Save by lowering your electricity bills

In order to prepare for a successful investment or building your capital, it is important to cut back and save effectively on your electricity. Electricity bill is one such area. Here are several options that would aid you to lower your electric bills:

• Close the blinds and the curtains – If your windows lack the mini-blinds, you need to ensure that they are in place. They act as wonderful insulators.
• Get energy-saving windows installed in your rooms – The old single-pane windows allow a lot of heat and air-conditioning to escape.
• The filters in your air-conditioners and furnaces should be regularly changed – This helps your system to run at optimum efficiency, thus helping you save electricity and the air in your home is also kept healthy.
• The window air-conditioners should be placed in the shadiest side of the building – This will result in lesser consumption of power and it will also work less hard.
• The air-conditioner and furnace must be of the right size – Well, if it is too small, it has to work harder, if it is too large, its efficiency will go wasted. In either case, the consumption of electricity will go high.
• The systems should be regularly checked – This way, they not only run smoothly but the problems are detected right on time, thereby saving you money and power.

Written by srini on September 8th, 2009 with no comments.
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The wealthiest land owner in New York: John Jacob Aston

John Jacob Astor is America’s first millionaire. He was a German immigrant who arrived at Manhattan with just five English pounds with himself, at the age of sixteen. But, that did not deter him from evolving himself as the most reputed and well-known millionaire in the American society. He inculcated his business strategies so as to successfully amass the vast swaths of Manhattan and eventually, his dream of becoming a successful millionaire was fulfilled. He became the largest and the wealthiest landowner in New York. Astor was born in Baden, Germany in 1763 and apart from being a millionaire businessman; he was a real estate builder, inventor and writer as well. His father was a butcher by profession and he was the third son.

He started off with a fur trading firm and focused on building his network across the whole of America. In 1811, he laid the foundation of Astoria, which happens to be the first American settlement in the West Coast. He crossed the Pacific and traded with China, his products included opium and then he gradually switched over to a more lucrative option – liquor. He exchanged liquor for fur with the Indians. He even made a $10million donation for covering the expenses of the World War I, although he was completely against the war. His fortune multiplied when he was presented a bundle from the war bonds.

Written by srini on September 8th, 2009 with no comments.
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