The New York Times reports that Mike Barrett does not have much of a yard at his two-story row house in Astoria, Queens. But that fact has not kept him from his new hobby of beekeeping – he put the hive on his roof. When it was harvest time this fall, he just tied ropes […]
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PSFK reports that the Speed Camera Lottery, in addition to photographing speed violators and issuing tickets, would also capture those vehicles that are driving within limits and enter them in a lottery to get a chance to win money from the revenue which was generated from speeding tickets. The idea was tested with great success
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Women may make up for approximately half of the work force and their unemployment rate may be lower, but when it comes to the better paying jobs it is still a man’s world. According to Life Inc., Catalyst has found that women have held up to 14.4% executive positions in 2010. That’s up from 13.5%.
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It is often said that men do not like to shop. That stereotype is often true. For men that do not enjoy shopping there is Man Essentials. It is a subscription service that mails out underwear, undershirt, and sock packages over a set period of time. Men can keep their necessities freshly stocked without having
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According to The New York Times, for more than a decade, some of the nation’s shrewdest marketers have tried to muscle in on the neighborhood dry cleaner, only to give up after years of labor and millions of dollars in investments. Undeterred, Procter & Gamble is taking a shot at it, again. Having persuaded Americans
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Small business confidence has seen a rise in November, making it the highest number since the recession began. According to Bloomberg, small business owners feel that sales and the economy will improve. The National Federation of Independent Business’s optimism index increased to 93.2, the highest since December 2007, from an October reading of 91.7. Seven
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While not a complete substitute for vigorous movement and exercise, the GymyGym Exercise Chair provides an opportunity for some much needed physical activity for the desk-chained knowledge workers of the world. Gizmag reports the user sits back on a stripped bungee seating system that’s said to mold itself to the shape and size of the
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Navigating an airport can be stressful even for experienced travelers so designers Kang Eun-Kyung and Park Ji-Eun thought a compass built into one’s boarding pass would be a great idea. The result is the Airport Compass, which is powered by a solid-state thin film battery, which needs very little energy and is flexible. The arrow
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MMD Newswire: Total Car Franchising Corporation, franchisor of Colors on Parade, the nation’s premier mobile automotive paint reconditioning franchise, announced today that it has been awarded a patent titled “Paint Over-Spray Eradicator” by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The new technology disclosed in the patent (No. 7,837,130) consists of a portable system for
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PR Newswire: Officials of the Latino Hotel Association (LHA), the global organization dedicated to expanding Latino ownership, leadership and commerce in the hotel industry, today announced the successful completion of “Hotel Franchising,” the group’s first hotel franchising forum held outside the U.S. The event, which was held November 30 to December 3, 2010, in Saltillo,
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