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That future loomed like a long, dark tunnel ahead: middle school. AdvertisementMy memories of middle school colored my fears for my sonI remembered my own middle school years as both fun and fraught. In middle school, I jumped on an external validation treadmill that became very hard to get off, eventually losing touch with my own wants and needs. The author, middle, was worried when her son started middle school. The night before school started, I sat in the living room unboxing, unpackaging, organizing, and arranging.
Persons: , Marika Paez Wiesen Organizations: Service, Business, Great School
The GOP’s 2024 party platform calls for the repeal of President Joe Biden’s executive order on AI, which Republicans say "hinders AI innovation." Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to NBC News from the balcony of his Capitol office on Thursday, Aug. 1. “We have lots of AI proposals in the defense bill because AI has national security concerns,” Schumer told NBC News. It would require federal agencies to assess the potential risks of using AI before purchasing or deploying AI systems. But it also has real problems,” Schumer said, referring to the Future of AI bill.
Persons: Chuck Schumer, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Schumer, Trump, ” Schumer, , “ We’re, , Joe Biden’s, “ Donald Trump, Frank Thorp V, TikTok, Sen, Mitt Romney, Brian Schatz, chatbot ChapGPT, Schumer —, , Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, Martin Heinrich, Todd Young, Mike Rounds, Rounds, ” Rounds, Gary Peters, Thom Tillis Organizations: New, New York Democrat, NBC News, Republican, Democratic, Republicans, NBC, Big Tech, National Defense, Senate, 118th, National Institute of Standards, Technology, NIST, Senate Homeland Security, Star Locations: WASHINGTON, Harris, New York, eyeing, Republic, Congress, China, U.S, R, Utah, Hawaii, Sens
If You Can Do It, You Can Do It at Night
  + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Amy Thomas | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
But under a full moon, those activities can be transcendent. Looking up at the night sky, on the other hand, feels as though deep mysteries may be revealed. Astrotourism, travel devoted to stargazing and other celestial activities, is booming, spurred on, in part, by DarkSky International, which aims to protect the night skies from light pollution. “Viewing our starry night sky has connected humanity throughout the ages and allowed us to form a deep connection with the cosmos,” said Susan Serven, DarkSky’s communications director. “Now it’s seen as a growing potential economic driver, as well.”It could be the breathtaking photos captured by the Hubble telescope, the Northern Lights that dazzled farther south this spring, or our growing awareness of light pollution and its impact on migratory birds, nocturnal pollinators and other wildlife that has helped catalyze interest, but the night skies are sparking invitations to explore in new ways.
Persons: , Susan Serven, Organizations: DarkSky International, Hubble Locations: Tucson, Ariz
Read previewJapan's main stock market index suffered its biggest fall since 1987, closing 12.4% lower on Monday, while markets in Asia and Europe also fell sharply. US stock markets sunk at the end of last week as investors digested a streak of negative economic data and disappointing earnings from Big Tech companies. The Chinese stock markets were already under pressure this year due to the country's economic troubles. Japan kept interest rates ultra-low for decades following the implosion of an asset bubble in the 1990s that contributed to persistent deflation. AdvertisementThe BoJ's rate hike has also fanned further risk-off sentiment in global stock markets.
Persons: , Tony Sycamore, Taiwan's Taiex, Paris, it's, Sycamore, Vishnu Varathan, Mizuho Bank's Organizations: Service, Nikkei, Business, Big Tech, Nasdaq, IG Australia, Bloomberg TV, Kospi, CSI, Federal Reserve, Bloomberg, Bank of Japan, ING Locations: Asia, Europe, Frankfurt, London, Japan
The 79-year-old man sat silently in the back of the courtroom on Long Island, 20 miles from his home in Queens. Here the man, Robin Davis, settled in for what promised to be a strange trial in this mostly empty room. His lawsuit centered on the actions of a person long dead. His adversaries were Long Island bureaucrats who had never heard of that person or his reported misdeeds. Mr. Davis had long been widely known for his philanthropy on behalf of one cause: fighting child abuse.
Persons: Merrill Lynch, Robin Davis, Long, Davis, Eisenhower Organizations: Bank of America Locations: Queens, New York City
And I’d be doing it solo, an American female, in a vintage Land Cruiser that was anything but inconspicuous. Planning a 7,000-kilometer road tripRussian visa in hand, it was time to start route planning, make my final vehicle preparations, and pack. With a car my size, bearing Georgian plates, driven by an American who doesn’t speak any Russian, I was increasingly nervous. An American girl, traveling alone, saying she’s moving to Mongolia, driving a car with Georgian plates. I had a summer of overlanding and adventuring across Mongolia, and a new life in Ulaanbaatar, to get underway.
Persons: Breanna Wilson, Andrey Orekhov, Evan Gershkovich, Russia – Organizations: Mongolia CNN, Cruiser, US State Department, Google, Astana, Russia, Toyota Top Motors Locations: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Tbilisi , Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, American, Russian, Tbilisi, Tbllisi, Georgia, Georgian, Kazbegi, Chechnya, Dagestan, Mariupol, Donetsk, Baku, Alat, Europe, Japan, Kuryk, Altai, Bayan, Ölgii, Astana, Semey, Soviet Union, Russia's, Siberia, , Tsagaannuur, Mongolia’s, @breannajwilson
As an interior decorator, I've seen lots of mistakes that can downgrade a backyard. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . But as an interior decorator, I've seen many people make avoidable mistakes that can turn a potential paradise into a problem zone. Here are seven mistakes to avoid when designing your backyard.
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Read previewGlobal markets are off to a terrible start to the week. Stock markets are crashing across Asia after Japan's interest-rate hike last week contributed to a selloff that got worse and worse. AdvertisementInvestors are also on edge before the US markets open later in the global day. Global carry trade unwindingThe Bank of Japan raised its interest rate from between 0% and 0.1% to 0.25% on Wednesday — the highest level in 15 years. Japan kept interest rates ultra-low for decades following the implosion of an asset bubble in the 1990s that contributed to persistent deflation.
Persons: , Kospi, India's Sensex, Tony Sycamore, Sycamore, Vishnu Varathan, Mizuho Bank's Organizations: Service, Stock, Business, IG Australia, Bloomberg, CSI, Dow Jones Industrial, Nasdaq, Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan, ING Locations: Asia, Japan
NASA and Indian spacecraft have spotted what they believe to be water on the moon’s surface, and Chinese scientists last year found water trapped in glass beads strewn across the moon. But people didn’t always know there was water on the moon, though scientists theorized about its existence for hundreds of years. “I think it has lots of potential, this new finding that we can extract molecular water directly from lunar soils,” Qian said. After the latest study, many Weibo users raised the possibility of growing plants or crops on the moon using the molecular water found in soil. “We can’t work behind closed doors – it would be best to attract all of their scientists to China,” one wrote.
Persons: China’s Chang’e, , David A, Ren Junchuan, Yuqi Qian, didn’t, NASA’s, Luna, Qian, ” Qian, , Xi Jinping’s, it’s, ” Kring, hasn’t, Bill Nelson, Weibo Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, NASA, Indian, Planetary Institute, University of Hong, China National Space Administration, Xinhua, CNN, , International Space, Weibo Locations: China, Hong Kong, ULM, Texas, Xinhua, University of Hong Kong, Soviet, SOFIA, United States
Eugenicists used photographs and IQ tests to determine which people were "inferior," and sterilized those who didn't measure up — which usually turned out to be anyone who wasn't white and rich. Before he worked with photographs, Kosinski was interested in Facebook. It's just picking up on the way gay people present themselves on dating sites — which, not surprisingly, is often very different from the way straight people present themselves to potential partners. Kosinski thinks AI's ability to make the kind of personality judgments he studies will only get better. That is the future Kosinski fears — even as he continues to tinker with the very models that prove it will come to pass.
Persons: Michal Kosinski, Kosinski, I'm, they'd, isn't, Oppenheimer, David Stillwell, Stillwell, aren't, Brian Stauffer, Aleksandr Kogan, Donald Trump, , Kosinski isn't, MAGA, Bernie bros, Alexander Todorov, It's, they've, — Francis Galton, Ronald Fisher, Karl Pearson —, Aubrey Clayton, Hitler, Trump, They're, Adam Rogers Organizations: Stanford University, Kosinski, Facebook, Cambridge, Cambridge Psychometrics, National Academy of Sciences, Psychometrics, BI, intuit, Guardian, Rights, GLAAD, Stanford, HRC, University of Chicago, US Supreme, tinker, Business Locations: California, Stanford, Kosinski, Russia
Read previewDirector M. Night Shyamalan's new thriller, "Trap," is filled with twists and turns, but its premise is grounded in a real-life sting operation that took place in the '80s. Here's how the sting operation partly inspired Shyamalan's film. Related storiesAccording to The Washington Post, Operation Sting led to 144 arrests. Shyamalan said that the sting operation was 'hilarious' and the absurdity of the fakeout stuck with himHartnett as Cooper and Donoghue as Riley in "Trap." "Trap" isn't a comedy by any means, but the dark humor of Operation Flagship informed the movie.
Persons: , Josh Hartnett, Cooper, Riley, Ariel Donoghue, Lady Raven, Shyamalan's, Saleka, Bernie Boston, Sting, Shyamalan, Hartnett, Donoghue, Sabrina Lantos, Lambs, Taylor, Dexerto Organizations: Service, Business, Flagship, DC, US, Washington Redskins, International Sports Television, Fugitive, Redskins, Cincinnati Bengals, Washington Convention Center, Special Operations, The Washington, Warner Bros, Empire, FBI Locations: Washington
Lucas Altman remembers it well: On an early October night in 2014, he had taken his two Labradors to Central Park when suddenly they became alert, their tails wagging with the thrill of the hunt as they towed him to a patch of shrubbery. “It was dark, I was getting impatient and I didn’t bother to look,” he said. A day later, he returned to find out that another resident had made a shocking discovery under the bushes: a dead bear cub, oddly placed under an old bike. “It was so strange,” Mr. Altman, 52, remembered in an interview Monday. “I always thought it had to take somebody kooky to do that.”This weekend, a most unexpected culprit stepped forward to admit the bear dumping: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Persons: Lucas Altman, , Mr, Altman, , Robert F, Kennedy Jr Locations: Central
PARIS — For athletes and audiences, these have been the Olympics when raucous crowds have roared once again following years of lockdown restrictions. But outside the din of the stadiums, it’s impossible to ignore that Paris is relatively quiet. “Last year, we were completely full inside and out,” said Bérangère Drogue, 38, who works at bistro L’Elephant Du Nil, in the trendy Marais neighborhood. “It’s like night and day.”Berangere Drogue, a waiter at L'Elephant Du Nil, in Paris on Thursday. “I have never seen Paris like this,” said Jugurta Chabane, 28, his black suit and tie matching his dark vehicle.
Persons: Mona Lisa ”, , Bérangère Drogue, … ”, ” Berangere, Du, Rafael Yaghobzadeh, Jugurta Chabane, Leonardo da Organizations: PARIS, Olympic Committee, NBC News . Taxi, NBC News, Olympic, Eiffel, Louvre Museum Locations: Paris, Marais
In the summer of 1991, Mary Gates, the mother of the Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, convinced her workaholic 35-year-old son to spend the July 4 holiday at Hood Canal, a scenic, outdoorsy location about two hours from Seattle that had long been the family getaway. The Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, was among the guests. When Mrs. Gates tried to introduce her son to Mr. Buffett, however, he brushed her off, saying that he didn’t want to meet a “stockbroker.”But the two men hit it off immediately. Mr. Gates was surprised by the penetrating questions Mr. Buffett directed at him about the software business, and found himself warming to the avuncular Midwestern billionaire. Once, recounting the story of their meeting to students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Mr. Gates called it an “unbelievable friendship.” Mr. Buffett quipped, “The moral of that is, listen to your mother.”
Persons: Mary Gates, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Gates, Buffett, , ” Mr, Organizations: Microsoft, University of Nebraska Locations: Hood, Seattle, Omaha, Lincoln
Read previewAs a hardworking, single woman who turned 30 this year, I was "living the dream" by most people's standards. The dream is to earn enough money to pay my own bills, to make my own decisions, and — maybe most importantly — to live by myself. AdvertisementI felt isolated when I lived in an apartment aloneI lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Denver for a year. It is difficult to adjust your way of living after getting used to having everything your way. Now that I have chosen to live with a roommate, I am saving money, growing and learning more about myself, and getting companionship.
Persons: , Miranda Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Denver
At least 32 civilians were killed and 63 injured in an explosion on a popular beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu late on Friday evening, police said, an attack blamed by Somali state media on the militant Islamist group al Shabaab. There was no immediate claim of responsibility by the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, which has claimed similar attacks in the past, including the car bomb attack in 2022. Police spokesperson Abdifatah Aden gave the death toll in Friday evening’s explosion at a beach restaurant. In addition to the civilians killed, Aden said that one of the attackers had blown himself up while three others had been killed by security forces. Al Shabaab controlled a vast area of Somalia before being pushed back in government counteroffensives since 2022.
Persons: Abdifatah Aden, Aden, SONNA, al, Hassan Farah, , , Shabaab, Hassan Ali Khaire Organizations: Police, Reuters Locations: Somali, Mogadishu, Shabaab, Horn of Africa, Somalia
There's a joke in Norway that people move here for two reasons: a job or love. I'm much happier in Norway. Better work-life balanceIn Norway, there's a big departure from the work-centric mentality that I'm used to in the U.S. Free time, family time and personal well-being are prioritized. For me, I think I'm still a bit governed by my American roots when it comes to work-life balance. Happiness in Norway is often less about feeling constant joy and more about taking care of myself and others.
Persons: I'm, I've, Gabriella Mikiewicz, it'll, it's Organizations: Intercultural Relations, U.S ., fireside Locations: Norway, Europe, U.S, Oslo, Lofoten, Gabriella Mikiewicz Norway, Chicago, there's, it's, Loen, panicking, Rjukan
Minneapolis CNN —For 90-plus years, the Parkway Theater has been a fixture in South Minneapolis, gathering generation after generation of patrons in front of its lone movie screen. The Parkway Theater of today is one part revival house cinema, one part performing arts venue, and another part community event space. Parkway Theater owners Ward Johnson (left) and Eddie Landenberger in the theater lobby in Minneapolis on July 8. Moviegoers at a drive-in movie theater in the parking lot of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on September 3, 2020. Still, cinema operators have to be cautious in their approach, said Kate Markham, administrative coordinator with Art House Convergence, a coalition of independent, community-oriented cinemas.
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"If I was using rideshares and the delivery apps and everything the way I was, I would run out of money each month," she said. For some, like Manley, it means going back to the old-fashioned way of doing certain things: shopping around for hotel deals, taking public transit more, and working out at home with fitness classes on video. AdvertisementGrant Plotkin, 26, is a Gen Zer who experienced the pre-2020 millennial subsidy as a young adult. The next iteration of the millennial subsidy might be gamifying surge pricing for groceries or a side of fries. AdvertisementHas the loss of the millennial subsidy affected your finances or lifestyle?
Persons: Sarah Manley, Manley, She's, they'd, Millennials, YipitData, Grant Plotkin, Zer, he's, Plotkin, Ubers, Brett House, that's, Bilal Baydoun, Baydoun Organizations: Service, Business, Bloomberg, Netflix, Columbia Business School, Dollar, Aldi, Big Tech, American Locations: Baltimore, it's
“I’m always looking for different rainwater harvesting systems,” she said, smiling. “I’m also always looking for places to install one.”Driven by prolonged drought and inconsistent public water delivery, many Mexico City residents are turning to rainwater. At the height of the pandemic, she taught classes on urban farming and water harvesting at a local community space. Huitzil’s mother had qualified for a free water harvesting system from Mexico City’s government in 2021. As women, she and the other members of Pixcatl want to set an example for those who want to get involved in water harvesting.
Persons: Sonia Estefanía Palacios, “ I’m, Palacios Díaz, Sonia Estefania Palacios Diaz, E, Pineda Castro, Marco Ugarte, , That’s, Palacios, Lizbeth Esther Pineda Castro, Sara Huitzil Morales, Huitzil, Pineda, Palacios Díaz plopped, ” Sara Huitzil Morales, Iztapalapa, ” Palacios Diaz, , ” Loreta Castro Reguera, Abigail López Durán Organizations: Isla Urbana, Authorities, National Water Commission, Sporting, National Autonomous University, Mexico City, NBC Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, Iztapalpa, Iztapalapa’s Buenavista, Mexico City’s, State of Mexico
Willing to Die for MrBeast (and $5 Million)
  + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Madison Malone Kircher | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Better known online as MrBeast, Mr. Donaldson, 26, has made a name for himself as a benevolent YouTube star who has racked up hundreds of millions of subscribers for his provocative brand of philanthropy, like the time he paid for 1,000 people to receive cataract surgery. The resulting eight-minute video was hyperbolically titled “1,000 Blind People See for the First Time.”Extravagant prizes have become his calling card. Usually it comes with a dark twist: Once, he offered a man $10,000 a day for each day he was willing to live in a grocery story without leaving. In his most popular video, “$456,000 Squid Game in Real Life!,” 456 people competed in a game show inspired by the dystopian Netflix drama “Squid Game.” (In the Netflix show, down-and-out contestants play deadly versions of children’s games to win $38 million.) Familiar with MrBeast’s content and with the lengths to which those who appear in his videos must go in order to win, many expected outlandish and even potentially risky challenges.
Persons: Jimmy Donaldson, Donaldson Organizations: Netflix, Amazon MGM, Beast
A Triumphant Biden Welcomes 3 Freed Americans Home
  + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
The Wall Street Journal reporter greeted his waiting colleagues with a wide grin and open arms. In the middle of the emotional scene that unfolded on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews late Thursday was President Biden. Hours earlier, Mr. Biden had triumphantly announced that his administration’s diplomatic efforts had secured the release of three American prisoners held by Russia. “It feels wonderful,” Mr. Biden told reporters. And for Mr. Biden, they provided a seeming vindication of the type of patient, multilateral diplomacy that he proudly practices but that has so far proved unable to halt wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
Persons: Base Andrews, Biden, Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Mr, Organizations: Street, Base Locations: Russian American, Russia, Maryland, Gaza, Ukraine
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. The next commission to alight above Tenth Avenue on the park’s prominent plinth will be Dinosaur (2024), a hyper-realist aluminum sculpture of a pigeon by Iván Argote, the Bogotá-born, Paris-based artist. Courtesy the artist/The High LineLike many New Yorkers, pigeons are not native to the region. “Iván has a charming ability as an artist to take something familiar and make us consider it anew in profound ways,” Cecilia Alemani, the director and chief curator of High Line Art, said in a statement. Courtesy the artist/The High LineArgote’s prominent pigeon will be the fourth High Line Plinth commission, following works by Pamela Rosenkranz, Simone Leigh and Sam Durant.
Persons: Iván Argote, , ” Argote, “ Iván, ” Cecilia Alemani, Joseph Gallieni, Marcel Duchamp, Pamela Rosenkranz, Simone Leigh, Sam Durant, Argote’s Organizations: The Art, CNN, Tenth, Centre Pompidou Locations: Paris, New York,
Tucked between the towering Blue Mountains and azure Caribbean Sea, the White Witch Golf Course is 6,758 yards of green serenity in one of Jamaica's bubbliest resort towns. Rose Hall Developments Rose Hall Great House is the jewel in the estate's crown, a plantation mansion that had fallen into ruin before American businessman John Rollins purchased the 7,000-acre plot in the 1960s and restored the building to its colonial-era opulence. Rose Hall DevelopmentsAnnie supposedly murdered her husband to assume ownership of Rose Hall, which she went on to run with an iron fist. You can’t miss it.”Palmer's ghost is said to roam the fairways of the White Witch golf course on horseback. The White Witch course – which had cost some $8.5 million to build – was forced into contingency planning, but rebounded over the subsequent decade.
Persons: Johnny Cash, Rose, Annie Palmer, , Cash, Cinnamon, ” Cash, Rose Hall, White, John Rollins, Rollins, Edward Burke, Anna Nordqvist, Kevin C, Cox, Usain Bolt, James Bond superfans, Roger Moore, Bond, Baron Samedi, Keith Stein, Stein, it's, Palmer, Baron, James Bond, Annie Mary Paterson, Paterson, John Palmer, Hall, Hall Developments Annie, ” Stein, Takoo, Playtime, , Benjamin Radford, Radford, Rose Hall’s, ” Radford, can’t, , Waddell, James Castello, Herbert G, Geoffrey S, Yates, Rosa Palmer, Kelly, née Paterson, ” Palmer, “ She’s, “ it’s Organizations: CNN, Rose Hall Great House, Rose Hall, Rose, Rose Hall Developments Rose, Great, Jamaica LPGA, White Witch, Hall Developments, Inquirer, Jamaica Archives Locations: Caribbean, Montego Bay, American, Swedish, Toronto, Montego, Haiti, British, , Jamaica, Delaware, Palmyra, Bonavista, Jamaican, , Inverness
With the Galaxy Z Flip 6, Samsung has effectively addressed some of these compromises. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 Samsung's iconic flip phone has been upgraded with a new model, the Galaxy Z Flip 6. Unfolded, the Galaxy Z Flip 6 is a two-tone device, no matter what color you pick. The Galaxy Z Flip 6 has wider black borders around the display than the Galaxy S24. The Galaxy Z Flip 6 changed my critical mind of Samsung's flip phones.
Persons: Antonio Villas, It's, it's, There's, , Samsung's, Samsung, ultrawide, they've, I'd Organizations: Business, Samsung, Amazon, Boas, Galaxy, Qualcomm, Wireless, YouTube
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