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" How
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for a Living"
by Gary
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- The dream
of many
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investors
is to be
able to
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by analysts,
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from home
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I Trade
for a Living"
is a trading
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by someone
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from home
profitably
for over
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years. Gary
Smith, a
well-known
and lauded
member in
the trading
community,
explains
what it
takes to
be a home-based
trader,
from the
mental grit
to the basic
hardware.
He outlines
his profitable
trading
strategies,
which can
be utilised
for trading
in individual
stocks,
options
and bonds,
and shows
exactly
how he uses
them to
trade stock
index futures
and mutual
funds. This
excellent
and very
popular
book is
available
from the
Delamere
International
Bookshop.
Visit
the Delamere
International
Bookshop.
IN
THIS ISSUE
1.
Business:
China to
be a second
global commodity
market
2. Business:
USA Companies
in South
Africa
3. Education:
Bill Gates
Receives
Honorary
Degree from
Stellenbosch
University,
South Africa
4. Education:
Lovers of
Cartoon
Art
5. Education:
Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow
6. Education:
International
Council
of African
Museums
7. Immigration:
100 million
immigration
documents
go online
8. Immigration:
Many British
People Living
Overseas
9. Immigration:
The Real
Problem
with Illegal
Immigrants
10. Immigration:
UK to demand
biometric
data from
foreign
visitors
11. Real
Estate:
UK Mortgage
Repossessions
will be
80% higher
in 2006
12. Real
Estate:
Property
in Spain
13. Travel:
The Road
to Umoja
in Kenya
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1. Business:
China to
be a second
global commodity
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Johannesburg:
China might
create a
second global
commodity
market in
the next
15 to 20
years in
order to
exercise
more control
over commodity
prices that
are currently
being determined
in Paris,
New York
and London.
To read
the full
report,
go to our
NEWS
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2. Business:
USA Companies
in South
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Johannesburg
- US companies
are strongly
committed
to South
Africa and
their level
of confidence
in the country
is growing,
a membership
survey by
the American
Chamber
of Commerce
(AmCham)
in South
Africa shows.
To read
the full
report,
go to our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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3. Education:
Bill Gates
Receives
Honorary
Degree from
Stellenbosch
University,
South Africa
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For
his remarkable
pioneering
work as
a leader
in the digital
era through
which he
made the
digital
world more
accessible
for ordinary
people,
and for
the selfless
use of his
fortune
to help
provide
people in
poorer countries
with education
and health
care, the
Degree DPhil,
honoris
causa, was
awarded
to William
Henry Gates.
To read
the full
report,
go to our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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4. Education:
Lovers of
Cartoon
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For
decades,
James Arthur
Wood Jr.
collected
original
cartoon
art, and
he also
was an editorial
cartoonist
as well
during his
long career.
After amassing
a large
collection
of original
drawings
by various
cartoon
artists,
he kindly
donated
his collection
to the Library
of Congress.
Recently,
staff members
at the Library
created
this very
nice online
collection
that contains
a selection
of these
materials.
The exhibition
is divided
into six
sections,
including
Imaginary
Worlds:
Illustration
and Punch
Lines: Gag
& Single
Panel Cartoons.
Each one
of these
sections
contains
a dozen
or so illustrations,
complete
with an
explanatory
paragraph
and bibliographic
information.
Some of
the many
gems include
a very humorous
illustration
by Peter
Arno depicting
a group
of middle-aged
socialites
and a very
fine gem
by Bill
Maudlin
depicting
Nikita Kruschhev
berating
a group
of artists.
Visit
this site.
From
The Scout
Report,
Copyright
Internet
Scout Project
1994-2006
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Education:
Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow
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While
many writers
have to
wait decades,
if not centuries,
after their
death to
receive
critical
or commercial
success,
Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow
was lucky
to achieve
both during
his lifetime.
Born in
Portland,
Maine in
1807, he
was a figure
of national
prominence
by the 1850s,
and a much-beloved
professor
at Harvard.
Recently,
the Maine
Historical
Society
created
this fine
tribute
to the man
and his
work. The
site is
divided
into seven
primary
sections
which include
an extended
biographical
essay about
his life
and work,
information
about his
family and
his homes
in Portland
and Cambridge.
Of
course,
any site
about Longfellow
would be
incomplete
without
a generous
selection
of his poems,
and this
site has
that particular
detail well
covered.
In the Longfellow
poems database,
visitors
can view
a sortable
list of
his works,
which can
be arranged
by poem
title, first
line, and
publication
date. Visit
this site.
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6. Education:
International
Council
of African
Museums
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For
years, many
museology
experts
knew about
the vast
cultural
resources
held within
museums
throughout
Africa,
but getting
specific
information
about each
one was
difficult.
In 2000,
the International
Council
of African
Museums
(AFRICOM)
was created,
and since
then, the
organization's
outreach
has included
the creation
of this
website
which provides
information
for both
museum professionals
and the
general
public.
First-time
visitors
will want
to look
over the
"Heritage
News"
area which
will give
them a sense
of the scope
of AFRICOM's
primary
activities.
From there,
visitors
can also
view past
issues of
AFRICOM's
newsletter
and view
a list of
helpful
external
links. Finally,
both the
itinerant
traveler
and the
seasoned
museum scholar
will appreciate
the "Museums
in Africa"
section,
which provides
ample material
on the various
museums
located
throughout
the continent.
Visit
this site.
From
The Scout
Report,
Copyright
Internet
Scout Project
1994-2006
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7. Immigration:
100 million
immigration
documents
go online
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More
than 41
million
people immigrated
to America
during the
140-year
period,
most of
them during
the 50 years
between
1880 and
1930. Ancestry.com
estimates
that approximately
85 percent
of the current
U.S. population
has at least
one relative
in the database.
Second-class
passenger
Archibald
Alec Leach
was among
more than
2,000 people
who arrived
at Ellis
Island on
July 28,
1920, aboard
the S.S.
Olympic,
one of the
largest
ocean liners
of its day.
The 16-year-old
Englishman
listed his
occupation
as 'artist'
and his
U.S. destination
as the Globe
Theatre
in New York.
He told
immigration
authorities
that he
intended
to remain
in the United
States 'indefinitely.'
That's how
Cary Grant
came to
America.
To read
the full
report,
go to our
NEWS
DESK
link.
Editor's
Note:
Visit our
genealogy
page, go
to this
link.
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Many British
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Almost
one in 10
British
citizens
is living
overseas,
according
to a study
of people
coming in
and out
of the UK.
Studies
by the Institute
for Public
Policy Research,
published
on the BBC
News website,
indicate
that at
least 5.5m
British-born
people live
abroad.
Figures
suggest
the rate
of departure
has been
so great
that population
falls are
only masked
by immigration.
To read
the full
report,
go to our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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Who
doesn't
suffer from
illegal
immigration?
The meat-processing
companies
that employ
so many
illegal
immigrants
have been
enjoying
a nearly
50-percent
discount
on what
was the
going rate.
In 1980,
the average
meat-processing
job paid
$19 an hour.
The companies
then moved
their plants
to rural
areas, far
from the
Midwest
cities and
their unions.
The industry's
wages now
average
about $9
an hour.
To read
the full
report,
go to our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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UK to demand
biometric
data from
foreign
visitors
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Thousands
of South
Africans
and other
foreigners
in Britain
may be affected
by plans
to force
non-European
foreign
nationals
to register
identity
details
such as
fingerprints
from 2008.
Foreign
nationals
will have
to apply
for cards
storing
biometric
identity
data when
applying
for visas.
To read
the full
story, go
to our NEWS
DESK
link.
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11. Real
Estate:
UK Mortgage
Repossessions
will be
80% higher
in 2006
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Recent
rises in
interest
rates will
push up
the number
of mortgages
in arrears
of more
than three
months during
2007/8.
They will
rise from
105,000
at the end
of 2006
to 130,000
at the end
of 2007.
To read
the full
report,
go to our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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Property
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Many
of our clients
have enquired
about the
opportunities
of buying
property
at realistic
prices in
Spain, for
private
use or investment.
As a result
we have
set up the
Delamere
International
Spanish
Property
Portfolio
- The Delamere
Group works
in partnership
with a long
established
property
agent in
Southern
Spain to
bring you
the best
choice of
properties
to match
all budgets
and requirements.
To view
our current
portfolio,
go
to this
link.
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13. Travel:
The Road
to Umoja
in Kenya
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must have
seemed like
a good idea
at the time
- go to
Kenya to
make a documentary
about the
country's
only all-woman
village,
but Mancunian
film maker
Rachael
Turner has
found the
reality
of Africa
to be a
world away
from what
she expected.
To read
the full
report,
go to our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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"One
of the serious
obstacles
to the improvement
of our race
is indiscriminate
charity."
~ Andrew
Carnegie
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