Looking to take a vacation while avoiding COVID? Many families are heading out AND staying home, exploring public spaces while avoiding hotels and public bathrooms, by traveling in an RV. The pandemic is driving up sales of midrange recreational vehicles, which have nearly doubled compared to last summer. And as The New Yorker magazine’s Kelefa Sanneh finds out, some motorhomes have amenities you may not even have in your own home. Source
Author Archives: Stonecom Interactive
Pop art: Painting with bubble wrap
Wielding a syringe instead of a brush, artist Bradley Hart injects paint into the plastic bubbles of bubble wrap, turning the ubiquitous packing material into pointillist works of art. Correspondent Lee Cowan reports. Source
RV life booms during the pandemic
Looking to take a vacation while avoiding COVID? Midrange recreational vehicles are hot, as many families explore public spaces while avoiding public hotels and bathrooms Source
Pop art, by bubble wrap artist Bradley Hart
Wielding a syringe instead of a brush, the artist injects paint into the plastic bubbles of the ubiquitous packing material, turning it into pointillist works of art Source
Learning curve: Higher education during COVID
The coronavirus is leaving its mark on colleges and universities, perhaps permanently. With schools working hard to keep COVID-19 off-campus, 13% percent of colleges will offer online-only classes, while 35% will offer a mix of virtual and socially-distanced in-person classes. CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger reports on how educators and students are adjusting to an on-campus experience that will be, as one university professor describes it, “some combination of a monastery and a minimum security prison.” Source
Higher education during a pandemic: Giving it the old college try
As colleges and universities resort to online-only instruction or socially-distanced in-person classes, the on-campus experience will be, for many, “some combination of a monastery and a minimum security prison” Source
Trump signs measures to boost economic aid but could face challenges
Unemployment benefits at $400 a week were included, lower than the previous rate of $600 a week. Source
Trump signs measures to boost economic aid
Unemployment benefits at $400 a week were included, lower than the previous rate of $600 a week. Source
Trump signs orders on economic relief
Unemployment benefits at $400 a week were included, lower than the previous rate of $600 a week. Source
Trump leaves press conference when pressed on Veteran’s Choice misinformation
CBS News’ Paula Reid confronts President Trump over his claims he passed Veterans Choice. Reid pointed out that the measure was passed under the Obama administration in 2014 Source