Archive for December, 2006
Apple Takes Flight
In its most recent move to saturate the music market, Apple has partnered with seven of the major world airlines to make iPods an integral part of in-flight entertainment. Beginning in mid-2007, Air France, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Emirates, KLM and United Airlines will allow passengers to connect their iPods to in-flight entertainment systems.The [...]
Twelve Scholarships Seeking Applicants
Clark County Chamber of Commerce is seeking applicants from Clark County high school seniors who plan to pursue higher education in a Clark County. Twelve scholarships will be awarded on March 13, 2007, to worthy students who meet the qualifications and requirements. Information and application forms may be downloaded at: http://www.ClarkChamber.com/golf/ScholarshipApplication.pdf Completed applications must be [...]
Spray-On Condoms
Masculan, Goliath, Pullitt…the names may vary, but traditional condoms all had one thing in common. Someone had to fish them out of the package and put them on. But if an idea by the German company Vinico World of Condoms pans out, that will be changing. The firm is hoping to market a spray-on condom. [...]
NeonClick
Want a neon sign for your store, business, or home? Here’s an interesting solution from International Robotics. NeonClick are individual, colored neon letters, numbers, symbols, and punctuations, which reside within transparent, fire-resistant, plastic casings that snap together like Lego blocks to create a word or a phrase of your choosing. Besides the neon blocks, all [...]
The World’s Most Expensive Steaks
It’s a steak with the texture of foie gras, and it comes from cattle that, according to legend, are fed beer and massaged by human hands. In its raw state, the meat is pale–almost white–packed with what Chef de Cuisine David Varley of Las Vegas’ Bradley Ogden restaurant calls "an ungodly amount of fat." This [...]
The Impact of Follow Up
by Kelley Robertson at businessknowhow.com It never ceases to amaze me how few sales people make the time to follow-up after they have made initial contact with a prospect or customer. In the last few months, I can think of at least eight different situations in my own life (business & personal) when a salesperson [...]
Pillow Invention Takes Wrinkles Out Of Sleeping
Linda Randell kept waking up with pillow face and a stuffy nose. One morning, she woke up with her face on her hand in the shape of the letter C and realized she didn t have sleep lines because of that shape. That was the beginning. The Save My Face Pillow is shaped like two [...]
