Tom Edwards openly admits his guilt over drinking and driving. However it is that guilt that has motivated him to create a new tool in the fight against drinking and driving reports Florida Today. About three years ago, Edwards was driving through Merritt Island on the way to his Rockledge home, when he was pulled […]
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The following post is made possible by support from UPS. Back in 1975, Business Week ran an incredibly cognizant article about the office of the future. Will the office change all that much? Listen to George E. Pake, who heads Xerox Corp.’s Palo Alto (Calif.) Research Center, a new think tank already having a significant
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1661 – The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco. 1935 – The world’s first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 1956 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its very last “Big Tent” show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, due to changing economics all subsequent circus shows
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Metro News: It once put out fires in and around Ottawa, but now this vintage 1967 Fargo firetruck is starting them. Sort of. It’s making pizzas in a wood fire oven installed in its rear, after two Ottawa entrepreneurs turned a joke into an eccentric business idea. “My business partner Jason Paquette called me one
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Gravity Light: Did you know that there are currently over 1.5 billion people in the World who have no reliable access to mains electricity? These people rely, instead, on biomass fuels (mostly kerosene) for lighting once the sun goes down. A commonly held view is that solar powered lighting is the answer to these problems
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Entrepreneur.com: This is a great seasonal business that specializes in providing the labor for holiday decorations. Once a year an opportunity to make excellent extra money arrives–installing and then later removing decorative outdoor Christmas lights for people who just don’t have the time or the energy to do it for themselves. Start looking for customers
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1806 – After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their “Corps of Discovery” begin their arduous journey home. 1857 – Elisha Otis’s first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City. 1868 – The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic
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On this date in 1976, I was born on a rainy day in Modesto, California. Some other, slightly more important things happened on this date, too: 1791 – Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris. 1903 – In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first
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1868 – The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps. 1955 – The Mighty Mouse Playhouse premieres on television. 1993 – The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of
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A reader asked: Any suggestions on what I can get my entrepreneur husband for Christmas? We don’t have a lot of extra money, so something cheap would be best. Since there are only 36 days left until Christmas, it might be time to start thinking about what to get the entrepreneur in your life. If
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