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Article Summary 9th August 2010

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This is a list of articles that I have written on Associated Content in the last week, I hope you will take a look at them and also enjoy them.

I write on a number of topics, usually it depends on what comes into my head on any given day, so it could be a travel story, memoirs from my life, something from the daily news, or even a poem inspired by something.

This is what I have published in the last week, enjoy:

  • While Chelsea Clinton’s wedding ceremony was an immensely lavish event, is it right for a member of the US Government to be seen splashing out this kind of money when the US Economy is struggling.
  • In part II of our walk along the River Hamble in Hampshire from Swanwick to Warsash, we see some houseboats and the salt marshes at low tide.
  • When a soldier’s Rosary beads fell on the ground he saw that he was standing on a land mine and that saved his life. His grandfather’s life was also miraculously saved by Rosary beads in World War II.
  • This is an independent look at what the celebrity gossip press has been reporting in the USA over the last week, as seen from a British Point Of View, featuring Lindsay Lohan off to Rehab, Jessica Alba returning home, and Britney Spears going braless.
  • In part III of our walk along the Hamble River from Swanwick to Warsash, we came across this field of really cute Donkeys.
  • This week on Offbeat News, a 12 year old girl fights off an intruder, a giant wasp nest in a pub, flying without make-up, swimming with ducks, a lawnmower race cut short, a Miss Chubby contest, and WWJD prevents store robbery.
  • Having waved goodbye to the donkeys (see part III of our walk), we continue on the path that leads along the Hamble River from Swanwick to Warsash.
  • The National Archives have released wartime documents that show Winston Churchill was involved in keeping UFO sightings secret to prevent mass panic.
  • As we approach the village of Warsash, we pass some big houses, and see visitors in one of the gardens. We also find unusual pink ferry boats.
  • Emma Watson best known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies has adopted a short sixties style hairstyle giving her a stunning Mia Farrow look (link to pictures).
  • Having reached Warsash, we stopped for a drink in The Rising Sun pub, then looked at the memorial plaques for the Commandos who left here on 5th June 1944 on their epic journey to the Normandy Beaches.
  • On our walk back to Swanwick from Warsash the tide has come in, and the view of the salt marshes and boats is quite different as you will see. Also several more houses to make you drool.
  • This lone Swan came swimming up to us shortly before the end of our walk along the Hamble River from Swanwick to Warsash. I think he just wanted to get his photograph taken.

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Now that I am back into writing I already have a number of additional articles published.  You can also Click Here to see my latest articles, rather than wait for the next summary posting.

Article Summary 2nd August 2010

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This is a list of articles that I have written on Associated Content in the last week, I hope you will take a look at them and also enjoy them.

I write on a number of topics, usually it depends on what comes into my head on any given day, so it could be a travel story, memoirs from my life, something from the daily news, or even a poem inspired by something.

This is what I have published in the last week, enjoy:

  • The weekend provided a number of news items that would have been good to write about, as far as getting plenty of traffic, but an author doesn’t always feel like digging deep into some stories. To write about something I need to be inspired.
  • I bet you wonder what this article is about, and I’m not going to tell you unless you click on the link and peek inside, but I will give a small clue – it’s not about night clubs and girlie bars. It does however involve screws and a head stripper.
  • The port of Portsmouth is next door to Southsea, and the port of Southampton a few more miles further west, provide a lot of shipping traffic that sails past Southsea. These are a few of the vessels we saw while we were walking along the promenade.
  • Yesterday I saw that I was less than 800 page views away from 100,000, so I set myself a goal of trying to write articles that would get me there in one day and to promote them. Did I make it, or did I fail yet again?
  • A witty and catchy headline is very often what makes us click on an article to see what it’s all about. Sometimes the headline gives us a clue, sometimes not, but it’s all part of the art of getting more visitors
  • The final part of our tour of Southsea takes us to Clarence Pier, the funfair and beyond. There is so much to see in Southsea, it’s a good place for a day out.
  • A teenager in the UK has been quoted a price for car insurance that is eight times the value of his car, a whopping £17,000 (or US$24,000).
  • With counterfeit pound coins in the UK now estimated to be circulating at a rate of one for every thirty-six genuine coins, the Royal Mint may be forced to scrap the pound and re-issue it. How to identify fake pound coins.
  • This week on Offbeat News read about the bank robber with fake breasts, how a garage sale purchase made a man millions, the truck driver who tried to sell the Ritz Hotel, a Plastic Bottle Boat, and an award winning Hanging Shoe movie.
  • The Anhinga, sometimes called a Snakebird, Darter, American Darter, or Water Turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. It is a cormorant-like bird with a very long neck, and often swims with only the neck above water.
  • The news we read every day is rarely happy news. Our world could be a much happier place if more people just cared. If they cared about our planet, our environment, and about their fellow man, how much better life could be, instead of full of sadness.
  • A French woman concealed eight pregnancies from her husband, and murdered the babies having given birth. This is one of the most bizarre infanticide stories in recent years, and something that is hard for most mothers to accept.
  • These are photographs that I took of a Blue Heron and Wood Stork while on a walk around the lakes at Deer Creek, Deerfield Beach in South Florida.
  • All attempts at trying to increase visitors to my articles in July have failed miserably, and so I am turning to poetry to get it off my chest. Everyone loves Limericks right :)
  • A Vicar in England conducted 383 phony marriages to allow Africans to have UK residency. The worst thing is – their partners were from Eastern Europe.
  • South Florida is becoming overrun by Muscovy Ducks, which seem to think that sidewalks and benches are theirs. The White Ducks were always swimming or walking in a group and very cute.
  • Squirrels, Ibis, Egrets and Egyptian Geese are all common sights around Deer Creek, a community in Deerfield Beach, Florida.
  • If you enjoy walking by the river, watching boats, seabirds on the marshes, and taking in plenty of fresh air, I definitely recommend walking from Swanwick along the Hamble River to Warsash.

If you enjoy my writings, poetry and photographs, why not register with Associated Content, and then you can get an email every time I publish something.

Now that I am back into writing I already have a number of additional articles published.  You can also Click Here to see my latest articles, rather than wait for the next summary posting.