We have all seen them but do not know what they are called. The cardboard boxes with a wavy layer (called “fluting”) sandwiched in between two thin outer layers are called corrugated boxes, and are heavily used in shipping as a reliable and protective packaging material.

Cardboard as a pa…

It’s probably hanging on the wall of your home and you may not notice it, most of the time. Some people write on it, to help them remember certain days. It could be the first source you turn to, when you need to locate a holiday, or try to figure out when daylight savings time begins. The calend…

Some say our educational system is failing? Is it? Or are we just very critical. Indeed there are things which need changing, such as teachers pay, over prescribing behavior drugs, lack of interest in science and math. Yet how bad is it really? Well we also have a gang problem and many teachers f…

To be ambitious, you need to develop a vision. What are your goals? I don’t mean short-term tasks such as doing your e-mails or cooking your dinner, but rather your visions of the future. When you let yourself dream, who and what are you? Do you want to be known as the person who’s always depen…

The American Bald Eagle was unofficially chosen as a National Symbol in 1872, when the Constitution of the United States was ratified. It was not officially nominated as such until 1788. There was a heated debate, led by the great statesman Benjamin Franklin, about this bird becoming the National…