and proceeded to found Rome. A few odd centuries later in 1639, Jónas Bronck sailed westward across the Atlantic in his sturdy Fire of Troy and settled a bit of land in the new world that would later be known [...] Holland, not surprisingly, a book on how to build a windmill. Apparently for years it was the largest collection of books in America. Now Jónas knew the realities of living in a harsh environment and he [...] could claim from the sea, they have managed to produce a most remarkable society and at the very heart of that society is a streak of practicality that the world would do well to adopt. A case in point

ended with a year in which the price was down to under $10 a barrel at the beginning at up to more than $26 by the end but hopes were high that the new Millennium would bring new prosperity. A step towards [...] The drilling has been a long time coming in Faroese waters but momentum is building in what might become an unstoppable force. The signs which marked the arrival of the industry in Aberdeen and Shetland [...] and by 1978 production had reached a million barrels a day. Aberdeen was enjoying unprecedented prosperity with hotel rooms at a premium and hardly a seat available in the rapidly increasing number of