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Shirts and shoes, tablets and pens - the back-to-school shopping list keeps growing. As families head to the mall to prepare for school days, it s important to keep safety in mind. Escalators transport more than 245 million people in North America daily, with some 33,000 escalators filling busy shopping malls and office buildings. From big cities to suburban commercial centers, passengers busily ride up and down these mechanical wonders 8211; often without even knowing that unsafe behavior puts them at risk of injury. Young children riding escalators unattended. Strollers balancing on the steps. Suitcases with straps dangling. Passengers sitting on steps, running, or walking in the wrong direction. Joy-riders sitting atop or surfing handrails. These are just some of the examples of common unsafe practices on escalators. Because riding on escalators has become so routine, we sometimes take rules and safety recommendations for granted. With shoppers filling the malls, parents, children and all passengers should be aware of safety precautions they can take on escalators to prevent...

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Mopeds are good to have in the city because you can easily get around without paying the gas prices that you would with a car. They are also nicer than a motorcycle because they are safer since you have more stability with a moped than a motorcycle. Mopeds have started to get away from that geek look and have become a popular form of transportation. You don t have to live in the city to understand the uniqueness of a moped. They are also great to have on a college campus because you can go into areas that you can t go by motorbike or car. Mopeds are interesting because they have a unique shape. It doesn t look like a bike, like a motorcycle does, but it has it s own defined shape. They are great to have also for prices. They cost less than most bikes and pretty much all cars. In fact, they cost mostly up to a couple grand. However, to drive a moped many states in the U.S. require a driver s license. To find out if you need a license to drive a moped you can contact your local Department of Motor Vehicles and they should be able to inform you of any requirements you may have. The...

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Back in 1970, a gentleman by the name of James C. Hale, an employee of Daisy Manufacturing, designed and patented a device to be used by the forestry and farming industries to mark trees, trails and livestock. This mechanism was to become the very first paintball gun the Nelspot 007, and was manufactured by the Nelson Paint Company. Charles and Evan Nelson founded the Nelson Paint Company in 1940, as the forest and farming industries needed a way to mark hard to reach places. Charles is credited with the creation of pellets filled with paint that could be shot out of a regular type of gun to complete this difficult task. The first game-style milestone in paintball history came in 1981 New Hampshire when 3 friends Bob Gurnsey, a sporting goods retailer, Hayes Noel, a stockbroker and Charles Gaines, a writer planned to play the organized game Capture the Flag with 9 others. The winning team never even fired a single shot. The twelve friends had such a good time, they decided to buy into the Nelson Paint Company, and began marketing their newfound fun as a recreational sport. The...

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Does it surprise you that many of the most successful business executives and athletes today sometimes wrestle with the problem of lost confidence. Here s a basic truth that I ve confirmed many times over the past 30 years working with individuals in the high-performance domain: It s easy to be confident and have a positive mindset when things are going well. The true champion however, is one who s able to retain a strong sense of self-confidence even when the wheels are falling off his wagon and in so doing, still bring his or her best performance to the game regardless of the challenges that they face. High level competitors understand this and this explains why for many, this is the second Holy Grail of the performance equation. But why do we sometimes suffer crises of confidence. The answer lies in the yardstick by which most of us measure success, and around which we build our confidence. So often, we let our confidence be dictated by the results we achieve. When results are good, it s easy to maintain a high level of confidence but when results are poor, our confidence...

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Johnson, had fallen at the 38th lap when he blew a tire only 39 laps into the 160-lap event, the question that fell to Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus head was to stay out and hope track position gets a little credit for the team, or go to pits and try to drive the mess out with fresh new tires. The answer came to us all after when he drove into the pits and proceeded to change his four tires on the final restart of the day and then used that brand new set of wheels to pass seven cars. We all know what happened then, the celebration and the kissing of the famous yard of bricks. The first laps Johnson ever led at Indy could be called critical. The end of the concern came when he led the last 18 laps before finishing the race. With 16 laps to go once the race restarted, Johnson and Co. would soon find out whether the tires were, indeed, worth more than track position. Back on the track Matt Kenseth and Johnson passed most of the lapped cars, with only Busch, Junior and Bowyer able to take advantage of track position to stay out front. But their moment was going to be shorter than...

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