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... decorated for a film premiere, passengers were informed that they would be seeing a special screening of Destination: Team USA, a film commissioned exclusively for the airline. Popcorn was passed out during the flight, and the film’s director, producers, and cast were onboard to answer questions and sign autographs. The Flaming Lips & The Yoga Box During October, The Flaming Lips debuted music at exercise studio The Yoga Box in their hometown of Oklahoma City. Each Friday throughout the month ...

Public Funds

... doing so, there’s less mystery surrounding how one can possibly afford such a luxurious purchase when their autobiographical chronicling also includes details on their job that suggest they aren’t exactly a high income earner. It follows, then, that young people are just as likely to reveal their beer budget as they are their champagne taste in an effort to maintain a level of financial balance akin to that of their health and wellness balance (see Well Rounded). For example, one may share a ...

weCommerce

... . In the nine years since the platform launched in 2007, it’s seen more than 2 million devices come through its doors.RoomerAccording to Roomer, every day tens of thousands of people cancel reservations and are nonetheless stuck paying for them. The hotel reservation resale marketplace connects people stuck with pre-paid hotel room reservations after their plans change with others looking for last-minute deals. The site boasts an automated validation system that verifies the authenticity of every ...

Bot or Not

... balance between buzzy technology like bots and the timelessness of outstanding staff.Customer service, an evergreen topic in the retail world, has been pushed to the forefront of late thanks to the rise of chat bots, a service powered by software and sometimes artificial intelligence that enables people to interact with a brand via a chat interface. Though bots have been around for decades (anyone who has encountered a tiresome automated phone system has dealt with one), the bots of today hold the ...

Cease & Assist

... . While youth are wary to say flat out that they want fewer options for fear of losing autonomy, their feelings of stress when provided with such a vast selection indicates otherwise: this is especially true among Gen Z teens, with nearly a third in the U.S. and UK saying they’re overwhelmed by shopping experiences in which they are presented with a large number of choices. Moreover, youth in our focus groups noted that even thinking about their typical process of making a selection ...

Parental Advisory

... STYLEI'm in between [being authoritarian and being friends with my kids]. We have set rules on certain things that I will not budge on, but at the same time my children know they can talk to me about anything and frequently do.KELLY, 33, UKMy children are very young, and I think they need guidance, discipline, sensitivity and kindness more than anything. I think it's the best way for your children to learn boundaries, respect, autonomy, and how to interact with adults. CHELSEA, 34 ...

Leaning Out To Lean In

... struggling to achieve gender equality in the workplace, they resent the stance that they must devote their life to career advancement or be labeled anti-feminist. As they see it, this attitude is as stifling as when women were automatically relegated to home life. Just as it was once controversial to praise a woman for putting her career first, today it is controversial to praise a woman for putting her children first. This can be seen in the dogmatic way the media reacts to successful women who praise ...

Major Dads

... of the most intriguing are an IKEA bed hack for a child transitioning from a toddler bed, a fan blanket fort, and a baby bouncer-turned-autorocker with the help of a power drill.  Only 32% of parents in the U.S. and 30% in the UK say there is a stigma around being a stay-at-home dad—nearly the same number who say there is a stigma around being a stay-at-home mom (33% U.S. and 31% UK).DOTING DADSAs it becomes more common and less taboo to be a stay-at-home dad, stay-at-home fathers ...

PREPAREnting

... negative. Kids today are boldly autonomous and armed with the Internet: in our Gen Z report, we found that most would consult the web rather than their parents if they needed to figure something out. This has modern parents seeing the Internet as both a blessing and a curse. For example, they may have to worry about their 9-year-old Googling “What is ISIS?,” but they also have the advantage of the Internet raising tough subjects for them, such as transgender rights. I would like to always have an ...

Dollars For Change

... and there has become integrated into their lives, rarely requiring them to go out of their way (see examples below). In fact, numerous services automatically let people round up their change to donate to charity, thus demonstrating how even the smallest amount can add up over time. Likewise, the ability to donate via text has made giving a small sum nearly effortless and has proven to be an instrumental way of fundraising, as is most evident by the Red Cross and other disaster ...