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☆ I secretly spend winters in the Canary Islands and only go to the office a few months of the year. I'm happier, healthier, and more productive.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

A remote worker based in Germany secretly works from the Canary Islands during the winter. I'm more productive at work because I'm living a happier and healthier lifestyleThe warmer climate and more active lifestyle has improved his physical and mental health, the remote worker said. I'm making the best use of my time and being productive and efficient while doing what I love. I'm a very motivated person — I have very specific work goals both within my company and externally. I love the freedom that remote work allows but value in-person collaborationNow that I'm moving into more leadership positions, team building is a larger part of my job.

☆ I made $163,000 in revenue in one year as a freelance writer. Here are 5 game-changers I wish I knew sooner in my career.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Dorothy Cucci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I went back to full-time freelancing in January 2020, and last year, I made about $163,000 in revenue. Here's what I wish I knew sooner about making it as a freelance writer. Make sure that everyone in your corner knows that you're freelancing and that you're looking for work, and don't be shy about reminding them of that. I never went back to working a full-time job because I love the freedom and sense of job security freelancing gives me, especially in a dicey economy. If I were laid off from a full-time job, my entire income would get taken away all at once.

☆ English resort counts down to western Europe’s first satellite launch
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

NEWQUAY, England, — An English surfing resort was counting down to the first launch of orbital satellites into space from western Europe on Monday, when Virgin Orbit’s mission will transform the Cornish town of Newquay into the country’s first spaceport. The “horizontal” launch will catapult the resort in southwest England, population 20,000 and famous for its reliable waves rolling off the Atlantic, into the limelight as western Europe’s go-to destination for small satellites. Virgin Orbit, part-owned by billionaire Richard Branson, said nine satellites would be deployed into lower Earth orbit (LEO) from its LauncherOne rocket in its first mission outside its United States base. “Assuming that everything continues to look good we’re currently tracking well for launch,” a Virgin Orbit spokeswoman said on Sunday. The LEO sector is growing rapidly, spurred by satellite broadband companies such as Elon Musk’s Starlink, Amazon and London-headquartered OneWeb.

☆ English resort counts down to western Europe's first satellite launch
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Henry Nicholls | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Henry NichollsNEWQUAY, England, Jan 9 (Reuters) - An English surfing resort was counting down to the first launch of orbital satellites into space from western Europe on Monday, when Virgin Orbit's mission will transform the Cornish town of Newquay into the country's first spaceport. The "horizontal" launch will catapult the resort in southwest England, population 20,000 and famous for its reliable waves rolling off the Atlantic, into the limelight as western Europe's go-to destination for small satellites. The European Space Agency's (ESA) Ariane 6 rocket, designed to carry large satellites, has also had delays. "Assuming that everything continues to look good we're currently tracking well for launch," a Virgin Orbit spokeswoman said on Sunday. The LEO sector is growing rapidly, spurred by satellite broadband companies such as Elon Musk's Starlink, Amazon and London-headquartered OneWeb.

☆ 'Mad Dog' Marcio Freire dies in surfing accident in Nazaré, Portugal
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

LISBON — Veteran Brazilian surfer Marcio Freire died on Thursday while practicing tow-in surfing on the giant waves in Nazaré on the central coast of Portugal, the local maritime authority said. Freire was one of the three Brazilian surfers who became known as the “Mad Dogs” after conquering the giant wave “Jaws” in Hawaii. Legend,” posted fellow big wave surfer Nic von Rupp. American Garrett McNamara put Nazaré on the map in 2011 when he set a world record for the biggest wave ever surfed at 78 feet. Brazilian Rodrigo Koxa bettered McNamara’s mark in 2017, also at Nazaré, and German Sebastian Steudtner broke the record again there in 2020, surfing an 86-foot wave.

☆ How to start and grow a business in 2023, according to founders who booked 6 figures in revenue last year
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Understanding the inevitable ebbs and flows in business will be the key to success in 2023. Many realized that utilizing new technologies, creating positive workplace cultures, and understanding the inevitable ebbs and flows of business are key factors for success. Founders who hit six figures in revenue last year shared the most important lessons for starting and growing a business amid fluctuating economies and changes in consumer behavior. Tap into new technologies to stay relevantA post shared by Seth Fowler (@realsethfowler)Utilizing new technologies as they emerge has helped Seth Fowler grow his small business. "Every business has peaks and valleys, business is cyclical and everybody needs to understand that," she said.

☆ The 'world's coolest dictator' rounded up 60,000 people in a crackdown on MS-13. A shrimp farming community is fighting back.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Danielle Mackey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

SISIGUAYO, EL SALVADOR — On the morning that Walber Rodriguez was arrested last May, he was just two minutes from his home in Sisiguayo, El Salvador. Outside El Salvador, Bukele is best known for adopting Bitcoin as a national currency. All around them in Sisiguayo and the surrounding Bajo Lempa valley, people were arrested with no satisfactory explanation. Residents of the Bajo Lempa who'd been touched by the arrests had begun meeting weekly at a nearby retreat center. A meeting of the Bajo Lempa families on June 17, 2022.

☆ The 'world's coolest dictator' rounded up 60,000 people in a supposed crackdown on MS-13. A shrimp farming community is fighting back.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Danielle Mackey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

☆ Patagonia's founder, who gave his company to a non-profit, loves saving money. From eating cat food to living in beach shacks, here are some of the wackiest examples.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard has had a frugal lifestyle since his early days as a climber and surfer. This includes eating cat food and taking soda bottles from trash cans to redeem for money. Even now, Chouinard still wears old clothes and drives a rundown Subaru, The NY Times reported. Before founding Patagonia, Chouinard made a living selling climbing equipment from the back of his car. In 1966, Chouinard set up a base for his equipment business, Chouinard Equipment, in a rented tin boiler room of an abandoned packing company slaughterhouse in California.

☆ I quit my six-figure tech job because I couldn't work abroad. Now I make half the money at a startup but get to travel wherever I want.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Sergio Najera quit a six-figure engineering job because the company didn't allow international travel. Courtesy of Sergio NajeraFast forward a couple of months and I'm planning a bigger trip: a month and a half in Peru. I decided to take the startup job because it would give me the flexibility to work from wherever I wanted to and I really prioritized that. From making friends to making sure you can work productively, traveling full-time comes with challengesEverything I need to work remotely. I just want to be happier — that's really what it boils down to.

☆ How billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson spend their vacations, from cruising on yachts to visiting private islands
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Vacations look a little different for the world's billionaire executives. For Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt, cruising in a luxury yacht may be on the agenda. But for the wealthy and powerful, vacations look a little different. Or there's Tim Cook, Apple's billionaire CEO, who spends his time away from running the iPhone-maker exploring America's national parks. Take a look at how some of the nation's most high-powered billionaire execs spend their vacations.

☆ 'The limit is in your head' - disabled surfers compete in Canary Islands
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Surfer Aitor Francesena, adapted surfing world champion, who was born with congenital glaucoma, is helped by his assistant after finishing the adaptive surfing competition, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Borja Suarez 1 2 3 4 5In adaptive surfing, people with disabilities adapt their techniques and equipment to be able to practise the sport. "I listen to the sea to hear whether the waves are big or small, strong or weak," Francesena said. "I build a picture, a map of how the sea is and normally I ask people who can see how it is. Reporting by Borja Suarez; Writing by Charlie Devereux Editing by Gareth JonesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Why Have Netflix, Hulu, and the Rest of Streaming TV Gotten so Boring?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Paris Marx | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

As a result, Netflix and other streamers are retreating from any sort of creative risk in favor of humdrum, lowest-common-denominator shows. But just as Netflix was pulling back from its most creative content, the streaming wars were heating up. Netflix is now churning out cheap and broadly appealing reality TV shows like "Is It Cake?" Despite positioning itself for years as the ad-free way to watch TV, Netflix in October launched a lower-cost, ad-supported tier in many of its major markets. As the cheap money disappears, we're starting to get a better picture of the actual price of streaming media.

☆ The golden age of streaming TV is over
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Paris Marx | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

That August, the streaming analyst Eric Schiffer told The Verge that the "golden age" was over as competition increased, and Netflix was putting creators on a shorter leash. But just as Netflix was pulling back from its most creative content, the streaming wars were heating up. Netflix is now churning out cheap and broadly appealing reality TV shows like "Is It Cake?" Despite positioning itself for years as the ad-free way to watch TV, Netflix in October launched a lower-cost, ad-supported tier in many of its major markets. As the cheap money disappears, we're starting to get a better picture of the actual price of streaming media.

☆ This champion adaptive surfer knows the power of resilience
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Martha Shade | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Kapolei, Hawaii CNN —Meira Va’a Nelson is a champion surfer who has known more trauma in her life than most people will ever experience. On the day of her mother’s funeral, her father, unable to deal with his own grief, left the family. Once again, the odds were against Meira, who was told her daughter was unlikely to live beyond age 3. Riding the waves, she said she feels her whole family is with her, even when they are not physically there. She wants to represent them and prove what’s possible and show that resilience can always lead to new joy.

☆ Workers who tested 4-day workweek say they'll never return to 5 days—or only with a huge pay bump
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

And leaders say they're willing to continue because the business didn't suffer. On average, businesses decreased their schedules by six hours, from about 41 to 35 hours per week per employee. 'Once you give people a four-day workweek, how do you take it back?' But company president Mike Neundorfer, who's been interested the four-day week concept for a while now, says they're trending the right direction. There's no going back, Mathew says, for the organization or for her personally: "Once you give people a four-day workweek, how do you take it back?

☆ 15-year-old boy dies after falling off train while subway surfing in Brooklyn
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A 15-year-old boy has died after falling off a train while subway surfing in Brooklyn, police said. Thursday's incident comes after a number of subway surfing cases were reported this and last year. In June, a 15-year-old boy was critically injured after hitting his head while subway surfing on top of a New York City train. Thursday's incident is not the first time a case of subway surfing has turned deadly. In October 2021, a 32-year-old man died after falling on the tracks also while on a J train over the Williamsburg Bridge.

☆ I rent out 'champagne walls' for special events on the weekends. It's a side gig that doesn't feel like work and brings in thousands extra a year.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Alexis McDermott is the founder of Wandering Wall Co., which rents out champagne walls for events. I'm the sole proprietor of Wandering Wall Co. and a customer-success manager for a SaaS platform, which I do remotely. I founded my small business that offers elegant champagne walls, photo backdrop walls, seating charts, and welcome signs to display during life's most memorable events in April 2021. I'd always wanted to open my own business and have multiple streams of incomeA Wandering Wall Co. champagne wall. After hours of Pinterest surfing, we stumbled upon the concept of a champagne wall.

☆ A Tiny Slice of Kauai’s North Shore Holds Some of Hawaii’s Most Expensive Real Estate
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Jessica Flint | Photographs Shelly Simon For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Kauai, Hawaii’s northernmost island, is divided into five sections, including the North Shore. One of the North Shore communities is Hanalei, a small town on the edge of the two-mile, crescent-shaped Hanalei Bay, a world-famous surfing paradise set to the backdrop of green inland mountains. Hanalei’s 96714 ZIP Code has some of the priciest residential real estate in Hawaii, the state with the highest median house listing price in the U.S., according to Realtor.com. (News Corp, owner of The Wall Street Journal, also operates Realtor.com under license from the National Association of Realtors.) “You could literally have a $50 million house next to a small cottage that’s worth a million dollars.”

Among them is Best Buy: Its holiday sale began on October 24 and we expect even better deals to pop up today. It's now available on clearance from Best Buy, making it even more affordable to buy than ever. $739.00 from Best Buy Originally $799.00 Save 8%Best Buy Cyber Monday 2022: What to expectThough Best Buy's holiday sale already kicked off a while ago, the best deals are cropping up today on Cyber Monday. Best Buy has stated that its sale has already begun since October 24, but we expect the best deals to show up on Cyber Monday. Best Buy store hours differ by location, so you'll need to check your local store's Cyber Monday hours.

In the early 2010s, Mr. Mellow set out for still more distant shores, traveling to many famous surf breaks in the South Pacific. Mr. Abdul-Rashed and Mr. Danian traveled to Hawaii to connect with Mr. Mellow, their spiritual guide and Pacific expedition leader. Mr. Mellow posted an ad on Facebook and Craigslist offering $10,000 for passage to the South Pacific. Mr. Schmidt was in sync with the young seekers when it came to fear of Big Brother and vaccines, but dreading port officials brandishing nasal swabs struck even Mr. Schmidt as a little unhinged. When asked if he was at all responsible for what had happened to Mr. Danian and Mr. Abdul-Rashed, Mr. Mellow looked genuinely confused.

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☆ Microsoft raised the bar for Windows PCs with its Surface computers, despite low share after a decade
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

In 2012, the Surface with Windows RT, later named Surface RT, was more than just a touchscreen slab like Apple's iPad. The inaugural Surface, the Surface RT running Windows RT, boasted clever physical attributes. Microsoft Surface with Windows 8 Pro Source: Microsoft.comIn 2013 Microsoft brought out the Surface RT's more expensive and more powerful sibling, the Surface Pro. He bought a Surface Pro 3 and then a Surface Pro 7. If someone buys the Surface Pro 7 for a good price, he'll upgrade to the Surface Pro 9, which has a larger display.

☆ This Is Your Brain on ‘Deep Reading.’ It’s Pretty Magnificent. - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +57 min

But if over time, we have begun to elaborate this brain so that it includes deep reading, the unnatural apex of the achievement of reading is what deep reading provides. And every time I get off of a plane, I say to myself, I’m going to do that more. I’m going to sit and I’m going to have quiet time with a book. I’m going to bring this to me in a second, so I’m not just putting this on little kids. maryanne wolfThe first thing I do is understand the purpose of whatever I’m reading.

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☆ How Cyber Monday surpassed Black Friday to become the biggest shopping event of the holiday season
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Cyber Monday is the biggest holiday-shopping day of the year by sales, outpacing even Black Friday. But the shopping holiday wouldn't have been what it is today without retailers eager to make it a success. That year, shop.org, NRF's online arm, issued a press release in November declaring: "'Cyber Monday' Quickly Becoming One of the Biggest Online Shopping Days of the Year." "This year, online retailers will be capitalizing on the increased traffic by offering special promotions and discounts." In five years, it had gone from obscurity to the highest-grossing shopping day of the holiday season.

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