Fernie Alpine Resort Guide Fernie is an alpine ski resort nested near the town of Fernie, British Columbia in Canada. Despite it being less known as some of its counterparts like Blackcomb and Whistler it’s a fabulous resort well worth considering as your destination for your next ski vacation. It has a wonderful reputation as being a great summer destination too for the scenic biking routes, rock climbing, and river rating....more
What do Brad Pitt, Bob Dylan, Pamela Anderson, Martina Navratilova, David Duchovny and Brigitte Bardot have in common? All are vegetarians. With the exception of India, it is estimated that about 1% of the global population abstains from meat, poultry, and fish, and that about 0.1% are vegans, avoiding all animal products. Yet these figures translate into about 60 million people worldwide, excluding India.In a 2008 study...more
The housing crisis in the United States is a serious dilemma and one that affects almost everyone, not just home owners. As we have heard in the last few years, many people bought homes that were inflated in value with risky mortgages. Many could only afford the payments for the first few years of the mortgage since they acquired balloon mortgages or adjustable rate mortgages. Since their payments would skyrocket after the first few years, home owners felt that they could just refinance, get a new mortgage at a better rate and lower their payments. Unfortunately, the bottom fell out of the value of these overinflated home values. Refinancing was no longer an option because mortgage lenders couldn’t offer the same loans on the properties. Home owners couldn’t afford their payments, and they fell into foreclosure and the banks were left with devalued assets. Compounding the problem was the selling of mortgage backed securities on Wall Street. The repeal of the Glass-Steagall act basically allowed for commercial banks to merge with insurance companies and get involved in investing their assets. When the house prices fell, those assets became...more
Here’s the poll question: Traveling Texas, would you for small cars like a sedan in Arlington or would you rather drive an SUV in Arlington? I thought of conducting this survey because I still have not recovered from last week’s jaunt with friends. I remember upon landing at the DFW Airport, a limousine that zoomed past us...more
Betta fish breeding can be a challenge but if you are equipped with the information and knowledge on how to handle them, you can however do the breeding pretty easily. You have to have the patience and effort though to be able to breed Betta fish successfully.You will need all the information you can get from different online resources and help...more
The bowels of the Earth are unpredictably volatile, and every now and then the force within tries to burst to the surface with devastating power. Why do earthquakes happen? This cataclysmic phenomenon is actually part of a natural geological process.Earthquakes are caused by seismic waves that are produced by a sudden and massive release of energy from the surface of the Earth, the crust. Just one of a number of the Earth's layers (which includes the core), the crust is itself composed of several sections referred to as plates which are continuously moving, but at such a slow pace that any significant effect it would have will only be felt after several thousand years. Once in a while, a plate's motion against another one causes an energy buildup that is released at the plates' meeting point, known as the fault line. The resulting energy discharge is the reason for why do earthquakes happen. The focal point is the area from which the accumulated energy that can cause an earthquake comes from. It is typically located at the shallow depths from the crust, and positioned right on its surface is the epicenter. It is from here that seismic waves radiate in every direction, traveling at...more
Small business owners are in a constant improvement mode. One must improve business to make more profit, reduce expenses, and beat the competition - or face the fate of over half of all small business startups: failure and locked doors. One way...more
When there is a downturn in the economy and sales start to plummet, one of the first things many businesses start to do is downsize in an effort to curb costs. Since the early 1980's, this has become a common practice for many businesses. The...more
Who doesn’t like Snoopy? Snoopy is a pet beagle dog of Charlie Brown; the famous boy cartoon character from the comic strip Peanuts. It was Charlez M. Schulz who first created the story of Peanuts; a story of a bunch of kids, Charlie...more
So you got an obscene phone call from someone. There's breathing on the line, or they curse or they even start demanding sexual favors. Gross. Your first reaction might be to call the police. The trouble is that the police often won't do anything...more
When you have a courier driver that you subcontract from a courier company to work for your organization full time, it is safe to say that the happiness of your customers and the success of your business depends to a very large extent on that driver...more
Avoidable Mistakes That May Make Your Moving a Nightmare So many first time movers have ugly tales to tell after experiencing some unforeseen unfortunate incidences. This is not peculiar to Los Angeles alone but to all those who are...more