Is America breaking apart?

https://youtu.be/eWGV0qVGTy0

Check out this gideo please. 

Thank you,

USA Land Size

USA Land Size

I came by the following information and wanted to share this today, as I found it to be important to know. 

Briefly, I wanted to know how USA increased the land size.  

Do you know which territories and/or states were part of America prior to 1830?  You might have an idea, I understand this.  

Now, add the following states of:
New Mexico, 
Arizona, 
Utah, 
Nevada, and 
California 
to America's size, as USA won the Mexican-American War, which occurred on the dates of 1846 to 1848.  

Also, the modern state of Texas was created partly from the Republic of Texas, which had won independence from Mexico in 1836 and became a state in 1845; and partly from land ceded by Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, after the Mexican-American War.

  
As we can understand, USA increased the land size dramatically around year of 1850. 

I found this topic to be very interesting, and wanted to bring to your attention. 

Sincerely now,

Ben here

World Cup Semi Finals

World Cup Semi Finals

The semi-finals of the prestigious World Cup have the following match-ups:

Brazil vs Germany 

&

Argentina vs Holland 

These will be exciting games. 

   Brazil

   Germany

   Argentina

   Holland

Hopefully you will make time to watch these games.  

Sincerely, 

High Canadian Dollar

High Canadian Dollar

Canadian dollar is set at 93.80 per USA dollar.  

          Currency exchange comparison chart 

The Canadian dollar is at a six-month high against the USA dollar, as the recent rise in inflation has bolstered the the buying of the Canadian dollar. 

This brings the Canadian dollar back to its 2014 highs, last seen in early January.  

This is good news for some industry and not so good news for others. 

One obvious conclusion is that the Canadian dollar has benefited from USA dollars weakness in the past few weeks.  

Should I say, enjoying while this lasts?

Sincerely now,

Ben

The United States Notes

The United States Notes

This is a continuation to my previous writings titled:

'Executive Order number 11110' 

http://goodread10.blogspot.ca/2014/02/executive-order-number-11110.html?m=0

&

'The Elite Banking stopping JFK'

http://onlythebrave10.blogspot.ca/2014/02/the-elite-bankers-stopping-jfk.html?m=0

If the above links does not work, please copy/paste the link to the 'address bar'. 

Today, I would like to write about the difference between the 'Bank Note', named 'United States Notes' (USN), introduced by the President John F Kennedy (JFK), with the current money in circulation, named 'Federal Reserve Note' (FRN).  

Briefly, I would like to state again that the USN were issued as an interest-free and debt-free currency backed by 'Silver reserves' sitting in the USA Treasury Vault.  This was an absolute good reason to proceed with this brilliant idea.  

However, the USN did not stay in circulation for very long.  

The President JFK was assassinated on November 22, 1963, and the USN, he bravely issued were immediately taken out of circulation.  Currently, the FRN are the only legal currency of the USA.  

What did the USN look like?

The USN looked like the FRN, the differences are that:

on the top of the Bank Note, one states 'United States Note', instead of 'Federal Reserve Note'.  

Also, the USN has a red seal, while the FRN has a green seal.  

The difference are just that, however the ramification of not continuing with the USN is this; the USN were backed by Silver Reserves and the FRN were not backed by anything of intrinsic value.   The USA's total debt has increased dramatically since 1963; and if the country would have continued with USN, large portion of this debt would not accumulated, since the country would not have to borrow the money from the 'Federal Reserve Bank' at Interest.  

We need to re-visit the idea of 'United States Notes'. 

Thank you, 

Ben

Yes You Can

Yes You Can

Me: I cannot write a single word today. 

Obama: Yes you can !

Me: Really, I cannot. 

Obama: Look at me, I said 'Yes You Can' !

Me: How about tomorrow...

Obama: Yeah, sounds good. 

Out of the way, Uruguay

Out of the way, Uruguay

I wanted to write about the South American country of Uruguay today. 

Does anyone know why it is called Uruguay? 

how the country declared independence from the European Powers? 

when was the independence?

and finally, what is the capital city?

Here are the answers to the above questions, however first, let me elaborate a bit.  

Uruguay has the neighbours of Brazil and Argentina; and is surrounded on two sides by river, and the third side by the Atlantic Ocean. 

The river of 'Río de la Plata', which is one of the widest rivers in the world is located on the north. 

The 'Río Uruguay' is on the west of the beautiful country. 

And finally, the Atlantic Ocean borders the country to the east. 

The main port and capital city is Montevideo; which was founded in 1726.

The name 'Uruguay' originates from the river mentioned above.  Its etymology derives from a 'Guaraní Indian' word meaning "the river of shellfish". 

Never been to Uruguay yet, but I will definitely make it out to this 'out of the way' country soon. 

Thank you for reading. 

Renzo Russo and Diesel

Renzo Russo and Diesel

Renzo Rosso, the founder of Diesel Jeans, opened his first Diesel store in New York in1996.  He picked the location directly opposite Levi’s Jeans.  He wanted to compete against the number 1 jean seller of America, and show New Yorkers and the World, that his product is superior compared to the competition.  

That was then, and now, Diesel Jeans is the trend setter in not only jeans, but clothing as well.  

Today, Renzo Rosso is 57 years old, a father of six children, and a billionaire.  He owns 100% of Diesel, by way of a holding company called 'Only the Brave'.  

This 'farmers son' has his office now, an hours drive, located along 'Vine-yard-country', outside of the beautiful city of Venice.  

Amazing accomplishment since the companies inception 35 years ago.  

My hat goes off for you, my favorite jean-maker.  

Sincerely. 

12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

This is my review of the movie, 12 Years a Slave, after watching it this week.

Solomon Northup, who is played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, is an average family man living in New York, with his wife and two children.  

The troubles and slavery of the 'South States' of 1840s America seem very far away to him, until he is kidnapped one night and sold into slavery.  He is tortured repeatedly until he realizes that he needs to accept his current situation and new identity given to him as 'Platt Hamilton' a slave.  

The movie, 12 Years A Slave, is a hellish view into the nightmare world of slavery in America, through the eyes of Solomon Northup / Platt Hamilton.  

Every day brings with it the possibility of torture and/or death at the hands of all or one of his masters.  Being born into freedom in New York, a northern state, a 'Free State', he is at first unaccustomed to the rules of the brutal oppression in the 'South'. 

Gradually, he gives his saneness and humility away, but never truly and completely loses hope, of one day that he will recover his 'Freedom'.  

This was a heart-touching, difficult movie to watch, the difficulty is not that it is a bad movie, the brutality of the 'Truth' of it is, difficult yo watch. 

This movie will win the 'Best Picture' in the up-coming Oscars, believe me. 

Thank you for reading / visiting.  

Roaming Charges

Roaming Charges

what is 'Roaming'?

We all have cell phones now days, and the term 'Roaming' means connecting to 'cell phone network / service' in a different location then your 'home' service area.  The term originates from 'Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) terminology use.

Obviously, as soon as we require service, outside of our home area, this will be an extra charge by your cell phone provider.

I read an article and wanted to share the highlights of the future changes that are coming in 'Europe' and then hopefully in 'North America'. 

When a person living in the city of London, travels to Paris, which is only 2.5 hours away by train, the 'Roaming' charges are as following:

- 20 minute call to London from Paris costs $10 Canadian Dollars,

- Texting a photograph costs $1.25 CD.

Due to the high costs of this service, business is declining for telecommunications companies, since consumers are using their phones less, and even shutting off these devices.

There is a proposal in the works to eliminate 'Roaming' charges by the year 2016, in parts of Europe.  I look forward to the elimination of this charge in Canada (North America) as well. 

We will wait and see, what the future has in-store for us consumers.

Thank you for visiting,