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☆ To my son, born in the climate crisis: I see signs of hope
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Bill Weir | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The first looked at the twin crises of Covid and climate change as River was born; the second introduced him to Earth Day and what he could do. Watch Weir investigate “How to Unscrew a Planet,” on CNN’s “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper,” Sunday at 8 p.m. Energy from clean sources, like this windmill in Texas, is heating and cooling more homes in America than ever before. “We call it climate intervention,” Kelly Wanser told me as we sat under bluebird skies and the Washington Monument. So far, it feels like your future will be marked in new stories to frame our wants and needs, and new tools to build Life As We Know It Could Be.

☆ Touching the sky: A rare solar eclipse and a new hotel in the clouds
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Courtesy Amelia Earhart Hangar MuseumAmelia Earhart wasn’t just the first woman to fly solo over the Atlantic. Camelot Theme Park (England): Set in the leafy Lancashire countryside, the Magic Kingdom of Camelot resurrected tales of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Scott Audette/AP Pripyat Amusement Park (Ukraine): This theme park was orphaned in 1986 following the Chernobyl meltdown just five kilometers (three miles) away. Considered the first theme park in Southeast Asia, it featured an artificial lake, huge swimming pool with giant water slides and a Prehistoric Animal Kingdom. Anne Jones/Alamy Stock Photo 10 fascinating theme parks that have closed forever Prev NextThat’s the question posed by these no-longer-in-operation theme parks around the world.

☆ The Masters were caddied by only Black men for nearly 50 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Located just three miles from The Masters venue, the historically Black district lay adjacent to Augusta Country Club. Eventually, many would hop across Rae’s Creek to begin work at Augusta National. A “good bag” at Augusta National would pay up to $5, Maben said, offering $20 for a particularly lucrative day’s labor. The 1983 Masters saw the first White caddies walk the greens at the major, with just 19 Black caddies on the bag, Clayton said. This year, the Lucy Craft Laney Museum will put the legacy of Augusta’s Black caddies – quite literally – center stage.

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☆ How a 27-Year-Old Designer Is Reviving Your Grandma’s Favorite Shoe Brand
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Rory Satran | Photography Joshua Woods For Wsj. Magazine | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

“Honestly, it’s a huge machine,” Davis continues, referring to the company that Ferragamo launched in 1927. Ferragamo had six children with his wife, Wanda, a powerful matriarch who oversaw the company after her husband’s death in 1960. The Ferragamo family is still involved, owning about 65 percent of the publicly traded company’s shares, with the couple’s son Leonardo serving as chairman of the board. On that first day, Davis met his new assistant, who showed him around and introduced him to the different teams he’d be working with. “Obviously, I had trouble remembering everyone’s names because I think it’s 17 designers, but it was exciting,” he says.

☆ Is the ‘100 envelope challenge’ a smart money move?
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Christine Romans | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

It’s called the “100 Envelope Challenge” on TikTok, and it promises to put more than $5,000 in your pocket in just 100 days. Continue this way until day 100, when your final savings deposit of $100 will bring you to a grand total of $5,050. But given how popular the envelope challenge has become, I decided to ask certified financial planner Doug Flynn of Flynn Zito Capital Management for his take. “I’m all for whatever it takes to get people talking about saving money. The envelope challenge videos have a get-rich-quick flair that is certainly viral and entertaining, but obviously the exception, not the rule.

☆ The IRS Goes After Your Side Hustle
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

There’s a new job for those 87,000 new employees at the Internal Revenue Service, and it isn’t chasing billionaires. It’s digging around to discover if you reported that extra $600 you made from selling grandma’s heirlooms at your garage sale. The IRS is reminding Americans that the reporting rules have changed for payment-card and third-party payment network transactions. This means that if you received a payment of more than $600 via such networks as Venmo, PayPal , Amazon or Square, you will probably receive a Form 1099-K this year. The reporting limit for receiving a Form 1099-K used to be $20,000 a year.

Economic worries have made this holiday season particularly stressful for some. The holiday season can bring out the absolute worst in some kids. Some parents welcome that break from structure, and that’s OK. “Parents get to decide what works and what doesn’t work with their family,” Dr. Naumburg said. “Gratitude and savoring are the opposite.”Dr. Kurtz recommended starting a simple gratitude practice early in the holiday season. As the holidays unfold, make an effort to savor the season, Dr. Kurtz said.

☆ A grandmother accidentally texted a stranger to make Thanksgiving plans. 7 years on, they’re still celebrating together.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Becca Wood | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

On Tuesday, Nov. 22, Jamal Hinton shared a photo standing beside Wanda Dench outside The Cheesecake Factory restaurant, revealing the two are carrying on their viral tradition. In 2016, Dench accidentally sent a text to Hinton, telling the then 17-year-old that Thanksgiving dinner was at her house on Nov. 24 at 3 p.m. When the teen asked who sent him the message, Dench replied, “Your grandma,” with an elderly woman emoji. Hinton wrote back, asking for a photo to prove that the number really belonged to his grandmother. However, that year was different as Dench’s husband, Lonnie, died earlier that spring due to complications from Covid-19.

☆ 5 tips for taming travel tension over the holidays
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Dana Santas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

So, whether you’re driving to Grandma’s for Thanksgiving or flying to see family in another country, try the five tips below to reduce stress and tension so you can enjoy the holidays. Holiday travel can cause tension, but you can ease stress with strategies like mindful breathing and walking breaks. Stretch out the tensionLots of sitting during travel also means compressed side waist muscles, overused hip flexors and tight low-back muscles. In addition to changing your relationship with gravity to relieve tension, it’s important to get enough sleep. Using the five tips above will help keep travel tension at bay and your holiday spirits high.

☆ Tupperware wants to jump from grandma’s cupboard into the cool kids’ homes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNNBusiness —Tupperware wants to be where the cool kids play. That means shedding its throwback to its Mad Men-era image, and positioning Tupperware products as buzz-worthy, high-utility and with an environmentally-friendly purpose. Another idea is to collaborate with a fridge manufacturer to have a line of refrigerators that come outfitted with Tupperware storage containers inside. Tupperware containers, in a way, also could be helping to also reduce food waste. “We’d like to think those were many meals that were stored in the fridge in Tupperware products.”

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