Turf Wars: Author/Landlord Offers a Few Words of Advice for Tenants by Dan The Roommate Man Richard Rusdorf, author of The Landlord's Handbook: A Complete Guide to Managing Small Residential Properties, managed a 400-plus-unit apartment building in Chicago 20 years ago. The past president of the Chicago chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management, he has served as a real estate broker, consultant, writer, architectural photographer, and certified property manager. With such a diverse background in real estate, Rusdorf has plenty of perspective on what peeves both landlords and t ... Advantage Flea Control by Mark Woodcock As a pet owner I'm sure you'd be frustrated at the sight of your pet scratching and suffering from fleas. If you look into the veterinary arsenal you will see that there are a number of products that help you fight the war against fleas. Of all these products, nothing kills fleas faster than Advantage which is a topical solution containing imidacloprid. As in the popular commercials with the singing pets, Advantage keeps your dog or cat flea free and therefore happy. In fact, because Advantage k ... Avoid The Sticker Shock Of Relocating by Dan The Roommate Man To avoid the sticker shock of relocating, moving Americans can use the results of movecentral.com 's annual moving survey to plan their spending. The new survey finds that movers spend $9,400 on purchases during the three-month relocation period, while renters spend $3,700. Conducted by movecentral.com and Boston-based Atlantic Marketing Research, the survey polled 22,000 relocating Americans and yielded an average response rate of 4.1% percent. movecentral.com president and CEO Rick Libby prese ... Analog vs. Digital Transmission by Gary Davis Remember the old days of analog TV, radio, etc. Most of us do unless you’re really young. And still today there are plenty of analog systems in use. Normal radio still uses analog transmission. But the digital age has begun and more and more we will use digital systems rather than analog systems. Digital transmission systems have many advantages over analog transmission systems, like higher quality of audio and video. How come digital systems can transmit higher quality signals than analog ... How a Satellite TV Antenna Works by Gary Davis Practically all broadcast systems use antennas to transmit and receive radio signals. These antennas are based on single metal pole to which the carrier signal is sent through a cable. First let’s talk about how this most simple type of antenna works: Pole Antenna A Pole antenna basically consists of one metal pole that transmits it signals around it as if it was the center of a sphere. In all directions the transmitted signal has the same power. The length of the antenna is determined by the fr ... Real Story - a Hobo Friend For My Roommate by Dan The Roommate Man Although this story is coming from the perspective of a crazy roomate, it is something I still regret to this day. It all started when I moved in with my best friend at college. We were as different as night and day - I liked to drink and party alot, while he was more down for sitting on our couch and watching fucked up foreign movies. We knew things weren't going to work out when 3 days into living with each other he awoke to me pissing in his room. I can't really remember doing it, but he assu ... Satellite Orbits by Gary Davis Any object that moves around the earth has an orbit. The orbit is defined by 3 factors. The first is the shape of the orbit, which can be circular or elliptical. The second is the altitude of the orbit. The altitude is constant for a circular orbit but changes constantly for an elliptical orbit. The third factor is the angle the orbit makes with the equator. An orbit that brings the satellite over the poles or close to it has a large angle. An orbit that makes the satellite stay close to the equ ... Satellite vs. Cable by Gary Davis There's a battle going on between Cable TV and Satellite TV. Many people wonder what the best choice really is. The best choice may lay in these factors: Popularity Both Cable TV and Satellite TV are popular. Although cable still is more popular overall, satellite TV has made huge gains on cable TV. Equipment Cable TV systems require a cable to be installed from the network to your house. If your street has no cable you may need to wait a while before it is available in your area. Besides the ca ... Artificial Satellite Types by Gary Davis A celestial body orbiting another celestial body of larger size is a satellite. An artificial satellite is a manufactured object or vehicle intended to orbit the earth, the moon, or another celestial body. Since October 4th, 1957 humanity is capable of putting artificial satellites in orbit around the earth. The Russians were the first with Sputnik; a small satellite that orbited the earth for a couple of months and transmitted beeps for 21 days. The USA launched its first satellite on January 3 ... Disposal and First Satellites by Gary Davis Depending on the mission of a satellite, it will eventually be no longer useful. Some satellites end their useful life when falling out of orbit and burning up in the atmosphere. Others continue to orbit the earth long after the mission has ended. Depending on the altitude of the orbit, a satellite will either stay in orbit or fall back to earth. Below 1000 km (620 miles) satellites experience friction from the atmosphere which slows them down and because of that the altitude of the orbit decrea ... Cultivating Spiritual Intimacy by Omaudi D Reid When two people - destined for each other, come together, there is often an incredible amount of combustibility. Combustion occurs when two or more substances react chemically together, resulting in the giving off of heat and light; often called burning. In the same manner, two people joined together by God can spiritually set each other on fire. However, after being married a while that sense of combustibility can easily be lost if the spiritual life of the marriage is not cultivated. But, a co ... Choosing a Satellite TV Provider by Gary Davis The satellite tv industry has made huge gains on the cable tv industry in the past several years. With the price of cable tv skyrocketing every year, many cable subscribers are making the switch over to satellite tv. Okay so you've decided to switch to satellite tv; but which satellite tv provider do you choose? A satellite tv provider is a company that owns and operates satellites in geostationary orbit around the earth. These satellites broadcast the satellite signal down to your satellite dis ... How a Satellite Dish Works by Gary Davis A satellite dish is an antenna designed to focus on a specific broadcast source. The standard dish consists of a parabolic (bowl-shaped) surface and a central feed horn. A controller sends it through the horn, and the dish focuses the signal into a relatively narrow beam. A narrow beam is generated as the dish reflects energy from the feed horn. The dish on the receiving end can only receive information; it cannot transmit information. The receiving dish works in the exact opposite way of the ... Types of Satellite TV Systems – TVRO and DBS by Gary Davis In the USA there are 2 types of satellite TV systems. The first is TVRO which stands for TeleVision Receive Only. The second is DBS which stands for Direct Broadcast Satellite. TVRO – TeleVision Receive Only TVRO was the first satellite system available for home viewing of satellite TV. It required a relatively big dish of 3 to 6 feet in diameter and worked in C-Band. Frequencies of around 4 G Hertz are called C-Band and require bigger dishes because the wave length of these frequenc ... DirecTV and DISH Network Merger by Gary Davis It was in October 2001 that General Motors Hughes (Parent company of Direct TV) and EchoStar Communications Corp., trader of Dish Network agreed to a merger. The new company would have improved the services for satellite TV clients by adding many HDTV channels and local channels would then be available to all satellite TV viewers. However, the US Department of Justice blocked the merger. Why did they do that? The merger would create a monopoly position When merged the new company would serve all ... Scrapbooking Memories of 25 Years! by Catherine Pulsifer Over the years, I have taken numerous photos of my children probably just like many thousands upon thousands of parents. This past week my son turned 25 years old, and I decided to make him a scrapbook of his first twenty-five years. My first thoughts were to do a page of pictures for each year of his 25 years. Once I started going through the pictures, however, themes started to emerge. Along with these themes, I put motivational quotes on each page. The quotes seemed to fit nicely with the p ... Satellite TV Reception by Gary Davis You are sitting at home, watching TV, and while your show is entertaining you, outside the weather is getting worse. It starts raining, the wind is getting stronger, but your Satellite Antenna is doing its work as if it is a sunny quiet day. This is the experience of most people that enjoy satellite TV; Smooth reception no matter what weather it is outside. (Of course an hurricane that can destroy your house may be capable of moving your satellite dish as well.) Bad weather doesn’t do much ... Essential Advice for Your Wedding Day by Keith Kingston You've been engaged for months, you've made it through planning the ceremony, the attire, the reception, the honeymoon, and you haven't killed each other yet. The worst is over. When you wake up on the morning of your wedding day, your only job is to go along for the ride, enjoy every moment and make some memories. Read on for essential advice for your wedding day. Both of you have been waiting and planning for a long time in order to make this day go off without a hitch. Just be aware that thi ... Home Business Happiness by Stephen Mistretta Defining Your Happiness For Home Business Success You might be saying now “Steve why are you writing an article on happiness? This is a Home Business Site!” The reason is that I estimate that at least 70%+ of you are making the switch to Home business due to lack of feelings of happiness and fulfillment in your life. For this reason, it is important for you to understand what you really want to achieve from your home business. Personally, I have been trying to define in my life what really make ... Brochure Designing Tips by Paul Hood “Don’t forget to remember me.” In today’s hustle and bustle world, making people remember is very important and it is a must to have something that they will remember you by. The competition is fierce making it necessary to have all possible avenues explored and tools utilized. Making the right choice is vital for one’s success. The use of brochures is an effective way of promoting your business. They serve as a tool for communication between you and the reader, giving them an idea of what it i ... Guide to the Latest Fashion Labels by Keith Kingston From the runway to the impulse-buy section at the grocery store, people today are always looking for the newest, latest fashions. Sporting fancy labels attests to one’s worldview, cultural roots and place in society. A' Gaci - Agaci.Too, the parent company for Twigland Fashions, was founded in 1971 in a downtown shop in San Antonio, Texas. Twigland Fashion is now one of the world’s fastest growing fashion chains for juniors. The label keeps up with the constantly changing world of fashion while ... Analysis of Cat Behavior by Keith Kingston The most important thing to remember in analyzing the behavior of your cat is that your pet is not a human. Cats are not rational beings and their actions are not based on emotion. Changes in his behavior are not stemmed from any repressed anger with you; your cat is not trying to get revenge on you for being away from home too much or bringing a new baby into the house. Negative changes in cat behavior are typically cause by stress or anxiety for the cat. It is easy to see why pet owners tend ... Difference by Marsha Maung Article based on a friend's experience I just wanted to share an experience I just had with my daughters, Yee Ting and Yee Sin. Yee Ting is three years old this month while Yee Sin is only one-month old. Yee Ting has always been a rather good girl, apart from the occasional tantrum outbursts sprinkling our usual day. She would tell me when she wanted to eat, wear the clothes I tell her to wear, watch her TV and then play with her toys, without much hassle. As a stay-at-home mom, I really apprec ... Not All Apartment Leases Are Created Equal by Dan The Roommate Man Before signing any lease: Take a walk through the unit that you are renting to make sure it is in good repair. Be sure to read the lease completely. All leases are not the same. What should be included in your lease: All verbal promises should be reduced to writing within the lease. Are there provisions for a job transfer within the lease? How and when do you give notice to move? Must you give notice even when the lease expires and you wish to move? Can you go month to month at the expiration of ... Interview With A Plant.: Stop Planticide! by Sher Holloway Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with the infamous plant activist, John Ivy. Mr Ivy heads up the rapidly growing plant rights group, Plants Against Dirt or PAD for short. Members of PAD are made up of common house plants from across the United States who are rallying against what they call blatant and rampant Greenism on the part of plant owners everywhere. Since at least Victorian times, PAD contends that plants have been forced to live in what they now say are filthy and entirely un ... |
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