| Drawn to science
AXS Biomedical Animation Studio, a growing two-year-old startup housed in the business incubator section of Toronto's MaRS research district, might never have taken root if its three young founders had followed a traditional business model and set up shop near the headquarters of their biggest potential clients. They would have been forced to emigrate to the U.S. as a team or seek employment individually at one of the burgeoning medical animation studios evolving on the American eastern seaboard. Instead, American clients now come to them. AXS's founders Jason Sharpe, 37, Sonya Amin, 30, and Eddy Xuan, 33 are not the sort to be put off by minor concerns about geography and revenue streams; they had already survived the demanding postgraduate biomedical communications program in the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto.
Quanita Adams: Actress extraordinaire
This award-winning actress of stage and screen, returns to the theatre in 'Kroes', a uniquely South African play. She speaks to CARL COLLISON about humble beginnings and coming home 'I was told to never, ever mention this, but I'm going to anyway," says Quanita Adams. The actress, evidently in the mood for divulging information she shouldn't be, relays in her typically deadpan, tongue-in-cheek style, the story of her first professional production as an actress: a Boney M tribute. "There we were, on the back of this car, driving through gay Greenpoint, singing Little Drummer Boy," she reminisces, obviously enjoying the hilarious memory of having to sing the line: "Para papam pam!" The person who has tried (in vain) to swear this 30-year-old University of Cape Town graduate to secrecy is the Fleur du Cap Award-winning director Heinrich Reisenhoffer, who will be directing her in the up-coming theatre production, Kroes.
The miracle that is baking soda
In 1846, Dr. Austin Church and John Dwight created a company (John Dwight & Co.) to sell a product that I bet every single person owns a box of!!! What product could we all have that was first sold over 150 years ago? I'll give you a hint, it comes in an orange colored box Yep, baking soda. Baking soda has been around for so long, but I bet you have no idea exactly how versatile it is!!! I'm sharing 74 of my favorite tips for the kitchen, bathroom, laundry, garden, and more. Don't feel limited by this list and feel free to add some yourself. http://www.armhammer.com/index.asp gives a bit more background on the history of this product as well as a summary of the many different products they offer.
In the Kitchen
1. To make your own baking powder, stir and sift together 2 parts of Cream of Tartar to 1 part baking soda and 1 part cornstarch.
The Bronx
Loyalty to the Orange and Black crosses Pacific Ocean and creates ...
Jim Travis is an Oregon State graduate and football fan who lives in Honolulu.That doesn't stop him from making most of the Beavers' games each year. He's a season-ticket holder, after all.Travis makes the trip over the Pacific with his wife."We try to spend the month of September in Oregon, then we go to a couple of other games," Travis said.He said he's already booked their flights for the Penn State game.On the rare occasions that he doesn't go, Travis meets up with fellow OSU fans Mike Purdy and Neville Vowler at a local bar and grill to catch the game. Purdy and Vowler also travel to OSU games on the mainland.Bowl games are a must. This year is special for Travis. He has season tickets for University of Hawaii football as well. The Warriors went undefeated and landed a BCS berth in the Sugar Bowl against Georgia."We're going to the Sugar Bowl to see Hawaii, but we're stopping in San Francisco for the Emerald Bowl," Travis said.
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