The Class of 2019 is getting ready to enter one hot job market. And grads with a background in slicing and dicing data have an edge.
Data scientist was the highest-paying entry-level job last year, according to Glassdoor research. Young adults in this field earned a median annual base salary of $95,000. That’s higher than young Wall Street workers received as investment-banking analysts.
Turning an old door into something useful when you replace it not only extends its usefulness, but it also saves you money. Here are dozens of innovative DIY hacks you can use to upcycle an old door.
Our personal favorite idea has to do with hanging an old door on your wall. It might seem crazy to do this, but when you find out why people around the world have been doing it, you might just do the same thing at your home. It’s surprisingly artsy and actually functional too!
For many years, Kathleen Lorna Middleton lived at 69 Carlton Terrace, in the North London suburb of Edmonton. The house, which faced one of the main roads leading out of the city, had a small plaque to the left of the front door: “Miss Lorna Middleton, Teacher of Pianoforte and Ballet.” Middleton was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, in 1914. She was a talented dancer as a child and had friends who went to Hollywood, but, during the Depression, Middleton’s parents, who were English, lost everything and moved back to London. Middleton, who had small hands, buck teeth, and a pronounced New England accent, opened a school for dance and music in the front room of No. 69 and called her students the Merrie Carltons.
Middleton played the piano, swivelling on her stool, while six girls at a time practiced port de bras using the bookcases for balance. The next class waited on the stairs. The house was crowded with dark furniture and programs from Middleton’s childhood performances with the dates erased. “There was always something—not exactly exotic, but she was totally different,” Christine Williams, who started taking classes with Middleton when she was four, told me recently. “Whatever she did, she posed. She never just stood.”
On a winter’s day, when she was seven years old, Middleton watched her mother, Annie, frying eggs on the stove. “After about two minutes, and without warning the egg lifted itself up. It rose up and up until it almost touched the ceiling,” Middleton wrote, in a self-published memoir. Middleton giggled, but her mother was concerned. She consulted a fortune-teller, who told her that an egg that flew out of the pan often symbolized a death. A few weeks later, one of Annie’s best friends, who had recently married, died and was buried in her wedding dress.
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John Barker recruited a group of people whose predictions were uncannily prescient. Then one foresaw Barker’s death.
What’s worse than a rushed morning shave as a result of over-snoozing? Bloodshed, via razor.If Dad taught you to plug up shave nicks with bits of toilet paper, know there are better, faster home remedies for treating wounds and getting out the door.
It was just a guy’s name. You could guess that he was played by Keanu Reeves, given that we’d seen laughing with a woman over a meal and kissing her against a picture-postcard vision of Manhattan’s skyline.Then we go from Sad Keanu sitting bedside in a hospital to Sadder Keanu standing graveside as a coffin is lowered into the ground. Later, he gets his wife’s posthumous gift to him: a puppy. The man and his dog, who is indeed adorable by any standard, tool around in his vintage Mustang. We know something else happened, because we’ve also briefly glimpsed Bloody Keanu, lying battered on a warehouse floor. But as far we knew, this was a movie about a gentleman — he’s called John — who lives in an exceedingly well-furnished apartment, is deep in the throes of grief and has only his faithful companion to help him move on. Maybe the pooch will teach him how to love again. Maybe he’ll meet someone nice at the dog park. The title told you nothing. It was just a guy’s name.
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Keanu Reeves, super-assassin, in ‘John Wick Chapter 3 — Parabellum.’
I’m not hungry for money. Compared to several years ago, when I had less money, I still have the same life.
I wake up, drink my freshly brewed coffee, read a good book, and then start working until about 3 or 4 in the afternoon. Then, I put on my shorts and t-shirt and start working out.
Sometimes I listen to music during my workouts, and sometimes I don’t. After working out, I have dinner with my family. We watch a TV show or movie after we eat. And then, I get back to working or reading.
Brené Brown wants me to watch Unforgotten, a British TV series I’ve never heard of. She also likes Catastrophe and loves Fleabag, though she requests I spoil her on the first season’s twist ending. (Her hunch was accurate.) She can’t watch Game of Thrones (too violent) or The Act (“I have a child-protective services background!”)—but she also wants me to catch up on Hulu’s National Treasure, which I forgot existed, and gushes about The Good Fight, “some of the smartest television on right now.”
Nine-ish hours earlier, the blonde, sparkling-eyed 53-year-old former competitive swimmer had been on CBS This Morning; the night before, I had watched her in conversation with The New York Times’s Melena Ryzik. But when I told Brown I write about TV for Vanity Fair, she lit up—and grilled me about my favorite shows, turning the tables before we had even started.
Which is funny, because Brown is a TV star herself. In April, Netflix debuted Brené Brown: The Call to Courage, a roughly hour-long special about how bravery arises from engaging with our deepest vulnerabilities. It builds upon Brown’s earlier work: two viral TED Talks and several books, including the best-sellers Dare to Lead,The Gifts of Imperfection, and the most popular one of all, Daring Greatly. Their essential themes are the same. The path to a meaningful, loving life comes through a willingness to be vulnerable—and a rejection of the socially produced shame that convinces us we, or our vulnerabilities, are not worthy of love.
It’s a travel privilege enjoyed by a lucky few — from celebrities, royals, self-made entrepreneurs and oligarchs. But the smooth running of private jets depends, usually, on a select few. Among the most attentive are flight attendants who spend hours, often alone, tirelessly ensuring their passengers receive a premium, 5-star service.
While life as a VIP air hostess comes with the perk of traveling the world, their jobs can be demanding and stressful.
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They may serve their passengers every need, but the skills required by flight attendants are much more than that of a waitress — they’re cocktail mixologists, cleaners, personal assistants, caterers and even dog sitters.
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Flight attendant Kimberley Benton has been working in the industry for nine years. She says it was her love for traveling that drew her into the world, which has enabled her to embark on 14 world tours. During her lifetime, she’s traveled to more than 130 countries and traveled on 27 different types of business jets.
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Mary Kalymnou has been working as a flight attendant for 13 years.
It’s no wonder the country’s $1.5 trillion in collective student loan debt is being called a crisis. Young borrowers are delaying major life milestones such as buying homes and starting families because of the financial burden of their loans. A million borrowers default on their loans every year.
But there’s another equally damaging consequence of student loan debt that’s talked about less often: its impact on borrowers’ mental health. That’s certainly not something that’s discussed with 18-year-olds as they prepare to sign the dotted line on a 10-year loan.
Film and Writing Festival for Comedy. Showcasing best of comedy short films at the FEEDBACK Film Festival. Plus, showcasing best of comedy novels, short stories, poems, screenplays (TV, short, feature) at the festival performed by professional actors.
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