Archive for September 16th, 2008
A Yummy Mommy Is A State Of Mind
Canada.com: Erica Ehm doesn’t hesitate when she’s asked to describe a yummy mommy. “A yummy mommy is a state of mind, being empowered and passionate about what you do,”says Ehm. “When you feel good, you look good. It isn’t about being skinny. It’s about being healthy and athletic and engaged, not just with your children, [...]
The Picasso Kid Has Parents Saving Space While Saving Their Kid's Art
Anyone with a child in school knows how much art they can bring home in just one school year. These silly little drawings and paintings are symbols of childhood, but they also tend to take up a lot of room. Even if you have plenty of space to store them, time ages all things including [...]
The Picasso Kid Has Parents Saving Space While Saving Their Kid’s Art
Anyone with a child in school knows how much art they can bring home in just one school year. These silly little drawings and paintings are symbols of childhood, but they also tend to take up a lot of room. Even if you have plenty of space to store them, time ages all things including [...]
Chicago Tribune: Cubs fans hoping for a World Series title before they die at least can be buried in a place that looks like Wrigley Field when they do. Ground was broken for Beyond the Vines, an internment area at Bohemian National Cemetery on Chicago’s Northwest Side that will be built to look something like [...]
Training Tool Creator Looks At Fundamentals
Chron.com: Danario Edgar is out for redemption. His invention, the XrossOver Vest, is more than just a tool to teach the fundamentals of basketball. It is also a symbol of a man trying to cross over his entire life. He wants to give children the opportunities to learn the game of basketball that he never [...]
BusinessWeek: Watching a program on Brazil’s ethanol-fueled cars one evening in his Streeterville home, Mitch Sremac wondered: What would it take for people in the U.S. to start running their cars on alcohol, too? For today’s fleet, his answer was a fuel-conversion kit. After 18 months of tinkering and $1 million from friends and family, [...]
Lowering The Cost Of Education
BusinessWeek: Richard Ludlow turned down a job offer from McKinsey and deferred admission to Harvard Business School to start Academic Earth, an online hub for videos of university lectures and other educational content. Backed by angel funding, the goal of Academic Earth, which Ludlow plans to launch in September, is to make university lectures and [...]
Rhonda Abrams At USA TODAY: Want to help your own and fellow local small businesses? I’ve got an appetizing suggestion: buy and eat more “local” food. The major beneficiaries are small businesses. First, the small farmers, ranchers, or fishermen from whom the food is purchased. But all local small businesses benefit when dollars stay in [...]
