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☆ Opinion: 17 syllables a day that are changing your lives
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Opinion Tess Taylor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —For me, writing a haiku a day began as a practice on my birthday, October, 2022. As my birthday rolled around that fall, the idea of writing a haiku a day was simply a way of promising myself that that day, I’d steady myself make note of — ha — just one thing. No matter the day, I was sure I could find a way to write down one sentence, one spattering of roughly 17 syllables. Tink Boord-Dill wrote in that liked that he loved writing haiku because it was daily creativity without performance pressure. Robin from Maryland wrote “the daily writing of seventeen syllables quickly created a rhythm to my thinking and even my walking….

Persons: Tess Taylor, —, Tess Taylor Adrianne Mathiowetz, Robert Hass, I’d, Basho, we’d, Tink, Dill, Elaine Questell, ” Carla White, ” Paul Nelson, Allen Ginsberg, Linda Neves, …, Candace Waldron, “, birdsong, — Linda Neves, Brad Taylor, Nancy B, — Philip Chan, Carolyn W, — Susan B, Karen Jacobs, Weren’t, — Stephen Schwei, Derek Thaczuk, I’m Organizations: “, CNN Locations: California, Maryland, Virginia, New York, Quebec, Bill, Alaska, Arizona, Guynn , Texas, Ohio, Derek Thaczuk , Ontario

☆ Analysis: In Poland, Donald Tusk is spoiling for a fight. His populist opponents are hitting back
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The country’s public television channel, TVP, which essentially became a mouthpiece for the previous government, has been ripped off the air. Omar Marques/Getty ImagesBut Tusk – a politician with a reputation for pragmatism and restraint – showed his intentions within days of taking office. “It became symbolic of the excesses of the PiS government,” Bill said of TVP’s transformation into a Hungarian-style state-captured medium. “One of the unifying forces of PiS supporters is distrust, or even hatred, of Donald Tusk,” Kucharczyk said. Nonetheless, after eight years of populist rule that hardened the battle lines of Polish politics, much of the public is spoiling for a fight.

Persons: Donald Tusk, ”, “, Jacek Kucharczyk, Tusk, ’, Kucharczyk, Stanley Bill, Bill, “ It’s, Andrzej Duda, PiS, Omar Marques, –, Duda, ” Bill, ” Kucharczyk, TVP, ” Tusk, Ursula von der Leyen, Tusk’s, Jaap Arriens, messier Organizations: CNN, Law, Justice, of Public Affairs, Polish Studies, University of Cambridge, TVP, Twitter, National Media Council, Police, European Union, “ Locations: Poland, Polish, Warsaw, Hungarian, Tusk’s, Brussels, TVP

☆ Living in New York City in my 20s wasn't worth it. I was finally able to save up 6 figures after leaving the city.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Lola Méndez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Writer Lola Méndez moved to New York City in 2009 to finish her college degree. AdvertisementWhen I moved to New York City from Los Angeles in 2009 to finish my college degree, I was stunned at how much more expensive rent is in New York City and how little you get for the hefty price. I paid rent from scholarship funds, grants, and student loans. I was living in studios in New York, but it wasn't sustainableI paid $1,300 for a tiny studio on 64th and West End in 2009. AdvertisementI thought I had to live in New York to be successful, but it wasn't worth the lack of saving in my 20s.

Persons: Lola Méndez, Méndez, —, Louis Vuitton, I've, New York I'm, haven't, Chaing, I'm Organizations: Service, West Hollywood, NYPD Locations: New York City, Los Angeles, West, New York, Lower, Stanton, Ludlow, Manhattan, Uruguay, California, Madrid, Chaing Mai, Thailand, Vietnam, Montevideo, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

☆ 17 surprising things you never knew about 'Breaking Bad'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Kirstie Renae | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

The show wasn't originally supposed to be filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but there were financial incentives to do so. The show was supposed to be filmed in California, not Albuquerque (pictured). turtix/ShutterstockIn a 2010 interview with Slant magazine, the show's creator Vince Gilligan said he had originally planned for "Breaking Bad" to be set in Riverside, California. But Sony approached him with the idea of moving it to New Mexico due to financial incentives. "They said New Mexico has a tax rebate for film and television production, and it's a pretty substantial one," Gilligan recalled.

Persons: Vince Gilligan, Gilligan Organizations: Slant, Sony Locations: Albuquerque , New Mexico, California, Albuquerque, Riverside , California, New Mexico

Dak Prescott threw two interceptions before three mostly empty touchdown passes in another playoff flop for him and the No. These Packers, with the four-time MVP's successor, left little doubt with a 48-16 fourth-quarter lead before two late Dallas TDs. Facing the NFL's fifth-best defense, Green Bay matched its Super Bowl-winning team from 2010 for the most points in a playoff game. Jones rushed for 118 yards, putting him over the century mark in all four career games against the Cowboys with nine touchdowns. Prescott finished 41 of 60 for 403 yards, with all three of his touchdowns to tight end Jake Ferguson.

Persons: — Jordan Love, Aaron Jones, Darnell Savage, Romeo, ” Love, Dak Prescott, haven't, Mike McCarthy, Green, Aaron Rodgers, Prescott's, Jaire Alexander, Luke Musgrave, Dontayvion Wicks, Jones, Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, Savage, Jake Ferguson, ___ Organizations: Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Packers, San Francisco, Cowboys, Dallas, The Cowboys, NFC, Super Bowl, Pittsburgh, Green, Chicago Locations: ARLINGTON , Texas, San, Dallas, Green Bay, Doubs

Prescott threw three touchdown passes and the Cowboys won their 14th consecutive home game, rallying to beat the Seahawks 41-35 on Thursday night. But the Dallas defense, ranked third in the league coming in, got fourth-down stops on the Seahawks' final three possessions. The Cowboys kept alive their best home winning streak since an 18-game run at old Texas Stadium from 1979-81. ... RB Kenneth Walker III missed a second consecutive game with an oblique injury. Seattle visits San Francisco in just its second game since the Niners solidified their NFC West lead with a 31-13 victory at the Seahawks.

Persons: Dak Prescott, Prescott, Jake Ferguson, “, Mike McCarthy, Geno Smith, Metcalf, Pete Carroll, what’s, ” Dallas ’ Brandon Aubrey, DaRon Bland, Zach Charbonnet, Ferguson, Cooks, CeeDee Lamb, Smith, ” Prescott, Micah Parsons, Bland, Donovan Wilson, Jaxon Smith, Njigba, Dallas, Tony Pollard's, Julian Love, LB Jordyn Brooks, RB Kenneth Walker III, ___ Organizations: —, Seattle, Dallas Cowboys, T, Cowboys, Seahawks, Dallas, NFC East, Philadelphia, Eagles, NFL, Dallas cornerback, LB, RB, Niners, NFC Locations: ARLINGTON , Texas, D.K, Seattle, San Francisco

☆ Watch CNBC's lookback at Charlie Munger's life and relationship with Warren Buffett
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Darla Mercado | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Charlie Munger wasn't just the vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway : His partnership with billionaire Warren Buffett made him half of an iconic duo in the investing world. Watch the special lookback at Munger's life by CNBC's Becky Quick above. "I would say that every time I'm with Charlie, I've got at least some new slant on an idea that causes me to rethink certain things," Buffett once told Quick in an interview. "And we've had absolutely… so much fun with the partnership over the years." See CNBC's full obituary of Charlie Munger here.

Persons: Charlie Munger wasn't, Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, CNBC's Becky Quick, Charlie, I've, Buffett, we've, Munger, Charlie Munger Organizations: Berkshire

☆ I talked to 263 of the world’s longest-living people—these 9 health rules make them 'longevity champions'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Dan Buettner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Based on my interviews with 263 people ages 100 or older, I've found that the world's longevity champions conduct themselves based on what I call the "Power 9." People in the Blue Zones eat their smallest meal in the late afternoon or early evening, and they don't eat any more the rest of the day. Plant slantBeans, including fava, black, soy and lentils, are the cornerstone of most Blue Zones diets. Wine at 5 p.m.People in Blue Zones, even some Adventists, drink alcohol moderately and regularly. Put loved ones firstCentenarians in the Blue Zones keep aging parents and grandparents nearby or in the home, which studies show can lower the disease and mortality rates of their children.

Persons: I've, Loma, outlive Organizations: Research Locations: Okinawa, Japan, Sardinia, Italy, Costa Rica, Ikaria, Greece, Loma Linda , California

But the steady ebbing of inflation hasn't translated into good news for either President Joe Biden or the Federal Reserve when it comes to public opinion. They're just going up at a slower rate," Fed Governor Christopher Waller said last week when asked at a research conference about common public misconceptions. Inflation expectations have fallen, according to a New York Fed survey but remain well above the central bank's 2% target. Both Waller and Fed Governor Lisa Cook took note of the public mood last week in similar comments about the expectation for prices to fall, which they don't frequently do. Reuters GraphicsBut if inflation readings continue to show a slowdown, the Fed could put more weight on sustaining the strength of the job market.

Persons: Joe Biden, They're, Christopher Waller, That's, Biden, Jeff Jones, Waller, Lisa Cook, Derek Tang, Howard Schneider, Dan Burns, Paul Simao Organizations: Federal Reserve, Fed, Reuters, Democratic, Gallup, Reuters Graphics, New, FOCUS, Biden, Thomson Locations: U.S, shutdowns

☆ Defense boosts Bengals to win over Seahawks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

October 15 - Joe Burrow tossed a pair of first-half touchdowns and the Bengals' defense intercepted two passes to lead Cincinnati past the visiting Seattle Seahawks 17-13 on Sunday. The Bengals appeared ready to hold the Seahawks to a field goal but safety Nick Scott was called for pass interference on Tyler Lockett in the end zone. Jason Myers' 55-yard field goal narrowed Cincinnati's lead to 14-10 at the half. Evan McPherson connected on a 52-yard field goal with under 12 minutes left to put Cincinnati ahead 17-13. The Bengals lost their starting left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. to a groin injury late in the third quarter.

Persons: Joe Burrow, Geno Smith, Burrow, Smith, Mike Hilton, Cam Taylor, Britt, Nick Scott, Tyler Lockett, Kenneth Walker III, Joe Mixon's, Tyler Boyd, Taylor, DK Metcalf, Ja'Marr Chase, Andrei Iosivas, Iosivas, Jason Myers, Tre Brown, Smith's, Lockett, Myers, Evan McPherson, Orlando Brown Jr Organizations: Bengals, Cincinnati, Seattle Seahawks, Seahawks, Seattle, Thomson Locations: Cincinnati, Seattle, Princeton

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Inflation and rate hikes aren’t over, warns the Fed
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Losing streakU.S. markets fell for a second straight day and Treasury yields rose as traders digested hawkish minutes from the Federal Reserve. Inflation relief for the U.K.U.K. headline inflation in July dropped to 6.8% year on year, in line with economists' forecast. Longer-term U.S. Treasury yields — which are typically more sensitive to interest rate changes — rose in response to the minutes.

Persons: Jerome Powell, Kevin Dietsch, Bob Pisani, Quincy Krosby, Sam Stovall, Tesla — Organizations: U.S . Treasury, Getty, CNBC, Federal, Federal Reserve, General Motors, LPL, Treasury, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, CFRA Research, Big Tech, Nvidia, Tesla Locations: Washington , DC

☆ Patrons Want Straight Answers in Crooked House Pub’s Demise
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Aaron Boxerman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Getting a drink in The Crooked House pub could feel intoxicating, even if you’d ordered a lemonade. As a result, the walls slouched sideways at a 16-degree angle, dizzying customers and delighting children. Buttresses and steel bars made the structure safe, but it remained charmingly askew, leading to its jokey designation as “Britain’s Wonkiest Pub.” (“Wonky” means “not straight or level” in the U.K.). In an optical illusion caused by the pub’s slant, patrons could roll marbles and coins on some of the interior’s surfaces and watch them seem to tumble uphill, as though gravity had magically reversed itself. When the building was sold to a private developer last month, patrons waited apprehensively to see what would become of the beloved local watering hole.

Persons: you’d, charmingly askew, apprehensively Locations: England’s West Midlands

☆ The Cybertrucks that never came to be: This newly shared photo of Elon Musk shows early, more curvy designs for Tesla's truck in the background
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Walter Isaacson shared a photo that provides a rare peek at Tesla's early Cybertruck designs. Walter Isaacson shared a photo that appeared to have some previously unseen Cybertruck details in the background. Isaacson shared a photo with some early designs ideas for the Cybertruck in the background. Even a scaled back early design of the Cybertruck looks out of place next to a Ford pickup truck. Walter Isaacson on TwitterOther pictures on the board appear to be more reminiscent of Tesla's current design for the electric pickup truck.

Persons: Walter Isaacson, Tesla, Elon Musk's, Tesla's Cybertruck, Franz von Holzhausen, Elon Musk, Isaacson, CNBC's, Musk, James Bond's Lotus, Ridley Scott's, Saxon Organizations: Twitter, Silverado, DeLorean Locations: Ford, Texas

☆ Instagram's Twitter rival, Threads, is destined to become a boring playground for brands
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Nathan Mcalone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Instagram's Twitter rival, Threads, has surged to over 100 million users, riding a hype wave. Meta's vision of a "positive" environment will be better for brands than humans. Instagram's Twitter rival, Threads, has surged to over 100 million users in less than a week, an eye-popping figure that shows the sheer size of the hype wave it's riding. But the app has a fatal flaw that will ultimately doom it to mediocrity: It's going to be boring. And that means despite the early outburst of enthusiasm, Threads — like Instagram — might end up being better for brands than for humans.

Persons: Instagram, hasn't, Adam Mosseri, Smith Organizations: Twitter, Meta Locations: Ukraine, blocklists

☆ Instagram's Twitter rival, Threads, has a fatal flaw: It's destined to be boring
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Nathan Mcalone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Instagram's Twitter rival, Threads, has surged to over 100 million users, riding a hype wave. But the new "conversation" platform has a fatal flaw: It's going to be boring. Instagram's Twitter rival, Threads, has surged to over 100 million users in less than a week, an eye-popping figure that shows the sheer size of the hype wave it's riding. But the app has a fatal flaw that will ultimately doom it to mediocrity: It's going to be boring. And that means despite the early outburst of enthusiasm, Threads — like Instagram — might end up being better for brands than for humans.

Persons: Instagram, hasn't, Adam Mosseri, Smith Organizations: Twitter, Meta Locations: Ukraine, blocklists

☆ Today's Wordle: Hints and Answer for June 16, Wordle #727
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Warning: There are spoilers for today's Wordle answer below. Below, find hints, tips, and tricks to solve today's Wordle, plus the answer. Today, June 16, Wordle #727 starts with the letter S.Does today's Wordle end in an S? No, today's Wordle does not end with an S.Are there double letters in today's Wordle? Wordle Answer for June 16, 2023The answer for Friday, June 16, 2023 is "Strap."

Persons: Wordle, —, you'll, today's Organizations: Service, New York Times, Wordle

☆ Today's Wordle: Hints and Answer for June 14, Wordle #725
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Warning: There are spoilers for today's Wordle answer below. Below, find hints, tips, and tricks to solve today's Wordle, plus the answer. Today, June 14, Wordle #725 starts with the letter C.Does today's Wordle end in an S? No, today's Wordle does not end with an S.Are there double letters in today's Wordle? Wordle Answer for June 14, 2023The answer for Wednesday, June 14, 2023 is "Crime."

Persons: Wordle, —, you'll, today's Organizations: Service, New York Times, Wordle

☆ Today's Wordle: Hints and Answer for June 13, Wordle #724
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Warning: There are spoilers for today's Wordle answer below. Below, find hints, tips, and tricks to solve today's Wordle, plus the answer. Today, June 13, Wordle #724 starts with the letter P.Does today's Wordle end in an S? No, today's Wordle does not end with an S.Are there double letters in today's Wordle? Wordle Answer for June 13, 2023The answer for Tuesday, June 13, 2023 is "Plunk."

Persons: Wordle, —, you'll, today's Organizations: Service, New York Times, Wordle

The Texas Legislature impeached Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday. Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton sits in the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, on May 29, 2023. But the threshold for conviction in the Senate trial is higher, requiring a two-thirds majority of its 31 members. If that happens, Ken Paxton would be permanently barred from holding office in Texas. He had suggested before the House impeachment vote that all 31 senators would vote in the trial.

Persons: Ken Paxton, —, Paxton, Donald Trump, Sen, Angela Paxton, Eric Gay, Speaker Dade, Gov, Dan Patrick, Trump, Patrick, Nathan Howard The, Patrick wouldn't, Austin, Nate Paul, Bryan Hughes, Hughes, Paul, Republican Ken Paxton, NICHOLAS KAMM, Trump's, Republicans didn't, Matt Rinaldi, Paul . Four, US Justice Department's, Paxton's Austin, Phelan, James " Pa, Ferguson, O.P, Carrillo, ___ Bleiberg Organizations: Texas Legislature, Republican, Service, The Texas Legislature, GOP, Chamber, Texas Capitol, Senate, Speaker, AP, Getty, Republicans, Texas Senate, Texas, Washington Post, US Justice, Democratic, FBI, Legislature, Trump, Gov Locations: , Texas, Texas, Austin , Texas, Washington, Dallas

☆ The ‘Doughnut Dollies’ of World War II
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Nell Freudenberger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Urrea has a weakness for melodramatic imagery: a volume of Shakespeare with a bullet lodged in its pages, a G.I. But we need to be absolutely enmeshed in a character’s consciousness to witness something on the order of Buchenwald through her eyes. During the Battle of the Bulge, in January 1945, Irene and Dorothy take a bottle of Champagne to gunners operating a howitzer cannon. Like many veterans of war, Irene and Dorothy keep their memories to themselves after they return to civilian life. Even as Urrea tells the Clubmobilers’ story, he recognizes that some parts of their experience remain impossible to share with those who weren’t there.

☆ A Journey Into Norway’s Endless Night
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Taymour Soomro | Scott Conarroe | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The endless night conceals the passage of time, as though we were remote from time’s effects, too, without Emily Dickinson’s slant of light that heralds death. Where better than this frozen earth, far from the ravages of human conflict and heat, for an international seed vault and the Arctic World Archive, both of which are just outside of Longyearbyen. The former, sometimes described as a doomsday vault, contains 1.2 million seed samples deposited by seed banks around the world for safekeeping. Withdrawals from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault — by a gene bank formerly in Aleppo, Syria — have already been conducted. Climate change is likely to be particularly hazardous to bears — lack of sea ice means less access to seals.

☆ Premarket stocks: Democratic senators want to ban trading in Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Before the Bell spoke with Sen. Jeff Merkley, the lead sponsor of the Senate bill. For both reasons that stock trading needs to end. But even if Bed Bath and Beyond does emerge from bankruptcy, its future is not guaranteed. If it’s able to find a buyer, Bed Bath & Beyond will halt store closings. But if a buyer doesn’t come forward, Bed Bath & Beyond will likely be liquidated entirely and go out of business.

☆ Polestar’s new SUV has no back window
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The Polestar 4 is a “coupe-shaped” SUV, with a rear roof that slopes down rather than having a flat back end. These cameras provide a better view than one could get using the inside rear view mirror, anyway, especially in an SUV. Beside that, many vehicles also have camera-based rear view mirrors inside the cabin instead of just the regular reflecting mirror. That way, the rear view “mirror” always has a clear view, even if there are tall passengers or cargo in the back. The Polestar’s 4’s moonroof stretches farther back than it could if there were a back window, giving those in the back a better look at the sky.

At its latest meeting, the Fed laced its statement and minutes with a rider about cumulative tightening and uncertain lags. The gist of the argument is that the Fed doesn't deliver credit directly to the wider economy - banks and financial markets do. But few seem to doubt that these policy lags have shortened considerably over the decades. Showcasing the study in December, San Francisco Fed chief Mary Daly adopted a more dovish slant on the gap between the funds rate and tightening financial markets. "But investors should remain attentive to the occasional episodic disconnects observed between Fed guidance and some prominent indices of financial conditions," Clarida told clients.

☆ Italy’s Friuli region is one of Europe’s best kept secrets
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

With 13 natural reserves and the pristine park of the Friuli Dolomite Mountains, the region lures tourists seeking to connect with nature or explore the outdoors. There’s also the spellbinding Grotta Gigante, or Giant Cave, one of the world’s largest tourist caverns. Golden beachesThe Grotta Gigante is one of the world's largest tourist caverns. Trieste boasts an unusual segregated beach, with origins dating back several centuries. “Residents are very fond and proud of this place,” says Trieste local Maria Bonacci.

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