Here is the Forbes list of Ten Top-Earning Celebrity Chefs. Two-time Daytime Emmy nominated television personality and author Rachael Ray (Rachael Domenica Ray) dominates the list with $18 million.

Ray teaches simple recipes that can be prepared in 30 minutes or less. She uses ingredients such as garlic and chicken stock as simple ways to boost flavors. Ray has also written a series of cookbooks based on the 30 Minute Meals concept, and launched a magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, in 2006.

Here is the Top 10 Earning Celebrity Chefs

1. Rachael Ray
$18 million

2. Wolfgang Puck
$16 million

3. Gordon Ramsay
$7.5 million

4. Nobuyuki Matsuhisa
$5 million

5. Alain Ducasse
$5 million

6. Paula Deen
$4.5 million

7. Mario Batali
$3 million

8. Tom Colicchio
$2 million

9. Bobby Flay
$1.5 million

10. Anthony Bourdain
$1.5 million

[ Forbes Ten Top-Earning Celebrity Chefs ]

The U.S. fiscal year begins on October 1 of the previous calendar year and ends on September 30 of the year with which it is numbered.

Fiscal years vary between businesses and countries. In the United Kingdom, the term fiscal year is sometimes used to refer to the tax year, the year used by statute for tax reporting by individuals, and is not commonly used for accounting years used by companies.

A fiscal quarter is 3 months, U.S. Fiscal Year

• 1st Fiscal Quarter: October 1, 2007 – December 31, 2007
• 2nd Fiscal Quarter: January 1, 2008 – March 31, 2008
• 3rd Fiscal Quarter: April 1, 2008 – June 30, 2008
• 4th Fiscal Quarter: July 1, 2008 – September 30, 2008

Here is the list of America’s Fastest-Dying Cities by forbes. According to forbes analysis, which racked up four of the 10 cities on the list: Youngstown, Canton, Dayton and Cleveland. The runner-up is Michigan, with two cities–Detroit and Flint–making the ranking.

1. Canton, Ohio
2. Youngstown, Ohio
3. Flint, Mich.
4. Scranton, Pa.
5. Dayton, Ohio
6. Cleveland, Ohio
7. Springfield, Mass.
8. Buffalo, N.Y.
9. Detroit, Mich.
10. Charleston, W.Va.

[ America’s Fastest-Dying Cities ]

We hear more about Alternative Energy, so what is it. Alternative Energy is the energy that is derived from nontraditional sources like compressed natural gas, solar, hydroelectric or wind etc.

Natural Gas

A hydrocarbon gas that is usually obtained from underground sources, often in association with petroleum and coal deposits, as opposed to gases which are manufactured. Underground deposits of gases consisting of 50 to 90 percent methane (CH4) and small amounts of heavier gaseous hydrocarbon compounds such as propane (C3H8) and butane (C4H10).

Before natural gas can be used as a fuel, it must undergo extensive processing to remove almost all materials other than methane. The by-products of that processing include ethane, propane, butanes, pentanes and higher molecular weight hydrocarbons, elemental sulfur, and sometimes helium and nitrogen.

Compressed natural gas (methane) is a cleaner alternative to other automobile fuels such as gasoline (petrol) and diesel. As of 2005, the countries with the largest number of natural gas vehicles were Argentina, Brazil, Pakistan, Italy, Iran, and the USA.

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