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☆ The all-metal house that was once considered the future of American architecture
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Chris Menrad | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Now part of the permanent collection at the Palm Springs Art Museum, the story of Albert Frey’s “Aluminaire House,” and its significance in the history of architecture is quite remarkable. If you had never seen a modern house — and most Americans had not — it probably looked like a set for a science fiction movie. Even today, it looks “like it’s from another planet,” said Palm Springs Art Museum CEO Adam Lerner. After years of negotiations and fine-tuning the logistics, the Foundation donated Aluminaire House to the Palm Springs Art Museum in 2020, which subsequently raised $2.6 million to cover the cost of its rebuilding and future care. Reconstruction work underway on Frey's Aluminaire House at the Palm Springs Art Museum, pictured on January 10, 2024.

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☆ Mindy Kaling on her morning routine, resistance to email and best advice Oprah ever gave her
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"I never know what's going to hit and what's going to be a miss. Below, Kaling shares her morning routine, the downsides of email, as well as the best advice Oprah ever gave her. Mindy Kaling's coffee-free morning routineDespite juggling numerous TV and film projects, Kaling doesn't use caffeine to fuel her creativity. Instead, Kaling gets her boost from working out first thing in the morning. The drawbacks of emailFor Kaling, email is a blessing for managing her busy schedule.

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☆ Nvidia's $80 billion boss Jensen Huang says that if you want to be a success you need to face 'pain and suffering'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang told Stanford students that success is earned through suffering. The billionaire told students people with high expectations generally have low resilience. "I think one of my great advantages is that I have very low expectations," Huang, who graduated with a master's degree from Stanford in 1992 and is now worth around $80 billion, responded. "People with very high expectations have very low resilience, and unfortunately, resilience matters in success," Huang said. AdvertisementHuang then joked: "For all of you Stanford students, I wish upon you ample doses of pain and suffering."

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☆ Goldman Sachs just added — and removed — stocks on its 'conviction list' of top Asian picks
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | In Amala-Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Goldman Sachs has refreshed its "conviction list" of top picks in Asia Pacific for March, adding some key stocks and removing others. Here are two of the latest additions to Goldman Sachs' conviction list: Xero Goldman analyst Kane Hannan said he was positive on the outlook for New Zealand-headquartered accounting software company Xero . Goldman Sachs has a price target of $152 on the stock, giving it potential upside of around 12%. Hyundai Motor Another addition to Goldman's conviction list is South Korean automobile manufacturer Hyundai Motor . Meanwhile, the Wall Street bank removed Singapore-headquartered bank OCBC and Japanese conglomerate Sony from its conviction list as it no longer deems them "a top investment idea."

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9 to 0 — I’m going to say that again — 9 to 0, ruled that states can’t keep Donald Trump off their ballots. It’s how — Trump has said to his loyalists, I am your retribution, so maybe we should just look at this as a blueprint for retribution. He’s going to end up — when he gives his big convention speech, he’s going to end up making promises on economic policy, domestic policy, and so on. ross douthatSo here’s why I’m sort of — Carlos, especially to your point — like, trying to focus us on the sharpest possible conflicts. But if most of the country’s political and emotional energy is instead focused on Trump himself, rather than real, actual debates, then I think Trump is winning, period, and the country is losing.

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When we saw Everlane's new collection, the messages in our style team's Slack group started flying. As always with Everlane, the thing that took us aback was how brilliantly they executed a collection that turns trendy pieces into ultra-practical staples. But this drop absolutely nailed it by releasing our favorite pieces in organic colors like sage green, sandy brown, and oyster white. Ashley Phillips, former style editor, reviewed Everlane's ReKnit mules and wrote: "This is my first pair of Everlane shoes with the brand's ReKnit material, and I love it! I really like that these mules have a cushioned footbed and a low, sturdy block heel that's easy to wear all day."

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☆ Cash is no longer king. So why are we still printing so much?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

An economics expert tells BI that cash still remains crucial for "certain segments of consumers." AdvertisementWhen it comes to how Americans prefer to spend their money, cash is actually not king. That represents a consistent decline in cash payments since the pandemic in 2020, which saw many shifts in consumer behavior, including an acceleration of online shopping. The following year, the study showed that cash made up 19% of payments and has not recovered since. Cash is still king of some thingsEconomics experts say that despite increasing reliance on cards, cash remains resilient and an important payment method for many consumers.

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☆ How Rick Beato struck YouTube gold with his ‘Everything Music’ channel
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

I first heard about Beato after stumbling onto his YouTube channel. During the pandemic, for example, many music fans migrated to the internet to watch various forms of music because live music was off-limits. “I still feel at 60 the same way I did when I was 14,” he said recently in a YouTube video. His face lights up when he talks about his family on his YouTube channel. “My YouTube Channel was a way to honor my parents and leave something for my kids.

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☆ Warren Buffett honors Charlie Munger in annual note, Berkshire reports record cash pile
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Courtesy of Susie Buffett Buffett teaches a class at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Courtesy of Susie Buffett Buffett married his first wife, Susan, in 1952. Courtesy of Susie Buffett Buffett and his wife pose at the beach with their three children. Courtesy of Susie Buffett Buffett poses for a photo in 1980. Nati Harnik/AP Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger are seen on a giant screen during the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in 2013.

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☆ What we know so far about season 4 of 'The Boys'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Here's what we know so far about season four of "The Boys." Black Noir may be dead, but the actor portraying him will returnNathan Mitchell as Black Noir in season three of "The Boys." The season 3 finale cliffhanger sets up a major theme that'll be addressedAntony Starr as Homelander in the season three finale of "The Boys." "A lot of the season will be a battle over Ryan," Kripke told E! Season 4 will be released on June 13, 2024The Deep, Black Noir, and A-Train on season four of "The Boys."

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☆ Sylvester Stallone's daughters say he hired Navy SEALS to train them before move to NYC: 'They were the real deal'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sylvester's eldest daughters, Sophia and Sistine, shared details about the grueling experience with the New York Post. The pair told the outlet their father felt uneasy about allowing them to move to the Big Apple, so he insisted they get self-defense training. Sistine, Sylvester, and Sophia Stallone in October 2019. He later welcomed Sophia, Sistine, and his youngest daughter Scarlett with former model Jennifer Flavin. AdvertisementIn May 2023, his three daughters spoke about Sylvester going "full Rambo" when they brought boys home.

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BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Evelyn Jefferson walks deep into a forest dotted with the tents of unhoused Lummi Nation tribal members and calls out names. “It took us eight days to bury him because we had to wait in line, because there were so many funerals in front of his,” said Jefferson, crisis outreach supervisor for Lummi Nation. Against the backdrop, tribes such as the Lummi Nation, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) north of Seattle, say the proposed funding — while appreciated — would barely scratch the surface. In September, Lummi Nation declared a state of emergency over fentanyl, adding drug-sniffing dogs and checkpoints, while revoking bail for drug-related charges. But truly thwarting this crisis must go beyond just Lummi Nation working on its own, said Nickolaus Lewis, Lummi councilmember.

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☆ Journal Retracts Studies Cited in Federal Court Ruling Against Abortion Pill
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Pam Belluck | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An academic journal publisher this week retracted two studies that were cited by a federal judge in Texas last year when he ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone should be taken off the market. Most of the authors of the studies are doctors and researchers affiliated with anti-abortion groups, and their reports suggested that medication abortion causes dangerous complications, contradicting the widespread evidence that abortion pills are safe. The lawsuit in which the studies were cited will be heard by the Supreme Court in March. The high court’s ruling could have major implications for access to medication abortion, which is now the most common method of pregnancy termination. The publisher, Sage Journals, said it had asked two independent experts to evaluate the studies, published in 2021 and 2022 in the journal Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology, after a reader raised concerns.

Organizations: Sage, Health Services Research Locations: Texas

Ramped-up domestic production of lithium is a key part of President Joe Biden's blueprint for a greener future less dependent on fossil fuels. It also confirmed the snail is currently known to exist in only 13 isolated springs within a 14-mile (22-km) radius of Thacker Pass and the Montana Mountains in Humboldt County. It said other threats include “livestock grazing, roads, drought, climate change and the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine.”Lithium Americas, which is developing the mine, said it’s done significant research and plans extensive monitoring to guard against any potential harm. Fish and Wildlife Service and are confident it will reaffirm that we’re building an environmentally responsible project with no impacts to the snail,” he said in an email to The Associated Press. Paiute and Shoshone tribes also say the mine is being built on sacred land at Thacker Pass where more than two dozen of their ancestors were massacred by U.S. troops in 1865.

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☆ It might be the year to upgrade your home's heating and cooling system and get a big discount
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Electric heat pumps are also more efficient at heating and cooling homes than systems powered by oil and propane. Heat pumps move hot and cold air from indoors to outdoors, rather than burn fuel, and can save the average US homeowner an estimated $500 a year. Cutting the up-front costs of buying and installing heat pumps is a key way to increase sales. "There's a lot of outdated information about heat pumps out there." AdvertisementMcIlwain said Maryland was working to put more information online, including a database of contractors, electricians, and manufacturers trained on heat pumps.

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☆ Most parenting advice today comes from experts who are strangers rather than from family members. That may not be good.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Christine Carrig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

To this day, those two rules might be the best parenting advice I have ever received, delivered to me by a 5-year-old, passed down through at least three generations of her family. While not "expert," advice from family or friends offers something intangible and underestimated: it naturally comes from a place of vested interest in both parent and child. AdvertisementFor instance, when a parenting expert posts a reel detailing how to de-escalate a tantrum, she may be sitting in a cheerfully lit, clean space with no background noise. Whereas family members or close friends may try to ease FUD, parenting experts may try to capitalize on it. With this in mind we may do well to take expert parenting advice the way we should take all advice, with a grain of salt and a healthy dose of skepticism about the motivations of the person doling it out.

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☆ Journal publisher retracts studies used by Texas judge who ruled to suspend use of abortion pill
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The academic publisher Sage Publications has retracted studies used by a Texas judge in a ruling that would suspend federal approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The 2021 study concluded that ER visits were more likely after a medication abortion rather than a surgical abortion. Kacsmaryk cited this study to suggest that the number of adverse events from medication abortion drugs is probably under-reported. The US Supreme Court will hear arguments in March about mifepristone, one of two drugs commonly used in the US for a medication abortion. Medication abortion is the most common form of abortion in the US, and multiple peer-reviewed studies have shown that it is highly safe and effective.

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A medical journal has retracted two studies claiming to show the harms of the abortion pill mifepristone, citing conflicts of interest by the authors and flaws in their research. Two of the three studies retracted by medical publisher Sage Perspectives were cited in a pivotal Texas court ruling that has threatened access to the pill. The U.S. Supreme Court will take up the case next month, with a decision expected later this year. Photos You Should See View All 15 ImagesBoth studies cited in the court ruling were published in the journal Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology. She said one of the major flaws of the retracted research is that the authors conflate ER visits with serious adverse events and don’t confirm whether patients received treatment.

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☆ Before He Was George Orwell, He Was Eric Blair, Police Officer
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( William Boyd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

BURMA SAHIB, by Paul TherouxGeorge Orwell died of tuberculosis in 1950, at the age of 46. The word “Orwellian” is as omnipresent as “Kafkaesque.” His two dystopian novel-allegories — “Animal Farm” and “1984” — have sold in the millions around the world. Almost everything that Orwell wrote seems to be in print. But there is one area of his life that is relatively unexplored and full of baffling gaps, not to say mystery. He was still several years removed from becoming “George Orwell” by adopting the nom de plume that would carry his legacy.

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☆ ‘I Miss My Friends’: The Heartbreak of Political Breakups in the Trump Era - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Art Cullen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I miss my friends. Our political discussions were limited to Hawkeyes (University of Iowa) versus Cyclones (Iowa State) football or how city hall don’t know siccum. There were complaints that Barack Obama wanted to take our guns. And that those idlers ought to get a job and quit complaining. And that a little guy couldn’t compete in the trades anymore when the big outfits hired undocumented labor to underbid them on local jobs.

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☆ He moved to Italy with his husband. Then his ex-wife bought a home down the road
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Over five decades later, Randy Allen and Cindy Harding Nannarelli from the US are both living in Italy with their husbands. In fact, the two couples’ homes in Noto, Sicily are located just a short distance from each other. “There was a long period where we lost touch,” says Randy, explaining that he moved around a lot during that time. Randy AllenAs Steve had never been to Italy before, they traveled there soon after, and Randy was able to introduce his new husband to Cindy and Sandro. Randy, Steve and Cindy have all found life in Italy to be more affordable than in the US.

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☆ How the Apple iPhone became one of the best-selling products of all time
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Sydney Boyo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Apple has sold over 2.3 billion units of the iPhone and has over 1.5 billion active users, according to research from Demand Sage. Apple sold 1.4 million iPhones in 2007 with 80% of the sales coming in Q4. The company hit a major milestone — more than 50 million units sold — in 2011, with the help of the iPhone 4s. By 2015, Apple was selling over 200 million iPhone units yearly. I can't imagine a scenario where Samsung can build a suite of products that is going to disrupt the Apple ecosystem."

Persons: Steve Jobs, Asset's Gene Munster, Uber, Museum's Marc Weber, Apple Organizations: Apple, Demand, Nokia, Asset's, U.S, Samsung, International Data Corp, Android, Microsoft, Google Locations: Munster

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe evolution of Apple's iPhone and how it changed the worldApple's iPhone was first announced by Steve Jobs in January 2007. Today, research by Demand Sage shows that the company has over 1.5 billion active users. The 2008 launch of the App Store was a pivotal turning moment for the company and now Apple has surpassed Samsung as the world's leader of smartphones for the first time.

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☆ I followed the Mediterranean diet for over a year. Here are 12 things that surprised me most.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Jennifer Barton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementI don't miss red meat at allI used to eat a lot of red meat. That was one of the near-instantaneous benefits I noticed when I started following a Mediterranean diet. Fortunately, it's really easy to make budget-friendly swaps and still stick to a Mediterranean diet. There isn't just one Mediterranean dietI think one of the biggest misconceptions I had about the Mediterranean diet before I started following it was that it was pretty limited. Although a Mediterranean diet can be Greek, French, Spanish, and Italian, it's also Turkish, Lebanese, Israeli, and Moroccan.

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☆ A Yale professor is slamming Bill Ackman's campaign against Harvard, calling the billionaire investor an 'odious' oligarch
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-03 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA Yale faculty member is engaging Bill Ackman in a public tiff on X, slamming the billionaire investor for his intense campaign against Harvard President Claudine Gay. Advertisement"What did I say about Harvard President Gay that has to do with money? What did I say about @Harvard President Gay that has to do with money? President Gay resigned because she lost the confidence of the University at large due to her actions and inactions and other failures of leadership. That's why people pay attention," Gonsalves replied.

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