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Barley Wines

Thanksgiving time again and a lot of you may have a favorite grape varietal picked out for dinner. Now just looking for that new, maybe cost effective, but well rated wine to try out. Maybe it’s time to break from tradition and “Dig into Barley Wine.” There is a great article in the WSJ by William Bostwick about some great Beers to celebrate the harvest.

Questioning the Superpowers of Omega-3in Diets


As with many studies, opinions of what is or is not good for you change like the weather... last month, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a meta-analysis of 20 clinical trials involving nearly 70,000 people that found that omega-3 fatty acids didn't prevent heart attacks, strokes or deaths from heart disease. Read more in the Wall Street Journal from Oct 1, 2012


The Wall Street Journal went on the hunt for the best Peking Duck in China

Great article by John Krich of WSJ, slideshow, and video demo of carving the duck included.

"Death by Duck "

Eric Gregory Powell for the WSJ

I know chefs are adventurous, but cooking here would not be for the faint at heart. Dubai is planning a hotel with submergable discs where you would be sleeping 10M below the surface. One word, SWEEEET!

Photo Credit: Deep Ocean Technology

As the meteoroligical fall aproaches, so does game season, and we'll be able to settle down to a nice bottle of pinot noir and a pigeon salad.

Leadership is an art!

Michael O’Malley, PhD is Vice-President of Human Capital at Sibson Consulting and the author of The Wisdom of Bees and Every Leader is an Artist (with Bill Baker).

Reading can assist you in leadership skills such as communication through increased vocabulary and verbal intelligence, improve empathy, organizational effectiveness, and heightened emotional intelligence…Read More


Like yesteryear, the want to maintain your own crops or use local farms to supply food for the table has significantly increased over the last few years. There is a lot more we can learn from our forefathers than just organizational structure and politics. Thomas Jefferson overturned convention when he brought hot weather crops to his Virginia hilltop garden... Read More


Can you really rush perfection? Maybe that’s not what they are looking for. Interesting analysis on how short cuts may not be as fruitful as planned. In the end, if you are trying to differentiate yourself from your competition shouldn’t it be in the positive spectrum? ...Read More


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