CertaPro Painters is a company specialized in Commercial and Residential Painting Services, servicing the Halifax region. Consumers sit down with an associate, who is responsible for delivering the best experience possible.

Bath Fitter is a company specializing in one day bath remodelling and lone-piece acrylic wall surrounds, servicing the Nova Scotia region. As the owner, Chris is responsible for ensuring every Bath Fitter customer smiles when they see their bathroom.

Life Maid Easy is a company specialized in Residential Home Cleaning & Maid Service, servicing the South Surrey region. Life Maid Easy wins this year its 3rd Consumer Choice Award.

Life Maid Easy is a company specialized in maid service & residential home cleaning, servicing the Langley region. Life Maid Easy wins this year its third Consumer Choice Award.

Game Kastle, LLC Continues to Grow with New Franchises and New Partners

Wiseworth Canada Industries Ltd. is a company specialized in industrial compressed air service & equipment sales, servicing the British Columbia and Yukon Territories. Wiseworth Canada Industries Ltd. wins this year its 4th Consumer Choice Award.

Snyder's book has received 29 industry awards. His father, pilot of the 'Susan Ruth', was shot down over Europe during WWII. 'Shot Down' is a dramatic retelling of the stories surrounding that event.

Snyder's book has received 29 industry awards. His father, pilot of the 'Susan Ruth', was shot down over Europe during WWII. 'Shot Down' is a dramatic retelling of the stories surrounding that event.

Haldimand Motors is a company specialized in Selling Used Vehicles & Servicing, servicing the Southern Ontario region. Haldimand Motors wins this year its 8 years Consumer Choice Award.

The Compton Chamber of Commerce proudly presents the 16th Annual three-day overnight "Compton Veterans Stand Down" taking place September 14th through 16th at the Compton Resource Center Facility.

The marijuana presence is still less than alcohol at 0.08 BAC (which is at 27%), however, marijuana presence is up 41% in last 5 years. This is based on the 2017 NHTSA data of 17,326 drivers in fatal crashes with valid drug test performed.

With the inevitable onset of frustration and anger; providing adequate security for these facilities is a prudent measure to restoring any sense of normalcy should civil unrest occur

GFA World's humanitarian efforts continue as 'commendable' Indian prime minister extends COVID-19 stay-at-home orders; 1.3 billion people 'in hands of God'

Sacramento's first members only speakeasy is opening in Downtown Commons this October.

Sacramento's newest bar and first adults only indoor mini golf course, Flatstick Pub, will be opening this October in Downtown Commons.

US Rocker to release 3rd Single from upcoming album.

The Dempster Clinic - Center for Functional Medicine is a company specialized in Functional Medicine & Naturopathic Medicine, servicing the GTA. The Dempster Clinic - Center for Functional Medicine wins this year its first Consumer Choice Award.

Kingston Laser Cosmetic Clinic is a company specialized in cosmetic and laser procedures, servicing the Kingston region. Kingston Laser Cosmetic Clinic wins this year its 1st Consumer Choice Award.

E-commerce brand focuses on photo customization and ASCPA donation

Today AViCAD.com, a CAD software company specializing in applications for engineers and architects, announced a new CAD version is ready for download, called AViCAD 2020. AViCAD is based on IntelliCAD 9, which emulates the interface of AutoCAD®.

The announcement followed a meeting between Finland's foreign trade minister Ville Skinnari and Russian Railways head Oleg Belozerov during an official visit to Russia's capital last week.

London Bath Centre is a company specialized in Premium Bathroom Product & Kitchen Fixtures, servicing the South Western Ontario region. London Bath Centre wins this year its 3rd Consumer Choice Award.

Cowtown Tanning Now Open at 2613 Wiesenberger Street, Suite 164, Fort Worth 76109

A tiny skyway shop with big sparkle, this family-run Minneapolis jewelry store celebrates 34 years in business serving a colorful history of Minnesota clients.

Dr. Holstein, a Positive Psychologist/filmmaker and originator of a unique Selfie Film concept, is accepting Selfie Films submissions from the public for the "Selfie Showcase".

Dr. Holstein is a Positive Psychologist/filmmaker and originator of a unique Selfie Film concept. She is accepting Selfie Films submissions from the public for the "Selfie Showcase".

Snyder's book has received 29 industry awards. His father, pilot of the 'Susan Ruth', was shot down over Europe during WWII. 'Shot Down' is a dramatic retelling of the stories surrounding that event.

California's most whimsical and enchanting festival of wanderlust and fantasy attracts thousands to the historic downtown with its awe inspiring fire-shooting Wonderland recreations that turns the city into a fantasy world for children and adults.

California's most whimsical and enchanting festival of wanderlust and fantasy attracts thousands to the historic downtown with its awe inspiring fire-shooting Wonderland recreations that turns the city into a fantasy world for children and adults.

Dr. Holstein is an award winning Selfie Filmmaker, Positive Psychologist and podcaster who helps young people overcome anxiety and alienation through multiple media channels.

drs skincare is a company specialized in medical, surgical & cosmetic dermatology, servicing the Hamilton region. drs skincare wins this year its first Consumer Choice Award.

3rd Gen Painters Downers Grove, an award-winning painting service with local roots in Chicago's Western Suburbs, launches their second location serving nearby DuPage County neighborhoods.

US Rocker signs deal with UK Label to release new album.

Fort Lauderdale Foreclosure Defense Attorneys look to ease the government employees affected by the current shutdown by helping them with their foreclosure and housing needs, and deferring payment for such services until they return to work.

ETDS is the only professional ballroom dance competition held in East Tennessee, attracting dancers from across the country to Knoxville.

US Rocker to release Dynamic 2 Song Rock'n'Roll Single.

Defcon Products, LLC, manufacturer of the TeacherLock / SaberLock lockdown device is pleased to announce today that it has added TeacherLock II (TL-II) and SaberLock II (SL-II) to its family of emergency lockdown devices.

Above: A Hydrogen Powered Truck from Nikola Corporation, Which Is Merging with VectoIQ Acquisition Corp. By John Jannarone Since the coronavirus crisis drove the market to multiyear lows, the flow of initial public offerings has ground to a veritable halt. That is, except, for special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs. Some $2.7 billion has been […]

Avid readers of local history are usually intrigued by photos of historic sites juxtaposed against contemporary images. This format of visual history has a particularly strong impact when the subject is Los Angeles: a city that grew up -- and outward -- so quickly.

Those seeking pictorial overviews will likely have checked out aerial photography books as well.

Los Angeles From The Air: Then And Now (San Diego: Thunder Bay Press, 2010) is a hybrid of these two types of pictorial books. It presents decades-old photographs of both familiar and lesser-known landmarks along side more current ones.

This takes the reader on a trip through Los Angeles like never before, featuring inspiring, sky-high then-and-now images of some of LA's most famous locations.

Some of the landmarks' origins are well-known, but the authors provide context for both familiar and hidden pieces of Los Angeles history.

Many of the photos feature snow-capped peaks in the distance -- a testament to our clear Winter days being the best for photography.

Unfortunately, the work falls flat in its description of transportation in downtown Los Angeles. The authors write:

"Metrolink [sic] provides service to Union Station in the form of three rail lines -- Red, Purple, Gold..."

While Metro and Metrolink may sound similar to those outside of Los Angeles (the book is, after all, published in San Diego), it gives one pause that other information found here may not be entirely accurate. Ultimately, one can ignore the text entirely, as these beautiful photos speak for themselves.

In Makeshift Metropolis: Ideas About Cities (New York: Scribner, 2010), noted architecture writer Witold Rybczynski offers a glimpse of an urban future that might very well serve as a template for cities around the world.

Rybczynski integrates history and prediction of the development of the American city in a brisk look back that takes us from colonial town planning to the Garden City and City Beautiful initiatives of the early 20th century and on to the "Big Box Era."

He also examines how contemporary urban designers and planners are revisiting and refreshing older urban ideas, such as bringing gardens to a blighted Brooklyn waterfront.

Rybczynski's study is kept relevant by his focus on what the past can teach us about creating the "cities we want" and "cities we need."

The prose is instructive and always engaging, and the author's enthusiasm for the future of cities and his enduring love of urban settings of all kinds is evident.

He not only writes about what people want from their cities, he inspires the reader to imagine the possibilities.

In Down The Asphalt Path: The Automobile And The American City, author Clay McShane examines the uniquely American relationship between "automobility" and urbanization.

Writing at the cutting edge of urban and technological history, he depicts how new technology, namely the private automobile, and the modernization of the American city redefined each other.

The author motors us across the country -- from Boston to New York, from Milwaukee to Los Angeles and the suburbs in between -- chronicling the urban embrace of the automobile.

The New York Times calls this work "A treat to read, loaded with interesting facts...a notable book about urban transportation."

Barron's wrote that "this fascinating, well-researched history of the automobile industry...is written from a social and cultural perspective rarely included in traditional books about the business."

The Whole Earth Review claims "this fascinating treatise is the most credible look yet at how automobiles have changed American society for better or worse."

Oil On The Brain: Petroleum's Long, Strange Trip To Your Tank is a smart, surprisingly funny account of the oil industry — the people, economies, and pipelines that bring us petroleum, brilliantly illuminating a world we encounter every day.

Americans buy ten thousand gallons of gasoline a second, without giving it much of a thought. Where does all this gas come from?

Author Lisa Margonelli’s desire to learn took her on a one-hundred thousand mile journey from her local gas station to oil fields half a world away.

In search of the truth behind the myths, she wriggled her way into some of the most off-limits places on earth: the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the New York Mercantile Exchange’s crude oil market, oil fields from Venezuela, to Texas, to Chad, and even an Iranian oil platform where the United States fought a forgotten one-day battle.

In a story by turns surreal and alarming, Margonelli meets lonely workers on a Texas drilling rig, an oil analyst who almost gave birth on the NYMEX trading floor, Chadian villagers who are said to wander the oil fields in the guise of lions, a Nigerian warlord who changed the world price of oil with a single cell phone call, and Shanghai bureaucrats who dream of creating a new Detroit.

Deftly piecing together the mammoth economy of oil, Margonelli finds a series of stark warning signs for American drivers. Rave reviews for Oil On The Brain include:

“If you drive a car, you must read this book.” —Mary Roach, author of Stiff

“By giving voice to the people who are the links in the global oil chain, Margonelli invites us to leapfrog all the rhetoric, dry statistics, and dire pronouncements about oil in order to truly understand it.” —Fast Company

“Hugely enjoyable, compulsively readable, and brilliantly reported.” —Po Bronson, author of What Should I Do with My Life?

The PBS Newshour conducted an extensive interview with the author, which can be found here.

Transport Geographies: Mobilities, Flows And Spaces brings together a formidable range of expert insight to introduce the key ideas, concepts and themes of transport geography.

Using an issues-based, qualitative approach, the contributors feature a wide range of case-study material.

This work explores the relationship between transport geography and wider geographical concerns, as well as connections to other areas of study -- economics, engineering, environmental studies, political science, psychology, spatial planning, sociology and transport studies.

The book highlights the role of transport geography in globalization, and its interplay with economic, social and environmental geographies at a range of spatial scales. It reviews contemporary policy and the role transport geographers can play in policy debates.

Both empirically informed and theoretically robust, this compelling text shows the significance of transport in terms of the needs and demands of future travel.

Growing south from the plaza where the city of Los Angeles was founded as a tiny pueblo in 1781, the area now known as downtown L.A. was first developed in the late 1800s as a residential neighborhood, complete with churches and schools.

As the population surged at the turn of the 20th century, the downtown area was transformed into a busy business and entertainment center of shops, banks, hotels, and theaters.

The explosion of the postcard craze in the early 1900s coincided with this period of downtown's tremendous growth toward a formidable metropolis.

Early Downtown Los Angeles is a collection of vintage postcard images offers a glimpse into the changing city through the 1940s. Transportation is afforded its own chapter.

It includes rarely seen images of La Grande Station, the passenger terminal constructed by the Santa Fe Railroad in 1893. Santa Fe and Southern Pacific's competitive rail pricing fueled the real estate boom and unprecedented population growth throughout the region in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Early interior images of Union Station, Angels Flight, and other rail lines are of particular topical interest.

LONDON (Reuters) - More commuters should consider cycling or walking when Britain's coronavirus lockdown is eased to take the pressure off public transport capacity that is likely to drop by 90% under social distancing requirements, Transport Minister Grant Shapps said on Saturday. He urged people to continue to work from home where possible, but said those who did have to commute to work should consider cycling or walking rather than using their cars

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Mark Gordon, founding partner of Vantage Partners and coauthor of "The Point of the Deal: How to Negotiate When Yes Is Not Enough."

Tammy Erickson, McKinsey Award-winning author.

Featuring the ideas of Vineet Nayar, Jeff Stibel, and Stewart Friedman.

David Rhodes, global leader of The Boston Consulting Group's Financial Institutions Practice.

John Quelch, Harvard Business School professor and coauthor of the HBR article "How to Market in a Downturn."

Charles Casto, recently retired from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, on how smart leadership saved the second Fukushima power plant.

Mihir Desai, a professor of finance at Harvard Business School, breaks down the brand-new U.S. tax law. He says it will affect everything from how corporate assets are financed to how business are structured. He predicts many individuals will lower their tax burdens by setting themselves up as corporations. And he discusses how the law shifts U.S. tax policy toward a territorial system of corporate taxes, one that will affect multinationals and national competitiveness. Finally, Desai explains what he would have done differently with the $1.5 trillion the tax cut is projected to cost.