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Kitsch Cufflinks are designers, manufacturers and retailers of a unique range of novelty cufflinks, they have an extensive range of cufflinks all at affordable prices. They specialize in the unusual and unique designs ranging from sporting themes such as cricket wicket cufflinks to electric guitar cufflinks to nodding dogs. There complete range can be seen online at www.noveltycufflinks.co.uk

 

They are always developing and adding to there range and have recently designed an England supporters novelty cufflink, that is the red cross on a white background associated with Saint George whom became the patron saint of England in the thirteenth century. The legend of Saint George slaying a dragon dates from the twelfth century.

Since 1996, the English flag has become more affiliated with supporters of the English Football team with over 25% of English adults having bought a flag during the 2006 World cup. Prior to that date it was the union jack flag.

 

These stylish designer cufflinks are presented in a compact cufflink gift box and would make an ideal gift for England Football Supporter. The Flag has also proved popular when supporting England during Rugby Union matches and the England Cricket Matches know as the Ashes.

 

These St George Cross Flag, England cufflinks show the red cross on a white background, they measure some 20mm long by 12mm wide and are about 2.5mm with a silver finish.

 

Available Online from www.noveltycufflinks.co.uk at a special purchase price of £8.95 whilst stocks last.

 

Thanks to innovative and pop culture designs cufflinks have become a must have accessory for men and a kind of fashion statement. They also make ideal gifts for men whom have interests in sport, music and popular culture.

As the damage, lives, and missing are calculated the rest of the victims of Hurricane Katrina are asking what can they do to help and how can they be helped in their situation of distress. The American Red Cross is helping as much as they can and collecting funds to increase their capability to help the victims.

Federal help has been implemented, as well, to help the victims and their families get back on their feet. FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) is now helping in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and southern Florida. With this extra help many of the needed supplies for the people of the area will be supplied, as well as the needed funds to prepare to rebuild.

Many individuals have rallied as well to help those in need, both with missing people and fixing damages. Searches are being conducted all across Louisiana and Mississippi to find missing people in the rubble and destruction that was left behind Katrina’s path.

Hopefully with all the help that the people of these states are receiving they will quickly be able to get back to their everyday lives. But for now Hurricane Katrina victims still need help in lots of ways and are asking where to go for help and have found a group of local websites such as www.mylouisiana.us and www.mymississippi.us to be of great help to look for information at the state level. At a more local level they have found www.myneworleansla.us and www.myjacksonms.us. These sites provide hope and information for these devastated people. The forums created by the webmasters provide information for the victims in an organized manner. As well as a way to ask questions about what is being done in their local areas in the way of rebuilding and finding lost loved ones. And in a smaller, but still important aspect, giving the victims a place to tell their stories as a way of helping them cope with their losses and move on with their lives.

There are several ways to help including donating to the Red Cross fund at www.redcross.org and also helping more directly by volunteering time to help. Another way to help these people directly if you don’t have a lot of time you can visit the My United States Network sites and give these people hope and information in the forums

Toronto – We can all debate the merits of a government bailout for the Big Three Automakers until we are blue in the face, but what we sometimes fail to see are the facts that surround that debate. Whether we like it or not, our opinions are largely based on water cooler banter and conflicting news reports from multiple news agencies pushing their agendas and leading us to ignore some of the deeper, true meanings behind the debate. I will ask you to push aside any bias you may have against American made new & used cars and take a look at those facts and try and come to a conclusion based reason and fact.

Fact: We are no longer driving our fathers used cars.

· The big three have made great strides towards producing cleaner, greener and more fuel efficient vehicles in the last 15 years and are continuing to invest in environmental technologies for our new and used cars.

· Used cars that are made in America and Canada, provide hundreds of thousands jobs in the auto trader market today.

Fact: The U.S. congress has the greatest deficit in history.

· They continue to hold the auto maker’s feet over the fire while they bailout companies such as AIG to the tune of 150 billion.

· These are the same companies that are responsible for the worldwide economic crisis and the automakers can’t get 25 billion “Loan”.

· The new and used cars from an auto trader are responsible for millions of dollars being pumped into our economy. Can AIG or any of the others say the same?

Fact: The job tree starts with manufacturing and the Auto Industry

· Every 1 job in the auto industry supports 7.5 more jobs in supporting industries

Fact: The auto industry should be found guilty.

· Guilty of paying decent wages and benefits to its members

· Guilty of employing millions of Canadians and Americans while other companies are outsourcing all their jobs overseas

· Guilty of pumping money into the economy

· Guilty of being the last great patriotic companies left in North America

CNN Headline News did a short news listing regarding Ford and GM’s contributions to the relief and recovery efforts in New York and Washington during the 9/11 crisis. The findings were as follows…..

1. Ford- $10 million to American Red Cross matching employee contributions of the same number plus 10 Excursions to NY Fire Dept. The company also offered ER response team services and office space to displaced government employees.

2. GM- $10 million to American Red Cross matching employee contributions of the same number and a fleet of vans, SUVs’, and trucks.

3. Daimler Chrysler- $10 million to support of the children and victims of the Sept. 11 attack.

4. Harley Davidson motorcycles- $1 million and 30 new motorcycles to the New York Police Dept.

5. Volkswagen- Employees and management created a Sept 11 Foundation, funded initial with $2 million, for the assistance of the children and victims of the WTC.

6. Hyundai- $300,000 to the American Red Cross.

7. Audi- Nothing.

8. BMW- Nothing.

9. Daewoo- Nothing.

10. Fiat- Nothing.

11. Honda- Nothing Despite boasting of second best sales month ever in August 2001.

12. Isuzu- Nothing.

13. Mitsubishi- Nothing.

14. Nissan- Nothing.

15. Porsche- Nothing Press release with condolences via the Porsche website.

16. Subaru- Nothing.

17. Suzuki- Nothing.

18. Toyota-Nothing despite claims of high sales in July and August 2001. Condolences posted on the website

So, next time you’re around the water cooler debating the merits of American and Canadian new and used cars to buy or the Big Three bailout program with your colleagues, please try and remember that home grown business has multiple benefits that aren’t always easy to see from the exterior. The Big Three auto makers are the backbone of our countries fiber and economy and assisting them during these turbulent times will have benefits that will last long after AIG has paid out all its executive bonuses.