While many business owners would not care for the idea of a power plant being built next door to their company, Great Northern Hydroponics saw instead an exciting opportunity. The company, located 25 miles southeast of Windsor, operates a 50-acre greenhouse where more than 2.1 million cases of gourmet tomatoes are grown and supplied annually to grocery stores and restaurants in and around metro...
In Quebec, thieves working in the dead of night made away with sections of roofs, gutters, and wiring made of copper from four Quebec City churches. In metro Atlanta, Georgia, reports of air conditioning thefts from a few home and commercial sites are cause for concern. Meanwhile, mobile phone base station equipment has been destroyed as the result of theft of the copper wire and feedline. This...
For the past fifteen years or so, the market for this once-nearly-moribund luxury has been on an impressive rebound. From its height in the 1850s - when Cuba alone exported 356.6 million cigars - until the early 1990s, the cigar market had badly declined, falling victim to competition from cigarettes and then to declining American interest in smoking generally; by the 1980s, the industry's...
When it comes time to preparing your freshman for college, the list may seem endless - from towels and dishes to furniture and clothes. And you may find yourself returning to the store for items that slipped your mind. Something that may have slipped your mind altogether is a college toolbox. Your budding adult may not be the handiest of the group, but a basic tool kit will come in handy for...
In 1980, a group of restaurateurs approached the Mayor of Chicago with the idea of a food festival on the Fourth of July. It was the birth of Taste of Chicago. Confidence was high that the one-day event could attract 75,000 people. Instead, the event drew nearly 250,000 attendees and forever changed the way Chicago celebrates the Fourth of July.
Due to the overwhelming response from the...
Hunters, campers and outdoor enthusiasts appreciate equipment and tools that help them enjoy the outdoors more fully. Whether its fishing, hunting, or hiking, the following equipment can make great gift ideas that your outdoor enthusiast will look forward to using on the next outing.
A cast iron roaster and griddle is ideal for preparing wild game and one-pan meals. For instance, the Cabela...
If you're new to camping, it's is a fun way to get away from it all, but it's advisable to do your homework before heading out into the great outdoors to ensure a safe and enjoyable time for all.
One of the most tempting things to do after purchasing your tenting gear is to try it out for the first time at the campground. Many a first-timer camper has fumbled for hours trying to set up a...
Many of us live, and think, as if "nature" and "culture" were separate things, kept apart by a porous but clear boundary. In fact, it's usually hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. (Think of the ways most of us encounter nature - we visit "forest preserves" created, and bounded, by an act of local government.)
For a farther-reaching example, you could hardly do better than to...
Most of the mathematical concepts we encounter every day - numbers, addition, subtraction - seem so basic, so hard to avoid in discussing reality on even the most basic level, that it's hard to imagine someone having to sit down and invent them. Who was the first person to look at two rocks and think, "Two more and I've got four?" The very idea almost seems absurd.
But mathematics is, in...
It's tough being a TV character. Whether you're a crime-solving supersleuth or a wacky next door neighbor, the pressures are intense - villains that refuse to be caught, friends who don't share your enthusiasm for celebrating Festivus. When cigar-smoking had ceased, for a while, to be trendy - during the long lean years before the 1990s-era "cigar boom," cigar smoking enjoyed an abrupt, and...
