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☆ I stayed in a $290-a-night glamping tent off the coast of Singapore to put the 'slow living' lifestyle to the test
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Erin Liam | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

But on a three-day trip to Lazarus Island, a small island five miles from Singapore, I was forced to slow down. During the pandemic, they chanced upon a government initiative to promote sustainable tourism on Lazarus Island. Lee and Wong ended up winning a three-year tender to open Into the Woods on Lazarus Island in March 2023. With nowhere to eat on the island, guests can cook their own meals or pack food. Erin Liam/ Business InsiderWhen I returned from my trip, the cofounders told me they could not build en-suite toilets due to cost and time constraints.

Persons: —, Ray Lee, Sam Wong, Lee, Wong, they've, Erin Liam, Mike Harlow, Scott Dunn, we're, Glamping, Hilton, Lazarus Organizations: Service, Business, AutoCamp, Hyatt Locations: Lazarus, Singapore, Australia

☆ I took my 4-year-old to Champagne houses in France. She had more fun than I did.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Stephanie Cain | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I very much wanted to visit Champagne. We even took our drinks to the playroom where my daughter crafted an elaborate imaginary adventure with a stuffed giraffe. The Champagne houses were also kid-friendlyI was equally delighted when booking our visits to the Champagne houses. At Champagne Ayala, a winery in village Aÿ, my daughter played tour guide with our actual tour guide. We visited a small grower Champagne house, a word for wineries run by those who own the vineyards.

Persons: —, Dame de Reims, Champagne Ayala, Dom Perignon, Lady Gaga, Lenny Kravitz, Champagne Michel Gonet's Villa Signolle, Pamela Druckerman, United States — Organizations: Service, Business, Champagne, Notre, Dame, Dom Locations: Napa Valley , California, France, Paris, Champagne, Reims, Paris's, Aÿ, Hautvillers, American, United States

☆ I became a widow after 45 years of marriage. It's been 3 years and I'm still grieving.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Ann Gorewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

This past June would have been my husband Steve and my 48th wedding anniversary. I sometimes feel like I have a phantom husband; I sense Steve in the apartment, when I'm walking in the street, when I'm scared, when I can't find something, when I need a question answered, when I'm sad, and when I'm lonely. Our dog died before himOur dog, Cassie, was our chosen child, and she died shortly before my husband died. The mini-golden doodle puppies were born a week before my husband died, and he showed videos of them to the nurses. I'm taking each day as it comes with Romeo by my side.

Persons: —, Steve, I've, Romeo, He's, Cassie, Ann Organizations: Service, Beatles

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Persons: I’ve, they’re, It’s, Chamberlain, They’re, fanny, —, Siri, Differin, dermatologists, shea, Alexa, Lindsay Schneider, Mili, it’s, you’ll, Chili Crisp, Zhong, TikTok Organizations: Amazon, NBC, AA, AAA, Apple, Netflix, Apple TV, Hulu, Spotify, Apple Music, Sirius XM, Chengdu Crunch, Amazon Prime, Wellness, Facebook, Twitter Locations: Chili, Zhong Sauce

☆ This $150,000 dog is the new status symbol
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

According to New York Magazine, there's a new status symbol dog for the very rich. It's not a Goldendoodle (or any doodle mix) — or even anything you can fit in a purse. AdvertisementIt's a guard dog—specifically, a guard dog trained by Svalinn, a Montana-based breeder and training outfit that specializes in "protection dogs." (Its website says it avoids the negative connotation of the term "attack dog.") This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: there's, —, Svalinn Organizations: New York Magazine, Business Locations: Montana

☆ Inside the life and career of Larry Page, Google's co-founder and first CEO
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Avery Hartmans | Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

AdvertisementSo who is Larry Page and how did he get to where he is today? AdvertisementPage and Sergey Brin create GoogleGoogle co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page met as students at Stanford. Google's parent company, Alphabet, has developed self-driving cars through Waymo, the company formerly known as the Google Self-Driving Car project. Page's personal lifeGoogle cofounder Larry Page and his wife, the scientist Lucinda Southworth C Flanigan/FilmMagicThroughout it all, Page has kept information about his personal life closely guarded. Life after GoogleGoogle cofounder Larry Page bought Cayo Norte, an island in Puerto Rico.

Persons: —, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Page, Sundar Pichai, Gloria, Carl Page —, Larry, what's, Nikola Tesla, he's, Brin's, BackRub, Brin, Eric Schmidt, Schmidt, Andy Rubin's, he'd, Andrew Kelly, Sergey, Lucinda Southworth C, Lucinda Southworth, Richard Branson, Page's, Carl Victor Page, Carl Page, He's, Hugh Langley Organizations: Service, Google, Business, Michigan State University . Education, Getty, Michigan State University, The, Montessori, Google Google, Stanford, Associated Press, University of Michigan, Labs, Reuters Page, Virgin Group, Investments, Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation, Zee Aero, Pacific, Virgin Island, Atomic Locations: Michigan, Waymo, Toronto, Stanford, Caribbean, Palo Alto, Cayo Norte, Puerto Rico, Koop, Tavarua, Fiji

☆ The surprising benefits of embracing your anxiety, according to someone living with it
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Michelle Icard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

I spoke with Weaver about her anxiety and how her new book can give other people with anxiety a starting point for talking about it. Haley Weaver: At its core, anxiety wants to keep us safe — safe from disaster, safe from judgment, safe from rejection — the list goes on! Not to be meta, but my anxiety about sharing my anxiety was present throughout the entire writing process. Additionally, caring for anxiety may look different depending on how the anxiety presents — maybe it’s helping kids pinpoint helpful coping mechanisms. Weaver: I wrote this book for anyone who struggles with anxiety or cares about someone who deals with anxiety in their everyday life.

Persons: CNN — Haley Weaver, wouldn’t, ” Kimberly Person, Weaver, Haley Weaver, It’s, There’s, —, Michelle Icard, ” Organizations: Lifeline, CNN, Haley Weaver CNN

☆ Harvard-trained neuroscientist with 20+ years experience: 7 tricks I use to keep my memory sharp
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Lisa Genova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

See itWhen you create a mental image of what you're trying to remember, you add more neural connections to it. Make what you're trying to remember something you can easily see in your mind's eye2. Use your imaginationPeople with the best memories have the best imaginations. People with the best memories have the best imaginations. If you don't get enough sleep, you'll go through the next day experiencing a form of amnesia.

Persons: Dwayne, Johnson, Lisa Genova, Taylor, aren't, you'll, Lisa Organizations: Harvard, New York Times, Bates College, Harvard University, PBS, NBC, CNN, NPR, TED, CNBC Locations: biopsychology

☆ Casimir Funk is today's Google Doodle: What to know about the genius who created the term 'vitamins'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

If you take a multivitamin every day or a vitamin D supplement every now and then, you have Casimir Funk to thank. Born Kazimierz Funk on Feb. 23 in 1884, the Polish-American biochemist introduced the concept of vitamins, which he called "vital amines," according to Google. "In his later research, Funk studied animal hormones and contributed to the knowledge about hormones of the pituitary and sex glands, emphasizing the importance of balance between hormones and vitamins." Funk's family describes him as someone who was a "driven and curious child," according to Google. But Funk was also a family man who valued time with his loved ones, even after becoming well-known for his discoveries, his family told Google.

Persons: Casimir Funk, Kazimierz Funk, Funk Organizations: Google, American Nutrition Association, Nutrition, of Fame, University of Bern, University of Berlin, Pasteur Institute Locations: Polish, American, Europe, Switzerland, Paris, Albany, N.Y

☆ Paris Jackson and Doja Cat just redefined what it means to get inked
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

While Jackson’s transformation was a savvy collaboration with makeup brand CoverFx, temporary tattoo camouflage has snowballed as an essential celebrity makeup technique. While shooting the Disney+ series “The Bear,” Jeremy Allen White required extensive tattoo coverage (and temporary tattoo re-application) that would withstand filming for hours in a hot kitchen. Paris Jackson was a blank canvas on the red carpet after her makeup artists spent two hours camouflaging her 80 tattoos, shown on the right. Elsewhere on the red carpet, while Rey and Jackson were disguising their ink, Doja Cat (who scooped three awards this season) went face-first into the world of — albeit temporary — tattoos. Doja Cat was covered in temporary tattoos at the Grammy awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.

Persons: Paris Jackson, —, Celine, ” Jeremy Allen White, ” Harry Styles, Styles, “, ’ ”, Amber Rose, sequinned Naeem Khan, Lana del Rey, Vivienne Westwood, Jackson, Dilara Findikoglu, Jordan Strauss, it’s Organizations: CNN, Disney, Teen Vogue Locations: South Korea, Rey, Los Angeles

☆ Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Darren Incorvaia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“They are way smarter than you think,” Ms. Hillemacher said. Now, in a study published in the journal PLOS One on Wednesday, Ms. Hillemacher and her colleagues say they have found evidence that roosters can recognize themselves in mirrors. The mirror test is a common, but contested, test of self-awareness. The mirror test has since been used to assess self-recognition in many other species. But different cognitive processes are active in different situations, and there’s no reason to think that the mirror test is accurate for animals with vastly different sensory abilities and social systems than what chimps have.

Persons: Sonja Hillemacher, Ms, Hillemacher, Gordon Gallup, —, ”, Onur Güntürkün, Inga Tiemann Organizations: University of Bonn, Ruhr University Bochum Locations: Germany

☆ The Friend Trip: Fun Without the Friction
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Shannon Sims | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Whoever said a friend is a friend forever has clearly never experienced a group trip that has devolved into a maelstrom of conflicting plans and bickering over restaurant bills. All your friends are not travel friends,” advises N’dea Irvin-Choy, a 27-year-old Los Angeles-based travel influencer, on her popular TikTok account. She suggests picking travel partners who share similar interests, and deciding ahead of time what kind of a trip you will be taking — relaxation, partying, adventure. Once you’re in booking mode, Mobili provides a way to see each group member’s travel bookings at once, a tool that is especially useful for larger groups. Others in the group can then collaborate with the same trip by adding their own bookings to create a group itinerary.

Persons: ”, N’dea Irvin, Choy, Robert Driscoll, TripIt, “ It’s Organizations: Microsoft, VentureOut Locations: Los Angeles, ”

☆ The cult of Emily Oster
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Sarah Todd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +30 min

Emily Oster is sitting in the back of a car, checking her Garmin watch as we lurch through rush-hour traffic toward the Holland Tunnel. A self-described expert in data, Oster uses her economics training to dig into studies on things like circumcision and screen time and translate them for popular consumption. There doesn't seem to be much of a gap between the way Oster presents herself in her books and newsletters and the way she conducts her life. Unsurprisingly, economics informs every aspect of the way Oster sees the world. When Oster was a toddler, her mother told a Yale colleague that Oster often talked to herself before falling asleep.

Persons: Emily Oster, doesn't, Oster, Taylor Swift, Spock, —, Mandy Moore, Emily DiDonato, Amy Schumer, " Oster, Emily, Aisha McAdams, Claudia Goldin, who's, Lori Feldman, " Feldman, Winter, It's, reopenings, Timothy Caulfield, Oster's Brown, OSTER, She's, Sheryl Sandberg's, Brown, Denis Tangney Jr, graham, Eminem, Sharon Oster, Ray Fair, Jesse Shapiro, Katherine Nelson, Carl, Choate Rosemary Hall, John F, Kennedy, Glenn Close, Ivanka Trump, Goldin, Steven Levitt —, Oster —, Paul Farmer, Steven Levitt, Oster's, Levitt, Robert Barro, demographer Monica Das Gupta, Joseph Delaney, she'd, I've, Matt Notowidigdo, Chicago Booth, hadn't, Udo Salters, Patrick McMullan, Shapiro, Jessica Calarco, Dr, Anthony Fauci, Donald Trump, Calarco, Rochelle Walensky, Delaney, University of Manitoba epidemiologist, Abigail Cartus, Justin Feldman, Delivette Castor, they're, COVID, Castor, Notowidigdo, Carter, you'd, she's, there's Organizations: Garmin, Brown University, New York Times, American Academy of Pediatrics, Yorker, Yale School of Management, Yale, Harvard, Connecticut, Choate, University of Chicago, Forbes, Wall, Publicly, University of Manitoba, Getty, Oster, Centers for Disease Control, Columbia University, Harvard Business School Locations: Holland, Montclair , New Jersey, Montclair, Harvard, Providence , Rhode Island, New Haven , Connecticut, China, Canada, Chicago, Ohio, New Jersey

☆ A vaccine scientist says being tag-teamed and dogpiled on by Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, and RFK Jr. all at once has been 'overwhelming'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But the attacks are now coming from Joe Rogan and Elon Musk, Twitter's most influential users. And let's face it, when you have RFK Jr. and Joe Rogan, and Elon Musk, all tag-teaming, those tres hombres at the same time," Hotez added. "I offered to go on Joe Rogan but not to turn it into the Jerry Springer show with having RFK Jr. on," Hotez said. "First, science is not something that is typically debated like say 18th enlightenment philosophy or political issues," Hotez added. And then there is the particular problem of debating RFK Jr on this.

Persons: it's, Peter Hotez, he's, Joe Rogan, Elon Musk, Hotez, MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan, Joe, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Rogan, Peter, Bill Ackman, Kennedy, MSNBC's Hasan, Jerry Springer, Tweeting, I'm, Elon Organizations: Twitter, RFK Jr, Billionaire, RFK Locations: duking

☆ Why the 'Mother of Dragons' at SpaceX left her job building rockets to work on nuclear fusion
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

"In one role in particular, my unofficial title was 'Mother of Dragons,'" Dunn told CNBC in an interview in Devens, Massachusetts. But in January 2019, Dunn started work at Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a startup that is attempting to commercialize nuclear fusion as an energy source. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards The advanced manufacturing facility located at the Commonwealth Fusion Systems campus in Devens, Massachusetts, where magnets are manufactured. "The biggest thing I think about a lot is time, about how fast can we go," Dunn told CNBC. And we have a poster in the back stairwell that says, 'Keep calm and fuse on," Dunn told CNBC.

Persons: Darby Dunn, of, Dunn, Darby Dunn Dunn, I've, Don Quixote, Elon, Elon Musk, it's, Bill Gates, that's Organizations: Commonwealth Fusion Systems, SpaceX, CNBC, International, Commonwealth, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SPARC, Google, Khosla Ventures, Lowercarbon, ARC, United Nations Locations: Devens , Massachusetts, California, Devens , Mass, Commonwealth

☆ Fact Check-Google’s Memorial Day doodle featured the US flag and poppies
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Google changed its iconic logo, or doodle, to grey on Memorial Day on May 29, 2023 to honor U.S. military members who have lost their lives in service. Posts shared online (here) and (here) show colorful doodles alongside a classic, unmodified doodle for Memorial Day 2023. The Memorial Day 2023 Google doodle was different to the classic design, however. News reports about previous Memorial Day doodles with similar gray themes can be seen (here) and (here). The Google doodle for Memorial Day on May 29, 2023 included a gray Google logo, an image of the U.S. flag and an animation of red poppies in the search results thanking those who have served.

Persons: “, ”, Colette Garcia, Read Organizations: Google, United States, U.S, Reuters, U.S . Locations: U.S

☆ Nike Chief Design Officer tells college grads to embrace what makes you different. 'I view my dyslexia as a gift to see the world differently.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Matthew Kish | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Nike Chief Design Officer John Hoke recently gave a commencement address at Penn State. Nike wrote him back. "Through my education at Penn State, I came to better understand myself and realize, in fact, that my superpower became wonder," Hoke said. I did not expect an answer, but surprisingly, Nike wrote me back. "I have that letter framed in my office in Beaverton, and it still makes me smile," he said.

Persons: John Hoke, Hoke, Phil Knight, —, John Hoke III, Knight, I've Organizations: Nike, Penn State, Service, Penn State's College of Arts and Architecture, Nike Air Locations: Beaverton

☆ That Poodle Mix Has a More Expensive Haircut Than You Do
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Alina Dizik | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ That Salon Visit Will Be $250— for Your Dog
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Alina Dizik | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ ‘Don’t freak out’: Notes from defense table during the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

A note from the defense table during the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial. A note from the defense table during the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial. In one note, however, someone at the defense table took issue with prosecutors’ characterization of the Proud Boys marches. A note from the defense table during the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial. It’s unclear what the doodle refers to, though the Proud Boys have adopted the rooster as a symbol.

☆ ‘Ted Lasso’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap: Dutch Treat
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Christopher Orr | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Ted, on the other hand, is understandably conflicted. Ted, having had his fill of foreignness, heads to the Yankee Doodle Burger Barn restaurant, which advertises American food in American portions. (For those who didn’t make the connection, the barbecue sauce the waitress brings him is from Arthur Bryant’s, Ted’s favorite joint in Kansas City.) Coincidentally, an old Jordan-era Bulls game is on the television, featuring the triangle offense implemented by the coach Phil Jackson. The first is the revelation that Beard’s drugs were duds: Ted wasn’t high at all!

☆ Fact Check-Series of holiday Google Doodle screenshots is not authentic
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A tweet claims to show screenshots of the Google page customized with Doodles during Hanukkah, Ramadan and Transgender Day of Visibility, but not for Easter (here). However, Reuters found no evidence that the images juxtaposed on Google logos are authentic Google Doodles. GOOGLE DOODLESDoodles are not made for religious holidays per current guidelines, and the company has never created a Google Doodle for Transgender Day of Visibility, the Google spokesperson said. The Google Doodles archive includes all previous doodles used to mark special days around the world, including independence days, birthdays of notable figures and sports events (www.google.com/doodles#archive). Fact checking organizations including Snopes and Check Your Fact cite a now-deleted Facebook group campaigning for a Google Doodle related to Ramadan as the source of the Ramadan Google logo shared in recent posts (here), (here).

“I haven’t seen sunlight in what seems like a long time,” Li told CNN, a week after the protests broke out. In recent years, Beijing has extended its crackdown on dissent to the foreign platform, detaining and jailing Chinese Twitter users who criticized the government. TwitterLi received thousands of submissions a day – and up to dozens per second at the height of the protests. Journalists, observers and activists monitored his feed closely, and some of his posts were aired on televisions across the world. And then they went to our house at midnight to harass my parents,” Li said.

☆ Today's Google Doodle features a Silicon Valley trailblazer who knew Steve Jobs and Wozniak—and 'was not impressed with them'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Today's Google Doodle highlights a little-known piece of Silicon Valley history. The animation recognizes tech and gaming pioneer Jerry Lawson, one of the few Black engineers working in the tech industry in the 1970s. The console was a flop with consumers, but it changed the gaming industry forever by featuring the first-ever removable video game cartridges. A different figure from those early tech days made a much larger impression on Lawson: Allan Alcorn, creator of the iconic video game "Pong." The conversation prompted Lawson to start building his own coin-operated video game in his garage, called "Demolition Derby."

But nestled among rural homes with manicured gardens is a mansion covered entirely in cartoon-like doodles. Everything outside and inside the house is covered in black-and-white squiggles, a riot of video-game and comic-book inspired cutesy characters. The sofa, the stove, the fridge, the television and even the car parked outside have all been painted on. The six-bedroom property in England's Kent County is home to Sam Cox, 28, an artist who goes by the moniker “Mr. “So my dream was to have a doodle house and doodle over everything within that house,” he said, adding that he funded his current home through sales of his increasingly popular doodle art.

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