Hurricane Katrina was certainly a wake up call for this country and how we achieve proper disaster preparedness as well as response. I’ve lived in California almost my entire adult life and one thing I’ve realized is that the average American doesn’t understand how difficult it is to deal with wild fires. After the most [...]
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We all belong to a particular community. But, have we ever wondered what can we do to help improve the overall standing of our community? If you think your busy schedule from work or business is what inhibits you from doing something productive, then, this is the perfect chance to get out and be involved. [...]
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Gulfport, Mississippi has a great reputation as a tourist destination for people from all over the country as well as from all over the world. There are a number of truly great and luxurious hotels and resorts in the area but what if you are camping kind of family, the kind who prefer cooking over [...]
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Finding entry level jobs is the usual goal of fresh graduates, as well as those who still have a few credits to earn, but want to make a living. It’s liberating, it can be fun with the right attitude, and it helps polish the skills the person may have, so that they can determine what [...]
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Many North Gulfport residents have installed an undersink water filter in their homes in recent years to ensure that their drinking water supply is safe. With the environmental disasters that have swept the community, many residents are taking extra precautions to make sure their family has access to clean drinking water. Many North Gulfport residents [...]
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The North Gulfport region in Mississippi is famed for its wonderful fishing. Even with the devastating damage to the areas reputation caused by Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill, the region continues to be a fishing industry hotspot. Local officials have proposed expanding the port of Gulfport in order to jumpstart local industry. Local [...]
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There are over two hundred community land trusts in the USA and one of those is the North Gulfport Community Land Trust or NGCLT for short. When Hurricane Katrina devastated the area with flood waters it all but wiped out many family homes of people that were already struggling to make ends meet. This is [...]
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Today I want to discuss something widespread in mental hospitals across the country. Sure, you can find cases of great hospitals, unfortunately there are a lot of .. well ..not so great ones. How you are treated in hospitals depends on the hospital staff. Hospital staff are basically free to ignore the law with little [...]
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With the current state of the economy, it really becomes imperative to find other means to earn a living. While browsing through the internet, it came to me that hey, this is one rich resource and powerful medium that I can tap to make money. As a blogger, I know for a fact that the [...]
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Many members of the poverty stricken North Gulfport community are dealing with the condition known as sleep apnea. The problem is most people don’t even know that their insurance provider has the ability to cover some of the treatment cost. Both CPAP and oral appliance therapy can be covered through many medical insurance plans. [...]
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This community has always been one for helping each other out. So I want to give a tip to the members of such a wonderful place. Right now so many people are hurting from this recession and in desperate need of financial help. Getting the proper aide can come in the form of helping them [...]
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The North Gulfport community in Mississippi is made up of land that has a lot of cultural significance to the African American people living there. That is why the NGCLT was formed: to try to prevent outsiders from buying up the land just to make money by turning it into strip malls and other undesirable [...]
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The North Gulfport Community Land Trust (NGCLT) is a non-profit organization set up to provide permanent affordable housing for the local community. Gulfport is situated on the Gulf coast to the east of New Orleans. Somewhat surprisingly a disproportionately large number of the local population have the surname Thomas, a name that originated in Wales, [...]
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