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☆ With Solitude and Untouched Nature, the Quieter Corners of the Adirondacks Beckon
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Amanda Loudin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At six million acres, New York’s Adirondack Park is the size of Vermont, and larger than all of New Jersey. A unique mix of state and private property that encompasses mountains, wilderness areas and lakes, the park draws more than 12 million visitors annually who want to hike, paddle, explore and more. I’ve vacationed in the park for the past 16 years, appreciating its wild beauty more each time I visit. Even with the park’s size — 10 distinct regions and 20 wilderness areas lie within its borders — many visitors don’t venture far from the park’s population centers. “The quieter parts of the park are untouched,” said Jane Hooper, communications manager for the area’s Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism.

Persons: I’ve, ”, Jane Hooper Organizations: area’s, Sustainable Tourism Locations: Vermont, New Jersey, Lake Placid

☆ Michael Douglas calls Mallorca his 'second home' and plans to spend his semi-retirement there
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Erin Liam | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Actor Michael Douglas has vacationed in Mallorca, Spain, for the past 35 years. While he has not retired fully, he plans to stay there for half the year. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementNow that he's semi-retired, Michael Douglas said he plans to spend more time in Spain. I've been here for 35 years, and to receive this honor from the Queen is muy especial," he told IB3, a Spanish news station.

Persons: Michael Douglas, —, Queen Letizia, I've, IB3 Organizations: Service Locations: Mallorca, Spain, Spanish

☆ Turkey’s Erdogan courts ‘terrorist’ Assad over Syrian refugee problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Scott Mclean | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

In the capital Ankara, opposition parties are calling for mass deportations, and the government is calling on the Syrian regime it once sought to topple to help resolve the problem. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is now publicly seeking a meeting with President Bashar al-Assad, the man he once labeled a terrorist, to reset relations. Before the Syrian civil war, the two leaders vacationed together, but years later, after the Syrian regime brutally crushed a public revolt, Erdogan sought to oust him from office and backed local forces fighting against him. Turkish troops remain in control of a swath of Syrian territory along the Turkish border where Syrian opposition groups are sheltering. Syrian opponents denounce the Turkish President's statements for normalization with the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime in the city of Idlib, Syria on July 12.

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☆ Yep, people still haven't forgiven Ted Cruz for Cancún
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Some people are still mad at Ted Cruz for leaving Texas high and dry during deadly storms in 2021. Cruz's post on Hurricane Beryl had people reminding him about how he vacationed in Cancún in 2021. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementSome people still haven't forgiven Sen. Ted Cruz for flying to Cancún while Texas weathered deadly winter storms in 2021. As Hurricane Beryl slammed Texas as a category one hurricane on Monday and knocked out power for nearly three million homes and businesses, Cruz reposted an X post from "MattressMack."

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Social media has transformed the reason we take photos on vacation. According to the same survey, 74% of respondents feel some kind of pressure to imitate the travel content they consume online. This summer, a little more than half of Americans are planning to take a vacation, according to a Bankrate survey. Stretching your annual vacation budget to accommodate the resort everyone claims to love so much? Dial into vacation elements that are important to youWhen you're trying to budget and plan for your summer vacation, come up with your cost ceiling first.

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☆ Gen Zers and millennials are 'quiet vacationing' during 4th of July week instead of taking PTO
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

More than half of Gen Z workers and millennials have "quiet vacationed" — taken time off without formally requesting PTO — during the July Fourth holiday week, with a similar trend expected to continue this year, according to a new Harris Poll of 1,274 American workers. Gen Zers and millennials might also be quiet vacationing to cope with constraints on PTO and increased feelings of burnout. More than half (53%) of Gen Zers and millennials from the Harris Poll survey say they "barely get any work done" around the Fourth of July. In a separate Harris Poll survey, half of employees said they get nervous requesting PTO (This increases to 58% for Gen Z and 61% for millennials). Many Americans from the Harris Poll survey said they wished their employer placed more emphasis on the value of taking time off.

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☆ Turkish officials call for calm as social media hysteria fuels anti-Syrian riots in Turkey
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Scott Mclean | Isil Sariyuce | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Istanbul CNN —Allegations of sexual abuse against a child by a Syrian man in Kayseri, Turkey, have sparked overnight riots that targeted Syrian businesses and cars in the city. Protesters in al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria, attack a Turkish truck during demonstrations against Turkey on July 1, 2024. Bakr Alkasem/AFP/Getty ImagesIn another town, Ghazawiah, also in northwest Syria, protesters were seen pulling the Turkish flag town from a military site. At the “Bab al-Salama” border crossing with Turkey, the Turkish flag was removed, burned and replaced with a Free Syrian Army flag, according to a local resident and images circulating on social media. Turkey hosts more Syrian refugees than any other country, but Turkey has often struggled to integrate Syrian refugees fully into society.

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☆ The trips Justice Clarence Thomas took with Harlan Crow — that we know of
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewSupreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is once again facing renewed scrutiny amid details about undisclosed trips he took with GOP mega-donor Harlan Crow. Advertisement"The Judicial Conference changed this provision last year, and Justice Thomas has fully complied with the new disclosure requirement," Berke said. GOP megadonor Harlan Crow has defended his relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas after a series of bombshell ProPublica reports. July 2019: Bali, IndonesiaThomas and Crow's 2019 Bali vacation was the centerpiece of ProPublica's original 2023 report. ProPublica previously reported on Thomas' trips to the gentleman's retreat.

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☆ Clarence Thomas raised him 'as a son.' Now he's facing 25-plus years on weapons and drug charges.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

"For me, in so many ways, it's rewarding because it's brought me, again, full circle," Thomas told Lamb. Related storiesWhen neither placement prevented Martin from acting out with minor drug use and other petty crimes, the Thomases cut him off, Martin told BI. AdvertisementLast summer, according to court records reviewed by BI, Martin was arrested on charges of drug trafficking and weapons possession. Martin says he was eventually expelled from Randolph-Macon Academy for failing a drug test as a junior in high school. "I actually don't know if they know that I'm locked up — I'm not sure they'd care too much," Martin told BI.

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☆ Mom fined $88,000 after her children collected 72 clams — not seashells — at a California beach
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-25 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewA California mother received a $88,000 fine after her children collected dozens of clams they believed were seashells. The residents dubbed Pismo Beach the "Clam Capital of the World" in 1947, according to the Pismo Beach Conference & Visitors Bureau. "My kids, they thought they were collecting seashells, but they were actually collecting clams, 72 to be exact," she told the outlet. "It was definitely one expensive trip to Pismo," Russ told the outlet. California's Department of Fish and Wildlife representatives did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: —, Charlotte Russ, Harri Jarvelainen, Russ Organizations: Service, Pismo Beach Conference & Visitors Bureau, Business, Getty, ABC, California's Department of Fish, Wildlife Locations: Pismo, , California, San Luis Obispo County

☆ I explored an abandoned resort town in the Great Smoky Mountains where wealthy city dwellers vacationed 100 years ago. Take a look around.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Joey Hadden | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

There's a resort town in Great Smoky Mountains National Park that was abandoned in the late 1900s. The National Parks Service began restoring the ghost town in 2009, and now it's open to the public. I visited the town, called Elkmont, and toured the insides of cabins built more than 100 years ago. AdvertisementHidden in the lush woods of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a once-abandoned resort town known as Elkmont is full of 100-year-old cabins. I visited in the spring of 2023 and was amazed to find the cabins preserved and restored by the National Parks Service were open for public viewing.

Persons: — Organizations: National Parks Service, Service Locations: Great Smoky

☆ A massive breakdown of Taylor Swift's celebrity friendships
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Amory Rose | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Karlie Kloss was a main member of Swift's squad, but the two haven't been seen together in years. Raymond Hall / Getty ImagesKloss also met Swift during the 2013 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Later that year, they attended the American Music Awards together and Swift returned to perform at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Throughout 2015, they were consistently photographed together with other members of Swift's squad and were even featured together on the cover of Vogue. Fans were shocked when Kloss attended an LA show of Swift's Eras Tour despite rumors that the friends had fallen out years ago.

Persons: Karlie Kloss, Taylor Swift, Raymond Hall, Kloss, Swift, Rolling, Kloss vacationed, Braun, Joshua Kushner Organizations: Big Sur, Vogue Locations: New York City, Kloss

☆ I'm a lifelong Jersey girl choosing to retire in South Carolina. It's where my adult daughter is planning to live — and it's cheaper.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Kathie Zucker, 57, lived in New Jersey her whole life, but is now moving to South Carolina. After visiting her daughter — who attends college in Charleston, South Carolina, she found that she liked the area. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kathie Zucker, 57, and her decision to move to Charleston, South Carolina, from the New York City suburb of Butler, New Jersey. I wouldn't say my daughter living there was the sole consideration for moving. Our house in South Carolina is in a suburb called Moncks Corner, about 30 miles from Charleston proper.

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☆ 19 ex-McDonald's workers returned to their old restaurant for a 'Class of 1975' reunion almost 50 years after working together
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A group of former McDonald's workers reunited at their old restaurant 50 years later. AdvertisementA group of former McDonald's workers went back to their old restaurant in Missouri for a "Class of 1975" reunion to mark nearly 50 years since they worked together. Courtesy of McDonald'sElhoffer was 16 when she started working at the Hazelwood restaurant, she told BI. AdvertisementThey became close friends while working at the restaurant, Elhoffer said, with some of them playing on the restaurant's softball team. AdvertisementCourtesy of McDonald'sThe biggest change since she started working at McDonald's has been the introduction of drive-thrus, Elhoffer said.

Persons: —, Joan Elhoffer, Elhoffer, they'd, McDonald's, St Louis . Seven Organizations: Service, Michelin, McDonald's, Hamburger University, St Louis Locations: Missouri, Hazelwood, Arkansas , Florida , Ohio, Tennessee, St, McDonald's

☆ Trump DA Fani Willis fights back on the stand in Georgia election interference case: 'I'm not on trial.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

You think I'm on trial," Willis quipped to a defense attorney. In a hot pink dress, and visibly displeased, Willis took the stand with an argumentative attitude and choice words for the defense attorney questioning her. Yeartie testified in the case Thursday, saying Willis and Wade began a relationship in 2019, contradicting his prior claims. Willis was verbose on the stand, cracking jokes and snapping at the defense attorney as she appeared eager to take back control of the case. AdvertisementDozens of reporters were squeezed into the back three rows of the downtown Atlanta courtroom, awaiting Willis' testimony.

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☆ Opinion: Fani Willis and Nathan Wade need to step aside for the sake of the country
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Opinion William Cooper | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“The optics are horrific,” Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney said about the fundraiser before disqualifying Willis and her staff from pursuing charges against Jones in July 2022. More recently, Willis admitted to having a “personal relationship” with Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor she hired to help with Trump’s prosecution. Wade hasn’t just billed Fulton County over $650,000 under Willis’ supervision; he’s done so in irregular fashion. Combined with his personal relationship with Willis, they raise significant questions, including whether any of his outsized earnings have benefited Willis. If Willis and Wade step aside, other competent lawyers can make the case that Trump violated the law.

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‘I’m not on trial,’ Willis saysWillis seized several opportunities to defend herself. She said at the beginning of her testimony that she was “very anxious” to defend herself, “so I ran to the courtroom.”“You think I’m on trial,” Willis said, in her sharpest pushback of the day. Video Ad Feedback Hear what legal expert thinks about Fani Willis' testimony 03:39 - Source: CNNWhen did the relationship start? Bryant-Yeartie said she observed “hugging, kissing, close affection” between Willis and Wade prior to 2022, when they claimed their romantic relationship began. Trump lawyer Steven Sadow asked Willis about the breakup, eliciting an answer that revealed sexist remarks that Wade allegedly made to Willis in the past.

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☆ How the mystery of electricity helped 18-year-old Mary Shelley create 'Frankenstein'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In 1818 Mary Shelley published “Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus.”In the novel, Frankenstein brings a creature to life with a "spark of being." Both scientists influenced “Frankenstein.” Shelley incorporated some of Davy’s writings into her novel, and the 1818 and 1831 prefaces both reference Darwin. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote "Frankenstein" when she was 18 years old. Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesPoet Percy Bysshe Shelley, whom Mary Shelley married the same year she started "Frankenstein," was also fascinated with science. “Could it be electricity?”The electrical experimentsIn her 1831 revised edition of "Frankenstein," Shelley removed the part about lightning and instead referenced galvanism.

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☆ Tesla stock drops as investors scrutinize board’s close personal ties to Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Ehrenpreis is also a close friend to Kimbal Musk, Elon’s brother, who is also a Tesla board member. In another instance, the judge emphasized the role of Tesla’s general counsel Todd Maron — who was previously Musk’s divorce lawyer — in advising Tesla’s board and compensation committee. Maron was “totally beholden to Musk,” McCormick wrote in her ruling last week, adding that Maron’s admiration for Musk “moved him to tears” during both his deposition and in trial testimony. Maron’s team prepared “an aggressive timeline for approving a compensation plan,” McCormick wrote in her more than 200-page ruling. The break-neck speed of the process “reflected a reckless approach to a fiduciary process.”Robyn Denholm, the Tesla board chair, doesn’t appear to have had any personal relationship with Musk outside of her service on the board, McCormick wrote.

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☆ A millennial who moved from Canada to Florida said the weather and housing are great — but the politics and healthcare could push them out
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementThey decided to buy a home in the Fort Lauderdale area, and by that August, they'd said goodbye to Toronto. Warm weather, more affordable housing , and the lack of a state income tax are among the perks drawing movers to Florida. AdvertisementFlorida has warm weather, cheaper housing, and is good for businessFreudman said the weather is the biggest edge Florida has over Canada. The typical Toronto home costs about $816,000 compared to $784,000 in Fort Lauderdale, and it's even cheaper in Wilton Manors, the Fort Lauderdale "suburb" where the couple technically resides. He said other pros of the Fort Lauderdale area include the fresh seafood, the safe community, and the accessibility to Miami.

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☆ I've been on nearly 30 cruises. Here are 12 things I wish I'd known sooner.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Jordana Comiter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I've been going on cruises since I was a baby, and now I've vacationed on nearly 30 ships. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementGrowing up a short drive from a port, my family's favorite vacation has always been cruises. Since my first one as a baby, I've set sail nearly 30 times. Here are 12 things I wish I'd known sooner.

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☆ A passenger on Royal Caribbean's 9-month ultimate cruise said she prepared by first taking a 'test cruise' in the same room
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Angie Linderman is on Royal Caribbean's nine-month Ultimate World Cruise on Serenade of the Seas. After booking her spot on the Ultimate World Cruise, she said she found a friend to house-sit for her in Portland, Oregon, while she is away. To prepare for the world cruise, Linderman took a 'test cruise' on the same shipAs December 10 — the start of the world cruise approached — Linderman said she started preparing. AdvertisementUnlike many of the other passengers onboard the world cruise, Linderman had zero experience on massive, vacation ships. AdvertisementLinderman said her test cruise allowed her to visualize how she would store everything from toiletries to clothes for the next nine months.

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☆ A boomer couple left Texas for the retirement of their dreams: 'We were brainwashed that it was the only place to be — it's not'
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The couple was tired of paying high property taxes and wanted a new adventure in retirement. Sure, the state has no income tax, but when you are retired the property tax is killer. We wanted to live in a place with seasons and that was between our kids' homes in Connecticut and Texas. The county we live in has a property tax exemption for seniors on school taxes, so now we only pay $1,599 a year. Courtesy of Nancy CottonNancy: Living in Texas so long we were brainwashed that it was the only place to be.

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☆ Boomers seem to have traded in the child-raising village for traveling. Now millennial parents say they have no one to support them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Julie Gerstein | Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Many millennial parents say they can't get the support they need from their parents. "If Mom and Dad ran out of town, we were at Grandma's," the 33-year-old told Business Insider. AdvertisementStill, many millennial children, including Dobson's own, would prefer time spent — and not necessarily money. Some millennial parents feel aloneThis distance from their parents, Cox said, is a part of other shifts that have made millennial parents feel more alone. What millennial parents really need is someone who can help relieve "the parenting pressure," Cox said, a trusted extra person who's available to pick up some of the slack.

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☆ Florida Man Chases Poachers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Lydia Millet | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Though Babauta was a law-enforcement officer, Renner recounts, he often felt a kinship with the poachers he was tasked to bring in. Or the developers and politicians who cater so eagerly and profitably to that voracious demand. Rather, they crawl toward us out of the dark ooze, slowly opening long jaws lined with sharp teeth. They lurk in the murk like primordial fear and sometimes find themselves on the wrong side of a golf course fence. GATOR COUNTRY: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades | By Rebecca Renner | Flatiron | 277 pp.

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