Hidden History : Texas

Forgotten History

The Republic of Texas was an independent sovereign nation in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846. 

Republic of Texas

 It had 5 Presidents. Burnet( intrim), Sam Houston (twice), Lamar, Jones.

In 1839 it moved its capital to Austin. After gaining their independence, the Texas voters had elected a Congress of 14 senators and 29 representatives in September 1836.

 It was approx 1 million kmsq, with a population of approx 70,000. It printed it own currency the Texas Dollar.

Formed as a separate nation after gaining independence from Mexico in 1836, the republic claimed borders that included all of the present US state of Texas as well as parts of present-day Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico based upon the Treaties of Velasco between the newly created Texas Republic and Mexico.

The first flag of the republic was the "Burnet Flag" (a gold star on an azure field), followed in 1839 by official adoption of the Lone Star Flag.

The United States recognized the new independent nation of Texas and commissioned its first representative, Alcee La Branche as the chargé d'affaires in 1837. It received diplomatic recognition from France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the Republic of Yucatán. The United Kingdom never granted official recognition to Texas.

Where is the best place to buy an ipad air

Apple iPad Air 

basic price wifi 16GB

Apple in Ireland        €489 $659

Apple in USA.          $499 €370

Apple in Germany    €479 $645

Apple in Spain.         €479 $645

Apple in France.       €489 $659

Apple in UK              £399 €471 $635

Apple in Australia.    A$598 €418 $564

Apple in Japan.        ¥51800 €388 $524

Currency converted by XE.com mid term rate 1st Nov 2014 16.00 gmt.

Cellulitis

Cellulitis is a bacterial infection of the skin and the tissues beneath it.

symptoms can include fever, chills, and a general feeling of ill health.

Cellulitis is not contagious because it is an infection of the tissues underneath the skin.

(Use anti-bacterial soap)

If medically treated, most cases of cellulitis clear up within 10 days.

National Minimum Wage rates 2013. Ireland v USA

Minimum wage Ireland & USA. As of summer of 2013.

Federal U.S.

$7.25 = €5.46 per hour

Ireland 

€8.65 = $11.47 per hour

Walmart pay its workers a minimum of $12.50 per hour €9.42

Tesco Ireland pays* €11.74 per hour. $15.57

McDonalds Ireland pays.   €8.97 per hour $11.91

McDonalds USA. Pays ave * $7.68 per hour €5.72

* Employer: Tesco PLC

Median Hourly Rate by Job

Retail sales assistance

*Employer: McDonald's Restaurants Ltd.

Median Hourly Rate by Years Experience

Ireland 1-4 years

USA crew member

Smoking in Movies coming Back !

Smoking cigarette's is being banned world wide. The tobacco companies are finding it hard to get new customers (addicts) especially the youth. They are going back to there old tricks, the Cinema. In the 1940's 50's & 60's they had film stars smoking in nearly scene. It was cool, the top stars looked cool smoking and as night follows day, the youth of this generation took up smoking. Humphrey Bogart one of the greatest actors of his generation uses cigarette's as part of his image. ( see below). Audrey Hepburn the icon of her generation was smoking in nearly scene in Breakfast at Tiffneys. Marlon 

Monroe was a great help to the tobacco companies. In the 1990's and early 21th century the cigarettes went missing from the films but they are creeping back.

The American National Security Agency (NSA). 🇺🇸

The National Security Agency (NSA) is a cryptologic intelligence agency.

NSA's intelligence gathering is limited to foreign communications by laws.

Headquarters for the National Security Agency is set apart from but is technically inside Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, on 350 acres.

The NSA, which has about 42,000 1⃣government and contract workers.

NSA's mission, is set forth in Executive Order 12333, it is to collect information that constitutes "foreign intelligence or counterintelligence".

NSA/CSS provides intelligence products and services to the White House, executive agencies (such as CIA and the State Department), the Chairman and Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), military combatant commanders and component commands, military departments, multinational forces, and U.S. allies. In addition, we provide Information Assurance products and services to users of national security information systems and to government contractors, as required.

As of 2012, NSA collected intelligence from four geostationary satellites.

 Satellite receivers were at Roaring Creek station in Catawissa, Pennsylvania and Salt Creek in Arbuckle, California.[37] It operated ten to twenty taps on U.S. telecom switches. NSA had installations in several U.S. states and from them observed intercepts from Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Latin America, and Asia.2⃣

The NSA has an electronic monitoring station in RAF Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom.  The base covered 562 acres.

They are building at FORT MEADE, Md.  a new High Performance Computing Center-2, an NSA-run facility .The 600,000-square-foot center will include 70,000 square feet of computer space.

It has a $8-10 billion annual budget.

1⃣ Bloomberg June 2013 .

2⃣ Wikipedia 

When an American President retires how can he spend his time ?

When an American President retires how can he spend his time ? Well one went on Safari in Africa.

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was the 26th President of the United States (1901–1909).

In March 1909, shortly after the end of his presidency, Roosevelt left New York for a safari in east and central Africa. Roosevelt's party landed in Mombasa, Kenya. It was partly   Financed by Andrew Carnegie. 

Expedition Costs

$50,000 from Smithsonian Museum appeal

$25,000 from Theodore Roosevelt

$25,000 from Andrew Carnegie

In 2005 equivalent $ 1.8 million dollars.

Roosevelt and his companions killed or trapped approximately 11,400 animals, from insects and moles to hippopotamuses and elephants. The 1000 large animals included 512 big game animals, including 

• Lion = 9

• Hyena = 5

• Elephant = 8

• Rhinoceros = 13

• Hippopotamus = 7 

• Warthog = 8 

• Zebra (common) = 15

• Zebra (big) = 5

• Giraffe = 7

• Buffalo = 6

• Eland (giant) = 1

• Eland (common) = 5

• Bushbuck = 6

Etc, etc, etc.....

The expedition consumed 262 of the animals. Tons of salted animals and their skins were shipped to Washington. Roosevelt's party hunted for specimens for the Smithsonian Institution and for the American Museum of Natural History in New York. 

Roosevelt wrote a detailed account of the adventure in the book African Game Trails, where he describes the excitement of the chase, the people he met, and the flora and fauna he collected in the name of science.