Author: Robert Richardson

  • John Prine, Who Chronicled the Human Condition in Song, Dies at 73 – The New York Times

    John Prine, the raspy-voiced country-folk singer whose ingenious lyrics to songs by turns poignant, angry and comic made him a favorite of Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson and others, died on Tuesday in Nashville. He was 73.The cause was complications of the coronavirus, his family said.Mr. Prine underwent cancer surgery in 1998 to remove a tumor in his neck identified as squamous cell cancer, which had damaged his vocal cords. In 2013, he had part of one lung removed to treat lung cancer.Mr. Prine was a relative unknown in 1970 when Mr. Kristofferson heard him play one night at a small Chicago club called the Fifth Peg, dragged there by the singer-songwriter Steve Goodman. Mr. Kristofferson was performing in Chicago at the time at the Quiet Knight. At the Fifth Peg, Mr. Prine treated him to a brief after-hours performance of material that, Mr. Kristofferson later wrote, “was unlike anything I’d heard before.”

    Source: John Prine, Who Chronicled the Human Condition in Song, Dies at 73 – The New York Times

  • RG Richardson Interactive Finance-Financial Literacy

    The RG Richardson Interactive Finance – Multi-language.

    Financial literacy is the ability to understand and effectively apply various financial skills, including personal financial management, budgeting, and investing. Financial literacy helps individuals become self-sufficient so that they can achieve financial stability.
    This is all about no more typing with over 9900 preset searches for 8 Search Engines! These guides never go out of date due to the power of the internet! Translate in your language through your browser. You can now avoid spelling mistakes and language difficulties making guide simple enough for even for those with learning disabilities to use. Stop using paper!

  • B.C. Ferries to screen passengers for COVID-19 as new regulations announced | Times Colonist

    B.C. Ferries will start screening passengers for COVID-19 symptoms or recent international travel before allowing people to board. Anyone who has flu-like symptoms or has returned from abroad . . .

    Source: B.C. Ferries to screen passengers for COVID-19 as new regulations announced | Times Colonist

  • Benefits of Financial Literacy

    Benefits of Financial Literacy

    Financial literacy focuses on the ability to manage personal finance matters efficiently, and it includes the knowledge of making appropriate decisions about personal finance, such as investing, insurance, real estate, paying for college, budgeting, retirement, and tax planning. Those who understand the subject should be able to answer several questions about purchases, such as whether an item is required, whether it is affordable, and whether it’s an asset or a liability. Financial literacy education should also include organizational skills, attention to detail, consumer rights, technology, and global economics because the state of the global economy greatly affects the US economy.

    This field demonstrates the behaviors and attitudes a person possesses about money that is applied to his daily life. Financial literacy shows how an individual makes financial decisions. This skill can help a person develop a financial road map to identify what he earns, what he spends, and what he owes. This topic also affects small business owners, who greatly contribute to economic growth and stability.

    Financial illiteracy affects all ages and all socioeconomic levels. Financial illiteracy causes many people to become victims of predatory lending, subprime mortgages, fraud, and high-interest rates, potentially resulting in bad credit, bankruptcy, or foreclosure.

    The lack of financial literacy can lead to owing large amounts of debt and making poor financial decisions. For example, the advantages or disadvantages of fixed and variable interest rates are concepts that are easier to understand and make informed decisions about if you possess financial literacy skills. Based on research data by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, 66% of Americans are financially illiterate. They lack the basic skills to reconcile their bank accounts, pay their bills on time, pay off debt, and plan for the future.

    Great for anybody who wants to keep up with all the past, present and current economic and financial definitions. An excellent educational tool that keeps everybody on the same page. A resource tool that never goes out of date!

  • Canada’s first stamp

    MOMENT IN TIME-Canada’s first stamp

    Canada’s first stamp © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II ..© Photograph Canadian Museum of Civilization. It was over breakfast with Postmaster General James Morris that engineer, draftsman and surveyor Sandford Fleming suggested the beaver as a motif for the first Canadian postage stamp. The beaver represented the industry, ingenuity and perseverance of our young country. The Three Pence Beaver was issued on April 23, 1851.
    Canada’s first stamp. It was over breakfast with Postmaster General James Morris that engineer, draftsman and surveyor Sandford Fleming suggested the beaver as a motif for the first Canadian postage stamp. The beaver represented the industry, ingenuity and perseverance of our young country. The Three Pence Beaver was issued on April 23, 1851. Credit: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth / Canadian Museum of Civilization. 
    Starting in the 16th century, fur trapping and trading became one of the main economic motivators keeping Europeans in North America. The beaver had a fine pelt prized in Europe for making hats, and the furs created a new industry that involved British, French and Indigenous people. As trading posts and forts spread, loyalties shifted, creating a turbulent time of alliances and igniting a battle for domination of the industry. Eventually, beaver populations fell almost to the point of extinction before Europe lost interest in the fur. In the 1920s and 30s, Grey Owl, a British immigrant who falsely claimed Indigenous heritage, wrote books and gave lectures appealing for the conservation of the species. Restrictions on beaver trapping were subsequently introduced. On this day in 1975, the beaver was declared an official symbol of Canadian sovereignty. The history of Castor canadensis is an essential component of the history of Canada itself, as the fur trade was a significant factor in the country’s exploration and settlement. Today, the iconic animal is common on coats of arms, brand logos, stamps, the nickel and, most importantly, in the wild. – Julianna Perkins

  • Ellis Marsalis Jr., Jazz Pianist and Patriarch, Dies at 85 – The New York Times

    Ellis Marsalis, a pianist and educator who became the guiding force behind a late-20th-century resurgence in jazz, while putting four musician sons on a path to prominent careers, died on Wednesday. He was 85.The cause was complications of Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, his son Branford said in a statement, which did not specify where he died.

    Source: Ellis Marsalis Jr., Jazz Pianist and Patriarch, Dies at 85 – The New York Times

  • Rolls-Royce Facts: 15 Things You Never Knew About the Luxury Carmaker – Robb Report

    Rolls-Royce’s storied history is as fascinating as it is lengthy. Here, 15 of the most compelling facts about the 116-year-old company.

    Source: Rolls-Royce Facts: 15 Things You Never Knew About the Luxury Carmaker – Robb Report

  • Miami Interactive Guide-What’s in your city

    Miami Interactive Guide-What’s in your city!

    Stop typing and start using the power of the internet to search with over 9700 preset searches in the latest Interactive City Guide from the author, R.G.Richardson and search in over ten languages.

    No more typing, just pick and click with over 9700 quick links for greater accuracy and ease. Stop using paper guides and start using our interactive city search guides and brochures that include Google and Yahoo that never out of date!

    Use as white or yellow pages and use it even more often to keep up with what is going on and happening in your city! It also makes for a good gift or promotional item for somebody that has just moved to a new city.  Real Estate agents use it as a promotional tool and you use to check Real Estate listing, condos, or rental apartments available in the city.

    With over 230 city guides and brochures for sale on Amazon, Kobo and Indigo and in 190 countries around the world in epub and pdf format.

    Don’t have an eReader, no problems as you can get on from Amazon and use then you are all set up with Kindle. You can also download a PDF file to your desktop and you are all set up that way too.

    Interactive Smart City Guide let you use the internet’s full power by eliminating errors with keywords. Google, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Duckduckgo, Facebook, Twitter, Baidu, SlideShare, YouTube or Pinterest; click on the button and you are there; just pick and click the button, no typing. Fully mobile – it works on any device with an eBook reader and that has access to the Internet WiFi anywhere. Don’t think about typing, you are good to go with better results and fewer typos. Sit back in the coffee shop and search away on their WiFi! Our guides are organized into several targeted information Guides including hotels, restaurants, pubs, historical sites, transportation, attractions, real estate and events. Stay up to date with what is happening in your city!

    Our interactive ebooks search the web and are organized into several targeted information Guides. Quick links including hotels, restaurants, transportation, maps, hostels, pubs, family attractions, historical sites and on it goes for a complete guide that tells you everything you need to know including how to pack!

    Buy Kindle City Guide at Amazon

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    Now searching in over 10 languages. Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Indian, Arabia, Portugal and Japanese.

  • Under-the-Hill Saloon – Natchez, Mississippi

    The Natchez, Mississippi, of the 1800s is hardly discernible in the quaint river-town it is today. The port town at one time had a nasty reputation for boozing, brawling, and prostitution, a rest stop as it was for rivermen of flexible moral codes. In fact, one traveler wrote in 1816 that it was “without a single exception the most licentious spot that I ever saw.” Perhaps the only modicum of decency to be said of its history is Mark Twain’s alleged patronage. The centerpiece of the vice-riddled outpost was the Under-the-Hill Saloon, today the last living remnant of “Nasty Natchez.”

    Source: Under-the-Hill Saloon – Natchez, Mississippi – Gastro Obscura

  • Brownstein: Margaret Trudeau takes audio route with her hit solo play | Montreal Gazette

    It was the surprise hit of last summer’s Just for Laughs festival, but Margaret Trudeau’s solo stage show, Certain Woman of An Age, could hardly be classified as Seinfeldian.

    Source: Brownstein: Margaret Trudeau takes audio route with her hit solo play | Montreal Gazette