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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 Growing up, Zoe Terrell dreamed of becoming an artist - she sketched scenes from her local farmers market and even won drawing competitions in her native South Korea. But she eventually learned what many creative people know too well. "My dad was like, 'Well, drawing is not going to feed you,' " Terrell says. So she studied education in college and, after moving to the United States in 2008, taught Korean - that is, until a curious job listing caught her eye. An ocean away, Terrell called her dad with surprising news: "Hey, guess what, Dad? Now, drawing is going to feed me," she recalls with a laugh. Terrell is one of hundreds of sign artists employed by grocery store Trader Joe's. You probably know the idiosyncratic chain for its eccentric snacks and peppy cashiers, but that festive atmosphere extends to the stores' interior design, too: Each of the 500-plus outposts has custom, … [Read more...] about Behind every Trader Joe’s sign is a working artist who painted it

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 6 "Game of Thrones" trumpeted its continental scope at the start of every episode with its roving opening credits. Ever-stirring no matter how uninspired or unsatisfying the medieval fantasy drama could get, they swept across a mechanical miniature of the Seven Kingdoms and the lands beyond, evincing the loose federation's tenuousness and grandeur, as well as the ingenuity and care required to keep the realm from entropy and collapse. Three years after that series's (widely derided) finale, Westeros, the Europe-like landmass on which the Seven Kingdoms sit, returns in a reduced new form. Created by book author George R.R. Martin and Ryan Condal, "House of the Dragon" (premiering Sunday) is set 200 years before the original show, and comparatively diminutive in scale. Based on parts of Martin's "Fire & Blood" novel, the initially rocky prequel series dives into the … [Read more...] about ‘House of the Dragon’ is ‘Game of Thrones’ with more wigs, less grandeur

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 It would be easy to look at professional triathlete Rach McBride and assume they always feel at home at a starting line. They've placed at world championship races, won Ironman 70.3 (half Ironman) races and conquered the field at gravel cycling races. But until last year, that wasn't the case. Despite a long, impressive list of titles and accomplishments, McBride (they/them), a 44-year-old Canadian, always felt a bit out of place when lining up. At the 2021 Big Sugar Gravel race in Arkansas, however, everything changed. Big Sugar was the first event in which McBride had the opportunity to race in a nonbinary category. The event, says McBride, was nothing short of life-changing. "For a person outside the gender binary, it can be really dysphoric to have to check an 'M' or 'F' box on a registration form, be misgendered at a start or finish line, to have to use gendered … [Read more...] about Endurance sports make a life-changing update for nonbinary athletes

Listen to this article The Bathurst 1000 co-drivers were given half an hour of running as part of the Sandown SuperSprint this afternoon. The session is the only official running for co-drivers before practice for the Great Race kicks off in early October. Triple Eight duo Whincup and Garth Tander were consistently at the top across the co-driver session, although initially it was Tander that led the way with a 1m08.548s. Walkinshaw Andretti United's Fabian Coulthard briefly jumped the pair late in the session with a 1m08.519s. However a green tyre run right at the flag saw Whincup fire to the top with a 1m08.230s. That time was roughly two tenths quicker than primary driver Broc Feeney went in the #88 Holden in the earlier session today . Tander was also able to improve on his final run to move back ahead of Coulthard, the gap to Whincup around two tenths. Tony D'Alberto was the best-placed Ford with the fourth fastest time in the #11 Dick Johnson … [Read more...] about Sandown Supercars: Whincup tops co-driver practice

Listen to this article The rookie's Castrol Racing look has been updated with purple highlights for the ninth round of the Supercars season in support of ONTrac at Peter Mac Victorian Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Service. ONTrac at Peter Mac is a multidisciplinary service providing care for adolescents and young adults affected by cancer. It's a cause that's close to Randle's heart, the Tickford Racing driver having used the service himself while battling testicular chance in 2020 . Randle has been in remission for 18 months now. As well as the livery, there will be a number of fundraising initiatives during the Sandown weekend, including an online auction to buy the bonnet from the #55 Tickford Ford, with all proceeds going to the Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation. Direct donations can be made via Castrol Racing's fundraising page. “I am really honoured to be representing Peter Mac on the grid for this year’s Sandown SuperSprint,” Randle said. “Peter … [Read more...] about Randle’s Sandown cancer fundraising effort