Hannah

Hannah

Want to know more about Hannah? Get their official bio, social pages & articles on Z-100!Full Bio

 

Hannah's Headlines - 7/22/2020

Today is National Hammock Day

Mom Stuck Paying For Teen’s $20K Of Twitch Donations

A mom is devastated after finding out her teenage son spent close to $20-thousand dollars on Twitch, a popular streaming platform for gamers. The teen used a debit card linked to his parent’s bank account to pay for donations, subscriptions and bits, which are a kind of virtual currency gamers can buy to encourage other gamers during their streams. His mom had no idea what he was buying until she checked her bank account and found he’d blown through $19,870.94 between June 14th and 30th.

When she checked her balance and realized that years of her savings was gone in a matter of 17 days, the mother was stunned. She immediately got in touch with her bank and the debit card was canceled, but she’s having a tough time getting the money back because the bank considers the charges to be “friendly fraud” - which is where a consumer, in this case the teenager, makes an online purchase with their card and then requests their money back. The bank told the mom they can’t help with returning the funds unless she presses charges against her son.

In aRedditpost on the Twitch subreddit, the mom shares the details and writes that her son was “shocked” when he saw the huge bill he racked up. She’s reached out to the streamers he sent donations to and is waiting to hear back from them, and she’s also trying to reach Twitch to see what they can do. But she says ultimately, it comes down to her and she accepts the blame for not paying close enough attention to what her son was doing online. She now wants to know why he did it and to make sure that this mistake will be the only “big one” he makes.

Source:Moms.com

Survey ranks the most popular 'how-to' videos during quarantine

'How-to' videos rank among YouTube's most popular offerings, as in how to bake a cake, play guitar, train your dog to fetch you a cold beer. But with millions still hunkering down at home, VisionDirect wanted to know which ones are the most popular. 

With that in mind, the company commissioned asurveyof 2,000 people and found that half would rather do a Google search or watch a tutorial video than actually ask someone how to do something. What's more, 82% are using their time under lockdown to perfect a skill, like playing guitar or learning a new language. 

The top five how-to searches were found to be how to get stains out of clothing, how to make a face mask, how to tone body parts and get in better shape, how to improve gaming skills, and how to apply makeup. 

On that note, more than four in 10 use how-to videos for personal well-being.

Grooming is a key component of how-tos -- 37% of those polled say their searches are on that topic. That's not surprising, considering many are still struggling to get to barbers or nail salons. With that in mind, "how to apply gel nails" is also a popular search, as is how to do a French plait -- that's a type of hair twist, for the uninitiated.

Girl Scouts Add 24 New Badges

The Girls Scouts is once again doing what they can to help broaden the interests of young girls. The organization just introduced 24 new badges girls can now earn, in areas of automotive engineering, STEM career exploration, entrepreneurship, and civics, many of which remain male-dominated 

Among the new badge categories:

  • Entrepreneurship(grades K-12) – These badges will feature exercises that help girls create and pitch a product or service, build their own business plan, and consider things like production, cost, profit, marketing and competition.
  • STEM Career Exploration(grades 2-8) - To encourage women to get into STEM fields, the badges are focused around areas such as computer science, nature/environmental science, engineering, design, health, and agriculture. They will also help girls address important issues of our time and change the world.
  • Automotive Engineering(grades K-5) – Girls will learn how to design, engineer and manufacture vehicles, and even get to design their own, test prototypes and more.
  • Civics (grades K-12) - These badges provide an understanding of how local, state and federal government work, motivating girls to be voters, activists, and possibly political leaders. They will also research laws, their creation, voting, the electoral college and more, and be encouraged to meet their local leaders.

Of course thanks to the coronavirus getting Girl Scouts together is harder than ever, but that doesn’t mean the good work they do for girls has to stop. In fact, the Girl Scouts have made free self-guided activities available digitally to the public throughGirll Scouts At Home. It provides online videos, activities, and special live virtual events so girls will be able to engage with the badges and topics while home. There’s also a other resources open only to members that can help girls earn badges and rewards while home.

Source:Girl Scouts

Utah Woman Reunited With Missing Cat After 10 years

A Utah animal shelter said a cat that went missing 10 years ago was reunited with her owner after being brought in as a stray. The Tooele City Animal Shelter said a stray cat was recently brought into the shelter by a person who said they had been feeding the stray feline, but they were preparing to move and were concerned about leaving the cat without a consistent source of food. The shelter scanned the cat for a microchip and found the contact information for a man who identified the cat as Mocha, his daughter's cat.

The man said Mocha had gone missing from the family's home 10 years earlier, when his daughter was a teenager. The man's daughter, now an adult, came into the shelter and was reunited with her long-lost pet. The shelter said the story should serve as a reminder of how important it is to bring stray animals in to be scanned for microchips.

"Bringing the animals to the shelter is one of the only ways to increase the chances of their owner finding them," the shelter said. "That skinny, matted stray cat or dog that you just saw on the street may be the next pet that has been missing for over a decade, with heartbroken owners who have lost hope."

Link:UPI


Sponsored Content

Sponsored Content