Wealth of people in their 30s has 'halved in a decade' - BBC News

People in their early 30s are "half as wealthy" as those now in their 40s were at the same age, a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies finds.
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2 Van Gogh paintings recovered by Italian anti-Mafia police

Italian police have found two Van Gogh paintings that were stolen from an Amsterdam museum in 2002 hidden in a farmhouse near an organized crime syndicate’s Naples-area stronghold, investigators said Friday. The paintings, discovered without their frames, are in “relatively good condition,” the Van Gogh Museum said in a statement on its website. It said the two paintings are the 1882 work “Seascape at Scheveningen” and a later work, “Congregation leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen.” The earlier painting contains grains of sand that were stirred up from the beach as Van Gogh worked.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/2-van-gogh-paintings-recovered-by-italian-anti-mafia-police/2016/09/30/6d2a3968-86e9-11e6-b57d-dd49277af02f_story.html?source=Snapzu

The Artists and Their Alley, in Postwar France

From Brancusi to Ernst to Klein, the greatest painters and sculptors of the time once lived and worked together, sharing beds, a single toilet and their creative brilliance.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/22/t-magazine/art/impasse-ronsin-artists-montparnasse-constantin-brancusi.html?_r=0?source=Snapzu

Polish women to stage all-out strike next week

Women in Poland are to stage an all-out strike to protest the country’s plan to effectively ban abortions. Female workers across the predominantly Catholic country will take part in the action on Monday, in an effort to disruptively draw attention to attempts to restrict Poland’s severely limited abortion laws even further. Those taking part hope the strike will bring Polish society and the economy to a standstill.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/polish-women-strike-abortion-laws-restrictions-changes-economy-a7339141.html?source=Snapzu

This 1,157-year-old library gets a facelift

How do you restore a 1,157-year old library? Very carefully.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/29/travel/worlds-oldest-library-al-qarawiyyin/?source=Snapzu

Strangely Captivating Vintage Photos of People Knitting

Complied by Barbara Levine, "People Knitting: A Century of Photographs" is a fascinating look at people knitting from the 1860s through to the 1960s. There are people knitting while sitting, walking, driving, in a hair salon, and as a hobby, an occupation or a duty. All of them are compelling. Regardless of you’re a knitter or not, Levine’s photographs are a charming ode to this long and timeless tradition.
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The human clitoris is an object of beauty, pleasure and intrigue

It seems remarkable to me that well into the twenty-first century we still have so much to learn about many parts of the human body. Organs we’re all very familiar with - ones we take for granted - still…
Read more: https://theconversation.com/the-human-clitoris-is-an-object-of-beauty-pleasure-and-intrigue-66335?source=Snapzu

Female chess players forced to wear hijab as governing body awards world championship to Iran

The world's top female chess players have reacted with horror after being told they must compete at next year's world championship wearing a hijab.
Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/29/female-chess-players-accuse-governing-body-of-sex-discrimination/?source=Snapzu

Samsung says in talks with U.S. watchdog on washing machine safety issues

Samsung Electronics, which is already reeling from a global recall of its Note 7 smartphones, said on Thursday it is in talks with a U.S. watchdog to address potential safety problems related to some of its washing machines.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-samsung-elec-washingmachine-idUSKCN11Z0C9?source=Snapzu

Dose of Reality: The Effect of State Marijuana Legalizations

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In November 2012 voters in the states of Colorado and Washington approved ballot initiatives that legalized marijuana for recreational use. Two years later, Alaska and Oregon followed suit. As many as 11 other states may consider similar measures in November 2016, through either ballot initiative or legislative action. Supporters and opponents of such initiatives make numerous claims...
Read more: http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/dose-reality-effect-state-marijuana-legalizations?source=Snapzu

What do you usually have with your coffee?

<p>Question is broad on purpose! :)</p>
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When Restaurants Ditch the Dining Room

In a city where restaurants frequently blame closures on a brutal real estate market, a new solution has taken hold: Why not get rid of the dining room? Of course! If no one actually has to come to your restaurant, all sorts of problems are no longer an issue. You don’t need an attractive location, artistic ceramic bowls, quirky wallpaper in the bathroom, printed menus, service staff — way less risk of failure. Just put up a website, and install a button that says &quot;delivery.&quot;
Read more: http://ny.eater.com/2016/9/26/13048042/virtual-restaurants-nyc?source=Snapzu

Debunking the Myth of the ‘Real’ Robinson Crusoe

Alexander Selkirk was marooned on an island for more than four years. But his story was very different from the famous novel.
Read more: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/robinson-crusoe-alexander-selkirk-history/?source=Snapzu

The age of self: the strange story of how YouTubers saved publishing

When 21-year-old Alfie Deyes released his first book, it was No 1 on the Sunday Times bestseller list for 11 weeks. Who are the YouTubers – and why are their books so successful?
Read more: http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/09/age-self-strange-story-how-youtubers-saved-publishing?source=Snapzu

Study finds young men are playing video games instead of getting jobs

Danny Izquierdo, a 22-year-old who lives with his parents in Silver Spring, Md., has found little satisfaction in a series of part-time, low-wage jobs he&#039;s held since graduating from high school. But the video games he plays, including &quot;FIFA 16&quot; and &quot;Rocket League&quot; on PlayStation and Pokemon Go on his smartphone, are a different story. &quot;When I play a game, I know if I have a few hours I will be rewarded,&quot; he said. &quot;With a job, it&#039;s always been up in the air with the amount of work I put in and the reward.&quot;
Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-video-games-jobs-emploment-20160923-story.html?source=Snapzu

Credit card payments surpass cash worldwide for the first time ever

Is this the beginning of the end for cash? As consumers have increasingly used credit and debit cards and made purchases online and on apps, they’ve used less and less cash; in 2016, consumers will spend a greater amount on cards than they do with cash for the first time, according to the market-research firm Euromonitor International, which has been tracking consumer payments over the last several decades.
Read more: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-year-will-be-a-turning-point-for-cash-2016-09-26?source=Snapzu

Soaring levels of antibiotic resistance found in supermarket chickens

The UK’s most common type of food poisoning bug is showing drastically increased resistance to antibiotics, testing has revealed, which could mean the infection becomes harder and harder to treat. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) tested campylobacter bacteria found in chickens sold in supermarkets across the country, and discovered that resistance to certain antibiotics had more than doubled.
Read more: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2016/09/27/soaring-levels-antibiotic-resistance-found-supermarket-chickens/?source=Snapzu

Hungry?

<p>It's lunchtime for me and I'm getting hungry, but I'm atypically undecided on what to have. What do you do when you can't decide what to do for lunch?</p>
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The Hot New Millennial Housing Trend Is a Repeat of the Middle Ages

Communal living is hardly a departure from tradition—it&#039;s a return to how humans have been making their homes for thousands of years.
Read more: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/09/millennial-housing-communal-living-middle-ages/501467/?source=Snapzu

What would happen if the world suddenly went vegetarian?

Eliminating meat from our diets would bring a bounty of benefits to both our own health and the planet’s – but it could also harm millions of people. Rachel Nuwer investigates.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160926-what-would-happen-if-the-world-suddenly-went-vegetarian?source=Snapzu

How being alone may be the key to rest

How much rest do we think we need, who is getting the most, and what are the most restful activities? The results of the world&#039;s largest survey on rest indicate that to feel truly rested, a lot of us want to be alone, reports Claudia Hammond.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37444982?source=Snapzu

Why Australia is home to one of the largest language families in the world

Researchers put linguistics and genomics together to explore how ancient Aborigines expanded across Australia and began to speak different languages.
Read more: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/09/why-australia-home-one-largest-language-families-world?source=Snapzu

Russia's new education minister wants to mandate Soviet-era farm labor for students

Russian Education and Science Minister Olga Vasilieva called for a return to mandatory farm labor for school children, according to Russian state-operated news agency RIA Novosti via The Moscow Times. Vasilieva said that students should be placed in &quot;agricultural brigades&quot; and forced to clean schools &quot;like we always used to do.&quot; It is one of the first signals from Vasilieva, who was appointed by Russian president Vladimir Putin on August 9, on how she aims to govern her post.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-education-minister-olga-vasilieva-calls-for-farm-labor-2016-9?source=Snapzu

Marijuana Grow Ops Could Soon Rival Data Center Energy Use

Data centers may be more ubiquitous than indoor grow operations for marijuana, but the latter are as energy-intensive as the former, according to a new report by EQ Research. Indoor grows can have an energy intensity of about 2,000 watts per meter, according to the report, A Chronic Problem. A 2012 study from Berkeley Lab found that indoor marijuana production could account for as much as 1 percent of U.S. electricity use, about half the energy consumed by data centers.
Read more: http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/marijuana-grow-ops-could-soon-rival-data-center-energy-use?source=Snapzu

Google says its new AI-powered translation tool scores nearly identically to human translators

Say hi to the new Google Translate. Starting today, Google will rely more heavily on artificial intelligence when it translates language. The new method, called Google Machine Neural Translation, cuts down errors by 80% compared to its current algorithm, and is nearly indistinguishable from human translation on standardized tests, the company said.
Read more: http://qz.com/792621/googles-new-ai-powered-translation-tool-is-nearly-as-good-as-a-human-translator/?source=Snapzu

Colorado combats a new breed of drug traffickers

Three packages were mailed one after another, each shipped from the same Colorado post office to the same Houston business in the name of the same fictitious person. And each held 23 pounds of pricey, potent pot. As Colorado is increasingly seen as the Napa Valley of cannabis, authorities say they are squaring off against a new breed of drug traffickers. They aren’t part of Mexican cartels, aren’t wielding military-style rifles and many don’t even have previous criminal records.
Read more: http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/colorado-combats-a-new-breed-of-drug-traffickers/?source=Snapzu

South Asia's 'Disposable Women'

Women in South Asia are being used and abandoned by the British Asian men who marry them. Should their treatment be classed as a form of domestic violence?
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37472233?source=Snapzu

Leading US exorcists explain huge increase in demand for the Rite – and priests to carry them out

n the US, over the past 10 years, the number of official priest exorcists has more than quadrupled from 12 to 50. But for two of America’s most active exorcists – Father Gary Thomas, whose training in Rome was chronicled in Matt Baglio&#039;s book The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist, and Father Vincent Lampert, whose work was depicted on Paranormal Witness – it is an ongoing struggle to keep up with the demand.
Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/26/leading-us-exorcists-explain-huge-increase-in-demand-for-the-rit/?source=Snapzu

Google, Apple, Adobe, And Microsoft Are Quietly Developing A New Type Of Font

What are variable fonts, and why are some of the biggest tech companies on the planet throwing their weight behind them?
Read more: https://www.fastcodesign.com/3064032/google-apple-and-microsoft-are-quietly-developing-a-new-type-of-font?source=Snapzu

A 32-year-old disabled vet thought ITT Tech was his ticket out of poverty — his story shows everything wrong with for-profit colleges

It’s not easy to reach Brandon Straub these days. The 32-year-old doesn’t own a cellphone, let alone a landline, and recently, his days revolve around finding buyers for the belongings he&#039;s selling on Craigslist. With $30,000 in student loans, among other debts, he’s planning to file for bankruptcy. Straub, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, is one of nearly 40,000 students affected by one of the largest collapses of a for-profit college.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/itt-tech-closure-and-the-growth-of-for-profit-colleges-2016-9?source=Snapzu

The Bird-Based Color System that Eventually Became Pantone

An effort to describe the diversity of birds led to one of the first modern color systems.
Read more: http://hyperallergic.com/283388/the-bird-based-color-system-that-eventually-became-pantone/?source=Snapzu

Cross Ways

A pastor at a Corpus Christi church is on a mission to build “the largest cross in the Western Hemisphere.”
Read more: http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/corpus-christi-tallest-cross-in-texas/?source=Snapzu

The greatest record sleeves – as chosen by the designers

What’s the best-designed album sleeve? The Beatles’ White Album or Kraftwerk’s Autobahn? Miles Davis’s Tutu or Pixies’ Doolittle? Designers of modern album covers including Peter Saville, Vaughan Oliver and more pick their favourites
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/sep/22/the-greatest-record-sleeves-as-chosen-by-the-designers?source=Snapzu

Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last

Not that long ago, Alex Caicedo was stuck working a series of odd jobs and watching his 1984 Chevy Nova cough its last breaths. He could make $21 an hour at the Johnny Rockets food stand at FedEx Field when the Washington Redskins were playing, but the work was spotty. Today, Mr. Caicedo is an assistant manager at a pizzeria in Gaithersburg, Md., with an annual salary of $40,000 and health benefits. And he is getting ready to move his wife and children out of his mother-in-law’s house and into their own place.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/26/business/economy/millions-in-us-climb-out-of-poverty-at-long-last.html?smid=re-share?source=Snapzu

The Secret Plan to Protect America’s Founding Documents During WWII

After Pearl Harbor, a fearful Library of Congress secretly stashed the crown jewels of U.S. history for safekeeping. This was the rescue plan.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/world-war-two-protect-national-archives-214257?source=Snapzu

How a White Trash Girl Stumbled on Grace

Her father was a thief, her mother a drunk, but Billie Livingston was determined to be a writer. She succeeded, then it got hard, and then the magic happened.
Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/24/how-a-white-trash-girl-stumbled-on-grace.html?source=Snapzu

Yep, Disney is in talks with bankers about possible Twitter acqisition

Disney has had talks about a potential acquisition of Twitter, we’ve confirmed. They’re working with bankers now to determine whether the deal makes sense.
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/26/yep-disney-is-in-talks-with-bankers-about-possible-twitter-acqisition/?source=Snapzu

Why panpsychism fails to solve the mystery of consciousness

Is consciousness everywhere? Is it a basic feature of the Universe, at the very heart of the tiniest subatomic particles? Such an idea – panpsychism as it is known – might sound like New Age mysticism, but some hard-nosed analytic philosophers hav...
Read more: https://aeon.co/ideas/why-panpsychism-fails-to-solve-the-mystery-of-consciousness?source=Snapzu

New law allows Californians to rescue pets from hot cars

Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that allows Californians to rescue animals trapped in hot cars without fear of prosecution. The bill, signed on Saturday, lets citizens smash car windows to set the pets free as long as there is no other way to rescue them. That means rescuers can break into the car if the animal appears to be in peril, the car is locked and law enforcement is not arriving quickly enough.
Read more: http://www.abc10.com/news/local/new-law-allows-californians-to-rescue-pets-from-hot-cars/325176655?source=Snapzu

Americans are paying 40% more for TV than they were 5 years ago

The cable industry is seeing subscriber losses, but that doesn&#039;t mean that prices are going down to try and lure them back. In fact, according to Leichtman Research’s annual study, pay TV subscriptions keep going up and up. Pay TV prices have gone up 40% in the last five years, according to Leichtman. In 2011, US subscribers to pay TV, on average, paid $73.63 for cable or satellite. But in Leichtman&#039;s latest study, that number is $103.10.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/pay-tv-prices-up-40-from-5-years-ago-2016-9?source=Snapzu

What Langston Hughes’ Powerful Poem “I, Too" Tells Us About America's Past and Present

Smithsonian historian David Ward reflects on the work of Langston Hughes.
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-langston-hughes-powerful-poem-i-too-americas-past-present-180960552/?no-ist?source=Snapzu

Making Maps for Books: Two Cartographers Tell Us How It’s Done

How exactly does one go about making a map of a make-believe place?To find out, A.J. O&#039;Connell contacted some publishers, and they hooked her up with their mapmakers, who explained how they work with authors, how they draw maps, and what they’ve contributed to the fictional worlds they draw.
Read more: http://bookriot.com/2015/09/02/making-maps-books-two-cartographers-tell-us-done?source=Snapzu

A perfect storm: Margaret Atwood on rewriting Shakespeare’s Tempest

How do you update a play about a castaway sorcerer, a malevolent creature and an air spirit? Margaret Atwood on the prisoners, politicians and hackers who make up her modern day Tempest
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/24/margaret-atwood-rewriting-shakespeare-tempest-hagseed?source=Snapzu

Evening sky

The sky was on fire this evening.
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Solving the Mystery of the Secret International Puzzle Party

Only true collectors are invited to this hidden celebration of mechanical puzzles.
Read more: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/solving-the-mystery-of-the-secret-international-puzzle-party?source=Snapzu

Books Coming Out September 27,16

Bruce Springsteen&#039;s memoir &#039;Born to Run&#039; goes on sale Sept. 27.
Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2016/09/25/books-new-and-noteworthy/90499280/?source=Snapzu

Ukraine returns five paintings stolen from Dutch museum

Five of the 24 paintings stolen from the Westfries Museum in Hoorn, northwestern Netherlands, on January 10th, 2005, have been returned to the Netherlands by the Ukrainian authorities. How they ended up in Ukraine is unclear.
Read more: http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/44141?source=Snapzu

Unusual Geometric Cake Designs by Dinara Kasko

When looking at a case of pastries in a bakery it&#039;s usually possible to intuit what something might taste like because of its familiar shape or color. Such is not the case with these radically unusual cake designs by Ukrainian pastry chef Dinara Kasko whose experimental techniques result in edible objects unlike anything we’ve ever seen.
Read more: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/09/unusual-geometric-cake-designs-by-dinara-kasko/?source=Snapzu

'Family is deeper than skin color'

When Barry Farmer goes out with his three sons, he said its not uncommon for people to stare. Farmer is black and his three sons are white. &quot;It&#039;s a typical family,&quot; Farmer said. &quot;We may not look alike, but it&#039;s a typical family.&quot; Eight years ago, the 29-year-old decided he wanted to be a foster parent.
Read more: http://abc7.com/family/family-is-deeper-than-skin-color-/1514203/?source=Snapzu

30 objects from the world of fashion, each with their own fascinating story to tell

From the collections of the National Museums of Scotland
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