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☆ 'Deliberate Indifference' Standard Halts Serious Prison Abuse Lawsuits
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-21 | by ( Nicole Einbinder | Hannah Beckler | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +41 min

The court unanimously ruled that prison officials were liable for Eighth Amendment violations only if they acted with "deliberate indifference" to a prisoner's suffering. "And when this is true of prison officials, no constitutional liability may lie, however 'soul-chilling' the conditions." As long as prison officials assert that they didn't know about the risk, he said, a federal court will rarely find an Eighth Amendment violation. Prison officials weren't aware of the altercation, according to an incident report, until Hodges' then-fiancée called the prison, concerned about his safety. She disagreed with how her colleagues assessed the question of mindset, writing that a committee finding alone should not release prison officials from liability.

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☆ I was an overworked teacher in the US, so I moved to Portugal. I couldn't be happier with my decision.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I sold everything, moved to Portugal, started my own business, and am living my best life. This is what I would dream of on stressful, busy days as a teacher in the US. I've also discovered a new-found love of Portuguese wine. Looking back on my journey, I am incredibly thankful for my decision to take this leap of faith and move years ago. This environment allows me to truly live my best life, appreciate the little things, and find joy every day.

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☆ Watching TikTok videos with my teen keeps us connected. We've had thoughtful conversations thanks to social media.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Nina Mccollum | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

He sends me TikToks, and we watch them together, which helps us stay connected. TikTok and Instagram have allowed me to continue communicating with my kid even when the sound of my voice is annoying. Related storiesWe watch videos togetherI have shared custody, so I see him every other week. He sometimes sends videos from school or at night after I've gone to bed so we have daily content to watch. I send him funny videos of parents teaching their kids to drive, and he sends them back to me.

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Stargazers are in for quite the double feature this weekend: The Beaver Moon, the last supermoon of the year, will share the celestial stage with the dazzling Leonid meteor shower. The Beaver Moon will reach the crest of its full phase at 4:29 p.m. And as the Beaver Moon is rising, spectators might glimpse a "moon illusion," a period of time where the supermoon could look even bigger than normal due to an optical illusion. The Beaver Moon was named after the time of year when beavers begin hibernation. While the best viewing period will be over the weekend, the Leonids will be visible until the meteor shower ends on Dec. 2.

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☆ We left New Orleans for an island in Japan and bought an abandoned house for $7,500: Take a look inside
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Dani Benton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Today, we run a small guesthouse and honeybee farm on Japan's Ōmishima Island and own two formerly abandoned homes that we restored back to life. The home that is now Benton Guesthouse was built in 1953. Welcome to Benton Guesthouse. Photo: Dani BentonWe bought our second abandoned house, around the corner from the guesthouse, in September 2023, for $18,500. Photo: Dani Benton

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☆ Voters in Dalton, Georgia, stick with Trump despite Biden’s clean energy law that revived growth there
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Phil Mattingly | Andrew Seger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Dalton, Georgia CNN —The face of a new era in American manufacturing is here, just off Interstate 75, tucked into this northwest corner of Georgia. That’s where you’ll find the Qcells plant that pumps out 32,000 solar panels a day and has a total panel production capacity of 5.1 gigawatts. They’re contributing back into the local community, paying taxes,” Nash said. The Qcells solar panel plant in Dalton, Georgia CNNTrump strikes a chordLocated in the congressional district represented by GOP firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene, Dalton is Trump country. “You want to ask me that after November?” Nash, the Qcells plant manager, responded when asked about the future for the industry.

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☆ China’s summer of devastating floods shows steep challenge as it grapples with extreme weather
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | Joyce Jiang | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Villagers clean rubbish after torrential rains caused flooding in Meizhou, Guangdong province of China on June 19. John Ricky/Anadolu/Getty ImagesA man drives through a muddy street in the aftermath of flooding from heavy storms in Meizhou, Guangdong province last month. “All my hard work for a year has come to nothing.”A road is flooded following heavy rainfall in Jiangxi province on July 4. China’s government has mounted a top-down effort to revamp how the country responds to extreme weather in recent years after 2021 floods in Henan’s Zhengzhou killed more than 300 people. But there have been past issues of misappropriation of state recovery funds, for example following the deadly 2021 floods in Zhengzhou.

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☆ 3 exercises you should be doing to build muscle, according to the World's Strongest Man
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewPrioritizing three simple exercises can help you build muscle and strength in less time while preventing injury, according to one of the strongest men on the planet. Brian Shaw is a professional strongman with a plethora of awards under his belt, including winning the title of World's Strongest Man multiple times. Weighted carries are a simple way to build full-body muscleShaw said another high-priority exercise is anything that involves carrying weight. Functional strength exercises that build stability and balance can also help boost longevity, research suggests.

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☆ A boomer moved from Texas to Panama for her retirement. She loved it so much she 'accidentally' started a tour company helping expats move.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Jackie Lange, 69, moved to Panama from Texas in 2010, thinking she would retire to the mountains. Instead, over a decade later, she's led 250 tours helping hundreds of expats move to Panama. Shortly after making the move, she started Panama Relocation Tours, which takes interested expats across the country, from the beach towns to Panama City. She also crafted an online relocation guide with information on health insurance companies, private hospitals, CPAs, shipping and moving companies, and real estate agents. She pays $2,788 a year for health insurance, which covers 100% of hospital and emergency room visits worldwide.

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☆ SpaceX Dragon Capsule debris as big as a car hood crash-landed in North Carolina. It's part of a major space trash problem.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewNASA has confirmed that a hunk of space junk as big as a car hood found in North Carolina belonged to a SpaceX Dragon Capsule, according to an agency statement shared on X. AdvertisementDebris from the Dragon Capsule landed in the middle of a train at the Glamping Collective, a mountaintop resort in North Carolina. Photos by Brett Tingley, courtesy of the Glamping CollectiveA similar chunk of Dragon trunk was found in Franklin, North Carolina in June. It's when space debris free-falls toward Earth with no one controlling its course. Even though this space debris is relatively small compared to, say, car-sized satellites, it's not harmless.

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☆ I'm an American mom living in Germany. There's less variety to choose from at the grocery store and they all close on Sunday.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Naomi Kaye Honova | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Although larger grocery stores will offer a bigger variety, it generally won't be as vast as an American supermarket. For instance, urban grocery stores in Germany simply don't have the physical capacity the way many American grocery shops do, allowing American shops to stock numerous brands and types of the same product. You have to bag your own stuffAt most major American grocery stores, your groceries generally get bagged for you as you check out. Most Germans do their grocery shopping at standard and discount grocery stores. Opening times at German grocery stores may seem short in comparison to US storesMany Americans who visit Germany are surprised to find that German grocery stores have more limited opening times than they are used to.

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☆ The Cost of a Psychic Is a Window Into Americans' Spending Habits
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

For $25, which wound up being $30 because she didn't have change, Jessica told me my fortune. That psychic is also a pet psychic, which is not Katy's jam. Once, after an accident on her block in Chicago, Katy used a psychic to ensure the person had crossed over. Another time, she bought a bunch of bath oils in New York after a psychic told her she was cursed. In a consumerist society, of course some people are willing to pay to commune with the afterlife.

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☆ I dreaded going on a month-long trip with my mother. But after some fights, the trip helped us form a stronger bond.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Evan Lambert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

We had different ideas about what our trip should beWhen my mom had initially invited me to "visit stone circles in the UK," I had misunderstood this as "taking a selfie at Stonehenge." Then there were the stone circles. We never fought about my queerness or the fact that I was never going to attend medical school. AdvertisementThus, at that moment, in front of Llywelyn, I realized that I'd gotten closer to my mom on this trip. She'd accomplished her goal of teaching me about my heritage, whereas I'd realized that, to her, I was the Prince of Wales.

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☆ Marine moved from the U.S. to Brussels with her family—our mortgage is under $3,000/month: Take a look inside
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Jessica Van Dop Dejesus | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

My husband Martin and I met in Brussels in 2012, when I literally stepped on his toes at my neighborhood farmer's market. We ultimately chose Brussels, the capital of Belgium and the administrative center of the European Union. Take a look inside our apartmentWe live in a street-level duplex in a building with only three apartments. She loves that she and her family can host dinner parties in the dining room. Federico CampanaleThe bedrooms, laundry room, storage, and bathroom are on the bottom floor.

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"I'm on a mountain bike ride right here in Boulder, [Colorado], and I'm eating an energy gel [packet]," Gold told CNBC in a recent interview. "And I was curious why you couldn't put peanut butter or almond butter in that same type of squeeze pack and have an on-the-go, plant-based protein experience like an energy bar." Gold had been selling nut butters at a popular farmer's market in Boulder for two years by that point. But at the time, consumers still gravitated toward a handful of traditional peanut butter brands. Almond butter wasn't particularly popular yet, much less the flavor combinations Justin's was selling, like maple almond or chocolate hazelnut.

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Nestled against the Rocky Mountains, Boulder, Colorado, has blossomed into a thriving hub for the natural products and wellness industry. The tea company was later acquired by Hain Food Group — now Hain Celestial Group — in 2000 for $390 million. Hain Celestial Group CEO Wendy Davidson (left) and CNBC's Andrea Day (right) trekking along the historic footrails where the founders of Celestial Seasonings gathered wild herbs in 1969. Turning peanut butter into goldThe Boulder County Farmers Market, a vibrant incubator since 1987, exemplifies the region's thriving ecosystem. A sign from the Boulder Farmers Market, operating from April to November, serving as an incubator for numerous small food businesses.

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☆ Regenerative tourism is the new gold standard for resort development. This destination on the Red Sea is leading the way.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Sponsor Post | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A development organization in Saudi Arabia is changing perceptions of how regenerative tourism can work. He took a different course: Building a vertically-integrated real estate company to deliver The Red Sea. Across its two larger destinations, The Red Sea and AMAALA, RSG is creating 120,000 new jobs, directly and indirectly. Destinations like The Red Sea and AMAALA aim to build a broader, more leisure-focused tourism sector. This article was created by Insider Studios with Red Sea Global.

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☆ Farmers’ protests have erupted across Europe. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Sophie Tanno | Chris Liakos | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

This week, the farmers’ protests struck at the heart of the European Union, when they rolled into Brussels on Thursday as leaders held a major summit on Ukraine. The EU has waived quotas and duties on Ukrainian imports in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “In Germany, it was really focused on diesel, so starting to tax diesel for tractors. France this week announced a series of measures for farmers in light of the protests. This has already been seen in Germany, when the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) involved itself in the protests and expressed solidarity with the farmers.

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Learn moreBusiness Insider Reviews has been covering the best pet products for more than five years. AdvertisementWhat types of pet products we coverFood: After hundreds of hours of interviews and research, we carefully selected the best cat foods and best dog foods. We also put dozens of litters to the test for our guides to the best cat litters and natural cat litter. Veterinarians and professional groomers also helped us narrow down the best dog toothpastes, dog dental chews, cat dental products, dog shampoos, and cat shampoos. Her article on pet anxiety in Pet Sitting Magazine was also nominated for The PSI Professional Pet Care Award.

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☆ Men in medieval China were able to move up the social ladder as easily as male Baby Boomers in the US, study suggests
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Obtaining high status was likely as easy for men in the Tang Dynasty as for men in the modern US, a study suggests. It found that social mobility for men at the time could be compared to that of the 1960s in the US. AdvertisementMen in medieval China could gain high status in society as easily as male Baby Boomers in the US, according to a new study released on Thursday. Women, however, were unlikely to be part of the Chinese bureaucracy, and few would have taken the imperial exam, Hout said. But I wouldn't see a farmer's kid being able to pass the exam," Hout said.

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☆ It's hard to make friends in Palm Springs because, in my 50s, I'm one of the younger residents. Many retirees move here.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Shelley Karpaty | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I'm in my 50s and live in a community in Palm Springs of mostly retired people. In the Coachella Valley, over 25% of residents are 60 and above, which means they are mostly retirees. My husband, two children, and I had visited Palm Springs in the past and enjoyed the activities and slower-paced vibe, and we decided to move during the pandemic to lay down new roots. On the first Sunday of every month, I visit the Palm Springs Vintage Market to find upcycled and reclaimed items to add to my home. I am honing the art of small talk, and I'm perfectly happy to take my time making connections.

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☆ My friend is 36 years older than me. Her perspective reminds me aging is a privilege.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Faith Dwight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

After yoga class we swim 500 meters down a river, and it feels almost spiritual. She's 36 years older than me; I feel lucky to have a friend who's older, wiser, and so different. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. My friend Jacquie is climbing the ladder in front of me, beads of water dripping from the ends of her silver hair. Jacquie, a farmer's daughter from Zimbabwe, had become a student of Buddhism in her early 50s after a breast-cancer diagnosis.

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Consumers shouldn't eat pre-cut cantaloupe if they don't know the source, U.S. health officials said Thursday, as the number of illnesses and recalls tied to a deadly salmonella outbreak grows. At least 117 people in 34 U.S. states have been sickened by contaminated cantaloupe, including 61 who were hospitalized and two who died, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Because of the scope of the recalls and potential uncertainty about the source of the cantaloupe, health officials warned consumers to be cautious. Political Cartoons View All 1274 Images“If you cannot tell if your cantaloupe, including pre-cut cantaloupe or products containing pre-cut cantaloupe is part of the recall, do not eat or use it and throw it away,” the FDA said in a statement. Illnesses typically last four to seven days.

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In 2019, a non-governmental organization set up the camp's health post where Aliyu's ninth child, Hauwa, was delivered in 2021. "There are no special arrangements for pregnant women in IDP and refugee camps [in Nigeria]. But for most of the 64 women recorded in the camp's birth register this year, these costs are prohibitive. Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Health oversees health for the country (including provisions provided by the Commission). He tells CNN: "Women's Health services were prioritized and featured strongly in the programs designed to the needs of internally displaced women."

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☆ I started my natural-candle brand on Amazon with just $500. I became a top seller and now save 15 hours a week with ad tools.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

My brand, Hemlock Park, was born in Los Angeles during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns. More than 2,000 stores in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia now stock Hemlock Park candles. Over time, I realized it wouldn't be sustainable to run the Amazon business and oversee sourcing, manufacturing, production, and shipping. These days, Hemlock Park generates about 60% of its sales from Amazon, 30% from wholesale channels, and 10% from the Shopify store. When I was getting started, Amazon told me that there were over 5,000 candle sellers on the platform and that it would be hard to break through.

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