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☆ I'm a former park ranger. I always saw visitors make these 5 mistakes at state and national parks.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Danielle Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Over the last six years, I worked as a park ranger at US state and national parks. AdvertisementI've always had a fascination when it came to state and national parks. In 2017, I received my undergraduate degree in geology and began my career as an intern at a National Parks Service site. However, I dreamed of being able to wear the coveted flat hat and get my foot in the door as a park ranger. Eventually, that dream became a reality in 2021 when I became a park ranger at my first national park.

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☆ Icon of the Seas: The world’s largest cruise ship sets sail on maiden voyage
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Terry Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —There is nothing subtle about the world’s largest cruise ship. The commotion brought traffic to a halt along the causeway to Miami Beach that parallels the cruise ship channel. Icon of the Seas’ list of superlatives and firsts is longFinding time to fit in everything onboard Icon of the Seas promises to keep passengers busy. A Royal Caribbean spokesperson said Icon of the Seas is 24% more energy efficient than required for ships designed today. Royal Caribbean International is clearly pitching Icon of the Seas to a market that goes beyond cruising.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Five of the six major conferences have a leader or co-leader that failed to make the NCAA Tournament last season. Four of the major-conference leaders that got left out of March Madness last season have reached a Final Four within the last decade. 4 North Carolina, which went 20-13 and turned down an NIT bid last season, is unbeaten in Atlantic Coast Conference competition. “No matter what we’re going through — ups and downs — we’re just connected.”Oregon also added a few transfers during the offseason. But for now, it also could assure that the Badgers don't get let out of the field for a second straight season.

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☆ I spent $3,200 for a 2-week van trip. It was worth every penny.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I spent two weeks traveling around America's West in a van on a trip that cost $3,200. Instead, I shelled out $3,200 for a two-week van trip. Monica Humphries/Business InsiderThe idea for a van trip has been on my mind for years. The author's rental van outside of the Native Campervan Denver location. Monica Humphries/Business InsiderUltimately, the van trip led to new experiences and ways to travel for a trip I won't forgetI dropped off my van feeling energized.

Persons: —, Monica Humphries, I've, Joshua, Ram, Joshua Tree Organizations: Service, Mercedes, Business Locations: America's, Dublin, Ireland, Sin City, Denver , Colorado, Joshua Tree, California, Paris, Airbnbs, Denver, Palm Springs , California, Utah, Joshua Tree , California, Jerome , Arizona, Taos , New Mexico

☆ Cities to watch in 2024: Las Vegas is drawing movers who want glitzy, big-city perks — with an affordable price tag
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Too said groceries, gas, and even movie tickets are less pricey in Las Vegas. Katz, a big sports fan, said some of his favorite things to do in the city are watching the Las Vegas Knights and the Las Vegas Aviators, a Minor League baseball team (an affiliate of Major League Oakland Athletics, who are moving to Las Vegas in the near future ). With the 2024 Super Bowl taking place in Las Vegas, Hamrick argued that the city has recently become a sports "mecca." AdvertisementTo receive that kind of hospitality, you don't have to venture far from the bustling parts of Las Vegas. Too said he lives only three miles from the Strip but feels worlds away from the flashy Las Vegas people envision.

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☆ A Weight-Loss Drug Changed My Life. Will It Solve My Problem?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Bradley Olson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

In August, as I prepared to plunge the first syringe of a new weight-loss “wonder drug” into the fatty tissue in my upper thigh, I wondered: What would it feel like to stop being hungry? Since then I’ve lost 40 pounds. This week, I injected the last dose I felt I could afford, and now I’m wondering: What happens when I go back to wanting to eat normally again? Hunger had, in many ways, come to define so much about my life. I weighed in at 233 pounds, up about 50 pounds from my low.

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☆ Embracing Love While Becoming Their Authentic Selves
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Jenny Block | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“I looked up and took a picture and made a joke about Jared’s, the jewelry store,” Ms. Carmichael said. He asked me to pull a few out and read them, so I did,” Ms. Carmichael said. Ms. Carmichael, 40, is a fourth and fifth grade special education teacher for Albuquerque Public Schools and was also raised in Albuquerque. She has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and special education from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. “A few months in, we made the realization that many of the issues were because Spencer was not able to be his true self,” Ms. Carmichael said.

Persons: “, Ms, Carmichael, ’ ” Ms, Hatcher, ”, ‘, ’, Mr, Spencer Organizations: Regis University, Albuquerque Public Schools, Grand Canyon University Locations: Jared’s, Carl’s, Albuquerque, Denver, Phoenix

☆ Inflation has created a dark cloud over how everyday Americans view the economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-25 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

There's rising hope that monetary policymakers have successfully cooled inflation without tipping the economy into a recession. Yet closely watched survey data from the University of Michigan shows consumer sentiment, while improving, is a far cry from pre-pandemic levels. Inflation vs. the job marketContinued strength in the labor market is something economists expected to sweeten everyday Americans' views of the economy. While the Michigan index compiles questions focused on financial conditions and purchasing power, the Conference Board's more closely gauges one's feelings about the job market. A hot job market can be a double-edged sword for sentiment, Michigan's Hsu noted.

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☆ I took the Grand Canyon Railway for $174. My ticket got me seats in a 'luxury dome' and first class.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Athena Sobhan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Grand Canyon Railway takes guests from Williams, Arizona, to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. The experience was absolutely worth the price and made visiting Grand Canyon National Park easy. After doing some research online, I discovered that I could travel to the Grand Canyon on the historic Grand Canyon Railway, which takes visitors from Williams, Arizona, to the south rim of the canyon. Overall, the trip on the Grand Canyon Railway was worth the priceThe Grand Canyon Railway took us from Williams, Arizona, to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Riding on the Grand Canyon Railway was an experience I'll never forget.

Persons: —, I'd, Athena Sobhan, Sobhan, Williams Organizations: Railway, Service, Pullman, AAA Locations: Williams , Arizona, Riding

asked Kristen Brengel of the National Parks Conservation Association, noting that visitors on the ground far outnumber those overhead. Congress passed another round of legislation in 2000 with a goal of setting rules in other national parks. Historically, some of the nation's busiest spots for tour operators are Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, which is home to one of the world’s most active volcanoes, and Haleakala National Park. But Brengel of the National Parks Conservation Association said the resistance doesn't have much traction. An amendment to the FAA reauthorization bill that would have required the agency to factor in the economics of commercial air tours over national parks failed in July, she said.

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☆ I imagined spending my 2-week van trip in scenic campgrounds. The reality was sleeping in parking lots at Cracker Barrel and Walmart.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sleeping outside Walmart and Cracker Barrel was free, convenient, and a true taste of van life. AdvertisementA Cracker Barrel parking lot full of RVs. Sure enough, in the review section of Google, plenty of people mentioned sleeping successfully in the parking lot at the Flagstaff Cracker Barrel. AdvertisementThe Cracker Barrel sign through the author's windshield. Knowing that so many other people were spending the night in the same parking lot was comforting.

Persons: —, Ram, Joshua, Monica Humphries, Williams, van Organizations: Walmart, Service, Google Locations: Colorado, Joshua Tree, California, Walmarts, Williams , Arizona, Jerome , Arizona, Williams, KOA, Flagstaff, RVs

☆ Make America Build Again
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +37 min

America is the sixth-most-expensive place in the world to build subways and trolleys. The solutions will cost trillions of dollars and require a pace of building unseen in America since World War II. Perhaps the single most pressing question we face today is: How do we make America build again? "For this class of projects, federal environmental laws are more the exception." The prospect of overhauling our hard-won environmental laws might feel like sacrilege to anyone who cares about the Earth.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's largest Christian university says it's fighting a $37.7 million fine brought by the federal government over allegations that it lied to students about the cost of its programs. Grand Canyon University, which enrolls more than 100,000 students mostly in online programs, said it's filing an appeal with the U.S. Education Department on Thursday. In a 40-minute speech, university President Brian Mueller called the fine “ridiculous” and questioned whether the school is being targeted because of its faith affiliation. He noted that the nation's second-largest Christian university, Liberty University, is reportedly being threatened with a $37 million fine over alleged underreporting of crimes. It had 80,000 students in online programs as of 2021.

Persons: it's, Brian Mueller, ”, Mueller, Trump, It’s Organizations: WASHINGTON, Christian, Canyon University, U.S . Education Department, Liberty University, Education Department, Washington , D.C, Internal Revenue Service, Associated Press, Carnegie Corporation of New, AP Locations: Phoenix, Washington ,, Arizona, Carnegie Corporation of New York

☆ Seals with funny hats discovered a hidden canyon over a mile deep under Antarctica and scientists want to honor the animals by naming it after them
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Scientists put trackers on Antarctic seals to help them map the ocean floor. The deep-diving seals revealed a massive underwater canyon over a mile deep. This canyon may help scientists predict how the Antarctic ice sheet will react to climate change. Joseph MarlowUnderstanding ocean geography helps scientists predict how Antarctica's ice sheet has reacted to global climate change in the past. Antarctic seals, like the 50 Weddell seals and 215 southern elephant seals they tagged, regularly travel to great depths of the ocean.

Persons: Clive McMahon, aren't, they're, Joseph Marlow, Fausto Ferraccioli Organizations: Service, Sydney Institute of Marine Science, East, NBC, Australian Center for Excellence, Aquatic, Seals, Australian Antarctic Program Locations: Vincennes Bay, Antarctica

☆ An Arizona golf course is under attack from a squadron of pig-like creatures
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

And when the Arizona sunshine breaks over Seven Canyons in the morning, the destruction is revealed. “When you come upon them and see them, it’s like The Tasmanian devil,” Seven Canyons general manager Dave Bisbee told CNN. A javelina at Seven Canyons golf course. Seven Canyons is ringed by the Vermilion Cliffs. “If anything this at least has put us in front of millions of people who didn’t know where Seven Canyons was.

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☆ U.S. Orders Grand Canyon University to Pay Record $37.7 Million Fine
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Gabriel T. Rubin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A fine against Grand Canyon University is the latest action by the Biden administration that aims to root out misbehavior by institutions connected to the federal student-loan system. Photo: Ting Shen for The Wall Street JournalThe Biden administration accused Grand Canyon University of misleading doctoral students about tuition costs, imposing its first significant punishment to a college on Tuesday. The Education Department ordered the Phoenix-based Christian school to pay a fine of $37.7 million, the largest ever of its kind. The school, which has an enrollment of more than 100,000 on-campus and online, will also need to comply with a series of special disclosure requirements for the next few years.

Persons: Biden, Ting Shen Organizations: Grand Canyon University, Wall Street, Education Department

☆ A for-profit school that 'deceived' student-loan borrowers and pushed them to take on 'unexpectedly high levels' of debt got hit with a $37 million fine, Biden's Education Department says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Education Department fined for-profit Grand Canyon University $37 million over accusations of misleading behavior. It said Grand Canyon mispresented the costs of its doctoral programs, leading to high student debt. AdvertisementAdvertisementA major for-profit school just got hit with a fine over accusations of misleading thousands of its students. A senior department official told reporters on a Tuesday press call that this is the largest penalty the Education Department has ever enforced on a school. "Rather than the Department protecting students, we are being forced to protect our students from this targeted and unwarranted government overreach."

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☆ Biden’s Regulators Gang Up on a Christian College
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Michigan Tech has come out on top and Harvard at the bottom in the largest-ever survey looking into the state of free speech on America's college campuses. Most elite colleges, including Penn and Yale, trail larger state schools with more working-class students. Images: Shutterstock/FIRE Composite: Mark KellyGrand Canyon University, America’s largest Christian college, has kept tuition flat for 15 years while prices are up nearly 70% on average at other colleges. So why is the Biden Administration waging a regulatory assault against the college? Phoenix-based GCU recently disclosed that the Education Department plans to punish it for alleged “substantial misrepresentations” to students.

Persons: Mark Kelly Grand, GCU Organizations: Michigan Tech, Harvard, Penn, Mark Kelly Grand Canyon University, Christian, Biden Administration, Phoenix, Education Department, Regulators Locations: Yale

☆ Grand Canyon issues warning about ‘love locks’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —“Love is strong, but our bolt cutters are stronger,” reads a new Facebook post from Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. Many people believe that the locks are good luck for a relationship, and that throwing away the key symbolizes an unbroken love. However, while the locks themselves are considered “littering” and “graffiti” in the park, it’s the keys that can cause even more serious problems. When the city of Paris removed the locks in 2015, the weight of the 700,000 metal objects was the equivalent of 20 elephants. Once they were all removed, the city put glass partitions up on the bridge to prevent anyone from adding new locks.

Organizations: CNN, California condor, “, “ Condors, Paris ’ Pont des Arts Locations: Arizona, California, Paris

Rep. Ruben Gallego is running for the Democratic nomination, setting up a potential three-way race if Sinema runs as an independent. But polling shows that Sinema and Gallego would not simply divide the Democratic vote, handing the race to GOP firebrand Lake. But if former Democrat Sinema runs as an independent, Gallego still prevails in the poll, getting 41% of the vote. In a three-way race, Gallego is ahead in Noble's polling, with 34% support, compared to 26% for Sinema and 25% for Lake. But once Kennedy said he was running as an independent, Republicans rushed to separate themselves from him.

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Arizona’s governor was out of the state for a day this week, prompting false claims that she’d abruptly resigned or vanished entirely. The Democrat, who has been the target of misinformation since taking office this year, was out of state for meetings in Washington for a day, so the state treasurer briefly served as acting governor. Political Cartoons View All 1190 Images“She has now stepped down as Arizona governor, and it’s raising questions,” claimed one Facebook user in a widely shared video posted on Thursday. “Republican State Treasurer Kimberly Yee is currently the Acting Governor,” wrote another user on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter on Wednesday. The usually unremarkable handover gained attention when Yee released a statement Wednesday acknowledging she’d be serving as acting governor from that evening through Thursday morning.

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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A U.S. agency said Friday it will nominate the vast, federally protected wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp for listing as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Okefenokee refuge covers more than 90% of the swamp and is the largest national wildlife refuge east of the Mississippi River. Designation as a World Heritage site wouldn't impose any added restrictions or regulations for the Okefenokee. Ossoff said a World Heritage site designation would have both environmental and economic benefits for the Okefenokee and surrounding Georgia communities. Conservationists sounded doubtful that the World Heritage site nomination would directly affect the decisions of Georgia regulators.

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☆ Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks: Historic Ohio landmark inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A huge prehistoric structure in Ohio has become the 25th US landmark to be awarded a place on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Historic siteNational Archaeological Park Tak’alik Ab’aj in Guatemala has also been named a UNESCO World Heritage site. “This inscription on the World Heritage List highlights the important work of American archaeologists, who discovered here remains dating back 2,000 years, constituting one of the largest earthwork constructions in the world. J.B. Barret/DEAL Martinique/Courtesy UNESCO World Heritage Nomination OfficeEstablished in 1978, the World Heritage List has inscribed well over 1,000 sites of “outstanding universal value” in the more than four decades since then. Only countries that sign the convention creating the World Heritage Committee and list can nominate sites.

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☆ How mapping Mars could help us live there
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“It might sound silly, but maybe in the future it will be very common for people to go to Mars and even live there,” says Atri. EMM/EXI/Dimitra Atri/NYU Abu Dhabi Center for Astrophysics and Space ScienceDust and desertificationAstronomers have been mapping Mars for nearly two centuries. NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Sciences is now using NYUAD’s map in its Mars 24 software, which maintains precise timings on Mars. The new images show details of Mars’ topography, like the Valles Marineris, which is known as the “Grand Canyon of Mars,” in stunning detail. But elsewhere, other researchers are already examining how innovations being developed to grow food on Mars could impact Earth.

Persons: Dimitra Atri, ”, Wilhelm Beer, Johann von Mädler, Giovanni Schiaparelli’s, NASA’s, Scott Dickenshied, Mars, Atri Organizations: CNN, Planet, NASA, European Space Agency, ESA, New York University Abu Dhabi, Mars, United, United Arab Emirates, Mars Research, NYUAD, NYU Abu Dhabi Center for Astrophysics, NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Sciences, United Arab Locations: Texas, United Arab, Mars, Germany, Italian, Africa, United Arab Emirates, Canada

☆ The parents hiking America’s longest trails with five kids
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Party of sevenOlen Netteburg (far left,) his wife Danae and their five children Lyol, Zane, Addison, Juniper, and Piper on the Continental Divide Trail. “We started reading some articles online to the kids about the Pacific Crest Trail and the Continental Divide Trail,” says Olen. Once things had settled down, they began reading up on “everything about having a baby in the wilderness” in order to be able to take on the Continental Divide Trail with their newborn. But having to carry a newborn along with them didn’t slow this hiking family down at all. In fact, they were able to complete Continental Divide Trail in six months, a month less time than the Appalachian Trail had taken them.

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