Media couple celebrate 14th wedding anniversary

 Posted on August 13, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  26 words  |  Patria Henriques

Charles and Marian's marriage is 14 years strong today, July 19 2017.

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Nigerian billionaires, Mike Adenuga, Dangote and Rabiu loose a chunk of their wealth

 Posted on August 13, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  262 words  |  Martina Birk

According to a report seen in the Nigerian business news agency, Nairametrics, the Nigerian billionaires' net worth has significantly decreased from the original $6.3 billion reported in January by Forbes to a reported $3.6 billion. Mike Adenuga lost $2.7 billion as a result of a number of circumstances. First, his net worth suffered as a result of the directive of the country's newly elected president in unifying the country's exchange rates. [Read More]

Park City, Utah: World's Greatest Places 2022

 Posted on August 13, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  195 words  |  Martina Birk

“If you build it, they will come” seems to be Park City’s mantra. The charming ski town rose to fame hosting the annual Sundance Film Festival, a star-studded celebs-in-snow-boots event, but is now growing into a major winter and summer destination on par with Aspen. Recent additions to the area’s luxury resort collection include the Pendry Park City—its location in the center of Canyons Village is a harbinger of greater things to come for this oft overshadowed area. [Read More]

Regina Daniels 7 tattoos: All you need to know and what they mean

 Posted on August 13, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  387 words  |  Billy Koelling

Regina Daniels has expressed some of her styles through the art of tattoos and there are stories behind each of the six tattoos on her body. The beautiful actress has picked up the tattoos in the last 10 years after being influenced by her brother, Sammy West. Here's a list of her current inkings and the story behind each one. 1. Forever 16 ∞ ADVERTISEMENT [Read More]

Runner-Up: Tim Cook, the Technologist

 Posted on August 13, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  830 words  |  Patria Henriques

Tim Cook has the decidedly nontrivial distinction of being the first CEO of Apple since the very first to come to power without blood on his hands. For most of its history, Apple has had a succession problem: it had no internal mechanism for transferring power from one CEO to the next without descending into civil war in between. “Each time,” Cook says, “the way that the CEO was named was when somebody got fired and a new one came in. [Read More]

Sifan Hassan Wins Women's Marathon at Paris Summer Olympics

 Posted on August 13, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  816 words  |  Kelle Repass

PARIS — Sifan Hassan traded elbows with Tigst Assefa with 150 meters left in the women’s marathon, then passed her along the railing to win the race for her third distance medal of the Paris Games on Sunday. Hassan, an Ethiopian-born racer who runs for the Netherlands, finished in an Olympic record time of 2 hours, 22 minutes, 55 seconds. Assefa won silver for Ethiopia, three seconds behind, and Kenya’s Hellen Obiri took the bronze. [Read More]

Teddy Bear Present With a Hidden Meaning May Cause Tears

 Posted on August 13, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  515 words  |  Billy Koelling

December 5, 2019 10:22 AM EST When a man’s mom gave him a teddy bear over Thanksgiving, he wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. It was only after a closer inspection of the little bear and a brief trip down memory lane, he realized that his mother had made him an irreplaceable treasure. Twitter user @HiyaJosiah shared the heart-warming story on social media. “Mom gave me ateddy bear thanksgiving. [Read More]

The History of Sewing Machines: An Invention That Spawned a Revolution

 Posted on August 13, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  524 words  |  Patria Henriques

The Singer sewing machine was so revolutionary that even Mahatma Gandhi, who eschewed all other machines, made an exception for it. After learning to sew on a Singer in a British jail, Gandhi called it “one of the few useful things ever invented.” Many outside the prison population agreed. The Singer Company became one of America’s first multinational corporations, and a staggeringly successful one at that. At a time when the average American income totaled $500, Singer sewing machines were selling for $125 — and they were selling. [Read More]

The Press: A. B. | TIME

 Posted on August 13, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1310 words  |  Martina Birk

What makes Arthur Brisbane “tick”? Why does he, son of a wealthy man, “write down to the level of Hearstpaper readers”? How much money does he make? Whence comes the “socialistic” flavor in his preachments? Such questions had often occurred to Editor Frank Parker Stockbridge of the trade magazine The American Press. A good reporter as well as a good editor, Editor Stockbridge submitted his questions to Editor Brisbane, printed questions and answers (copyrighted by Mr. [Read More]

The Texas or Giant Redhead Centipede Will Haunt Your Nightmares

 Posted on August 13, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  194 words  |  Martina Birk

July 6, 2015 12:18 AM EDT The folks over at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department posted this terrifying photo to their Facebook page Friday of a huge redheaded centipede. Known as the Texas or Giant Redhead, this particular monster — with its long black body, yellow legs and red head — was discovered in Garner State Park in the Hill Country, reports USA Today. The giant centipede preys on invertebrates but has been known to catch and eat lizards, snakes, toads and rodents. [Read More]