The afternoon sun beats down on the rocky hills and quicksand pits that surround the still, gray-blue body of water, which is flanked by Israel and the West Bank on the west and Jordan on the east. As its name implies, there’s little life in the Dead Sea. The water’s extraordinarily high salt content prevents […]
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Darryl Holland moves with purpose as he surveys the calm before the storm. It’s about 9:30 a.m. in early December, which means his company, Holiday LiteSource, will soon be abuzz with activity, reports The Avalanche-Journal. We’re always on the fly,” Holland said. That’s because Holiday LiteSource is a national player in the wholesale commercial holiday
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The ukulele, that four-stringed instrument that brings to mind kitschy Hawaiian grass-skirt performances and Tiny Tim, is suddenly hip, according to The NY Daily News. Roger Greenawalt credits the ukulele’s increased following to something he has dubbed the “Aloha Zen” effect. “It really transforms your mind,” says the 47-year-old, who first picked up the instrument
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Surrounded by shelves stocked with 180 different wooden train cars, Sandy Oliver boxes orders at Whittle Shortline Railroad in New London, Mo. (pop. 1,001). Then she stops and picks up a bright blue replica of The Little Engine That Could, reports American Profile. This is my favorite. I think it has personality,” says Oliver about
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The Orangeville Banner: If you want to find Chris Llewellyn, your best bet – most days – is to knock on her garage door. That’s where the Orangeville resident spends much of her time creating rustic home décor items for a national distributor. “As anyone who has a small business knows, there’s no such thing
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North County Times: Like countless new mothers, Robyn Collar found two hands weren’t enough. With an infant girl, Kayli, and a newborn son, Talen, Collar found herself more than 100 percent occupied. “I couldn’t change my daughter’s diapers because my son wouldn’t let me set him down without screaming,” Collar said. “I couldn’t see to
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Jeremiah Turner at Foster’s Daily Democrat has an interesting look at a little ‘green’ startup. I recently visited a nondescript storefront at an address I will not reveal because industrial espionage is very real when the stakes are high. And in this case they are very high indeed. Inside was a little startup company called
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If you have a million dollar idea and need some advice on how to get started, a new book and an inventor’s conference may be your ticket to booming business says 9News.com. The Hoola Hoop, Crocs, Post-it Notes, The Snuggie – all simple ideas that turned into millions of dollars for independent inventors and stimulated
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news:lite tv is reporting that James Halliburton originally pitched his water-buoy idea – an auto-inflating, strengthened and illuminated balloon that would be attached to items which could be accidentally dropped in water. But he found success after he saw children playing with his invention and adapted the idea into the ‘Illoom balloon’ essentially a ballon
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Montreal Gazette: There’s really no need for it, but North Americans now are in the habit of replacing their pillows every two or three years. Which suits Nino Saad just fine. Saad is the head of Les Accessoires Sleep Comfort Inc., a small family business that has found a niche making and stuffing pillows. Its
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