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☆ In Norway, I had the same teacher every year, which is called 'looping.' It's proven to benefit students.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Jessica Furseth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Reidun had been a teacher for a long time — I knew this because she'd once taught my mother. Our teacher stayed with us every year, a practice called 'looping'Reidun — as with all our teachers, we called her by her first name — was our "klasseforstander" or class principal. In third grade, we got a new teacher who taught us English one word at a time. Having your teacher follow you as you move through school is called "looping." Looping has been proven to help struggling studentsLooping is especially beneficial for students who struggle academically.

Persons: Å, Reidun, she'd, —, Beck, Paul Ivar, I'd Organizations: Service, Business, Norwegian, Research, Rockefeller Institute of Government, State University of New, University of Missouri, Vikings Locations: Norwegian, Norway, State University of New York, England

☆ 9 passenger airliners that have landed on Antarctica's rugged runways made out of blue ice
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

These planes land on rugged, unpaved runways mostly made of blue ice and compacted snow. PrivatAir's Boeing 737 and Smartwings' Boeing 737 MAXA Smartwings 737 MAX on Antarctica in January 2022. It was the first time the jet type landed on one of the continent's blue ice runways. Another Loftleider 757 is set to ferry Antarctic Ice Marathon runners to Union Glacier this December. Loftleider Icelandic Airlines' and Titan Airways Boeing 767Titan Airways' Boeing 767 on Antarctica.

Persons: —, George Hubert Wilkins, Glenn Jacobson, PrivatAir, NPI, Tim Hewette, Troll, Fang, Patrick Woodhead Organizations: Atlantic Airways, Boeing, Service, Lockheed Vega, Airbus, Australian Antarctic, Australian, Skytraders, Australian Antarctic Program, McMurdo, AAP, Norwegian Polar Institute, Swiss, NPI, Boeing's, Airlines, Titan Airways, Antarctic Logistics, Expeditions, Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions, Antarctic Ice, Russian Antarctic, Titan Airways Boeing, Norse Atlantic Airways, Emirates, White Desert Locations: Antarctica, Skytraders, Christchurch , New Zealand, Hobart, Australia's, Tasmania, Cape Town , South Africa, Czech, Chile, Russian, NPI, Norway, Cape Town, Russia's

☆ Jeff Bezos' fiancée Lauren Sanchez says she's 'flattered' — but the female figurehead sculpted on the front of his superyacht isn't her
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Lauren Sanchez told Vogue the figurehead on the yacht is actually of Norse goddess Freyja. AdvertisementIt turns out the female figurehead on Jeff Bezos' yacht isn't his fiancée, Lauren Sanchez. Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez aboard his yacht, Koru. MEGA/GC Images"I'm very flattered, but it's not," she told Vogue. Sanchez also told Vogue about Bezos' proposal.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Freyja, Sanchez, —, Bezos, it's, Sánchez, Robino Salvatore Organizations: Vogue, Service

☆ Newly identified species could shed light on evolution of prehistoric ‘sea monsters’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Paleontologists recently described the previously unknown mosasaur from fossils found near the North Dakota town of Walhalla. The town’s name comes from Valhalla, the feasting hall of Norse mythology where dead heroes gather, so the scientists dubbed the mosasaur Jormungandr walhallaensis. When the scientists examined the skull, they quickly realized they had something unusual on their hands. This combination of traits convinced the researchers that what they were looking at was a new genus and species. Here is a line drawing of the skull of the Jormungandr walhallaensis.

Persons: Amelia Zietlow, Richard Gilder, Jormungandr, Zietlow, “ He’s, ” Zietlow, Henry Sharpe, Takuya Konishi, Jormungandr walhallaensis, “, it’s, Konishi, walhallaensis, ” Konishi, Clint Boyd, ”, ” Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, American Museum of, American Museum, Natural, Richard Gilder Graduate, North, North Dakota Geological Survey, American, of, University of Cincinnati, Scientific Locations: North Dakota, Walhalla, Valhalla, New York City, Clidastes, United States

☆ Fliers Can’t Get Enough of the ‘Upper-Middle Class’ Section of the Plane
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Allison Pohle | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Low-cost airlines such as Norse Atlantic Airways and French Bee are advertising cheap trans-Atlantic flights, but with the summer season ending and international demand set to drop, will their low fare, low-margin approach withstand the winter? Illustration: George Downs/The Wall Street JournalThe new hot section on the plane isn’t at the very front. Not quite business class and definitely not coach, premium-economy cabins are hooking travelers willing to treat themselves to extra comfort for about double the price of a coach seat on some flights.

Persons: George Downs Organizations: Atlantic Airways, Street

☆ The new breed of long-haul, low-cost airlines: What you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( John Walton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —You’ve seen them on TikTok and on Instagram: people flying on the new generation of long-haul, low-cost airlines where the fares sound too good to be true. By and large, long-haul, low-cost airlines focus on four specific markets: transatlantic, transpacific, southeast Asia and Australia. With a home base at Narita international airport, Zipair Tokyo is Japan Airlines' low-cost arm. Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO/ShutterstockHome base: Tokyo (Narita, the airport an hour away from the city)Notable routes: Honolulu, LA, SF, San Jose (CA)Flies: Boeing 787sWhat you need to know: This is Japan Airlines’ low-cost arm. Scoot is Singapore Airlines' low-cost arm.

Persons: CNN — You’ve, ” you’ll, Markus Mainka, Pawel Gradek, Yoshio Tsunoda, Edgar Su, “ Organizations: CNN, Boeing, Airbus, That’s, AirAsia X, Buenos Aires, British Airways, Aer Lingus, Atlantic, Atlantic Airways, Air Premia, Premia, Narita, Japan Airlines, Japan Airlines ’, Singapore Airlines, Reuters, Singapore Airlines ’, Qantas, Getty, Jetstar, London, AirAsia Locations: New York, Paris, Asia, Australia, Paris Orly, Orly, LA, Miami, NY, France, Barcelona, Boston, Buenos, Santiago de Chile, IAG, Iberia, Aer, Oslo, London, Gatwick, Berlin, Rome, Chicago, Orlando, Seoul, Incheon, Honolulu , LA, Newark, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Japan, Narita, Jose, Scoot, Singapore, Athens, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, AFP, Honolulu, Kuala Lumpur

☆ Mysterious gold foil figures found in Norway
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The tiny pieces — intricately detailed gold foil figures discovered during excavations of a pagan religious temple — are a rare find in Norway. A total of 35 gold foil figures have been found at the Hov temple site. The remains of the Hov temple were uncovered in 1993 along with two gold figures. The five latest pieces uncovered were buried under the temple's walls and within post holes of the structure, leading researchers to believe the gold figures were placed there intentionally. The gold foils were pressed into a stamp dye made of bronze, similar to the process of making a coin, according to Watt.

Persons: Ingunn Marit Røstad, “ They’re, ” Røstad, “, Nicolai Eckhoff, ” Echkoff, Kathrine Stene, ”, Røstad, Margrethe Watt, Museum’s, ” Watt, Watt, gullgubber, it’s, ” Eckhoff, Eckhoff Organizations: CNN, Museum, University of Oslo, Kulturhistorisk, Science, Bornholms, telltale, Facebook Locations: Norway, Scandinavia, Oslo, Science Norway, Rønne, Denmark

☆ Some Whales May Have Been Wiped Out by Medieval Europeans
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Kate Golembiewski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Industrial-scale whaling in the 19th and 20th centuries nearly drove many whale species into extinction. But it turns out that whaling’s effects on where whales live go back much deeper into human history. As early as 8,000 years ago, humans carved their attempts to capture whales into South Korean cliffs. More recently, medieval texts described the whaling preferences of Europeans. So he and his colleagues examined 719 pieces of whale bones collected at archaeological sites from Norway to Portugal.

Persons: Moby, Dick, ”, Ahab, Ishmael, van den Organizations: Royal Society Open Science, Norwegian University of Science, Technology Locations: Norway, Portugal

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls in what was described as the country's gold find of the century. The rare find was made this summer by 51-year-old Erlend Bore on the southern island of Rennesoey, near the city of Stavanger. In August, Bore began walking around the mountainous island with his metal detector. The plan is to exhibit the find at the Archaeological Museum in Stavanger, about 300 kilometers (200 miles) southwest of Oslo.

Persons: Ole Madsen, ” Madsen, Håkon, Sigmund Oehrl, Odin, ” Oehrl, ” Organizations: —, Archaeological, University of Stavanger Locations: COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Norwegian, Rennesoey, Stavanger, Norway, Europe, “, Sweden, Oslo

☆ A 51-year-old man stumbled across the 'gold find of the century' with a metal detector after his doctor told him to get outside more often
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bore bought a metal detector earlier this year as a hobby and stumbled across an archeological marvel. He discovered gold pearls, rings, and pendants. It turned out to be nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls in what was described as the country's gold find of the century. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn August, Bore began walking around the mountainous island with his metal detector. On the Rennesoey ones, the horse's tongue hangs out on the gold pendants, and "its slumped posture and twisted legs show that it is injured," Oehrl said.

Persons: It's, Ole Madsen, " Madsen, Håkon, Sigmund Oehrl, Odin, Oehrl Organizations: Service, —, Archaeological, University of Stavanger Locations: Wall, Silicon, COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Norwegian, Rennesoey, Stavanger, Norway, Europe, Sweden, Oslo

☆ A Home Inspired by Ancient Norse Mythology, but With a Bowling Alley
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Libertina Brandt | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ A Home Inspired by Ancient Norse Mythology, but with a Bowling Alley
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Libertina Brandt | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Airlines are offering more U.S.-Europe service than ever — but don't expect bargains
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Airlines scheduled a near-record 51,000 flights from June through August from the U.S. to Europe, according to airline data firm Cirium. The number of scheduled seats is the highest since 2018. Despite that increase in capacity across the Atlantic, fares are up sharply as airlines test travelers' appetites for trips abroad. JetBlue is flying to London's two largest airports from New York and Boston, and plans to launch service to Paris from New York in June. Delta plans to offer a record number of seats from the U.S. to Europe, up 20% from last summer.

☆ Freya, the Walrus Killed by Norwegian Officials, Is Immortalized as a Sculpture
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Lauren Mccarthy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

When a 1,300-pound walrus showed up in Oslo last summer, lounging on piers and eating mussels, she became a beloved local delight and an overnight international media sensation. The walrus, a rare guest for Norway’s capital, was named Freya, after the Norse goddess of love, beauty and war — all of which she inspired to varying degrees. Freya spent time in highly populated areas, where some people ignored warnings from officials to keep their distance, and would help herself onto boats, some of which she threatened to sink because of her weight. Norwegian authorities declared Freya a threat to human safety last August and killed her in a move that critics argued was too hasty. Her death divided a country that is associated with diplomacy and a love of nature.

☆ SpaceX Starship’s explosion is not the failure it appears to be, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Rocket launches are like opening a box of chocolates, only riskier — you never know what you’re going to get. When a rocket is set to leap off the launchpad, there’s a good chance of seeing a stunning liftoff or a spectacular failure. The lead-up to this week’s launch of SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, was a dramatic roller coaster. The rocket blasted off from the launchpad in South Texas and roared 24.2 miles (39 kilometers) over the Gulf of Mexico. Now, researchers have a new theory about why the Vikings abruptly departed in the mid-15th century: rising sea levels.

☆ Rising sea levels may have forced the Vikings out of a successful settlement
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Why they abandoned a successful settlement is a mystery that historians never have been able to fully explain. The idea that sea levels would have been rising as temperatures fell is a little counterintuitive, according to the researchers. However, Earth’s oceans aren’t like a bathtub, and the study noted that changes in sea level don’t affect all areas equally. The Greenland Ice Sheet readvanced during Viking occupation of the eastern settlement and peaked in the Little Ice Age. That advance caused sea level rise near the ice margins because of the sinking of Earth’s crust, according to the study.

☆ A group of passengers flying from Paris to New York skipped passport control and customs due to a 'disembarkation issue'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Bianca Giacobone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Passengers on an April 4 flight from Paris to New York left the airport with no immigration check. The incident involved a Norse Atlantic Airways flight that landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport. "We are investigating a disembarkation issue that took place on arrival at New York JFK on Tuesday evening concerning a Norse Atlantic Airways flight from Paris," the statement said. The low-cost carrier is fairly new to the transatlantic flight scene. Norse's New York to Paris route, which was inaugurated on March 26, has one-way flights starting at 269 Euros, or around $300.

Online searches by Americans for flights to Europe trips are surging despite soaring air fares, a worsening economic outlook and risks of gridlock at some of the airports in Europe. The travel boom is promising record profit margins at some U.S. carriers, which are ramping up transatlantic capacity to cash in on Americans' thirst for travel to Europe. Travel website Kayak said searches for travel to Europe this summer are up 77% from last year. There is still untapped travel demand for Europe even after a busy summer last year, said Hayley Berg, lead economist at Hopper. Average fare for a round-trip flight to Europe, meanwhile, has risen 31% from last year, Hopper data shows.

☆ The history of the swastika: From a sign of luck and fortune to a symbol of evil
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The statue was discovered alongside a range of "phallic objects," suggesting the swastika was used as a good luck symbol to invite fertility. Swastika in EuropeWorshipers of the Norse religion used the swastika symbol as early as 401 AD. US art director Steven Heller, author of "Swastika: Symbol Beyond Redemption?" Co-opted by the NazisSome researchers believe that people of Aryan culture used the symbol as a sign of luck and prosperity. Sheetal Deo and her husband, Sanmeet Deo, hold a Hindu swastika symbol in their home in Syosset, N.Y., on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022.

☆ A solid gold swastika disc is the oldest-known reference to Odin of Valhalla, the Norse god of war and death, say archaeologists
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Danish scientists have found the oldest-known reference to the Norse god Odin. It is the first piece of evidence that Odin was worshipped as early as the 5th century. Odin was also the god of war and death who ruled over Valhalla, a majestic hall dedicated to those killed in battle, according to Nordic religion. He was predominantly worshipped by Norse and later Viking kings, warrior chieftains, and their men, according to the National Museum of Denmark. It included 2.2 pounds of gold medallions the size of saucers and Roman coins made into jewelry.

☆ JetBlue is going after traditional airlines serving the transatlantic market with a new route to Paris starting at $479, undercutting both Delta and American
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Bianca Giacobone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

JetBlue is launching a new New York to Paris route in June, with tickets starting at $479. Two years after launching its service to London, the airline has announced tickets starting at $479 from New York to Paris, round-trip. Fares at the of June 2023, when JetBlue will start flying to Paris, currently start at $1082 across all other airlines. When JetBlue debuted its new New York-London Heathrow flights in August 2021, fares started at $202, while they currently cost around $559 roundtrip, according to Expedia. The lower Paris fares will likely follow a similar path.

☆ Norse Atlantic adds new US destinations from UK's Gatwick as demand surges
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Norway-based airline Norse Atlantic (NORSE.OL) said it will add Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Boston to its summer schedule from London Gatwick airport this year, as it seeks to benefit from the post-pandemic boom in travel. Passenger demand for travel has surged over the last 12 months and is expected to recover to pre-pandemic levels on most routes in 2023. Norse said it would fly daily to Los Angeles from Gatwick from June 30 with economy return fares from 430 pounds including taxes. When it adds the new destinations later in the summer, it will serve more U.S. cities than any other airline flying from Gatwick, Britain's second-biggest airport. Gatwick's transatlantic connections suffered during the pandemic following the failure of Norwegian and after Virgin Atlantic stopped flying from Gatwick and focused on its operations at Britain's biggest airport, Heathrow.

☆ The Paradox of Prosecuting Domestic Terrorism
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( James Verini | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +52 min

The preventive approach to domestic terrorism goes back even further than the 1990s and it begins with the basic police work and surveillance of the joint terrorism task forces. In fact, there is no section of the U.S. Criminal Code that criminalizes domestic terrorism as such. The absence of clear law around domestic terrorism, and the imperatives of prevention, mean that investigators and prosecutors who work domestic terrorism cases must focus on more common charges: weapons violations, illegal drug possession, burglary, aiding and abetting and so forth. But this was not enough to overrule the fear of domestic terrorism that was gripping the nation and that hung in the courtroom. It reflected the legal paradoxes of the case and domestic terrorism law in general or, maybe more accurately, the absence of it.

☆ Artist Àsìkò explores Yoruba culture through mythology
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Lamide Akintobi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Lagos, Nigeria CNN —Appreciating cultural heritage and using it to imagine a better future: that’s one of the goals of self-taught photographer and visual artist Ade Okelarin. Drawing on aspects of traditional Yoruba culture has been an important aspect of his creative journey. In this work, Okelarin reimagines Olokun, the Yoruba goddess of the oceans, seas and wealth. Okelarin also uses digital rendering, layering the photographs with aspects of his cultural heritage, such as fabric and textures. “Living in the diaspora, now more than ever, my cultural heritage is a big part of my identity and who I am.

Persons: Ade Okelarin, ”, Okelarin, ” Okelarin, Thor, Okelarin reimagines Olokun, “, ’, – Okelarin, didn’t, – Organizations: Nigeria CNN, Sun Locations: Lagos, Nigeria, ”, West Africa, Caribbean, South America, UK

☆ This 3-D Printed Icelandic Fish-Gutting Machine Contains the Secret of a Future, Less-Globalized Economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Christopher Mims | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður, Iceland, is a town of 30,000 souls built on a lava field, just south of the island nation’s capital city of Reykjavik. If sightseers come this way, it’s for tours of the homes of local “hidden folk”—the dwarfs and elves of the Norse fairy tales that inspired J.R.R. Tucked away in a nondescript 10,000-square-foot building there is a manufacturing facility that runs 24/7, producing parts for fish-processing machines in a way that was, even a few years ago, impossible. Elliði Hreinsson, the founder of Curio, which owns the building, says the machines he designs and makes would be difficult or in some cases impossible to produce without 3-D printing.

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