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Pablo Escobar, the famous Colombian drug lord, had a brother named Roberto who wrote ‘The Accountant’s Story’, which chronicles Pablo’s rise from poverty to becoming one of the richest men in the world. The Medellin drug cartel was smuggling 15 tonnes of cocaine a day at the height of its power. Bearing in mind that 15 tonnes of cocaine is worth half a billion dollars, one could certainly say that the cartel was making serious money. Roberto Escobar details how he and his brother had to spend $2,500 a month purchasing rubber bands simply to wrap the stacks of money. ...

It’s a real nuisance to try to rebuild a home. Imagine my position in life since my job is to rebuild houses for money. Yea, that is right I am an interior designer. My job basically is to try and convince various people that the cheapest solution is not always the best. You see at the last house I built I worked with a family who had a very limited budget. When we came to the subject of lighting in the house I tried to convince them to use led gu10 bulbs.

They are a bit expensive I admit ...

Rosie The Riveter is a cultural icon of American history that we are all familiar with in some way or another. Rosie represented the American women who worked in factories during World War II, most of whom had taken completely new jobs replacing the male workers who were in the military, making war supplies and munitions.

This particular iconic image has become and is commonly used now as a symbol of feminism and female economic power....

Saussurea, or the snow lotus as it is commonly known, is the name for a group of approximately 300 species of flowering plants that are in the family Asteraceae. The snow lotus is native to the arctic regions of North America, Asia, and Europe, the majority of them being located in the Himalaya region. Perennial herbaceous plants, the snow lotus ranges in height from the dwarf alpine variety which reaches just 5 to 10 centimetres, to the tall variety which reach 3 metres in height. The snow lotus flower has a dense head of small capitula which is usually surrounded ...

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (9th October 1547 – 23rd April 1616) was a Spanish playwright, novelist, and poet. Cervantes is accredited with writing the first modern novel, his magnum opus, Don Quixote. A classic of Western literature, Don Quixote is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written. The Spanish language is often called la lengua de Cervantes as his influence on the language was so very great. Cervantes’ first published major work was La Galatea of 1585. While this was being written and published, two of his plays which are now lost were being performed on the stages ...