Kirstinflipped into DesignUK News Young Londoner launches cannabis-infused gin on shoestring budget of £1,000 standard.co.uk - Ellena Cruse A young Londoner has launched a cannabis-infused gin drink on a shoestring budget of just £1,300. Self-proclaimed foodie Sally Wynter, from Haringey, …
Kirstinflipped into DesignArt A WWII Submarine Base in France Is Being Converted Into the World’s Largest Digital Art Center AFAR Media - Sarah Buder The masterminds behind the overhaul of this historic structure in Bordeaux—which, when it opens, will be the largest digital art center in the …
Kirstinflipped into babyMotherhood 10 Montessori-inspired phrases to express affection to your kids every day Motherly - Christina Clemer As part of my training to become a Montessori teacher, there was a big emphasis on building relationships with the children. When a child walked into …
Kirstinflipped into PicksWorld Economic Forum Have economists solved this puzzle from the Great Recession? weforum.org - Jesper Lindé The Great Recession has left macroeconomists with many puzzles. One such puzzle is the alleged breakdown of the relationship between inflation and …
Kirstinflipped into DataLearning Over 3 million people took these 5 online courses in 2019—here's what they teach you CNBC - Abigail Hess "Learn how to enter data, organize data, perform calculations with simple functions, work with multiple worksheets, format the appearance of data and …
Kirstinflipped into FoodRecipes These 5-Ingredient Puff Pastry Appetizers Are Impossibly Easy The Kitchn - Kelli Foster If you don’t already have some stashed away, now’s the time the pick up a box (or three) of frozen puff pastry. It’s one of our favorite grocery …
Kirstinflipped into PicksSingularity Artificial intelligence apps, Parkinson’s and me BBC News - Rory Cellan-JonesIn my work as a journalist I am lucky enough to meet some brilliant people and learn about exciting advances in technology - along with a few duds. But every now and then I come across something that in
Kirstinflipped into Picks William Blake: The greatest visionary in 200 years BBC Culture - By Kelly GrovierA champion of the imagination, William Blake is celebrated in a new retrospective at London’s Tate Britain. Kelly Grovier looks at how the painter and poet helped us “dream outside the sphere”. The Romantic
Kirstinflipped into Design Ten london buildings worth visiting for the design houseandgarden.co.uk London is known for its many cultural activities. From the world-class food scene to cooler-than-cool design stores, the British capital has …
Kirstinflipped into Design What Japan can teach us about cleanliness BBC Travel - By Steve John Powell & Angeles Marin CabelloOne of the first things visitors to Japan notice is how clean everywhere is – yet there are hardly any litter bins and street sweepers. What's the secret behind this contradiction? The students sit with
Kirstinflipped into PoliticsSingapore Grand Prix Singapore’s Long-Awaited Moment May Have Arrived Bloomberg If any place has been rehearsing for the moment when it overtakes Hong Kong as the economic capital of Asia, it’s Singapore. The Southeast Asian …
Kirstinflipped into babyWork-life Balance The things that do – and don't – motivate kids to succeed BBC Worklife - Tiffanie WenTwo drivers of learning behaviour are natural curiosity and the desire for a reward. But which is better for helping children learn? Getting children to learn for the sake of learning rather than the of
Kirstinflipped into FoodDiabetes Study details diet protocol that may revolutionize diabetes treatment slashgear.com - Brittany A. Roston Researchers with Tel Aviv University have identified an eating protocol that may revolutionize the treatment of type-2 diabetes for many people. …
Kirstinflipped into FoodFood & Dining The Genius Granola With a Cult Following Food52 - by: Kristen MigloreThis recipe will change your life—just ask its many, many fans. Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes
Kirstinflipped into FoodWellness Drinking ‘strong beer’ is just as good for your gut as taking probiotics, study finds Travel + Leisure - Cailey RizzoPut down your Activia. There may be a more enjoyable way to support gut health — with beer. According to a professor at Amsterdam University, strong beers can be “very, very healthy” for gut health when
Kirstinflipped into DesignMedieval The Ingenious Reason Medieval Castle Staircases Were Built Clockwise mentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey If you’re a fan of Game of Thrones or medieval programs in general, you’re probably familiar with action-packed battle scenes during which soldiers …
Kirstinflipped into babyEducation The Roots Of Teenagers’ Mediocre Test Scores Lie In Elementary School Forbes - Natalie WexlerScores on international tests show American teenagers have made no progress on reading and math in nearly two decades. We need to start recognizing that the problems begin with how and what we teach in
Kirstinflipped into CapitalEconomics We Could Be Nearing The Second Great Depression Forbes - John MauldinYou really need to watch this video of a recent conversation between Ray Dalio and Paul Tudor Jones. Their part is about the first 40 minutes. In this video, Ray highlights some problematic similarities
Kirstinflipped into babyLeadership China’s Schoolkids Are Now Officially the Smartest in the World Fortune - William Horobin Chinese students far out-stripped peers in every other country in a survey of reading, math and science ability, underscoring a reserve of future …
Kirstinflipped into PoliticsBusiness Kenya forcing importers to use costly new Chinese railway, businessmen say Reuters - By Duncan MiririMOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya's new Chinese-built railway should have been a boon for business. The $3.3 billion line sliced hours off the journey from the port city of Mombasa to the capital, Nairobi.
Kirstinflipped into DataScience Archivists Are Trying to Make Sure a ‘Pirate Bay of Science’ Never Goes Down VICE - Matthew GaultIt’s hard to find free and open access to scientific material online. The latest studies and current research huddle behind paywalls unread by those who could benefit. But over the last few years, two
Kirstinflipped into FoodFood 20 Year Old Anthony Bourdain Rant Reveals The Problem With Modern 'Foodies' dmarge.com - James Booth The modern world has a food fetish. From ‘Masterchef’ and ‘Hells Kitchen’ to the celebrity chefs that glut your Instagram feed with provisional porn, …
Kirstinflipped into babyWork-life Balance 7 telltale signs an employee is going to leave Ladders - Linda Le Phan Every company that intends to have long-term success knows that retaining great employees is a critical piece of that success.And with this …
Kirstinflipped into babyLifestyle (UK) We're broke, not poor: how I became downwardly mobile The Guardian - Lynn Steger StrongAccording to a study, 50% of Americans born in the 1980s are set to end up worse off than their parents were A couple of months ago, I told a friend I’d not been to a doctor in five years. She was aghast,
Kirstinflipped into DesignUrban Design How a small Texas city rewrote the rules of development Curbed - Patrick SissonA small town outside Austin, Texas, took a big step toward becoming a more sustainable and walkable community. In many ways, it was as simple as getting back on the grid. Last month, Bastrop, Texas, adopted
Kirstinflipped into DesignArt War and pissoirs: how the urinals of Paris helped beat the Nazis The Guardian - Digby Warde-AldamAt 11pm on 6 December 1876, policemen patrolling the Champs-Élysées discovered a well-to-do bourgeois in a public toilet, engaged in what they described as “indecent exposure” with an 18-year-old labourer.
Kirstinflipped into CapitalReal Estate How Automation in Real Estate Became A $100 Billion Opportunity. Who Will Be Disrupted? Forbes - Natalia KarayanevaIn 2018, the U.S. housing market increased its value by $1.9 trillion, bringing the total market size to $33.3 trillion, with an annual sales volume of $1.7 trillion. With fees around real estate transactions
Kirstinflipped into CapitalMarkets Ideas for modernising capitalism The Economist OVER THE past couple of centuries, there has been growing agreement that free markets inspire innovation and catalyse an expanding economy. A healthy …
Kirstinflipped into PicksWorld Economic Forum This Asian country has the most ‘complex’ economy in the world weforum.org - Nick Routley • Harvard’s Growth Lab has created the Country Complexity Ranking, based on the diversity of exported goods • Japan comes top as a low-ubiquity, …
Kirstinflipped into babyWorld Economic Forum Is nature or nurture more important when it comes to educating your children? weforum.org - Kevin Mitchell • Historically scientists were split between those who believed human behaviour was shaped by either our genes or our environment • But reading is one …
The Evening Standardflipped into The Evening StandardUK News Young Londoner launches cannabis-infused gin on shoestring budget of £1,000 standard.co.uk - Ellena Cruse A young Londoner has launched a cannabis-infused gin drink on a shoestring budget of just £1,300. Self-proclaimed foodie Sally Wynter, from Haringey, …
Falcon Sloanflipped into FAMILYMotherhood 10 Montessori-inspired phrases to express affection to your kids every day Motherly - Christina Clemer As part of my training to become a Montessori teacher, there was a big emphasis on building relationships with the children. When a child walked into …
CNBCflipped into Make ItLearning Over 3 million people took these 5 online courses in 2019—here's what they teach you CNBC - Abigail Hess "Learn how to enter data, organize data, perform calculations with simple functions, work with multiple worksheets, format the appearance of data and …
South Beachflipped into UnrealEnterprise Tech There's a unit inside Amazon that will be a $31 billion business in four years, RBC says CNBC - Michael Sheetz RBC Capital thinks that there is a quickly growing but overlooked part of Amazon's business – namely, Amazon Business – with revenue that will exceed …
BBC NewsSingularity Artificial intelligence apps, Parkinson’s and me BBC News - Rory Cellan-JonesIn my work as a journalist I am lucky enough to meet some brilliant people and learn about exciting advances in technology - along with a few duds. But every now and then I come across something that in
Tati Viceflipped into First read William Blake: The greatest visionary in 200 years BBC Culture - By Kelly GrovierA champion of the imagination, William Blake is celebrated in a new retrospective at London’s Tate Britain. Kelly Grovier looks at how the painter and poet helped us “dream outside the sphere”. The Romantic
Tati Viceflipped into First read What Japan can teach us about cleanliness BBC Travel - By Steve John Powell & Angeles Marin CabelloOne of the first things visitors to Japan notice is how clean everywhere is – yet there are hardly any litter bins and street sweepers. What's the secret behind this contradiction? The students sit with
Bloomberg OpinionSingapore Grand Prix Singapore’s Long-Awaited Moment May Have Arrived Bloomberg If any place has been rehearsing for the moment when it overtakes Hong Kong as the economic capital of Asia, it’s Singapore. The Southeast Asian …
katestaciomdflipped into ParentingWork-life Balance The things that do – and don't – motivate kids to succeed BBC Worklife - Tiffanie WenTwo drivers of learning behaviour are natural curiosity and the desire for a reward. But which is better for helping children learn? Getting children to learn for the sake of learning rather than the of
pprovostflipped into HealthDiabetes Study details diet protocol that may revolutionize diabetes treatment slashgear.com - Brittany A. Roston Researchers with Tel Aviv University have identified an eating protocol that may revolutionize the treatment of type-2 diabetes for many people. …
Daniel Freytesflipped into Interesting ReadsEducation The Roots Of Teenagers’ Mediocre Test Scores Lie In Elementary School Forbes - Natalie WexlerScores on international tests show American teenagers have made no progress on reading and math in nearly two decades. We need to start recognizing that the problems begin with how and what we teach in
Curbedflipped into CurbedUrban Design How a small Texas city rewrote the rules of development Curbed - Patrick SissonA small town outside Austin, Texas, took a big step toward becoming a more sustainable and walkable community. In many ways, it was as simple as getting back on the grid. Last month, Bastrop, Texas, adopted
Pete Conryflipped into The Slurred WordScience The Accidental Experiment That Changed Men’s Lives The Atlantic - Tim JohnsonDalton ConleyChristopher T. DawesThe Vietnam draft lotteries functioned as a randomized experiment—which has allowed social scientists to study its life-changing effects. Festooned with mustard-yellow drapes and a dangling American flag,
Koopoonline.comflipped into Influencing BusinessReal Estate How Automation in Real Estate Became A $100 Billion Opportunity. Who Will Be Disrupted? Forbes - Natalia KarayanevaIn 2018, the U.S. housing market increased its value by $1.9 trillion, bringing the total market size to $33.3 trillion, with an annual sales volume of $1.7 trillion. With fees around real estate transactions
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum This Asian country has the most ‘complex’ economy in the world weforum.org - Nick Routley • Harvard’s Growth Lab has created the Country Complexity Ranking, based on the diversity of exported goods • Japan comes top as a low-ubiquity, …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Is nature or nurture more important when it comes to educating your children? weforum.org - Kevin Mitchell • Historically scientists were split between those who believed human behaviour was shaped by either our genes or our environment • But reading is one …
The Evening Standardflipped into Opinion | Evening StandardOpinion A crime of illusion — my neighbour was mugged only to find out it was an Orwellian online prank standard.co.uk - Samuel Fishwick Last week, my neighbour Alice was mugged on her way home. A young man ran up to her, threatened her and demanded her phone. She gave it to him before …
Forbesflipped into TechnologyOpinion Floating Cities: The Next Big Real Estate Boom Forbes - Wade Shepard"I'm a real estate developer and this is a developer's dream,” spoke Lela Goren, a NYC-based developer and investor during a UN Habitat event as she looked over a scale model of Oceanix City—a floating
Forbesflipped into All StoriesOpinion Could A Good-For-You Fermented Alcohol Brand Disrupt The Beer Industry? Forbes - Daphne Ewing-ChowBeverage industry veteran, Bill Moses, knows a thing or two about industry disruption. His probiotic and kombucha brand KeVita sold to PepsiCo, for $250 million in 2017, inspiring him to take his vision
Cayenneflipped into ForbesOpinion The Secret To Getting Anything You Want In Life Forbes - Jennifer CohenI recently gave a TEDx Talk called The Secret To Getting Anything You Want In Life. Sharing my life lessons with such an enthusiastic audience was an incredible experience. As an entrepreneur, it’s a to
Culture Decantedflipped into Plant Based ThinkingEnvironment How Peru’s potato museum could stave off world food crisis The Guardian - Dan Collyns in the Potato Park, PeruWith a climate changing faster than most crops can adapt and food security under threat around the world, scientists have found hope in a living museum dedicated to a staple eaten by millions daily: the
Forbesflipped into All StoriesOpinion Why Tampa is Florida’s Next Big Tourist Destination Forbes - Jared RanahanThough Tampa doesn’t draw in as many tourists as Miami or Orlando, the city is currently undergoing a major revitalization. One of Tampa’s most noteworthy destinations is a relatively recent installation:
The Atlanticflipped into IdeasEducation Why Child Care Is So Ridiculously Expensive The Atlantic - Derek ThompsonThree broad reasons obtaining care for kids now costs as much as buying a brand new Hyundai Elantra each year One side effect of “the end of babies”—or, less dramatically, the steady decline in fertility
Forbesflipped into All StoriesOpinion How You Can Help A Homeless Person Leap Squarely Into The Middle Class Forbes - Devin ThorpeHave you ever thought to yourself, “I wish there were more I could do to help the homeless”? Alex Stephany thought so, too, so he launched Beam, a crowdfunding platform helping homeless people obtain and
Voxflipped into Science & HealthScience Noise pollution is everywhere. And the health effects are real. Vox - Lauren KatzNoise is an extremely old problem. The earliest recorded noise complaint is 4,000 years old. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the gods was so irritated by the racket caused by humans that he exterminated
Marjan King Torrieflipped into Society, Culture, The World Around UsOpinion The Cost Of Underestimating The Rise Of Women: No Babies Forbes - Avivah Wittenberg-CoxForty-six countries around the world have shrinking populations, and this number is set to rise to 67 by 2040. Some 60 years after the invention of the contraceptive pill, women are voting – powerfully
Matteo Silvestriflipped into Start UpThe Workplace The WeWork problem people aren't talking about that is spreading across the co-working world CNBC - Casey McCarty, Idea Foundry CEO The number of co-working spaces worldwide is projected to soon cross 20,000 and reach 25,968 by 2022, an increase of 42% from 2019, according to …
Aaron Starkflipped into FinanceHousing Baby boomers may put 'tidal wave' of 21M homes on market -- but who will buy them? Fox News - The Wall Street JournalSUN CITY, Ariz. — When this Phoenix suburb opened on January 1, 1960, it was billed as the original retirement community. From above, it would look like a UFO landing site, laid out in rings to mimic surrounding
Flipboard Partnersflipped into All Technology Partners 2 IBM paid $34B for this: Where Red Hat is taking OpenShift ZDNet - Scott Fulton III Red Hat’s implementation of Kubernetes has a chance to become a heavyweight competitor with vSphere. The road to that point could begin with getting …
TravelUpdateflipped into TravelUpdateAmtrak The Easter Egg Hidden Inside This Profile of Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson - View from the Wing viewfromthewing.com - Gary Leff Bloomberg runs an interesting profile of former Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson who is now running Amtrak. It covers well-worn ground, such as …
