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Business > Small & Home Business Ways to attract investors to your small business: 1 of 3
Have you seen the headlines lately on the pyramid schemes where investors are swindled out of millions of dollars? These investment firms pay out profits to older investors from current ones and when investors run out, so do the profits. It is easy to attract individual investors to invest in your small business as long as yo... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Immigration Commentary: Solving the immigration problem in the US: 9 of 22
Let's get real here with a solution to the immigration problem. People from countries south of our border and most notably our neighbor Mexico will continue to come here if we have jobs for them. Simply put, the reason they come is because American Employers are willing to hire them. Most employers know they are illegal but t... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Good-bye: True gardening stories relating to love, life and gardening: 183 of 272
The mornings were crisp with the smell of dew that came flowing through my open window. I was awakened by the crowing of roosters as the early morning light went on almost automatically. I could see the rows and rows of corn across the barnyard corrals. These were the times I loved at Grandma Alice and Grandpa Ray's farm. My ... More..
Business > Marketing A guide to developing an effective brand strategy: 5 of 7
In order to do product branding you must make your product come to life. Which is what two Brothers Bert and John Jacobs did with their brand "Life is Good"? These two young men when they first started were hawking t-shirts at street fairs in Boston and traveled door-to-door selling their t-shirts at college dormitories. They... More..
Arts & Humanities > Internet Writing & Blogging How the Internet has affected the writing community: 32 of 42
People want to vent about almost anything that they disagree with or when they feel that an injustice is being perpetrated. This is one reason that Blogs have gotten so popular on the internet. So the internet has opened avenues for people to write about almost anything they want to write about. These articles are exposed to ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > International News Iraq, Turkey and the US Congress: The politics of denouncing genocide: 13 of 17
My first impression when I first heard about the Turkey Resolution in Congress on the Genocide issue, I was floored. I lean toward the Democratic Party most of the time but I am not fanatical about voting the straight party line. I study the issues and decide for myself according to who I think would do the best job no matter... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Behavior & Discipline (Other) Is parent attitude the key to effective discipline?: 18 of 23
If there was a magic potion that you could take that would make you the perfect parent I don't think anyone who is a parent wouldn't take it. Attitude along with a host of other learned in life ideas or even things that you've read that will help you at that parenting job will surely help. Of course, most of the time the not ... More..
Personal Finance > Real Estate Determining if your property qualifies for a 1031 exchange: 9 of 10
A 1031 exchanged is called that because the section in the tax code that deals with these tax deferred property exchanges is Section 1031 in the Internal Revenue code. This section states that property owners can sell their property and reinvest the proceeds in the ownership of like-kind properties and defer the capital gains... More..
Personal Finance > Investing Basics Tips for young investors: 12 of 13
The road once traveled can be a bumpy one wrought with wins and losses. Experience teaches us that if you had to do it over again you would do it differently. Young people should learn that money does not grow on trees but you can get money to grow if you invest early and smartly. The first thing a young investor should do is... More..
Pets & Animals > Dogs (Other) Presidential pets: George and Laura Bush's dogs win votes: 5 of 5
If Bush could run for President again and his dogs were running against him. I would vote for the dogs. They would probably do a better job than he did these last seven years. They would probably make sure that any dog food, toys or anything else coming into our country from China would not be poisoned. There must be a conspi... More..