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An animal voyage is special because it requires us to make many journeys all at once. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat. “If the snow leopard should manifest itself, then I am ready to see the snow leopard,” Matthiessen writes. The best trips, like Peter Matthiessen’s search for the snow leopard, find a way to make themselves permanent. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat.

☆ Inside an Animal Sanctuary in Bolivia Where Tourists Can Help
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Photographs Yael Martínez | Yael Martínez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +22 min

An animal voyage is special because it requires us to make many journeys all at once. My favorite record of an animal voyage is a book that’s fluent in failure. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat. “If the snow leopard should manifest itself, then I am ready to see the snow leopard,” Matthiessen writes. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat.

☆ Lessons From a Lifetime of Animal Voyages
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Sam Anderson | Photographs Yael Martínez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +22 min

☆ Where the Wild Things Are
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( The New York Times Magazine | Photographs Yael Martínez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +22 min

To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat. “If the snow leopard should manifest itself, then I am ready to see the snow leopard,” Matthiessen writes. “We’ve seen so much, maybe it’s better if there are some things that we don’t see.”Today, nearly 50 years later, if you are so inclined, you can go see a snow leopard at the zoo. The best trips, like Peter Matthiessen’s search for the snow leopard, find a way to make themselves permanent. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat.

☆ Rare video shows a seal inflating its nose like a balloon to attract a female in a mating ritual
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A rare video shows the mating ritual of hooded seals in the Arctic Ocean. In the video, a young male hooded seal appears bobbing along a slab of ice, where a female is nursing a pup. A male hooded seal is shown in an illustration. More than 600,000 hooded seals live across the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean, per the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fisheries. Hooded seal pups are weaned off the milk in just four days, the shortest time for any mammal.

☆ Why an early investor in Blue Bottle Coffee and Sweetgreen says he's found the 'holey grail' in a Hawaii doughnut chain
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Founded by two siblings, Holey Grail sells doughnuts made-to-order with local ingredients. Since it opened, Holey Grail has attracted long lines of customers — and hungry startup investors. Holey Grail DonutsInvestors like True say they've sniffed out a multi-million dollar opportunity with Holey Grail, one that defies the norms of an industry that has focused on the more lucrative software market. With $9 million in funding from investors like Collaborative Fund and Lee Fixel, Holey Grail wants to change up the multibillion-dollar doughnut market. But Holey Grail isn't the only food chain to benefit from the cravings of tech's monied elite.

A rainbow flag is seen on the wall of a Catholic church as the building is open for same-sex couples to receive a blessing in Cologne, Germany, May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Thilo SchmuelgenVATICAN CITY, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Flemish Roman Catholic bishops on Tuesday issued a document effectively allowing the blessing of same-sex unions, seemingly in direct defiance of a ruling against such practices by the Vatican's doctrinal office last year. The document published on the website of the Belgian bishops conference suggested a ritual that included a prayer and a benediction for stable same-sex unions while stressing that it is not "what the Church understands by a sacramental marriage". It said the Church wanted to be "pastorally close to homosexual persons" and be a "welcoming Church that excludes no one". In March 2021, in response to formal questions from a number of Roman Catholic dioceses on whether the practice of blessing same-sex unions was allowed, the Vatican's doctrinal office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), ruled that it was not.

☆ Liz Truss and King Charles III could be the end of the 'United' Kingdom
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Peter Mcloughlin | World Politics Review | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

King Charles III and Prime Minister Liz Truss now lead a United Kingdom with profound divisions. However, when this ends with the late queen's funeral Monday, the new heads of state and government, King Charles III and Liz Truss, will be left leading a United Kingdom that is profoundly divided. However, the EU, the Irish government and most nationalists in Northern Ireland oppose any unilateral changes to the treaty. Nationalists, who are growing in numbers in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, might see this as the moment to unravel the union. Peter McLoughlin is a lecturer at Queen's University Belfast, where he focuses on contemporary political history in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

☆ How an entrepreneur started a doughnut chain in Hawaii and landed $9 million in VC funding from early investors in Sweetgreen and Blue Bottle
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Since it opened, Holey Grail has attracted long lines of customers — and hungry startup investors. Holey Grail DonutsInvestors like True say they've sniffed out a multi-million dollar opportunity with Holey Grail, one that defies the norms of an industry that has focused on the more lucrative software market. With $9 million in funding from investors like Collaborative Fund and Lee Fixel, Holey Grail wants to change up the multibillion-dollar doughnut market. Hole in oneAt first glance, Holey Grail is an unlikely bet for top technology investors. But Holey Grail isn't the only food chain to benefit from the cravings of tech's monied elite.

☆ Queen Elizabeth’s funeral marks the end of television dominance that started with her coronation
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( David Zurawik | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

On social media, the queen was often discussed and, in many cases, denounced for Britain’s history of colonialism and her handling of royal scandals. CNN, for example, will start carrying live TV coverage at 5 a.m. Although Thompson expects a “very big” audience, he does not see it proportionally rivaling the 1953 the coronation. “I don’t think this funeral can possibly penetrate the global attention the way the 1953 coronation did — or even the wedding in 1981. And yet, the coronation coverage found an audience of 85 million viewers in the US, according to the BBC.

☆ Satanic panic is making a comeback, fueled by QAnon believers and GOP influencers
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Brandy-Zadrozny-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Brandy Zadrozny | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +23 min

Utah County Attorney David O. Leavitt speaks on July 31, 2019, in Provo. The accusations were part of a new case from Utah County Sheriff Mike Smith. Discussion about satanism and satanic abuse has increased in recent years, according to data provided to NBC News by Zignal Labs, which analyzes social media conversations. Popular culture and social media have also ferried ideas about satanism and widespread child abuse from fringe to the mainstream. (Anti-LGBTQ politicians and activists have equated LGBTQ people with predators who abuse children as part of a “gay agenda,” the well-worn panic that the gay rights movement’s true motivation is recruitment.

☆ Ancient bodies of 'vampires' were buried with rocks in their mouths to stop them returning from the dead
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Many people thought this could be stopped by putting a stone or brick in the mouths, experts said. 'Vampires' were thought to eat their way out of the grave, unless something hard stopped them. These body were not completely dead and were captured by some demonic influence," said Borrini, describing the old beliefs. This one was buried in a child cemetery on the site of the Poggio Gramignano ancient Roman villa in Teverina, Italy. Borrini defines a "vampire" as a dead person rising from the dead as a body.

☆ How the world learned about Queen Elizabeth's death
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-08 | by ( Analysis David Zurawik | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Both were in high gear Thursday with the death of Queen Elizabeth at the age of 96. After the announcement of the queen's death Thursday afternoon, ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox News interrupted their regular programming to do the same. The nighttime images of a sea of black umbrellas in the rain outside Buckingham Place were just as evocative and moving. A double rainbow appeared as crowds gathered near Buckingham Palace before the announcement of Queen Elizabeth II's death. Saying her words were not meant to "canonize" the queen, Kay added, "There were mistakes that were made.

☆ A Stovetop Espresso Maker Is the Best Part of My Mornings
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-09 | by ( Justin Pot | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +3 min

That’s never ever going to happen, though, so it’s a good thing I use a moka pot. Specifically, the Cuisinox Roma stainless steel stovetop moka pot, a superior choice that I wish I’d found sooner. Moka pots are easy to use. The Cuisinox Roma is also dishwasher-safe, unlike aluminum moka pots, and induction-compatible. I’ve had my Cuisinox Roma for six years and counting, and no issues so far.

Persons: Justin Pot, That’s, I’d, I’ve, —, Roma Locations: Peace River , Alberta, U.S, Italy, Peace

☆ The Ayahuasca Diaries
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-26 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +37 min

But please understand: I didn't drink ayahuasca so I could write an article about it. I wrote an article about it so I could drink ayahuasca. I was desperate to drink ayahuasca — I had been for several months, in fact — and the formality of an assignment would help me out at home. Instead, a friend of a friend linked me up with an ayahuasca sangha, a Buddhist word for a spiritual community. I thought of my old friend, Scott, who, many years before, had declined an opportunity to drink ayahuasca.

☆ Why does it feel like working from home is giving me ADHD?
▼ + stars: | 2022-01-24 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In Insider's new work-advice column, a reader worries she's developed ADHD while working from home. There's no such thing as sudden-onset ADHD, but modern life and always-on tech are distracting. Is it possible that working from home during the pandemic is giving me attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? Instead, Dr. Hallowell said you're suffering from what he calls, "culturally-induced ADD," or "a severe case of modern life." "The remedies are also similar — apart from the lack of prescription medication to treat modern life," he said.

☆ Al Jassasiya: The mysterious symbols carved in Qatar's deserts
▼ + stars: | 2021-11-22 | by ( Dimitris Sideridis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

On a desolate and windswept corner of Qatar’s northeastern coast, among the sand dunes of the barren desert, lies Al Jassasiya, the Gulf country’s largest and most important rock art site. Overall, archaeologists have found a total of some 900 rock carvings, or “petroglyphs,” at Al Jassasiya. Al Jassasiya, about an hour north of Qatar’s uber-modern capital and near the old pearling port of Al Huwaila, was discovered in 1957. “We have no direct clues about the motifs used in Al Jassasiya,” he said. Al Jassasiya is located just south of the popular Azerbaijani Beach, so an excursion there can also be combined with a relaxing day beside the sea.

Persons: Al Jassasiya, Jassasiya, Ferhan Sakal, ”, “, Dimitris, Doha’s Al Bidda, Al Huwaila, Holger Kapel, Hans Kapel, Dimitris Sideridis, Sakal, ” Frances Gillespie, Faisal Abdulla Al, Naimi, ” Gillespie Organizations: CNN, Qatar Museums, ”, “ Ships Locations: Gulf, Al, Qatar, Doha’s, Qatar’s, Danish, Al Jassasiya, ”, Sands

☆ Peter Thiel ran an SAT side hustle in high school and charged $500 to take the test for people, according to a former classmate
▼ + stars: | 2021-09-21 | by ( Dorothy Cucci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Those who knew him in grade school say Thiel was a "joyless" childOne of Thiel's classmates told Chafkin, "I can't remember him laughing. In his senior year of high school, Thiel took the SAT for underclassmen for $500 each, according to a classmateThiel, whose own scores were near perfect, seemed bored and careless by the end of high school. Though he knew it could cost him his spot at Stanford, Chafkin says Thiel made an "unbelievably risky" move and started the lucrative side hustle. While at Stanford, Thiel argued that his peers' anti-apartheid positions were overblown and, according to Chafkin, Thiel told a Black student that apartheid "works." A man who used to play with him told Chafkin that Thiel "liked that quiet control" of determining the reality of the game.

☆ Why is Friday the 13th unlucky? The cultural origins of an enduring superstition
▼ + stars: | 2021-08-13 | by ( Christobel Hastings | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

There’s even a name to describe the irrational dread of the date: paraskevidekatriaphobia — a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a fear of the number 13. What we do know, though, is that both Friday and the number 13 have been regarded as unlucky in certain cultures throughout history. Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" popularized the erroneous theory this is the original of the Friday the 13th superstition. If we dig deeper, though, we also find evidence that both Fridays and the number 13 have long been regarded as a harbinger of good fortune. “Every time I’ve won an award I’ve been seated in either the 13th seat, the 13th row, the 13th section or row M, which is the 13th letter.

Persons: Judas Iscariot, Jesus, Roberto Serra, ” Charles Panati, Loki, Hodr, Balder, Panati, Jesus Christ, Knights Templar, Dan Brown's, Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Solomon, Steve Roud, “, Thomas W, Jason Voorhees, Alamy, Dan Brown’s, you’d, ”, Frigg, Norse, Frigga, ” Panati, Taylor Swift, Larry Busacca, I’ve, it’s Organizations: CNN, Iguana Press, Knights, Hulton, Fertility, MTV Locations: Greece, Italy, Valhalla, Scandinavia, Europe, Britain, Ireland, “

☆ COVID allowed Raquel Esquivel and 4,500 others to be released from overcrowded federal prisons. So why is she back behind bars?
▼ + stars: | 2021-08-13 | by ( Jamie Roth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +27 min

As COVID-19 spread through federal prisons, the Justice Department began a novel experiment: 4,500 prisoners were approved for home confinement with GPS ankle monitors. A federal correctional institution in Englewood, CO. As of May 5, there were 2,066 inmates who’d tested positive for COVID-19 in the federal prison system. "I was just recently released from federal prison," Esquivel wrote him last year on July 3, in their very first text exchange, which the couple shared with Insider. Her defense was enough for Dismas, Esquivel said, and the manager told her they wouldn't recommend any punishment. The next morning at Dismas, Esquivel busied herself as she waited for the bureau's ruling.

☆ 60 de zile? Află detaliile celei mai așteptate OFERTE de la Microinvest — Moldova.org
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-09 | by ( ) www.moldova.org time to read: +7 min

O bună parte din viață o petrecem la postul de muncă încercând să câștigăm bani și să ne construim cariere. Despre cum creștem gradul de incluziune și toleranță la serviciu s-a vorbit în cadrul evenimentului online „Diversitate, egalitate și incluziune în comunitatea IT”. Apoi în antirating urmează persoanele care au fost anterior deținuți, persoanele de religie musulmană, persoanele provenite din țări africane și persoanele cu dizabilități mintale. Trebuie să acordăm suport persoanelor care au necesități speciale, trebuie creată o atmosferă binevoitoare nu doar în declarații, ci și în practică. Trebuie să faceți un monitoring al produselor și serviciilor și să le îmbunătățiți dacă e cazul.

Persons: Evghenii, Evghenii Golosceapov, Apoi, incluziunea Organizations: Universitatea din, ONU, Europei, Universitatea Harvard, Agenției, Agenției Statelor Unite, Women Moldova Locations: Universitatea din Harvard, Evghenii, Republica Moldova, Republicii Moldova, Moldova, Statele Unite, Agenției Statelor, Suediei

☆ Un chirurg din România, prins cu mită, se ruga zilnic la Maica Domnului ca să-i dea bani și să-l ferească de procurori
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-08 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Potrivit procurorilor, medicul nu cerea o anumită sumă de bani, dar era nemulțumit dacă suma primită era mică, așa cum rezultă din înregistrările de la dosar. „De pildă, în data de 11 iunie, medicul, după ce primește un plic de bani de la un bărbat care părăsește biroul, poartă cu voce tare următorul monolog. Păi da... moșu, doar n-ai vrea moșu... moșu trăiește.... mă așteptară 6. Mă așteptară 6!”, potrivit interceptărilor, citate de ziarul PandurulMedicul avea un ritual, în fiecare zi spunând cu voce tare o rugăciune în cabinetul său. „Doamne, Maica Domnului, dă-mi sănătate, bani mulți, bine lui A.... ferește-mă de boală, ferește-mă de procurori”, au mai arătat procurorii.

Persons: Procurorii, ., moșu Locations: Târgu Jiu, România

☆ Actrița Allison Mack, din „Smallville”, condamnată la închisoare pentru apartenenţa la o organizaţie de sclave sexuale
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-01 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaActrița Allison Mack, din „Smallville”, condamnată la închisoare pentru apartenenţa la o organizaţie de sclave sexualeActrița Allison Mack, cunoscută din serialul „Smallville”, a fost condamnată la trei ani de închisoare pentru apartenenţa sa la secta DOS, o organizaţie piramidală de sclave sexuale iniţiată de aşa-numitul guru al dezvoltării personale Keith Raniere. Actrița a primit o pedeapsă redusă după ce a colaborat cu autorităţile. Acuzarea a recomandat o pedeapsă cu o durată inferioară celei prevăzute de lege - între 14 şi 17 ani şi jumătate de închisoare - având în vedere colaborarea actriţei cu autorităţile pe durata anchetei. Allison Mack (38 de ani) a furnizat echipei procurorului federal din Brooklyn informaţii preţioase vizând mecanismul de funcţionare a DOS, precum şi asupra acţiunilor lui Keith Raniere. Înregistrarea, prezentată în timpul procesului, dovedeşte că ceremonia de însemnare a fost ideea lui Keith Raniere, lucru pe care liderul sectei l-a negat până acum.

Persons: Allison Mack, Actrița Allison Mack, Keith Raniere ., Judecătorul Nicholas Garaufis, Keith Raniere, Actriţa, Clark Kent Organizations: Agerpres Locations: Brooklyn

☆ Solstițiul de vară 2021, tradiţii şi superstiţii. Ce să faci în cea mai lungă zi din an
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-21 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Data de 21 iunie sau Ziua Soarelui este ziua în care începe vara astronomică, nu doar cea calendaristică. Solstițiul de vară 2021 are loc pe 21 iunie, când longitudinea astronomică a Soarelui este de 90 de grade, moment care marchează începutul verii astronomice. Solstițiul de vară 2021 este o zi marcată de o aliniere perfectă a axei Pământului pe direcţia Soarelui. În această zi, de solstiţiul de vară 2021, durata zilei va avea cea mai mare valoare din an, mai exact 15 ore și 32 de minute, în timp ce durata nopții va fi doar de 8 ore și 28 de minute. De asemenea, în credința populară se spune că solstițiul de vară este benefic și asupra schimbărilor în dragoste, sănătate și prosperitate.

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