Friday, 26 May 2017

Eddie Maher: How I took my family on the run for 19 years

Eddie Maher: How I took my family on the run for 19 years

Eddie Maher went on the run after driving off with £1.2m in a Securicor van. Remarkably, he kept it up for 19 years taking a wife and children from one US city to another.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39849458?source=Snapzu

Toshihiko Hosaka is a master of sand

Toshihiko Hosaka is a master of sand

These incredible sand sculptures are the work of Japanese artist Toshihiko Hosaka. He has been honing his skills for over 20 years and was recently rewarded with 1st prize at the recent Fulong International Sand Sculpture Art Festival in Taiwan earlier this month.
Read more: http://thechive.com/2017/05/25/toshihiko-hosaka-is-a-master-of-sand-23-photos/?source=Snapzu

Edible

Edible

The edible frog is perhaps an appropriate name in some countries, but in Denmark it is called green frog and is on the list of conservation of species.
Read more: https://500px.com/photo/213503237/e-d-i-b-l-e-by-john-n-jensen?source=Snapzu

Get Over It: The World's First 3D-Printed Bridge Officially Opened

Get Over It: The World's First 3D-Printed Bridge Officially Opened


Read more: https://futurism.com/videos/get-over-it-the-worlds-first-3d-printed-bridge-officially-opened/?src=featured?source=Snapzu

Summer Reading Recommendations, From 6 Novelists Who Own Bookstores

Summer Reading Recommendations, From 6 Novelists Who Own Bookstores

Here’s what Emma Straub, Ann Patchett, Jonathan Lethem, Louise Erdrich, Judy Blume and Jeff Kinney are reading and recommending to bookstore customers.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/books/summer-reading-recommendations-from-6-novelists-who-own-bookstores.html?source=Snapzu

Air rage: why does flying make us so angry? Science says it's about class

Air rage: why does flying make us so angry? Science says it's about class

Rise in acts of plane-related violence shed light on something bigger: modern air travel is a perfect example of a situation in which human status is highly visible
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/25/plane-rage-first-class-air-travel-united-passenger-removal?source=Snapzu

Thursday, 25 May 2017

Mitch Landrieu Reminds Us That Eloquence Still Exists

Mitch Landrieu Reminds Us That Eloquence Still Exists

"... a big, sweeping, old-fashioned speech delivered in New Orleans on Friday made such an impression on me. It was a reprieve. It was an antidote. But it also addressed matters that are forever tripping us up — race, history, healing — better than anything I’ve heard or read in a long time. It was the masterpiece we needed at the moment we needed it"
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/opinion/mitch-landrieu-new-orleans-mayor-speech.html?source=Snapzu