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Don’t Miss Out On Zurker If You Missed Getting Free Shares Of FaceBook When It First Launched

02/05/2012 in CULTURE and SOCIETY, ENTERTAINMENT and RECREATION, Entrepreneurial, Home Based Business

What you’re about to read here is an article I had previously written at http://terrymdavis.com about Zurker. The lesson to be learned here is if you didn’t get free shares in facebook when it was first launched, you don’t want to miss out on Zurker. It is now the biggest rival that facebook has had to face to date. I recently read one review that stated Zurker is now the 126th most visited site and social network. Also, in looking at it’s Alexa ranking, it’s quite impressive. One of the things that really caught my eye is the fact that Alexa shows 18% of the traffic and vistors to Zurker are actually coming from facebook itself.

Okay, enough about the stats for now. Here’s the article about it that I’d written on my other site.

“As you well know, facebook is the largest and most popular social network to hit the internet. Did you get in on owning free shares of facebook when it was first launched? If so, then you’re sitting pretty good right now. However, if you missed out on free facebook shares when it first launched, then you don’t want to miss out on Zurker .

Zurker is among one of the most recently launched social networks that some say will rival facebook. I saw where one review described it as facebook, twitter, and pinterest(send me your email if you want an invitation) all rolled into one. There are also some that feel Zurker may even overtake facebook one day. Those are some large shoes to fill, and personally I’m skeptical. However, I’m willing to bet this. If Zurker even becomes less than one tenth as popular as facebook, a lot of people are going to be sitting pretty.

You see, right now, Zurker is in beta launch mode and still not open to the general public at the time of this writing. It is quietly being built behind the scenes, and in doing so, those who are helping to build it by inviting others to join for free, Zurker is giving away a free share in the company for Read the rest of this entry →

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Making Your Own Homemade Fireworks – A Childhood Pleasure Gone Awry

07/11/2011 in Crafts/Hobbies, Education(student), ENTERTAINMENT and RECREATION, HOME and FAMILY, Kids

Do you remember the chemistry sets that were manufactured and sold for kids? If you do, then for sure you are a true baby boomer born and reared in a more fun and learning time. You were fortunate enough to be brought up at a time when there were no violent video and computer games filled with gore, and other non-educational distractions like we have today to further dumb down the future generations.

I remember when as kids, we could entertain ourselves all day long, and well into the night with things as simple as Read the rest of this entry →

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25 Good Lessons You Should Learn In Life Before It’s Over

07/10/2011 in CULTURE and SOCIETY, HOME and FAMILY, MISCELLANEOUS, Philosophy/Religion

1. Learn as much as you can from the mistakes of others because you will not live long enough to make them all yourself!

2. Your arms are too short to box with GOD!

3. Go as far as you can see, and when you get there. go as far as you can see!

4. If you can’t dazzle them with brillance, don’t try to baffle them with BS!

5. Noone gets out of life alive!

6. People are like cactus, you have to watch out for the pricks!

7. When you get hurt in life, you have to Read the rest of this entry →

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How To Scald And Pluck A Duck – A Fowl Lesson To Be Learned

06/16/2011 in Cooking/Recipes, HOME and FAMILY, Other, Sports

When it comes to hunting wild and game fowl, there is little argument that one of the most popular game fowl is the duck. Along with that comes cleaning and preparing your bird for your hunting feast day… which there has been a lot of different arguments made about. So, to put this issue at rest, learn these valuable and insightful tips on how to scald and pluck a duck so you can claim the title of being the best plucking plucker to ever pluck a duck. In this lesson, you are going to learn that it’s really not that hard to do.

Now, though there are a few ways to pluck a duck, the two most popular ways of plucking are dry plucking and scalding. To dry pluck a duck, you simply remove all the feathers you can by hand, cut the wings off at the first joint, remove the head where it joins the body, and cut the feet off at the first joint. For those pinfeathers you miss, simply fire up your trusty propane torch and scorch them off.

However, to get a cleaner duck an easier way, you’ll want to go the scalding route. Heat a large bucket  or container of water to about Read the rest of this entry →

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A Lesson Learned – Bad Decisions Of Others Can Hurt And Anger You Too

06/11/2011 in Kids, Parenting

When I first wrote about this a few minutes past midnight, August 2010, it had only been hours before that I had experienced an emergency situation in my personal life. My youngest son lost one third of his index finger on his right hand due to a bad decision. Mind you, I said a bad decision, not an uninformed decision. The resulting consequence not only caused me to hurt, but it also angered me.

On the previous day, 30 July, 2010, while cutting grass with a push lawnmower, my youngest son(19 at the time) made the bad decision of attempting to Read the rest of this entry →

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Observed – Dwarf Fruit Trees Have Great Benefits For Homeowners

06/03/2011 in Garden/Lawn

In recent years, more and more people are starting to turn away from eating commercially grown fruits which have been treated and contaminated with various pesticides that are unhealthy for long term human consumption. However, when considering the extraordinary prices of organically grown fruits, there has been a large growth of people interested in growing their own organic fruits at home.

For a large number of people, this presents a big problem… lack of land or space for growing standard size fruit trees. There are other problems that come into play such as subdivision restrictions, liability disputes, and issues of ownership.

Let’s look at a typical example of each of these other problems. Subdivisions can have limitations and restrictions on types of trees grown, and their sizes. Such restrictions can easily prevent a homeowner from growing a standard size fruit tree reaching heights of 30 to 60 feet with limbs spreading out over an adjacent neighbor’s property.

Liability disputes quickly arise when damages are caused to one person’s house or property which resulted from a standard size tree grown in an adjacent neighbor’s yard. This could be something as simple as a small limb falling from a tree growing in one neighbor’s yard which falls into another neighbor’s yard and scratches their vehicle. On the other hand, it could also be something as serious as an entire tree uprooted in one neighbor’s yard and falling onto the house, car, or other property or structures in the other neighbor’s yard.

Finally, there is ownership rights and disputes of fruits from a tree in one neighbor’s yard falling into the yard of an adjacent neighbor. Does that fruit still belong to the neighbor who owns the tree, or does it then become the property of the neighbor whose yard it ended up in?

So how can one grow their own fruit bearing trees when they are faced with lack of space, restrictions, limitations, liability, property, and ownership issues? the solution is quite simple… dwarf fruit trees.

Dwarf fruit trees are smaller versions of standard size fruit trees. They bear the same size fruits, but only range in size from that of a rose bush, to a little over half the size of a standard size fruit tree. Each kind of dwarf fruit tree has it’s own advantages for certain uses and locations. However, Read the rest of this entry →

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Personal Insight – Having A Yard Or Garage Sale Makes You A Loser

05/27/2011 in Other, Shopping/Product Reviews

Holding a garage or yard sale is one of the most favorite and common ways that people use to make some quick extra money. I used to be one of those kind of people myself. You may be one of them also, so you can relate to picking up an extra couple hundred dollars a day or weekend getting rid of some stuff you no longer want, use, or need.

If this is you, or someone you know that have a garage or yard sale from time to time, then you or them are losers… just like I was until I discovered how to become a winner, and make the big money from garage and yard sales.

A garage or yard sale is not something that you will be able to have too often because you will quickly run out of stuff to sell. So, it is really not a viable way of making some extra money any, and every time you need it. Some people have gotten smart and started doing curbside pick-up of stuff that didn’t sell at other people’s garage and yard sales so that they’d have stuff to sell more often.

Well, if it didn’t sell at someone else’s garage or yard sale, and they’re now throwing it away… then it’s not too likely it will sell at yours is it?

Now let’s look at a little reality here. Anyone who buys something and later sells it for less than what they paid for it is not making money, but actually losing money! Can you see this truth? Don’t try to justify the fact by saying that you no longer needed, wanted, had use for it, or it was old. If you paid $1,500 for a Bowflex machine two years ago, and sold it today at your garage or yard sale for $150… you lost money, and that makes you a loser doesn’t it?

Let’s look at it more in depth. That $1,500 you paid for that machine may have cost you three weeks worth of paychecks. You sold it for one and a half day’s pay… you’re a loser just like I used to be. However, one day I stumbled onto something that made me more money and gave me a constant source of stuff to sell… which enabled me to have garage and yard sales every week.

One day I noticed Read the rest of this entry →

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Based On Observation, I Wonder About The Future Of Black History

05/22/2011 in CULTURE and SOCIETY, Other

Before I begin, let it be highly noted that these thoughts are not written in prejudice, hatred, or meant to be intoned in any offensive or racial manner. It is merely an observation of the African American society as noted by an African American.

For instance, African Americans have historically voted Democrat since the right and privilege for African Americans to vote was granted! Was it because the sitting President at that time a Democrat, or was it because the famed civil rights leader whom shared the pen which granted those voting rights… an advocate for Democracy? One has to wonder.

Why is it that African Americans have demanded to be called black or African Americans when their largest and perhaps oldest Read the rest of this entry →

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A Comforting Poem I Like When Someone Close Dies

05/22/2011 in Other, Philosophy/Religion

I found this poem in the newspaper many years ago. I beleive it was in the “Dear Abby” section. However, I have held onto it for all these years, and I’d like to share it with you. Hopefully, it will bring you some comfort during that time of mourning the death of a loved one in your life.

Here’s the poem:

“Do not stand at my grave and weep,

I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow;

I am the Read the rest of this entry →

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African Americans Are Eating Their Hearts Out

05/22/2011 in Cooking/Recipes, CULTURE and SOCIETY, Diet/Nutrition, HEALTH and FITNESS

According to the American health profession, statistics show that African Americans have a higher than average risk compared to others of getting heart disease, cancer and other diet-related diseases and dying from them. However, those same health professionals reveal there’s something that African Americans can do to help change that, and the simple solution is to… Eat Right.

That doesn’t mean African Americans have to give up the love of “soul food.” However, by making the right food choices when cooking “down home-style,” African Americans can reduce the risk of getting those diseases in the first place.

Most of the basic dietary guidelines for Americans in general should also be followed by African Americans. These basic guidelines include, but are not Read the rest of this entry →

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A Great Lesson To Learn – Hate The Parenting, But Love The Kids

05/22/2011 in HOME and FAMILY, Kids, Parenting

Hard to believe that we were all kids once, especially for those that fall into my generation of baby boomers. Our parents reared us with discipline to be well mannered, behaved, and respectful individuals. But looking at the behavior of kids today, it seems that the parenting skills that were passed down to us got lost somewhere between us and generation X! However, before you start knocking on the kids for their behavior, here is a great lesson to learn… hate the parenting, but love the kids!

Let me give you a few examples of some of the terrible parenting skills I and others I have talked with have taken note of. Maybe you can personally relate to one or more of these yourself.

1: How often have you seen parents allowing kids to play in the food on the serving line at a buffet restaurant, and allow the kids to get plate after plate of food which they just mess over and waste?

2: How often have you seen parents allowing kids to Read the rest of this entry →

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I Was Ashamed Of It’s Size, But She Loved My Little Head

05/21/2011 in Cooking/Recipes, CULTURE and SOCIETY, Garden/Lawn, Other

For those of you who don’t know it yet, I am an avid organic gardener. However during the 2010 – 2011 season is the first time I have ever tried to grow a winter garden. Most people around my way grow a spring and summer garden, and just a few grow a fall garden. However, out of the four hundred and fifty nine residents in my area… four of us chose to grow a winter garden this season.

The first thing I planted was thirty eight cabbage plants, then decided to plant the same amount of Georgia Collards. A few days later when one of my neighbors said he was going to try to grow some Texas Yellow 1015 sweet onions, I decided to plant some of those too. Initially I just planted about fifty of the plants he had left over. Then I went and bought more on my own, planted them, had a brain cramp, bought, and planted even more. All in all, I planted six hundred onion plants.

I still wasn’t satisfied with what I had planted, so I planted two short rows of big top carrots, and a long row of Hanover greens from seeds a friend sent me from Read the rest of this entry →

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