Cholesterol is a fat-like substance used to create hormones (like vitamin D), build healthy cells, and digest food. The cholesterol your body uses can come from two different sources: your own body or the foods you eat. Dietary cholesterol, that is, cholesterol in food, is only found in animal products […]
English common law understood that agents were sometimes needed in business and commerce. The president of Ford Motor Company obviously cannot be everywhere. You need agents to do business. Also, someone who is on vacation out of the country and cannot sign a contract could appoint an agent to sign […]
There are daughters of narcissistic mothers who have barely survived psychologically. In the extreme, there are daughters who starved to death from anorexia as the only way they could find to save a tiny crumb of their existence. We know these daughters, even though their secrets of maternal deprivation and […]
Yes, they are ugly, but … I know they are ugly, that’s the point, these signs are not invisible and help to get the attention of the locals. We live in a world of perfect typography, so when ugly painted text appears, we tend to read it. It is advertising, […]
Devices that access the Internet have become increasingly popular as they become more affordable. Several companies launched comparable iPhone smartphones (for example, Samsung Galaxy) and there are also several tablets on the market. Although the first impulse is to consider these devices for entertainment purposes only, the idea of mobile […]
As far as I’m concerned, there are two seasons in America (who cares what the meteorologist says!). There is the football season and the low season. Then there is everything else in between. Why do I say such a ridiculous thing? Because I “my die-hard soccer fan! Hell, I love […]
As a certified travel agent, international airline employee, researcher, writer, teacher and photographer for four decades, travel, whether for pleasure or business, has always been an important and integral part of my life. Some 400 trips to all parts of the world, by road, rail, sea and air, involved both […]
The purpose of Blackjack card counting is to know when the shoe decks on the table contain cards that are favorable to you, the player, thus knowing when to place a bigger bet. Many casinos now use continuous shuffling machines (CSM), where the cards are automatically shuffled after each hand. […]
Twitter is one of the most popular websites on the Web, with 175 million tweets sent every day. Most of those tweets are freely visible to the public, but sometimes Twitter users want to send a private message to another user. The only way to do this on Twitter is […]
If you’ve already used all the polite and courteous ways to reach out to your neighbors with your noise problem, then it’s time for you to proceed to legal resolution. Since rowdy and noisy neighbors can be a real nuisance, this matter can be referred to the authorities if it […]
