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06May

(Stop global warming) The RE/MAX Alliance Group Commit to be GREEN

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By pcrowley

REMAX Alliance Group is one of the first real estate companies in the country to demonstrate a commitment to green business practices as well as promoting green home ownership in Southwest Florida. Alliance Group has a commitment to the environment through an implementation of green practices in all of its business operations & the promotion of Florida Green Certified homes.

With the BP oil spill in the gulf it has made us all think a little more about energy conservation and protecting our environment. Being Green is the smart thing to do and you can start doing your part now with 10 simple tips to make your home a little more green.

10 Tips to a Greener Home

Appliances. Updating your home’s appliances to Energy Star Qualified appliances could save you as much as $150 per year in energy costs. Appliance usage makes up 18% of a household energy bill and the newer, EPA approved appliances use 10% - 50% less energy and water than older models.

Heating/Cooling. Our warm climate on Florida’s west coast results in air conditioners running most of the year and as a result, almost half of a home’s energy consumption is from heating and cooling. Keeping your thermostat set at 68 degrees and cooler in the winter and 78 degrees and warmer in the summer saves 3% - 5% in energy. A programmable thermostat helps maintain these temperatures.

Water. With an annual dry season, water conservation on Florida’s suncoast is a must. There are several ways to conserve water in your household. Using an aerator on all faucets can cut annual water consumption by 50% and a low flow toilet uses only 1.6 gallons per flush, compared to 3.5 gallons used in older models. Also changing water usage habits help as well; turning off the water when you brush your teeth will save 4.5 gallons of water each time.

Cleaning. Use cleaning supplies that have eco-friendly, rather than toxic ingredients. Read labels and look for products that contain grain alcohol rather than toxic butyl cello solve (window cleaners) and plant oils rather than petroleum (detergents).

Lighting. Replace your incandescent light bulbs with Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs (CFLs) that use 66% less energy and last up to 10 times longer. This change alone can also save you $30 in energy costs over the life of the bulb.

Paper. Look for greeting cards, toilet paper and many other paper products that are made “tree-free” with 100% post-consumer recycled paper or unbleached paper (the bleaching process creates harmful byproducts).

Flooring. Instead of hardwood floors that use woods from trees that take 50 - 100 years to mature, use bamboo which replenishes itself rather quickly, maturing in 4 - 6 years. Also look for products and installations that use glue that does not contain formaldehyde.

Plastic. The processing and burning of petroleum-made plastics is considered one of the main contributors to global warming. Polyethylene plastic grocery bags and water bottles filling up our landfills increase greenhouse gasses. Bring re-usable cloth bags with you to the stores and ditch the plastic water bottles for refillable bottles.

Paint. According to the EPA, conventional paints contain solvents, toxic metals and volatile organic compounds that are released into the air while you’re painting, while the paint dries and even after the paint is dry that cause smog, ozone pollution and indoor air quality problems. Most paint manufacturers now offer zero or minimally toxic paint options.

Gardening. Use compost for fertilization which provides all of the soil organisms and nutrients needed for healthy soil without the chemicals in synthetic commercial fertilizers. Healthy soil also minimizes the growth of weeds, which in turn prevents pest problems, reducing the need to control both. Better methods include using organic pest control products including diatomaceous earth to kill insects, using beer to bait slugs and pouring boiling water on weeds. Also, use native plants in your landscaping as much as possible because they need less water and attention.

REMAX Alliance Group is a Certified Green Business Partner, offering a Certified Green Team of Agents whose expertise in eco-friendly real estate assist buyers and sellers who value homes that are energy-efficient and environmentally friendly.

Peter Crowley’s Experience

* President/Broker
RE/MAX Alliance Group

(Real Estate industry)

April 2003 ? Present (7 years 2 months)

Operating a full service real estate company offering real estate brokerage, mortgage and title services. The #1 RE/MAX office in Florida for the last 13 years - come work with the best.

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Immigration - Racism. The method to take out the attention of the socioeconomic crisis of our nation

By Pat

(1888PressRelease) Apparently, the only method to take out the attention of the socioeconomic crisis of our nation is creating another problems, at this time is the immigration’s law. Also, our troops continue fighting in the Middle East, and our economy continues creating big deficits and the less fortunate suffer.

The SB1070 law proclaimed by the governor of Arizona, Jen Brewer, on April 23, 2010 took effect on July 29th 2010.

For Washington, immigration issues are the sole responsibility of the federal government, and local laws cannot override federal laws. On behalf of the Federal Government and her answer concerning this law, the judge, Susan Bolton rightly demonstrated responsibility of the federal government enforcing immigration laws in this country. However, in reality the context of this Law, has given other states the ability to try to imitate similar laws such as i.e. Florida.

July 29th will go down in history as a day that persecution over immigration will be carried forward with the pretext of legality, but actually racism is the main issue to overcome.

It is a disgrace in this country that preaching the values and respect will allow the state of Arizona to persecute and mistreat those involved in any type of discrimination related to race, color, religion, and ethnicity. The same governor of Arizona, Jen Brewer, signed another law that prohibits the school system to uphold among members of any ethnic group; especially to those targeted primarily to students of a particular racial group, as well as promoting resentment towards others particular groups.

In this state, they expel school children a little over a month before finishing the school year; over one hundred students will abandon school due to controversial measures taken by Arizona’s Governor, included in the anti-immigrant legislation, and enforced by the Department of Education of the state.

I would like to remind you all the damage done to the humanity during Second World War (THE HOLOCAUST). Today, in the 21st century, Arizona legislation is chasing the unprotected groups. Therefore, destroying all families including children unable to finish school.

Recall that Abraham Lincoln was the president during the civil war granting African-American their freedom. Since then, what have we learned? If history repeating itself? How far are we gotten?.

Our national security, our economic recovery and the future of the United States of America and indeed the future of human civilization depends on our country taking leadership. And that, in turn, depends on the United States Senate acting.

This is sending a clear message that a state passed such a heinous law, and any consciences person in this country have a moral obligation to speak about. The mere existence of what I believe in, all human are created equal, this is the foundation of our nation.

God Bless America.

Paul Chehade:.

http://www.solidary.org

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06May

(Global warming) Latest Fashion Trends Straw Woven Bags

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By Andyone

Fashion is always the hot topic and pursuit of every woman over the whole world. They spend most of their time shopping, dressing and exchanging opinions to follow the fashion trends. And they need to keep doing these stuffs as fashion is as mysterious as a blast of wind; you never know when it comes and when it leaves. Then, what are this summers fashion trends?

Summer is full of sunshine and festivities, so its the perfect time for people to entirely release themselves and embrace nature. And this summer, some of the latest fashion trends tend to turn back to a more countryside and nature-inspired background; straw woven bags come to be the most popular fashion handbags for women.

We all know that straw woven handbags are perfect for the beach outfit. They are cute, delicate, lightweight, and also nature-friendly. Their good smell can even remind you of the meadow and forests. The straw woven bags can well match short suits, and sunny dresses with cute over-sized or cute and smaller accessories.

However, its no longer a golden rule to limit the sporting of straw woven handbags to the beach outfit. Instead, its an increasingly popular fashion to bring them onto the streets and enhance the beauty and chic. All you have to do is to learn how to choose the right style and color to fit with your sportswear or romantic maxi dress.

There are many offered straw handbags in the market that vary in color and style. You can find the totes, satchels and also clutches for all events and plenty of colors for every occasion. You can pick pink, orange, green or coffee straw handbags. But among these colors, the most popular and well-loved color is the natural hue of straw. Its more likely to remind you of nature and get you close to it and embrace it.

Fashion is a thing that hard to control and explain, and you can never entirely grasp it. What you have to do is keeping following it and generating your own way of fashion. This summer, you become a chic with the support of straw woven handbags, but what about next summer or this autumn? Could you still take straw bags as your fashion trump? Its hard to say.

I’m a crazy fan of all fashionable things, which include bags, shoes, clothes, dress and cosmetics and so on. Want to know more about her favorite things? Follow her here !

President Barack Obama says the oil spill will have caused substantial and ongoing economic impact.

By Pat

(1888PressRelease) We understand that you and the agencies in charge may have received hundreds of letters with different technologies and all kind of propositions, but we are not asking you to believe in this technology at the moment, we are only requesting you to give us the opportunity to prove this technology works at no cost for the well being of our nation.

Dear Mr. President,

I would like to take a few minutes of your precious time to consult with you about a very important matter to our nation and especially to four states of the Union. This is regarding the disastrous consequences of the British Petroleum Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico and our commitment to demonstrate, at our cost, an advanced new Italian technology that will safely and ecologically decontaminate the affected areas.

We know that you and the government are dedicating all the attention to this important matter, implementing the necessary technologies and resources to mitigate the damage, and at the same time we understand that the BP executives are working around the clock to impede further damage to the Gulf of Mexico and the population in the four states affected. We the citizens of this country thank you, the government, and BP for the tremendous effort to somehow correct the problem.

But the reality expressed by the experts is different and this tragedy will impact even further if we don’t take serious additional steps to diminish the damage. As you may already know, the damage to the marine life and the coast, plus the economic impact to millions of citizens in the four states, will pale compared to the severe health consequences that the acid rain may produce to the population due to the evaporation of the contaminated waters in the Gulf of Mexico.

Taking all of this into consideration and with the only objective to help my country, I would like to kindly propose to you, the government and the BP executives, a new technology from Italy that will ecologically decontaminate, in a large percentage, the water and sand in the affected areas without further damaging the environment. If you or the agency in charge allows us to do a proven demonstration, we are ready and willing to pay the full cost of the test, a few hundred of thousands of dollars, as a contribution to our nation and the State of Florida where we live.

We understand that you and the agencies in charge may have received hundreds of letters with different technologies and all kind of propositions, but we are not asking you to believe in this technology at the moment, we are only requesting you to give us the opportunity to prove this technology works at no cost for the well being of our nation.

I would like to thank you in advance for your consideration and taking the time to read our letter, please be so kind to contact me at your earliest convenience for further information.

Sincerely yours,

Paul Chehade:.

http:// www.mpcd.info

http://www.solidary.org

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

As is known, from the May 3, 2010, I had been working on the serious problem that welcomes us in relation to the pollution in our coasts due to the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico this year. Since that date, I been sending letters to both, the President of the United States and to all those governors in the states involved.

Personally, I believe that we cannot continue waiting for the bureaucratic processes without immediate results. (As our habitat and economy are destroyed). Consequently, together with a group of Americans and Europeans entrepreneurs I had taken the decision to accelerate this process and make a free test of effectiveness with our products and technologies that will clean the contaminated areas. This process is to be made as soon as possible on behalf of our nation, for the protection and care it deserves. Our group presented a solution to this tragedy by making available new technologically advanced equipment from Italy that will effectively clean the sand and sea of the Gulf of Mexico.

No entity in charge or the media has mentioned the truly profound consequences of the tragic BP oil spill event. The oil spill contamination is not only destroying the Gulf of Mexico’s marine life for many decades, but it will increase the risk of cancer and other serious diseases that could be fatal to the population of the affected four states of the union due to toxic acid rain. Acid rain will be one of the direct consequences of this devastating accident due to the evaporation of the polluted waters in the Gulf of Mexico.

EFFECTS OF ACID RAIN IN HUMANS:

Mr. Chehade explains that Acid Rain looks, feels, and tastes just like clean rain. The harm to people from acid rain is not direct. However, the pollutants that cause acid rain, sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) do damage human health. These gases interact in the atmosphere to form fine sulfate and nitrate particles that can be transported by the wind, sometimes traveling hundreds of miles and are inhaled deep into people’s lungs. Fine particles can also penetrate indoors. The result is drying of the skin and bacterial infection. This can be unsightly and deadly.

How does Acid Rain affect humans? Many scientific studies have identified a relationship between elevated levels of fine particles and increased illness and premature death from heart and lung disorders, respiratory problems such as asthma and bronchitis, dry coughs, headaches, eye, nose, throat irritations and damage or lungs.

It can cause liver problems and can give you diarrhea. High mercury content can be deadly. The mercury is held in certain organs and tissues of fish and does not directly affect them, but the mercury can be linked to cause brain damage in children along with nerve disorders. Aluminum, which can also be present, leads to kidney problems and to be related to Alzheimer’s disease.

The final effect on humans is to our drinking water. As the content of our water becomes more acidic, it can react with lead and copper water pipes, which eventually contaminate our water. Too much copper in drinking water also causes kidney damage as well as liver damage. - What are some of the indirect effects of acid rain? Acid rain adversely affects lakes and streams, forests and other vegetation, When the soil becomes toxic it is nearly impossible for us to plant our crops. Crops will either die or become toxic. If we consume these unhealthy crops, we will most likely get sick or even die.

http://www.mpcd.info

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http://www.1888pressrelease.com/president-barack-obama-says-the-oil-spill-will-have-caused-s-pr-231640.html