The report recommends reconnecting people to nature. How? Some hotels in the tropics are connecting the consumer with the nature around them — often, even food will be sourced locally. Nature positive tourism is also about connecting people within communities that can safeguard nature. For example, in Colombia, they had a terrible problem with the…
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The condition occurs in roughly one percent of women who undergo egg freezing, and is more common in those with polycystic ovary syndrome because P.C.O.S. can increase the risk of developing too many follicles, which in turn can cause ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, Dr. Christianson said. Women who freeze their eggs at younger ages, in their…
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Name: Lauren Spencer Age: 35 Hometown: Stockton, Calif. Now Lives: In a two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment in Los Angeles. Claim to Fame: Ms. Spencer, who goes by Lolo, is an actress, model and disability influencer who is best known for portraying the quick-witted, sex-positive freshman Jocelyn on “The Sex Lives of College Girls,” currently in its…
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In a way, the story of Charmaine Lopez Gomez and Joseph Alexander Contreras began as a tale of two dresses. Their mothers, Rizaly Brownfield and Somary Contreras, respectively, had been friends for eight years, yet their children had never met. Ms. Contreras, who was a teacher by day, also is a whiz at all things…
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Neither Peter Mueller nor Vanessa Miriam Zoltan were in the best state of mind for their first date in October 2016. His mother had just been admitted to the hospital, while Ms. Zoltan had experienced an unexpectedly miserable day at work. Over drinks at the Saloon at Davis Square in Somerville, Mass., they connected, talking…
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Until the African penguin starts observing federal holidays, Sparks Perkins won’t either. Which is to say the morning of Dec. 25 will bring not presents and mistletoe for the 33-year-old San Franciscan, but beak trims and fish guts. A biologist at the California Academy of Sciences’s Steinhart Aquarium, Mr. Perkins belongs to that unfaltering set…
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When I was pregnant with our first child, Sam wanted to know if the baby would be a boy or a girl. He was going to be happy either way; he just wanted to be prepared. As first-time parents, we harbored the fantasy that we could be prepared for such things as babies and parenting.…
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Her brother and his girlfriend picked them up in Bogata, and at her family’s “finca,” or country home, outside Bucaramanga, instead of exchanging gifts, her family continued the tradition, started by her father, of handing out gifts — including dolls, soccer balls, colored pencils and shoes — to about 300 children from rural areas on…
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While on vacation in Spain in August 2017, Jacquelyn Kate Drozdow finally decided to take her sister-in-law up on an offer to fix her up with her friend Matthew Philip Comite. “Hook it up, OK? As soon as we get back,” Ms. Drozdow, 29, said to Lelia Drozdow, having grown tired of the dating scene.…
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As the curry house established itself as a British institution, more flourished around Shish Mahal. In 1979, when Mr. Aslam renovated the place, he reopened with a clever gimmick: all of the original 1964 prices, for a limited time. This led to long, frenzied lines down the block. In photos taken around this time, Mr.…
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