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Bottle of Jack Daniel's whiskey. Four bottles of champagne. Twelve packets of Monster Munch (pickled onion flavour). Puppy (nighttime only) Mariah Carey $3,000-a-night suite 4600 at Mandarin Oriental Hotel, New York. Cristal champagne. New lavatory seat, gold taps and French mineral water for bathing. Box of bendy straws. Attendant to dispose of used chewing gum. Tea service for eight. Specified brand of honey. Two air purifiers. Puppy. Kittens Jennifer Lopez White flowers. White tablecloths. White curtains. White candles. White couches. Low-watt light bulbs. Coffee to be stirred anticlockwise. Water prepared through multi-filter, reverse-osmosis system. Egyptian cotton sheets with thread count not less than 250. Personal chefs to prepare handmade ravioli.
January 2004 - December 2004
Howard Dean's position on abortion, he argues, makes it obvious why Catholics should support someone else
Liars! Liars! Green pants on fire!: Alan Caruba has had it up to here when it comes to the press, some scientists and the environmentalist movement over the issue of global warming and predictions about the future
They say Trevor made a mockery of MLK Day: Every year at Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska a student is picked to win the Distinguished African American Student Award. David M. Huntwork wonders why it's wrong to award a white student who happens to be a native of Africa
Homage to the Count: P. David Hornik has been listening to the great William "Count" Basie for decades but it was only recently that it struck him why the jazzman was one of the greatest ever in his field
Privatize the space program: Rather than spend hundreds of billions of dollars putting humans on Mars, writes Robert Garmong, George W.
What Does a Recession Look Like?
What does it mean for your life and your investments? We explore these questions and more in this week's letter. I have been working on this letter all week, and think you will find it interesting. The Starbucks Index But first, one interesting observation and a request for help on a fun project. Last week, I was in Europe. I walked across the street from my hotel in Geneva and was delighted to see a Starbucks. While I initially made fun of people who overpaid for a nickel cup of coffee (the price of my youth, which dates me), eventually I became hooked. I now have a venti decaf every morning on the way to work (venti being the Starbuck's code word for large). When I am feeling particularly adventurous I live on the edge and get a venti half-caf (half regular caffeinated coffee).
Strengthening Fluids With Nanoparticles
ScienceDaily (Feb. 20, 2008) Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have demonstrated that liquids embedded with nanoparticles show enhanced performance and stability when exposed to electric fields. The finding could lead to new types of miniature camera lenses, cell phone displays, and other microscale fluidic devices. .
Franchisee aims to score in business monitoring via the Web
Patrick, 46, sold his franchisee's stake in an outdoor lighting company last year, he wanted to build a different type of business, but wasn't sure what kind. But he had some clues. "I knew I didn't want to do retail, and I knew I didn't want to do fast food," he said. He also knew that he wanted a business that would serve other businesses, and that he wanted to make use of his technology background. After graduating form the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in information science in 1983, he had spent 20 years in information technology before launching the lighting company. After his experience with his first business, he was sold on the franchising model as a way of getting a business off the ground. It was while searching the Internet for franchising opportunities that he learned about Dallas-based Eyesthere, a company that offers businesses the ability to monitor their work sites long-distance via the Internet.
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