Everywhere that you go out, you'll see clubs playing Spanish [language] music. Everyone's talking in Spanish. We needed to make something happen." The Vibra Urbana team found their niche — and built a significant audience — by gathering some of the hottest new talent of e...
My mother emailed me last week to ask if she was using the word “nor” correctly, which brings us to today’s post: the use of either or and neither nor.
To keep from sinking, the cruise ship has to displace its weight in water before it's submerged. That's a lot easier to do if the cruise ship is constructed in a way so that it's less dense than the water below it. Think of it as the difference between dropping a bowling ball in...
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay that begins with the sentence “In an era of information explosion, it is vitally important to develop the ability to think critically and make rational choices.” You can make statements, give reasons, or cite examples ...
Bill Gates is no public health expert. He is not a doctor, an epidemiologist or an infectious disease researcher. Yet somehow he has become a central figure in the lives of billions of people, presuming to dictate the medical actions that will be required for the world to go “back to no...
San Diego Zoo (2920 Zoo Drive, Balboa Park) features more than 4,200 rare and exotic animals representing 800 species, many of which can be seen in natural habitats like the Polar Bear Plunge, Tiger River, Sun Bear Forest, Flamingo Lagoon, and Reptile Mesa. The children's zoo has a pet...
There are potential consequences to shipping in the passage.Ships could disrupt the polar bears and bowhead whales that live there.There could be an increase in the smuggling of polar bear hides and walrus tusks.An increase in the number of tourists could mean an increase in the amount of tr...
Patrick lost more than 100 pounds on The Slow-Carb Diet. I find writing very, very difficult. While on book deadline (right now, for instance), I suffer dramatic ups and downs. In my darkest hours, I re-read reader success stories that have been sent to
When I first came across tap tap tap's Where To sale offer, I was fascinated and scared as well. Fascinated because it would offer a jump start in the App Store; scared because of the risk involved. And puzzled of all the questions how to do such a deal:
In thelast post, I discussed the problems comparing modern instrumental global or hemispheric average temperatures to the past. Ocean temperature coverage was sparse and of poor quality prior to 2005. Prior to 1950, land (29% of the surface) measurements were also sparse and of poor quality. ...