“Big Fat Claims”
The excitement around the discovery of gold grew quickly. By the summer of 1848, outlandish stories about fabulous discoveries came back to the East Coast from the gold-mines at Sutter’s saw-mill. In fact, everybody was talking about “Gold! Gold!” The buzz got so bad that soldiers began to desert. Ordinary citizens were fitting out trains [...]
Specialty Stores Carry Gourmet Coffee
David Marc Fishman asked: When creating decaffeinated coffee the European process involves having the beans soaked in water and washing the beans with methylene chloride. The treated beans are then dried and roasted. Gourmet coffee beans from this plant are usually harvested from this tree three times a year for 30 years. Gourmet coffee made [...]
Monetary and Currency Related Travel Tips for Travelers to Istanbul, Turkey
H.silistre asked: Istanbul is the largest city of Turkey with a population of approximately 13 million people which makes it one of the largest cities in Europe. The city sits on both Asia and Europe that makes it arguably the only city that is located on two continents. Istanbul used to be the capital to [...]
Views on London Olympics
Hilda asked: I jumped for joy – and wrote about my jubilation in Rising East 3 – when London got the Olympic Games for 2012. Err actually I didn’t. I thought “Great, but what’s in it for me� As I am a British Citizen and every day pay tax for being taxed (petrol prices are [...]
Want to learn how to increase the power of your rss feed?
Is your rss feed is a tad on the anemic side and may greatly benefit from some well placed resuscitation. I think the best way to pump up your rss feed is to give a shout to the se sites that you’ve got new content for them and to pay a friendly visit to your [...]