Having recently visited China one can only make the following observation, “China is making history, building a future and setting the pace for global economic reform, all within the same time and space”. It is a nation with a 5,000 year old history, a culture full of genius, tales and legends and a historical contributor to the saga of mankind. The “I Ching”, probably the oldest human manuscript, even predicts the cataclysmic date of December 21, 2012. Ignoring China would be akin to ignoring your left foot.
- Sunday, September 27, 2009
News from around the world
Essentia opened its flagship store in Toronto's Beach area. Jack Dell'Accio, the founder and owner of Essentia Group, spent more than 3.5 million dollars in his development of the first and only toxin-free, memory foam mattress. As a Canadian, he wanted to open his first store in Toronto with the second and third stores planned for London, England and Vancouver, BC respectively. In these uncertain economic times, it's quite a gutsy move, however, as Essentia is an innovative company with a unique product, it will surely be a move in the right direction.
On Monday night, Harper announced that Sarah Palin’s memoir would be hitting the stores early, arriving just in time for Christmas.
By yesterday, the book, which was written with the help of WORLD senior writer Lynn Vincent, had already risen to the top of the bestseller lists at the two major online retailers, Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble, with sales that skyrocketed so quickly, it led one publishing industry source to call it “truly unprecedented.”
