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what's up sunshine time to get our minds
right I'm Koy this is cnn1 we are
halfway through the week and we're going
to keep some momentum going because
that's just what we do today is
Wednesday March 5th ouw Wednesday so
listen up to see if the vocab word you
submitted on my at Coy wire social posts
helped us write Today's Show we start
first by keeping an eye on a powerful
March storm that's making its way across
a large swath of the US and bringing
with it the potential for a wide range
of Hazards the storm builts up over the
Rockies early Monday strengthening and
expanding to cover much of the central
Us by Tuesday as the powerful storm
tracked East it brought tempestuous
winds even unleashing tornadoes in parts
of Texas the storm even disrupted marra
parades on Tuesday in the south now the
east coast is on alert as 24 million
people from Georgia to Pennsylvania are
under severe thunderstorm Risk please
stay safe and heed all warnings if you
are in these areas now to the start of
Ramadan the holiest month of the Muslim
calendar Ramadan Mubarak to all who
celebrate or happy Ramadan this year
from February 28th to March 30th nearly
two billion Muslims around the world
will Fast from sun up to sun down so no
food drinks or even water all day at
sundown each day a big communal meal
called ifar breaks the fast as friends
and families come together Ramadan
doesn't fall on the exact same date
every year because the Islamic calendar
is lunar it begins when the new moon is
seen changing the precise dates year to
year this year the first day of Ramadan
came as a fragile ceasefire deal between
Hamas and Israel hung in the balance our
Muhammad Darwish shows us how amid all
of the tensions in the region thousands
of Gins were still able to come together
for ifar to celebrate breaking the
fast among the rubble and ruins of
destroyed buildings Palestinians came
together on the first day of Ramadan to
break their fast and Raa nearly 5,000
were seated together on long tables in
an event organized by volunteers
it came a day before Israel announced it
would stop the entry of all humanitarian
Aid into Gaza to pressure Hamas into
accepting new terms for a temporary
ceasefire extension which the militant
group had swiftly rejected Israel says
it wants the exchange of hostages and
prisoners to continue without any
commitment to end the war or withdraw
troops Hamas says that's a breach of the
deal agreed to in Qatar
Pop Quiz Hot Shot which of the following
is the closest living relative to the
rhinoceros Antelope hippopotamus taper
or
elephant ding-ding if you said taper you
are correct it's a distant cousin of the
Rhino tapers and rhinos are part of an
order of related animals with an odd
number of toes called parasails that
also include horses and zebras we're
going to take a look now at a unique
approach to wildlife conservation in
Africa where a team of conservationists
is saving rhinos using science three of
the world's five Rhino species are
critically endangered much of the
threats against them come from Human
poaching for rhino horns see how this
inventive project is using radioactive
material to save the endangered species
in 2021 Professor James lockin founded
the risoto project aimed at reducing
Rhino poaching by incorporating radio
isotopes into rhino horns and this is
like putting a huge very bright light
into the Horn of orh obviously our eyes
can't see it but the detectors see this
bright light and it can shine through
the walls of a container through the
walls of a
suitcase this method is designed to
devalue the horns in the eyes of
poachers and to enhance detection of
illegally trafficked horns it also
needed to be safe for the the Rhinos so
the main question would be how much
radiation can we use to make sure that
the the animal is safe and we determined
um a specific level that we could use
that was both safe for the Rhino and
that could be detected by modern
security systems we're giving these
rhinos the equivalent of of about two CT
scans a year so that's the levels of
dose that we're planning to give and my
belief is there will be no harm to these
animals the radiation levels being r
are what will determine the
effectiveness of a key part of the plan
limiting movement of poach rhino horns
across International borders if this
larm goes off you might find there's
Rhino horn there might be lion bone
there might be Ivory because so often
there will be other Contraband as well
and one of the most important
Partnerships I think is the nuclear
energy corporation of South Africa all
they've helped me develop the Isotopes
whenever I've spoken to people and said
look this is what we're doing kenye help
it's like before I finished asking the
question the sleeves have been rolled up
and it's yes how can we help we're
working with animals which are under
threat of Extinction so you got to be
darn careful that anything you do with
these animals ain't going to harm them
because the whole idea is to you know
allow them to live to breed so you know
the children and our grandchildren and
see these animals in the
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wild Furniture flipping is a viral side
hustle dominating the DIY Community
inspiring people to transform old
unwanted pieces into extra income it was
February 2022 and I was hit with a
$10,000 Dentist bill and at the time I
had no money cuz of our move and no way
to pay for it I picked up a piece I
think I paid about $65 for it was a cute
little nightstand and I put legs on it I
made it into a liquor cabinet and I sold
it for about 200 had all the supplies
now so I just kept going in just 5
months Lily sco doll was able to pay off
her entire bill now she and others are
sharing their successful flips on social
media I need a vacation and I'm going
use a stressor to pay for it so
Furniture like this usually sells pretty
well and I need it to if I'm going to
punana when I was working my office job
I made about 12250 every 2 weeks but I
learned that just by flipping three or
four pieces every two weeks I can
completely replace that income I'm a
single mom so finding a way to bring in
additional income for me and my son that
didn't require me to lose time with him
that was a big one for me I wanted to do
something that I could also incorporate
him with me Americans are embracing side
hustles like Furniture flipping to make
ends meet a recent bank rate survey
found more than one in three people rely
on a side hustle for extra income
bringing in an average of $890 a month I
find most of my furniture on Facebook
Marketplace um estate sales garage sales
thrift stores basically anywhere and
everywhere I'm looking I look for pieces
of furniture with not a lot of damage
because time is money and supplies are
money I think people's Financial
situations kind of make them interested
in using Furniture because I have found
pieces aren't the same quality today as
they used to be as time goes on you kind
of spot what is solid wood and what
isn't what's kind of veneer there's
always stamps of different brands you
can research to kind of know where it's
manufactured creating content Around
furniture was never ever in my cars
however I have been able to generate
sales with my product recommendations a
tutorial videos brand deals other
avenues that I wasn't thinking about
initially I do think Furniture flipping
is something that anyone could do if
they want to it's it is a lot of work
and so if you're making money doing
something you really enjoy and then also
creating pieces that people can love and
put in their own home it makes it
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worthwhile today's story getting a 10
out of 10 is a wall of dust that brought
one town to a halt these types of
extreme dust storms are called haboobs
and they can last for hours this massive
wall of dust and debris driven by strong
winds engulfed parts of New Mexico and
Texas forcing thousands to shelter
indoors officials even closed some
highways since the visibility in the
storm was near zero at times all right
big congrats to our friends up in Erie
Pennsylvania at strong Vincent middle
school for submitting our vocab word of
the day tempestuous and adjective
meaning characterized by strong and
turbulent or conflicting emotion or very
stormy well done thanks for making us
smarter today rise up and our shout out
today goes to Salt Lake Hawaii the
Mustangs at Moana Lua Intermediate
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you know happiness isn't something we
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here right now whenever we choose to
embrace it I'm Coy you are awesome I'll
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