Everything you wanted to know about tasers but were afraid to ask
Many law enforcement agencies around the world are using tasers. (Tasers are also called stun guns) They are certainly used by the police in Orlando, where I live. Instead of shooting or injuring a victim with bullets, the Taser delivers a 50,000-volt electric shock to a lawbreaker that overrides one’s central nervous system. This causes […]
Stop mentally translating: the key to learning a foreign language
The path to fluency in a foreign language is never short or particularly easy. There’s a lot to learn: verb conjugations, grammar, and sometimes a whole new alphabet. Not surprisingly, it is a task that many consider formidable. But it does not have to be like that. If you stop translating mentally and make the […]
How to care for a Persian cat
Compared to a dog, it is much easier to care for a cat. But, if you are planning to adopt a Persian cat, there are a few things you need to know. * When you go to adopt a Persian cat, make sure the seller gives you the health and breeding documents that contain complete […]
Commercial Property Condition Assessment (PCA)
The purpose of all Commercial Property Condition Assessments (PCA), ASTM E2018, is to make sure that the property and building that you think you are buying or renting is actually the property being received. You will have made that decision, in part, based on information obtained through a professional inspection and a Property Condition Report […]
Good times and real life in housing projects
Every time I watch the opening credits of the classic sitcom, “Good Times,” it always reminds me that the housing projects shown are no longer there. The notorious Cabrini Green projects were demolished in 2011. The Evans family lived in one of those buildings, but the housing project they lived in was never called by […]
Bahamas Beaches
If you are looking for the best family beach vacation, the beaches of the Bahamas are among the best in the world. This group of islands may be best known for the tourist destination islands of Grand Bahamas and Nassau / Paradise Island, but the outlying islands offer a variety of remote villages and some […]
"Wild flower" – The Barbara Crawford Thompson Story
A Queensland historian has uncovered a colonial “historical mystery” that has puzzled historians, journalists, authors and researchers for 160 years. The mystery that kept Authors writing is that of 13-year-old Barbara Crawford Thompson’s dramatic struggle for survival on an island inhabited by headhunting cannibals during the 1840s. Her story was silenced by both Australian officials […]