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You know those little tags on our clothes? Sure, they’re annoying, especially when they rub against your skin and make you itchy. But they’re packed with a lot more information than you’d think. Tags can tell us a lot about the clothes we wear and their impact on the environment. Recent studies have discussed how the fashion industry is a major contributor to the environment with its plastic waste.The driving force behind this discovery was Professor Richard Venditti of North Carolina State University, an expert in paper science and engineering. Supported by a talented team of researchers, Professor Venditti presented…
Jefferson Graham captures the sunset in Bozeman, Montana for his PhotoWalks TV series We started PhotowalksTV to help people get straight to the point when they arrive somewhere with their phone camera in hand. Instead of arriving in a city and having to search for the best local locations for a photoshoot, what if you could watch a video and get a feel for the place before you arrive? Over the years, my virtual photo walks have taken you to some of my favorite places (from A to Z, from Atlanta to Zion National Park!) and have covered much of…
Members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity walk during the 2024 Juneteenth Parade in Milwaukee, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Photo by Max Correa/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/USA Today Network Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest black fraternity in the United States, is reportedly moving to ban transgender members, a decision that has created a rift between the older members of the organization’s national leadership and the younger leadership of its General Assembly and collegiate and alumni chapters, according to GLAAD. Earlier this month, LGBTQ+ advocacy groups reported that at Alpha Phi Alpha’s constitutional convention, taking place July 10-14 in Chicago, delegates representing at least…
Grand County’s sixth life jacket loaner station has been added at Williams Fork Reservoir. Photo courtesy of Grand County Sheriff’s Office A partnership between the Grand County Sheriff’s Office, Denver Water Department and the Christopher Mullinex Water Rescue Foundation has added a life jacket loaner station to Williams Fork Reservoir, bringing the total to six stations around the lake in Grand County. Other rental stations are located at Grand Lake Town Beach, Hilltop Boat Ramp on Grand Lake, Stillwater Boat Ramp on Lake Granby, Sunset Point Boat Ramp on Lake Granby, Sun Outdoors Rocky Mountains Ponds in Granby and Williams…
Walmart has spent the last three years overhauling its adult apparel assortment to make it more stylish yet practical for the middle class. Now, the nation’s largest retailer is using the back-to-school shopping season to once again shore up its fashion credibility, reports the Associated Press. The company will relaunch its 30-year-old teen and young adult brand on Tuesday with a new 130-piece fall collection targeted at Gen Z. The relaunch of the No Boundaries label is part of a strategy to get customers to see Walmart as a place to buy cool clothes along with groceries. The new collection…
Fans of “The Boys” will have to wait patiently to see the intense showdown between Billy Butcher and Homelander, as “The Boys” season 5 has a tentative release date announced for one of the show’s biggest stars. Karl Urban recently revealed that season 5 of his hit Prime Video series will be coming out in two years. The news came as disappointment to many, including Urban himself, a fan eagerly awaiting the show’s return. After the dramatic season 4 finale, Urban posted a striking photo on Instagram of The Butcher holding a bloody crowbar. In the caption, Urban wrote, “Working…
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization that educates the public about military service. Subscribe to our newsletter.Andrew Espinosa was in his Boulder, Colorado, office when the Air Force veteran’s first message came on his cell phone: “Andy, is this the solution you’ve been looking for all this time?”President Biden had just announced that he would “right a historic wrong” by granting pardons to gay veterans convicted of consensual sex acts, but Espinosa said the text messages didn’t stop for hours.”I’m shaking,” Army veteran Mona Maguire told War Horse on the morning…
Opinions expressed by contributors are their own and not those of The Hill. By Elaine Maguire O’Connor, Opinion Contributor 07/21/24 10am ET Fast fashion retail giant Shein, which is set to IPO in London, has announced it will launch a more than $200 million “circular fund” to tackle waste in the fashion industry. The company has dedicated a section of its website to the initiative. According to its materials on the subject, the company aims to decarbonize its supply chain and source materials responsibly. The company also adds more than 2,000 products to its website every day, and its production…
It seems like nothing is safe from the things Gen Z wants to cancel, change, or question (rightly and wrongly, it has to be said), and a popular emoji could be added to that ever-growing list.For people outside of Gen Z, the thumbs up emoji is frequently used to show that you agree with something, approve of it, or have read something.But members of Gen Z seem to interpret it quite differently, describing it as a range of things, from “unsettling” to “passive-aggressive” to even “hostile.”In a since-deleted Reddit post, one user asked: “Am I not mature enough to feel…
Josh King’s Royal Blue Woodworking is named after his first dog, a blue Great Dane named Bud. King studied at Red Rocks Fine Woodworking College in Colorado for six years and had the opportunity to learn from, in his words, “eight Michael Jordans.” King has been doing Fine Woodworking full time for 12 years, but Bud has sadly passed away. King says that fine woodworking, in a word, “isn’t an IKEA thing.” Each piece is handcrafted from real wood and joined primarily with wooden joints (not synthetic joints like nails or staples). King has extensive experience building classic American furniture…