I'm Fashion Institute of Technology President Joyce F. Brown, and This Is How I Work

I grew up in a home where reading was encouraged and education was paramount. My parents did not have the opportunity to attend college but that my sister and Iwouldwas without question. I could look into their laboratory windows from our apartment. The campus was our playground. I wanted to be just like them. My mother could sew as well. When I got to FIT, it was a bit like coming home....

May 9, 2018 · 3 min · 474 words · Nathan Jones

Can a DNA Test Really Help You Lose Weight?

We are all unique. Put a thousand people on the same weight-loss diet, and youll see a range of outcomes. Science still cant tell us why some people lose weight more easily than others. Maybe we each have our own ideal diet, and we just have to find it. Perhaps the key to whos who lies in our DNA. Scientists are constantly finding links between genetics and nutrition. For example,Inuit people from Greenland have genesthat may help their bodies process their cultures traditional high-fat diet....

May 8, 2018 · 7 min · 1353 words · Susan Mcdaniel

How to Try to Reconnect With the One That Got Away

Is there a good way to hit up the one that got away and rekindle the magic? Some people have problems that require delicate advice from a qualified professional. Welcome back to Tough Love. Note: Im not a therapist or health professional of any kind. People ask for my advice and I give it to them. If you have a problem with it, feel free tofile a formal complaint here....

May 8, 2018 · 2 min · 364 words · Richard Hanson

How Twitter's Password Screwup Might Have Happened

But honestly not that bad, according to Tristan Bolton, founder of enterprise cloud provider BoltonSmith. We talked to him about how it might have happened, and how it could have been worse. How it normally works First, heres what wassupposedto happen to your password. As Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal explained whenannouncing the mistake, the service normally never stores your actual password. Twitter stores that encrypted hash instead of your actual password....

May 8, 2018 · 2 min · 395 words · Joshua Henderson

World War II’s Other Iconic Photo: Raising A Flag Over The Reichstag

Yevgeny Anan’evich Khaldei was a Red Army naval officer and the wars official photographer. Born to a Jewish family in present-day Ukraine, Khaldei was obsessed with photography since childhood. One of his earliest cameras was a primitive box that he fashioned himself using his grandmother’s eyeglasses. He also photographed the Potsdam Conference, and later the Nuremberg Trials. During the final days of the war, the Red Army smashed its way into the German capital....

May 8, 2018 · 2 min · 242 words · Miss Ann Johnson

How to Stay Safe During a Tornado

Every year,around 1,200 tornadoes hit the United States, destroying everything in their path. Where and When They Occur Most tornadoes in the U.S. occur east of the Rocky Mountains. Severe thunderstorms are an early warning sign of a potential tornado. These storms can produce rain, lightning, hail, and wind of at least 58 mph. These warnings last for around an hour, or until the storm passes or upgrades to something more severe....

May 7, 2018 · 2 min · 383 words · Amy Atkinson

How to Train Like a Fitness Competitor

Instead, we must circle the cardio drain forever to avoid bulking. Silvaspoke withMetro.uk about how she gets in shape, especially for big competitions, like the WBFF World Championships. She started competing three years ago, and won the 2015 Pro Bikini World Champion. She moved from the regular bikini category to fitness, which is an entirely different level of look. Not many women can achieve Silvas level of definition, or necessarily want toits basically her job....

May 7, 2018 · 2 min · 286 words · Taylor Dixon

Richardson Olmsted Complex: A Historic Insane Asylum Turned Hotel

The landscape was an integral part of the treatment at Buffalo State Hospital. The asylums 203 acres of untouched farmland was hence one of the facilitys major assets. Henry Hobson Richardson was still relatively unknown when he was commissioned to design the complex. There are numerous psychiatric hospitals across the United States designed under the Kirkbride Plan. The Buffalo State Hospital closed the door to its last patient in 1974....

May 7, 2018 · 1 min · 89 words · Michael Townsend

China’s Bicycle Graveyards

However, the supply has vastly outpaced demand. Many Chinese cities ill-equipped to handle the sudden flood of millions of shared bicycles have been overwhelmed. Illegal parking have led to clogged sidewalks, while damaged and mangled bikes are routine occurrence. A giant pile of mangled bicycles in Xiamen, south-east China. Almost overnight, websites became defunct and apps stopped working. Thousands of bicycles were left abandoned on the streets, attracting vandalism and abuse on those uncollected bikes....

May 4, 2018 · 1 min · 75 words · Michael Potter

Get Over Yourself and Skateboard With Your Kid

Itll be awesome, hed say. Kid, Im eight thousand years old, Id reply. Ill break a hip. He reached the bottom of the hill in one piece, and called out, Did you see that? I did it, Dad! and it hit me like a truck: Soon hes going to skate away from me. One day at the park, I was watching him decide whether to skate down the big hill....

May 4, 2018 · 3 min · 548 words · Kristin Crawford

Pop Culture Dystopia

Dystopian future is a favorite trope among movie directors, writers and artists alike. Decaying landscape, overgrown bushes, and crumbling ruins make for some fascinating views. His daily renders that he posts onBehanceare also worth seeing.

May 4, 2018 · 1 min · 35 words · Jay Anderson

Here’s What Your Housekeeper Wants From You

How to choose a service Youve got options. You could hire a solo cleaner over Craigslist or through a personal referral, or through a service likeHandy. Or you could hire an agency, which might send different cleaners to your home at different times. Youll also know exactly who is coming to your house each time. How to set the cost Most cleaning services prefer to settle on a flat rate per visit....

May 3, 2018 · 3 min · 504 words · Jennifer Hernandez

How to Get Your Kid to Speak at a Normal Human Volume

But at a recent parent meeting at her preschool, the director began introducing everyone to each other. When she got to me, she announced, This is Michelle, mom to Maggie. I know you haveallheard Maggie. Oy.Maybewe do need to work on volume control. The topic of what to do when your kid sounds like theyre shouting came up in theOffspring Facebook group. I found some tips on how to help the childand everyone within earshot....

May 3, 2018 · 2 min · 315 words · Ronald Romero