In 1950, the United States was the only country with a well developed oil industry. Today, the energy sector as a whole is the largest industry in the world and accounts for over $3 trillion dollars in annual sales. The second largest global industry, food, accounts for $1.7 trillion. Between 1950 and 1973 the world …
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Dalai Lama to visit San Diego this April, 2012 – public tickets available in February
Uniting their forces, three local universities are bringing the Dalai Lama to San Diego in April for a series of talks on topics ranging from global climate change to religious harmony. This will be the spiritual leader’s first official visit to San Diego. Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th Dalai Lama, the supreme religious head of …
How many people in United States own a TV, DVR, Video Game Console, DVD player?
Of an estimated 312,000,000 in the United States in 2011: 290 million have at least one TV 253 million – DVD player 162 million – video game console 145 million – cable 129 million – DVR 95 million – Satellite TV By percentage: 93% – have at least one TV 81% – DVD player 52% …
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Technology-themed comic book – The Zen of Steve Jobs
Kobun was a Zen Buddhist priest who emigrated to the U.S. from Japan in the early 1970s. He was an innovator, lacked appreciation for rules and was passionate about art and design. Kobun was to Buddhism as Jobs was to the computer business: a renegade and maverick. It wasn’t long before the two became friends–a …
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Smartest bird alive – a Crow creates a sled and has some fun (video)
via The Culture Gabfest
The most complicated way you can think of to turn a page – Joseph Herscher's – The Page Turner
A Rube Goldberg machine – a device that accomplishes a task in the most complicated way possible!
The most complicated way you can think of to turn a page – Joseph Herscher’s – The Page Turner
A Rube Goldberg machine – a device that accomplishes a task in the most complicated way possible!
Unknown to most modern-day investors and traders – Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is one of the most important investment books ever written
Like you I dream of investing in the stock market to make money. Not big money but simple 10% returns, year over year. The trouble is that the market is so complex and confusing. It seems to take an infinite amount of time, research, and knowledge to make it work. To which, I respond, there …
R.I.P. Etta James
At last My love has come along My lonely days are over And life is like a song Oh yeah yeah, at last The skies above are blue My heart was wrapped up in clover The night I looked at you And I found a dream that I could speak to A dream that I …
Marine Protected Area – MPA – saving our coasts with science and conservation
Marine Protected Areas are regions in which human activity has been placed under some restrictions in the interest of conserving the natural environment. This can include limitations on development, fishing practices, fishing seasons and catch limits, moorings, bans on removing or disrupting marine life of any kind. In some situations MPA’s also provide revenue for countries, often of equal …
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