It was in 1917 when two brothers, Joyce Clyde Hall and Rollie Hall from Kansas city, dropped low on manila paper for wrapping during a well profitable Christmas season. To substitute, they found some decorative French paper and decided to use and sell it. The paper sold like hotcakes that year and the following year. Come 1919, the brothers started designing and manufacturing these designs …
The brain requires a workout to keep it active and sharp, like every other part of the body. If you want physical improvement, you must get into fitness routines. A training regimen and a healthy diet are also fundamental to the progress of a healthy shape. When it comes to the brain, you will need to do activities that will stimulate and challenge your mind. …
Aside from the aesthetic value they add to any outfit, pieces of jewelry also serve plenty of other purposes. For some people, these treasured objects serve as a form of investment. Meanwhile, there are also those who treat them as important heirlooms that are meant to be passed down from one generation to another. Before you resume searching all over the Internet for a jewelry …
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Any person who’s ever experienced looking forward to a big and exciting event in their lives surely knows what immediately follows next. Whether it’s an overseas vacation, a huge holiday or a concert of your all-time favorite artist, the good times will eventually come to an end, and this is when post-event depression begins. Take weddings, for example. You’ve spent many months, possibly even a …
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Amazon and the Internet changed the way consumers shop. They now want anything to be instant. That includes shipping or delivery. These days, options such as same-day and next-day deliveries are becoming popular. The question is, is your business ready? Here are five ways to hasten shipping periods: 1. Use Pre-Printed Barcode Labels One of the effective ways to speed up shipping is to improve …
Featured Image from: Brutalismus Those Look Unfinished If you’ve ever seen unpainted, concrete buildings that may come off appearing as unfinished, but in reality they already are, then you’re probably looking at Brutalist architecture. In recent years, it seems like this sort of aesthetic has been on some sort of revival, especially for the interiors of boutiques, coffee shops, or malls. It was the British …
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Featured image from: Relix “I saw the minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night,” These stanzas, taken from Allen Ginsberg’s 1955 hit, “Howl,” best describe the generation that Ginsberg wanted to …
I. The Novel, the Author, and the Era The Great Gatsby, which was originally published in 1925, chronicles the life of Nick Carrawayin Long Island, New York, and his view on society; a circle in which he finds himself a part of, along with the titular character, Jay Gatsby, his neighbour, and Daisy Fay-Buchanan, Nick’s cousin and Gatsby’s love interest. The novel is considered …
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Going, going, gone Banksy, the infamous street artist whose secret identity remains sacred, has yet again shaken the art world. After the crazy, out-of-this-world spectacle that was Dismaland in 2015, who would have expected that three years later, the anti-establishment enigma that is Banksy would again find himself making headlines. Early in October this year, one of Banksy’s signature stencilled paintings, “Girl and Balloon,” had …
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It was at around midnight; the skies were pitch black, and the streets were empty, save for a few jeepneys that roared every now and then. A few lampposts lined up along the sidewalks; their white lights somehow fell down on me and put me in the spotlight. I was wearing black jeans that had paint stains on each side, and sneakers that had drops …
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