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☆ Amid global adoption reckoning, adoptees fight long-standing narrative they should be ‘grateful’
  + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Maya Cederlund | Freelance Writer | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +7 min
Eisenhauer-Epp is co-founder of Navigating Adoption, an online platform for adoptees, and also works with Sisters of China, an adoptee-led organization for female-identifying Chinese adoptees affected by China’s one-child policy. “It just brings so much unknown with Chinese adoptees. Similarly, news about South Korea’s adoption system has shaken many Korean adoptees. Korean adoption agencies charged anywhere between $4,000 and $6,000 per child, according to an Associated Press investigation. For them, the narrative that adoptees should be grateful is “more of a culturally pervasive expectation than an option” for adoptees.
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☆ How Native American Lacrosse Sticks Are Carved From Hickory Wood
  + stars: | 2024-09-04 | by ( Amanda Paule | Noah Lewis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
Native Americans began playing lacrosse as a spiritual and social activity more than 1,000 years ago. Their lacrosse sticks were made of wood and had sacred meaning. But many Indigenous stick artisans went out of business when plastic and aluminum replaced wood in the 1970s. He's crafted more than 80,000 sticks by hand, and he's one of the last people who knows how to make them this way. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Persons: Alfie Jacques, He's, Alfie's Organizations: Business Locations: Onondaga
☆ Everything you need to know about the 'Squid Game: The Challenge finalists Sam, Mai, and Phill
  + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Amanda Paule | Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Finalists Sam Lantz, Mai Whelan, and Phill Cain are competing for the $4.56 million grand prize. The finalist dinner in "Squid Game: The Challenge" episode ten. Mai Whelan (Player 287)Mai Whelan attends the "Squid Game: The Challenge" Celebration at the Trials Live Experience Space on November 30, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. Mai Whelan speaking to Ashley Tolbert in episode nine of "Squid Game: The Challenge." AdvertisementPlayer 337 Bradford and Phill during the marbles game in episode six of "Squid Game: The Challenge."
Persons: Sam Lantz, Mai Whelan, Phill Cain, —, Joe Scarnici, Netflix Sam Lantz, Sam, Lantz, Doug Lantz, pitbull, Moo, Netflix Mai Whelan, Mai, Ashley Tolbert, Phill Cain's Instagram, Netflix Phill Cain, Phill Organizations: Netflix, Service, ABC, People's Army, US Navy, Bradford, Major League Quadball's New York Titans, US Quadball's, Games, Brazilian national Locations: Los Angeles , California, Fort Lauderdale , Florida, Kuna , Idaho, Fairfax County , Virginia, Vietnam, Saigon, Viet, New Jersey, Brazil, United States, York
☆ AI, autonomous systems, and digital connectivity could help ships cut emissions
  + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Amanda Paule | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
Autonomous and AI systems could help reduce ships' fuel use. "The only time the maritime industry is ever on the front page of a paper is when there's an accident. Sea Machines RoboticsJohnson said he saw that decarbonization was not only a bonus of Sea Machines' technology but its best value proposition. The Sea Machines Robotics team can monitor (and celebrate) autonomous vessel operations from a control room. Smart-Ship's "Throttle & Bow Buster" is one of three force-feedback levers they offer to help ships increase safety and fuel savings.
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☆ Insurance companies are betting on AI and mass data analytics in a battle against fraud that costs billions
  + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Amanda Paule | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
AdvertisementAdvertisementLosses from insurance fraud are nearly double what they were 30 years ago. Scott Clayton, the head of claims fraud at Zurich Insurance Group. AdvertisementAdvertisementOn the other hand, around 40% of fraud is premeditated, and these cases can cost insurance companies upwards of €3,000, or around $3,170, according to the study. But the Insurance Fraud Detection Market is expected to grow from $5 billion in 2023 to $17 billion in 2028. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn the past 10 years, various third-party developers like Friss, IBM, and Shift Technology have started tailoring machine-learning systems to insurance companies.
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☆ More than 25% of biodiversity is under our feet — but we're destroying it. A biotech startup that's raised $56 million has a plan to help save our soil.
  + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Amanda Paule | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
The women-led biotech startup Trace Genomics is working to reverse human-caused soil erosion. Soil-data companies such as the Iowa startup Trace Genomics are trying to help farmers reverse that trend. Prasanna Kankanala, Trace Genomics' director of research and development, visits a client's farm. The opportunity to help fight crop diseases led Parameswaran and Diane Wu, her cofounder, to start Trace Genomics in 2015. Where a chemical test might run him $20, Trace's test could run him $200.
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