Technology TransactionsTrend Talk: Sign Of The Times
Retro is definitely IN! We’ve seen it in many categories of
home dûcor and decorative accessories as well as gifts, but have you
noticed the trend in signage? Collectors are spending thousands of
dollars for old signs from establishments such as Hojo’s and Mobil Oil
Company. Restaurateurs are purchasing period pieces to decorate their
businesses. Hotels are using them in meeting and eating areas.
But not only are ‘real’ old signs and accessories being swept
up by buyers, sign makers and product designers are being hired to
create new, interior and exterior, faux-aged products. Many of these
products are being created on computers with much in the way of
development options. The most sophisticated tools of tomorrow are
creating products that look like they came from the past.
Transforming Tomorrow
Everyone needs a pick-me-up. Face it. You are sitting at your
desk and all of a sudden you feel sluggish. What’s the first thing you
do? Grab a cup of coffee? Can of soda? Skip all that and grab a bottle
of water instead. A study done by Yankelovich Partners for The
Rockefeller University clearly found that most of us don’t get enough
water every day.
Your body starts to dehydrate when you don’t get as much water
as it needs. You can tell because of: headaches, dry and itchy skin,
indigestion, lapses in concentration and even plain, old grogginess.
Being well hydrated contributes to alertness and helps you avoid mental
fatigue.
On average, Americans drink only 6.1 servings of water each day;
health experts recommend drinking eight or more eight-ounce servings of
water daily. Ten percent of people polled reported they didn’t drink any
water at all.
So, if you aren’t as alert as you’d like to be right now ? skip
the cup of coffee and grab a bottle of water.