Urala is a village near Galle in the south of Sri Lanka. Its existence might be fiction, but equally it might have been, or be reality. Everyday life there, just like anywhere, is a mixture of the expected and unexpected, change and tradition, ritual and experiment, received values and new directions. In fact, Urala is […]
Choosing an Outboard Motor For Your Dinghy
30 years ago American manufacturers dominated the outboard motor market.Names such as Mercury, Johnson, Evinrude and Chrysler, led the field competing with each other to produce bigger and better outboard engines. However, while this was going on they were neglecting the smallest of the outboards. These are the outboard motors that sell in the greatest […]
How to Make a Christmas Tinsel Hat/Wig
Are you going to a Christmas party? Do you need a novel fashion accessory to complete you outfit? This sparkly tinsel accessory costs a snip to make and can be worn as a hat or a wig. It can be made with as many or as few colours as you wish, so that it will […]
Job Hopper Alternatives, 5 Ways to Build Variety Into Your Career
One of the reasons that many ENFPs and ENTPs become a job hopper is that they love variety and may have a low boredom threshold, so if their current job doesn’t offer them some variety or challenge they end up job hopping. One way to get round this is by building variety and change into […]
Tyre Terminology Explained
Looking for replacement tyres or buying tyres online can be a minefield of confusion terminology and technical terms. It can all be a bit overwhelming, and you may feel too embarrassed to ask for an explanation in person at a garage. Fear not! Here are the most common technical terms, explained in a language anyone […]
How the Discovery of a Map Revised the History of the World
I. EARLY CHINESE VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY Between 1421 and 1423 the Chinese mounted the largest fleet the world had ever seen which reached the far corners of the earth. The fleet discovered and charted the New World seventy years before Christopher Columbus and circumnavigated the globe a century before Magellan. The revelation of these achievements […]
Make That Difference Today – How Taking Action is Vital to Your Success
I believe action is be one of the biggest factors that separates success from failure, action is the difference between living the life you want from the life you don’t want. From having what you want to going without. Whether action is reading a book, writing a book, creating a website, helping others, selling your […]
Temporary Job Agencies For Office Workers
Gone are the days when temping agencies were seen as being the small fry when it came to recruitment, with the larger, corporate agencies having the best vacancies and little temping agencies simply filling a gap in the market. Now temporary job agencies for office positions are the major part of a £ multi-million industry in […]
Is Buying Business Insurance the New Texas Holdem Poker?
If you’re looking to buy Business Insurance you’ll have a certain level of power over a number of insurance brokers, insurance companies and insurance providers all wanting to do business with you. With this in mind we’ll put you in the position of the dealer in our game of Business Insurance Poker so you can […]
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets Protect Your Invention!
Patent numbers are issued sequentially, beginning with the number one. Patent number one was issued to Samuel Hopkins on July 31,1790. It took 75 years for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to issue patent number 1,000,000. Patent number 7,000,000 was issued February 14, 2006. It took only seven years for the USPTO […]