Apeel is a corporation whose product applies “plant-based” protections on fruits and vegetables “to slow the rate of oxidation and moisture loss.” In doing so, this food maintains a longer shelf life and ultimately reduces “food waste“. Founded in 2012, and partially funded by Bill Gates and others. Apeel “has prevented 42 million pieces of […]
Abraham Lincoln attended formal school it has been estimated, for about four months. He was a self-educated man. From the time his stepmother taught him to read when he was a young child, he read everything he could get his hands on. Plato, Aristotle, The Stoics, Shakespeare but most of all The Bible. Lincoln’s moral […]
I was involved in a litigation conference several days ago. My entire adult professional life was in the world of operating rooms and intensive care units. Sitting in a room with attorneys and the various parties involved in litigation is something that is part of their everyday lives, but the process is almost surreal from […]
From 1978-1980 I was stationed at Camp Lejeune North Carolina with the Marines. My primary billet was with the Fleet Service Support Unit that supported a Marine Recon Battalion. I had already spent 7 years in the Navy and was very well acquainted with Naval Traditions and etiquette. Most of the time at Lejeune I […]