Kids look forward to going out trick or treating on Halloween after all it is a time honored tradition! However, the world we live in is not the world we used to have. We are less likely to know our neighbors well and there are dangers from speeding cars, older kids bullying, and getting suspicious treats. But you don't have to go trick or treating all over town to have a great Halloween. Here are some fun tips to make your night...more
For anyone who has experienced their local strip club only to find a handful of women even on the busiest of nights, and most of them the not-worthy-of-becoming-a-stripper ladies you went to high school with, Rick's is sure to shake loose those horrid memories.Despite being one of Vegas' busiest and one of the biggest strip clubs in the world at 25,000-square feet, it is likely that on any given night Rick's patrons are outnumbered...more
The Laundromat business is a very cyclical one, meaning that there are times when we can always count on heavy months (the winter time) and other times when the collections are a bit lighter than we would prefer (the summer). In an established coin laundry, the gross revenue in the summer months is generally somewhere between 10 and 15% less than that of the winter months. Why, you ask? In most places in the US, the winter time has colder weather and it rains more. This means that customers wear thicker clothing and more of it. This is all good for filling up the washers and dryers.So here we are in the spring time and getting ready for the summer, which is quickly approaching. Something interesting happens each year right around this time. There is what I like to call "The Spring Bounce". It is usually only one month and it changes every year. Sometimes it is April, sometimes it is May, but whenever it happens, we see that the business picks up and we have a great month.There are a couple of reasons for this sudden increase in business, both of which makes complete sense. Firstly, when the weather breaks and the seasons change, away go all of the...more
Extracurricular Activity in Students Life For some people studentship is the brightest period of their life and basically it depends on an educational establishment. It is not a surprise if a college or university offers students various kinds of activities. Young people may choose any kind of extracurricular activity they want. The...more
The Brussels Summit in June saw the new French President Nicolas Sarkozy succeeded in persuading the EU to drop its commitment to 'free and undistorted competition' from its reform treaty. Although Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes argues this will have little impact upon Brussels' tough stance against cartels, illegal subsidies...more
Do you hear all the time about everyone else's retirement account with $100,000 or more in it? They have scrimped and saved for decades to build this nest egg. Passed on nice cars and vacations. Raised their kids in a lesser neighborhood to save a little on the mortgage. And what do they have to show for that suffering? A lousy $100,000. Do you think you can retire on $100,000 in cash? Think again. Assuming an interest rate of 4%, their mighty retirement account will make $4,000 per year. Can you live on that?What if I told you that you could make ten times more per year with only a fraction of that amount? Well, you can. Read on.The story of wooden billboards Back in the 1920's, they started building billboards out of telephone poles, 2" x 4"s and sheets of plywood. Not much has changed 90 years later - except for the economics. You can build a wooden billboard for $4,000 to $8,000. And you can rent it for $2,500+ per year per side - paid in advance. When you deduct the costs of operating the sign, including the ground rent, you'll net about $4,000 per year. That's a 50% to 100% annual return on your investment. Sure, CDs pay 2% right now - well, CDs are for chumps....more
Morocco may well have a reputation for being a popular tourist destination, and even more now with huge foreign investment in Morocco real estate and newly developed infrastructure, however, history tells us that Morocco has always been...more
The American Society of Criminology is one of the best references and sources of information regardless of where an individual lives and what country is maintained as their place of residence. Contrary to the implication in the name...more
Gary's native region is Upper Styria, a mountainous and heavily wooded part of my Austrian home province. He came to pick me up in his rental car in my home town of Weiz and we drove past the rolling hills of Eastern Styria through the...more
Spirit Halloween Express - Costume Contact LensesHalloween contacts can add a lot of impact to your Halloween costume. People who wear corrective contact lenses often experiment with costume lenses as well. But if you don't wear...more
On May 15, 2009 I finally landed in Graz, after an uneventful flight from Toronto via Düsseldorf. The only notable detail was the inspection by the "swine flu police" in Düsseldorf – since Canada has been affected by the swine flue...more
Today was our relocation day: we moved from our vacation apartment in Solana Beach in San Diego to the chic Sofia Hotel in downtown San Diego. On another brilliant day we arrived at the hotel at about 10 am, but our room was not ready...more