Did you watch The Grammys? I did and loved tweeting with friends who attended the event in Los Angeles and others who were watching from their sofas, like me. I had the opportunity last year to attend the Grammy Gift Lounge prior to the event and learned a lot about how big and small businesses, celebrities, Grammy executives and…
The attacker is seated in a back row of the church. He’s wiping his palms nervously on his jeans. His body is rigid on one side from the effort to conceal a nine-millimeter handgun. He’s sweating, fixated on the preacher. All are telltale signs of trouble, but the room is filled with distractions: people coughing, cell phones buzzing, parishioners…
Crude oil prices were higher Tuesday after a new report showing that manufacturing activity is on the rise in the New York region and on a weaker US dollar that made purchases in other currencies cheaper for buyers. In midday trade in New York, March contracts for West Texas Intermediate crude had added $2.82 to $76.95
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Lighting designers at Creatmosphere bring a skeletal building back to life with a century-old technique. Brighton, England’s 1,115-foot-long West Pier has had a tough run lately. Built in 1866, it closed in 1975 and was burned to a crisp by a series of fires in 2003 (arson, say the experts). Plans to rebuild it have been batted around for…
ABOUT GINGER Over the past 22 years, Ginger Burr, believing that your image is about representing the best of you (not making designers happy), has built a remarkable career as an expert personal image consultant working with women from all walks of life. Whether it’s the “dynasty” shoulder pad era, the never-ending confusion of business casual, or the low-rise…
( Editor’s note: Below is an essay by new TheOilDrum contributor Debbie Cook. Debbie was formerly Mayor and Councilmember of Huntington Beach, CA from 2000-2008 and a US Congressional Candidate, 46th District in 2008. She is also President of the Board at the Post Carbon Institute. Long active in resource depletion related outreach with TOD, ASPO and PCI, she…
EU biofuels significantly harming food production in developing countries EU companies have taken millions of acres of land out of food production in Africa, central America and Asia to grow biofuels for transport, according to development campaigners. The consequences of European biofuel targets, said the report by ActionAid, could be up to 100 million more hungry people, increased food…
In the aquarium trade, the name Ramshorn Snail is used to describe a variety of species of snails that all get classed as one breed. In most case, snails with planispiral shells (similar to a rams horn) are call Ramshorn. Most of these snails are species in the family Planorbidae which is the largest family of aquatic pulmonate gastropods… Related…
T he friendly folks at Ufile contacted me to help spread the word about ufile.ca ( not affiliated ). In doing so, they have offered to giveaway 10 online tax filing coupon codes for the readers of Million Dollar Journey. It typically costs $15.95 to file online which is a bargain compared to what accountants can charge. What is…
Bob Young is the Canadian co-founder of Red Hat Inc., the open-source pioneer that helped break Microsoft’s grip on the software industry. He gave up his role as CEO in 1999 and the title of chairman in 2002. In 2005 he stepped down as a director of Red Hat because he thought he could no longer contribute sufficiently to…