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A recent FDIC – Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – survey conducted along with the US census bureau has indicated that approximately one fifth of South Florida households have no, or limited access, to banking services.
These results are in comparison to the national average of more than one-in-four people who are under-banked or un-banked. This particular [...]
December 6th, 2009 | Posted in Articles, Beauty, Business, Shopping, Society, finance | No Comments
Solar powered traffic signs use the sun’s power to generate four or five LED (light emitting diode) flashing lights that surround the words or picture on a traffic sign to help alert drivers of impending traffic, upcoming signals, and curves in the road, potentially dangerous situations or pedestrian crossings.
A smaller size solar powered panel is [...]
December 4th, 2009 | Posted in Articles, Society | No Comments
There are a number of reasons why parents are switching to cloth diapers instead of the disposable diapers and one reason is money. Cloth diapers save an average of $25 to $35 per month depending on if the parents wash the diapers themselves or use a diaper service.
Another concern of the disposable diapers for [...]
December 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Articles, Environment, Shopping, Society | No Comments
Driving around your town, you may see a Philadelphia pawn shop on nearly every corner since their popularity has been growing steadily over the past several years because of the weakened economy.
Pawn shops have been around for ages and have a rich history throughout the world. The very old children’s nursery rhyme “Pop Goes the [...]
November 10th, 2009 | Posted in Articles, Business, Society, debt, finance | No Comments
In these economic hard times, many people are looking for ways to make a little extra cash to help them make ends meet, pay an unexpected medical bills or have their car fixed or put food on the table when their paycheck just isn’t enough.
One way many people have found to receive quick cash for [...]
October 12th, 2009 | Posted in Articles, Beauty, Society, finance | No Comments
Although it is unfortunate, divorce is a necessary part of many people’s lives for one reason or another. According to a New York divorce attorney the number one reason couples go to court to contest a divorce is over the custody of their children and next would be the division of property.
Recent data indicates that [...]
October 6th, 2009 | Posted in Articles, Society | No Comments
There is a similar saying to “one person’s junk is another person’s treasure” and many people are trying to rid themselves of excess junk or stuff in order to streamline their lives and hopefully in the process, make a little extra cash.
In today’s economy people are all about selling things through the Internet on places [...]
September 30th, 2009 | Posted in Articles, Society | No Comments
Both amateur and professional photographers prefer waterproof materials and an easily accessible SLR camera bag to something clunky or flimsy with no stability or just an open area in which there camera could get knocked around and possibly broken because camera equipment is very expensive even for amateur photographers.
Many photographers carry their camera and other [...]
September 14th, 2009 | Posted in Business, Society | No Comments
Many municipalities, small towns and big cities are beginning to see the benefits of solar panel installation on their street signs and traffic signs because they are seeing less accidents and more alert drivers.
Solar panel traffic signs range from solar paneled stop signs, solar powered railroad crossing signs, and solar powered deer crossing signs, solar [...]
September 2nd, 2009 | Posted in Automotive, Society | No Comments
Solar powered safety signs, such as solar power stop signs, have LED safety flashing lights on them so people driving cars will know to stop. This makes the area, in which the solar powered stop sign is located, a safer place to be walking or driving.
Solar powered safety signs can be placed around school zones [...]
December 19th, 2008 | Posted in Society | No Comments