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It was Betsy Ross, a seamstress from Philadelphia, who sewed the first flag in May 1776.

On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress passed the Flag Act; the Act resolved that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternating red and white, that the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation. The Act of April 4, 1818, provided for thirteen stripes and one star for each State, to be added to the flag on July 4, following the admission of each new State, signed by President Monroe.

Executive order of Eisenhower dated August 21, 1959, provided for the arrangement of the stars in nine rows of stars staggered horizontally and eleven rows of stars staggered vertically.

Today, the flag consists of thirteen horizontal stripes; of the thirteen stripes, there are seven red alternating with six white.
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Carpet steam cleaners use a variety of different carpet cleaning equipment. There are gas powered truck mounted machines, electric truck mounted machines and electric portable machines. This article will provide you with the basic differences between these machines.

The first machine is a gas truck mount carpet cleaner. This is one of the most common machines used in the carpet cleaning industry. This machine uses either the trucks engine or a separate gas engine to drive a vacuum blower and water pump. These machines have the capacity to provide the greatest amount of vacuum and the highest heat. They are the preferred piece of steam cleaning equipment because of their power, speed and efficiency. With this machine, the cleaner only needs to bring 2 hoses into your home. This eliminates the need to bring bulky equipment into your hose and decreases noise in your home.

Electric truck mounted cleaners are another type of carpet cleaning machine.
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And that’s exactly how too many managers view “their people.”

This thinly disguised contempt most clearly shows up when managers jump into layoffs and downsizing as a first, rather than last step, when facing the need to cut costs. The airline industry provides a revealing study in contrasts ? and leadership. Following the steep drop in air travel after September 11, more than 100,000 people in the industry were laid off in North America. But in keeping with their no-layoffs pledge, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines didn’t downsize anyone. To help the company weather the tough times, employees, on their own, initiated a program they called “Pledge to LUV” (the company’s stock symbol). They voluntarily gave up hours and days of paid time to help the company reduce costs and avoid layoffs.

Over the last decade numerous studies have shown that “dumbsizing” sometimes provides short-term relief ? and protects shortsighted manager’s bonuses ? while hurting companies in the long-term:

? An American Management Association study in 1996 found that fewer than half of the firms that downsized subsequently increased their profits, and only a third reported higher productivity.

? The Wall Street Journal reported that downsizing companies outperform the Standard & Poor’s 500 list only slightly during the six months following news of a restructuring, then lag badly, with their stock down 24 per cent by the end of three years.

? A Mercer Management Consulting study, tracking the performance of 800 companies between 1987 and 1992, found that of the 120 that cut costs during the last recession, only one in three achieved profitable revenue growth during the five years that followed.

As Don Cherry might say, it sure ain’t rocket surgery.
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Legitimate mystery shopping companies do not charge an application fee.

The primary reason mystery shopping companies reject applicants is that they did not fully complete the application, so answer every question. If you are asked for a writing sample, provide it. Companies told me that as many as 20% to 25% of applicants don’t make it through the first screening because they did not provide all of the information required.

When you apply for a typical job, there are legal restrictions regarding the types of questions employers can ask prior to hiring you. Because we are all used to those limitations, some of the questions asked on a mystery shopping application may seem odd or inappropriate. You may be asked your age, race, marital status, number of children and their ages, if you own a car, if you have pets, whether you wear glasses, etc. Some companies may make these questions optional, while others will require that you answer to be considered for shops.

The good news is that questions such as these are not asked in order to exclude you, they are asked in order to include you. Some assignments require shoppers to be over or under a certain age to match the demographics of the client’s customers.
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Due to its superior functionality and reliability, the XL1 became the official digital video camcorder of the NASA.

In order to provide the market with a cost effective camera along with superior functionality and performance, Canon introduced the EOS D60 in 2002 and the EOS 10D in 2003. These two cameras made Canon the market leader in digital technology. Then, the EOS Kiss Digital was introduced in 2003, which became a big success.

Today, Canon has introduced several digital camcorders. Starting with the FV30 and the FV200KIT in 2002, Canon went onto launch the FV M1 and the IXY DV M2 in 2003 in the mid range segment. As the company progresses, Canon continue to strive to provide its consumers with better and better technology at the lowest price possible. They have been known as a choice of the pros for many years in the world of photography but now with a broad line of products Canon is firmly positioned in the consumer market as well.

Kevin Rockwell worked as a network TV cameraman for 20 years shooting news and sports.
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People at work think they have a money manager and what they really have is a money mangler. They have no idea what to do when the bear returns ? as it is now.

These manglers have no experience with bear markets and have never seen one. The drop in 2000 of 78% by the NASDAQ was laid to speculation when it was actually the first phase of a 16 year long bear market. Did they protect the guy who was NOT speculating? No. Because they didn?t know how and still don?t.

Has any Wall Street firm held a single seminar to teach their brokers how to protect customer?s money? Not one that I know of. You have to it yourself because your broker is ignorant.

During the next major down swing the safest place for investor money is not in the stock market. It is in a U.S. Treasury bond (no other kind) or a big bank CD. Brokers are taught to tell you you can?t afford to be out of the market.
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Currently, there are a number of areas in the United States that are experiencing a decrease in home sales. There are many individuals who assume that this is not the time to sell their home, but those individuals may be making a life changing mistake.

If you live in or around the Los Angeles area and if you are interested in selling your home, you should. There may be a wide variety of different reasons why you would want to sell your home. Whatever your reason for wanting to sell, you are encouraged not to use the real estate market as a guide. There are a number of other factors that you should first consider.

As previously stated, not selling your home when you want to move could be a costly mistake.
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Search Engines… one of the MOST tricky marketing tactics of them all online simply because the SE’s are forever changing the rules of Website Optimization.

Meaning… what used to work “Yesterday” might not work “Today”.

Now, with that said, for the remainder of this article I want to let you in on what SE’s ‘LOVE’ and will thank you for everytime you hand them over some.

It’s really not much of a mystery to those of you who have been marketing online for some time But for those of you who haven’t this is something you should seriously consider getting into for more reasons than ONE.

OKAY. Enough of the small talk. I’m going to dive straight in and get to the point Right Now on what SE’s ‘LOVE’ and it’s simply…

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This means not on the phone, definitely not over e-mail, but rather, face to face where she can get eye contact and read your body language. The universal line of ? we need to talk.? should be given in advance. This allows her to prepare for what is coming and helps soften the blow a little bit. Do not put too much time between the ?We need to talk? and actual breakup as the waiting time in between is very uncomfortable if delayed long.

On doing some research on this I read a suggestion about breaking up in the exact same place you met if possible. This is to suggest that the relationship has completed a circle.
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For example – Levis – you are always going to find the same “size” Levis, no matter where you shop)

* A trusted online shop (do a search on their name – if their sizes/colours don’t match up, there is sure to be someone complaining on the internet somewhere…)

* An online shop recommended by other websites or friends (if a website is recommending a shop, generally this says good things, and as for your friends – if you can’t trust them….)

* An online shop that gives you unconditional money back guarantees, and offers returns (if that skirt does look awful on you, you can always send it back – (don’t get a guarantee for “only if broken” – if you don’t like it, you should be able to return it).

* An online shop with a telephone number / complaints department (if there is something wrong, you want to be able to get hold of them).

* Make sure the trader has loads of feedback (good of course) – and don’t just look at the feedback.
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