Chocolate makers now predict a deficit of two million metric tons of chocolate by 2030. The industry faces its longest lasting deficit in 50 years in a trend experts have predicted since 2010. “In twenty years, chocolate will be like caviar. It will become so rare and so expensive that the average Joe just won’t […]
Rainy days are loved by some and loathed by others. There are many different opinions on the subject, but here is a list of the top 7 reasons why rainy days are, well, freaking awesome! 7) Coffee Shops–All coffee houses are better when it’s rainy (and/or cold) outside. They buzz, as if it’s Christmas, with […]
Shark Tank, a reality TV show that airs on ABC, is one of my favorite shows to watch. There are two aspects of the show. There is the perspective of the sharks or the investors versus the perspective of the entrepreneurs pitching their ideas. Since the first show, it became very apparent that “Mr. Wonderful” […]
It is said that life is the unique combination of success and failure, smile and tear, sweetness and bitterness, brightness and darkness. Hence, it can be said that duality is the real truth of life. During the course of living life, a person meets many other persons. The person forgets some of other persons. The person […]
Life isn’t always easy but we learn pretty quickly how to deal with the everyday routines, such as hitting the snooze button no more than three times so we can do what is needed to get to work on time, the precise ratio of peanut butter to jelly so junior doesn’t have a meltdown at […]
There’s nothing new about the name Tyra Banks. Presumably, many people know the famed supermodel, whose roots go back to tough financial times in the Inglewood area of Los Angeles. Yet, like so many African-Americans–before and after her–who have overcome The United State’s perpetual racial and economic barriers, many people also know her journey to […]
Recently in the news, it’s come to everyone’s attention that Demi Lovato has been sporting a new tattoo on her side. The piece, to pretty much everyone’s eyes but hers, seems to be a simple tattoo that’s nothing but a mash-up of miscellaneous roman numerals in no particular order with no particular meaning. However, if […]
What will happen to the Majestic Theatre? That was the question before the Human Services Committee last Tuesday. The three person committee was made up of Penny York, Bruce Sorte, and Mike Beilstein. They heard public testimony and considered proposals ranging from mothballing or selling the building to handing over operation to the City of […]
At 800 million users as of July 2011, Facebook has solidified its presence in social communication and is often referred to as a officiator of interpersonal connections. It’s not a new phenomenon-the need to legitimize oneself socially has been around since man learned how to paint Ug loves Lug on his cave wall. People want to […]
Hip-hop is an urban youth culture related to rap music and the fashions of African-American people of the inner city. Rap, the genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s, which rhyming lyrics were chanted to a musical accompaniment. There are several forms of rap that have emerged. Hip hop is a cultural society, […]