Amazing Foodie Avenues in America

January 17, 2015, 12:24 am

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One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well” as was once said by a wise person, food is everything, it gives happiness. All of us can admit that dining is one of the major aspects of your vacation to any corner of the world. Especially if you are visiting America, places to visit will include spots where you will taste food that is special and authentic to specific locations. Are you planning to visit the United States of America? Get ready with not only your baggage but also be prepared to feed your tummy! Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee, the biggest city in the State of Wisconsin has numerous foodie outlets serving a range of authentic American cuisine. Nevertheless the city is well-known for its juicy bacon dishes served at the cafes and restaurants. Meat-loaf wrapped with tender bacon made out of fresh local meat served at Comet Café, deliciouspeanut butter bacon burger from AJ Bombers, weekly free scrumptious bacon during happy hours at Saloon Calhoun and the annual bacon buffet hosted by “The Hog”, city’s radio station in association with Harley Davidson Museum are some of the hotspots that you have to look for in Milwaukee to have an unlimited bacon feast. Adding up to all these delights Milwaukee is also renowned for its various aesthetic ethnic festivals featuring numerous varieties of food during the summer months. Some of these festivals named Feast Italiana, German Fest and Summerfest are tourist favourites in Milwaukee. New Haven, Connecticut New Haven, is known as college town where one of the Ivy League schools the Yale University is located. Though New Haven is known for the university’s economic significance related to higher education, professional and financial services, health care etc. the city is also famed as “apizza” city serving one of world’s best pizzas ever. New Haven-styled pizza are unconventionally baked in either coal or wood fired brick ovens with thin crust and no cheese. However certain range of apizza are made by adding mozzarella cheese. Visitors to New Haven ought to visit Frank Pepe's or Pepe’s to taste these scrumptious one of a kind pizza in the world. If you seek some alternative food other than apizza, new Haven is loaded with a variety of foodie options. You may try Louis' Lunch serving some tempting fast food items, Miya's preparing the most appetizing Sushi in the town and the lunch carts and trucks tariffing the campus areas during the lunchtime. San Diego, California This coastal city is the type of city the offers ample food varieties that make you crave for more and more variety. Being located on the boarder to Mexico, San Diego’s cuisine features both the flavours of America and Mexica. The city is the origin of Carne Asada Fries, a tasty combination of French fries, Carne Asada, is typically made out of grilled thin marinated beef steak, guacamole, sour cream and cheese. Even you can be a part of "carne asada" that denoted a social event of family members or friends where preparing Carne Asada is similar to the barbeque night in other parts of the world. Interestingly San Diego also claims to be the birthplace of burrito, wheat flour tortilla wrapped with fries inside. Are you looking for more variety to treat your taste buds? Being a seaside city San Diego is also renowned for the appealing Fish Taco served not only in the foodie-approved Fish Taco spots but also from the food trucks located a few minutes away from the Mexican border. New Orleans, Louisiana One of the prominent port cities of the United States which is also the largest city of Louisiana is a tantalising foodie city too. The food items for which New Orleans is famous for includes food items that are influenced by multi-cultural involvement. Especially the city is famous for its Creole food that blends the flavours of French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Native American, and African cuisine. This multi-styled delicacy features Appetizers, Soups, Main dishes such as Chicken Creole, Jambalaya, Quiche etc., Side dishes, Desserts, Beverages and even Breakfast and Condiments. Cafe du Monde in the French Quarter is a one of its kind place that you have to visit to taste Creole food. Muffuletta sandwich, an Italian influenced sandwich features horizontally split muffuletta loaf covered with layers of marinated olive salad, mortadella, mozzarella, ham, salami and provolone. NOLA is one of its kind of place for you to taste Muffuletta sandwich and some Italian influenced seafood dishes. You can also try a Po'boy, meaty submarine which originated in Louisiana. Providence, Rhode Island It is no wonder that Providence, one of most populous cities in Rhode Island features many small scaled to high-end boutique restaurants offering numerous mouthwatering cuisines while reflecting various food cultures and traditions. You can enjoy a tempting dinner by the shores from Champlin's in Narragansett or relish fresh chicken and lamb shish kebab at the festival at Woonsocket’s St. John Baptist Romanian Orthodox Church. If you are a sweet-lover be prepared to taste one of world’s best donuts. This coastal city is considered as a paradise not only by tourists but also by the donut lovers. Providence brags more donut shops per capita than any city in the USA. There are 32 Dunkin' Donuts outlets sweetening the entire city which you will not miss to visit. You may also try Portuguese sweet bread at Silver Star, or just sit back and watch a Bruins game at Dunkin' Donuts Center.Allie's Donut’s giant donut cakes is another must taste option in Providence. Portland, Oregon The Chief American city known as Beer City, Portland's role in the United States’ microbrew revolution is incredible. Portland is renowned for craft brewery where these breweries produce small scaled beer with varying qualities, flavours and brewing techniques. Interestingly Portland is home to over 60 microbreweries, which is extremely high when compared to other US cities. To be specific, if you are a beer fan you can visit various breweries notably McMenamin Brothers, Hair of the Dog, BridgePort, Widmer Brothers, and Hopworks Urban Brewery. Not only beer but the city is also famed for its range of food varieties served in the specialty restaurants. Owning to these specialties, the city has been awarded and recognised as "Delicious Destination of the Year: A rising city with a fast-growing food scene" by Food Network Awards (2007), "one of the best places in the country to dine" by The Washington Post (2010) and 5th position in the nation’s food and bar scene by Travel + Leisure (2012). The list goes on with more varieties of foodie delights such as specialty coffee, considering coffee as an artisanal food, notably served by Stumptown Coffee Roasters, vegetarian cuisines and street food offered by a huge number of food carts located all over the street of Portland. Source: http://www.travelcenteruk.co.uk/

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How Colors Affect Office Productivity

January 17, 2015, 2:36 am

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Painting and decorating the office in certain colors has been proven to improve productivity. However, just one color may not do the trick. The color that improves productivity depends on the type of work each person does and while certain colors universally increase productivity. Therefore your office can increase productivity overall by first choosing the right combination of colors to paint and design with and each person can benefit in the productivity corner by making their desk top the color that most inspires their individual productivity and efficiency levels. This great infographic showcases how several colors affect office productivity. Blue is the universally known as an excellent color for productivity. Green is a good color for people who work long hours. Yellow is known as an optimistic color and if your job or task involves physical activity, then red is your productivity color. Via: http://blog.taskworld.com/how-colors-affect-office-productivity-infographic/

American Women Rising in Business

January 18, 2015, 12:19 pm

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This business infographic explores the current situation facing women in the American business world. Though American women are more successful than they ever have been before, they still face a number of challenges when compared to their male counterparts. Read some staggering statistics on the gender gap. Then, find out which states are the most friendly to women-owned businesses (spoiler: the best state is Washington DC, but many others including Georgia are catching up fast). That's just the beginning. Who knows - you may be motivated to start your own business after reading! If so, the world is your oyster. Get out there and make some money! Via: https://shieldfunding.com/

Homeland Death Chart: Why Did They Die?

January 18, 2015, 12:49 pm

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Showtime's Emmy Award winning series Homeland is one of the deadliest shows on TV. The Homeland Death Chart shows you who has died, how and why they died, plus the character's connections to other characters on the show. For example, Abu Nazir - Al-Qaeda leader taken down by a SWAT team hiding out in an abandoned facility. Later revealed that his death was planned and designed to distract the CIA from the bombing planned days later. Another pro Al-Qaeda character is Raqim Faisal. He is a professor and Al-Qaeda operative, taken down by CIA with his girlfriend after discovered for marine airport sniping lot. Check out the infographic below to know how these Homeland characters died. Via: http://www.sattvdepot.com/homeland-infographic-why-did-they-die

How a bill becomes a law in United States

January 18, 2015, 10:42 pm

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This educational infograhic shows how a bill becomes a law in United States. A bill can be introduced in either of the House of Representatives or the Senate, the two houses of Cogress. Then the bill is referred to a comittee. If the bill is approved, the next step is to be debated and then vodet upon by the entire house. If the house does not approve the bill, it can be send back to the committee it came from or abandon it. In case of approving the bill, it goes to the other house where they repeat the same process. If the bill is approved once again, then it goes to the President. Only in case the President signs it, then the bill becomes a law. The President of the United States has has the option to veto the bill and send it back to Congress. Both houses of Congress then have three choices: changing the bill so it is more to the President’s liking; agreeing that the bill will never be passed and let it go or voting to override the President’s veto. Via: http://vectorfast.com/

Local Search Ranking Factors

January 19, 2015, 12:40 pm

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Local SEO is very important to increase your local website traffic. Recently Google has changed many updates for SEO pit of view. In this SEO infograghic are depicted recent trends for local SEO. High quality directory citations, name, address, phone & review are very important factors. Over the course of past year, we have seen the search engine result pages that Google returns for Local Intent searches get more more and more complex. Google Plus was formally launched in late June of last year. Much more important were the "Panda", "Venice" and "Penguin" algorithm updates that took down a lot of low quality websites (albeit almost none of them traditional small business sites). Participants were asked to rank 90 possible positive factors and 18 possible negative factors that drive Google's Local Search algorithms. Check out the results in the infographic below. Via: http://www.annexcore.com/

Shoe Storage Hacks in The Click of a Heel

January 20, 2015, 7:35 am

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It is not a big secret that women love shoes. They can't buy enough shoes and we can say for sure they daydream about shoes even at work. However, how they store their shoes is another story. Fortunately, Dorothy Perkins and Vicky Silverthorn, a celebrity de-clutter expert, have teamed up to give you good advices and ensure you will never miss a Dorothy moment. They have created an informative and very useful infographic that showcases storage hacks how to store your shoes. If you need to store up to 10 pairs of shoes vintage suitcases are a simple yet effective way storage solution. If you have 21-30 pairs of shoes to store then you can use labelled shoe boxes with polaroids. For more ideas how to storage your tens of pairs of shoes check out the infographic below. Via: http://www.dorothyperkins.com/

How obsessed with TV is the UK?

January 20, 2015, 7:56 am

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This infographic shows just how obsessed with TV is the UK. Did you hibernate all the last winter with Breaking Bad as your only companion or would you miss a date for an episode of Coronation Street or ? Whether never miss an episode or you join the conversation on Twitter, here's what you could have done if you weren't such a telly addict. If sitting at home addicted is your version of "reality", you won't mind missing out on real life. The X Factor generated 570,000 Twitter mentions. But what you could have done? Rather than catching up with Cowell and Co you could have left the couch and completed 20 marathons. What did you miss this year LOLing at home on the couch? Orange is the New Black generated 300,000 Twitter mentions, Big Bang Theory - 91,000 Twitter mentions, New Girl - 67,000 Twitter mentions, etc. Source: http://blog.musicmagpie.co.uk/

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Questions to Help You Plan Your Retirement

January 21, 2015, 7:27 am

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There are 4 questions you should ask yourself before you begin planning your retirement. These questions include:

• When are you planning to retire? Time until retirement is a critical starting point!
• What is the time horizon for your retirement savings? 1 in 4 65 year-olds will live beyond ago 90.
• How much money will you need in retirement? Most planners recommend 70-80% of current income.
• What is the appropriate investment asset allocation for you? Equities? Fixed incomes? Start planning today.

Via: http://www.fisherinvestments.com/your-retirement/retirement-planning/4-questions-plan-your-retirement

Top 10 Celebrity Weddings on St. Valentines’ Day

January 22, 2015, 12:56 am

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Valentines’ day is celebrated primarily by lovers, who step into a new relationship or cherish their union after years of commitment. Some couples aim for a grand wedding ceremony, and thus they decide upon tying the knot on February 14, i.e., Valentines’ Day. Let’s take a short tour to know details of stardom weddings, which took place on this beloved day of the Georgian Calendar. This awesome infographic created by Angara.com showcases top 10 celebrity weddings on St. Valentines’ Day. Among these are Adriana Lima and Marko Jaric wedding, Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton wedding, Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid wedding and so on. Via: http://www.angara.com/

What Women Want

January 22, 2015, 10:51 am

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Have you seen the movie "What Women Want" with Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt? Nice movie, but this is not our main topic now. The famous question "What Women Want ?" is as old as Adam and Eve are. For thousands of years men have been trying to find the answer of this difficult question. We can not claim with success that anyone has found what women want. This infographic will help to dive deeper in the women's psychology and probably you might be the first man answered this famous question. Over 600 women were asked about their shopping habits, fashion, inspiration and this is what they said... Via: http://www.curvissa.co.uk/

8 Essential Branding Steps for your Business

January 23, 2015, 6:19 am

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With so many other things to do when starting a business, small business owners tend to dismiss branding as unimportant. Good branding, however, can go a long way in standing out from your competition and ultimately growing your business. 99designs has published a informative infographic showcasing a small business branding checklist with 8 essential tips to branding your business for those looking to kick-start their branding efforts! First, it is very important to brainstorm what your brand stands for and then to think about what your brand should look like. The next step is creating core branding assets such as logo and website and keep them consistent. Via: http://99designs.com/customer-blog/small-business-branding-checklist/

How to make better New Year’s Resolutions in 2015

January 23, 2015, 6:45 am

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Tired of hearing the expression, "New Year, new you?" Be smart about your goals in 2015. This new year's resolutions infographic gives insight to revealing statistics about 2014's New Year's resolution failure rate, and explains a 3-step solution to making better, even successful New Year's resolutions and goals. For example, a paltry 8% of the U.S. population are reported to actually achieve their New Year's resolutions each year. This means that over 131 million Americans did not achieve their resolutions in 2014. This phenomenon can be explained, at least in part, to the way that willpower operates within the brain. Make smarter decisions about your goals in 2015 with the information contained in this infographic. Via: http://blog.pumpup.co/post/106815836168/your-new-years-resolution-solution-2015-infographic

A Visual History of Wine Labels

January 23, 2015, 6:55 am

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This wine history infographic traces the long and storied history of wine and its labeling. Setup in a timeline format, it guides the viewer through major events that led up to the great labels we see today. Illustrations of processes and label specifics make this visual history a resource for people to learn about a topic they might otherwise have overlooked. The history of wine labes begins in the Ancient times when wine was first cultivated. After 2000 years labels were created and the first use of wine label is identified in Greece. From these years until now wine labels have developed significantly. Labeling become widespread since 1800s. Source: http://yourlabelsnow.com/a-visual-history-of-wine-labels-infographic/

The life of Steve Jobs

January 25, 2015, 7:09 am

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A lot has been said, discussed and written about Steve Jobs. Loved and hated but never ignored, the founder of Apple and Pixar certainly left a large footprint in business in the last three decades. Steve’s life did not begin as a fairy tale as he was given for adoption by his parents as a baby. Steve proved to be a smart kid and learned electronics from his stepfather. After that, he met Steve Wozniak and had a short and not very successful stint in college. In the meantime, he went to India and practiced Zen Buddhism. Later, he started Apple together with Steve Wozniak in his garage and in a few years, Apple became a multimillion company. At the same time, he had a daughter whose paternity he denied. After getting kicked out from Apple, Jobs created Pixar and got successful one more time and after more than a decade, he returned to Apple and was appointed a CEO. There, he created the iPhone, iPad and iPod among other products before he was diagnosed with cancer. After several years of fight, he died but his products and his companies continue their work and they keep his spirit alive. Check out this infographic that depicts the life of Steve Jobs. Via: http://fundersandfounders.com/

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What is your whiskey?

January 25, 2015, 7:12 am

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Whiskey is the drink of real men. And often, they get drunk because of it for real. There are three types of whiskey for “real men” – Manhattan, old-fashioned and straight whiskey, depending on the ice quantities and the add-ons. For the ladies who prefer that manly drink, the most widespread options are stiletto, kiss on the lips and bourbonella which are characterized by more add-ons and mixture with different juices or lighter spirits. For the ones who like experimenting, there are adventurous options such as spicy meatball, forty creek Caesar and Irish bacon sout which leave you wonder if you drink whiskey as they have a lot of add-ons that to an extent change the traditional whiskey flavor. For the people who want to drink something stronger, especially young people, who like going out, there is Washington apple, Jack and coke and the destructive Irish car bomb which can wipe you out from the face of Earth. For gamblers, there is a whole separate section with devil went down to Georgia, social butterfly and socialite so if you happen to be in Vegas do not miss any of these options. No matter where you are, there is always a reason to have a glass of whiskey. Via: http://palms.com/

Thought You Knew All About Bad Credit?

January 27, 2015, 6:20 am

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When you are a small business owner, you often hear the term “bad credit” and are warned to avoid this phenomenon like the plague. Fortunately for those who cannot avoid it, there are companies (like Shield Funding) that offer bad credit business loans without impressive tax returns or lengthy credit checks. Regardless, the questions about bad credit still stand: Why has bad credit for small businesses become so prevalent in recent years? What percentage of small business owners are still dealing with bad credit today? What are simple things that you can do to improve your personal credit score, and how should your personal and business accounts interact? With this infographic, we hope to answer these questions and more, while also giving you the tools you need to start or develop your small business. Via: https://shieldfunding.com/2015/01/about-bad-credit/

How Denim Evolved in the US

January 27, 2015, 11:37 pm

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Denim garments are without doubt the most popular type of clothing worn by millions of people all over the world every day. However did you know that their history dates back to the middle of 19th century, when denim was first used to create durable and most importantly cheap workman’s clothing? After being widely accepted by people, denim clothes began to transform. It’s incredibly entertaining to see how dungarees evolved for over more than a century to become the modern jeans’ clothing we know today. Embark on a journey through the history of denim in the United States with American Eagle Outfitters! This fashion infographic depicts how the denim evolved over the years. Escaping its humble beginnings as the inexpensive workwear of the lowest classes, blue jeans have ascended to become not only a fashion staple but one of the most dynamic pieces of clothing you can buy. Via: http://blog.ae.com/2014/11/17/evolution-of-denim/

The Best World Records in Surfing

January 28, 2015, 11:48 am

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Surfing is a sport which is capable of testing the thoughest limits of human beings. From the highest wave ever surfed to the longest consecutive surfing session, many surfers have risked their lives in pursuit of achieving and breaking incredible world records. Garret McNamara, a 44 year old Hawaiian surfer, managed to surf a mammoth 78 foot wave in 2012 at Nazare, Portugal. The longest consecutive surfing session record is held by Ben Shaw who rode over 300 waves in total for 29 hours and 10 minutes. Find out more for the most impressive world records in surfing as well as the plain ridiculous ones in this insightful surfing infographic. Via: http://www.totalsurfingfitness.com/

10 Famous Logo Shifts of 2014

January 29, 2015, 7:14 am

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In the beginning of 2015 it is high time to revise the significant brand changes that happened back in 2014. This insightful infographic showcases the 10 famous logo shifts of 2014. Among the listed in the infographic logo shifts are the changes of logos of major international companies such as Paypal, Reebok, Pizza Hut, etc. Some logo shifts are approved undoubtedly by the public at large. On the other hand, other logo shifts raised interesting questions and some people find resemblance of the new logos with unusual objects. Reebok’s new logo takes aid of “Delta” symbol to represent positivity and change. On the other side, Paypal failed to impress with their new logo as long as improper kerning and poor font choice can lead a brand to lifelong embarrassment. Netflix brought to public a new logo that is flat, red and very boring. The previous version of the Netflix logo is still more popular. Source: http://www.designmantic.com/blog/infographics/10-famous-logo-shifts-of-2014/