Two inmates held a hostage and a Chicago-area maximum-security jail in a standoff for several hours on Thursday, police said. The inmates tore down the security cameras and spread soapy water on the floor of their tier, then took another inmate hostage by using a sharp object. The sheriff’s department ... Read More »
Shin Godzilla, the latest installment in Toho Company’s famed creature-feature franchise, will be released by Funimation Films in North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The special effects-laden, live-action picture is slated to hit Japanese screens July 29 and western theaters in late 2016. The 29th Godzilla film ... Read More »
TASMANIAN students are closing the education gap as shown in the latest NAPLAN results, the Australian Education Union says. Preliminary results from the 2016 National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy showed the writing scores of Year 7 and Year 9 students showed a “significant” decline nationally since 2011 and ... Read More »
Sonos, the purveyor of high-definition, Wi-Fi-connected speakers, has an established digital presence, with its catalogue of products available for purchase online. But with a new 4,200-square-foot brick-and-mortar store in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood, a first for the company, Sonos is going analog. For fans of music, the advent of ... Read More »
The Turkish government on Tuesday escalated its wide-ranging crackdown against people it claims have ties to plotters of last week’s attempted coup, firing tens of thousands of public employees across the country. The dismissals touched every aspect of government life. Turkish media, in rapid-fire reports, said the Ministry of Education ... Read More »
Studies have been showing for some time that eating too much meat — especially red meat — is bad for health, with researchers now reporting that replacing a small amount of animal protein with proteins from plants can reduce the risk of death from all causes. Replacing 3 percent of ... Read More »
Health officials are urging pregnant women to avoid a Miami neighborhood where mosquitoes are apparently infecting people with the Zika virus. The number of local transmissions of the virus has apparently increased to 14, Gov. Rick Scott said Monday. While infection with the Zika virus is harmless to most people, ... Read More »
Pax & Parker is a new boutique fashion retailer. This is their first store located in Fort Worth, Texas; designed and decorated by Bart Shaw Architect. The design approach to the 1,340 SF space was to keep the majority of space minimal and focus on one signature element that influences ... Read More »
The clients required from Bozhinovski Design to create an original interior with a contemporary and modern look to impress and surprise with its vision. As a result of customer requirements, Jovo Bozhinovski created several unique furniture for the reception area, combining them with Chair One by Konstantin Grcicand unique lighting. ... Read More »
IN HAUS HAIR is located at Dazhi residential area, Taipei City, Taiwan. This design has limited space ground floor with attic totally, seven seats only. For backward-looking and limited space reasons, we are lucky to have an opportunity to work with the chief hair designer Haus Lee to make an ... Read More »
The Florida Department of Health confirmed four cases ofZika virus in Miami-Dade and Broward counties have a “high likelihood” of being locally transmitted. Health officials believe the virus was acquired in a one-mile area of Miami, though no mosquitoes the department has trapped have tested positive for Zika yet, according ... Read More »
Techne Architecture + Interior Design has shared their latest interior fit-out of the Poacher & Hound Café in Melbourne, Australia. The scheme integrates the use of natural materials, brass, and graphic elements, and responds as a physical representation of a poacher and a hound narrative. Located on the ground floor ... Read More »
