THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 16TH By Bill Cherry Fifty-five years of January 16ths have come and gone since then, but the lesson taught on January 16, 1957 by Ball High School speech and drama teacher, Arthur Graham, at the old Galveston County Courthouse remain intact to this day with those who were t
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01/31/2012
If you remember what you learned in school, in general the circle is the strongest geometric form, followed by the triangle. From a practical standpoint, though, most building frames and trusses are made strong by converting some of their naturally perpendicular rectangles into triangles through
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01/27/2012
I’m on a tear and I admit it! I’m tired of people allowing major repairs and renovations to their homes without a city or county building permit. A few months ago, I realized that a 1,500 or so square foot addition was being built on the back side of a nice home in my neighborhood. It was hardl
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01/25/2012
I am not an attorney; however, I’ve been forced to mess with Wills and Living Trusts for at least thirty years. One of them was one that one of my mother’s attorneys convinced her to initiate to replace a Will that had been drawn by another of her attorneys a few years before. So the other day
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01/25/2012
One of the most asinine bits of false logic that stock brokers and many investment advisers have told clients for years is that the sales commissions on all life insurance annuities are outrageous. That’s the primary reason given to convince investors to pick stocks, bonds, mutual funds and the l
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01/23/2012
Those in the know have predicted that the number of homes that will be foreclosed in the US in 2012 will equal the total number of existing homes in the City of Houston, Texas. That’s more than 400,000 homeowners nationwide who will be kicked out of their house. This number added to those who ha
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01/21/2012
I don't know how far his voice is heard, but one of the more vocal mortgage brokers in our area is Rodney Anderson. He frequently gives minute or so tips via several of the Dallas radio stations. I was surprised to hear him say the other day, “If you’re planning to put your house on the market so
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01/19/2012
The Washington Post has published the winning submissions toits yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words.The winners are: 1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gai
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01/19/2012
NEIL AND TOM LEWISCirca 2000 For more than 40 years – since I was in the 10th grade – Tom Lewis and his younger brother, Neil, have been two of my friends who are also two of my heroes. (Neil is about 8 years younger than Tom. I'm a year younger than Neil.) Tom was a radio newsman after he ret
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01/15/2012
One of the foremost authorities and a teacher and consultant on the Constitution and the U.S. Government is Dr. Chester A. Newland, a distinguished professor at University of Southern California. Patty and I studied under him forty years ago, and we both feel what we learned
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01/14/2012
