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He moved to Thailand to look after his mom — and ended up starting a care facility in Chiang Mai

In 2002, Martin Woodtli decided to move his mother, who had Alzheimer’s, from Switzerland to Thailand.He had spent years watching the disease slowly change his family. When his mother was first diagnosed, his father stepped in to care for her.Woodtli had already quit his job in social services to help as her condition worsened, but the emotional and physical strain became too much for his father to handle. His father eventually fell into depression and…

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70,000 units of popular Amazon teething toy recalled after choking reports

A teething toy that has been sold on Amazon for years is being recalled after at least three reports of choking, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The GOPO TOYS Pull String Teething Toys “violate the mandatory standard for toys because the silicone strings are smaller and longer than…

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The FIRE movement is burning up, but is it actually worth it?

FIRE’s pros and consFinancial independence doesn’t have to come at the expense of enjoying life.My colleague Kathleen Elkins has for years covered the FIRE lifestyle, short for financial independence, retire early. It’s a world traditionally defined by people who aggressively save and invest, building nest eggs large enough to escape…

Investing

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