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☆ This scientist was irked by the phrase 'hella' big — so he created 2 new units of measurement
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Metric measurements — also known as the International System of Units, or SI — are managed by a formal international organization. The prefixes Brown came up with are ronna and ronto for 1027 and 10-27 and quetta and quecto for 1030 and 10-30. In fact, SI units used to be based on actual, real-life physical artifacts. "If everyone sticks to SI prefixes," Brown says, "you don't have to go on Wikipedia to find out how long a light-year is or the power in 1 jansky." Pražák proposed sticking to Greek words and letters.

To capture this moment of adaptation, we contacted 200 New York Times readers who had sent us photographs of their pandemic lives at the end of 2020 and asked them to share a new photo reflecting what normal means two years later. Nearly the same share, 42 percent, said the pandemic had changed their lives in lasting and significant ways. Just 12 percent said the pandemic never changed much: “I didn’t give up anything,” one respondent said. What is one thing about your life that the pandemic has changed in a lasting way? Together, the photos collected below capture a kind of then-and-now of pandemic times, when many are still figuring out what comes next.

☆ You’re at the Office and So Are The Unwanted Holiday Treats
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Ray A. Smith | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Matthew Price, a corporate security guard in Danbury, Conn., has lately gotten a taste of what he doesn’t miss about the office during the holidays. Employees drop unsolicited cookies, cupcakes and other treats at his desk. Last year, the pastry pile was much smaller, when fewer people were coming in due to Covid-19, says Mr. Price, who is typically stationed at the office building entrance. But as more commuters return this season, so have the sugary treats that Mr. Price sometimes dreads.

This one holds 25 ounces of water, more than a standard water bottle, and it's way cuter than having cups all over your nightstand. Baggu socksIllustration by Elham AtaeiazarPrice: $14 "These socks are fun and cozy, but a little on the pricey side. MoMA card holderIllustration by Elham AtaeiazarPrice: $16 "I never knew how much I hated my wallet until my mom gave me a card holder. BraletteIllustration by Elham AtaeiazarPrice: $15 "A bralette might not seem like a typical gift, but hear me out. A dozen macarons variésIllustration by Elham AtaeiazarPrice: $5.50 "This Trader Joe's treat was my first introduction to macarons, and I haven't looked back since.

☆ ‘Oprah' inspired this pastry chef to start a cupcake shop at age 31—now Oprah Winfrey herself is a fan
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

That's according to Sprinkles co-founder Candace Nelson, whose leap from investment banking to pastry making helped drive the early 2000s cupcake boom — all thanks to an unconventional source of inspiration from Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart. Nelson spent hours moping on the couch — which is where the idea for Sprinkles started forming. "The funniest thing happened as I was sitting on the couch, watching hours and hours of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' and 'The Martha Stewart Show,'" she said. Nelson had a near-out-of-body experience watching Winfrey wax poetic about the desserts while filming the show, she added. "I can understand how someone like Oprah Winfrey can, and does, have such a positive power over people she's never even met," Nelson said.

☆ A 31-year-old mortgage broker who's been laid off twice decided to open a bakery and she's never been happier: 'I don't have the stress of wondering if I'm going to be laid off tomorrow'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Taylor Audet was in mortgage lending for eight years and was laid off twice. Mortgage lending's turbulent job marketThe mortgage business has had a choppy two years in relation to staffing. "I'm in a small town, a small community, so you get to help people with their financial needs and that's pretty special." Taylor AudetWhile away from lending, Audet tapped into a hobby of hers that she always enjoyed: baking. "I don't have the stress of wondering if I'm going to be laid off tomorrow," she said.

Inflation appears poised to gobble up this year's Thanksgiving budgets, as U.S. food prices continue to soar. Leading the food price increases over the past 12 months: margarine, up 44%; flour and prepared flour mixes, up 24.2%; frozen and refrigerated bakery products like pies, tarts and turnovers, up 20.4%. Uncooked turkey prices were up 17%, and processed fruits and vegetables were up 16%. Turkey prices have seen a particularly acute impact from inflation and a bird flu outbreak. Other factors driving food prices higher are the costs of energy and labor.

☆ The youngest female NYSE floor trader who earned $12,000 a year shares the 4 strategies she used to save money on a small salary and start investing
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

She lived with family to save on housing, checked her bank account regularly, and side hustled. Here are four strategies she used to save money and start investing on a tiny salary. She checked her bank account balance regularlyAfter overdrafting her bank account once, Simmons started checking her balance more consistently. Simmons admitted that it was scary to start regularly checking her bank account at first: "I used to avoid checking my bank account, but we have to hold ourselves responsible. If you are having fear or anxiety over checking your bank account, you have to work through that."

☆ New York Comic Con tries to get back to normal in a world changed by Covid
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-05 | by ( Mike Calia | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Cosplayers dressed in Mandalorian armor and Black Widow pose for a photo during Day 4 of New York Comic Con 2021 at Jacob Javits Center on October 10, 2021 in New York City. (NEW YORK — New York Comic Con isn't quite what it was before the pandemic. But it's still a way off from the approximately 250,000 fans who attended the New York event in 2019. ReedPop, the company that owns New York Comic Con, is fine with being conservative two years after the coronavirus forced organizers to make the event entirely virtual. The virus is still around, so Covid masks will still be required at all times indoors this year, although fans won't need to present proof of vaccination.

☆ 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.

Există un singur lucru important pe care trebuie să-l cunoaștem despre mesele de sărbătoare: „Mâncarea nu fuge nicăieri!”. În acest sens noi am decis să selectăm câteva rețete care v-ar putea inspira și bucura papilele gustative la masa de Crăciun! În continuare vă sugerăm câteva idei dulci pe care Beatricia le-a pregătit în carantină, dar care, de asemenea, pot deveni protagoniste gastronomice pe masa voastră de sărbătoare. Aceștia nu doar că sunt gustoși, dar și sănătoși, pentru că sunt preparați din făină de ovăz și din alte ingrediente bogate în nutrienți. Desigur, puteți apela și la îndrăgita rețetă de salată Olivier, friptură, sarmale, cozonac, rulade sau specialitățile casei voastre, important e să fiți raționali și să prioritizați nu mâncarea, ci atmosfera gazdei voastre!

Persons: Crăciun, Petrașcu, Crăciun ?, Olivier Locations: cupcakes

☆ (foto) Cantina din weekend. Te ghidăm să faci acasă trei tipuri de brioșe delicioase
▼ + stars: | 2020-08-23 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +5 min

Într-un bol separat bate untul moale cu zahărul până îl încorporezi, apoi adaugă oul amestecând bine. Pregătește crema: bate untul cu zahărul pudră la viteză mare câteva minute, apoi adaugă crema de brânză rece și amestecă până obții o cremă consistentă. Pune aluatul în forme pentru brioșe și coace-le în cuptor preîncălzit la 180 °C pentru 20 de minute. Încorporează jumătate din cantitatea de făină și praf de copt cernut, apoi adaugă și jumătate din cantitatea de lapte. Pune aluatul obținut în forme de brioșe și coace-le în cuptorul preîncălzit la 170 °C pentru 20 de minute.

Organizations: Red Locations: Philadelphia, Hellofood, Chișinău

☆ The Rise And Fall Of The Crumbs cupcake empire
▼ + stars: | 2014-06-05 | by ( Hayley Peterson | Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Crumbs Bake Shop popularized fancy cupcakes in the early 2000s before the brand floundered in the 2010s. But Crumbs' founders returned to the brand last year and are rebuilding it with a new strategy. From the first store in New York City to their delivery-savvy reboot, here's the full story of Crumbs. The husband-and-wife team who opened the first Crumbs store in Manhattan grew their business to dozens of locations in an effort to become America's local bakery. Here's the complete story of Crumbs:

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