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well hello there I'm KY wire this is
cnn1 and it's Thursday September 12th
happy Friday Eve random thought for you
why is it that we park on a driveway but
drive on a Parkway and when we send
something by ship it's called cargo but
by car it's called shipment weird we've
got another action pack 10 minutes for
you today the best darn viewers in news
let's get to it we start out today on
the Gulf Coast of the US where Francine
officially became a hurricane and sped
up as it gathered power over warm Gulf
Waters hurricane Francine made landfall
last night in Louisiana while hurricane
Francine isn't forecast to reach major
hurricane status or get any stronger
than the category 2 it is still expected
to pack a punch storm surge along the
coast could reach 10 ft in the worst
areas and damaging winds could approach
100 mph near the eye officials and
residents have been preparing for the
storm's impact for days evacuation
orders expanded across the Louisiana
coast because of the storm surge threat
including parts of the greater New
Orleans area outside of the levy
protection system schools and public
offices in the region are closed
hurricane Francine is expected to unload
a whole lot of rain on parts of the Gulf
Coast especially over the the areas of
Louisiana and Mississippi where the
storm is forecast to travel rainfall
rates could reach up to a whopping 4
Ines per hour and some places could see
a foot of rain that has officials
preparing for flash flooding the good
news is the storm is expected to move
through the Gulf Coast pretty quickly if
you have pets at home it's probably not
a stretch to say that your fur baby
feels like a four-legged member of your
family but in China officials there feel
like some are taking the whole furb B
concept to a whole new level because
large numbers of folks are choosing pets
over having children pets are even on
track to outnumber kids in some cities
in China in several years China's
population has been declining for years
and some are pointing to pets as the
problem married for seven years Hansen
and his wife Momo May resemble China's
family of the future do you have any
children uh no not yet no are you
planning on having children not right
now not this period of Lifetime the only
parenting they're doing revolves around
their six
dogs yes they are all part of our family
we are one big
family it's like our children yes it's
like our daughters our sons a reflection
of the independent-minded younger
generation in China where having
children is no longer a priority
different Generations value things
different according to a recent study by
Goldman Sachs the number of pets in
urban China is expected to surpass the
number of children ages 0 to 4 by the
end of the year by 2030 there could be
nearly twice as many pets in urban China
than young children business opportunity
for this Doggy Daycare owner who is also
chosen not to have kids I feel like
people start to be more like this is
what I want or this is what I like for
my life rather than like oh this is what
the society taught me to do or this is
what my parents want me to do officials
reported a record low birth rate last
year as the population decreased for the
second year in a row a sharp dip partly
due to co lockdown while analysts expect
a rebound this year it is still a blow
to the world's second largest economy
one so worried about overpopulation it
limited most Urban couples to a single
child at a Women's Conference last year
China's strongman leader xiin ping
lectured delegates to foster a new type
of marriage and childbearing culture
this newfound pet popularity comes at a
time when the Chinese government is
offering things like Financial
incentives and time off from work all
with the goal of promoting
Parenthood yet for many young Chinese
none of this seems to matter I don't
think my choice for not having a kid
would make much of a difference for
China the country's leadership very much
begs to differ as they doggedly try to
boost China's birth rate and its
economic
strength a bag of Cheetos with world
changing implications it sounds a little
cheesy but officials are saying this
little bit of litter had a whole lot of
environmental effects it started with a
National Park's post about an open bag
of Cheetos found dropped inside New
Mexico's famous Carl's Bad Caverns where
only water is allowed and for good
reason the post said aside from the risk
of attracting animals the snacks
softened by the caves humidity formed a
perfect environment to quickly spread
mold and fungi via curious Critters like
insects Rangers reportedly spent 20
minutes removing resulting molds and
debris from inside the cavern to
mitigate the effects I mean I know
Cheetos claim to be dangerously cheesy
but who knew all kidding aside Rangers
say the spilled snack may seem trivial
but quote to life in the cave it can be
world
changing 10c trivia on a day we're
recognizing National literacy month a
sentence which contains all 26 letters
of the English alphabet is called a what
lexigram pangram idiogram
logogram put your hands up if you said
pangram also called a hollow alphabetic
sentence uses every letter of a given
alphabet at least once it's no secret
social media influencers are raking in
clicks and cash with their content and
makeup videos are some of the most
popular out there even when the creators
talk about something completely
different while they apply their look
well there's some surprising science
behind why it's so hard to scroll past
these videos and psychologists say there
are two Powers at work keeping some
people glued to their screens you don't
tell me you've never had this before cuz
I know you hended you've probably seen
them when I developed a chronic illness
I expected that it would be hard to say
no videos of people putting on makeup
while talking about something completely
unrelated but have you ever stopped and
wondered why we can't stop watching well
psychologists tell us there's more
happening in these videos than you
realize and it's all explained by
cognitive science it not only creates
that sort of authentic connection piece
but also gives somebody something to
look at something to observe while
they're listening to your story there
are two intriguing psychological Powers
working to keep you watching these
videos the first cognitive load Theory
explains why it can sometimes help to be
distracted when taking in information
your working memory Can Only Hold so
much new information so when you see a
common task like someone applying makeup
while being told something serious get
ready with me while I talk about things
I would avoid saying if my friend
developed a chronic illness the
familiarity of these motions reduces the
strain of processing all that
information a second power keeping you
engaged is your brain's proven love of
authenticity our brains are drawn to it
we tend to trust people who are likable
and people become likable when we know
them and creators can aim to monetize
this trust it's really difficult to
monetize straight away and people don't
know you they don't trust you they're
not going to buy from you and I try to I
try to mix and match because sometimes
I'd be making a coffee and then
sometimes I'd be putting makeup on it
makes you seem like a real human being
there's a but here it can be hard for
our brains to distinguish between
genuine advice and messaging that can be
misleading harmful or messaging that's
just meant to sell us something not all
content is deceptive though and knowing
the science behind them makes them all
the more
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interesting today's story getting a 10
out of 10 who let the dogs out check out
this pool party for pooches the desert
breeze Community Center in Las Vegas
held its annual pup swim over the
weekend and what a party it was it's a
tradition held by Clark County Parks and
wreck every year before the pools closed
for the fall no such thing as a rough
day here a dog on great time for the
pups and a hilarious site for their
owners who get to watch all right
superstars it's shout out time for a
couple of schools right here in the ATL
Atlanta Georgia the Rams at Howard
Middle School with a big oh high five to
Mr Zuber and you bear believe it we see
you too Coleman and Mr webu and all our
friends at love it school with much love
for Callum what's up buddy we've almost
made it to the best day of the week
let's finish strong I'll see you right
back here tomorrow Friday on CNN 10
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