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"Right may not be expedient. It may not be profitable, but it will satisfy your soul."

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Said by Maya Angelou when talking about her mother and a painting by Phoebe called Sister Souki's Funeral. The quote is taken from the TV show Oprah Presents Master Class, and on January 16, 2011, Maya Angelou was on episode 3.

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Fatima and her brother Muhammed were forced from their home in Syria when violence overtook their town.They now live in a chicken barn in Lebanon. The farmer that owned the barn found it more profitable to rent out his shed to Syrian refugees rather than continue raising chickens.

“Turkey raising is a profitable sideline on many farms” / L'élevage de la dinde est un à-côté rentable pour de nombreuses fermes by BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives

Title / Titre :

“Turkey raising is a profitable sideline on many farms” /

L'élevage de la dinde est un à-côté rentable pour de nombreuses fermes

Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : Unknown / Inconnu

Date(s) : circa / vers 1920

Reference No. / Numéro de référence : ITEM 3360843

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Jack Of All Trades - circa 1981 - Over 500 Views by Jack Williams

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The front of our business: The Jack Of All Trades. Joyce and I kept the business going for about three years and finally closed the door do to non-profitability.

Anti-TTIP demonstration in Brussels by Adela NISTORA

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Demonstrators hold banners that translate to "Commercialisation seriously harms your health" and "I was diagnosed with a non-profitable illness. Bad luck!", sending the message that TTIP could threaten the provision of health and care services. More than 2000 protesters march through Brussels, joining citizens in 700 other cities across the EU and the US, in a day of action against the emerging Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and similar secretive international trade deals.

According to the coalition of citizens’ organizations that launched a self-organised European Citizens' Initiative on the free trade agreements (stop-ttip.org/), there are various reasons to worry about TTIP:

"1. A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY: If agreed, TTIP would give corporations the power to sue governments over decisions that could harm their future profits, undermining democratic decision-making made in the public interest.

2. A THREAT TO PUBLIC SERVICES: TTIP will create new markets in public services such as health and education, leading to greater liberalisation and privatisation. It would also make it very difficult to bring these services — as well as our energy and water — back under public control or renationalise them.

3. A THREAT TO FOOD SAFETY: Through a harmonisation of food safety regulation, EU food safety standards would be lowered to US levels. This would remove EU restrictions on genetically modified organisms GMOs), pesticides and hormone-treated beef.

4. A THREAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT: TTIP would see EU environmental regulations being harmonised and reduced to US levels, allowing a US-style fracking boom in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.

5. A THREAT TO THE CLIMATE: With strong investor rights, TTIP would allow corporations to sue governments for bringing in new policies to leave fossil fuels in the ground.

6. A THREAT TO WORKERS’ RIGHTS: Workers’ rights could be reduced to US standards and businesses could relocate to US states and EU countries with the lowest labour standards.

7. A THREAT TO PERSONAL PRIVACY: Leaked documents indicate that TTIP could be used to reintroduce central elements of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which was rejected by the European parliament after popular protest. This could force internet providers to spy on their customers.

8. A THREAT TO FINANCIAL CONTROL: TTIP is set to remove many of the new financial regulations (such as banking safeguards) have been introduced since 2008 to prevent a future financial crash.

9. TTIP IS BEING NEGOTIATED IN SECRECY: While corporate lobbyists are playing an integral role in negotiations, the public have been shut out. All negotiators must sign nondisclosure agreements. There is no access to the draft text of the agreement — even for MPs — so most of what we know is from leaked documents.

10. TTIP IS A DANGEROUS BLUEPRINT FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD: If TTIP is agreed, countries in the global south will come under huge pressure to apply TTIP standards to avoid losing trade. The business lobby are upfront about their aim of creating ‘global convergence toward EU-US standards’. This would see free trade policies forced on poorer countries, that they have had no part in negotiating."

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Enterprise Technologies - DoubleDutch by The DEMO Conference

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Lawrence Coburn, CEO and Co-Founder of DoubleDutch and Mathew Spolin, CTO and Co-Founder of DoubleDutch pitch their new product at DEMO Fall 2010. DoubleDutch can help any company, brand or community launch their own mobile, geosocial app.

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After interacting with guys on an online dating site, I'm thinking it would be very profitable to get into the online dating coaching business.

Dating Tip #1: Girls don't want to be murdered.

This means you should avoid screen names that contain the words like blood, redrum, killer, shadow, slayer, etc. (You think I'm joking? Guys do this!) Also avoid mentioning death in your pickup line, like in the above example.

Dating Tip #2: Girls aren't boys.

Many guys seem to write their bio like they're trying to find guy friends. Making a giant list of their favorite video games with comments like "I'm a level 27 necromancer" might mean something to other guys who lock themselves in their bedroom for days on end playing video games, but it probably won't impress women. In fact, it makes me imagine that they'll be ignoring me while they play video games or that they'll want me to deliver snacks and clean up after them and their gaming friends.

Maybe they think that having virtual battle skills will give women the impression that they can protect them from real danger? Unlikely.

Dating Tip #3: Um, what the hell are you doing in your profile picture?

Things to avoid in profile pictures:

1. Looking like a murderer. Avoid standing in the shadows, brandishing weapons or making aggressive/intimadating faces.

2. Photographs that show you groping a large group of sluts.

3. Photos with your ex-girlfriend and accidental offspring. It's fine that you have kids, you just don't want to give the impression that the ex is a big part of your life.

4. Photos with you asleep on your couch drooling on yourself. Seriously, girls won't want to date you if you seem gross and lazy.

Dating Tip #4: Is sarcasm a good thing?

It seems all online dating guys describe themselves as "sarcastic." Is every guy in the world sarcastic or just the single ones? Is that while they're single? I'm not sure how I feel about it.

Dragonfly Bonsai by Richard Elzey

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August 9, 2010

SHADY HILLS — Selling bamboo and Japanese bonsai plants proved to be a profitable business for Dawn Marie Guthrie.

She and her partner at Dragonfly Bonsai had had good fortune with the plants, the store's website told customers, and they, too, could share in it.

"You don't have to believe it now," one page of the website reads, "but from personal observation and business experience, having Lucky Bamboo around has accelerated sales and cashflow to the individual."

The 42-year-old proprietor of Dragonfly Bonsai offered products including bonsai soil, rock salt crystal lamps, bonsai pots and tree starter kits at www.DragonflyBonsai.com. But Guthrie was running another business on the side, authorities said — a fraud that left customers satisfied, but bilked the product shipping company UPS out of more than $9,000.

Guthrie's luck ran out Thursday afternoon, when she was arrested at her home in Port Richey.

Over the past two years, Dragonfly Bonsai's owners opened 15 different UPS shipping accounts to send various products to customers across the United States, according to a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report. Taking advantage of UPS's free shipping insurance, Guthrie waited until customers had received their orders, then called UPS to complain that customers reported the packages damaged.

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Enterprise Technologies - Vonata by The DEMO Conference

Shervin Talieh, CEO and Farsheed Atef, CTO of Vonata introduces Connect at DEMO Fall 2010. Connect is a solution that addresses the typical frustration callers experience when trying to reach a business by phone.

Enterprise Technologies key component is efficiency. Companies seek to exploit cloud based infrastructure and related technologies to lower costs. With that, CIO's are looking to bring simple ways for employees to work from anywhere at anytime.

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Enterprise Technologies - PublicStuff, LLC by The DEMO Conference

Lily Liu, Founder and CEO of PublicStuff, LLC launches their product at DEMO Fall 2010. Their product, PublicStuff, is an online and mobile system that enables agencies (municipalities, universities, facility / operations, et.) to deliver better services and improve communications.

Enterprise Technologies key component is efficiency. Companies seek to exploit cloud based infrastructure and related technologies to lower costs. With that, CIO's are looking to bring simple ways for employees to work from anywhere at anytime.

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Strawberry and Ben Ure Island, Deception Pass, Washington

East of the present-day Deception Pass Bridge, is a small island known as Ben Ure Island. The island became infamous for its activity of human smuggling of migrant Chinese people for local labor. Ure and his partner Lawrence "Pirate" Kelly were quite profitable at their human smuggling business and played hide-and-seek with the United States Customs Department for years.

Ure's own operation at Deception Pass in the late 1880s consisted of Ure and his Native-American wife. Local tradition has it that his wife would camp on the nearby Strawberry Island (which was visible from the open sea) and signal him with a fire on the island's summit to alert him to whether or not it was safe to attempt to bring the human cargo he illegally transported ashore. For transport, Ure would tie the people up in burlap bags so that if customs agents were to approach he could easily toss the people in bags overboard. The tidal currents would carry the entrapped drowned migrants' bodies to San Juan Island to the north and west of the pass and many ended up in what became known as Dead Man's Bay.

Deception Pass is a dramatic seascape where the tidal flow and whirlpools beneath the twin bridges connecting Fidalgo Island to Whidbey Island move quickly.

During ebb and flood tide current speed reaches about 8 knots (9.2 mph), flowing in opposite directions between ebb and flood. This swift current can lead to standing waves, large whirlpools, and roiling eddies. This swift current phenomenon can be viewed from the twin bridges' pedestrian walkways or from the trail leading below the larger south bridge from the parking lot on the Whidbey Island side.

Boats can be seen waiting on either side of the pass for the current to stop or change direction before going through. Thrill-seeking kayakers go there during large tide changes to surf the standing waves and brave the class 2 and 3 rapid conditions.

A pair of bridges known collectively as Deception Pass Bridge cross Deception Pass. The bridges are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Deception Pass State Park is the most-visited park in Washington with over 2 million visitors each year. The park was officially established in 1923, when the original 1,600 acres (6.5 km2) of a military reserve was transferred to Washington State Parks.

A group of sailors led by Joseph Whidbey, part of the Vancouver Expedition, found and mapped Deception Pass on June 7, 1792. George Vancouver gave it the name "Deception" because it had misled him into thinking Whidbey Island was a peninsula.

The "deception" was heightened due to Whidbey's failure to find the strait at first. In May 1792, Vancouver was anchored near the southern end of Whidbey Island. He sent Joseph Whidbey to explore the waters east of Whidbey Island, now known as Saratoga Passage, using small boats. Whidbey reached the northern end of Saratoga Passage and explored eastward into Skagit Bay, which is shallow and difficult to navigate. He returned south to rejoin Vancouver without having found Deception Pass.

It appeared that Skagit Bay was a dead-end and that Whidbey Island and Fidalgo Island were a long peninsula attached to the mainland. In June the expedition sailed north along the west coast of Whidbey Island. Vancouver sent Joseph Whidbey to explore inlets leading to the east. The first inlet turned out to be a "very narrow and intricate channel, which...abounded with rocks above and beneath the surface of the water".[4] This channel led to Skagit Bay, thus separating Whidbey Island from the mainland. Vancouver apparently felt he and Joseph Whidbey had been deceived by the tricky strait. Vancouver wrote of Whidbey's efforts: "This determined [the shore they had been exploring] to be an island, which, in consequence of Mr. Whidbey’s circumnavigation, I distinguished by the name of Whidbey’s Island: and this northern pass, leading into [Skagit Bay], Deception Passage".

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Pando, Bolivia. Brazil nuts, or Para nuts grow in coconutlike husks in the highest tree of he jungle, the impressive Castaña tree. The nuts fall down and are then collected by the locals. The Castaña tree can only survive with the surrounding jungle intact. That's why the exploitation of this nut is a sustainable way to preserve the forest and make it profitable for it's inhabitants.

Enterprise Technologies - Rocky Mountain Ventures Company by The DEMO Conference

Gordon Nuttall, CEO and Founder of Rocky Mountain Ventures Company launches their new product; Capture-ID mobile scanner. These mobile optical scanners are affordable, accurate and quick.

Enterprise Technologies key component is efficiency. Companies seek to exploit cloud based infrastructure and related technologies to lower costs. With that, CIO's are looking to bring simple ways for employees to work from anywhere at anytime.

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Retro Merchandise

Items created in the last decade that both pay tribute to the classic characters and recognize their profitability.

The image includes a reproduction of the shirt graphic that caused a lot of misguided speculation as to Dreamfinder’s return. (Side note: This T-Shirt recreation took less than 30 minutes to produce!)

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KINDLE COVER - PUBLIC RELATIONS by Kerwin Mathew

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Profitable businesses, now more than ever, depend on their Public Relations Department for the setting up of a dynamic and practical communications network which reflects the challenges of this competitive era.

Public Relations And Marketing Communications is for the public relations practitioners, sales and business people, and public relations/communication studies students who want to know the techniques and ideas pertaining to the tackling of communications problems and the generation of goodwill and support. It is also recommended for students preparing to sit public relations, advertising and marketing communications exams. This book describes how to:

* Anticipate the changing needs of the market and retain goodwill

* Develop dynamic new communications strategies to stay a step ahead

* Identify potential clients and maintain a good relationship with them

* Understand people and bring out their best

* Develop networking strategies to capture potential markets

Good public communications, which is covered in this book, is important to all organizations, whether profit-making or non-profit-making, e.g., businesses, governmental organizations, educational institutions, charities, interest groups, and even political organizations. There are quite a number of detailed descriptions of real-life publicity campaigns and stunts presented in the book which should be of great interest. There is also comprehensive coverage of the various laws pertaining to the practice of public relations and commerce, e.g., contracts, registered designs, trademarks, copyright, formation and dissolution of companies, libel and slander, vicarious liability, et. al., which the public relations practitioner and business person ought to be familiar with in order to avoid infringing any of the laws. Other important topics covered include writing good, proper press releases, sales presentations, press conferences, broadcasting, public speaking, advertising, et. al..

This book has been adopted as a reference text by an advertising professional body.

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Stanhope Church is historic and beautiful, built on Saxon foundations by the Normans and set in the centre of our very small market town, set back from the market place. Historically rectors were Bishops of Durham, which was highly profitable as they got a share of profits from the lead mines which have helped to shaped our Weardale landcape (now part of the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Beauty). The Church is open every day (usually between 10 am and 4 pm). For visitors in search of their family history, we have information from the burial registers and a plan on display at the back of Church. The Churchyard is maintained by volunteers and goodwill. Although we do our best to keep the outer parts under control, things can get a bit wild later in the summer.

Stanhope is a market town and civil parish in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It lies on the River Wear between Eastgate and Frosterley, in the north-east of Weardale. The main A689 road over the Pennines is crossed by the B6278 between Barnard Castle and Shotley Bridge. In 2001 Stanhope had a population of 1,633, in 2019 an estimate of 1,627, and a figure of 1,602 in the 2011 census for the ONS built-up-area which includes Crawleyside. In 2011 the parish population was 4,581.[4]

Stanhope parish is the largest parish area in England, at 85 square miles (221 km2) It has some land in common with the neighbouring Wolsingham civil parish. On 31 December 1894 "Stanhope Urban" parish was formed from part of Stanhope parish, but on 1 April 1937 it was merged back. In 1894 Stanhope became an urban district which contained Stanhope Urban parish, on 1 April 1937 the urban district was abolished and merged with Weardale Rural District. On 1 April 1946, 2,396 acres (969.6 ha) were transferred to the parish from Wolsingham. Stanhope Town Hall was completed in 1849.

Stanhope is surrounded by moorland in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) – the second largest of a current 40 such areas in England and Wales.

Features of interest include:

A petrified tree stump standing in the churchyard was found with two others, one of which features in the Great North Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne.

The Durham Dales Centre incorporates a tea room, tourist information and craft shops.

Stanhope Bridge, a scheduled monument, was built in the 15th century and widened in 1792.

The ford has a stepping-stone bridge for pedestrians.

The 18th-century Stanhope Castle in the town centre stands on the possible site of a medieval castle. It was built in 1798 by Cuthbert Rippon, MP for Gateshead.

The town has one of only two heated open-air swimming pools in the North East.

Stanhope was at the centre of the Weardale campaign (1327), when Sir James Douglas of Scotland invaded England and faced Edward III and Roger Mortimer, Earl of March. A series of skirmishes took place on the valley floor and in Stanhope Park.

The parish church dedicated to St Thomas is mostly from the 12th–13th centuries, with restoration in 1663 and 1867. The earliest known Rector was Richardus in 1200. Joseph Butler, later Bishop of Bristol, was Rector in 1725.

Stanhope Castle may be on the site of a motte and bailey castle according to some evidence from the 1790s. Furthermore, Bishop Anthony Bek granted land "to the west side of Stanhope castle". The present castle was built for Cuthbert Rippon (1744-1801) in 1798 with additions in 1823 by his son, also Cuthbert (1797–1867) and Member of Parliament for Gateshead. Ignatius Bonomi (1787–1870) was the architect. In 1941 the castle was adapted by the Home Office as a school for boys and remained so until 1980, when it was converted into apartments. Part of the gardens lie to the north of the castle across the main road, including the park wall and gazebo.

Stanhope Agricultural Show is held on the second weekend of September each year. It has been held annually since 1834, except in world-war years, the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak and times of bad weather.

Stanhope is the current terminus of the Weardale Railway, a heritage line operating mainly at weekends from Bishop Auckland, with stations at Frosterley, Wolsingham and Witton-le-Wear. Stanhope Station stood in for the fictional Partlington Station in an episode of the criminal drama series Vera.

Notable residents

Joseph Butler (1692–1752), theologian and cleric

William Greenwell (1820–1918), archaeologist and Anglican cleric, catalogued Late Bronze Age finds at Heathery Burn Cave near Stanhope in 1859–1872.

William Percival Crozier (1879–1944), scholar and journalist, edited the Manchester Guardian in 1932–1944.

Muriel Young (1923–2001), television continuity announcer, presenter and producer, died in Stanhope.

County Durham, officially simply Durham is a ceremonial county in North East England. The county borders Northumberland and Tyne and Wear to the north, the North Sea to the east, North Yorkshire to the south, and Cumbria to the west. The largest settlement is Darlington, and the county town is the city of Durham.

The county has an area of 2,721 km2 (1,051 sq mi) and a population of 866,846. The latter is concentrated in the east; the south-east is part of the Teesside built-up area, which extends into North Yorkshire. After Darlington (92,363), the largest settlements are Hartlepool (88,855), Stockton-on-Tees (82,729), and Durham (48,069). For local government purposes the county comprises three unitary authority areas—County Durham, Darlington, and Hartlepool—and part of a fourth, Stockton-on-Tees. The county historically included the part of Tyne and Wear south of the River Tyne, and excluded the part of County Durham south of the River Tees.

The west of the county contains part of the North Pennines uplands, a national landscape. The hills are the source of the rivers Tees and Wear, which flow east and form the valleys of Teesdale and Weardale respectively. The east of the county is flatter, and contains by rolling hills through which the two rivers meander; the Tees forms the boundary with North Yorkshire in its lower reaches, and the Wear exits the county near Chester-le-Street in the north-east. The county's coast is a site of special scientific interest characterised by tall limestone and dolomite cliffs.

What is now County Durham was on the border of Roman Britain, and contains survivals of this era at sites such as Binchester Roman Fort. In the Anglo-Saxon period the region was part of the Kingdom of Northumbria. In 995 the city of Durham was founded by monks seeking a place safe from Viking raids to house the relics of St Cuthbert. Durham Cathedral was rebuilt after the Norman Conquest, and together with Durham Castle is now a World Heritage Site. By the late Middle Ages the county was governed semi-independently by the bishops of Durham and was also a buffer zone between England and Scotland. County Durham became heavily industrialised in the nineteenth century, when many collieries opened on the Durham coalfield. The Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, opened in 1825. Most collieries closed during the last quarter of the twentieth century, but the county's coal mining heritage is remembered in the annual Durham Miners' Gala.

Remains of Prehistoric Durham include a number of Neolithic earthworks.

The Crawley Edge Cairns and Heathery Burn Cave are Bronze Age sites. Maiden Castle, Durham is an Iron Age site.

Brigantia, the land of the Brigantes, is said to have included what is now County Durham.

There are archaeological remains of Roman Durham. Dere Street and Cade's Road run through what is now County Durham. There were Roman forts at Concangis (Chester-le-Street), Lavatrae (Bowes), Longovicium (Lanchester), Piercebridge (Morbium), Vindomora (Ebchester) and Vinovium (Binchester). (The Roman fort at Arbeia (South Shields) is within the former boundaries of County Durham.) A Romanised farmstead has been excavated at Old Durham.

Remains of the Anglo-Saxon period include a number of sculpted stones and sundials, the Legs Cross, the Rey Cross and St Cuthbert's coffin.

Around AD 547, an Angle named Ida founded the kingdom of Bernicia after spotting the defensive potential of a large rock at Bamburgh, upon which many a fortification was thenceforth built. Ida was able to forge, hold and consolidate the kingdom; although the native British tried to take back their land, the Angles triumphed and the kingdom endured.

In AD 604, Ida's grandson Æthelfrith forcibly merged Bernicia (ruled from Bamburgh) and Deira (ruled from York, which was known as Eforwic at the time) to create the Kingdom of Northumbria. In time, the realm was expanded, primarily through warfare and conquest; at its height, the kingdom stretched from the River Humber (from which the kingdom drew its name) to the Forth. Eventually, factional fighting and the rejuvenated strength of neighbouring kingdoms, most notably Mercia, led to Northumbria's decline. The arrival of the Vikings hastened this decline, and the Scandinavian raiders eventually claimed the Deiran part of the kingdom in AD 867 (which became Jórvík). The land that would become County Durham now sat on the border with the Great Heathen Army, a border which today still (albeit with some adjustments over the years) forms the boundaries between Yorkshire and County Durham.

Despite their success south of the river Tees, the Vikings never fully conquered the Bernician part of Northumbria, despite the many raids they had carried out on the kingdom. However, Viking control over the Danelaw, the central belt of Anglo-Saxon territory, resulted in Northumbria becoming isolated from the rest of Anglo-Saxon Britain. Scots invasions in the north pushed the kingdom's northern boundary back to the River Tweed, and the kingdom found itself reduced to a dependent earldom, its boundaries very close to those of modern-day Northumberland and County Durham. The kingdom was annexed into England in AD 954.

In AD 995, St Cuthbert's community, who had been transporting Cuthbert's remains around, partly in an attempt to avoid them falling into the hands of Viking raiders, settled at Dunholm (Durham) on a site that was defensively favourable due to the horseshoe-like path of the River Wear. St Cuthbert's remains were placed in a shrine in the White Church, which was originally a wooden structure but was eventually fortified into a stone building.

Once the City of Durham had been founded, the Bishops of Durham gradually acquired the lands that would become County Durham. Bishop Aldhun began this process by procuring land in the Tees and Wear valleys, including Norton, Stockton, Escomb and Aucklandshire in 1018. In 1031, King Canute gave Staindrop to the Bishops. This territory continued to expand, and was eventually given the status of a liberty. Under the control of the Bishops of Durham, the land had various names: the "Liberty of Durham", "Liberty of St Cuthbert's Land" "the lands of St Cuthbert between Tyne and Tees" or "the Liberty of Haliwerfolc" (holy Wear folk).

The bishops' special jurisdiction rested on claims that King Ecgfrith of Northumbria had granted a substantial territory to St Cuthbert on his election to the see of Lindisfarne in 684. In about 883 a cathedral housing the saint's remains was established at Chester-le-Street and Guthfrith, King of York granted the community of St Cuthbert the area between the Tyne and the Wear, before the community reached its final destination in 995, in Durham.

Following the Norman invasion, the administrative machinery of government extended only slowly into northern England. Northumberland's first recorded Sheriff was Gilebert from 1076 until 1080 and a 12th-century record records Durham regarded as within the shire. However the bishops disputed the authority of the sheriff of Northumberland and his officials, despite the second sheriff for example being the reputed slayer of Malcolm Canmore, King of Scots. The crown regarded Durham as falling within Northumberland until the late thirteenth century.

Following the Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror appointed Copsig as Earl of Northumbria, thereby bringing what would become County Durham under Copsig's control. Copsig was, just a few weeks later, killed in Newburn. Having already being previously offended by the appointment of a non-Northumbrian as Bishop of Durham in 1042, the people of the region became increasingly rebellious. In response, in January 1069, William despatched a large Norman army, under the command of Robert de Comines, to Durham City. The army, believed to consist of 700 cavalry (about one-third of the number of Norman knights who had participated in the Battle of Hastings), entered the city, whereupon they were attacked, and defeated, by a Northumbrian assault force. The Northumbrians wiped out the entire Norman army, including Comines, all except for one survivor, who was allowed to take the news of this defeat back.

Following the Norman slaughter at the hands of the Northumbrians, resistance to Norman rule spread throughout Northern England, including a similar uprising in York. William The Conqueror subsequently (and successfully) attempted to halt the northern rebellions by unleashing the notorious Harrying of the North (1069–1070). Because William's main focus during the harrying was on Yorkshire, County Durham was largely spared the Harrying.

Anglo-Norman Durham refers to the Anglo-Norman period, during which Durham Cathedral was built.

Matters regarding the bishopric of Durham came to a head in 1293 when the bishop and his steward failed to attend proceedings of quo warranto held by the justices of Northumberland. The bishop's case went before parliament, where he stated that Durham lay outside the bounds of any English shire and that "from time immemorial it had been widely known that the sheriff of Northumberland was not sheriff of Durham nor entered within that liberty as sheriff. . . nor made there proclamations or attachments". The arguments appear to have prevailed, as by the fourteenth century Durham was accepted as a liberty which received royal mandates direct. In effect it was a private shire, with the bishop appointing his own sheriff. The area eventually became known as the "County Palatine of Durham".

Sadberge was a liberty, sometimes referred to as a county, within Northumberland. In 1189 it was purchased for the see but continued with a separate sheriff, coroner and court of pleas. In the 14th century Sadberge was included in Stockton ward and was itself divided into two wards. The division into the four wards of Chester-le-Street, Darlington, Easington and Stockton existed in the 13th century, each ward having its own coroner and a three-weekly court corresponding to the hundred court. The diocese was divided into the archdeaconries of Durham and Northumberland. The former is mentioned in 1072, and in 1291 included the deaneries of Chester-le-Street, Auckland, Lanchester and Darlington.

The term palatinus is applied to the bishop in 1293, and from the 13th century onwards the bishops frequently claimed the same rights in their lands as the king enjoyed in his kingdom.

The historic boundaries of County Durham included a main body covering the catchment of the Pennines in the west, the River Tees in the south, the North Sea in the east and the Rivers Tyne and Derwent in the north. The county palatinate also had a number of liberties: the Bedlingtonshire, Islandshire and Norhamshire exclaves within Northumberland, and the Craikshire exclave within the North Riding of Yorkshire. In 1831 the county covered an area of 679,530 acres (2,750.0 km2) and had a population of 253,910. These exclaves were included as part of the county for parliamentary electoral purposes until 1832, and for judicial and local-government purposes until the coming into force of the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844, which merged most remaining exclaves with their surrounding county. The boundaries of the county proper remained in use for administrative and ceremonial purposes until the Local Government Act 1972.

Boldon Book (1183 or 1184) is a polyptichum for the Bishopric of Durham.

Until the 15th century, the most important administrative officer in the Palatinate was the steward. Other officers included the sheriff, the coroners, the Chamberlain and the chancellor. The palatine exchequer originated in the 12th century. The palatine assembly represented the whole county, and dealt chiefly with fiscal questions. The bishop's council, consisting of the clergy, the sheriff and the barons, regulated judicial affairs, and later produced the Chancery and the courts of Admiralty and Marshalsea.

The prior of Durham ranked first among the bishop's barons. He had his own court, and almost exclusive jurisdiction over his men. A UNESCO site describes the role of the Prince-Bishops in Durham, the "buffer state between England and Scotland":

From 1075, the Bishop of Durham became a Prince-Bishop, with the right to raise an army, mint his own coins, and levy taxes. As long as he remained loyal to the king of England, he could govern as a virtually autonomous ruler, reaping the revenue from his territory, but also remaining mindful of his role of protecting England’s northern frontier.

A report states that the Bishops also had the authority to appoint judges and barons and to offer pardons.

There were ten palatinate barons in the 12th century, most importantly the Hyltons of Hylton Castle, the Bulmers of Brancepeth, the Conyers of Sockburne, the Hansards of Evenwood, and the Lumleys of Lumley Castle. The Nevilles owned large estates in the county. John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby rebuilt Raby Castle, their principal seat, in 1377.

Edward I's quo warranto proceedings of 1293 showed twelve lords enjoying more or less extensive franchises under the bishop. The repeated efforts of the Crown to check the powers of the palatinate bishops culminated in 1536 in the Act of Resumption, which deprived the bishop of the power to pardon offences against the law or to appoint judicial officers. Moreover, indictments and legal processes were in future to run in the name of the king, and offences to be described as against the peace of the king, rather than that of the bishop. In 1596 restrictions were imposed on the powers of the chancery, and in 1646 the palatinate was formally abolished. It was revived, however, after the Restoration, and continued with much the same power until 5 July 1836, when the Durham (County Palatine) Act 1836 provided that the palatine jurisdiction should in future be vested in the Crown.

During the 15th-century Wars of the Roses, Henry VI passed through Durham. On the outbreak of the Great Rebellion in 1642 Durham inclined to support the cause of Parliament, and in 1640 the high sheriff of the palatinate guaranteed to supply the Scottish army with provisions during their stay in the county. In 1642 the Earl of Newcastle formed the western counties into an association for the King's service, but in 1644 the palatinate was again overrun by a Scottish army, and after the Battle of Marston Moor (2 July 1644) fell entirely into the hands of Parliament.

In 1614, a Bill was introduced in Parliament for securing representation to the county and city of Durham and the borough of Barnard Castle. The bishop strongly opposed the proposal as an infringement of his palatinate rights, and the county was first summoned to return members to Parliament in 1654. After the Restoration of 1660 the county and city returned two members each. In the wake of the Reform Act of 1832 the county returned two members for two divisions, and the boroughs of Gateshead, South Shields and Sunderland acquired representation. The bishops lost their secular powers in 1836. The boroughs of Darlington, Stockton and Hartlepool returned one member each from 1868 until the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 reformed the municipal boroughs of Durham, Stockton on Tees and Sunderland. In 1875, Jarrow was incorporated as a municipal borough, as was West Hartlepool in 1887. At a county level, the Local Government Act 1888 reorganised local government throughout England and Wales. Most of the county came under control of the newly formed Durham County Council in an area known as an administrative county. Not included were the county boroughs of Gateshead, South Shields and Sunderland. However, for purposes other than local government, the administrative county of Durham and the county boroughs continued to form a single county to which the Crown appointed a Lord Lieutenant of Durham.

Over its existence, the administrative county lost territory, both to the existing county boroughs, and because two municipal boroughs became county boroughs: West Hartlepool in 1902 and Darlington in 1915. The county boundary with the North Riding of Yorkshire was adjusted in 1967: that part of the town of Barnard Castle historically in Yorkshire was added to County Durham, while the administrative county ceded the portion of the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in Durham to the North Riding. In 1968, following the recommendation of the Local Government Commission, Billingham was transferred to the County Borough of Teesside, in the North Riding. In 1971, the population of the county—including all associated county boroughs (an area of 2,570 km2 (990 sq mi))—was 1,409,633, with a population outside the county boroughs of 814,396.

In 1974, the Local Government Act 1972 abolished the administrative county and the county boroughs, reconstituting County Durham as a non-metropolitan county. The reconstituted County Durham lost territory to the north-east (around Gateshead, South Shields and Sunderland) to Tyne and Wear and to the south-east (around Hartlepool) to Cleveland. At the same time it gained the former area of Startforth Rural District from the North Riding of Yorkshire. The area of the Lord Lieutenancy of Durham was also adjusted by the Act to coincide with the non-metropolitan county (which occupied 3,019 km2 (1,166 sq mi) in 1981).

In 1996, as part of 1990s UK local government reform by Lieutenancies Act 1997, Cleveland was abolished. Its districts were reconstituted as unitary authorities. Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees (north Tees) were returned to the county for the purposes of Lord Lieutenancy. Darlington also became a third unitary authority of the county. The Royal Mail abandoned the use of postal counties altogether, permitted but not mandatory being at a writer wishes.

As part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England initiated by the Department for Communities and Local Government, the seven district councils within the County Council area were abolished. The County Council assumed their functions and became the fourth unitary authority. Changes came into effect on 1 April 2009.

On 15 April 2014, North East Combined Authority was established under the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 with powers over economic development and regeneration. In November 2018, Newcastle City Council, North Tyneside Borough Council, and Northumberland County Council left the authority. These later formed the North of Tyne Combined Authority.

In May 2021, four parish councils of the villages of Elwick, Hart, Dalton Piercy and Greatham all issued individual votes of no confidence in Hartlepool Borough Council, and expressed their desire to join the County Durham district.

In October 2021, County Durham was shortlisted for the UK City of Culture 2025. In May 2022, it lost to Bradford.

Eighteenth century Durham saw the appearance of dissent in the county and the Durham Ox. The county did not assist the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715. The Statue of Neptune in the City of Durham was erected in 1729.

A number of disasters happened in Nineteenth century Durham. The Felling mine disasters happened in 1812, 1813, 1821 and 1847. The Philadelphia train accident happened in 1815. In 1854, there was a great fire in Gateshead. One of the West Stanley Pit disasters happened in 1882. The Victoria Hall disaster happened in 1883.

One of the West Stanley Pit disasters happened in 1909. The Darlington rail crash happened in 1928. The Battle of Stockton happened in 1933. The Browney rail crash happened in 1946.

The First Treaty of Durham was made at Durham in 1136. The Second Treaty of Durham was made at Durham in 1139.

The county regiment was the Durham Light Infantry, which replaced, in particular, the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and the Militia and Volunteers of County Durham.

RAF Greatham, RAF Middleton St George and RAF Usworth were located in County Durham.

David I, the King of Scotland, invaded the county in 1136, and ravaged much of the county 1138. In 17 October 1346, the Battle of Neville's Cross was fought at Neville's Cross, near the city of Durham. On 16 December 1914, during the First World War, there was a raid on Hartlepool by the Imperial German Navy.

Chroniclers connected with Durham include the Bede, Symeon of Durham, Geoffrey of Coldingham and Robert de Graystanes.

County Durham has long been associated with coal mining, from medieval times up to the late 20th century. The Durham Coalfield covered a large area of the county, from Bishop Auckland, to Consett, to the River Tyne and below the North Sea, thereby providing a significant expanse of territory from which this rich mineral resource could be extracted.

King Stephen possessed a mine in Durham, which he granted to Bishop Pudsey, and in the same century colliers are mentioned at Coundon, Bishopwearmouth and Sedgefield. Cockfield Fell was one of the earliest Landsale collieries in Durham. Edward III issued an order allowing coal dug at Newcastle to be taken across the Tyne, and Richard II granted to the inhabitants of Durham licence to export the produce of the mines, without paying dues to the corporation of Newcastle. The majority was transported from the Port of Sunderland complex, which was constructed in the 1850s.

Among other early industries, lead-mining was carried on in the western part of the county, and mustard was extensively cultivated. Gateshead had a considerable tanning trade and shipbuilding was undertaken at Jarrow, and at Sunderland, which became the largest shipbuilding town in the world – constructing a third of Britain's tonnage.[citation needed]

The county's modern-era economic history was facilitated significantly by the growth of the mining industry during the nineteenth century. At the industry's height, in the early 20th century, over 170,000 coal miners were employed, and they mined 58,700,000 tons of coal in 1913 alone. As a result, a large number of colliery villages were built throughout the county as the industrial revolution gathered pace.

The railway industry was also a major employer during the industrial revolution, with railways being built throughout the county, such as The Tanfield Railway, The Clarence Railway and The Stockton and Darlington Railway. The growth of this industry occurred alongside the coal industry, as the railways provided a fast, efficient means to move coal from the mines to the ports and provided the fuel for the locomotives. The great railway pioneers Timothy Hackworth, Edward Pease, George Stephenson and Robert Stephenson were all actively involved with developing the railways in tandem with County Durham's coal mining industry. Shildon and Darlington became thriving 'railway towns' and experienced significant growths in population and prosperity; before the railways, just over 100 people lived in Shildon but, by the 1890s, the town was home to around 8,000 people, with Shildon Shops employing almost 3000 people at its height.

However, by the 1930s, the coal mining industry began to diminish and, by the mid-twentieth century, the pits were closing at an increasing rate. In 1951, the Durham County Development Plan highlighted a number of colliery villages, such as Blackhouse, as 'Category D' settlements, in which future development would be prohibited, property would be acquired and demolished, and the population moved to new housing, such as that being built in Newton Aycliffe. Likewise, the railway industry also began to decline, and was significantly brought to a fraction of its former self by the Beeching cuts in the 1960s. Darlington Works closed in 1966 and Shildon Shops followed suit in 1984. The county's last deep mines, at Easington, Vane Tempest, Wearmouth and Westoe, closed in 1993.

Postal Rates from 1801 were charged depending on the distance from London. Durham was allocated the code 263 the approximate mileage from London. From about 1811, a datestamp appeared on letters showing the date the letter was posted. In 1844 a new system was introduced and Durham was allocated the code 267. This system was replaced in 1840 when the first postage stamps were introduced.

According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1911): "To the Anglo-Saxon period are to be referred portions of the churches of Monk Wearmouth (Sunderland), Jarrow, Escomb near Bishop Auckland, and numerous sculptured crosses, two of which are in situ at Aycliffe. . . . The Decorated and Perpendicular periods are very scantily represented, on account, as is supposed, of the incessant wars between England and Scotland in the 14th and 15th centuries. The principal monastic remains, besides those surrounding Durham cathedral, are those of its subordinate house or "cell," Finchale Priory, beautifully situated by the Wear. The most interesting castles are those of Durham, Raby, Brancepeth and Barnard. There are ruins of castelets or peel-towers at Dalden, Ludworth and Langley Dale. The hospitals of Sherburn, Greatham and Kepyer, founded by early bishops of Durham, retain but few ancient features."

The best remains of the Norman period include Durham Cathedral and Durham Castle, and several parish churches, such as St Laurence Church in Pittington. The Early English period has left the eastern portion of the cathedral, the churches of Darlington, Hartlepool, and St Andrew, Auckland, Sedgefield, and portions of a few other churches.

'Durham Castle and Cathedral' is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. Elsewhere in the County there is Auckland Castle.

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Home maintenance is a green exercise, but additionally can also preserve the capital value of your property.The essential elements of home maintenance should be followed routinely. Proper home maintenance, not only saves you money, but helps the environment. The waste produced from your neglected house, is filling up the landfills when this could be prevented, by following simple home maintenance procedures.Prevention of damage is far cheaper then repairing damage.Here is a basic list: 1. Here's something that's simple and easy to do, but most homeowners try to avoid. Fix anything that is damaged or broken, non functioning. 2. Turn your air conditioner and heating system on, and make sure that it is working properly. This would require listening for any strange noises and to check the return air filter to see if it's dirty, clean or replace the air filters on a monthly or bimonthly basis, depending on usage. 3. If your home has an attic or crawlspace, grab a flashligh

t, poke your head inside the access hole and give these areas a quick visual inspection. This should be done every six months or at the minimum, annually. 4. Check your washers for any corrosion around the water pipes and the condition of the hoses as they have a habit of exploding at the most inconvenient time, and is a very common occurrence and can be the cause of thousands of dollars of damage.5. Check dryer vents. Make sure the dryer vents are clear and not blocked with lint. To check this, simply turned the dryer on, placing your hand over the dryer vent which will be located on the outside of your house to make sure that air is coming out. If there isn't any air coming out, you will need to clean out the dryer duct venting pipes. Similarly check your range hood ducting. Do the filters need cleaning, is there a good airflow throughout the ducting. 6. Make sure your lawn sprinklers are working properly. Simply turn the sprinkler system on and make sure that ever

y sprinkler is watering in the right direction and working properly. If your sprinklers are spraying excess water onto your home, driveway or sidewalk, you should consider changing the sprinkler heads or lowering the water pressure on each individual sprinkler.For winter time in cold climates you may need to blow out the water to save pipe bursting from freezing stagnant water left in the pipes.7. Clean and inspect your kitchen appliances. This should be done on a monthly basis. Keeping kitchen appliances clean and properly maintained isn't only good home maintenance, its good hygiene and keeps the cockroach/rodent population down. 8. Make sure all electrical outlets and switches are operating properly on an annual basis. Look for any discolouring around the electrical switches or outlets. This could be the sign of electrical damage and should be repaired as soon as possible, to prevent possibility of shorts, which could have disastrous results. 9. Inspect the exterior of

your home. You will be looking for any water, termite or mould damage. If you have timber fascias checked the corners to see if they are opening up. Check for any signs of water penetration and deal with these pronto as this can be a costly repair if left unattended. 10. Your roof should be checked, on an annual basis at the minimum. You will be looking for any loose, damaged or broken tiles, to prevent roof leaks from damaging your home's interior. Metal roofs check the flashing are in good shape and not showing signs of rust. Any lead flashing need to be inspected for signs of deterioration.. 11. Make sure that your doors and windows open and close easily and with little effort. Sometimes a little bit of graphite or grease can prolong the life of your windows and doors. If these elements of our would and are of a paint finish, you need to keep right on top of any paint peels or blistering otherwise a much bigger bill will be waiting to you. 12. Get a yearl

y inspection done of your home, even by a professional builder and work out your maintenance program over the next months or years to suit your budget and set asides meshing in with job urgency. This home inspection exercise, can save you money and the environment, so quit procrastinating and get on top of your investment. Being proactive is much more efficient than being retroactive when it comes to home maintenance.

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Home maintenance is a green exercise, but additionally can also preserve the capital value of your property.The essential elements of home maintenance should be followed routinely. Proper home maintenance, not only saves you money, but helps the environment. The waste produced from your neglected house, is filling up the landfills when this could be prevented, by following simple home maintenance procedures.Prevention of damage is far cheaper then repairing damage.Here is a basic list: 1. Here's something that's simple and easy to do, but most homeowners try to avoid. Fix anything that is damaged or broken, non functioning. 2. Turn your air conditioner and heating system on, and make sure that it is working properly. This would require listening for any strange noises and to check the return air filter to see if it's dirty, clean or replace the air filters on a monthly or bimonthly basis, depending on usage. 3. If your home has an attic or crawlspace, grab a flashligh

t, poke your head inside the access hole and give these areas a quick visual inspection. This should be done every six months or at the minimum, annually. 4. Check your washers for any corrosion around the water pipes and the condition of the hoses as they have a habit of exploding at the most inconvenient time, and is a very common occurrence and can be the cause of thousands of dollars of damage.5. Check dryer vents. Make sure the dryer vents are clear and not blocked with lint. To check this, simply turned the dryer on, placing your hand over the dryer vent which will be located on the outside of your house to make sure that air is coming out. If there isn't any air coming out, you will need to clean out the dryer duct venting pipes. Similarly check your range hood ducting. Do the filters need cleaning, is there a good airflow throughout the ducting. 6. Make sure your lawn sprinklers are working properly. Simply turn the sprinkler system on and make sure that ever

y sprinkler is watering in the right direction and working properly. If your sprinklers are spraying excess water onto your home, driveway or sidewalk, you should consider changing the sprinkler heads or lowering the water pressure on each individual sprinkler.For winter time in cold climates you may need to blow out the water to save pipe bursting from freezing stagnant water left in the pipes.7. Clean and inspect your kitchen appliances. This should be done on a monthly basis. Keeping kitchen appliances clean and properly maintained isn't only good home maintenance, its good hygiene and keeps the cockroach/rodent population down. 8. Make sure all electrical outlets and switches are operating properly on an annual basis. Look for any discolouring around the electrical switches or outlets. This could be the sign of electrical damage and should be repaired as soon as possible, to prevent possibility of shorts, which could have disastrous results. 9. Inspect the exterior of

your home. You will be looking for any water, termite or mould damage. If you have timber fascias checked the corners to see if they are opening up. Check for any signs of water penetration and deal with these pronto as this can be a costly repair if left unattended. 10. Your roof should be checked, on an annual basis at the minimum. You will be looking for any loose, damaged or broken tiles, to prevent roof leaks from damaging your home's interior. Metal roofs check the flashing are in good shape and not showing signs of rust. Any lead flashing need to be inspected for signs of deterioration.. 11. Make sure that your doors and windows open and close easily and with little effort. Sometimes a little bit of graphite or grease can prolong the life of your windows and doors. If these elements of our would and are of a paint finish, you need to keep right on top of any paint peels or blistering otherwise a much bigger bill will be waiting to you. 12. Get a yearl

y inspection done of your home, even by a professional builder and work out your maintenance program over the next months or years to suit your budget and set asides meshing in with job urgency. This home inspection exercise, can save you money and the environment, so quit procrastinating and get on top of your investment. Being proactive is much more efficient than being retroactive when it comes to home maintenance.

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Home maintenance is a green exercise, but additionally can also preserve the capital value of your property.The essential elements of home maintenance should be followed routinely. Proper home maintenance, not only saves you money, but helps the environment. The waste produced from your neglected house, is filling up the landfills when this could be prevented, by following simple home maintenance procedures.Prevention of damage is far cheaper then repairing damage.Here is a basic list: 1. Here's something that's simple and easy to do, but most homeowners try to avoid. Fix anything that is damaged or broken, non functioning. 2. Turn your air conditioner and heating system on, and make sure that it is working properly. This would require listening for any strange noises and to check the return air filter to see if it's dirty, clean or replace the air filters on a monthly or bimonthly basis, depending on usage. 3. If your home has an attic or crawlspace, grab a flashligh

t, poke your head inside the access hole and give these areas a quick visual inspection. This should be done every six months or at the minimum, annually. 4. Check your washers for any corrosion around the water pipes and the condition of the hoses as they have a habit of exploding at the most inconvenient time, and is a very common occurrence and can be the cause of thousands of dollars of damage.5. Check dryer vents. Make sure the dryer vents are clear and not blocked with lint. To check this, simply turned the dryer on, placing your hand over the dryer vent which will be located on the outside of your house to make sure that air is coming out. If there isn't any air coming out, you will need to clean out the dryer duct venting pipes. Similarly check your range hood ducting. Do the filters need cleaning, is there a good airflow throughout the ducting. 6. Make sure your lawn sprinklers are working properly. Simply turn the sprinkler system on and make sure that ever

y sprinkler is watering in the right direction and working properly. If your sprinklers are spraying excess water onto your home, driveway or sidewalk, you should consider changing the sprinkler heads or lowering the water pressure on each individual sprinkler.For winter time in cold climates you may need to blow out the water to save pipe bursting from freezing stagnant water left in the pipes.7. Clean and inspect your kitchen appliances. This should be done on a monthly basis. Keeping kitchen appliances clean and properly maintained isn't only good home maintenance, its good hygiene and keeps the cockroach/rodent population down. 8. Make sure all electrical outlets and switches are operating properly on an annual basis. Look for any discolouring around the electrical switches or outlets. This could be the sign of electrical damage and should be repaired as soon as possible, to prevent possibility of shorts, which could have disastrous results. 9. Inspect the exterior of

your home. You will be looking for any water, termite or mould damage. If you have timber fascias checked the corners to see if they are opening up. Check for any signs of water penetration and deal with these pronto as this can be a costly repair if left unattended. 10. Your roof should be checked, on an annual basis at the minimum. You will be looking for any loose, damaged or broken tiles, to prevent roof leaks from damaging your home's interior. Metal roofs check the flashing are in good shape and not showing signs of rust. Any lead flashing need to be inspected for signs of deterioration.. 11. Make sure that your doors and windows open and close easily and with little effort. Sometimes a little bit of graphite or grease can prolong the life of your windows and doors. If these elements of our would and are of a paint finish, you need to keep right on top of any paint peels or blistering otherwise a much bigger bill will be waiting to you. 12. Get a yearl

y inspection done of your home, even by a professional builder and work out your maintenance program over the next months or years to suit your budget and set asides meshing in with job urgency. This home inspection exercise, can save you money and the environment, so quit procrastinating and get on top of your investment. Being proactive is much more efficient than being retroactive when it comes to home maintenance.

Доходното здание (The Profitable building) by Georgi Kirichkov

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Hicks-Woodard Home,1920s, Talladega, Alabama by Brian

James Hicks operated a profitable radio sales business in the early 1920s. Later, Hicks became Talladega Fire Chief and City Commissioner of Finance. He also owned the automobile garage and General Motors sales place called Cheaha Motors. Joe Woodard operated an AM and FM Broadcasting station in Talladega for many years. This Harrison-Walton-Moore Home was built in 1918 of the finest materials. Ben Harrison was the first owner. Dr. C.W.C. Moore purchased the home from him. Dr. Moore was a popular Talladega medical doctor. This lovely home is part of the Silk Stocking District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (source: Vern Scott Collection, Talladega Public Library)

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