Forty-two percent of children in the United States — more than 30 million — live in low-income households. Most of these children have no age-appropriate books at home, and the classrooms and programs they attend are woefully under-resourced. Approximately two-thirds of these schools and programs cannot afford to buy books at retail prices.
Enabled by FCC deregulation and a decades-long orgy of mergers and acquisitions, [...] six giants dominate our media landscape. Until regulations return (or they buy each other out of existence), they will continue to control 90% of everything Americans see, hear and consider important.
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Plumes such as the King of Saxony's graceful head ribbons offer ancestral strength to the people who wear them, according to local belief.
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Framed by its wiry tail feathers, a red bird of paradise is nature's valentine—an apt emblem for this family of birds famous for fanciful plumage and elaborate courtship rituals.
...the 15-foot-wide Upper East Side townhouse has just sold for $6M, a smidge above the $5.85M ask.
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The goals of the Empowerment Plan are:
We aim to help build a better life for those that have become trapped in a vicious cycle. The coat design started the project but it is the system The Empowerment Plan hopes to be that is fueling the project.
- to employ homeless females within the city of Detroit
- to give coats or the Element S coat to individuals living on the streets
- to teach sewing manufacturing/ production skills to people that need jobs
- to offer a sense of pride to the women who have been employed in the production of the coats.
Gizmodo describes them perfectly: A small brass pendant filled with eight high-power LEDs hangs from the ceiling. The light source shines upward through a fresnel lens. The refracted projection creates a series of overlapping circular patterns on the ceiling, giving the appearance of an elaborate chandelier overhead. The new chandeliers are efficient, they collect very little dust, and in the event of a disastrous crash, like in The Phantom of the Opera, they're practically harmless.
Dezeen: RSA House chandeliers by Troika (via Gizmodo)
If you have a few minutes, go hop around the links in this article. These designs by thefrek are lovely, both as designs and genuinely useful infographics.
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Read an interview with him over at Creative Review - Meet Mr Chicken.
I'm a big, big fan of Herb Lester Associates' designy little maps. This isn't the strongest of them – I prefer their more nostalgic designs – but I still have to give this one some love because it's Herb Lester AND Brooklyn.
Brooklyn is home to some of the city's tastiest food and most interesting shops, it has wonderful old family-run businesses and exciting new enterprises, but its geographical vastness can make it daunting to visitors.
This guide offers 41 reasons to visit including Bamonte's, a family-run, fourth generation Italian restaurant; the Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop; The City Reliquary, an idiosyncratic museum of New York; the thrills and spills of Coney Island; and pelmeni in Brighton Beach. And that's just five of them.
The map is designed and illustrated by Two Arms Inc of Brooklyn, NY. It is A3 (297x420mm) folded to A6 (105x148mm), and litho printed in England on 100 per cent recycled paper.
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Each of the six boxes in this shelving set is also a stand-alone storage piece. Or it was until a minute ago, when you mixed it with the other five into one large wall of shelves. The Mix Box set can be strewn around your home one by one, as a stacked unit, or something in between—depending on your mood or need. Held together by an interlocking box joint cut, each box is a sturdy piece of time-honored workmanship.
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Writers Erin Bowman, Sarah Enni, and Traci Neithercott designed these dust jackets, which are a handy way to tell people to get lost — or that you're in danger of spending a lost weekend nose-deep in a Twilight book or three. They also have covers that aren't series-specific, so you can enjoy your peace and quiet no matter what fictional or non-fictional worlds you choose to inhabit.Go Away, I’m Reading
Vintage exquisitely handmade wood and metal folk art model railway water tower. Measures approximately 4" x 5" x 12"h. Has working raise/lower funnel.
