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☆ They were due to leave for their dream cruise in May. Three months on they’re still stuck at the departure port
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-07 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —It was the years-long cruise that was supposed to set sail, but saw its departure postponed… postponed… and postponed again. However, there’s one crucial difference between Life at Sea and Villa Vie Residences, the company attempting the 3.5-year cruise: Villa Vie has a ship. This meant the certifications had expired – and instead of simply renewing them, Villa Vie was obliged to start from scratch. Olsen cruise ship. ‘Not what we were expecting’Angela and Steve Theriac have been traveling around Europe while waiting to set sail.

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☆ Harvard nutritionist: The No. 1 ultra-processed food I never buy—and what I eat instead
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-07 | by ( Dr. Uma Naidoo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Advanced technologies in food production allow our food supply to meet the demands of our growing population. Ultra-processed foods can be detrimental to our physical and mental health. Why ultra-processed foods are so bad for youThe No. Because this is hard to achieve via ultra-processed foods, I instead recommend pairing whole plant foods with your favorite clean protein and a healthy fat. Breakfast cereals tend to be mostly simple carbohydrates with almost an entire day's worth of added sugars.

Organizations: Psychiatry, Harvard Locations: U.S

☆ Sub-$3 gas is making a comeback. Dozens of states could be below $3 by Thanksgiving
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Andy Lipow, president of consulting firm Lipow Oil Associates, expects that another nine states will join the sub-$3 list in the next two weeks. “Gas prices, after two-plus years of sizzling because of outside factors like Covid and Russia, are finally coming back into balance,” said De Haan. The accelerating drop in gas prices should help ease financial pressure on consumers and contribute to the cooling inflation rate. Some economists say gas prices will likely be a deciding factor, and lower prices will favor the current administration. ‘Panic and fear’ at OPECAnalysts told CNN that this trend of lower gas prices is likely to continue, despite the shift in strategy from OPEC+.

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☆ Sick of the grind, he ditched the city to live in a tiny house in the woods. Now, he estimates he gets by on $750 a month.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Anders Boisen. Anders Boisen. AdvertisementDuring the pandemic, he quit his job in order to focus on building his tiny house. Anders Boisen. He had already been building a tiny house on the side, and he decided to focus on the project full-time.

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And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has poured cold water on US hopefulness, though Biden officials have largely refrained from criticizing him. “In my view, the less that’s said about particular issues, the better,” a senior administration official told reporters Wednesday in response to Netanyahu’s press conference. Days later, a senior administration official who briefed reporters argued that the majority of the details of a ceasefire deal – “90%” – had been agreed to by the two parties. In a detail not previously shared, the senior official said that of the 18 paragraphs in the agreement, 14 were finished and agreed to. They need to rest and refit, in case a war in the north [with Hezbollah] is going to happen,” the second senior administration official said.

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☆ Israelis are fed up. After a night of protests, the country is going on strike, demanding a Gaza deal.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-02 | by ( Joshua Nelken-Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. "It's a mix of grief and anger," Niv Keidar, who helped to block a major intercity highway in Tel Aviv on Sunday night, told Business Insider. AdvertisementSunday night saw the largest protests in Israel since the Hamas terror attacks, with many Israelis expressing anger at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government for failing to secure a hostage-ceasefire deal. AdvertisementA group representing the hostages' families criticized Netanyahu's government, claiming the hostages could still be alive if a deal had been reached. He told Business Insider he feels angry and concerned.

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☆ It's no wonder Taco Bell is winning the fast-food wars. Just look at how they treat their biggest fans.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-02 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

When Taco Bell announced the event back in July, it invited hundreds of fast-food lovers to slow down and enjoy "early retirement" with all-you-can-eat Taco Bell meals and "senior-inspired recreation." Hanging among the racks were limited-edition Taco Bell merchandise, vintage T-shirts, basketball shorts, hot pants, and many, many hats. I opted for the Cantina chicken burrito and soft taco, my favorite new menu items at Taco Bell. Tim revealed he was an avid runner who had trekked two miles to grab a single taco from Taco Bell for 97 days in a row. Anneta Konstantinides/Business InsiderWhen I asked Rotter why Taco Bell was so important to him, he recalled a trip to the only Taco Bell in Hawaii that sells kalua pork, where the staff lit up over his Hawaiian Taco Bell shirt.

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☆ Analysis: Parents are stressed right now. Here’s what they can do
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-01 | by ( Kara Alaimo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

No wonder they’re stressed. And if parents are stressed, kids get stressed. Children were twice as likely to have behavioral, developmental or mental disorders and four times likelier to have poor mental health when their primary caregiver had poor mental health, according to a 2021 study. It’s no surprise that parents’ mental health struggles can hurt our whole society by driving up health care costs and lowering economic productivity, the advisory noted. And if parents are stressed, kids get stressed, too.

Persons: Vivek Murthy, they’re, They’re, It’s, “, Anna Seewald, ” Seewald, ”, Seewald, it’s, Kara Alaimo Organizations: CNN, American Psychological Association, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Women, Press, Facebook Locations: United States

☆ Why Malbon Golf welcomed the ‘sweatergate’ social media firestorm
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-30 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

The couple’s lifestyle brand, Malbon Golf, had been swept into a social media storm by an eye-catching Masters outfit donned by ambassador and former world No. Nicolas Malinauskas/Malbon GolfStarsThe duo launched Malbon Golf in 2017, with Stephen’s anthropomorphic ball character “Buckets” taking center stage as the brand’s logo. Ross Kinnaird / Getty Images Tom Holland: Part-time web-slinger, full-time golf swinger -- the "Spider-Man" lead is a self-confessed golf addict. Warren Little / Getty Images Stephen Curry: The three-point king of the NBA is also a highly-proficient par-three shooter. Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesFor Malbon Golf, it is simply the latest step in its aim to “condition” the golf world into accepting new styles in the game.

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☆ What is ‘soiling the nest’? A tactic teens use when leaving home
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-29 | by ( Terry Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Buckley, 49, learned the social media slang for this sudden defiance, which is called “soiling the nest,” and said she felt that was happening with him. “It may look like picking fights with parents, talking back, leaving messes, and generally putting stress on their interpersonal relationships with their parents,” Galanti said. For teens graduating high school, the main psychological goal is to “develop and consolidate their own identities,” Galanti said. Creating this space between themselves and their parents makes the transition to this new independence phase easier for some teens, Galanti said. Florida-based writer Terry Ward lives in Tampa with her two young children, who are still squarely ensconced in the nest.

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☆ DirecTV is on the warpath against Disney in a battle it says is existential for cable TV
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-27 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

They really just want to disintermediate all of pay TV and drive everyone to themselves. Fresh off a vicarious victory over Disney, Thun is still looking for revenge. For DirecTV, it's skinny bundles or bustDirecTV believes these strict bundling requirements are to blame for putting pay TV on life support. Disney is "completely responsible" for the fall of pay TV, Pachter said, "because they think the only direction that retransmission fees should go is up." Without skinny bundles, pay TV is 'going to die'If skinnier bundles can't solve pay TV's woes, it's unclear what could.

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☆ Google advisor has a simple trick for identifying your productivity 'power hours'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-26 | by ( Jaures Yip | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewNot all hours of the day are created equal, according to Google's executive productivity advisor, Laura Mae Martin. Her job is narrowing down the most productive times for some of Google's top leaders, and her method is surprisingly pretty simple. But everyone has their "power hours," which Martin describes as "the two to three hours a day that you feel your most productive." Ideally, Martin said these power hours would be spent on tasks related to your top three priorities. If they partially overlap with other fixed commitments like mandatory meetings, Martin recommends blocking your power hours to whatever degree possible.

Persons: —, Laura Mae Martin, Martin, you've, Mareike Wieth Organizations: Service, Business, Albion College

For Disney fans, this summer has been a roller coaster of emotions. The evolution of reactions has largely taken place inside the thriving online community of adult Disney fans, including Disney influencers, journalists and content creators, whom the company has increasingly marketed to as repeat visitors. The new planned attractions at Disney parks around the world were presented with great fanfare. “I feel like I can allow myself to get excited and feel optimistic about the future of the Disney Parks again,” Gustin posted the next day. Magic Kingdom: 1/3 Destroyed,” posted one Disney content creator and former Disney employee.

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☆ How Elon Musk Got Tangled Up in Blue
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Ryan Mac | Kate Conger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

By Nov. 9, 2022, anxiety was high among the Twitter employees gathered at the company’s San Francisco headquarters. They had spent part of that morning trying to gently explain to their new boss, Elon Musk, that the service they had just launched was dangerous. With Mr. Musk out of earshot, the welcoming, deferential mood in the room immediately changed. The employees knew that users relied on the verified check marks to ensure that information on the platform — including bus times or hurricane evacuation orders or a pop star’s musings — was indeed real. “Somebody could die, actually,” he said.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk —, —, Musk, ”, Esther Crawford, ” Christian Dowell Organizations: San, San Francisco City Hall Locations: San Francisco, earshot

☆ In a Grim Palestinian Refugee Community, People See Hope in Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Maria Abi-Habib | Hwaida Saad | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ein al-Hilweh, Lebanon’s largest community of Palestinian refugees and their descendants, has long been a downtrodden place, impoverished and racked by factional violence. Its residents usually have a grim view of their future. Recruitment for Hamas and its armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, is way up across Lebanon’s 12 Palestinian refugee communities, according to Hamas and Lebanese officials. They say that hundreds of new recruits have joined the militants’ ranks in recent months, exhilarated by Hamas’s ongoing war with Israel. But elsewhere, Hamas’s willingness to combat Israel has won new adherents.

Persons: Ein, Abu Ubaida, Israel Organizations: Hamas, Qassam, ’, The New York Times Locations: Lebanon’s, Israel, balaclava, Gaza

☆ 3 supplements a doctor takes for energy and to help him recover when he's sick
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Related storiesMushroom coffeeAlam drinks coffee containing lion's mane mushroom extract each morning. Alam started taking lion's mane to help him cut down on coffee. Whether this is down to the lion's mane is unclear — there isn't much research on the impact of the mushroom on energy levels or sluggishness. In the US, about 35% of adults have vitamin D deficiency, according to Cleveland Clinic. It's up to the individual to decide whether to take vitamin D supplements, but, like zinc, they are unlikely to cause harm when taken in safe amounts, Alam said.

Persons: —, Venus Williams, LeBron James, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Zalan Alam, Alam, Michelle Lee Organizations: Service, Business, BI, Cleveland Clinic

Comparisons were drawn to the 1968 Chicago convention, when national unrest during the civil rights movement and over the Vietnam War sowed an atmosphere of violence and chaos. Chicago Police Department officers were trained to deploy a disciplined and patient approach that focused on protecting free speech and allowing people to lawfully protest, a department official said. “The department trained more than a year for this,” a Chicago Police Department official who was not authorized to speak publicly told NBC News. “We are trying to get away from the old image of the Chicago Police Department,” the official said. Protesters in Chicago on the last night of the DNC on Thursday.

Persons: ” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Sebastián Hidalgo, “, —, Adam Edelman, Larry Snelling, ”, we’ve, Michael Boyte, Chuck Wexler, Ed Obayashi, Brad Thomson, ” Obayashi, Snelling, Terence Monahan, Eduardo Castelao, Nick Sous, Sebastian Hidalgo Organizations: CHICAGO, United, Democratic, Convention, ” Chicago Mayor, . Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police Department, NBC News . Protesters, NBC, scuffles, Chicago police, Coalition, DNC, Secret Service, Consulate, NBC News, Republican National Convention, Police, Research, Chicago, National Lawyers Guild of Chicago, New York Police Department, U.S . Palestinian Community Network, Protesters Locations: Chicago, Vietnam, Israel, Germany, Gaza, Milwaukee, Washington ,, California

☆ Democrats Are Upbeat, but Face a Tough Race Ahead
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Matthew Cullen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In Chicago, where thousands of Democrats spent the week celebrating their nomination of Kamala Harris for president, confidence has been overflowing. “The mood in Chicago was just really ebullient,” said Jess Bidgood, who writes the On Politics newsletter and spent the week at the convention. But joy in the summer does not always last, or translate to votes in the fall. They were riding high at their convention last month, just after Trump survived an assassination attempt and before President Biden stepped aside. Harris and other top Democrats seem to be well aware that things can change.

Persons: Kamala Harris, ”, Jess Bidgood, Harris, Jess, Trump, Biden Locations: Chicago

☆ The transformation in the mood of the Democratic Party from a month ago is 'rather extraordinary', says former British ambassador to the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe transformation in the mood of the Democratic Party from a month ago is 'rather extraordinary', says former British ambassador to the U.S.Sir Peter Westmacott, former British ambassador to the U.S., France and Turkey, recaps the Democratic National Convention and discusses Harris' stance on the war in the Gaza Strip.

Persons: Sir Peter Westmacott, Harris Organizations: Democratic Party, Democratic National Convention Locations: British, U.S, France, Turkey, Gaza

☆ A new path to better sleep: Evening exercise breaks
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Dana Santas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Now, a small efficacy study published July 16 in the journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine suggests a simple yet effective strategy to improve sleep duration: incorporating short resistance, or strength training, exercise breaks in the evening. The findings were compelling: The participants slept an average of 27.7 minutes longer when they took regular exercise breaks compared with when they sat uninterrupted. “Our research found that interrupting evening sitting time with short bursts of light intensity exercise improved sleep duration and did not disrupt sleep quality,” Gale added via email. “Adding quick, simple and light resistance exercise breaks to your evening routine could be a simple way to improve your sleep and health,” he said. Better sleep could be just a few short exercise breaks away.

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Democrats Say the Joy Is Back. Kamala Harris’s campaign has been trying to get voters to feel the joy. “I would say it’s her energy; she’s a joyful, energetic person.”“It just feels really exciting to turn the corner,” she added. Not only did Democrats use more words indicating joy and hope about the election, they also used words indicating feelings of anxiety and apprehension. Still, more than 25 percent of Republicans in July used words like “scared” or “nervous” to describe their feelings about the election.

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☆ Fava beans could boost mood and ease depression, according to a scientist. She shared her 3 favorite ways to eat them.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Fava beans, also called broad beans, contain levodopa or l-dopa, a chemical that can be converted into the pleasure hormone dopamine. One in five Americans experienced a mental health condition in 2020, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, and mental health costs the US economy more than $280 billion annually, according to researchers at Columbia Business School and Yale. "For me it's a matter of getting the awareness out that there is something that could improve mental health," she said. AdvertisementHere are her three favorite ways to prepare fava beans. Fava bean stir fryEvery week Mohd-Radzman makes a stir-fry with lots of fava beans.

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☆ China economy: Young people in China aren’t spending on romance. That’s a problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Chris Lau | Hassan Tayir | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“The Qixi Festival is not as robust as previous years. Couples attend a kissing contest during the traditional Qixi festival in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province, on August 13, 2013. “The only part of the world where consumer confidence remains very low is China,” L’Oreal CEO Nicolas Hieronimus told analysts on an earnings call late last month. Lower-than-expected growth in the global beauty sector this year is largely a consequence of low consumer confidence in China, he added. People take photos at a bus stop decorated with flowers during Qixi Festival, or Chinese Valentine's Day, on August 22, 2023 in Chongqing, China.

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☆ I took my girlfriend on a 10-day multi-city trip for our first vacation together. The risky choice paid off.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Adam England | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

After dating for a few months, I planned our first official couple trip: a 10-day multi-city vacation in Spain. Fortunately, our trip went better than I could've ever imagined. I planned the vacation as a birthday gift, though we were both apprehensiveMy girlfriend and I went on a lengthy trip for our first vacation together. Our Spain trip ended up being the first of multiple vacations togetherWe had a great time in Spain. Of course, a first vacation as long and intense as this one might not be the best choice for every new couple.

Persons: —, we'd, We'd, Adam England, There's, Pol Albarrán Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Spain, Paris, Venice, Spanish, Málaga, Barcelona, Sofia, Bulgarian

☆ Whoever can finally coin an effective economic message could win the White House
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Voters keep telling pollsters that their economic insecurities are the biggest issue in the 2024 election. Former President Donald Trump will try to make a case against Kamala Harris’ role in the Biden economy on Wednesday in North Carolina. President Joe Biden dedicated his domestic agenda to restoring economic fairness and sought to revive manufacturing and repair the country’s crumbling infrastructure. As the effective incumbent in this race, Harris is vulnerable to any sudden shifts in the economic outlook. But with Trump seeking an opening to define her negatively — especially on the economy — Harris must act fast.

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