Recycling does not apply only to newspapers, plastics and computers, fabric and clothing can also get get a second life.As a young child, I saw my mother turn pieces from grown ups into clothing for us.She does have a talent for sewing. I was reminded of these thrifty times...
We all have awkward moments.It is always worth taking the time to think before we open our mouth.If we don't we run the risk of having a 'that one who winks' moment.We might be stuck in a different era and not have realized that things changed. After almost 2 decades in the...
How do you treat an addiction?Do you go cold turkey or do you wean it out progressively. Self confessed e-mail addict Peter Bauer of Mimecast, an e-mail management company tells Joia Shillingford in Living without e-mail (FT, Digital Business, October 8) how he plans to go...
Imagine turning the faucet on in your kitchen and instead of water, wine comes flowing.This is what happened recently in Italy to the happy residents of Marino during the local Grape Festival.Some called it a 'miracolo' (miracle). Well it was not quite so, more like a...
I have to be thankful that in my corner of New Jersey it has not been colder.It is October 8 and I have not turned the heat on yet.Day temperatures are still in the mid to high 60's.In the past week, night temperatures have dropped to the mid 40's. The very official US...
I would not have known that October 7, 2008 was declared World Day for Decent Work by Unions around the globe if I had not read A Foolish Race to the Bottom (FT, October 6) by Stefan Stern. What defines 'decent work' he asks? Good pay, the right environment, safety, you...
Maybe your town does not have a bulk day like mine has (usually the first Monday of the month).I am sometimes surprised at how much we throw away.A lot of our electronic gear gets tired or we fall out of love with it. If it went past its freshness date and does not work...
African farmers don't want to add to their livestock in times of drought.So "Maasai herdsmen in Kenya have turned to an age-old contraceptive device, the "olor", to protect their precious goat herds from an ongoing drought" writes Ruth Nesoba (BBC News, Nairobi) in Goat...
I never tasted any of the Taltarni wines nor remember noticing them. What piqued my curiosity at first was How to Pour Sparkling Wine with Loïc Le Calvez (on Chow) or should I say the Britanny link of the story. With a name like Loïc Le Calvez, the senior winemaker of...
Before you step into a viper's nest, a bad spell or more prosaically an hotel, a restaurant you should not have visited in a locale you never experienced before, pay a visit to Traveldodo and save yourself a headache.If you are or were on the receiving end of a sour trip,...
Trying to put her finger on what could be perceived as instability in the constant job hopping of some younger workers, Sacha Chua looks at the Cons and Pros of sticking with a job in Why Gen Y Won't Stay in Jobs that Suck. Her perspective on the issue is that "when...
Starting Monday, October 6, the Spanish world on both sides of the Atlantic will celebrate the Christopher Columbus discoveries with the VivAmerica festival (Spanish language site). Events take place simultaneously in Madrid, Tenerife and Bogota.They cover all aspects of arts...
Should some eateries choose their name more carefully?Amongst the 2 dozen restaurants victim of a robbery in 2008 in the San Francisco Bay Area I found Beretta, a late night spot in San Francisco.Also listed is Pho 84, a Vietnamese restaurant in Oakland.Looking at the San...
The world is changing, schools do too. Maybe not as much as some of us would like yet some ideas need our help and our MONEY. I am not crazy about the incessant PTA Fundraisers. I am thrilled to join DonorsChoose 2008 Blogger Challenge today, October 3rd. I picked 4...
There is room in the business world for contemplation and meditating on the Meaning of life as a lecture by Dr.Kazuo Inamori that I attended on October 1st proved. On Trading Places, Adam Pasick points to the story of Brother Nikanor as related in Broker turned monk offers...
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