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☆ A British expat moved to Iceland and struggled to adjust to the seasonal darkness and lack of choice for groceries
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Sonia Nicolson moved to Iceland "for love" in February 2016 after meeting her husband in a bar in Scotland while working at a university in southern England. Deciding whether to live as a couple was a case of "either him coming to the UK or me coming to Iceland," Nicolson said. "I was absolutely exhausted in my career, had worked, worked, worked, worked, worked, traveled a huge amount, and jet lag had never really caught up with me," Nicolson said. She first visited Iceland on a work trip and later spent a month exploring the island in 2015. Though you have to pay for healthcare in Iceland, it's affordable and easy to get same-day doctors' appointments, Nicolson said.

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☆ A millennial who moved from California to Virginia after her monthly rent increased by $1,500 says the reason her generation can't afford to buy homes is because everything is too expensive
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementFor a few years, Nicole was living the California dream. Literally, we can't afford a $1,500 a month increase in rent," Nicole, who works in advocacy, said. Median gross rent in Richmond was $1,192 in 2022, per the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, compared to $2,251 in Orange County, California. "Groceries are more expensive, gas is more expensive, rent is more expensive.

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☆ Have your New Year’s resolutions already failed? This year, try taking things week by week
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Katie Hawkins-Gaar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

It makes sense, then, that as the fog of my grief began to clear, I felt the familiar pull to set resolutions and start anew. So, here’s my pitch: Instead of setting a series of resolutions for the year, or even a monthlong goal (I’m looking at you, #DryJanuary), try taking things week by week. We also have a prompt to reflect on one good moment from the past week, thanks to a suggestion from a reader. We’ve created different versions of the document so that you can set intentions solo or share them with a friend. Setting weekly intentions has also helped me complete dull but important tasks I may otherwise put off.

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☆ Naples: 2000 year-old Roman beach house discovered during building work
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Naples, Italy CNN —A three-year project to build a children’s playground and recreation area south of the Italian city of Naples has unearthed the ruins of a 2000-year-old clifftop beach house. Experts believe it could have once been the opulent residence of Pliny the Elder, the legendary author, naturalist, and commander of the Roman navy fleet stationed there. Courtesy Comune Di BacoliAs well as acting as a lookout point, Pliny’s beach villa would have also likely been used for leisure. On the beach neighboring the newly-discovered villa walls, a large brick ruin had been dubbed the “talking wall” by local residents as, in their view, it proved the one-time existence of a large residence. “The ruins of the Roman villa will be cleaned and cordoned-off with wooden fences,” said Bacoli’s mayor Josi Gerardo Della Ragione.

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☆ It's been 8 years since my best friend ended our friendship. It hurt more than a romantic breakup.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Natasha Chiam | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Our breakup happened in the middle of a parking lot full of nosey moms at school pickup. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . She confronted me in the middle of a parking lot full of nosey moms at school pick-up. I stood in that parking lot long after all the cars and stares had left, overwhelmed with sadness. It was more devastating than any romantic breakup I've ever experienced — and I've been dumped via text by a boyfriend.

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☆ My kids don't remember the traveling we did when they were younger, but I treasure the memories for them
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Sarah Seefeldt | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

My husband and I have been traveling with our four kids since they were young. AdvertisementTheir memories from our trips aren't quite what I'd hoped they'd beFrom our trip to Petra, the two older kids remember riding a donkey and riding a horse. At first, I was disappointed they didn't remember more from our family vacations. I wondered if it was a waste of time and effort if they didn't remember. Courtesy of the authorDespite what they remember, my memories are still pricelessMy kids are a little older now, and the trips we take stick in their memories a little better.

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☆ Social media uproar may cost the Maldives millions, as feud with India intensifies
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Monica Pitrelli | Jonathan Delise | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Social media posts by Maldivian officials may cost the country millions in tourism revenue, as calls by Indian travelers to boycott the island nation intensify. Travel bookings to the Maldives tumbled following a diplomatic row that erupted last week after a series of posts appeared on X, formerly known as Twitter, on India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's account. Amid reports that thousands of Indian travelers have canceled trips to the Maldives, one prominent Indian travel booking website, EaseMyTrip, announced it is suspending flight bookings from India to the Maldives. The Maldives, located some 340 miles to the south, is the preferred playground for India, however. In 2023, more than one in 10 arrivals were from India, making it the country's largest source market, followed by Russia and China, according to Maldives tourism statistics.

Persons: Ankit Chaturvedi, Narendra Modi's, EaseMyTrip, — Organizations: CNBC Travel, India, India Express Locations: India, Maldives, Lakshadweep, Andaman, Sri Lanka, Russia, China

☆ Tennessee Town Fought Mega Chick-Fil-a and Won
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-09 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Chick-fil-A wanted to build a new, larger restaurant in a small town in Tennessee. But residents fought back, saying the "mega" restaurant would increase traffic. AdvertisementChick-fil-A had big plans to build a large-scale modern restaurant with an indoor playground and dual-drive-thru lanes in a small Tennessee town. But the fast-food juggernaut underestimated the tenacity of locals, who rallied against the proposed "mega" Chick-fil-A in Collierville, whose population is just over 50,000. The proposed restaurant, a relocation of an existing smaller Chick-fil-A, was billed by the company as the "latest greatest prototype Chick-fil-A has" in its system.

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☆ A proposed Chick-fil-A 'mega' restaurant in Tennessee is sparking backlash and fears of drive-thru traffic
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A plan for a "mega" Chick-fil-A store in Tennessee is the latest project to encounter backlash from locals concerned about the fast-food chain's frequently crowded drive-thrus lines. In Collierville, Tennessee, Chick-fil-A has proposed replacing a 23-year-old 3,950-square-foot restaurant with a larger one to accommodate the growing consumer demand. Chain reps are billing the proposed 6,110-square-foot restaurant as the "latest greatest prototype Chick-fil-A has" in its system. Chick-fil-A said the bigger restaurant, proposed for an empty lot about a half-mile down the road, is expected to contain cars within two double drive-thru lanes that wrap the restaurant. It also has plans to build an elevated restaurant that has four drive-thru lanes that flow below the store.

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☆ I had my kids at 38 and 41. I had time to figure out my life, but I also worry about them having 'old parents.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-04 | by ( Caitlin Weaver | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I had my first child at age 38 and the second at 41. What I didn't anticipate, though, was that there are also many benefits to having children later in life. But somehow, we've been able to recognize each other as part of the same secret society of older parents. AdvertisementI also often find myself editing the way I talk around other, younger parents . Because although being an older parent can be a mixed bag, it's one I'm very grateful to have been handed.

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CHANNELVIEW, Texas — For nearly 20 years, Texas environmental regulators have kept a disturbing secret. AdvertisementTexas Community Health News; Texas Commission on Environmental Quality"Any exposure to a carcinogen increases your risk of developing cancer. AdvertisementTim Doty, a former TCEQ mobile air monitoring expert, at the industrial edge of River Terrace Park in Channelview, Texas. In fact, the agency rarely fines companies that violate Texas air pollution laws. Mark FelixHoneycutt's toxicology division soon took an even more dramatic step to weaken Texas' benzene guidelines.

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☆ Walmart and Target borrowing ideas from each other shows we're in a new economic landscape
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In today's big story, we're looking at the rising similarities between Target and Walmart. Dominick Reuter/Business InsiderIf imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Walmart and Target are embarking on some serious tributes to each other. AdvertisementTwo of the country's largest retailers are taking pages from each other's playbooks as they adjust to a changing economic landscape. And Walmart founder Sam Walton openly admitted he stole borrowed plenty of ideas from Sol Price, the originator of the wholesale club model. That's led Walmart to see an increase in higher-income clientele, a trend they're leaning into.

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☆ Walmart and Target are looking increasingly similar these days
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Walmart and Target appear to be borrowing pages from each other's playbook. Some specific features seemingly borrowed from Target include the new "Dollar Shop" and "Grab & Go" sections near the front entrance. AdvertisementFresh produce sections at Walmart (left) and Target (right). For starters, Walmart is still much bigger than Target, and a supercenter is typically about 50% larger than a Target store. But the company says it is finding success in its effort to attract higher-income shoppers, while Target continues to emphasize affordability in its offerings.

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Both children received help through telehealth therapy, a service that schools around the country are offering in response to soaring mental health struggles among American youth. The growth reflects a booming new business born from America’s youth mental health crisis, which has proven so lucrative that venture capitalists are funding a new crop of school teletherapy companies. For rural schools and lower-income students in particular, it has made therapy easier to access. Schools let students connect with online counselors during the school day or after hours from home. It now employs more than 300 clinicians providing teletherapy in over 150 school districts in 15 states.

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☆ 'The narrowboat life': 3 women in the UK share what it's like to ditch land and live on the British canals
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Manseen Logan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Business Insider spoke with three women in the UK who live on narrowboats full time. One of the women lives on a narrowboat that's less than 7 feet wide. For those who want to live alone, moving onto a narrowboat and cruising along the British canals has proven to be a good option. Three women who gave up their homes on land to live in narrowboats spoke to Business Insider about their experiences. Advertisement"Whenever I was walking down the path near the canal, I'd always look at the narrowboat community," Woodley said.

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☆ Opinion: ‘The Golden Bachelor’ women gave me what I needed
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Opinion Amy Klein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Yet I was one of the millions tuning into “The Golden Bachelor” premiere because I wanted to know how they would handle aging. As an older mom, I am fascinated by the media’s portrayal of older women. Consider this: the women of “The Golden Girls” — Blanche, Dorothy and Rose — were in their 50s in 1985, when the show about old women began. “Is anyone watching ‘The Golden Bachelor’ and thinking, ‘maybe I shouldn’t be so scared to get older…. “I feel like as someone in her 20s it’s scary, like how am I going to look when I’m older?

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CNN —Russia has foiled at least 20 Ukrainian drone attacks over the past day, including on the capital, Moscow, officials said Sunday, a day after it launched its largest drone attack against the Ukrainian capital. According to Russia’s Ministry of Defense, 11 drones were destroyed over the territories of Moscow, Tula, Kaluga and Bryansk oblasts over Saturday night, adding later on Sunday that nine more were also destroyed over the same regions. A municipal service worker sweeps up debris on the playground of a drone-damaged preschool in the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine, on November 25, 2023. Global Images Ukraine/Global Images Ukraine/Getty ImagesThe attacks follow Russia’s largest drone attack against Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv since the start of its full-scale invasion, according to local officials. A Telegram post from Ukraine’s Air Force said it had intercepted 71 Shahed drones across six regions of Ukraine, with the vast majority in Kyiv region.

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Last month's slayings of about 1,200 people in Israel by armed Palestinian militants represented the biggest killing of Jews since the Holocaust. ACTS OF ANTISEMITISM — AND HOW THAT'S DEFINEDAntisemitism is broadly defined as hatred of Jews. Criticism of Israel's policies and antisemitism have long been conflated by Israeli leaders such as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and by some watchdog groups. Some of Europe's Jews say they see it on the streets and the news. Many Jews, though, say the chant is inherently anti-Jewish and calls for the destruction of Israel.

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☆ Millennial and Gen Z parents are struggling
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

AdvertisementMillennial and Gen Z parents are finding themselves isolated. But they and Gen Zers behind them have finally caught up to previous generations in terms of their income, Jean Twenge, a psychologist and the author of "Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents—and What They Mean for America's Future," told me. As fast as the money comes in from the pay raises that millennials and Gen Zers have secured, for parents the money goes right back out. These realities can force many millennial and Gen Z parents to make tough choices. But, at the same time, young parents are fleeing those walkable cities for the towns next door.

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☆ Robert Moses Put Monkeys in a Park in Harlem. They’re Finally Gone.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Claire Fahy | More About Claire Fahy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At first glance, the metal trellis adorning a public bathroom in a playground in Riverside Park may have appeared innocuous. And the park, known as the Ten Mile River Playground, was located in Harlem, a predominantly Black neighborhood — a fact that seemed to many to be beyond coincidence. Shiloh Frederick, a content creator who focuses on New York City history, first learned of the monkeys while reading “The Power Broker,” Robert A. Caro’s seminal 1974 biography of Robert Moses, the parks commissioner who transformed the city through public works projects. Mr. Moses oversaw an expansion of Riverside Park in the 1930s. Mr. Caro wrote that Mr. Moses was known for adding details that made his projects “fit in with their setting,” generally with an eye to making people feel “at home.”

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☆ Senators demand documents from Meta on social media harm to children
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Children playground miniatures are seen in front of displayed Instagram logo in this illustration taken April 4, 2023. Senators has written to Meta Platforms (META.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding documents about its research into the harm to children from its social media platforms. A whistleblower's release of documents in 2021 showed Meta knew Instagram, which began as a photo-sharing app, was addictive and worsened body image issues for some teen girls. The letter follows a hearing with a new whistleblower last week and after a newly unsealed complaint filed by the Massachusetts Attorney General, the senators said. Dozens of U.S. states are also suing Meta and its Instagram unit, accusing them of fueling a youth mental health crisis by making their social media platforms addictive.

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☆ Nikki Haley and Those High Heels - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Jessica Bennett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Ms. Haley seemed to know she’d gain more by shutting down a male jerk with humor than letting the moment go. A bit later, too, when Mr. Ramaswamy brought up Ms. Haley’s daughter’s use of TikTok, an unusually personal attack on a family member, Ms. Haley spoke for many when she said, “You’re just scum.”Now imagine Ms. Haley on the debate stage with Mr. Trump. Maybe Mr. Trump has imagined it. Whether you love or hate these playground-style duels, these moments can be more consequential than many of us assume. And when you kick back, it hurts them more if you’re wearing heels.”

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☆ Delhi shrouded in toxic smog
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[2/10]Share this photoA man exercises on a playground of the school after primary classes were ordered shut by the Delhi government for Friday and Saturday as the air pollution increased and the air quality index (AQI) plummeted, on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 3. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

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☆ Walmart is at work on a new degree-free message about getting hired at its corporate headquarters
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Bob Woods | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

"In prior years, people would pursue a cybersecurity college degree," Stomski said. At the same time, Wildavsky stressed that being dismissive about the value of a college degree is a mistake. "This is not about getting rid of college degrees," Stomski said, and she added that many of Walmart's corporate jobs will still require them. Examples of Walmart corporate roles that will not require college degrees including positions in operations and merchandising, but Stomski declined to be more specific. In August 2022, Walmart began eliminating around 200 corporate jobs as part of a restructuring effort amid a more challenging economic environment.

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☆ The Apple-Picking Apocalypse of Upstate New York
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Elizabeth G. Dunn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was a beautiful Friday afternoon in the Hudson Valley, 70 degrees in October and not a cloud in the sky: perfect weather for apple picking. A small crowd awaited a pig race, some of them clutching little checkered flags they had purchased for a dollar. “That’ll be eight weekends in a row,” Mr. Barton said. “It’s absolutely, absolutely unheard-of.”According to Mr. Barton, this has been, without question, the most miserable fall tourism season since he converted the family apple orchard to a pick-your-own outfit in the 1990s. In recent years, he said, the property has drawn more than 10,000 visitors on peak weekends.

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