Posted by Brenna Malmberg
Up on her tiptoes, Mallory Muller, grimaces as she sees carrots on the dessert table. Tugging at her dad's suit, she asks him why anyone would want to have carrots for dessert. After he explains that the little orange vegetables are formed from frosting, Mallory's face snaps to a smile, but that doesn't convince her she should try one. She grabs a ball drizzled in chocolate instead. . . .
Posted by Brenna Malmberg
Adobe Creative Suite is undergoing updates. More tools, more options and more interactive capabilities. Good news for the innovative, push-the-limits people, but for the rest of us not quite up on the creative curve, we have to learn the new tricks somewhere. . . .
Posted by Brenna Malmberg
When Bill Gates names a program one of the "most effective" entities the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support, it is worth noting. More note worth are the 7.7 million lives that were saved in the last 10 years because of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Since its creation in 2002, the Global Fund has dramatically increased resources to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, three of the world's most devastating diseases. These three diseases have preventative measures and treatments, but the live-saving goods didn't reach the fingers of those grappling at anything just to say alive. . . .
Posted by Brenna Malmberg
It's Mardi Gras! (Or Carnival!) Hope you didn't gulp down too many drinks, it's trivia time.
1. Mardi Gras happens the day before what other holiday?
2. What does Mardi Gras mean in French?
3. What are the three Mardi Gras colors?
4. What is Mardi Gras known as on the Christian calendar?
5. What year was the first document Mardi Gras parade?
Posted by Brenna Malmberg
Harnessing the sun's rays for optimal cost-effectiveness, appeal and design pushes university teams across the country to construct a solar-powered house with the best technology in the world. This has happened biennially since 2002 through the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon challenge.
In 2013, 20 more teams will take on the challenge of creating a solar-powered home in Orange County Great Park in Irvine, Calif. But the competition is getting tougher, double the applications were sent in this year. . . .
