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☆ Luxury homebuyers are scooping up smaller houses, encouraged by lower mortgages, less maintenance, and fewer family members hanging around
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Zoe Rosenberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Wealthy buyers are seeking smaller homes, according to the real-estate brokerage Coldwell Banker. Among them are a desire to have a more efficient and manageable home, and downsizing of family units that grew larger during the coronavirus pandemic, they said. What it all means is that these luxury homebuyers are increasingly competing with regular folks just trying to put a roof over their heads. "That's a lot of people competing with the millennials who delayed homebuying" and their decision to have families, Steinberg said. Though the home is smaller than the one in which they raised their family, they want to downsize again.

The biggest event of her life — her Sweet 16 — was due to start in a few hours. “I have anxiety and today ... i didn’t get as nervous maybe cause I’m not speaking to anyone but hands are a little shaky.”Angie documenting her Sweet 16 makeup artist’s skills. As Henriquez’s sole daughter, Angie was the family’s uncontested diva, its “only queen” — a girl who seemed to have left the Bronx all but physically. As her 16th birthday approached, she resisted the idea of a Sweet 16. Angie lighting her Sweet 16 candles with, from left, her brothers, Fidel and Angel, and her stepbrother, Cameron.

☆ tWitch tributes: Friends honor dancer who was 'loved by everyone'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The late Stephen “tWitch” Boss was a man who wore many hats. He was hungry, eager, and willing to do the work that would lift him in spirit and means,” she wrote. Murphy shared that the first time she met Boss, “there was something about him. Other celebrities to mourn Boss’s passing included Questlove, who wrote on Instagram, “I have no words man. Ciara continued in her missive to Boss that she always knew him “as joy, laughter, good times, and a big smile!

☆ Meteor shower: Mark your calendar for the strongest one of 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The best chance to see the strongest meteor shower of the year is on its way this week. “If you had to pin one (meteor shower) as being the best of the year, year in and year out, it would be the Geminids,” said Robert Lunsford, fireball report coordinator for the society. The biggest and brightest Geminids meteors are often said to appear greenish in color. The moon’s Illumination has affected Geminids watching for the past two years, but the meteor shower is expected to occur around a new moon in 2023, creating perfect viewing conditions. To the casual observer, they’re a nice firework (display) — meteor showers are nature’s fireworks.”The next and final major annual meteor shower of 2022 will be the Ursids, which peak the evening of December 22, according to EarthSky.

☆ Why Faulty Streetlights Are Turning Cities Purple — and Why It's Worrisome
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

LED streetlights are supposed to shine for the better part of a decade. Every city with purple lights that responded to my queries or has public records on the matter bought its LED lights from Acuity. The blue LED, with its narrow wavelength, enabled all sorts of modern tech, from the compact disc to flat-screen monitors. Acuity and the purple cities haven't been entirely transparent on that matter. "The purple streetlights are a result of the phosphor coating delaminating from the LEDs," says Fiona Hughes, a representative for the city of Vancouver.

☆ Leonid meteor shower: Fast, bright meteors light up the night sky
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Known as some of the fastest meteors around, the Leonids blaze across the night sky annually during the month of November. Historically, they are considered to be one of the most impressive meteor showers on record, largely due to the meteor storm they form roughly every 33 years, causing thousands of meteors to rain down in the night sky. On Thursday night, the shower is expected to peak at 7 p.m. The Leonid meteor shower is active through December 2, alongside the tail end of the North Taurid meteor shower. Around their peak, sky gazers could potentially observe 10 to 15 meteors per hour.

☆ Casey DeSantis, Florida's 'co-governor': Rivals, friends, and former colleagues say she's the secret behind husband Ron DeSantis' meteoric rise
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Lyz Lenz | Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

Florida's first lady, Casey DeSantis, is a close confidant to her powerful husband, several people told Insider. He added, "We would not see Ron DeSantis outside of press conferences if he did not have a wife and kids." Ron DeSantis began clawing his way into the national spotlight in 2017 as a member of the US House of Representatives. She smiled wryly and said: "Everyone knows my husband, Ron DeSantis, is endorsed by President Trump, but he's also an amazing dad. "Ron DeSantis would be a very good candidate for the St. Johns county commission if he did not have Casey DeSantis in his life," Schorsch said.

☆ Buffalo Bills unveil first design images of their new $1.4 billion stadium
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Jessica Golden | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Buffalo Bills have released the first images of their eagerly awaited new stadium, which is set to be completed in 2026. Created in conjunction with Legends and the architectural firm Populous, the open air stadium will be built across from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park. The Bills' current stadium was built in 1973 and is the fourth oldest in the NFL. Of that, $850 million of the funding will come from state and county taxpayers – a record amount for a stadium. Bills operating chief Ron Raccuia told Buffalo Sports Radio WGR 550 Thursday that the canopy that surrounds the stadium will cover 65% of all seats in the stadium and will help mitigate wind for fans.

☆ Selma Blair leaves 'Dancing With the Stars' citing health concerns related to MS
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Actor Selma Blair left the competition show "Dancing With the Stars" citing health concerns and spun through the ballroom dance floor for one last graceful waltz Monday evening. I can’t go on with the competition," she told her partner Sasha Farber in a rehearsal room in a pre-recorded clip. Selma Blair, center, with the cast of 'Dancing With the Stars". A post on the "Dancing With the Stars" Instagram page praised the dancers Monday night, saying: "Selma Blair & Sasha Farber gave us a memorable night with a beautiful final performance. Blair has co-starred in a number of films and TV shows, including the 2001 hit “Legally Blonde.” She also opened up about her MS diagnosis in the 2021 documentary, "Introducing, Selma Blair."

☆ I’ve been following a woman around the internet. Turns out she was created by artificial intelligence.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Evan Ratliff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +31 min

Even in their first efforts, the GAN images were quickly on par with those made by any other, less intelligent software. You can find the results on the Generated Photos site, where you can filter by ethnicity, age, sex, eye color, and other attributes. Generated Photos' GANs tend to match conventional beauty standards, a product of the models that have been fed to the software. I'm not sure anyone would be surprised to find fake images accompanying testimonials on an Estonian bitcoin exchange or an online CBD seller. Are they real people deploying fake images, or fake people deploying fake images?

☆ Mountain Girl’s heartbreaking memoir: An icon of the Sixties opens up about Jerry Garcia, Ken Kesey, and what the age of free love was really like
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

Now 76 and living in Oregon, Mountain Girl has gave us an exclusive look at her memoir. Altamont, the free concert that Mountain Girl and Jerry Garcia helped organized, was meant to revive the spirit of the Sixties. Today, 60 years since she took that ride with Neal Cassady, Mountain Girl is still forging her own path. Before I leave Kesey's farm, Mountain Girl and I walk outside to the old brown barn where Furthur now rests. But for Mountain Girl, it lives forever, an emblem of everything her generation believed in, and all that they achieved.

☆ The world is staring down a brutal winter of soaring energy prices, rolling blackouts, and freezing homes. But there's a clear solution to the crisis — if we aren't too scared to use it.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Kartik Menon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Confronted with energy shortfalls into the colder months and years of potential energy uncertainty, one solution has gained traction around the globe: nuclear energy. Many nations, including the United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, and Japan, have begun or reconsidered massive sovereign investment into nuclear power. Reliable, low-cost, and carbon-free, nuclear energy allows these nations to arrest the economic decline from higher energy prices and make progress toward net-zero goals. Compared to other sources of energy, nuclear power is relatively safe — the number of deaths per terawatt hour produced is comparable to wind and solar energy. These are encouraging steps toward getting the West off of Russian energy and helping consumers weather the tough times ahead.

☆ Quiet quitting isn't a new phenomenon, especially for those from marginalized backgrounds. 3 women share why they had to quiet-quit to reclaim their identities.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Marguerite Ward | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Many of us felt a kinship as we discussed quiet quitting. But quiet quitting isn't a new phenomenon, particularly for workers from marginalized backgrounds. In fact, diversity advocates say the idea of quiet quitting is gaining momentum in part because white workers are making noise about it. Navigating the boundaries of quiet quitting and what could be deemed as not doing their jobs can be trickier for them. Sacha ThompsonSacha Thompson: '5 o'clock came and I shut down'For Sacha Thompson, quiet quitting was a means of dealing with toxic cultures and colleagues who disrespected her.

☆ Îngrijirea pielii de nouă generație
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-31 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Uneori, doar un singur produs de îngrijire a pielii poate schimba complet starea și aspectul acesteia. NovAge ProCeuticals este o serie de produse eficiente care vizează problemele specifice ale pielii și obținerea rezultatelor vizibile. Niacinamida îmbunătățește funcțiile de protecție și conferă pielii o strălucire sănătoasă. Acesta stimulează sinteza de colagen și reînnoirea pielii, netezind astfel ridurile de expresie și ridurile profunde. Acest proces redă strălucirea pielii și reduce profunzimea ridurilor, a porilor, reduce pigmentarea pielii și alte imperfecțiuni.

Persons: Ser, AHA Organizations: Alfa

☆ Cum îți îngrijești pielea iarna? Află ce produse sunt absolut necesare tenului tău
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-16 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +5 min

Glandele sebacee ale pielii produc o peliculă de grăsime ușor acidă, care se menține pe piele și acționează ca o barieră protectoare. La temperaturi joase, glandele sebacee produc mai puțină grăsime, iar protecția împotriva deshidratării scade, rezultatul fiind o piele mult mai uscată. Pentru a restabili și fortifica bariera naturală a pielii, este necesară crema de zi. Acidul hialuronic vegetal este un component unic, extras din semințe de tamarind, el hidratează și menține apa în tegumente, netezește pielea și îi sporește elasticitatea. Dermatologul brandului Viorica afirmă că măștile faciale au capacitatea de a absorbi excesul de sebum și a estompa sau minimiza porii dilatați.

Persons: Viorica, . Locations: acnee

☆ Produsele de îngrijire și machiaj marca ZAO – esența naturii, mai aproape ca oricând de tine (Foto)
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-12 | by ( Nadia Darie | Eugenia Ion | ) ea.md time to read: +2 min

Șansele de a combina reușit naturalețea și frumusețea cresc odată cu folosirea produselor marca ZAO. Nu este un secret pentru nimeni că acum, în anul 2020, există alternative sănătoase pentru orice produs de machiaj ordinar. Fiecare produs este verificat și certificat de organizații internaționale ca Ecocert și Cosmebio înainte de a fi distribuit și adus pe raftul magazinului. În plus, pe lângă aderență și rezistență, produsele nu încarcă fața, au texturi ușoare și creează un aspect radiant, demn de admirație. Ambalajele sunt elegante, rafinate și create din bambus special crescut în acest scop, respectând, în același timp, termenii durabilității mediului și a sustenabilității.

Persons: Alexei Șciusev, Ștefan Locations: pudrei, Ecocert

☆ The $107,000 Lexus LC500 is the best-kept secret on the car market
▼ + stars: | 2020-08-03 | by ( Alanis King | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

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☆ (foto) Institutul Pantone a stabilit culorile anului 2016. Iată care sunt cele două nuanțe
▼ + stars: | 2015-12-03 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Institutul Pantone, responsabil cu alegerile noastre cromatice, ne-a surprins în acest an proclamând nu culoarea anului 2016, ci culorile: Rose Quartz și Serenity. Sunt două nuanțe pastelate care ne îndeamnă la reverie și inspiră calmitate, evocându-ne o lume a păcii și a serenității, total diferită de climatul politic actual. Rose quartz este o nuanță caldă, ca cea a cristalului de cuarț roz, în timp ce serenity este o nuanță mai rece, însă relaxantă, precum cea a cerului senin. Nu doar prezența a două nuanțe pe tronul cromaticii din 2016 ne-a uimit, ci și alegerea pastelurilor pe post de regine. Aceasta culoare a anului 2016 va arăta fabulos alături de tonuri de bleumarin, cu care să îi condimentezi strălucirea diafană.

Persons: Rose, serenity, Serenity, Rose Quartz, lila Organizations: Rose quartz, americană Locations: Rose, boboc, Pantone

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