Photographer Spent 3 Years Trying To Get His First Shot Of Seals On Ice, Until He Met This Pup…

Alexey Trofimov spent 3 years trying to get his first shoot of seals on the ice, as these cute animals are really shy, cautious, and difficult to photograph. “If a seal pup is not too scared, they will begin to become curious about you and this is what this seal was doing,” Trofimov told Caters […]

Say “Hello” to the World’s First Large-Scale Tidal Power Farm

In Brief Scotland unveiled the first turbine for the MeyGen tidal stream project, the world’s first large-scale tidal energy farm. The project will initially install four turbines, but will eventually have 269 turbines, enough to power 175,000 homes. A turbine designed to generate electricity from the tides at Scotland’s north coast was revealed by its […]

What Do People Order at Cocktail Bars?

The cocktail is arguably the greatest of America’s early cultural inventions.  The martini, cosmopolitan and, long island iced tea are not just nice ways to get a buzz—they represent the beginning of an American aesthetic. The cocktail historian David Wondrich writes “that [a] facility with mixing drink was the first legitimate culinary art, and the […]

President Barack Obama Says, “This Is What a Feminist Looks Like”

There are a lot of tough aspects to being President. But there are some perks too. Meeting extraordinary people across the country. Holding an office where you get to make a difference in the life of our nation. Air Force One. But perhaps the greatest unexpected gift of this job has been living above the […]

Single’s Day: How to Maximize Sales During this NewHoliday

Does anyplace you shop have Single’s Day.  I came across this article suggesting reatailer adjust to the holiday. For those selling in China, I assume it’s a must.  Will it catch on everywhere? Single’s Day, the massively popular one-day online sales event in China, is coming on 11/11 and Alibaba has plans to be bigger […]

The Strange Custom of Setting Pianos on Fire

When an old piano is out of tune and completely out of commission, some say there’s only one thing left to do: Burn it. Burning an old piano has become something of a tradition for musicians and Air Force members alike—although no one’s exactly sure how it got started. Most stories attribute the birth of […]

AI system finds Trump will win the White House and is more popular than Obama in 2008

This article is from October 28th. It’s not about the politics in the US, it’s about using data to help plan things.  There was no reason to be surprised last Tuesday Trump will win the election, according to AI system After predicting the last three U.S. presidential elections, this A.I. system is calling for a […]

LinkedIn opens Sponsored InMail to all as yet more ad products come to messaging platforms

It’s gloves off for social media companies that have patiently built audiences for their platforms and weaned them on steady diets of ad-free content: they’re all now starting to double down on ways of monetizing them. Now it’s the turn of LinkedIn, the social network for professionals that’s currently getting acquired by Microsoft for $26.2 […]