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☆ This 41-year-old left the U.S. for Bangkok and lives a 'luxurious lifestyle' on $8,000 a month
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-06 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"The quality of life in Thailand compared to the United States, is much better for 90% of things and more stress-free," he says. When he first moved to Panama, Schoberg brought the web design and development firm he established in the U.S. — and his list of clients — with him. "I knew right away that Bangkok was going to be my Panama City 2.0." "Bangkok has an amazing culinary scene, you have pretty much every type of food in the world here," Schoberg says. "You've got the street-level city, which is your food vendors, people running to work, taxis and motorbikes," he says.

☆ My partner and I reduced our cost of living by 80% and saved over $100,000 after moving into a van. Here why it's the best decision we've made.
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-03 | by ( Pollyanna Brown | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

This is how van life has enabled them to save $108,000 since 2020, as told to PollyAnna Brown. In September 2020, I got a management company to bring me brand deals for user-generated content — content that aligned my channel with sponsored items. By cutting our expenses, growing my business, and doing van life our way, we've saved $108,899.92 in just over two years. Van life also requires more oil changes, and we had to increase our phone plan so that we could hot spot for WiFi. That's how we've approached van life, and we love it.

☆ Kenya: Drought and soaring grain prices fuel insecurity
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-02 | by ( Sam Kiley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Just as in west Africa, Kenya's problems are being deepened by climate change. A malnourished child being measured in Ileret, northern Kenya. Members of Akuagok's tribe, the Daasanach, crowded around her shouting their own stories of loss -- loss of friends to illness perhaps caused by hunger, loss of animals, and how now, even when they make a very little cash, it's never enough to get by. A mother feeding her malnourished child in Ileret, northern Kenya. The combination of drought, soaring food and fuel prices due to a distant war, a burgeoning population, and civil wars on Kenya's doorstep is an incendiary mix.

☆ In 5 National Parks, Hidden Gems and Roads Less Traveled
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-20 | by ( Colleen Creamer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Those of us who’ve had to squeeze our way through crowds at national parks recently can attest how hugely — and annoyingly — popular the parks have become. The pandemic turned a Klieg light on nature’s allure, so much so that 44 parks set visitation records in 2021, according to the National Park Service. And, given the upward trajectory of 2021’s visitation numbers, it’s safe to say greater numbers are likely to be seen in many parks this year. But even the most popular parks have hidden gems and entrances that aren’t clogged with traffic. Packing a little patience, along with water, snacks and sunscreen, will go a long way.

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☆ Liquid nitrogen leaked onto wetlands around SpaceX launch pad before rocket-test explosion, federal regulators confirm
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-15 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

There was a liquid-nitrogen leak at SpaceX's Texas launch site, federal regulators told Bloomberg. An aerial video shows patches of wetland that are snow-white from the liquid-nitrogen leak. Elon Musk's aerospace company uses liquid nitrogen as a coolant when launching rockets. Bloomberg reported that the leak happened three days before SpaceX's Starship rocket booster prototype burst into flames at the launch site. SpaceX didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider about the liquid-nitrogen leak outside normal business hours.

☆ Capital One SavorOne Rewards for Good Credit card review: You don't need excellent credit to earn 3% cash back on dining, groceries, entertainment, and streaming services
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-01 | by ( David Mcmillin | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +24 min

There's the Capital One Savor Cash Rewards Credit Card , the Capital One SavorOne Cash Rewards Credit Card, the Capital One SavorOne Student Cash Rewards Credit Card, and finally the Capital One SavorOne Cash Rewards for Good Credit. There's another redemption option if you also have a Capital One credit card that earns miles, like the aCapital One Venture Rewards Credit Card or Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card. SavorOne for Good Credit benefits and featuresThe Capital One SavorOne Cash Rewards for Good Credit is fairly low-frills in terms of extra benefits. As the card's name implies, you'll need at least a good credit score to be approved for the Capital One SavorOne Cash Rewards for Good Credit. If you wouldn't otherwise be approved for the regular Capital One Savor Cash Rewards Credit Card or Capital One SavorOne Cash Rewards Credit Card because your credit is on the lower side of good, the Capital One SavorOne Cash Rewards for Good Credit is worth considering.

☆ Capital One SavorOne Student Cash Rewards card review: Earn a $100 welcome bonus and unlimited 3% cash back on dining, entertainment, streaming services, and groceries
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-09 | by ( David Mcmillin | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +26 min

Read our review Read Our Review A looong arrow, pointing rightReview: Is the Capital One SavorOne Student Card the best credit card for you? That undeniable fact is what makes the new Capital One SavorOne Student Cash Rewards Credit Card one of the most compelling credit card offers for college students. Capital One SavorOne Student Cash Rewards Credit Card cardholders can access the platform and use rewards (or their card) to book flights, hotels, and rental cars. Capital One says that you need at least "fair" credit to qualify for the Capital One SavorOne Student Cash Rewards Credit Card. If you're not yet 18 but want a credit card, another option is to become an authorized user on a family member's or trusted friend's credit card.

☆ This 23-year-old spent $45,000 to become a wedding photographer—now she makes $177,000 per year
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-05 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Grace Torres' photography business is more than a passion project that turned into a career. Here's how Torres turned a hobby into a side hustle, and then into a six-figure full-time business. Last year, her photography business brought in $177,000 in revenue. She started to consider what a full-time photography gig would look like. In May 2021, five months after graduating college, she took her photography business full-time.

Persons: Grace Torres, Torres, she's, Jonathan Cortizo Organizations: Southeastern University, CNBC Locations: New Jersey, Lakeland , Florida, American, Colorado

☆ As families and 'Parrotheads' flock to campgrounds and RV parks, institutional real-estate investors see their next big score
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-23 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Investors are eyeing profits in campgrounds and RV parks as Americans flock to the great outdoors. Camp Margaritaville RV Resort and Cabana Cabins Auburndale, Central FloridaThe trend is also driven by demographics. Sam Zell's Equity Lifestyle Properties, another large REIT that invests in RV parks alongside mobile homes, has also been busy. While it's not clear how much big investors have thrown into RV campgrounds, manufactured housing communities as a whole have seen a burst of Wall Street financing. After looking hard at multifamily and industrial, he settled with RV parks.

☆ He was my high school journalism teacher. Then I investigated his relationships with teenage girls.
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-16 | by ( Matt Drange | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

It was a hot July day and the classroom at Rosemead High School should have been empty. (Christopher Vu for Insider) Show less Rosemead High School sits just east of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley. Burgess as an upperclassman at Rosemead High School with the former teacher Hugh Zegers, center, and classmates. The author interviewing Rod Marinelli, a Rosemead High School alum who was then coaching the Detroit Lions, for the Rosemead student newspaper, the Panther's Tale. The author and a classmate, Amy Julia Harris, beside their journalism teacher Burgess at graduation night in June 2007.

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We want firms that are profitable, that have real earnings right now. This is related to the idea of avoiding expensive stocks, which we'll talk about later. A key reason we're looking to avoid expensive stocks is because long-term rates are rising, in addition to the short end of yield curve influenced by Fed action. For example, a stock that trades at 30 times earnings is more expensive than a rival company that trades at 15 times earnings. But for the purposes of this particular story, it's important to understand that expensive stocks are more vulnerable to seeing their multiples contract in this current environment.

☆ 'If it blows up, it's cool': The far-out philosophy that explains why Elon Musk won't let a few baby sea turtles stop SpaceX's quest to get to Mars
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-05 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

In the case of Elon Musk v. Charismatic Megafauna, the agency intends to publish its final report in late April. Musk went on: "Either explicitly or implicitly some people seem to think that humans are a blight on the Earth's surface. Musk is talking about existential risk, the idea that something — an asteroid, a rogue artificial intelligence — might kill every human on Earth. And if you assume that future human minds will "mainly be implemented in computational hardware instead of biological neuronal wetware," as Bostrom does, you end up with a mind-boggling 1054 human lives. Musk has made the defense of "future life" his mission.

☆ Hulu salaries revealed: How much the streamer and other Disney divisions pay for jobs in tech, marketing, and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-31 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Kelly Campbell exited as president of Hulu last year, and former Disney+ executive Joe Earley was named her successor in January. Insider analyzed work-visa disclosures to see what Hulu and other Disney divisions pay for certain positions. Most of the roles were tech jobs, including data scientist and software engineer roles. Disney Streaming did not comment by press time. For example, Hulu included a pay rate of $153,000 to $183,600 per year for a data engineer position.

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☆ The best- and worst-paying college majors, five years after graduation
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-12 | by ( Mike Winters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The bottom 10 majors after five years are mostly liberal arts degrees, and they all pay less than $40,000 in wages right after college. In some cases, the lower-ranked majors pay almost less than half of what the best-paying majors earn. The good news is that most college majors still offer greater earning potential compared to a high school degree. The median wage for college grads ages 22-27 is $52,000, compared to a median wage of $30,000 for workers with no college degrees. This includes family and consumer sciences majors, who earn a median mid-career salary of $51,000.

☆ Many Americans think of education and transportation as public goods, but they're actually heavily privatized. Here's why that's a problem.
▼ + stars: | 2022-01-29 | by ( Paul Constant | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Cohen said the privatization of public goods like education won't benefit the majority of Americans. Many fields that ordinary Americans assume to be public goods — public education, libraries, public transportation — don't fit that strict description. "In that definition, healthcare is a private good, not a public good," Cohen said. We're all familiar with the trickle-down claim that under a profit motive, business can provide public goods more efficiently than the government. "The alternative of private control over public goods is public control over public goods," he said.

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☆ Wyndham Rewards Earner Plus credit card review: A welcome bonus worth up to 6 free nights and automatic elite status for a moderate annual fee
▼ + stars: | 2021-11-05 | by ( Ariana Arghandewal | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

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You might want to consider using a credit card instead of a personal loan to fund your trip. If you're dying to get away but you're short of the money to pay for a vacation, you may be tempted to take out a vacation loan to cover the costs. A vacation loan is simply a personal loan used to pay for travel expenses including transportation, hotels, meals, and other costs. There's no one-size-fits-all answer to this question, but you should be careful before you take out a personal loan. If you pay off your credit card balance before that promotion expires, this option could cost significantly less than a personal loan.

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☆ LA Mayor signs ordinance prohibiting 'sitting, lying, or sleeping' near streets, bridges, schools, which critics say criminalizes homelessness
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-30 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The mayor of Los Angeles signed an ordinance Thursday making it unlawful for people to "sit, lie, sleep" or otherwise situate their belongings in the "public right of way," according to CBS LA. The measure makes it illegal to sit, lie, sleep, or set up encampments near "sensitive use" properties, and other areas such as streets, overpasses, underpasses, freeway ramps, and more as mentioned in the document, and as reported by FOX 11. The ordinance restricts "sitting, lying, or sleeping or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property in the public right-of-way." The ordinance also makes it illegal to sit, lie, sleep, or set up encampments within 1,000 feet of or on a "street, sidewalk, or other public right-of-way." He said the ordinance tells people where they cannot sleep, but it doesn't tell them where they can sleep.

☆ FOTO // Un pui de elefant pictează tablouri care se vând cu sute de lire sterline
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-08 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +25 min

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☆ Cum are Loc Dublarea Serialelor și a Emisiunilor Străine?
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-23 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +1 min

Sunteți curioși să aflați cine stă în spatele dublării filmelor în limba română? America House Chișinău invită toți doritorii să facă cunoștință cu actorii, sonoriștii, managerii - o echipă de profesioniști care participă la procesul de dublare în limba română a serialelor și emisiunilor străine. Difuzarea serialelor și emisiunilor străine dublate în limba română au loc în cadrul Proiectului „Diversificarea Contentului de Divertisment” , cu suportul IREX in Moldova și U.S. Embassy Moldova. Emisiunile sunt dublate de companiile The Kitchen Moldova și YOUBESC. Centrul oferă o gamă largă de proiecte și programe culturale și educative menite să împărtășească din istoria, cultura și valorile SUA.

Persons: GRIMM Organizations: America House Chișinău, Evenimentul, The Kitchen, M1, TV8, House Locations: America, Moldova, U.S, The Kitchen Moldova, SUA

☆ Disneyland Paris se va redeschide pentru public în data de 17 iunie
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Disneyland Paris, principala destinaţie turistică privată din Europa, se va redeschide pentru public în data de 17 iunie, au anunţat luni reprezentanţii acestui parc de distracţii, care a rămas închis din 30 octombrie 2020 din cauza pandemiei de COVID-19, informează AFP, citat de agerpres.ro. "Ne face plăcere să anunţăm că Disneyland Paris se va redeschide începând din 17 iunie 2021 cu Disneyland Parks şi Walt Disney Studios, Disney's Newport Bay Club şi Disney Village", au indicat într-un comunicat reprezentanţii parcul situat în Marne-la-Vallée, o localitate situată în apropiere de Paris. "Redeschiderea noastră va fi însoţită de măsuri de sănătate şi de siguranţă adecvate", precizează comunicatul publicat pe site-ul parcului de distracţii, care nu oferă însă detalii cu privire la capacitatea la care va funcţiona Disneyland Paris. "Condiţiile de rezervare actuale permit o mare flexibilitate pentru sejururile şi biletele datate", subliniază Disneyland Paris. După ce şi-a încetat activitatea între 13 martie şi 15 iulie 2020, Disneyland Paris a fost din nou închis, începând din 30 octombrie.

Organizations: Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Walt Disney Studios, Disney's Newport Bay Club, Disney Village Locations: Disneyland Paris, Europa, Disney's Newport, Marne -, - Vallée, Paris, Franţa, Statele Unite, Anaheim, Los Angeles

☆ XR Technologies and Trends: Pandemic ushers in immersive experiences
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-26 | by ( Insider Intelligence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Extended reality (XR) technologies, including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) are still in the early phases of adoption, but they are evolving quickly. Because the pandemic has forced many people to work, socialize, study, and shop at home, they're using XR experiences to replace in-person ones. AR usage still outpaces VR and VR headset usage by a significant amount. Insider IntelligenceThough VR and AR are different technologies growing at different rates, the pandemic appears to have galvanized the market for both. Top companies investing in XRThe pandemic has turned XR into an even more important growth area for Big Tech.

☆ Social Determinants of Health: Technology, examples and healthcare trends in 2021
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-16 | by ( Insider Intelligence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Healthcare payers and providers are broadening the scope of health-influencing factors they address to include social determinants of health (SDOH). The following is a preview of one Digital Health report, the Social Determinants of Health Report. Hospitals and insurers use digital health to tackle nonclinical health factors. What are social determinants of health (SDOH)? Social determinants of health (SDOH) are non-medical, economic and environmental conditions that both directly and indirectly impact one's health, like access to transportation and nutritious food.

☆ (foto) Prima zi de mandat a lui Joe Biden. Care sunt modificările biroului Oval pe care le-a recordat noul președinte al SUA
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-22 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +4 min

(foto) Prima zi de mandat a lui Joe Biden. Care sunt modificările biroului Oval pe care le-a recordat noul președinte al SUABiroul Oval de la Casa Albă, locul de muncă al celui mai puternic om din lume, a fost deja redecorat după gusturile lui Joe Biden. Fotografia a fost făcută în prima zi de mandat a lui Joe Biden, când proaspătul președinte semna deja primele ordine executive (5). O caracteristică definitorie pentru Biroul Oval a rămas însă aceeași: Biden a ales să folosească biroul Resolute (6), numit așa fiindcă a fost construit din lemn al navei de explorare HMS Resolute. Biroul Resolute este un birou masiv din stejar, strâns asociat cu președinții Statelor Unite, datorită plasării sale proeminente în biroul oval.

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