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Anonymous on 01/04/2015
I haven't lived here, but went to check out a unit listed as vacant. The lady showing the unit did admit, after questioning, that they had an exterminator come this month for mice and cockroaches, so it appears as though they are still fighting pests.
-- on 10/15/2012
Hi all - Are there any current residents that can share if the stories of mice/infestations are still a problem? Thanks --
Anonymous on 04/12/2012
This apartment is also infested with mice(April 2012).
anonymous on 07/09/2011
This building is like the helter skelter of Bed bug/cockroach infestation. I had helped a client who lived there, organize an extreme clean of her bb/roach den of an apartment. When we were outside the building and the extreme clean staff were removing her items from her place, 2 other tenants were moving out that day because of bb's. The super "james" is useless. The place...ah...someone needs to light a match.
Huy Tuan on 05/18/2011
This Building has change over to the new management in 2009. New Manager is pretty tough with any new Tenants moving in from other places with these bedbug problems. This is the major cause for bedbug to this building in the past as I lived here since 2005 with no problem at all until these new people moving here from other places claim to have problem. We must report to the Manager immediately as soon as we see or experience in the unit as they have professional Team taking care of this.
Anonymous on 09/05/2009
Moved into an apartment block, and not only was it utterly infested with cockroaches, but we found bedbugs our first night, and had bites the next day.
The manager claimed they'd sprayed, however other tenants spoken with said there'd been problems for a long time and all the property company did was spray individual apartments occasionally - things just moved around.
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So here I am. Cold, grey England, with plenty of drizzle. What have I done?! I could be strolling through warm, sunny Mexican streets instead. But such is life. The job market is tough. Plenty of rejections – I suspect that the six years in Mexico are counting against me, not for me. But I did have an interview yesterday. As it happens, of all the jobs I've applied for, it's one that suits my experience, it's for a company I'd like to work for and I am reasonably hopeful of getting called back for round two.
Getting started back at work isn't an instantaneous process, but I hope it is quick. Travelling up to London for interviews isn't just time consuming (which is no problem really – I have time) but also expensive. Which is a problem. Or could become one. Prices seem to have gone up a little in my absence.
But it was nice being in London again. If I could get that job, I'd love to live there again. It's been too long. My interview happened to be just down the road from where I worked many years ago. Decades ago, in fact…I'm getting old! The image below, which is also in my new header image (I just never quite fell in love with the new blog theme, so I've reverted to the old one) is of an old pub, just a few shops down from where I used to ply my trade.
We, me and my Cullens convenience store colleagues, used to give the landlord of this grand establishment money in exchange for beer and the privilege of sitting in his fine building to drink his brews. Once upon a time, we arranged a party in there on a karaoke evening. I had done an early shift, and when it came time to go join the merriment, I found I couldn't be bothered.
The next day at work, two of friends wound me up, telling me Bruce Springsteen had popped in for a pint during the evening, and they'd gotten him to sing Born In The USA with them and the karaoke machine. I didn't believe them of course. Yet. On my next visit, there was the photo on the wall. Bruce. With Colin and John. They didn't make much of an E Street Band. More a Moss Side Band, or Mancunian Refugees Band. But still. I was a little gutted. I haven't see them for two decades now either. I wonder what happened to Colin and John in the end?


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My family has been on the American continent for over 350 years. On my mother's side, they had settled in Connecticut before 1650, probably moving there from Massachusetts, though we don't know much for certain. On my father's side, the male line is better documented: the first Cawood (named after the city in Yorkshire, England) arrived in Maryland as an indentured servant in 1660.
Little is taught about indentured servitude in American history classes, but the majority of European immigrants to North America in the 17th century came as indentured servants.
Europe was a mess in the 17th century, largely owing to the Catholic-Protestant schism. The French Wars of Religion (1562-98) led to the deaths of 2-4 million people. The Thirty Years War (1618-48) reduced the population in the Germanic states by somewhere between 25 to 40%, and eventually involved Denmark, Sweden and France as well as the principalities of the former Holy Roman Empire. (It also set off a fashion for witch-hunting and witch-burning.) The English Civil War (1642-51) completely destroyed the economy of the mostly Catholic north of England, which sent my own ancestor's family down to Bristol to try to eke out a living, and eventually into servitude.
Meanwhile, in the colonies of Virginia and Maryland, there had been rapid expansion of the tobacco industry, and a corresponding need for cheap labor. African slavery had been brought to America with the first Spanish ships, and was firmly entrenched in the Caribbean and Latin American in the 17th century, but was a novelty in the North American English colonies in the first half of the 1600s. In fact, there were no laws differentiating slaves from indentured servants until 1641 (thanks, Massachusetts), and Africans in the earliest years of the colonies were sometimes freed after a period of service like European indentured servants were.
Impoverished Europeans, following the age-old traditions of serfdom, sold themselves into temporary bondage in order to pay passage to the New World. For those with skills, the term was typically 4-7 years, at the end of which the master was to provide tools, sometimes extra clothes, and land with which to start an independent life. Unskilled laborers, having less negotiating power, often had longer terms and generally less favorable post-indenture provisions.
There were obvious economic incentives for masters to prevent their servants from reaching the end of their indenture. Indentures could be extended as punishment for a range of crimes–including, for female servants, becoming pregnant. Mortality in the colonies was high for everybody, but in some counties, clergymen documented mortality rates of indentured servants in their final years of servitude approaching 90%: masters would begin withholding blankets, medicine and food. Oh, and forcibly impregnating their female servants.
Two things happened in the latter half of the 17th century: one is that European economies–after the plague year of 1660–began getting back on their feet, leading to a fall-off in voluntary indenture. The second is that Catholic Charles II, upon his restoration to the English throne in 1660, set up the Royal African Company as a monopoly on English trade with West Africa, creating a new incentive to import African slaves in place of European servants.
So: by the 1670's, we have a fair number of former indentured servants who have been moving inland to acquire land for themselves, setting off new conflicts with the Native Americans whose lands they were acquiring. And we have large, established planters along the Atlantic coast getting concerned about the growing imbalance between themselves and their labor, leading them to create a number of new laws explicitly defining the non-rights of slaves in order to eliminate shared interests between slaves and indentured servants. As the Virginia governor noted, "six parts of Seven at least are Poore, Indebted, Discontented and Armed." There is a longer article on the hardening of race-based slavery after 1660 here, which is a very good read.
In Virginia, the governor had a policy of accommodation with the Natives–not exactly out the goodness of his heart, however. On the one hand, friction between Natives and poor new inland planters kept the planters too busy to stir up trouble in the more settled areas; and on the other, he happened to personally have a very profitable fur trade with the Natives.
In July 1676, an inland planter and former indentured servant named Nathaniel Bacon organized a revolt against the Governor, which got support from landless whites as well as indentured servants of various races. He got this broad support because he defined the "commons" of Virginia to include all bondspeople, and demanded return of voting rights to freedmen without land. He also demanded (and got) a contingent of soldiers and a commission to go deal with the "Indian problem" on the frontier, but in other concerns, the rebels continued to see the government dragging its feet.
On July 30, 1676, Bacon and his followers issued a "Declaration of the People of Virginia", which enumerates the failings of the governor, not least being his actions "without and even against the consent of the people". In form, it looks remarkably similar to the Declaration of Independence penned 100 years later by Virginian Thomas Jefferson:
1. For having, upon specious pretenses of public works, raised great unjust taxes upon the commonalty for the advancement of private favorites and other sinister ends, but no visible effects in any measure adequate; for not having, during this long time of his government, in any measure advanced this hopeful colony either by fortifications, towns, or trade.
2. For having abused and rendered contemptible the magistrates of justice by advancing to places of judicature scandalous and ignorant favorites.
3. For having wronged his Majesty's prerogative and interest by assuming monopoly of the beaver trade and for having in it unjust gain betrayed and sold his Majesty's country and the lives of his loyal subjects to the barbarous heathen….
The complete text of this first Declaration is here.
Frederick Douglass, asked to speak on Independence Day, 1852, had his own take on the principles embedded in both Declarations, which is also worth reading.


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Tom Morgan's HELLFIRE CORNER - The Great War - 1914 - 1918 : Links to some good web pages
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Personal site of Jack Turner : Covers various aspects of WWI. ** PRIMARY SOURCE
A Personal Look at Basic Training : ** PRIMARY SOURCE
World War I Pictures
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Assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand
History House: Balkan Blunders : The assassination of Franz Ferdinand.
Causes of World War I
Toward World War I in Europe to 1908
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Sarajevo, June 28, 1914
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United States Enters World War I
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Summary of Alliances and Agreements, 1879-1907
The Dual Alliance between German and Austria Hungary (1879)
The Triple Alliance, 1882
Trenches on the Web - Timeline Summary: Summer 1914
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS: Laws of War: ** PRIMARY SOURCE
PRIMARY DOCUMENT: The Entente Cordiale Between England and France - 1904: ** PRIMARY SOURCE
PRIMARY DOCUMENT: The Anglo-Russian Entente - 1907: ** PRIMARY SOURCE
PRIMARY DOCUMENT: The Sykes-Picot Agreement: 1916; ** PRIMARY SOURCE
Diplomacy of the First World War
Encyclopaedia of the First World War: War at Sea
Royal Navy Submarine Index Page
German Imperial Naval one : Excellent site.
Hochseeflotte History : Excellent technical and service history information on German warships of WW1
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World War One - The Maritime War
Royal Naval Division, British Royal Marines:1916 - 1918
World War I
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U-Boat war: 1914-1918
Fates of the German U-boats
Trenches on the Web - Armory: U-boats: Assassins of the Seas
Submarine Warfare - The Online Casebook
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
U-boat Attack, 1916: ** PRIMARY SOURCE
British Submarines in the Dardanelles in 1914
British submarines in World War One
Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War :This on-line edition of Admiral Reinhard Scheer's World War One memoirs is based directly on the original, published in 1920. ** PRIMARY SOURCE
Robert Whitehead: Self propelling Torpedo and Self propelling torpedo - Robert Whitehead
RMS Luistania
RMS Luistania : Great details about ship.
LUISTANIA ONLINE: Cool site.
PBS Online - Lost Liners - Luistania
Click2Disasters - The Luistania
Luistania - Wikipedia
The Luistania Disguised? Unraveling the Mystery
The sinking of the Luistania
First World War.com - Feature Articles - RMS Luistania: The Fateful Voyage
Sinking of the Luistania from the German point of view.
The Sinking of the Luistania: 1915
Luistania : Brief but has some good photos.
Enter Lost Liners
Luistania - The Churchill Centre
The sinking of the Luistania
Interpretation: The Luistania
Kinsale Museum :The RMS Luistania
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, Protest Over the Sinking of the Luistania: ** PRIMARY SOURCE
German and French Uniforms
More Uniforms : site on war uniforms, insignias and medals
Uniforms of World War I
US Enlisted Uniforms 1900 - 1918
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DOUGHBOYS: World War I-Uniforms
World War I Uniform
Life in the Trenches
The Learning Curve | Great War | The Trench Experience
Trench Warfare
Mud & Misery
The Static Front
World War I - Trench War
Trench Warfare
Trench warfare in World War One
Take a Virtual 3-D Tour of Trench Warfare (BBC History)
BBC - History - Life in The Trenches Panorama
The Learning Curve | Great War | The Trench Experience : Cool site.
The Trench
Trench Warfare and The Trench System and Trench Diagrams
US Defensive Grenades in WWI
The Trenches at Messines 1916-17
British Trench Warfare 1917-1918
Armory: Trench Warfare
Trench Warfare in World War One
Encyclopaedia of the First World War: Trench War
Memories of trench life (** PRIMARY SOURCE) and Food in the trenches
George Ramage's Introduction to Trench Warfare : ** PRIMARY SOURCE
The Use of Poison Gas : An account by Will Irwin, correspondent for the New York Tribune newspaper (April 25, 26, 27, 1915). The account covers a series of attacks and counterattacks using poison gas. ** PRIMARY SOURCE
WW1 Trench foot & trench fever 1914-1918
HELLFIRE CORNER - The Christmas Truce - 1914
BBC NEWS | Special Report | 1998 | 10/98 | World War I | The Christmas truce
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | My granddad's WWI Christmas truce
WWI Christmas Truce By 1000s Of German Soldiers
Christmas 1914
Lost Battalion. 1918.
Lost Battalion of WWI
Lost Battalion. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
Wings of Valor - The Lost Battalion in the Argonne Forest
The Lost Battalion
"History of the 308th Infantry 1917-1919"
The Lost Battalion
Report on the Lost Battalion Incident
Lost Battalion on Encyclopedia.com
Major Whittlesey , Charles White Whittlesey , Major Charles Whittlesey and Charles Whittlesey - Commander of the Lost Battalion
A Personal Memory of the Lost Battalion : by Private Ralph E. John, Company 'A' 308th
Survivors Recall Lost Battalion - Sept. 24, 1951
The First World War: War in the Air
The Aircraft of World War I
The Aerodrome - Aces and Aircraft of World War I
Naval Aviation History Office
War in the Air
Aces and Aircraft of WWI
Air Warfare
Air Warfare
Welcome to The League of WWI Aviation Historians
Planes of World War One
Wings With Wires / Aerodrome / Manufacturers
Great War in the Air - Exhibition Home Page
Russian Aviation in World War I
USAF Air Museum. First World War Displays
World War I - Air War
Aircraft and the First World War
WW I Aviation links
Air Warfare
World War I Aviation Page
The Zeppelin Library
Zeppelin: The Home Page for Luftschiffbau Zeppelin
Zeppelins at War
Public Record Office | Education | Snapshots | The Zeppelin Raids
Zeppelin ZI
Dark Autumn : THE 1916 GERMAN ZEPPELIN OFFENSIVE
Flash Movie - The Red Baron
Rickenbacker Papers Historical Sketch of Eddie Rickenbacker: ** PRIMARY SOURCE
Fighting the Flying Circus : This on-line edition of Eddie Rickenbacker's World War One memoirs dates from the original version published by Stokes in 1919. ** PRIMARY SOURCE
Encyclopaedia of the First World War: Tactics
Tommy's life in the trenches : A look at the British trench troops.
The Special (gas) Companies of the RE, 1914-1918
Falkenhayn's defense of his tactics at Verdun
Schlieffen Plan
The Schlieffen Plan and Schlieffen Plan
First World War Weapons
Encyclopaedia of the First World War: Technology
Trenches on the Web - Armory
First World War.com - Weapons of War - Machine Guns
Frontiers: The Machine Gun : Examines the history and usage of the machine gun in World War I.
WW1 Heavy Weapons, German
Maxim Machine Gun , and Maxim Machine Gun
The Maxim Machine Gun in WWI : This article presents a detailed examination of the German Maxim Machine Guns as they were deployed on the battlefields of World War One.
Synchronized Machine Gun and Anton Fokker: Synchronized Machine Gun
Encyclopaedia of the First World War: Weapons
New weapons of the war
Infantry weapons in World War One
Artillery and Artillery
Engines of War: The Artillery
The Wheels for the AEF
Armoured Cars in World War I
US Defensive Grenades in WWI
Tank Warfare
Tank Warfare
Tanks in World War I
Ernest Swinton - Tank and Who's Who: Sir Ernest Swinton - Tank
Trenches on the Web - Armory: Gas Warfare
"Higher From of Killing": Inventor Fritz Haber won the Nobel Prize under a cloud of controversy.
The Special (gas) Companies of the RE, 1914-1918
Death on the Wind: Gas Warfare
The 1st Division at Ansauville : Gas Warfare in World War I - LOTS OF INFORMATION
Mustard Gas Poisoning and Mustard Gas
First World War.com - Weapons of War - Poison Gas
Gas Attack and Effects Links
Trenches on the Web - Armory: Gas Warfare
09-26-18 : This personal account of Army Sergeant Charles L. Johnston provides a primer in gas warfare. Also look at 9-25-18 Sgt. Johnson goes to school to become a gas instructor.
Gas and Flame in World War I: The New Weapons of Terror : A personal account by an American who directly experienced trench warfare and poison gas. At the end of the narrative there are 5 more links to other personal accounts.** PRIMARY SOURCE
The Use of Poison Gas : An account by Will Irwin, correspondent for the New York Tribune newspaper (April 25, 26, 27, 1915). The account covers a series of attacks and counterattacks using poison gas. PRIMARY SOURCE
Indiana University Bloomington Libraries: Gas Warfare in World War I : This site links you to many U.S. Army official documents about their studies on the use of gas during World War I. EXCELLENT PRIMARY SOURCES
WW1, 1914-18, mustard gas
Germany's Use of Chemical Warfare in the Great War
Gas Masks
Women in the US Military - History of Gas Masks
Winston Churchill Wanted to 'Drench' Germany With Poison Gas
The Geneva Protocol of 1925: Poisonous or Other Gases, Bacteriological Warfare: ** PRIMARY SOURCE
WWI Signal Corps Women
Choctaw Code Talkers of World War I
Who were the Choctaw code talkers?
Verdun Intercept Site Exhibit
World War I & II Choctaw Code Talkers
Propaganda Analysis: Home Page
Propaganda: The Drift Towards War
The Poster War: Allied Propaganda Art of the First World War
Wartime Propaganda - World War I - USA
Propaganda : Propaganda Wartime Propaganda World War I : The Drift Towards War
World War I Propaganda in the United States
Propaganda Analysis - World War I Propaganda
Propaganda Critic: World War One > Committee on Public Information
Propaganda Gallery
World War I Cartoons
Women's Posters WWI
Propaganda Postcards of the Great War (World War 1)
Propaganda Postcards
French Posters : Images of the War: French Posters 1914-1920
Canadian War Posters
Poster War Virtual Exhibit
World War I Posters - Artists Mobilizing the Home Front
Trenches on the Web - World War I Posters
American Posters of World War One and British Posters of World War One
"A Summons to Comradeship" World War I and II Posters
The Provincial Museum of Alberta - Government History - The Poster War
The Medical Front, WWI: Lots of primary sources. Excellent site.
Common Diseases of the 19th Century
BBC - History - Shell Shock during World War One
VFW Magazine - 'brotherhood of the damned' Doughboys Return From the World War
Shell shock = post traumatic stress disorder
Shell Shock and Its Lessons. Grafton E. Smith. 1917. Contents.
DefenseLINK News: From 'Shell Shock' to 'Combat Stress'
Origin of Shell shock
An American Nurse At War - Classroom
Zwerdling Nursing Archives
Nurse Helen Fairchild: My Aunt, My Hero
1918 - Medical Personnel
History of the American Field Service in France.
Canadian Red Cross
Wounded in the Argonne Forest , Evacuation Hospital #10 , Base Hospital #30, Clermont , Another hospital, Periqueaux , Homeward Bound on the Hospital Ship Comfort , Brooklyn Naval Hospital and Naval Hospital at Portsmouth : One soldier's journey. ** PRIMARY SOURCE
Harry L. Smith. Memoirs of an Ambulance Company Officer. Preface, Table of Contents. : A cool site of primary sources from basic training through the end of the war. ** PRIMARY SOURCE
Frederick A. Pottle. Stretchers. 1929. Introduction. Table of Contents. : Another like above. ** PRIMARY SOURCE
War's Cruel Scythe: the Health of Australian Soldiers in the First World War
WW1 Trench foot & trench fever 1914-1918
Bubonic Plague may be more famous, but the Influenza epidemic that began in 1918 killed 25 million people in one year!! This article begins with a brief description of the Plague, but then gives some facts on the awful pandemic of 1918.
The American Experience | Influenza 1918
Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919
Life at Camp Funston: Describes the flue epidemic in detail ** PRIMARY SOURCE
1918 - Influenza
Influenza 1918
World War I Espionage
Espionage - Spies and Spymasters - Main : Look here for information on a spy.
Abwehr (German Intelligence)
British Signal Intelligence Organizations
Secret Intelligence Service : British Intelligence
MI5 : British Counterintelligence.
Military Intelligence (MI5)
The British MI5 During World War I
Mixed Bureau : Allied Counterintelligence in World War I
Second Bureau : French Military Intelligence
First World War.com - Primary Documents - Count Bernstorff on German Spying in the U.S., 1914-17
Mare Island : German sabotage of U.S. Navy Yard, 1917
Carl Lody : Convicted German spy.
Mata Hari and Mata Hari
World War I, The U.S. Sedition Act and SCHENCK v. UNITED STATES
Choctaw Code Talkers of World War I
Who were the Choctaw code talkers?
Choctaw Code talkers
Verdun Intercept Site Exhibit
World War I & II Choctaw Code Talkers
Women in World War One
GenderGap - American Women & the Military - TOC
American Women and the Great War | Lynn Dumenil and Kim M. Weber | OAH Magazine of History
Women's Organizations and Issues
Women in World War One
Encyclopaedia of the First World War: Women and War
First World War: Home Front
Mobilizing woman power, by Harriot Stanton Blatch
Women in World War One
Canada in World War I - The Home Front
WWI Signal Corps Women
Nurse Edith Cavell - Page 1
Women's Suffrage Movement
War of the Roses - Ratification of the 19th Amendment
The First World War: War Art and The First World War: War Literature
An Introduction to WWI Poetry
Lost Poets of the Great War
"Dulce Et Decorum Est", by Wilfred Owen
The War Poems & Manuscripts of Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen Multimedia Digital Archive
Rupert Brooke and his War Sonnets
Rupert Brooke (1887 -1915)
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)
Trench Poetry and Songs
Women's Poetry & Verse
German War Poetry
Virtual Seminars for Teaching Literature of WWI
World War One Songs (WW1) Early Recordings From 1918 Victrola
Music from the War
MUSIC: America Goes to War Part 1 and Page 2
Soldiers' Songs
Songs of World War I
A list of songs popular during World War 1
1914-18 war - Art of the First World War
1914-18 war - Art of the First World War - 105 - Otto Dix
Great War: The Heritage of The First World War 1914 - 1918 : Mostly about photography
First World War: Home Front
What is the Home Front?
Canada in World War I - The Home Front
The Home Front
The Home Front 1914 to 1918
German Americans and World War I
Herbert Hoover Food Administrator
Who is George Creel and what is the Committee on Public Information?
Canadian Red Cross
President Wilson's "Fourteen Points" (1918)
The Learning Curve | Great War | The Peace Settlement
The Treaty of Versailles
Versailles Treaty, 1919 (by Article)
The Treaty of Versailles (1919)
A German View of the Treaty of Versailles
The Effect of the Versailles Treaty
Key Articles from the 1919 Treaty of Versailles that Would Cause World War II
The Legacy of Versailles
Reparations and War Guilt -- Treaty of Versailles 1919
Medals and Decorations
The 1914 German Iron Cross
World War I Victory Medal
Awards and Decorations of WWI
Alvin York
Alvin C. York
Sgt. Alvin York
The Legends and Traditions of the Great War: Sergeant Alvin York
Alvin York - Wikipedia
The New American - The Real Sergeant York - January 5, 1998
Alvin York Biography
Diary of Sgt. York: ** PRIMARY SOURCE
The Bradford Brothers - Heroes of World War I ** PRIMARY SOURCE
World War I - New Technologies
The First World War: Inventors
New Technologies in World War I
Anton Fokker: Synchronized Machine Gun
Robert Whitehead: Self propelling Torpedo and Self propelling torpedo - Robert Whitehead
Ernest Swinton - Tank and Who's Who: Sir Ernest Swinton - Tank
RMS Titanic : Excellent information on ship and sinking.
Encyclopedia Titanica: Titanic Passenger and Crew Research ( Official Home Page )
David Clarke's 3-D Titanic Site
Titanic ~ The Unsinkable Ship and Halifax, Nova Scotia
Edgardo Andrew: Between the Titanic and the Deep Blue Sea : A look at the event from a passenger's point of view.
"Modern Marvels: Titanic Tech" Questions
James Cameron's Titanic Expedition 2001: What We Saw On and Inside the Wreck
The Marconi Wireless Installation in R.M.S. Titanic
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: The Titanic
TITANIC's Lifeboats: Introduction
The World War I Document Archive: This archive of primary documents from World War I has been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List. It contains Conventions, Treaties, & Official Papers, Diaries, Memorials, Personal Reminiscences, Biographical Dictionary, Image Archive, Maritime War, and links to other WWI sites.
The Stars and Stripes: The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 : A Library of Congress American Memory Collection. Search the ACTUAL newspaper by date and issue. These are scanned images of most pages of the newspaper, complete with reports of action from the USA soldiers' point of view.
War Diaries of World War One : This database contains the digitized War Diaries of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) units. From the start of the First World War, CEF units were required to maintain a daily account of their Actions in the Field. This log was called a War Diary. The War Diaries are not personal diaries, rather they are a historical record of a units administration, operations and activities during the First World War.
BBC News | World War I | Interviews from the archives : Over the years many World War I veterans have shared their experiences with the BBC. Listen to these first-hand accounts of courage, fear and humour on the battlefield from the BBC's radio archives.
BBC Images and newsreel : Footage and photographs from the battlefields.
The Human Face of War : The letters, diaries and photographs of people who lived through World War One offer an extraordinarily personal account of the horrors of war. These are the stories of real people, on the front line and left behind.
EyeWitness To World War I : "History through the eyes of those who lived it." Limited topics.
Harry L. Smith. Memoirs of an Ambulance Company Officer. Preface, Table of Contents.: A cool site of primary sources from basic training through the end of the war.
Frederick A. Pottle. Stretchers. 1929. Introduction. Table of Contents. : Another like above.
Fighting the Flying Circus : This on-line edition of Eddie Rickenbacker's World War One memoirs dates from the original version published by Stokes in 1919
The Red Fighter Pilot : BY MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN (The Red Baron)
Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War :This on-line edition of Admiral Reinhard Scheer's World War One memoirs is based directly on the original, published in 1920.
World War One Letters Home
BBC History - World War One Soldier's Diary Readings
World War I Letters - 1
Cecil Slack and the Great War
The History of a WWI Soldier
History Channel - Dear Home: Letters from WWI
American Experience | War Letters
Views of War, from A Soldier's Diary: the Diary of Benjamin Edgar Cruzan
Encyclopaedia of the First World War: Statistics
The First World War 1914-1918 (The Great War, World War 1) : Has some great stats.
Casualties in WWI
The Great War in Numbers: Stats on WWI
Great War Statistics
Casualties statistics from World War One
Casualties from the Great War : Data and stats.
First World War Statistics
Statistics for WWI
HELLFIRE CORNER - The Great War - Impact - Statistics
Financial Cost of the First World War
Digital History : Stats and costs. Scroll to the bottom of the page.
Casualties: First World War
USA Army Deaths: 1914-1918
BBC - History - Sir Ernest Shackleton, A voyage of Endurance
Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition | American Museum of Natural History
Antarctic Explorers: Ernest Shackleton
NOVA Online | Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance | PBS
Sir Ernest Shackleton - Antarctic explorer : National Maritime Museum
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure
Sir Ernest Shackleton 1874-1922
Sir Ernest Shackleton: Contents
WWI Prisoners of War - US Air Force Museum WWI History Gallery
From the National Archives : A look at the spiritual side.
British Prisoners of War WW1
POWs and the Great War - Captivity on the Eastern Front: Info from a book review
IWM Collections On-Line: Prisoners
Prisoners of War in Utah
WW3 - The True Cause of World War 1 and WW3 - What is the New World Order (NWO)?
BBC - Schools Online World War One - HQ - Trench Warfare : Fun game
BBC - Schools Online World War One - Homepage
BBC - Schools Online World War One - Games - World War When : Test your knowledge of WWI.
BBC - Schools Online World War One - Homepage : True stories allow you to view the war through the eyes of another.
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H-E-B anchoring new shopping center near Baytown breaks ground
August 1, 2017
Houston-based Fidelis Realty Partners announced Aug. 1 that the H-E-B anchoring its new Mont Belvieu Marketplace development recently broke ground.
The 87,000-square-foot grocery store is expected to open early next year, Fidelis said in a press release. The development is at the corner of Interstate 10 and FM 3180/Eagle Drive.
Plans for the mixed-use shopping center include about 200,000 square feet for restaurants and other retailers. So far, a Supercuts has leased a 1,050-square-foot storefront, according to marketing materials.
Last fall, H-E-B Grocery Co. announced it broke ground on its Baytown store at the corner of Garth and Hunt roads near the San Jacinto Mall off of I-10. That H-E-B is adjacent to Baytown Shops, a retail property owned by Dallas-based Stream Realty Partners, which sold a portion of the land to the grocer. The store will be at least 80,000 square feet and is expected to open around the end of 2017.
In May 2016, the Baytown City Council approved an ordinance authorizing a Chapter 380 agreement for that H-E-B. The 380 agreement represents a $2.75 million investment from the city and a $15 million dollar investment from H-E-B by January 2018. The agreement includes work on Santavy and Hunt roads.
Although the Mont Belvieu Marketplace is being built in a dry area, Fidelis noted that it's trying to get a measure on this fall's ballot to allow restaurants to sell alcohol "without added burdensome costs to them and their customers." The firm is working on the effort with the Mont Belvieu community, mayor and city council.
Meanwhile, the H-E-B will be the first large anchor grocery store in the Mont Belvieu area, according to Fidelis. However, there are a couple H-E-B locations in nearby Baytown, including another recent project.


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Directed and conducted by Tony Award winner Ted Sperling, the evening will feature the previously reported Ann Hampton Callaway, Tony winner Victoria Clark, Tony winner Robert Morse and Bryn Terfel as well as a special appearance by Loesser's widow and leading lady, Jo Sullivan Loesser.
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It's not Christmas time without a batch of Pineapple Cookies somewhere in my life. Since moving out of my parent's house I've been responsible for creating these every year. My mother still does, as well. But my father typically eats them all before I ever see them.
Pineapple Cookies
1 1/2 C Sugar
1 C butter, softened
2 eggs
1 C crushed pineapple, undrained
1 tsp baking soda
1 Tbsp cool water
3 1/2 C flour
1 C chopped nuts
1/2 tsp salt
Preheat oven to 350.
Cream butter and sugar. While the mixer is doing it's thing, measure out pineapple in juice. Add soda and water.
To the creamed butter/sugar mixture, beat in eggs, one at a time. Blend in pineapple mixture. Fold in flour, salt and nuts.
Drop by large tablespoons onto cookie sheet. Bake 15 minutes at 350.
Let cookies cool. Enjoy as is, or drizzle with frosting (recipe below.)
Frosting recipe:
3 Tbsp crushed pineapple with juice
2 Tbsp white corn syrup
2 Tbsp sugar
~2 C powdered sugar
Boil pineapple, corn syrup and sugar. Sift in powdered sugar until thickened to desirable consistency. Drizzle over coolies. Allow to cool.
Moose Tracks:
These cookies are quite bread-like in consistency.
To store, stack between sheets of wax paper. These bad boys will stick to each other like crazy.


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"On top of the world" ★★★★★
99 steps up (and three down) in a quirky old building, taking in wooden bannisters and landings, chequerboard floors, a hidden garden, history soaked walls, up to the nest on top. Then imagine soaring over the top of Paris, basking in the sun and treasuring the endless horizon. Total privacy in a comfortable and genuine room. Funky wet room has another great view which, thanks to the steep incline, is straight onto the hurly-burly of Sacre Coeur. Can't help but feel cosseted and safe here. Claire is a good, discrete host and provides a perfect breakfast.


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In 2002, Simon Osborn circumnavigated Great Britain by sea kayak in memory of his brother Mark. Osborn raised £30,000 ($44,500) for Leukemia research on the paddle but wanted a way to get more people out on the water. He came back with an idea: marathon-long paddles for charity on the same day as major marathon races in cities. He called it a Kayakathon.
After years of planning and struggling to gain the necessary permission, the inaugural London Kayakathon took place on April 25, 2010, on the River Thames alongside the London Marathon. The event has grown over the last four years and has so far raised over £90,000 ($133,000) for charities.
Now Osborne is looking to expand the concept by starting three new Kayakathons in the U.K., and three more overseas. "I am very keen to create an event in New York on the same day as the New York Marathon as a headline event for the U.S.," he said.
–You can learn more about Kayakathons by watching the video above and contribute by visiting the crowdfunding campaign that's currently underway: http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/kayakathons


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As an American author with a deep understanding of oriental culture, Michael Zomber wrote Shogun Iemitsu: War and Romance in 17th Century Tokugawa Japan. Available in electronic format and paperback, this novel focuses on samurai warriors who launch an uprising against the unpopular Shoguns. In an online interview that was posted on the iUniverse portal, Zomber talks about this book. For example, he reveals why he is so passionate about Japanese culture. The podcast that was launched on the iUniverse system surely explains Zomber's fascination with samurai traditions.
For most of his adult life, Michael Zomber has been collecting antique weapons from all over the world. Most of all, he brags about having traditional samurai swords that were probably used in fierce combat centuries ago. Zomber has never hesitated to travel the globe in order to get his hands on a unique weapon that once belonged to samurai warriors. Additionally, he also owns plenty of firearms from various eras of American history. For instance, Zomber has a gun that was once fired by George Washington during the American Revolution. Collecting antique weapons for so many years has surely helped Zomber become an academic expert on the subject. The History Channel has sought his expertise on numerous occasions. Zomber appeared as a guest historian on the network's programs such as Guns of the Orient and Guns of the Famous. After making numerous appearances on the History Channel, Michael Zomber was strongly inspired to get involved in the multimedia industry.
With the support of his beloved wife Andrea, Michael Zomber was able to successfully open Renascent Films. This independent studio has given Zomber the opportunity to produce films about his passions in life.
Another piece of work that's related to Zomber's passion for Japanese culture is Jesus and the Samurai: The Shining Religion and the Samurai. In this book, Zomber informs the readers about the history of the Christian faith under various intolerant regimes in Japan and other Asian nations.


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April Fools: Microsoft, Department of Justice and the State Attorneys General
April 4th, 2000 - Chuck Flink
How very appropriate that Judge Posner had to declare failure in the Microsoft-DoJ negotiations on Saturday, April 1st, April Fools Day! This truly has been a dance of fools, in spite of the combined IQs of all involved and the millions in taxpayer and consumer funds being expended. In fact, I'd argue that the foolishness of the whole affair is magnified by the intellectual firepower all sides have brought to the table! Has there ever been a case where more intelligence was focused on fixing something that wasn't broken? List all the potential payouts in all the various categories and it makes the entire affair foolish beyond belief.
Let me list the extraordinary foolishness of it all:
And throughout this, no estimation is given to the value of the relative standardization that has resulted from the Microsoft dominance.
I very seriously doubt the 'browser' and the World Wide Web would be the house-hold words they are today without the huge mass- market opportunity made possible by the relative standardization and low-cost of Microsoft's computer-vendor independent Windows.
The right answer may well have been to have required AT&T turn over UNIX to the National Bureau of Standards during the divestiture negotiations 20 years ago. If UNIX had been a national standard, we could have had the stability, reliability, compatibility, and low-cost objectives everyone claims we need. Rather, we chose to allow innovation then and saw a dozen years lost to in-fighting, confusion and posturing. Microsoft grew out of that fiasco, won dominance, and has given the industry 8 years of phenomenal growth.
In fact, I think this is a story if jealousy, power, greed and paranoia:
Frankly, the whole fiasco should be thrown out of court on the grounds that all the issues are moot. It is obvious that the technology is moving far too fast for any legal remedy to be effective, unless it was with immediate Microsoft concurrence. By not agreeing this weekend, the case is presumably going to be in appeals courts for years, if not decades. Meanwhile, Microsoft will be even more motivated to feel paranoid and to fight like the dickens against any competitors.
The Netscape sale to AOL shows very clearly that the marketplace is not stagnant and in need of trust-busting. Even more importantly, the rapid evolution of technology assures us that the browser and the operating system are well on their way to ceasing to exist as entities distinct from the 'Internet Appliance'. They are artifacts of the past as much as hand cranks and manual transmissions on cars: only of interest to historians and hobbyists! How can these lawyers continue to focus on the integration of these two concepts as the most significant crime, when both are going to be history before the trial is over?
With so many more interesting and valuable things to do, it's immensely foolish for all parties to continue this trial. I'm reminded of all the lawyer and politician jokes we've all shared over the years. As citizens and consumers, let's make very sure that we don't make clowns of ourselves by losing sight of what's important to our bottom line!Copyright © 2000 Information Security Analysis LLC. All Rights Reserved. http://www.infosecana.com/flinkink


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"The Next Debate"
My Townhall.com column looks ahead to Tuesday night's debate among the GOP 10 in Columbia, South Carolina.
If the New York Times is correct, however, Rudy will do exactly the opposite of what I suggest is his best course on the topic of abortion:
After months of conflicting signals on abortion, Rudolph W. Giuliani is planning to offer a forthright affirmation of his support for abortion rights in public forums, television appearances and interviews in the coming days, despite the potential for bad consequences among some conservative voters already wary of his views, aides said yesterday.
At the same time, Mr. Giuliani's campaign – seeking to accomplish the unusual task of persuading Republicans to nominate an abortion rights supporter – is eyeing a path to the nomination that would try to de-emphasize the early states in which abortion opponents wield a great deal of influence. Instead they would focus on the so-called mega-primary of Feb. 5, in which voters in states like California, New York and New Jersey are likely to be more receptive to Mr. Giuliani's social views than voters in Iowa and South Carolina.
This had better be a trial balloon launched by staff, because it will not work. Rich Lowry has it exactly right:
Rich Lowry, editor of National Review, the conservative magazine, said, "You can't win as a pro-choicer who is going to deliberately set on challenging the party's orthodoxy on the issue."
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We started in 2010 as El-Cigarettes Ltd a family business. Having been heavy smokers for 20+ years we knew very well what is all about in smoking and before starting our own business we tested every single e-cigarette in UK ourselves, having known their pros and cons. We managed to drop smoking, having smoked 40+ real cigarettes a day before. Started as a small Amazon business, within a few months El-Cigarettes Ltd managed to gain a big Amazon customers' credit and became a solid and reliable electronic cigarette supplier.
During 2011 we were notified that Amazon is going to prohibit electronic cigarettes in UK the same way they did a year before in US. A decision was made for El-Cigarettes Ltd to resume its rightful place in the e-cig market and to launch its own website. Here you will experience no nonsense and no fuss, just reliability and quality.
In 2014 El-Cigarettes decided to quit e-cig business and UCATS Limited took over the website leaving its former name.
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A search will resume this morning for a missing New Lambton man.
Mitchell Hancock, aged 31, left his home in Clarence Road at about 3am on Tuesday.
It's believed he's driving a blue Holden Berlina, with the number plate BRB26U.
There are serious concerns for his welfare.
Police are searching bushland near Toronto, while there are reports Mitchell may be in the Freemans Waterhole area.
He's described as being of Caucasian appearance with a solid build, about 175cm tall and has fair hair with a beard and moustache.
Anyone with information is being asked to contact Police.


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Research & Development
How Virtual Reality Is Shaping the Future of Brand Experiences
Ever since Facebook bought Oculus Rift, the rise of VR technology has been a white hot topic in the gaming industry. But virtual reality goes far beyond gaming and our recent R&D cycle has been focused on discovering how VR technology will shape the future of brand experiences.
In our first round of exploration with virtual reality technology, we got in a few Google Cardboard DodoCase VR sets and also, the must have, Oculus Rift Development Kit 2.
The obvious difference in these two virtual reality viewing devices, beyond the drastically different price point ($30 vs $350), is true VR vs. mobile VR. True VR, as in the Oculus experience, is absolutely revolutionary. If you're a child of the 80's, chances are you've tried virtual reality a few different times in your life. In arcades, the roller coaster simulator rides, and more recently maybe at Dave and Busters.
Those legacy experiences do not even come close to what it's like inside Oculus.
It's hard to imagine or know what to expect until you really try it. And when you do, the real world disappears. Your peripherals are consumed in the phenomenon of virtual reality and you are 100% immersed in a different world. Your body even tries to compensate for the movement your brain thinks is happening - such as going up a staircase or swerving around a bend. You actually feel it.
Mobile VR, while still very powerful, doesn't quite feel the same. For what it is - putting your smartphone in a cardboard box and then looking through the eye holes - it's actually pretty astonishing how good the virtual experience is.
But after using Oculus, or any true VR experience, you will begin to realize the lower frame rate, limited positional tracking capabilities, and lack of peripheral immersion in its mobile counterpart. All of which contributes more readily to what's known as VR sickness.
Facebook's Oculus Rift, and Google Cardboard, though arguably the most popular, are not the only players in the virtual world. Valve recently jumped into the conversation saying they would have a consumer ready version of their Steam VR headset, HTC Vive, out by the holiday shopping season this year.
While some are wondering why the obvious market leader, Oculus Rift, is not making more aggressive plans to release a consumer ready product, the truth is they don't need to.
Facebook isn't putting out a product just to have a product on the market. They have their sights on something bigger. The real reason Facebook bought Oculus Rift was not to revolutionize gaming, but to change communication altogether.
Facebook is looking at virtual reality technology as the future of communication. Imagine walking around your Facebook feed, virtually interacting with pictures, videos, and connections as if you were part of the stories and conversations.
Think, The Sims, but real. Facebook, plus virtual reality, could become The Matrix in 10 years. Are you ready to give your physical life up to the digital world? Does that scare you or excite you?
The teams at Facebook and Oculus aren't the only ones thinking about how to use VR technology beyond gaming. We at Cramer, along with some other cutting-edge marketers, have been experimenting with what virtual reality can do for brand experiences. At the moment, some potential use cases we and others have been exploring are:
- Product launches and displays at trade shows for products that don't travel well
- Medical animations and procedural "how to" demonstration videos
- Facility and operational tours
- Visualizing complex data systems, (Minority Report style)
- Audience engagement and role play exercises
- Brand immersions and consumer activation
Check out the amazing brand activation Merrell unveiled for Sundance attendees. It's the first ever "walk-around" virtual reality experience.
One of the coolest things we've seen since putting on the VR goggles has to be Zero Point, the first ever 360 degree VR documentary. This roughly 20-minute film was shot specifically for the Oculus Rift, and while the video resolution isn't up to the HD par we've come to expect from our media, the epic experience bridges the gap. It's genuinely beautiful to be a part of.
YouTube added support for stereoscopic 3D video years back and with Google continuing to invest in the technology, we're going to start seeing much more of these virtually optimized 360 degree viewing experiences become commonplace.
3D TV's didn't really catch on, but virtual reality is definitely poised to make its way into our living rooms.
While current capabilities go remarkably beyond where they've ever been, one of the limitations of VR as it stands is GPU-accelerated computing power.
Most consumer systems simply do not have the computing power to re-render full 360 degree rooms at 60 frames per second at the detail we are trying to do it. We're are getting much closer, but much of the hardware running VR is still considered developmental for this reason.
At Cramer, we're going to continue experimenting. Pushing the envelope of marketing to further fuel connections between brands and the audiences most vital to their success. Doors don't just open, you have to knock them down. And we believe VR is the wrecking ball to do it.
What do you think the future of brand experiences and content marketing will look like now that virtual reality, is reality?


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New party seasons may begin with H&M's "Party Perfect" trend update! New H&M's dazzling arrivals offer everything from fabulous little black dress to gliterry blouses and gorgeous dresses. Beautiful Jourdan Dunn, Maryna Linchuk, Cameron Russell and Yulia Lobova enjoyed in the range of amazing H&M party looks. I'm sure H&M is one of those labels girls can't miss to visit in their shopping hunt, because they always offer nice looking clothes for affordable price which let's be honest makes them very attractive! So get your H&M look now girls!
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Element Dripper Series Review
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Element Dripper Series Review:
Today, we're going to take a look at Element Dripper Series' Top 3 bestsellers. Element is an American made e-Liquid. The brand strives to perfect every juice formula they make with scientific precision. They currently have 15 flavors in their Dripper Series lineup and they continue to climb up the ladder in the e-Liquid industry by creating flavors from basic to unique blends. This juice line is certainly one of the best e-liquids I have tried out this year!
Element Dripper Series Features:
Dripper Series by Element features a variety of creative packaging, they offer tinted glass bottles, with and without droppers and an Erlenmeyer flask style bottle. Made with high VG base, their e-liquids will definitely produce great vapor and the flavor will just be as potent. They claim to use only the highest quality of ingredients and nicotine; their entire line of products is also pre-steeped so you will not have to wait in order to get the full potential of its flavor.
- Bottle Size: 20ml (glass bottle with a dropper), 60ml (glass bottle without a dropper), 125ml (Erlenmeyer flask)
- Nicotine levels: 0mg, 3mg, 6mg
Element Dripper Series Flavors:
Pink Lemonade (zingy lemonade blend with just the right amount of red fruit) – This award winning flavor is so unique, and I know a lot of people loving it! The flavor profile of this juice is more on the sweet side and pretty straight forward. The vape experience is smooth and the flavor of the sweet lemonade is bold considering the high VG content. According to Element e-Liquid, this juice won the 2015 Vaper Expo UK "Juice of the Show" Award.
Banana Nut (banana nut bread infused with caramel) – A very good alternative to Suicide Bunny's Derailed. First, you will notice the sweet banana bread and caramel on the inhale, then as you exhale, the nutty note will come from the back of your throat which completes the whole experience.
Fresh Squeeze (freshly squeezed orange juice) – Another award-winning juice! Fresh Squeeze won the 2015 Vape Summit IV "Best in Show" Award. One word to describe this e-liquid is, honest. There's not much to say here, Fresh Squeeze tastes and smells exactly like fresh orange juice! My personal favorite of the three.
The Vape Guide Recommends the Element Dripper Series for:
We highly recommend this e-liquid for people who are into high VG base and want to produce huge clouds! High VG usually means weaker flavor but e-liquid manufacturers these days have their own techniques to avoid sacrificing the flavor, and Element is one of the best in this category. Another recommended 80% VG brand is Spotlight by Rip Trippers.
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There are various colon-cleansing products. Consult your doctor about which products might be okay for you. Deal only with reputable companies which abide by all rules and regulations applicable in your country and state.
Reviews and customer testimonials may be biased or even inaccurate. Always check the expiry date of any colon cleanser before use. Choices for assisting with colon cleansing may include:
Herbal Products
Herbal products are claimed to be usually fairly gentle. Claims are made for products that contain such herbs as basil leaves, coriander leaves and even mint leaves, but always consult your doctor before even thinking about purchasing or using any colon cleansing products. Herbal products may be too strong for you, especially at first.
This is a natural product extracted from psyllium seed husks. Psyllium is a water-soluble fiber and forms a thick mucilage if mixed with water. This mucilage is claimed to help push out waste from your colon. You can take daily doses of psyllium for a natural cleanse. However, it is best to take sufficient water with psyllium to get the best consistency. Always follow directions carefully.
Replacing vitamins, minerals and nutrients
Colon cleansers may clear your colon of some essential nutrients and vitamins. Some people claim that taking regular vitamin and nutrient supplements may help to restore the levels of some nutrients that your body needs. But the various mixtures that are sold have different levels of the various substances and most nutrients are better absorbed when part of your regular diet.
Most colon cleanser kits include probiotics. Your colon contains both good and bad bacteria. Colon cleansing may wash away both good and bad bacteria. Probiotic supplements are claimed to sometimes help to replenish the stock of good bacteria.
Source of Information : Your Guide to Colon Cleansing by By Peter Mason


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The major symptom of a gallbladder attack is pain in the upper abdomen, according to The Merck Manual Home Edition. This pain lasts over six hours, peaking after an hour and remaining steady. Gallstones cause 95 percent of gallbladder attacks.
Gallstones do not always cause symptoms, according to WebMD. Smaller stones pass through the bile duct into the colon without causing pain. Occasionally, larger stones block the duct and prevent bile from flowing into the intestine. The blockage causes the gallbladder to swell bringing on the attack.
Genetics, obesity and ethnicity are common risk factors for gallstones, reports WebMD. Women suffer more attacks than men. As people age, they are more likely to experience gallstones. Certain cholesterol-lowering drugs and rapid weight loss also increase the risk for developing gallstones.
The most common treatment for gallbladder attacks is surgery to remove the gallbladder. Laparoscopic surgeries are more common as of 2015 than open surgeries. The laparoscopic surgeries reduce the chances of complications, according to WebMD, but are not appropriate in all cases.
There are medication options available if a doctor does not believe a patient is a good candidate for surgery, but the medications sometimes take years to dissolve the gallstone. When the patient stops taking the medication, WebMD indicates the stones often form again, bringing back the gallbladder attacks.


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Style Writing seems to be an on going learning curve. One moment you think you have it and then you find there is something else which is needed. I will recommend anyone who is going to format an e-book to use the free e-book about Style Writing from Smashwords. Once you get your head around it, it is really good. Easy to navigate and use though you may need to forget some of the things you think you already know about Microsoft Word.
Yesterday I realised I could implement different styles of writing how I wanted them to look rather than what was already set up by Word. With this said I now have different styles for Book Titles, Author name, Chapters, Centered, Italics, Indents, No Indents etc. Each have their own specialties making my typing automatic when I click on that particular style. It is brilliant.
Two things I learnt yesterday was how not to use Tabs and Page Breaks. This wonderful book even shows you how to get rid of Tabs without trawling through your document.
Today I will be re-learning how to do Linked Contents Pages, for some strange reason I can't get my old ones to work properly and you really need to have linked chapters so your reader can read anywhere they please.
Don't forget most e-books don't have page numbers!!
Style writing has also taught me a few things about how to set up a book for printing, some of the styles you use are the same, the major difference is page numbers and generally no links though printed books will have websites where you can look for other reading material by the same author.
Good look and have fun :D


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Excellent workplaces must incorporate proper planning that has concerns with the space's flexibility and also its finest potential to provide efficiency for every worker serving them with nothing but only the best of their advantages. Therefore, with its direct effects towards the workers, making decisions regarding preferences for a beneficial office design is considered to be crucial.
Numerous factors should be taken into account of the relevance of effectively creating a congruent interior composition. These elements can be divided into three correlated aspects namely: the functional, technical and monetary component of the company. Also, determining all compensations of the matter should be wisely studied and analyzed weeks before conducting a start regarding the specific renovation to reassure an impeccable end-product. Target benefits of this project type mainly include the aspect of accessibility, comfort, and also the privacy of every worker.
Workplace accessibility is necessary for the welfare of a certain company primarily because it optimizes collaboration which promotes fast time durations for every task. Accessibility comprises the connection of different work stations to utilize and simplifies each of its designated assignments within short amount of time. Connected with accessibility is the workplace comfort. Comfort while at work intends to complement every worker's needs by offering the best workplace format. Last but not the least is the privacy. It is classified as one of the most vital thing every individual deserves. At work, privacy refers to the state of being free from all disturbing practices of a certain worker's colleagues.
On the other hand, while conducting an office interior renovation, additional factors must also be considered to create an exceptional one. These include the workplace's natural light, temperature, colors, as well as its ambient sound. Investing on new interior design elements like new chairs, tables, wallpapers, mirror stickers, couches, and other furniture items should also be strongly considered.
Natural lighting, unlike the artificial means of light, has been proven to be beneficial for the health of all workers. Studies state that this kind of light has an effect on alertness, mode and metabolism which is really important for every worker. The temperature has always been significant by affecting productivity of the workers. Thus, aggressively cold and warm temperatures in an office are both is ideal for it encourages laziness towards the workers. Lastly, color sustains different appeals in a worker which affects his or her work. For the meaning and benefits of any color you like, refer to the archives about the color of psychology.
With today's limitless capabilities that support abundant ideas which are to be expressed in physical representations, planning for an effective office interior design will be easily achieved by any determined individual, provided that a broad research entailing exceptional strategies for office interior alterations should be accomplished prior to the execution of the project. In that way, there will be a large assurance that the initiated project will encounter less trouble during the construction stage.
In a nutshell, if you want your company to have more productive employees, then you should not think twice about giving them a better-looking and appealing office space as it will boost their morale and motivation.


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I bought two tarot decks recently, and I love them. I have been doing personal reading for myself with them since around 2 or 3 this morning off and on. It astounds me how precise and accurate they have been on life situations. I do not think tarot is for everyone, but for me they are proving extremely useful. My readings have yielded amazing insight and more.
People commonly misunderstand things such as tarot because people water down and abuse ancient practices. They make them commercialized and cheap, then wonder why it doesn't work or isn't accurate. If you approach the practice with an open mind, sincerity and respect you will be amazed at the accuracy. Again, it isn't for everyone. Each of us has a different tool that speaks to our intuitive power. You just have to find yours. I've also found cowrie shells to be useful for myself. Soon I will start using my I-ching sticks.


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Sony Playstation rumours fly as PS4 update NEO is 'leaked'
Rumours of an update to the Sony Playstation have heightened, with a gaming website claiming to have seen the spec for the PS4.5.
Although Sony has not yet announced any details on what has also been referred to PS4K, a report from Giantbomb.com claims to have seen details for the upcoming console, as well as its codename - NEO.
The report - 'confirmed' by a variety of unnamed sources - says that he updated box will feature a CPU with 8 Jaguar Cores running at at 2.1 GHz, compared to the original PS4's 1.6 GHz. The GPU will consist of an AMD GCN with 36 CUs at 911 MHz (as opposed to the original's 18 CUs at 800 MHz), and improved RAM (8 GB GDDR5 running at 218 GB/s compared to the original's 176 GB/s).
The report also claims that from October 2016, Sony will require every PS4 game to ship with a 'Base Mode' and a 'Neo Mode' - allowing the game to run on both original and updated consoles.
However, despite the 'NEO' codename, there's no detail on Matrix-style virtual reality capability. Base and NEO versions of a game will, it's claimed, be required to support peripherals equally. This means that VR mode on NEO games may still require the "breakout box" that the headset ships with.
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text: I've seen pics and videos of a curved slider on the screen to unlock and mute the sound, but mine is straight. The verizon rep that gave me a tour of his droid had the curved slider. My OS is 2.0.1 and the phone is a couple of weeks old. Anyone care to shed some light on this? TIA


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For over 50 years Canada Goose has developed an industry leading understanding of down insulation technology. That knowledge has allowed us to choose the best blends of down, in addition to us crafting our own premium proprietary blends, to suit the very specific requirements of each of our down-insulated jackets. We make sure the right down goes in the right product. It is important to note that all of our down blends contain some Hutterite down. This is among the most premium Canadian down available. Its main advantage comes from tremendously dense down plumules that hold and retain more warm air than most other types of down. That results in greater warmth generated by less fill, and in turn, jackets that are manufactured to be lighter without sacrificing warmth. In a longstanding commitment by Canada Goose and Feather Industries, all down is certified to be hypo-allergenic, lab-tested, and never harvested by live plucking.
For Canada Goose, functionality is paramount. Our jackets are built for the coldest places on earth, places where skin around the face can freeze in an instant. Fur trim around a hood works to disrupt airflow and create "turbulent", warmer air around the face-protecting from frostbite. In these environments, when life is on the line, fur is not just the best choice, but the only choice. We do not use fake or "faux" fur because it simply does not protect as well as real Coyote fur. Faux fur is only a fashion statement. It does not act in the same way that real fur does to protect skin from frostbite. There are three types of fur that protect from frostbite: Wolf, Wolverine and Coyote. We have chosen Coyote fur because it is highly abundant. In fact, in many regions of Canada, Coyotes are considered a pest as they attack livestock, endangered prey species, pets and sometimes people. In procuring fur, we strictly adhere to all Canadian industry guidelines and government regulations. In fact, Canada is the world leader in humane trapping, providing the scientific basis for the Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards. Only furs taken with methods that meet this international standard may be produced in Canada. We also take pride in the fact that by supporting this sustainable industry we are supporting aboriginal communities of the Canadian North and their ways of life. We strongly identify with the values of these communities, which are based on a profound respect for and harmony with nature. While fashion is subject to trends, Canada Goose is not. We have used fur for more than half a century because of its protective properties, not as a fashion statement. However, we know that whether or not people want to wear fur is a personal choice. We manufacture jackets without any fur, which are lighter weight and designed for more temperate climates and aerobic activities. We recognize and respect the right of people to choose not to wear fur. In turn, we hope that people will respect our ethical and responsible use of fur.
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We took the previous site built in custom code and rebuilt it on Drupal 7, providing a more usable CMS, as well as improving the responsiveness of the website, the UX and the interaction design. We also focused on SEO to yield immediate results, and most importantly, spent many manhours creating a taxonomy to normalise the addresses and locations based upon post code and longitude/latitude co-ordinates. That was a tough nut to crack!
In early 2016, we gave the Food & Drink website a facelift:


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Pair reunites for 'Finkels'
Martin Freeman, Mandy Moore starred in 'Dedication'Martin Freeman and Mandy Moore, who appeared in the 2007 feature "Dedication," are reteaming for the romantic comedy "Swinging With the Finkels," which began production Wednesday in the U.K.
The pair will play husband and wife in the film, which also features Jonathan Silverman and Melissa George, playing another married couple, and Jerry Stiller.
Writer-director Jonathan Newman developed the feature from his short film "Sex With the Finkels," which debuted on the Web site Filmaka.
"Finkels" is being produced by Kintop Pictures/Reliance and Starlight Films in association with Urban Island and Filmaka. Filmaka co-founder Deepak Nayar and Rosanne Milliken are producing. Thomas Augsberger, Philip von Alvensleben, Albert Klychak and David Mutch are exec producing.
Foreign sales will be handled by Simon Crowe's SC Films International.
Freeman, repped by UTA and Creative Artists Management, next appears in the British feature "Nativity." Moore, who released the album "Amanda Leigh" this year, is repped by UTA and Storefront.


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Saturday, April 25, 2015
Hello Friends
48 comments:
Enjoy your eggy weggies and chikken Goose. I are a BIG fan of both of em.ReplyDelete
Sendin ya luv and POTP.
we are happy to hear from you tonight, Goose. We hope you have a grand time tomorrow with all your special friends. Phantom was a tough one to get to eat, but Mom found a little tin of chicken - Nature's Recipe chicken dinner - that he loved. Just a little tiny tin, but it was enough to get him started eating. Take care, pal. and keep fighting.ReplyDelete
Woos - Ciara and Lightning
Have fun tomorrow Goose!ReplyDelete
We are glad to hear you are doing well and eating your special food. We hope you all have a great time playing together tomorrow. Just take it easy Goose.ReplyDelete
Hari OMReplyDelete
Oh darling dawg, you still bring us love and laughter... May this day be filled with so much for you all; and BOY do we wish we could share that yard with you! Blessings hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx
I am smiling ear to ear, Goose! So the egg comes before the chicken... good to know! I'm so glad that you are having those gourmet meals. And, most of all, I'm glad that your MOM will spend all of Sunday with you. Having Bert, all his family, and Miss Vickie over will be wonderful too. I think that we are all blessed to have you in our world, Goose. You make me smile and you make me remember what "beautiful" is. I think it's the love between you and your MOM. Lots of love to you both.ReplyDelete
Yup, you are amazing. Sure hope you enjoy Sunday!ReplyDelete
Your Pals,
My heart will be romping and playing with your friends for a while, Goose. Then in my dream I'll sit with you while you watch the show. Blessings to you and to you MOM.ReplyDelete
Goose, your a good man dog. Be strong and give your Mommy lots of kisses and hugs. Your Mommy loves you, and she will always take care of you. Welshie and Eskie soft nose pokes.ReplyDelete
We will be there in spirit playing with you.ReplyDelete
When I think of beautiful ,,I also think of you and your mom,, because that love is real.. And you are real Goose.ReplyDelete
I am glad you have some nummy stuff to eat,, and your going to have some companys come over,,, Its all good,! And its the way it should be.
- AnonymousApril 25, 2015 at 9:40 PM
Hi goose! Mmmm eggs.... My favorite! Only I like to steal them while they're raw and in the shell. I hope you have lots of fun with your friends. Sending lots of love and prayers for comfort so you can enjoy this precious time.ReplyDelete
Hey Goose! We haven't stopped by for a long time but just wanted you to know that we are thinking of you and that we hope you have the most awesome best day ever tomorrow!ReplyDelete
Sam and Pippen
I do wish I lived closer so I could visit you! Bless you.ReplyDelete
What a strong guy you are Goose!! We hope you have the bestest day ever toomorrow with your Mama and your friends!!ReplyDelete
Dory, Jakey, Arty and Bilbo
Oh that would be cool, for sure! Bro I'm so happy you missed that train and you eat chicken and eggs... I think the eggs were first... at least they are endless as long as my dad is the boss of the kitchen... Have a super Bert-day, bro!ReplyDelete
easy rider
Have a wonderful Sunday playing with your friends, Goose! We'll be with you in spirit, buddy!ReplyDelete
Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly
Howdy Goose, nice to see ya mate. Good idea to have furriends over. Makes everybuddy happy. Hope the eggs aren't making you, well, fart too much hehe. Love ya heaps. No worries and love Stella and RoryReplyDelete
did you feel my butterfly kisses on this sweet face? hope so. enjoy your Sunday with Mom and friends... glad the ketchup is working..ReplyDelete
Hi Y'all!ReplyDelete
Oh Goose, I am so happy for you! It's so wonderful you are comfy ad enjoying another beautiful day. Let me keep my POTP comin' your way! Y'all are havin' such a special, beautiful time. I know y'all will make the most of it.
Have another beautiful day!
Hawk aka BrownDog
HIya Goose! So good to see you! I will be on the next plane out there so I can run around in your yard. Enjoy your day!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 26, 2015 at 6:03 AM
Golly Goose! Sounds like you have a wonderful Sunday planned....you can just lie in the sunshine and watch everyone running and playing and having tons of fun - I think that sound like a PERFECT day. Glad you are eating and glad you are smiling - we're all smiling for you and sending you as much POTP as we can squeeze out!ReplyDelete
Love and Hugs, Sammy
Goose, we were so very delighted to see your smiling face this morning when we logged on. Handsome as ever too! We are thrilled you are having a play-date today with Bert and furends. I know that you will enjoy seeing them all. Being around furends is good for the soul.ReplyDelete
Has your Mom tried a product called Pill Pockets? We use them every day for my kidney medicine and I don't even know there is medicine stuck inside. They are so stinky and tasty I don't even chew it. Nope, swallow it whole and down goes the medicine.
Thank you for solving that age ol'e mystery of which came first. We always wondered and now we know the answer. You are a very wise man Goose.
We pray for you and your Mom in our daily prayers. Hang in there buddy.
Lily Belle & Muffin
Hi Goose buddy...I am so glad to see you here today. I keep sending the POTP...we think about you and your mom a lot. What a Sunday you have planned! I sure hope you and Bert enjoy each other's company and have a few good romps in the yard.ReplyDelete
So glad to hear you are feeling better Goose. Enjoy your Sunday and your friends!ReplyDelete
OMD Goose your mom took a day off... that is wonderful... and having Bert and Crew come to spend some time with you is EXCELLENT...ReplyDelete
We are SO glad that you are having Eggs and Chicken... which are BOTH very good thingys... and that your pills will go down easily and CATCH UP with your Eggs and Chicken somewhere inside you.
Have an AMAZING day. And get Lots of Pictures...
So glad that you MOM is taking the day off to be with you. Enjoy the day with all of your friends! While we can't all physically be there - we're with you in spirit!ReplyDelete
We're so glad that you and Mom are getting quality time together. Sending lots of love and light your way.ReplyDelete
Goose, we love the day you have planned with Bert and family. We love that you and Mom are making these precious days ones to remember and cherish fureverReplyDelete
Mr Bailey, Hazel & Mabel
Dear Goose,ReplyDelete
You are such a delightful soul:-)
Ruthie and Bella, the Rat Terrier (neither of whom writes in our blog;-)
We are so happy you are still here and enjoying your time with Mom. Chicken and eggs that sounds nummy.ReplyDelete
Abby Lab
- AnonymousApril 26, 2015 at 11:12 AM
Oh Goose...we would love to come and play.....but we are really busy sending you ton's of Prayers and lots of POTP!ReplyDelete
The Mad Scots
HELLO HANDSOME AMAZING FRIEND....YOU ARE DOING THINGS YOU WAY AND I SAY WTG GOOSE.....MOM CACKLED OUT LOUD ATReplyDelete
"Which came first, "The chicken or the egg?" In my case the egg comes in the morning and the chicken in the evening. Mystery solved." YOU MY FRIEND ARE SO LOVED AND SO BLESSED AND CONTINUE TO INSPIRE AND LIFT US ALL!!
Oh Buddy, we missed our time with you today. and I am so so sorry. My Vickie had family in from out of state and we was with them. Dude you gotta hang in there for another week so's we can go up to the mountains on Friday and go to your fishing hole one more time. Ya just gotta.ReplyDelete
Goose so happy you missed the train. We are sending more pawsitive vibes and healing purrs. We hopes you get to spend some more time with your family and friends before you has to go.ReplyDelete
Hello, sweet Goose! I'm so glad you are enjoying every minute and your Mom is there with you. Sorry I saw that Bert didn't make it, but you definitely have a plan with him next Friday so you just hang in there, my bestest furiend. More and more POTP and love on its way to you every minute of every day.ReplyDelete
Grr and Woof,
Sarge, Police Commish
If you're having a yard party, count us in!!!ReplyDelete
So the egg came first. Wow. Who knew? not me. Mags might have - she's very smart for such a youngster! Hey and guess what? My mom likes catsup on her scrambled eggs!
That's another mystery - catsup or ketchup?
I'm feeling very deep right now.
Well hello there handsome. So nice to see your smiling face!! We hope you are having a most awesome weekend with your mom :)ReplyDelete
Goose, you are a miracle, that is all we can say about you.ReplyDelete
Goose! My Love, mes came to sees yous and to tells yous mes loves yous so furry much, and mes happy yous hanging in!ReplyDelete
Lots of Nellie Kisses
Chikkin and eggie weggies?? Yummo!! I'm like dat with my meds... dey has to just shove 'em down my throat...heehehehe.....ReplyDelete
Hope ya has a mahvelous Sunday wiff yer furiends... sendin' hugs and luv....
Goosie, I am thinkin' of you every single day, and sendin' you and your Moms lots and lots of AireZens and {{{hugs}}}} and slobbery kisses!!ReplyDelete
Ruby ♥
Hope you all had a great day together today. It sounded like a good plan.ReplyDelete
We didn't know you know Murphy & Stanley in the fur. How neat to have them as friends.
Just keep on missin' that ole train. You have a fishin' hole date to keep! Smart Ass is still riding around everywhere with me and we are keeping you in our prayers. Lady CarolineReplyDelete
Hi Goosie, I love seeing your photo and hearing that you are eating. Take those pills, they will help you feel better. We all feel your love and gratitude and we are so very thankful for you and Mom. Sending hugs, love and prayers.ReplyDelete
Noreen & Hunter
Sending our love.ReplyDelete
stella rose
Just stopping by to check on you, my dear friend. Lots of love.ReplyDelete
Momma says all pups should keep going as long as they're happy and not hurting! She was lucky enough to have time with Cinderella longer than she should have, and Cinderella decided when it was time for her to go. I'm sure you and your MOM will have your own special time.ReplyDelete


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The pain had been nagging at me since the second week of practice. Every step in my stride brought the sharpest pains through my knee. I could barely stand it. Literally. I'd been playing soccer for five years by this time and up until this point I had never been in so much pain. The closest thing to it was when I pulled my quad the year before but even that didn't even closely resemble the pain I was in. In high school I was known for hiding pains I had, however this one I couldn't hide. I went and talked to the trainer and she spent a few days trying to help the problem with ultrasound therapies, ice, stretching and strengthening, but eventually decided it was best for me to go see a doctor. Doctors scare the crap out of me and believe me I have a legit reason (….you don't want to know lol). So the appointment was set and I awaited the day. When it came I saw the doctor and he took a few x-rays and could not find anything from just the regular exam but was concerned I may have torn my meniscus so he ordered an MRI. I got the MRI which was terrible. Have you ever been in one of those machines? I mean its seriously torcher. I can't sit still as it is but having a nurse tell me that I have to lie there and not move at all…. let me tell you, I was not a happy camper at all. Nevertheless I lied there still and stared at a dot on the machine for about 15 terribly long minutes. After this was the wait for the results. So I waited…. and waited. It seems like when you are anxious to know a result is when the wait feels like years away.
Finally it was the day. I got in the car, shut the door, and made the drive to the docs office. Nervously I pounded on the steering wheel to the music wondering what the doctor would say. When I arrived, I got out the car, took a deep breathe, and walked in. The nurse called my name and led me to a room. This may have been the longest walk of my life. Have you ever looked at a hallway and dreaded the fact that you had to go all the way to the other side? That's how I felt. (Granted I actually was put in the 2nd room in the hallway. But it took a long while to get to that hall). I sat in the room, the nurse told me the doctor would be in with me shortly and I began to watch the clock. Bad idea. Minutes went by but they felt like hours. My heart nearly ripped from my chest every time I heard footsteps. Whispers were now at the door and I could barely sit in my chair I was so nervous. The door opened and my hear stopped.
To be continued….
Well, I'm not the best story teller but this is my shot at the cliffhanger for the weekly writing challenge. Keep checking back for the end to the story.


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Financial Focus| A Succesful Business
Nowadays, people are so much into having a business. Perhaps for some people having a business is like a cool thing that is going on around, for others it is a family inheritance and that is why business should continue throughout generations as long as it is able to provide.
How do you define having business? Are you financially stable?
What it is to have a successful business? You wouldn't be able to answer and even experience all these questions if you are in a situation of settling debts.
Being financially focus needs to have priorities and of course the focus of having a business is one strategic plan. There are so many ways for you to have a successful business.
Through having a good business would entail that you are making money continuously. The value of a hard earned money is not simple nor easy as you have to thrive harder for you to have the budget amount to start a business.
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Asking people for help- there are many experts who can give you support and assist you with the basic knowledge that you need to know as well as in helping collecting strategies as to how you are going to start your business. There are also other alternative ways for you to reach out many people, and these are through the use of search engines.
Marketing your business with the use of social media platforms is not by far make you known from all people who are browsing through the internet. Start connecting with people that may be your potential costumers.
This is one way for you to start being open as you lead them through the right direction of your business for example, putting your basic information in your business cards, or through social media such as Facebook, Google+ and other networks that can be of good use. Running your own business does not have to be organized by executive staff. If compared it to
If compared it to home base business they are able to come up with a good business in meeting the needs of everybody. Another way, is through mobile- people can trust you if you are more connected to them not only through the internet but also through a personal contact especially if they have bought product and or availed services from you.Get your focus right on track as this will surely bound you for a better future and a successful business planned ahead for the future.


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Archival documents from the 1940-50s, including invitation to a "switch on" camera ceremony for a film, sent with permission of John Taylor and Company. This is followed by some footage of Kolar schools and town.
"The real challenge of making the film was to translate the knowledge of the historian and the skills of writing into a completely different, visual, medium. Visual material, especially of the past, not surprisingly, was lacking. Neither management nor unions, nor the small community groups, appeared to have maintained any visual records. I could find little to illustrate what I had learned from hours in the archives, and the people I wished to interview seemed unable or unwilling to become the purveyors of my knowledge. They wore their legacy lightly and not at all consciously, since they dealt with more pressing problems of their future. And after all, of what use was this history at a time when the future was at stake?"


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|July 2, 1797
|Author Name
|Anthony Foster (primary) Location: Nashville
|Recipient Name
|David Henley (primary) Location: Knoxville
|Foster asks Henley to forward the letter he has written to the Secretary of War on the subject of his contract with the government to provide supplies for the Indians. Foster worries that, if supplies are not available, the Indians will think that the government has forsaken them. He assures Henley of the sincerity of his concern in this matter.
|Document Format
|Autograph Letter Signed
|Collection: National Archives and Records Administration: Post Revolutionary War Papers, RG94