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☆ Pelosi likely has the largest security detail of any lawmaker in Congress. Here's what we know about her and her husband Paul's protection.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Details about congressional security practices remain closely guarded after the January 6 attack. Keeping information about congressional security practices under wraps is apparently part of the Capitol Police's job, as critical details remain closely guarded. Similar media reports say that full-time congressional security details are limited to the speaker, House and Senate majority and minority leaders, and House and Senate whips. Last month she told The New York Times that she'd spent more than $120,000 on private security over the past year. Financial records filed by the Nancy Pelosi Victory Fund PAC show that the fundraising committee paid nearly $4,000 to private security firm Safehouse Security Solutions this spring.

☆ White House chief of staff Ron Klain warned after Hatch Act violation flagged by former Trump official Stephen Miller
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Emma Kinery | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain received a warning for violating the Hatch Act after he retweeted a political group's post from his government Twitter account. The Hatch Act prohibits government officials from using government resources for political activities. Miller was not the only member of the Trump administration to violate the Hatch Act during his time in office. Jean-Pierre herself is cautious about running afoul of the Hatch Act. She frequently reminds reporters from the White House briefing room podium that she cannot comment on political issues because of the act.

☆ World’s best spicy foods: 20 dishes to try
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Terry Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

When it comes to the world’s best spicy dishes, we have some of the world’s hottest peppers to thank, along with incredible layers of flavor and a long, spice-loving human history. Peppers – a headliner for heat – are rated on the Scoville Heat Units scale, which measures capsaicin and other active components of chile peppers. And it’s the perky red pepper of the same name that brings the spiciness to this complex, layered and delicious dish. “The peperoncino (red chile pepper) is what makes this sauce ‘angry’ (arrabbiata) or spicy,” Chris MacLean of Italy-based Open Tuesday Wines said via email. FomaA/Adobe StockThe fiery Ethiopian spice blend called berbere – aromatic with chile peppers, basil, cardamom, garlic and ginger – is instrumental to the flavor chorus that’s doro wat, Ethiopia’s much-loved spicy chicken stew.

Persons: ”, Saurav Dutt, “ Ginger, chiles, ” Hunter, Dutt, Nigeria Ata, Kwoklyn Wan, “, It’s, pattarasiri, Piri, piri, it’s, Mao’s, Mao Zedong’s, shao rou, Cook, Suzie Lee, Brent Hofacker, Mark Harvey, podcaster, Ayam, betutu, Todd Taulman, serrano, jalapeño, Phaal Curry, Penne all’arrabbiata, ’, Chris MacLean of, MacLean, ’ ”, marati, Doro wat, doro, you’re, Mapo, vindaloo, Julian Gonzalez, ” Gonzalez Organizations: CNN, Adobe, chiles, BBC, “, Buffalo Wild Wings, Wines, Sawmill Locations: Sichuan, Nigeria, West, China, British, Chongqing, Thailand, Isaan, Laos, Mozambique, Angola, Portuguese, Piri, chiles, Namibia, South Africa, Beijing, Jamaica, Spanish Town, Montego Bay, Boston Bay, Ayam betutu, Indonesia, Bali, Lombok, Buffalo, United States, American, Alaska, Maine, Buffalo , New York, cayenne, Worcestershire, Mexico, Mexican, Sinaloa, Bangkok, rendang, Malaysia, West Sumatra, Indonesia’s, Brunei, Philippines, South Korea, Birmingham, England, Bangladesh, Bangladeshi, Italy, Chris MacLean of Italy, Rome’s Lazio, India, South India, India’s, Tamil, Ethiopia, Goa, United Kingdom, Mafé, Senegal Senegalese, Mali, Gambia, Albuquerque , New Mexico, In Texas

☆ 16 best gifts for teen girls in 2022 for every occasion
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Zoe Malin | Zoe Malin Is The Associate Updates Editor For Select On Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

While some teen girls make a wish list with the specific gifts they’re hoping to receive on special occasions, others aren't so transparent and leave you struggling to find the right present. Best gifts for teen girls in 2022Below, we rounded up some of the best gifts for teen girls this year. We recommended products from brands we’ve previously covered, as well as items we’ve used ourselves or think will appeal to a majority of teen girls, depending on their interests. Gift teens everything they need to do their nails at home with Olive & June’s Mani System. The set comes with a bra and bottoms, both of which are designed with fabric that has a ribbed finish to give the fabric texture.

☆ Watch SpaceX splashdown the Crew-4 astronauts for NASA after a six-month stay at the space station
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Michael Sheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

SpaceX is set to return its fourth operational crew mission from the International Space Station on Friday, with the quartet of astronauts due to splash down in the company's capsule off the coast of Florida. The company's Crew Dragon spacecraft "Freedom" is scheduled to undock from the ISS at 12:05 p.m. ET to begin the trip back to Earth, with splashdown expected at around 4:55 p.m. Crew-4 includes NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren and Jessica Watkins, as well as European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. The mission launched in April for a six-month stay on the orbiting research laboratory.

☆ Canada's drought-stricken British Columbia bracing for floods when rains return
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Nia Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Oct 13 (Reuters) - Canada's British Columbia province on Thursday warned residents to prepare for flooding when rains eventually return after a prolonged drought exacerbated by climate change that has raised concerns about long-term damage to ecosystems ranging from glaciers to salmon rivers. Vancouver, the largest city in British Columbia, received less than a sixth of its average rainfall in August and September and has received only 0.2 millimetres so far in October, according to Environment Canada. Salmon migrate from the ocean to rivers to spawn at this time of year, but this month social media pictures showed thousands of dead salmon in a dried-up stream in central British Columbia. While the dry fall is less damaging than the heat dome that engulfed British Columbia last summer, it is still not good for glaciers' long-term health, said Brian Menounos, a professor of geography at the University of Northern British Columbia. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Nia Williams in Revelstoke, British Columbia; Editing by Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ We got an exclusive look at the 9-slide pitch deck Innovafeed, an insect protein startup, used to raise $250 million
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

We got an exclusive look at the 9-slide pitch deck it used to secure the funding. A startup developing insect-based food for aqua-farming, pet food, and eventually humans just raised $250 million to ramp up production. "One of the products we replace in aqua-feed is fish meal," Ray said. "Fish meal is made of small fish caught in South America, in Africa, turned into a meal to feed other food production. Replacing fish meal with Innovafeed's product reduces the carbon footprint of salmon feed by 50%, the cofounder said.

☆ Tech leaders dish on how asinine it is to try to describe their companies, products, and worth to Congress
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Hanna Kang | Kayla Gallagher | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +24 min

Tech companies are worried an aging Congress can't meet or even understand their demands. Younger members of Congress are beginning to take the lead in conversations on tech issues. Hawley said younger members are generally more critical of big tech. However, he added, new technologies are more widely used by younger people, and users tend to understand technology better. Meanwhile, major tech companies continue to ramp up their federal lobbying spending, together spending more in 2021 than in any other year in history.

☆ Sick of political email spam? Gmail is offering a more prominent unsubscribe button to address all of our overburdened inboxes
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Gmail users are getting new tools to opt out of a political email test program. Developers whipped up a "more prominent unsubscribe button" to offset spam filter changes. The publicly contested program aims to loosen spam filter restrictions that previously kept Gmail users from having to manually purge political fundraising appeals from their inboxes. The policy change was sparked by conservatives complaining that Google automatically rerouted more of their emails to spam folders than others. Google maintains that its pilot program is "not intended to favor or disfavor any particular candidate, party or speaker, nor intended to influence the outcome of any election."

☆ How the mind of an 80-year-old president is biologically different from a 45-year-old president's
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

It was 1988, and he'd approached President Ronald Reagan in the Cabinet room at the White House. People scoffed at the glowing hourlong media conference that President Donald Trump's White House doctor gave about his health. Reagan publicly announced he had Alzheimer's disease five years after he left the White House. Francis Shen, who teaches psychiatry at Harvard Medical School's Center for Bioethics, would like to see information about political leaders' cognitive health made public. Cognitive health should be no different, he said, because it also might affect the way presidents and members of Congress make important decisions.

☆ What it's like working for lawmakers whose golden years are clouded by power struggles, rumors of senility, and constant second-guessing
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

Doug Heye, a Republican strategist, told Insider that some political maneuvering is more tactical. Emanuel, now the US's ambassador to Japan, didn't refute that the exchange took place but told Insider he didn't remember it. It serves the institution," the former GOP aide told Insider, adding that seasoned dealmakers are preferable to partisan bomb-throwers "with some agenda that they're driving." Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesWhite, now the executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, told Insider his boss always had the final word. 'Preserving their dignity'Convincing career lawmakers to hang it up before they tarnish their respective legacies is tricky business, a veteran GOP leadership aide told Insider.

☆ Father's Day: 5 animal dads worse than you
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-19 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Glenn Boozan's "There Are Moms Way Worse Than You: Irrefutable Proof That You Are Indeed a Fantastic Parent" features a few "bad" animal fathers, too. Workman PublishingQuestionable animal fathers include grizzly bears that eat their young when food is scarce, and lions that primarily stand guard and look tough while female lions venture out to hunt and kill. Male pipefish that were less interested in the pipefish mothers were less nurturing toward their young, investing fewer resources in them. David Tipling/Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images“Horses seem like super dads, but, eh, they’re not the best,” Boozan wrote. “Buying a specific swaddling blanket or a different kind of Binky isn’t going to make you a better or worse parent,” Boozan said.

Persons: Glenn Boozan’s, ” Priscilla Witte, Glenn Boozan's, ” Boozan, Pipefish, David Tipling, “ They’ll, Diamanto, can’t, Guenter Fischer, “, Boozan Organizations: CNN, Workman Publishing, M University, Royal Society B, Stallions, Diversity, University of Michigan’s Museum of Zoology Locations: Stigmatopora, Edithburgh, Yorke, South Australia, Texas, Camargue, Provence, France, Peru

☆ Boeing's Starliner docks with the International Space Station for the first time
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-21 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Boeing's Starliner craft has docked with the International Space Station for the first time. Docking shows the Starliner is capable of transporting passengers to the space station. An Atlas V rocket carrying the Boeing Starliner spacecraft lifts off from Cape Canaveral on Thursday. Paul Hennessy/Getty ImagesStarliner will stay tethered to the space station with most of its systems powered down until it is ready to undock and return to Earth. We're honored to join the fleet of commercial spacecraft capable of conducting transportation services to the space station for NASA."

☆ «К вечеру по столу ездил автомобиль из макарон»: скульптор Сергей Пахомов и его паста-вселенная
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-01 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +10 min

Сергей Пахомов, по его собственным словам, — «предприниматель, в силу обстоятельств ставший художником». Но до этого руководство «Млады» успело пригласить Сергея, чтобы отснять образцы продукции:— Мне показалось, что это скучно, — вспоминает Сергей. К концу вечера у меня по столу уже ездил автомобиль из макарон. Как справедливо замечает Пахомов, в заголовке «Пермяк создал скульптуру из макарон» нет ничего особенного — ну создал и создал, бывает. Например, Пахомов попал в новости после истории с командиром Росгвардии Золотовым, вызвавшим Навального на дуэль — этот вызов выглядел настолько комично, что стал поводом для насмешек и издевательских флешмобов в интернете.

Persons: Сергей Пахомов, Сергей, Пахомов, Пермяк, Дмитрий Шиляк, Шиляк, Маршалл Фредерикс, Золотов, Навальный, Граль Organizations: Honolulu House Museum, Центр городской культуры, Млада, Млады, ТПП, Интерфакс, АСТ, Росгвардии, Фейсбук, Фейсбука, Музей эротики Locations: Honolulu, Краснокамск, Детройт, Украина, США, Россия, Екатеринбург

☆ Выявлены способы проснуться в хорошем настроении
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-29 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Американские ученые выяснили, как можно проснуться в хорошем настроении. Ученые рассказали, что листание соцсетей и чтение электронной почты ведет к недосыпу. Однако множество факторов, начиная от стресса и заканчивая работой, могут нарушить режим», — подчеркнула Энн Крэйди Вайс, соучредитель и генеральный директор Hatch.co. Проснуться в хорошем настроении можно после просмотра приятного фильма и медитации. Опросы показывают, что 300 дней в году американцы просыпаются в плохом настроении.

Persons: OnePoll, Энн Крэйди Вайс

☆ (video) Capsula Crew Dragon, a companiei SpaceX, a andocat la Staţia Spaţială Internaţională
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-17 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Capsula Crew Dragon a companiei SpaceX a andocat la Staţia Spaţială Internaţională (ISS), punând astfel capăt perioadei de nouă ani în care transportul astronauţilor în spaţiu a depins de rachetele ruseşti. Este al doilea zbor cu echipaj uman asigurat de SpaceX după lansarea istorică a astronauţilor Bob Behnken şi Doug Hurley în luna mai la bordul unei nave spaţiale Crew Dragon, aminteşte DPA. Misiunea lor Demo-2 a reprezentat prima lansare din Statele Unite în aproape un deceniu şi prima dată când o firmă privată, mai degrabă decât o agenţie spaţială guvernamentală, a trimis oameni pe orbită. Misiunea Crew-1 a devenit prima care a utilizat modulul certificat Crew Dragon şi racheta Falcon 9 operate de SpaceX. La bordul capsulei Crew Dragon s-au aflat astronauţii NASA Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover şi Shannon Walker, alături de Soichi Noguchi, de la agenţia spaţială japoneză JAXA, care îşi încep misiunea de şase luni la bordul ISS.

Persons: Spaţial Kennedy, Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley, NASA Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, Soichi Noguchi, îşi Organizations: Spaţial, NASA, Falcon, ISS Locations: Florida, Statele Unite

☆ Americans are Googling how to move to New Zealand. Here's a step-by-step guide to becoming a Kiwi after the pandemic.
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-05 | by ( Chris Weller | Melissa Wiley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Around election time, Americans tend to start googling ways that they can move to another country. This year is no different, and on election night 2020, Google searches for "how to move to New Zealand" skyrocketed. There are a few ways you can move to New Zealand if you're a US citizen under normal circumstances, either temporarily or permanently. The border remains closed to the US due to the coronavirus pandemic, and New Zealand has suspended applications for most temporary visas until February 2021. Once the pandemic is over, here are the steps you can take to actually make the move and become a Kiwi if that's your ultimate goal.

Persons: —, Peter Thiel, it's Organizations: Service, Zealand, Associated Press Locations: New Zealand, Zealand

☆ 'Cases up the wazoo for years to come': Legal insiders brace for a world where Trump loses and the ex-president faces down a slew of reinvigorated court fights
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-02 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

The Trump campaign did not respond to Insider's questions about the possible legal challenges ahead for the president and his team. Justice Department investigation 'plausible'Could Trump's own Justice Department, at this moment, be criminally investigating the Trump reelection campaign? And that means officials there would "likely be avoiding public investigative steps" even if they were examining Trump campaign activity, Petalas said. Separately, Insider in mid-July reported that the Trump campaign was conducting an internal review of campaign spending irregularities overseen by Parscale. "If I was President Trump, that's what I would be worried about."

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