Dating Success vs. Marital Bliss

Dating Success vs. Marital Bliss

Does dating success predict marital success?  Maybe not.  In a study of 92 dating couples and 77 married couples published in Psychological Science researchers determined there is one primary predictor of happiness for a dating relationship but two primary predictors...
Whiskey!

Whiskey!

Consumption of Whiskey in the US has been on the rise. Similar to what we’ve seen in the craft beer space, there has been a renaissance of craft whiskey over the past decade. Below, the different types of whiskey are described and a recipe for a classic Manhattan...
Ten Years Ago Yesterday

Ten Years Ago Yesterday

Ten years ago yesterday was: October 9, 2007. What was special about that date? It was the S&P 500 market top prior to the great recession. From CNN Money on that date in 2007: “Stocks rallied Tuesday, sending the Dow and S&P 500 to all-time highs as...
Megacities!!

Megacities!!

Since the industrial revolution in the 1800s, there has been a steady increase the percentage of population living in cities. In 2008 an important milestone was achieved as more than half of the world’s population resided in an urban area (now it’s 54%)....
What’s So Special about Blue LED Lights?

What’s So Special about Blue LED Lights?

Last week I was at the fantastic Carlyle Summit in Santa Barbara on wellness and sustainability which co-hosted by UCSB.  There I learned that a UCSB professor,  Shuji Nakamura, shared the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering how to create blue LED lights. Why...

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