TheSun.co.uk: When Hayley Miller ended up in a homeless hostel, she could have easily headed down the path of drugs and alcohol – just like many of the young people she was living with. But instead she took a different route and sought sanctuary in her passion for fashion. Since her days at the hostel, […]
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When I was a kid, teachers would confiscate all kinds of stuff from unruly students. Knives, radios, yo-yos, you name it. If a kid could buy it, chances are that there was at least one of them in every teachers’ junk drawer. Today, in the age of cellphones, having your property confiscated by the teacher
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Products to amuse and inspire. Dress For Dinner Napkin. Dressing for dinner has never been so easy! Disposable Lighter Camcorder. Perfect for spying on smokers and pyromaniacs. Goldfish Trash Bags. The neighbors will be calling the ASPCA within minutes. Mix Stix. Be the percussion hero of your kitchen. Photos by perpetualkid/redferret/trendsnow.
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Fast Company: Decano Industries’ smart speed bump is so intuitive, it’s difficult to figure out why no one invented it before. The bump, which is made up of two steel plates, uses a patented device to measure the force of a car’s impact. If the car is safely cruising at or below the speed limit,
Remember peak oil? Someone forgot to tell North Dakota and Texas. After producing a relatively inconsequential share of the nation’s crude oil for many years (fewer than 100,000 barrels per day and only 1.5% of total domestic output), North Dakota’s oil production took off about five years ago when advanced drilling techniques including hydraulic fracturing
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The Economist: Overhauling an industry of which you know little is not easy, but neither is it impossible. In 1956 Malcolm McLean, a trucker from North Carolina, launched the first “intermodal†shipping container, which could be transferred easily between lorries, trains and ships. It revolutionised the transport of goods by abolishing the traditional (and back-breaking)
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At companies like Valve and Github, gone are the managers who boss people around and expect servile compliance. In their place is a flat organizational structure where individuals manage themselves and each other to build awesome things through peer management. These are companies without bosses. Read the rest at Business Insider.
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Central Valley Business Times: Here’s a chance for your own really cool business: installing tire chains on frozen mountain roads this winter in California! Those interested in becoming official chain installers on California state highways in the Sierra Nevada are being sought by the California Department of Transportation. These are the folks that are more
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Westworld: When adults think about starting a business, they worry about loans and other terrifying prospects that often stop them from following their dreams. But young entrepreneur Lyla Padden only considered positive outcomes when she started her cupcake business, Flour Gal, at the age of ten. Maybe that’s why she has been so successful, and
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There’s always a better way to do something, even if that something is steeped in tradition and lore. Yesterday, winemakers stomped on grapes in their bare feet. Today, thanks to Rudy Zuidema, they can blow them up. Napa Valley Register has more: His new business, Flash Wine Technologies, offers a cutting-edge method of extracting color
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