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☆ How ‘Going Viral’ Became a Thing
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Virginia Heffernan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Select a party anthem (“YMCA”), a quality in a dream partner (“ravenous”) and presto: your spiritual home. Too many people got Wyoming — more than actually lived in Wyoming — and this turn of events was so exciting that people stomped over to Facebook to protest. Then, according to Ben Smith in his engrossing and suspenseful book, “Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral,” the team at BuzzFeed noticed something that changed media forev —Well, not forever. This is Ben Smith, after all. Co-founder of Semafor, former New York Times media columnist, onetime editor in chief of BuzzFeed News.

☆ Elon Musk's office sleeping habits have existed since the early 1990s, according to a book about his first startup
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Per "The Founders," Musk's company rented a "spartan Palo Alto office space," and he would sleep at the office and shower at the nearby YMCA. Soon after taking over Twitter, Musk similarly said he would be sleeping at the office "until the org is fixed." Back at Zip2, Soni describes a "perpetually sleep-deprived" Musk openly berating other executives and colleagues in 1996. Musk's sleeping habits continued at his second company, too, as the company's cofounder Harris Fricker told Soni. In February, Musk said he has worked an average of more than 120 hours a week after taking over Twitter.

☆ Meet a Navy officer who just got $323,000 in student loans forgiven and said public service was 'the only way' he could have paid off his debt
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Jared Weegmann, 37, got $323,000 in student loans forgiven through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. "I just remember thinking, the only way this is ever gonna get off me is if I immediately start some public service job." Jared Weegmann (left) had $323,000 student loans forgiven through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. "We determined you have successfully met the requirements of the PSLF Program and your loans listed below have been forgiven. Thanks to changes we've made to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, everyday Americans can reach dreams they put off for far too long.

☆ Nanny sharing, co-parenting, and the YMCA are helping parents meet their childcare needs as costs rise and shortages persist
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

They're turning to a variety of options to get by, including nanny sharing and co-parenting. Unable to find or afford childcare, many parents are exploring all their options on the table. While she told Insider this is meeting most of their childcare needs for now, it's costing them $1,000 to $1,500 per month. Some families have tried "nanny sharing" — when two or more families hire one nanny to watch their children at one of their homes and split the expense. "It seems that it eases the cost a bit," said Wilson-Demarco, who says she knows some families that have nanny shared.

☆ How James Cameron’s Water Obsession Led to the ‘Avatar’ Sequel
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( John Jurgensen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Since getting certified in a YMCA pool at age 16, filmmaker James Cameron has done roughly 1,000 scuba dives. In a solo submersible, he once went down nearly 7 miles to the deepest point of the ocean with the most extreme water pressure. Various forces threatened to crush Mr. Cameron when he was making his biggest waterborne feature films to date: “Titanic” (1997) and “The Abyss” (1989), which he shot in a flooded nuclear containment vessel with actors on the edge.

☆ This Turkey Trot Is Older Than the Boston Marathon
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Jennifer Calfas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Benjamin Franklin once said nothing is certain except death and taxes. Residents of Buffalo, N.Y., can add the annual Turkey Trot to that list. The race, held in Buffalo on Thanksgiving Day, has persisted for 127 years, despite two pandemics, two World Wars and a variety of snowstorms. YMCA Turkey Trot organizers in Buffalo boast the race is “the oldest continuously run footrace in the world.”

☆ Mike Birbiglia's Broadway show explores life's big questions
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —At one point during Mike Birbiglia’s new Broadway show, “The Old Man and The Pool,” he jokingly scolds the audience for laughing over a story about the death of a man in a YMCA pool. One after another, someone’s howl becomes contagious, and the laughter keeps going for several minutes as Birbiglia watches. “The Old Man and the Pool” has been in Birbiglia’s mind in some version for about six years now. I think at the time it was called ‘The YMCA Pool.’ And then we were shut down. “There’s no answer to any of it.”“The Old Man and The Pool” is currently playing at Lincoln Center in New York City.

Rep. Ken Calvert is running against Democrat Will Rollins in California's 41st Congressional District. The 41st District includes the city of Corona, Calvert's hometown. Calvert, who has a history of opposing same-sex marriage, faces Rollins in a district that has long backed gay rights. 2022 General EmbedsCalifornia's 41st Congressional District candidatesCalvert is a senior member of the House Committee on Appropriations. Voting history for California's 41st Congressional DistrictCalifornia's 41st Congressional District, located in Riverside County, covers a swath of the Coachella Valley and includes Palm Springs, Lake Elsinore, and parts of Corona and Riverside.

☆ Republican Rep. Ken Calvert faces off against Democrat Will Rollins in California's 41st Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Ken Calvert is running against Democrat Will Rollins in California's 41st Congressional District. Calvert, who has a history of opposing same-sex marriage, faces Rollins in a district that has long backed gay rights. California's 41st Congressional District candidatesCalvert is a senior member of the House Committee on Appropriations. First elected to the US House in 1992 to represent California's 43rd Congressional District, Calvert is the longest-serving Republican of the state's congressional delegation and one of the most senior members serving in the legislative body. Voting history for California's 41st Congressional DistrictCalifornia's 41st Congressional District, located in Riverside County, covers a swath of the Coachella Valley and includes Palm Springs, Lake Elsinore, and parts of Corona and Riverside.

☆ More questions than answers surround the deaths of four friends found dead in an Oklahoma river
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

Mark Chastain, 32, and Billy Chastain, 30, were the “definition of brothers and were always together,” their grandmother, Milissia Smith, said in a verified online fundraiser. Billy Chastain — who went by BJ — was a handyman with four children, two girls and two boys ages 2 to 12, Gordon said. Megan GordonGordon said the last time she spoke to Billy Chastain was the day before he vanished. An affidavit filed for the grand theft charge states that Kennedy told the arresting officer that the truck's owner told him he could borrow the vehicle whenever he wanted. Kennedy told the officer he took the truck last week and drove to Florida for a weekend vacation, the document says.

☆ A blue-collar worker who never made more than a $52,000 salary, but built a 25-unit real estate portfolio, shares the 4 strategies he used to come up with cash to buy investment properties
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

One real estate investor used various strategies to get upfront cash to build his portfolio. Buying real estate requires upfront cash: In most cases, you need money for a down payment and closing costs. Still, he managed to build a 25-unit real estate portfolio in about four years, which Insider verified. Plus, he was generating positive cash flow and starting to see how real estate investing could help him build long-term wealth. He was watching a lot of real estate content on YouTube at the time and learned through one video that you can buy real estate with an IRA.

☆ A cop put on a MAGA hat to save fellow officers on Jan. 6 – and an Oath Keeper helped
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-05 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Ryan J. Reilly Is A Justice Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +18 min

“Escorted!”The man escorting them, with the bullhorn in the Eddie Bauer jacket, was a member of the far-right Oath Keepers organization. Three other Oath Keepers — Joshua James, Brian Ulrich and William Todd Wilson — have already pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy. Johnson wasn’t aware that Nichols was an Oath Keeper, nor of who the Oath Keepers were, his lawyer said. ‘They’re being scapegoated’The Oath Keepers charged in the seditious conspiracy, according to the government’s evidence, came prepared on Jan. 6. The judge overseeing the Oath Keepers case said that the evidence can be introduced only if the defendants witnessed it directly.

As yet another Alzheimer's drug targeting plaque buildup in the brain fails to improve cognition in patients, leading scientists said a significant shift is underway in the search for effective treatments for the disease. By 2050, that number is projected to rise to nearly 13 million, according to an estimate from the Alzheimer’s Association. Alzheimer’s disease is often referred to as “Type 3 diabetes,” a brain-specific form of diabetes that is the result of the brain’s neurons lacking glucose, said John Didsbury, the CEO of T3D Therapeutics. Data from the longest-ever phase 3 trial of exercise on cognition released at the conference on Tuesday found that exercise may stall cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients. He said it’s only a matter of time before we see more research discoveries that show potential for slowing Alzheimer’s disease, possibly within the next year or two.

☆ The Eteri Expiration Date: Kamila Valieva and Russia's quest for figure skating gold
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-07 | by ( Gabrielle Paluch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Russia's Kamila Valieva is the first female figure skater to land a quad at the Olympics. Kamila Valieva has made Olympics history in Beijing by landing two quadruple jumps – paving the way for a Gold in the team figure skating competition. The Quad Squad – Kamila Valieva, Anna Scherbakova, and Alexandra Trusova – at the ISU European Figure Skating Championships on Jan. 15, 2022. Kamila Valieva of Russia performs during the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in January in Tallinn, Estonia. Vladimir Pesnya/Epsilon/Getty ImagesCoach Eteri Tutberidze with skater Alexandra Trusova at the Russian Figure Skating Championships in 2021.

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▼ + stars: | 2021-11-05 | by ( Ariana Arghandewal | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

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☆ A former YMCA administrator left her job and now makes 7 figures running her own company. Here's how she went from solopreneur to CEO in just 3 years.
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-13 | by ( Jessica Stillman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Tasha Booth started a side hustle as a virtual assistant and now she's the CEO of her own company. Today Booth heads up a virtual assistant agency and coaching business that took in just over seven figures in revenue last year. So if you're saying yes to your clients' needs and never prioritizing your own, you are actually saying no to yourself," she said. "You're saying, 'I'm not important enough to make myself a priority.' I've had a coach for myself since month three of my business," Booth said.

☆ Мадуро обвинил Трампа в копировании Чавеса
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-01 | by ( ) point.md time to read: 1 min

Президент Венесуэлы Николас Мадуро заявил, что движения американского лидера Дональда Трампа копируют экс-президента Венесуэлы Уго Чавеса. Так Мадуро отреагировал на танец Трампа перед избирателями под композицию YMCA, передает iz.ru«На мероприятии в Пенсильвании Дональд Трамп копировал Чавеса. Танцевал сейчас, во время предвыборной кампании, вы не видели?» — сказал Мадуро на встрече со сторонниками 31 октября. В ходе своей предвыборной кампании Трамп уже на нескольких митингах исполнил небольшой танец под песню группы Village People YMCA. Ранее российский сенатор Алексей Пушков отметил большую жизненную силу и оптимизм президента Трампа, а также его способность устраивать шоу и развлекать публику.

Persons: Николас Мадуро, Дональд Трамп, Уго Чавес, Мадуро, Трамп, Чавес, Алексей Пушков Organizations: YMCA, Twitter, Village People YMCA, Twitter, Village People YMCA Locations: Венесуэла, Пенсильвания, США

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