Playing out front with some neighborhood kids one sunny Saturday afternoon last month, Apollo asked if he could go around the block on his bike. By himself. He’s 4. We live in a newish North Texas subdivision. Nothing fancy but nothing scary either. You don’t see a lot of for-sale signs. Just mostly nice, mostly well-maintained lawns and the occasional “TCU” flag (and one Steelers banner). Apollo had never made the half-mile trip on his own before....

Now, all of the above is accessible from any of Snowmass’s half-dozen hotels. But what none of them has is Limelight’s unbeatable family vibe. That begins with the hotel’s signature Lounge, essentially a hip, 5,145-square foot family room that encapsulates a bar, restaurant, game area, and music stage beneath airy 30-foot ceilings. Happy hour in the Lounge is a hive of activity with live music, kids playing Xbox on bean bag chairs, and visitors and locals alike mingling and munching hand-tossed pizzas and knocking back signature cocktails like an old fashioned crafted with local bourbon and chai syrup....

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) released its Liveability Index, which examines 140 cities worldwide. Each city was assessed to quantify challenges presented over the past year, including the disrupting COVID-19 pandemic. “Each city is assigned a liveability score for more than 30 qualitative and quantitative factors across five categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure,” EIU explains. Those numbers are then tallied, and each city is given a score out of 100....

Most experts agree that even if you have a low sperm count, you’re probably still able to conceive a baby. The bad, or more complicated, news is that decreasing sperm count is what the authors of the 2017 study, published in Human Reproduction Update, have called a “canary in the coal mine” in terms of men’s overall health. That’s because low sperm counts are associated with a greater risk for health problems such as cancer and earlier death....

The entire eclipse will last for five hours, starting at 9:36 p.m. EST on Sunday night when the moon first enters the umbra, which is the Earth’s shadow. However, the moon will only be entirely red for 62 minutes from 11:41 p.m. to 12:43 a.m. Once it’s fully inside the shadow, air molecules in the atmosphere refract some of the light, causing the moon to turn a reddish-orange hue. So what makes it a super wolf moon?...

According to Backpacker, Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave, the longest cave in the world, just got even larger. The Cave Research Foundation, a non-profit responsible for mapping out the full subterranean passageways of the Mammoth, announced they discovered more miles of cave. Eight additional miles to be exact, taking the massive underground space from 412 miles to 420. The extra miles are discovered by volunteer cavers who have crawled, rappelled, and dove into the Mammoth Cave, documenting everything they come across....

“I love my parents, and we have a great relationship, but they had me for their joy and their pleasure,” Samuel told The Print. “My life has been amazing, but I don’t see why I should put another life through the rigamarole of school and finding a career, especially when they didn’t ask to exist.” The 27-year-old isn’t alone in his anti-natalist beliefs. It’s a growing movement in certain areas of the world, including India where Samuel lives, as more and more young adults are starting to fight the societal pressure to have kids....

CandyStore.com knows a thing or two about candy, and they recently released a map highlighting which candy is the favorite in each state. They’ve been tallying data on candy for a long time. “We looked at 15 years of sales data (2007-2021), looking in particular at the months leading up to Halloween,” CandyStore.com writes. “We sell nationwide (and to Canada) so we broke down our sales by state. We also have relationships with major candy manufacturers and distributors - all of whom contributed and helped us reach our conclusions....

And now, new research from Wallethub has shown that where dads live can really influence what kind of support they have as a working dad from their workplace, state government, and more — and determined what the best states are for working dads and what states are the worst. To find this out, they compared the 50 states plus the District of Columbia across four key dimensions determined as important for working dads....

I Make A Point To Prioritize Date Nights For couples with kids, it’s really hard to find time to get away. But it’s seriously important to take the focus off the children and put the focus on each other. Damon Nailer says he and his wife go to a movie every single weekend — no matter what’s in theaters. “We constantly go out on dates. On dates, we get to spend undivided, quality time with each other — away from the kids....

The zip-up fleece is one of the most functional pieces of clothing in our closet, a warm, stain-shedding, comfortable layer that’s as useful worn around the yard as it is on a hike or, in the right circumstance, layered beneath a blazer. The best modern fleece jackets offer performance, style, warmth, and a fit that’s far more tailored than the boxy, cinch-waisted versions of yore. In short, they’re Dad Wear in the best way....

Michael Jai White leveraged his skills as a martial artist to grab lower profile roles in the wake of Spawn. He fought alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme in Universal Soldier: The Return and Steven Seagal in Exit Wounds. He found work in China. He created his own company, Jaigantic Studios, and made fan-funded movies. In short, he hustled. He kept fight and acting and fight to act. But his priority wasn’t always the next thing....

A group of CDC advisors is meeting today to discuss the mixing strategy, as well as guidance for who receives these boosters, STAT reports, and their decision, if approved by the CDC Director, will set guidance on boosters across the country. What Did the FDA Approve? approvedAssociated Pressthe CDC recommends Why Might We Want a Booster? new variants such as DeltaAPAP Assuming final guidance from the CDC follows the FDA’s suggestions, here are the basic takeaways: CDC notes

“Hey love,” he calls out. “Where does this go?” “What is ‘this’?” I inquire forcefully. “I can’t even see what you’re talking about.” He pops out from around the doorway wearing the Steven Universe T-shirt I gave him for our anniversary — I find him winning even when I feel like I’m losing — holding a spatula. “Where do you keep it?” he asks. “Where do I keep it? Where do you think it should go?...

It depends. (And please start by taking a breath; no one likes the litigious person.) The specific laws surrounding playgrounds differ by state, and if your child is injured you should consult a local lawyer. But here’s a general rundown of how playground liability works in the United States: Who Might Be To Blame? Depending on your jurisdiction, pretty much everyone could be legally liable, from the guy who laid the mulch to the teacher who was texting when your kid tumbled off the monkey bars....

The New York Times shared figures from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and Elizabeth Davis and Aaron Sojourner for the Hamilton Project which shows how much a country spends annually on child care per kid and, unsurprisingly, America was not near the top of the list. While countries like Norway ($29,726), Iceland ($24,427), and Finland ($23,353) provide generous financial support to parents through subsidized child care, the United States only provides $500 annually per child....

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling was not involved in the creation of the book, but Revenson has written extensively about the Harry Potter films in other books such as Harry Potter: Spells & Charms: A Movie Scrapbook and Harry Potter: Hogwarts: A Movie Scrapbook.

Nabisco knows this, which is why Oreo Cookie Crumbles, the latest advancement in Oreo technology, is such a no-brainer. After all, baker-parents around the country have been crushing plastic bags full of Oreos with a rolling pin or pulverizing them in a food processor for decades. These pre-made crumbles remove that step, but that’s not the only reason they’re a better baking ingredient. Crucially, the filling is not included. We know, we know: what’s the point of an Oreo without the filling?...