European Second Home Prices Wilt in Drought
Spain and Portugal have suffered one of their worst droughts on record this summer, with consequences from empty swimming pools for the tourist to economic disaster for farmers losing their crops and livestock.Roger Munns, Managing Director of Tribune Properties, predicts that property prices in ... more...

Where Did All The Farmers Go?
Several times a year, I hear someone complain about the development of farm land in our area. These complainers consider it a crime that so much of our farm land has been converted to housing, business, shopping, etc. They seem to consider the farmers and developers to be criminals.If you want to ... more...

How to Buy a Business in Australia
So now its time to take that big plunge and be your own boss. Where will I start? What do I look for? And for that matter what business will I buy? Will I relocate? Can I get finance? Who do I go to for the right advise?These are just a few of the concerns when you decide on buying a business and ... more...

The Fair Deal
The Fair DealOne fine summers evening, my wife Kim and I sat with a few of our neighbors out on the side porch of our house in North Chatham, N.Y., population 503. We talked politics.Most of us are Democrats. Some of us are old enough to have directly benefitted from the "New Deal" of Franklin D ... more...

The Dragons
I hope to provide a starting point for the serious scholar interested in the all important Chanes of Central America and convince researchers to look into the Egyptian dragons (crocodiles) and Chinese as well. I suspect the Li or Lee family of Merovingians has some connection to the Nestorian and ... more...

Corporate Spooks? Never Heard of 'Em
You're not alone. In fact, its doubtful if many have. If, upon hearing the term, "Corporate Spook", you picture a spy tiptoeing through a darkened office, armed with a tiny pen that shoots a deadly projectile into a counterspy extracting trade secrets from a computer, read on, because your image ... more...

Building Sound Relationships
Although most of us dont realize it, we are in the construction business. Much of the time, we are building bridges. Sometimes we spend a great deal of time constructing elaborate bridges that are meant to stand forever. Sometimes we build less stable bridges that become cracked and need new ... more...

Unique Features of Region Free DVD Players
Every DVD manufactured in a particular region has its own region code, which is incorporated as one byte of information on the disc that the DVD player checks before playing. DVD players and discs are coded by putting in their region number superimposed on a world globe. If a disc can play in more ... more...

The Gaian Paradigm Part 2
Part 2 The Implication of the Gaian Paradigm to Social InstitutionsThe new Paradigm is a scientific hypothesis which explains many phenomena in cosmic evolution. But it is more than that. It suggest a new worldview or mindset by which humans can examine current phenomena with respect to their ... more...