By: cheers | 2010-10-07 | Politics The Bard of Avon in one of his famous lines says 'the quality of mercy blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Given the state of today's welfare expenditure by the State he may have corrected himself to caution that the quality of mercy (welfare measures) blesseth him that takes and curses everybody else. read more
By: Joseph McCaffery | 2010-03-29 | Real Estate During the past few weeks we've watched a new trend emerge. Banks are walking away from foreclosed properties, leaving neighborhoods devastated by abandoned homes and placing homeowners, who thought their property had been taken away, with financial obligations often beyond the deficiencies of their loans. read more
By: Susan Partridge Helme | 2010-11-30 | Taxes I'm convinced there are many non-resident property owners who can't get their heads around having to pay income tax in Spain. Hopefully my little tax quiz "Whose tax is it anyway?" will make it clear. read more
By: Jason Rodriguez | 2010-04-02 | Homeschooling If there is one area in the parent-child relationship where parents have near complete autonomy, it is in the area of deciding what is best for their child's education. It is rare when the State intervenes in decisions of parents affecting their child's education. However, in a timely, thought provoking article, a Filipino attorney, parent, and educator raises some pertinent questions about the rights of the homeschooling child. read more
By: Michael Haltman | 2010-04-04 | Politics With politicians, the peoples business is ALWAYS secondary to their business. What business is that? Perpetual re-election. read more
By: Judy Armes | 2010-04-01 | Parenting Are you ready for summer? Do you have crafts, books, movies, projects lined up to keep your kids busy? Following are some ideas about how to help your keeps stay in "learning" practice for the summer months. Read on... read more
By: Jenna D. Barry | 2010-04-01 | Parenting If you thought your in-laws were intrusive before you had kids, then hold onto your maternity pants. The "fun" has just begun. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the truth is that your relationship with your in-laws is likely to grow more tense once children enter the picture. read more
By: eko porwanto | 2012-03-19 | Music When many inhabit think of realm song, they think of distressing songs on the order of lost loves, dispirited down trucks and runaway dogs. Hip their minds, they are trial all of these woes sung in the traditional twangy realm accents of the south. However, these perceptions of realm song are far from wherever this design of song has evolved. Today, realm song is individual of the largely current read more
By: Franklin Caldwell | 2012-04-19 | Marketing tips Both pay-per-click and SEO are targeted to get your website placed as close to the top of search engine results as possible. Marketing and SEO are different, yet very, very similar. SEO are considered as the main factors in enhancing the traffic of one's website. The concepts of good SEO are hardly a secret. The people who least understands issues with URL structure and SEO are the very people who read more
By: Ranjan Sahu | 2012-03-24 | Communications Thanks to caller id services, we almost always know who has tried to call us. Businesses and land lines are easy to identify even if they are not in our contact lists, but cell phones can be a little tricky. read more
By: Winston Jenkins | 2011-04-27 | Small Business When walking into a hat shop, one gets the sense that one is entering into a slice of history preserved from the relentless forward thrust of popular modernity. It is at once timeless and genuine. Such is the air presented by a man wearing a Barbisio hat, no matter the style. read more
By: Jim Magwood | 2011-07-08 | Politics The United States of America was founded about two hundred-fifty years ago by people who wanted some kinds of freedom. Whether that was freedom to conduct their own religious practices, freedom from tyranny of government or freedom to not have to wear shoes does not matter. The fact is that... read more
By: Mark Feldman | 2010-09-23 | Holidays Thanksgiving is a traditional holiday in North America, which gives thanks for a bountiful harvest. The festival dates back to the pilgrims in the 1600s celebrating their harvest with native Indians at the Plymouth Plantation. In the United States, Thanksgiving is observed on the fourth Thursday in November where parades, football games, and an elaborate family Turkey dinner are the most commonplace activities. read more
By: Nora McDougall-Collins | 2010-04-01 | Web Development Using Cascading Style Sheets as a structure to build your web pages is now considered "best practices." Many web development companies won't hire designers that develop with the old-fashioned table structure. This article discusses the basic ideas behind CSS. read more
By: Ranjan Sahu | 2012-03-24 | Communications Phone technology has taken an interesting turn. On one hand, we have a caller id function on almost all cell phones and land lines available, so we can almost always see who called us, barring private numbers and such. However, because of the advances in technology, the majority of residential callers are calling from cell phones, numbers that are often not listed. read more