Protecting our family

All women care a lot about the protection of their family and mainly of their children. In fact, I am no exception and I am always planning this in advance so that I can always do my best to protect my beloved ones.

Keeping this in mind, I was recently introduced to the concept of free sex offender report online, where we are able to discover if there are any sex offenders in our neighborhood, while making sure that we are always preventing any unpleasant situation from happening while our kids are playing on the streets or simply on their way to the school. So, take some time to visit the website above and protect your own family today!

New fuel-savig tricks to be tested on American flight

Considering the fact that airlines are still trying to find the best techniques to save money during the flights so that they can find their own way out of the current financial downturn, it is normal that in some of the next flights those techniques will be tested. Below is the msnbc.com article that will give you a better idea of how it all works:

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DALLAS - American Airlines will test fuel-saving technology and tactics on a Paris-to-Miami flight this week that the carrier and federal officials hope will help make the case for a new navigation system.

The plane on Thursday's flight will take a direct route guided by global-positioning technology instead of staying within the usual jetliner highways.

It will also ascend and descend more gradually and use other measures, some of which are already becoming standard, such as taxiing out to the runway on one engine instead of two.

American said it will be the first U.S. carrier to test the full range of fuel-saving and emissions-reducing tactics on a trans-Atlantic route. The test is being conducted with the Federal Aviation Administration.

Bob Reding, an executive vice president at American, said the test would demonstrate the benefits of new GPS-based navigation technology that could save fuel — American burned about 2.97 billion gallons last year — reduce air traffic delays and cut emissions.

The company says its environmental efforts saved 110 million gallons a year and reduced carbon emissions by 2.3 billion pounds (1.04 billion kilograms) in 2008.

The test will be conducted on American Flight 63, using a Boeing 767-300 aircraft.

Brian Will, an American pilot who flies Boeing 777s, said the plane will make a continuous climb out of Paris De Gaulle Airport instead of inefficiently rising at intervals of 2,000 feet (600 meters) or more at a time, which should save fuel.

Will said the plane will also take a more direct GPS-guided route and will descend gradually into Miami instead of making the usual stair-stepping declines — again, to save fuel and emissions.

"We've invested heavily in a lot of this capability because we know the air space can't handle all the volume it's being asked to handle," Will said.

Despite a recession-caused reduction in travel, the FAA is still pushing to modernize air traffic control to improve fuel efficiency and reduce environmental harm.

FAA official Victoria Cox recently told Congress that the current air traffic control system "is not performing adequately." She said new technology that FAA and the airlines will test — lumped under the label "NextGen" — would meet future travel demand, cut delays and improve safety.

The move to GPS-based navigation could also be boosted by last week's Air France disaster over the Atlantic. That plane disappeared while out of radar range from Brazil and Africa, but experts say a more modern satellite-based surveillance system could let controllers track a plane's path all the way across the ocean.

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Bulk food

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Wall Drug Store, founded during the great depression

Just as I have been claiming over the past few months and based on my professional experience with businesses, I have recommended that we should open our new businesses during this recession time, simply because this is the best time to invest! Below is another msnbc.com article which tells you the story of a case where the owners invested on a new business during recession times:

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WALL, S.D. - Ted Hustead's family knows a thing or two about running a tourist attraction during tough economic times.

Consider Wall Drug, on the north edge of South Dakota's Badlands.

Hustead's grandparents, Ted and Dorothy Hustead, bought the store in this small town in 1931 — during the Great Depression.

Business limped along for nearly five years until Dorothy Hustead thought of putting up road signs along the nearby highway offering free ice water to weary travelers headed to the Black Hills and Yellowstone.

That advertising campaign turned Wall Drug into an international icon, elevating it from a roadside stop to a tourist attraction that draws about 2 million visitors a year. Wall Drug signs have been erected around the world.

Now, the nation is enduring the toughest economic stretch since the Depression. And though business was down 4.6 percent in April compared to last year, Ted Hustead said he's optimistic about the 2009 tourism season.

Still, he acknowledges the economy hasn't been in the same situation since his grandparents bought the place.

"Typically we've been pretty recession-proof," he said.

"Same marketing plan. Still in the middle of nowhere. Still successful entertainment that kind of surprises a lot of people."

Truck driver Brad Southern of Elkhart, Ind., first stopped at Wall Drug as a child and recently came through to look for a picture his father bought nearly 30 years ago.

"I've been looking for it for two years and I know this is where he bought it from," he said, adding that e-Bay didn't have it.

Besides quirky photos and wall hangings, other items for sale around the sprawling complex include rocks of many colors and sizes, wood carvings, leather works, books, jewelry and various sizes of mounted jackalopes — a mythical horned rabbit.

"It's our type of place because we can look and shop all day," said Nancy Agnew of Wheatland, Iowa.

"We followed the signs to see how they've lived up to their signs," she said.

"There's so many along the highway they got a little carried away," added her friend and fellow traveler, Marlene Wiedenhoff of Lowden, Iowa.

Wall Drug still has free ice water but also sells its own brand of bottled water — for $1.09. And despite everything available for viewing and purchase, the free ice water, served in a souvenir cup, still draws people, said employee Barb Reckling.

"They'll come in and say, 'Where's your water? We're thirsty. It's hot.' Especially if they've been through the Badlands first," Reckling said as she tended the ice cream and soda fountain.

There's also a chapel, places to pose with life-size characters and a larger-than-life jackalope, and an art collection that features original works from artists such as Harvey Dunn, N.C. Wyeth and Will James.

"People can't believe we've got this kind of art in a cafe with a deep fat fryer," Hustead said.

He commissioned a study that determined 60 percent of Wall Drug's visitors return because it's free, unique and connects people with their heritage.

"The biggest driver of why people come to Wall Drug is curiosity," Hustead said.

"Business is theater and Wall Drug is the stage."

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