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The United States Coast Guard is the nation's oldest
maritime agency. Founded in 1790, it assumed the duties of
What Standard Will You Set For Your Kids'
the Revenue Cutter Service, the Lighthouse Service, the Steamboat Inspection Service, the Bureau of Navigation, and
Interest In School?
the Lifesaving Service. Coast Guard responsibilities include:
To keep U.S. living conditions continuing to rise, our
Aids to navigation. It maintains lighthouses,
workers have to be worth what they cost in a global economy.
They have to have a world-class and constantly improving
Law enforcement. In the 19th century, Coast
Guardsmen defeated pirates Jean LaFarge and Jean
But when Fortune's Geoff Colvin spoke with school
Lafitte of New Orleans and destroyed their
superintendents, he found that their mood was one of frustration.
stronghold on Breton Island. In the 20th century,
Some parents objected to their kids having to learn algebra,
they captured contraband including large quantities
others just aren't interested in the schools.
Their attitude is showing up in obvious ways. One
Wartime service. The Coast Guard served valiantly
parent's bumper sticker says, "My kid can beat up your honor
in each war since its founding. In 1941, it seized 28
student." T-shirts bought by parents advertise such messages as,
Italian, two German, and 35 Danish merchant ships.
"For Sale: Text books and school supplies, never used,"
It sank 11 submarines during World War II.
The signs of disrespect for education are a cause for
• Search and rescue. Over its history, the Coast Guard
worry. It may be that the most important factor shaping our
came to the rescue of ships, large and small, often
country's economic future will be what we do individually to
saving the lives of hundreds of people from a single
show our kids how valuable education really is.
Other families have created the ‘education room’.
Helicopters are one of the most important tools of Coast
Family rooms are being renovated with features like desks and
Guard search and rescue. During the 1980s and 1990s, they
laptop ports for every member of the family. Included are special
stopped thousands of Cubans and Haitians attempting to sail
lighting for computer work, homework, and reading. There can
be bookshelves, storage areas, and work stations for each person.
After the sinking of the Titanic in 1914, the Coast Guard
One builder quoted in The Wall Street Journal offers a
began the International Ice Patrol, radioing reports of
bright yellow education room with chairs and desks that adjust to
icebergs in the North Atlantic shipping lanes to merchant
adult and kid heights. In the family home office, mom, dad, and
ships in the area. The service is now performed by Coast
the kids bond over work instead of television.
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major mechanical systems and structural components.
Also if any major system fails due to a defect that was
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present and visible at the time of inspection and was
clients who enjoy reading our monthly newsletter. If
overlooked while performing an inspection as described
you have a question about anything related to your
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hie5@comcast.net How Coffee Moved From Common Light Bulb Could Be Phased Out Africa To Europe To America
Manufacturers are creating an energy standard
that, if accepted by Congress, would mean common
household lightbulbs would be phased out in 10 years.
into an energy bill. The legislation calls for efficiency
standards for appliances and motor vehicles, and the
According to legend, sometime during the
ninth century, an Ethiopian goatherd noticed his
The three largest light-bulb manufacturers,
goats dancing from one coffee shrub to another,
Philips, General Electric, and Osram Sylvania, have
grazing on the cherry-red berries containing the
more efficient lighting products in development. GE
beans. He ate a few himself and was soon
says it will be introducing an incandescent bulb that
frolicking with his flock. Witnessing the
will be comparably efficient to compact fluorescent
shepherd's dance, a monk plucked berries for his
brothers. It is said that by nightfall, his brothers
were uncannily happy and alert to divine
emitting diodes that are currently too expensive for the
consumer market, but will fall in price over time.
Coffee plants, woody perennial evergreens,
Bulb makers are willing to cooperate mainly
were first cultivated on the Arabian Peninsula
because states including California and Texas are
around 1100 A.D. By 1600 coffee had been
considering bans on common light bulbs. Australia,
introduced to Europe, and within 50 years, coffee
Canada, and the European union are also considering
Settlers of the New World brought coffee
Shifting to compact fluorescents will be more
to Jamestown Settlement in Virginia and to the
expensive for consumers in the beginning.
first villages of Canada. In the New World, coffee
Incandescent bulbs can be bought for as little as 25
was first cultivated on the Island of Martinique by
cents, but compact fluorescent bulbs can cost $3 or
the French naval officer Gabriel de Clieu. Today,
the coffee bean is a major crop in South American
According to the Alliance to Save Energy, the
countries, Hawaii, Indonesia, and Africa. By the
more expensive bulbs use much less electricity and
1990s, more than one billion cups were consumed
last far longer. They can pay for themselves in as little
documented that coffee can lead to the jitters,
newer studies show that the brew is high in
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antioxidants and may limit the occurrence of
certain cancers and chronic diseases. Caffeine has
Special thanks go out to all of our clients and friends
been proven to stimulate metabolism and break up
who graciously referred our company to their friends and
neighbors last month! Our business is built based on the
fatty acids, aiding in maintaining proper weight.
positive comments and referrals from people just like
you. We just couldn’t do it without you.
“Bob did a very thorough job of pointing out both issues we should address and suggestions for things we could do to improve the quality of the home. I have seen documentation of inspection done on my current home and it is obvious that Bob’s process was much more thorough and the documentation/report Bob provided was beyond comparison. We felt very comfortable with the job Bob did and will use him again and recommend him gladly to friends.” Volume 3 Issue 8 Useful English System Conversions
Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its
You Can Skip The Voices In Voice Mail, Get Messages By Text Instead
Listening to voice mails on a hand-held
device is inconvenient. In a restaurant, it can be
Several new voice-recognition services can
solve the problem. They transcribe recorded
messages into text, which then is sent as email to
email-equipped devices such as personal digital assistants and BlackBerrys, or as a short text
message to phones that don't have the email
If you aren't sure the voice-recognition function has
given the message accurately, you can click on the
attached audio files or dial in to hear the original
voice mail. You can also go through the messages to see the ones he wanted to check without having to
listen to each in the order it was received.
Another advantage, you don't have to jot
down names, numbers, or addresses while listening.
And the text message comes through even in some
areas where you can't receive cell phone signals.
“I am glad that I took the time off work to come to the inspection. Bob showed me the way everything in myChrissy Raddi, Arlington Heights “Bob was very thorough, friendly, professional, and communicated well.” “Bob came to the inspection well prepared, was punctual and organized. He took the time to help educate me about how to care for my new home. I will highly recommend Bob to family and Friends.”
About The House is a free monthly newsletter from Bob Schacke at Home Inspection Experts 847-638-4663 Email: hie5@comcast.net - Coffee Travels To America- -You Impact Your Child’s View Of School - - Responsibilities of The Coast Guard – - Voice Mail Turns Into Text- - Unusual English Conversions - & Much More!
• How Did An Ethiopian Gaotherd Affect Your Coffee
• How Can You Read A Voice Message?
• Why Are We Doing Away With The Light Bulb?
• Whose Responsibility Is It To Maintain
• Does Your Family Need An Education Room?
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