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• Kids' Art Adorns The Corner Suite

  The art in your average corporate office ranges from bland to, well, kinda scary. Rarely do you see something in an office and think “wow, that’s cool.” But if that office contributed to a Philly nonprofit that trades kids’ art for corporate donations for art supplies, you’d be pretty impressed. Fresh Artists works like this: students give permission to have their art reproduced for he program and it goes into a digital gallery. Donors to the program can choose a piece or several as a thank-you gift. The art then hangs in the headquarters of some of the city’s biggest companies. Donations are returned to school art programs in the form of Read More... Posted Apr 15 2009, 10:01 AM by Amy Kuras with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Philadelphia, schools, art, art supplies, great ideas, children’s artwork, corporate donations, Philanthrophy, school art programs, Fresh Artists

• Boobies! Boobies! Boobies!

  Can I write a compelling post title or what? But sorry, guys this is about some of the unsexier aspects of the girls.   Sometime during college, I discovered about the most wonderful invention of all time. The sports bra.  Finally, me and my big boobies could exercise, dance, and generally be active in public without the emotional and physical discomfort of The Dreaded Bounce. Then I got into my 30s, and I gained some weight, and had a baby, and let's just say I  have not yet met the sports bra that can do me right and my everyday bra wish list includes terms like "racheting" and "extra support." So the news that Australian researchers are working on a "intelligent" fabric that will sense the movement of breasts during activity and help bra manufacturers better target the support their  products offer, made me very very happy. Read More... Posted Dec 12 2007, 05:03 PM by Amy Kuras with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: breasts, sports bras, great ideas