing Twitter because it's no longer reliable, they'll start spending more time on other platforms.

☆ Fact Check-Photo from Pride parade edited to suggest it is Twitter staff protesting against layoffs
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A 2013 photo from a Pride parade in Winnipeg, Canada has been altered and shared in an online conversation about mass layoffs at Twitter on Nov. 4 following Elon Musk’s takeover of the company. One person said in the comments that “nothing of value was lost” by the layoffs (here), while others highlighted the misspelling of Twitter on the banner (here). But the original image dates from June 2013 (here), where the banner carries the message: “Wild Prairie Furs & friends”. Based on the photographer’s caption on Flickr, the image was taken during a Pride march in Winnipeg, Canada. The image was taken during a Pride parade in Winnipeg, Canada in 2013, and the banner carried a message unrelated to Twitter and Elon Musk.

☆ Confessions of a 1980s flight attendant
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-09 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

American Airlines Kids' meals: American Airlines' inflight menu included burger options for children. American Airlines Douglas DC-6: American Airlines was the first carrier to introduce the Douglas DC-6 plane, back in 1947. American Airlines American Airlines Douglas DC-7: International flights were a man's world when the Douglas CD-7 was introduced in 1953. American Airlines Royal Coachman: In the early 1960s, American Airlines' Royal Coachman menu included beef consommé, sauteed breast of chicken in wine and a fruit tartlet. Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines: Flying was still glamorous in the 1980s on the Business Class upper deck.

☆ The world's fastest trains -- from China to France
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-10 | by ( Ben Jones | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Chogo/Xinhua/Getty ImagesAs well as boasting the longest network of high-speed lines in the world, China now has the fastest scheduled trains on the planet. A statement of intent by China’s booming railway technology industry, the Fuxing trains have been developed from previous generations of high-speed trains, which were based on technology imported from Europe and Japan. The design also forms the basis of the Siemens “Velaro” family of high-speed trains, which has been sold to Spain, Russia, Turkey, China and to Eurostar for its second generation international trains. Europe’s first dedicated high-speed network is still its best known and most successful, reaching out well beyond France’s borders. Frecciarossa services operate across Italy’s T-shaped high-speed network, linking Turin, Milan and Venice in the north with Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples.

Persons: Germany's, Philipp von Ditfurth, Thomas Coex, Europe’s, Kiyoshi Ota, Al Boraq, Morocco's Al Boraq, ‘ Al, Boraq, Oriol, Iryo, Frecciarossa, Ed Jones, Alessandro Rota, sandstorms don’t, HHR Organizations: CNN, Japan’s, Vitesse, Getty, Germany's Inter, City Express, Express, Siemens, Eurostar, Bloomberg, JR, Japan Railways, Tohoku, TGV Euroduplex, Alstom, Flickr, Images Spain, Alta Velocidad, Ouigo Espana, Italian State Railways, Alitalia, Arrows, Spanish National Railways, Railway, Haramain, Speed Railway Locations: Scandinavia, Europe, Asia, France, China, Spain, Germany, Italy, Belgium, England, Africa, Morocco, Egypt, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, India, Thailand, Russia, United States, Shanghai, Shanghai’s Pudong, Hangzhou, Chogo, Xinhua, Japan, Beijing, Hong Kong, Harbin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Turkey, AFP, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Nantes, Strasbourg, Lille, London, Switzerland, Tokyo, Shin, Aomori, Hokkaido, Honshu, Tsugaru Strait, Tangier, Casablanca, Kenitra, Rabat, Oriol Paris, Madrid, Seville, Malaga, Valencia, Galicia, Barcelona, Alta Velocidad Espana, Korea, South, Seoul, Busan, Gwangju, Mokpo, Pyeongchang, Turin, Milan, Venice, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Naples, Saudi, Bandar Aldandani, Mecca, Medina

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☆ „Morții nimănui”, îngropați goi, fără pomeni și ritualuri; Cum e ultimul drum pentru decedații fără nume în RM // VIDEO
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

Sursa foto: flickr.com„Morții nimănui”, îngropați goi, fără pomeni și ritualuri; Cum e ultimul drum pentru decedații fără nume în RM // VIDEOOmul se naște singur și moare singur. Cei care se ocupă de înhumare sunt polițiștii, medicii legiștii și cei de la Combinatul de Servicii Funerare. Fără slujbă religioasă, fără pomeni şi fără ca cineva să le plângă la căpătâi, „morţii nimănui” sunt puşi în gropi într-un sector separat al Cimitirului Sf. Preoții susțin că persoanele anonime nu pot fi înmormântate fără ritual bisericesc, fără pomeni și parastas. Oamenii legii susțin că nu dețin nicio statistică despre câte persoane fără nume au fost înmormântate în Republica Moldova.

Persons: Vasile Șarpe, Lazăr, Ioan Organizations: RM, Medicină Legală Locations: Republica Moldova, Chișinău, ordonatorul

☆ 5 „soluții” destul de disperate la problemele de locuințe ale europenilor — Moldova.org
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-04 | by ( Autor Invitat | ) www.moldova.org time to read: +3 min

Poate la noi nu-i chiar atât de rău?…„Patodeweloperka”Lumina soarelui, transportul public, teren de joacă – cine are nevoie de acestea? În acest fel, moștenirea „simțului cartierului” a orașului poate fi păstrată parțial. „Poetul sărac” de Carl Spitzweg (1839)„Kádár-kocka”Aceste case cubice construite în anii 1960 sunt numite informal după liderul comunist János Kádár. Costul scăzut al locuințelor accesibile a avut totuși un altfel de preț: estetică și ineficiența energetică – ioc. Deși nu sunt la fel de faimoasele ca și cuburile Rubik, „Cuburile Kádár” au un loc aparte în Ungaria.

Persons: Andrzej, Van Bo, Harry Potter, Lorenz, Carl Spitzweg, Kádár, János Kádár, Rubik, Lucy Papachristou, Christian - Zsolt Varga Organizations: CC Locations: Polonia, Berlin, Ottakring, Vienei, CC BY, NC, SA, Paris, Ungaria, ost

☆ Comisia Europeană propune ELIMINAREA restricțiilor pentru turiștii non-UE vaccinați
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-03 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: flickr.comComisia Europeană propune ELIMINAREA restricțiilor pentru turiștii non-UE vaccinațiComisia Europeană recomandă ca cetățenilor străini vaccinați complet împotriva coronavirusului și celor care provin din țări unde situația epidemiologică este una bună, să li se permită să călătorească pe teritoriul Uniunii Europene fără restricții suplimentare. „Comisia (Europeană) propune să se permită intrarea în Uniunea Europeană din motive neesenţiale nu doar pentru toate persoanele care provin din ţări cu o situaţie epidemiologică bună, ci şi pentru toţi cei care au primit ultima doză recomandată a unui vaccin autorizat în UE”, a informat executivul european într-o declaraţie, citată de Reuters. „Aceasta ar putea fi extinsă la vaccinuri care au trecut de procesul de listare al OMS pentru folosirea de urgenţă. În prezent, blocul celor 27 de state membre permite cetăţenilor din şapte ţări să vină în vacanţă sau să călătorească din raţiuni neesenţiale în UE, notează Agerpres. Statele membre ale UE urmează să înceapă marţi discutarea propunerii, fiind nevoie de acordul lor pentru ca măsura să poată fi pusă în aplicare.

Persons: Reuters, OMS Organizations: Europeană, Uniunii Europene, Uniunea Europeană, UE Locations: UE, Statele

☆ Horoscop 2 mai 2021: Zodiile care vor trăi clipe de neuitat chiar în ziua de Paște
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-02 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +5 min

Sursa foto: flickr.comHoroscop 2 mai 2021: Zodiile care vor trăi clipe de neuitat chiar în ziua de PașteSe anunță o zi plină de liniște și bucurii. Fecioarele își scot la înaintare orgoliul, însă se ponderează și lucrurile merg în direcția bună pentru ele. Ai planuri bine puse la punct, pe care vrei să le urmezi în detaliu pentru a îți asigura confort material pe viitor. Sunt câteva lucruri pe care trebuie să le pui la punct, pentru că te deranjează, dar fii cu ochii pe obiectivul tău principal. Cel mai bine este să îți faci o strategie și să te organizezi mai eficient pentru cele mai bune rezultate.

Persons: Fecioară Organizations: Gemeni, Univers Locations: Taur, străinătate

☆ Horoscop 26 aprilie 2021: Pentru nativii din Taur se prevede reluarea unor relaţii încheiate
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-26 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +8 min

Nu mai amâna nicio clipă acest lucru, deoarece îți vei face rău și ție, dar și celor din jurul tău. Vei avea la început sentimente de nesiguranță însă pe parcurs lucrurile se vor îndrepta și vei deveni din nou încrezător în forțele proprii. Nu mai reacționa din impuls și vei avea foarte multe de câștigat! Cei din jurul tău îți vor mulțumi facă vor vedea că faci eforturi să te îndrepți. Asta te face un om mai bun, iar cei apropiați îți vor mulțumi pentru acest lucru.

Persons: Berbec, Fecioară Organizations: Gemeni, Gemenii Locations: Taur

☆ Ce trebuie să mănânce persoanele infectate cu virusul Covid-19 și de ce sucurile din comerț și cafeaua trebuie evitate
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-19 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +7 min

Sursa foto: flickr.comCe trebuie să mănânce persoanele infectate cu virusul Covid-19 și de ce sucurile din comerț și cafeaua trebuie evitateCunoaștem cu toții că alimentația joacă un rol esențial în procesul de vindecare, iar acest lucru îi vizează și pe cei diagnosticați cu COVID-19. Nutriționista le recomandă persoanelor infectate cu Covid-19 să evite băuturile carbogazoase, sucurile din comerț, cafeaua și ceaiul tare. „Sucurile proaspăt stoarse sunt o formă foarte eficientă de hidratare și remineralizare a corpului, ceea ce este foarte binevenit în această perioadă. Fructoza primită în cantități mari din sucurile de fructe va îngreuna funcționarea ficatului și va crește riscul de acutizare a inflamației”, a mai spus Cristina Cerevatenco. Magneziul joacă un rol important în eliminarea spasmelor atât la nivel muscular, dar și a vaselor sanguine.

Persons: Cristina Cerevatenco, Cristina Locations: orange

☆ How to handle an inflation shock that no one is prepared for
▼ + stars: | 2020-08-11 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Getty Images / Spencer PlattDear Readers,How prepared would you say you are for a sudden spike in inflation? As it turns out, clients of Morgan Stanley are similarly nonplussed by the prospect of an inflationary shock. But Morgan Stanley says to ignore the threat of an inflation spike at your own risk. The firm qualifies this with another potentially damning observation: People just aren't worried about an inflation spike, nor are they positioned for one. — Mike Wilson, the chief US equity strategist at Morgan Stanley, discussing the potential impact of further US money supply expansion

Înainte de „Chernobyl”, lucrarea sa cea mai apreciată a fost scenariul filmului „The Hangover Part II” (6.5), potrivit Meduza.io. Scriitorul consideră că trecerea lui de la comedii la un film istoric despre o catastrofă este una „destul de consecventă”: „Am apărat întotdeauna autorii comediilor. M-am gândit la istoriile pe care le spunem în Occident despre Holocaust și despre cel de-al Doilea Război Mondial și despre faptul că ne străduim să nu distorsionăm realitatea, pentru că acesta este un semn de respect”. Am încercat să o redăm așa cum a fost această catastrofă, cum a fost simțită Au fost multe nuanțe. Noul film a fost anunțat pe Instagram de producatorul lui Danila Kozlovski - Alexandr Rodnianski.

Persons: Craig Mazin, Mazin, Marlon Wayans, Vechnaya, June, suedez Stakka Bo, Chanel, Johan Renk, Stakka Bo, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, David Bowie, Senna Walenberg, Scenaristul, Filmările, Chris Watson, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Luke Hull, Odile Dix, Merier, Alexei Muradov, Igor Petrenko, Nadejda Mihalkov, Danila, Ananenko, Alexandr Rodnianski Organizations: Universitatea Princeton ., Pripyat, CIA Locations: Brooklyn, New Jersey, suedez, Stockholm, Cernobîl, Occident, Holocaust, Lituania, Kiev, Vilnius, Moscova, Kaunas

☆ 20 best nude beaches around the world
▼ + stars: | 2018-05-24 | by ( Joe Yogerst | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Meanwhile, there are more places than ever to sun, swim or build sandcastles au naturel at clothing-optional beaches on every continent. One of the spin-offs of the socially and sexually liberal 1960s was a “free beach” movement that saw a proliferation of nude beaches around the world. Here are 15 of the best nude beaches around the world:Playa Naturista Chihuahua, UruguayLocated about a 30-minute drive from Punta del Este, Uruguay’s best-known nude beach overlooks Portezuelo Bay on the Atlantic coast. Playa Naturista Chihuahua, Avenida Las Amarras, 20003 Chihuahua, UruguayNida Nude Beach, LithuaniaThe chilly Baltic Sea may not seem like the most obvious place to skinny dip. Platja des Cavallet, 07818, Balearic Islands, SpainLittle Beach, Maui, HawaiiLittle Beach -- a clothing-optional beach in Maui's Makena State Park.

☆ Malaysia food: Top 40 dishes to try
▼ + stars: | 2017-11-30 | by ( Justin Calderon | Cnn Travel Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

A fish curry popular throughout peninsular Malaysia, it’s commonly made with freshwater fish or stingray. Gulai ayam kampungThis chicken curry dish can be cooked in a number of ways. Chai tow kwayIn this dish, rice flour and grated white radish is mixed and steamed into large slabs or cakes. These are cut up into little pieces and fried with preserved turnip, soy sauce, fish sauce, eggs, garlic and spring onions. A Peranakan dish, chicken curry kapitan has a tangy flavor made from tamarind juice, candlenuts, fresh turmeric root and belacan (shrimp paste.)

Persons: doesn’t, you’ll, Mee goreng mamak, mamak, it’s, Yun Huang Yong, Nasi kerabu Don't, nasi kerabu, Ayam, ayam percik, Nasi lemak Nasi lemak, Dan Tham, CNN Nasi lemak, Nasi lemak, john, Rahman Roslan, John, rendang, TENGKU BAHAR, Nasi kandar Nasi, Laksa, Popia, basah, popia basah, Roti jala Curry, Cendawan, cendawan, sass, Sambal, Baba, they’re, Murtabak, Muhammad, Asam, Hussin, it’d, Tepung, tepung pelita, Rojak, shouldn’t, Malaysia’s, piring, Putu piring, hodge, “, Roti, flatbread that’s, mee goreng, Lor, lor bak, bak, Ikan bakar, Melanie Wood, Char kuey teow, Norman Musa, —, Chai, Goreng, kapitan, Kaya, Wonton mee Wonton mee, China's, Chai Kee, mee, Chef Norman Musa, Nazlina Hussin Organizations: CNN, Creative, AFP, Getty, Flickr, hawker, Ais Locations: Malaysian, Malay, Malaysia, malaysia, Kelantan, Asia, Kuala Lumpur, TENGKU, AFP, Bangkok, Shanghai, Vietnam, Fujian, China, Penang, Melaka, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, pandan, satay, India, Kelana Jaya, sweeten, lor, melaka, Southeast Asia

☆ 10 best cuisines in the world
▼ + stars: | 2017-07-12 | by ( Zoe Li | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Of course, it’s subjective according to personal tastes, but this is CNN Travel’s take on some of the best food cultures and destinations around the world. United StatesAmerica knows how to take a good food -- for instance, the hamburger -- and make it even better. With influences from China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar and a royal culinary tradition, Thai cuisine is the best of many worlds. The best part about eating Thai food in Thailand, though, is the hospitality. Sun, beach, service with a smile and a plastic bag full of som tam – that’s the good life.

☆ Frogs freeze their bodies and platypuses detect electric fields left by prey: Here are 10 ways animals survive treacherous environments
▼ + stars: | 2016-07-15 | by ( Molly Sequin | Yelena Dzhanova | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

_Bunn_/FlickrThe natural world is a tough place. Faced with competition for resources and sometimes hostile climates, life can be difficult for animals. Loading Something is loading. In order to survive, animals have had to adapt in crazy ways. Here are 10 animals that adapted in crazy ways in order to survive in their habitats.

We've made learning about money easier for you by compiling a list of some of our go-to websites for money advice. CNN MoneyWhy we like it: If you're more interested in breaking news that has to do with money, you'll like CNN Money. CNN Money covers personal finance as well as featuring articles on the economy, small businesses, and luxury. He curates the best money articles from a wide web of personal finance bloggers and writers — "rockstars" — and then shares them on Rockstar Finance. You can sign up by email to stay up to date and receive the new rockstar articles daily.

Persons: Guo Bobi, We've, Kiplinger, Wise, NerdWallet, Rich, Ramit Sethi, Sethi, — Organizations: Kiplinger, Credit.com, Reading, Google, Facebook, CNN, New York Times, New York, Rockstar Finance, rockstar

☆ 'Truth serum' drugs do exist. Here's how medicines like sodium pentothal and scopolamine manipulate the brain.
▼ + stars: | 2014-10-10 | by ( Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Numerous accounts and scientific reports suggest that you're more prone to tell the truth under the effects of truth serum drugs, but the drugs have other side effects. Furthermore, not only are truth serum drugs not all that useful, they are illegal under certain circumstances including interrogation. ScopolamineZchanguScopolamine was first promoted by Dr. Robert House as a truth serum in the early 20th century, and was the first drug to adopt the name "truth serum." A truth serum experimentThe best way to find out if truth serum works is to experience it for yourself, which is exactly what TV journalist Michael Mosley did. To investigate sodium thiopental, one of the more popular truth serum drugs, Mosley took two different doses of the drug.

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