From NewsRepublic -
10 words you should never use to describe yourself in an interview
http://va.newsrepublic.net/a/6575406518621962758?c=sys&user_id=6558967632577069065&language=en
Monday, July 16, 2018
Sunday, July 15, 2018
This California Plate Helps to Fund the Arts
An excerpt from LAist -
This Iconic California License Plate Has A Very Creative History
BY CARLA JAVIER
You know the license plate: palm trees and a giant sun lingering over a bright blue ocean. The image, officially titled "Coastline," was created by iconic California painter Wayne Thiebaud.
What you might not know: the plate actually helps fund arts around the state — $35 of each new plate, and $40 of each renewal, go to the California Arts Council.
According to the council's director of public affairs Caitlin Fitzwater, most of that money goes to fund arts education programs.
http://www.laist.com/2018/07/10/this_iconic_california_license_plate_has_a_very_creative_history.php
This Iconic California License Plate Has A Very Creative History
BY CARLA JAVIER
You know the license plate: palm trees and a giant sun lingering over a bright blue ocean. The image, officially titled "Coastline," was created by iconic California painter Wayne Thiebaud.
What you might not know: the plate actually helps fund arts around the state — $35 of each new plate, and $40 of each renewal, go to the California Arts Council.
According to the council's director of public affairs Caitlin Fitzwater, most of that money goes to fund arts education programs.
http://www.laist.com/2018/07/10/this_iconic_california_license_plate_has_a_very_creative_history.php
Massive Iceberg
Crazy massive iceberg on drift leaving behind a tsunami in harbor #Innaarsuit more here! https://t.co/8yj0oSch9P pic.twitter.com/TXsY3E6nob— Sven Groeneveld (@sventennis) July 13, 2018
Granny Cooking Tips
From Buzzfeed -
21 Genius Grandparents' Cooking Tips You Need To Try ASAP
Sometimes you need to listen to those with a lifetime of experience.
By Marie Telling
https://www.buzzfeed.com/marietelling/grandparents-cooking-tips?utm_term=.mopJ6QVXO#.ad2o6VGmP
21 Genius Grandparents' Cooking Tips You Need To Try ASAP
Sometimes you need to listen to those with a lifetime of experience.
By Marie Telling
https://www.buzzfeed.com/marietelling/grandparents-cooking-tips?utm_term=.mopJ6QVXO#.ad2o6VGmP
Cooking Up Hope
From the Huffington Post -
This Culinary Nonprofit Is Cooking Up Hope In This Brooklyn Food Desert
The Brownsville Community Culinary Center helps locals become chefs, while providing Brownsville, NY with its first sit-down restaurant in decades.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/after-50-years-brownsville-finally-gets-a-sit-down-restaurant_us_5b355465e4b0adce9c678260
This Culinary Nonprofit Is Cooking Up Hope In This Brooklyn Food Desert
The Brownsville Community Culinary Center helps locals become chefs, while providing Brownsville, NY with its first sit-down restaurant in decades.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/after-50-years-brownsville-finally-gets-a-sit-down-restaurant_us_5b355465e4b0adce9c678260
Friday, July 13, 2018
The Wheel Deal
An excerpt from OZY -
DISABILITY CHIC: THESE IRISH SISTERS ARE THE WHEEL DEAL
BY FIONA ZUBLIN
When Ailbhe Keane was young, her little sister’s wheelchair was her art project. Isabel, paralyzed from the waist down by spina bifida, would at times have a chair decorated in bright colors. “It attracted a lot of attention,” says Ailbhe, “but it was just temporary stuff.”
Not so temporary anymore. The two sisters are founders of the Dublin-based Izzy Wheels, which sells colorful removable wheel covers for wheelchairs like Isabel’s. Isabel herself may be their best advertisement, zipping through their Instagram videos in her brightly colored duds and wheel covers, a huge grin on her face.
Izzy Wheels was born in 2016 from a final-year project Ailbhe completed for her visual communications degree at the National College of Art and Design. Inspired by her childhood hobby of decorating Isabel’s chair, she “spent a whole year experimenting with ways of improving the chair. And the wheels were just this big blank canvas screaming for something to make it look better.”
Two years later, Ailbhe, 25, and Isabel, 21, are full-blown entrepreneurs, with customers in 35 countries (though most sales are to the U.S.) and 40 designer collaborations under their belts.
https://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/disability-chic-these-irish-sisters-are-the-wheel-deal/87908?utm_source=dd&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=07132018&variable=e3bf1057d4e3c0988a79ae4bce515610
DISABILITY CHIC: THESE IRISH SISTERS ARE THE WHEEL DEAL
BY FIONA ZUBLIN
When Ailbhe Keane was young, her little sister’s wheelchair was her art project. Isabel, paralyzed from the waist down by spina bifida, would at times have a chair decorated in bright colors. “It attracted a lot of attention,” says Ailbhe, “but it was just temporary stuff.”
Not so temporary anymore. The two sisters are founders of the Dublin-based Izzy Wheels, which sells colorful removable wheel covers for wheelchairs like Isabel’s. Isabel herself may be their best advertisement, zipping through their Instagram videos in her brightly colored duds and wheel covers, a huge grin on her face.
Izzy Wheels was born in 2016 from a final-year project Ailbhe completed for her visual communications degree at the National College of Art and Design. Inspired by her childhood hobby of decorating Isabel’s chair, she “spent a whole year experimenting with ways of improving the chair. And the wheels were just this big blank canvas screaming for something to make it look better.”
Two years later, Ailbhe, 25, and Isabel, 21, are full-blown entrepreneurs, with customers in 35 countries (though most sales are to the U.S.) and 40 designer collaborations under their belts.
https://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/disability-chic-these-irish-sisters-are-the-wheel-deal/87908?utm_source=dd&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=07132018&variable=e3bf1057d4e3c0988a79ae4bce515610
Did You Know?
An excerpt from the NY Times -
The Difference Between Perfume, Cologne and Other Fragrances
You’ll see all sorts of names in the fragrance section: perfume, eau de toilette, parfum, eau de cologne. What makes them different — and in many cases, more expensive?
By Tynan Sinks
When buying a fragrance, there can be a lot to decipher — brand, price, type — and you’re given few clues as to what the bottle actually holds. You will probably recognize categories of fragrances, but you may not know what those terms mean.
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First you have to understand how these fragrances are made. Manufacturers blend the natural and synthetic oils that give fragrances their scent with a carrier like alcohol. This stabilizes the scent and dilutes the oils to create what you smell on your skin. The alcohol is just as important as the oils because it controls the concentration of the scent and how long it lasts. The common categories below tell you how concentrated the oils are, allowing you to know how light or heavy the scent will be.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/smarter-living/differences-perfume-cologne-fragrance.html
The Difference Between Perfume, Cologne and Other Fragrances
You’ll see all sorts of names in the fragrance section: perfume, eau de toilette, parfum, eau de cologne. What makes them different — and in many cases, more expensive?
By Tynan Sinks
When buying a fragrance, there can be a lot to decipher — brand, price, type — and you’re given few clues as to what the bottle actually holds. You will probably recognize categories of fragrances, but you may not know what those terms mean.
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First you have to understand how these fragrances are made. Manufacturers blend the natural and synthetic oils that give fragrances their scent with a carrier like alcohol. This stabilizes the scent and dilutes the oils to create what you smell on your skin. The alcohol is just as important as the oils because it controls the concentration of the scent and how long it lasts. The common categories below tell you how concentrated the oils are, allowing you to know how light or heavy the scent will be.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/smarter-living/differences-perfume-cologne-fragrance.html
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