http://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/american-dollar-currency-100-bill-c6a47c79? The $100 Bill Is America’s Most Common Currency, and Its Most Annoying The amount in circulation has more than doubled in recent years, but $100s are hated by both cashiers and economists By Oyin Adedoyin | Photographs by Lanna Apisukh for The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2024 9:00 pm ET Rayza Sison went to a flea … Continue reading $100 Bill is America’s most common currency, and its most annoying
Month: February 2024
Kristin Hannah performs magic for women serving in Vietnam
http://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/books/review/the-women-kristin-hannah.html Kristin Hannah’s New Novel Puts Combat Nurses Front and Center in Vietnam “The Women” follows a San Diego debutante into a world of gut wounds and napalm. But the real challenge comes when she arrives home. By Beatriz Williams Beatriz Williams’s latest novel is “The Beach at Summerly.” Published Feb. 1, 2024, Updated Feb. 23, 2024 THE … Continue reading Kristin Hannah performs magic for women serving in Vietnam
A rescue dog saved this man from a cocaine addiction of 13 years
This story is only one of thousands, if not more, about the effect that dogs (and cats) can have on the lives of the humans who do their best to care for them. I'm often caught by stories of the many veterans with PTSD or TBI who are able to cope with life on their … Continue reading A rescue dog saved this man from a cocaine addiction of 13 years
Off the book roommates have rights in NYC
http://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/24/realestate/how-do-i-evict-my-roommates.html How Do I Evict My Roommates? Even if your rental arrangement is off the books, tenants have legal rights that you need to consider. Credit...Nadia Pillon By Jill Terreri Ramos Feb. 24, 2024 Q: I lease a three-bedroom market-rate apartment in Brooklyn. I rent out two of the bedrooms, but the situation with my roommates … Continue reading Off the book roommates have rights in NYC
How to make your hearing aids more effective and less frustrating
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/02/25/hearing-aid-use-advice/ How to make your hearing aids more effective and less frustrating In one study, only 29 percent of those with hearing loss used hearing aids Perspective by Judith Graham February 25, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. EST It was an every-other-day routine, full of frustration. Every time my husband called his father, who was 94 when … Continue reading How to make your hearing aids more effective and less frustrating
Reynolds/McElhenney far from the only owners losing money with a small U.K. football team
http://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/24/world/europe/england-soccer-wrexham-buying-teams.html Want to Lose a Lot of Money, Fast? Buy a Small Soccer Team in England. The country’s lower leagues offer a tempting entry to ownership. But the sport’s economics mean even multimillionaires can struggle to compete. Across England, wealthy investors are pouring vast sums of money into semiprofessional and amateur league soccer teams.Credit...Mary Turner … Continue reading Reynolds/McElhenney far from the only owners losing money with a small U.K. football team
Excerpts from Berkshire Hathaway’s shareholder letters
http://www.wsj.com/finance/i-read-all-59-of-warren-buffetts-annual-letters-these-are-the-best-parts-068f834a? I Read All 59 of Warren Buffett’s Annual Letters. These Are the Best Parts. The Berkshire Hathaway notes, starting in 1965, trace the company’s evolution with humor and personality ILLUSTRATION: ALEXANDRA CITRIN-SAFADI/WSJ; PHOTO: NICHOLAS ROBERTS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; ISTOCK By Karen Langley Feb. 25, 2024 5:30 am ET Warren Buffett had an audience in mind for his latest … Continue reading Excerpts from Berkshire Hathaway’s shareholder letters
Climate crisis means changing toilets
https://apple.news/ABzIDNxNZSoeXxXkg322CUQ [wonderful photos if you click thru Why designers are rethinking the toilet by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN,10:37 AM EST February 22, 2024 Editor’s Note: Design for Impact is a series spotlighting architectural solutions for communities displaced by the climate crisis, natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies. Consider the toilet — that humble porcelain bowl that … Continue reading Climate crisis means changing toilets
Change storage methods to avoid food waste
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/24/how-to-store-fresh-produce-fridge-or-fruit-bowl Fruit bowls tend to speed up the ripening of produce by trapping ethylene. Better to try a fruit plate, says Thanh Truong. Photograph: Nicholas.T Ansell/PA ‘Fruit bowls are out’: the best ways to store fresh produce, according to experts Food waste is a huge source of greenhouse gases. Keep your fruit and veg firm and … Continue reading Change storage methods to avoid food waste
Trump has cash crunch because he has to post bonds or pay judgments for half a billion dollars
http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/02/26/trump-money-bonds-engoron-carroll/ Clock is ticking for Trump to post bonds worth half a billion dollars Experts say a cash crunch in coming weeks could thrust the former president’s business into greater uncertainty than it has seen in decades By Jonathan O'Connell, Shayna Jacobs and Josh Dawsey February 25, 2024 at 1:42 p.m. EST Hours after a New York judge ordered Donald Trump to … Continue reading Trump has cash crunch because he has to post bonds or pay judgments for half a billion dollars
Explanation of the impending shutdown and the reasons for it
ww.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/25/government-shutdown-congress-gop/ Deal to dodge government shutdown appears to stall amid GOP policy demands By Jacob Bogage Updated February 25, 2024 at 5:56 p.m. EST|Published February 25, 2024 at 4:23 p.m. EST Leaders in Congress slipped Sunday in their last-minute scramble to head off a looming government shutdown deadline that could shutter vital services at the Transportation Department, strain … Continue reading Explanation of the impending shutdown and the reasons for it
We know how to save these endangered whales. We’re mindlessly killing them instead
https://apple.news/ANx3k6JBhQw2zTyjYQXDfmw [click thru for better view of photos and graphics] We know how to save these beloved endangered whales. Yet we’re mindlessly killing them. Two simple solutions would save the North Atlantic right whale. Why aren’t we using them? By Benji Jones@BenjiSJones for Vox, Feb 22, 2024, 8:30am EST Benji Jones is a senior environmental reporter at Vox, … Continue reading We know how to save these endangered whales. We’re mindlessly killing them instead
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