A Checkered Past The year was 1653, and Frenchman Lorenzo Tonti created a great strategy for raising money. Called tontine, investors received investment income in return for purchasing shares with their capital investment. Gradually, shareholders began to die leaving all of their remaining income spread between the remaining shareholders. The last person living received all of the remaining benefits. Tontines became popular in the United States...more
Fishing is one of the most ancient practices on this earth, dating back to as early as the Paleolithic period. Though the term fishing actually refers to the act of catching fish in the water bodies, even the practice of catching other aquatic animals like mollusks, echinoderms, crustaceans etc. is usually regarded as fishing. For many countries especially those having long, broken coastline such as the countries of Western Europe, fishing is one of the leading occupations of the people. In these countries fishing is practiced in a large scale and is of commercial type. The livelihoods of the people largely depend on fishing. In commercial fishing, large vessels are employed which can use larger nets. Acoustic fish finders, radars, position finders and other much expensive modern equipments are used to track don fish. Generally there are four methods by which modern commercial fishing vessels catch fish. These are Drifting, Trawling, Seining and Lining. Drifting nets are used to catch pelagic fish by hanging the net vertically just a few meters below the water surface where the fish will swim into the net. Trawling, on the other hand involves fishing by using a huge bag like net...more
Facebook applications have emerged as one of the most sustainable sources of revenue generation online. In fact, some applications, including the immensely popular Farmville, have become such revenue generators that developers are considering moving those to independent frameworks. However, even for smaller application owners who make a decent...more
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History of Guantanamo Bay By: Robert About the Author esus writes about recent news and politics. He writes every day. He specializes in politics but you can check out his recent site where he talks about a Mosquito Killing...more
Cardiff became a city famous for its large coal reserves and during the industrial revolution burst into life. Fuelling the industrial revolution, more coal was being exported for the city's port at one point than any other city in the world, quickly...more
Bristol Bristol as a city has so much to offer its visitors, from its Cathedral to the Bristol Bridge, Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge to the Avon Gorge, you will be spoilt for choice with sites to visit when you come to Bristol. Of course no trip...more
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