Archive for January 23rd, 2008
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Fitness Program For New Moms Puts Babies Into The Workout, Too
Auburn Journal: For one group of new Auburn stay-at-home moms, squeezing in a workout between laundry, dishes and diaper changes can become nearly impossible. “You can get so lost in the chores and before you know it, you have been home for three days straight without getting out of the house once,” said Jaime Nattrass, [...]
Another Reason Not To Make Your Boss Angry
From Yahoo.com TAIPEI (AFP) – A Vietnamese woman searching for her father worked at his home in Taiwan for seven months without realising who he was before the relationship came to light, her father and police said Tuesday. Tran Thi Kham, 40, travelled to Taiwan in 2005 hoping to find her biological father, who fell [...]
Mom Surrounds Herself With 'Smarty Pants'
The Frederick News-Post Online: Shannon McKenzie grew up in a suburb of Seattle. Now she lives in Urbana, considered by many to be a suburb of Washington. But the difference between the two big cities on opposite coasts is striking, she says. “In Seattle, people are in touch with the outdoors. They’re laid back.” The [...]
Advertising Ad Markets Pet Horse As Food
From Yahoo.com AKRON, Mich. – Kristen DeGroat just wanted to sell her horse to another animal lover, but her ad ended up under “Good Things to Eat” in the classified sections of two newspapers. About a third of the 60 or so calls she received were from people interested in buying horse meat. “It’s been [...]
The ultimate cubicle prank. [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=27IOmm7zlCw[/youtube]
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A video about handling pushy coworkers. [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=E5u9Dz4wFJk[/youtube]
Even former presidents get bored at work. [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=XnmFadjISBs[/youtube]
How to Get Your Product into a Big Box Store
Wondering how to get your product into a big box store like Wal-Mart or Home Depot? Fortune Small Business recommends using a middleman: Matt Yubas, the owner of Yubas Consulting, a product marketing and development consultancy in Lubbock, Tex., suggests that you consider hiring a third-party business consultant to act on your behalf. “Companies like [...]
A reader wrote: I have been searching the internet for weeks and weeks to attempt to come up with a catchy name for my used car lot. Is there any way that you can help me out with this? Do you have any links for me? Its going to have cars under $6,000. Target individuals [...]
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Strange Jobs From The 30s and 40s
Here’s some weird job ads from the 30′s and 40′s. With today’s iffy economy you might pick up some ideas for future employment!
Neatorama: Ships were powered by the wind for centuries, and those days may be returning! The MS Beluga, a 462ft cargo vessel, [left] Germany on Tuesday for a voyage to Venezuela. During the trip, the crew will deploy a SkySail, a 160 square meter kite which will ride the wind 600 feet up.
InsiderRacingNews.com: For years now, people have called him Little “E” – a designation that began simply as a way to distinguish him from his famous father whose name he shares. But when it comes to Dale Earnhardt, Jr.’s life today, that “E” has grown to represent something more than just his surname. For the 33-year-old [...]
What Does First-To-File Mean To Me?
PatentBaristas.com: As we reported earlier, the Senate’s Committee on the Judiciary, has issued its draft report on the Patent Reform bill (S. 1145), to amend the patent laws currently in Title 35 of the United States Code. These changes will have a dramatic impact (positive or negative depending on where you stand) on every patent [...]
Teen Entrepreneur Eyes Kabob Chain
Gazette.Net: Artin Afsharjavan, 19 — who already owns an investment company, Bethesda fine-dining Persian restaurant Javan, a Washington, D.C.-area limousine company, apartment buildings in Northern Virginia and gas stations in Florida — has set his sights on the growing quick-service chain Moby Dick’s House of Kabob. Moby Dick’s has five eateries in Maryland and eight [...]
Technology Needs To Be Used Right By Small Biz
Star Tribune: In the past 30 days, I’ve done a podcast, a teleseminar and a webinar. Thirty months ago, I didn’t know that a webinar was an interactive seminar online. The tools of business have been reinvented overnight. The single biggest change in those 2 1/2 years is the invasion of technology into the world [...]
On Monday, we ran a poll asking what percentage of US consumers do not have any Internet access? One hundred and fifty-one readers participated with the answer 32 percent coming in first with 59 votes. Next was 24 percent with 53 votes. I think my hint that I was surprised by the number influenced these [...]
