Do I need a visa to travel to the United States?

Normally when you travel to the United States, you would need a visa to be able to enter. However, the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) allows people from certain countries to travel to the United States without a US visa. To qualify, you must be visiting for 90 days or less as a nonimmigrant visitor for business or pleasure (tourism). The […]

March to the Sea Commanders and National Front

the commanders After capturing Atlanta on September 2, 1864, Union Major General William T. Sherman spent several weeks considering his army’s next move. Having already indicated a desire to march into “salt water” and to disrupt the Confederacy’s ability to continue fighting, possibilities included Savannah, Charleston, Andersonville, or Mobile. Sherman received the approval of Commanding General Ulysses S. Grant for […]

Is the next housing market crash looming?

SAN DIEGO, CA – “Buy low, sell high” is a well-known adage attributed to legendary billionaire investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett. Looking at today’s super-hot residential real estate market, it’s hard not to wonder how much longer this madness will continue. Buyers are in bidding wars to buy homes, multiple cash offers with no financing, no contingencies, sales prices tens […]

Some easy methods to multiply two numbers

Let’s visit some mathematical expressions typically formed due to the distributive laws of addition and multiplication. For the purposes of this tutorial, let’s restrict our domain to two-digit numbers. (a + b) squared = a squared + b squared + 2 * a * b. (ab) squared = a squared + b squared – 2 * a * b. (a+b)*(c+d)=ac+ad+bc+bd. […]