Between the chemical-packed face-paint makeup, mass-produced polyester costumes, and jumbo-size bags of refined-sugar and gelatin-filled candy, Halloween can be a tough time for those of us trying to maintain a clean, green routine. Here are some tips to keep you from straying from your conscious values this holiday: 1. Step away from the Halloween superstore. […]

Homeless veterans were able to take advantage of different resources at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ annual Stand Down on Friday. The event, held at the VA’s Uptown location, is aimed to help these veterans by bringing together various agencies and community partners to provide services to them. Mary Cunningham, the agency’s health care for […]

Today was the start of a new chapter for a once-homeless veteran here in the Midlands: veteran Ben Bethea signed the papers to purchase his own home. For the past several years Bethea worked with an organization called Palmetto State Base Camp, which helps homeless veterans get back on their feet and gain financial stability. […]

Coupon sites are a rapidly developing concept which is being used by many people all across the world. It’s no wonder that so many people scour these sites to find the absolute best in deals and options. Today, coupons are an integral part of our daily lives. Indeed, we have all already experienced in store a discount […]

There’s no reason to be afraid of new technology, as long as you’re committed to great content and innovative storytelling. A few weeks ago, an old memory popped into my head. Suddenly thrust back into the mid-1980s, I saw myself in my childhood home, unboxing my family’s IBM PC Juniorcomputer. I remember feeling awe-struck by the […]

Shares of Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) dropped by the most in four years on Friday after its outlook for holiday season sales missed targets, fanning concerns that Wall Street’s tech darlings are finally starting to face stronger competition. The third-quarter results were the second time running that billionaire Jeff Bezos’ firm had fallen short of sales […]

Analysis: With a mail bomb suspect in custody, Trump finds himself in a political box of his own making. WASHINGTON — With the capture of a suspect in the mail-bomb deliveries to prominent Democrats and CNN, President Donald Trump finds himself — with less than two weeks to go until the midterm elections — in a political […]

It’s hard enough to get enterprises that compete with each other to work together as a team, but it’s especially tricky when one of those rivals owns the team. Shipping giant Maersk and tech provider IBM are wrestling with this problem with TradeLens, their distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform for supply chains. Some 10 months ago, the […]

An Australia-based digital entertainment company with a global audience of 350 million gamers is turning its attention to blockchain as it launches its first cryptocurrency-based web game. iCandy Interactive says CryptantCrab is a player versus player (PVP) game that offers “artistically designed crabs for players to collect, mutate, battle, and trade.” Each CryptantCrab is unique and individual to […]

Earth is reaching a limit to how much carbon emissions it can cope with before it becomes unsafe for human life. One non-profit foundation plans to use blockchain to help us avoid climate catastrophe. Climate Change: Hitting a Wall The science is clear that climate change is real and the world must act to mitigate its […]