The History of Galveston, Texas, begins with the archaeological record of Native Americans who used the island. The first European settlements on the island were constructed around 1816. The Port of Galveston was established in 1825 by the Congress of Mexico following its successful revolution from Spain. The city served as the main port for the Texas Navy during the Texas Revolution. Galveston was founded in 1836 by Matthew Sabo and served as the capital of the Republic of Texas. The Battle of Galveston was fought in Galveston Bay during the American Civil War when Confederate forces under Major General John B. Magruder attacked and expelled occupying Union troops from the city. Exploration and settlement Galveston Island was originally inhabited by members of the Karankawa and Akokisa tribes who used the name "Auia" for the island. In 1519, the Alonso Álvarez de Pineda expedition sailed past Galveston Island en route from the Florida peninsula to the Pánuco River. Pineda may or may not have actually seen the island, however, Spain lay claim to the entire Gulf Coast, including Galveston Island, based on the 1519 Pineda expedition. Soon afterward, Cabeza de Vaca and his crew were shipwrecked on the island (or nearby) in November 1528, calling it "Isla de Malhado" ("Isle of Doom"), and from there began his famous trek to Mexico. Various Spanish explorers charting the region referred to the island as "Isla Blanca" ("White Island") and later "Isla de Aranjuez" ("Aranjuez Island"). In 1685 French explorer La Salle named the island "San Louis" ("Saint Louis") and the name became fixed for some time. Golden era At the end of the 19th century, the city of Galveston was a booming metropolis with a population of 37,000. Its position on the natural harbor of Galveston Bay along the Gulf of Mexico made it the center of trade in Texas, and one of the largest cotton ports in the nation, in competition with New Orleans. Between 1838 and 1842, 18 newspapers were started to serve the island's rapidly growing population (The Galveston County Daily News is the sole survivor). A causeway linking the island with the mainland was finished in 1860, which paved the way for railroad expansion. Storm of 1900 In 1900, the island was struck by a devastating hurricane. Even post-Hurricane Katrina, this event holds the record as the United States' deadliest natural disaster. In the early morning of September 8, high surf, despite prevailing winds out of the north, heralded the oncoming storm. By noon, low-lying areas near the Gulf and the Bay side of the city were flooding and the winds increased. Near 4 p.m. a storm surge approximately 15 feet (5 m) high slammed into the coast. Wind speeds reached approximately 125 miles per hour (201 km/h) (an estimate, since the anemometer was blown off the U.S. Weather Bureau building). Isaac Cline was the bureau's chief meteorologist. Rebuilding and the "Open era" Despite attempts to draw new investment to the city after the hurricane, Galveston has never fully returned to its previous levels of national importance or prosperity. Development was also hindered by the construction of the Houston Ship Channel, which brought the Port of Houston into direct competition with the natural harbor of the Port of Galveston for sea traffic. To further her recovery, and rebuild her population, Galveston actively solicited immigration. Through the efforts of Rabbi Henry Cohen and Congregation B'nai Israel, Galveston became the focus of an immigration plan called the Galveston Movement that, between 1907 and 1914, diverted roughly 10,000 Eastern European, Jewish immigrants from the crowded cities of the Northeastern United States. Additionally numerous other immigrant groups, including Greeks, Italians and Russian Jews came to the city during this period. This immigration trend substantially altered the ethnic makeup of the island, as well as many other areas of Texas and the western  U.S. Recent history The economy of the island entered a long, stagnant period. Many businesses relocated off of the island. By 1959, the city of Houston had long out-paced Galveston in population and economic growth. Recognizing this, the Reverend Wendelin J. Nold, fifth bishop of the Galveston Diocese, was permitted by the Vatican to erect a Cathedral of convenience in Houston, naming Sacred Heart Church as co-cathedral. The diocese was then re-designated the Diocese of Galveston-Houston. Galveston and St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica still remained the home of the diocese, but now the bishop could more easily access the rapidly growing Roman Catholic population in Houston. [quote url="http://www.galveston.com/" host="www.galveston.com" title="GALVESTON.COM: Official Website of Galveston Island, Texas Tourism & Marketing" description="" type="article" thumbnail="http://www.galveston.com/img/facebook_share.jpg" k="8a42a0afde"] [img src="https://catf.me/photos/500eba78b5b30cc898a639a1408ee439.jpg" width="1080" height="810"]

[img src="https://catf.me/photos/d73ee7d46b80b75631a58401e1a9dc5e.jpg" width="1080" height="606"] In 2015, the owners of a well-known Central Florida landmark approached SC Advisors with a challenge. Their property in Thornton Park was comprised of approximately 2 acres of lush green space, the centerpiece of which is a magnificent 175-year-old live oak tree.

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SC Advisors has been retained by Dr. Phillips Charities (DPC) to help create future development strategies. One of Central Florida’s largest landowners and most generous benefactors, DPC hopes to increase returns from their holdings. Strong income production is a high priority since it is the source of funds for DPC’s charitable initiatives. SCA will help determine the properties with the best potential for further development as well as the products that would work best on those properties. “Since all profits from Dr. Phillips’ business activities are used for philanthropic purposes, SC Advisors is privileged to support a 100-year tradition of stewardship, community leadership, and service to the Central Florida community,” said Jay Berlinsky, founder and owner of SC Advisors. [quote url="http://sc-advisors.com/news/" host="sc-advisors.com" title="News - SC Advisors - Orlando Real Estate Advisory News" description="" type="article" thumbnail="undefined" k="undefined"]

[img src="https://catf.me/photos/a4605caffe12b59502ce692e58c34a6a.jpg" width="1080" height="670"] Moss park is a Mixed-Use Community with entitlements for 5,500 homes, and 3.5M square feet of retail and office, plus 200 hotel rooms. Southeast Orange County/Orlando is the fastest growing sector in central Florida. 30,000 new jobs and $2.8B in annual salaries are projected for this area as a result of the medical city development.

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[img src="https://catf.me/photos/b343ff2c6c01bd1cefeccee08f943b09.jpg" width="640" height="416"] In the year 2014, on a tour named Genius Tour, he addressed a large number of people in a 2 day seminar. With his fun filled and informational and inspirational presentation, he has won many hearts. His accent reflects that he is an Israeli. The ideas he shared with the people present in the seminar were stand alone and need your time to get absorbed. At the seminar he gave the real and simple meanings of the words that are frequently used, but are never considered deeply. You will be amazed to learn them and feel within that ‘Meir Ezra, you are really a genius. Source:  [quote url="http://www.manta.com/c/mx5mc3m/meir-ezra" host="www.manta.com" title="Meir Ezra" description="Business Consultants in Florida City, FL" type="article" thumbnail="http://cc3.manta-r3.com/assets/d79dc74/img/mlogo_opengraph.gif" k="4fc4d37470"]

[img src="https://catf.me/photos/f92baadd713fd650122252460e36b4b3.jpg" width="640" height="366"] Guaranteed Prosperity International (GP) is a Florida based training, coaching, and implementation company that ensures it’s clients succeed. Meir Ezra's latest business program, Guaranteed Prosperity, is helping clients and customers reach record results in record time. Source: [link url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Meir_Ezra"]

[img src="https://catf.me/photos/b85982517057259cc7c084b4cf488518.jpg" width="640" height="416"] Guaranteed Prosperity International (GP) is a Florida based training, coaching, and implementation company that ensures it’s clients succeed. Founded by entrepreneur, inventor and philanthropist, Meir Ezra, Guaranteed Prosperity’s purpose is: To bring about a new golden age for business around the globe and we do that each and every day! Source:  [quote url="http://kyliminard.snack.ws/meir-ezra-guaranteed-prosperity-for-business.html" host="kyliminard.snack.ws" title="Meir Ezra - Guaranteed prosperity for business" description="" type="article" thumbnail="http://files.snackwebsites.net.s3.amazonaws.com/sites/zunfdxvf/images/editorimages/eunfbm3u" k="1f32239c0e"]

Guaranteed Prosperity International (GP) is a Florida based training, coaching, and implementation company that ensures it’s clients succeed. – no IF, THAN or BUTs. Since business are composed of individuals and at GP we know that success in business is directly related to the ability of the executives to handle the individual’s MINDS and hence our products and services design to handle the individual and as a result the business get handled. What we teach works and works 100% of the time and hence the name Guaranteed Prosperity – we simply guarantee our clients prosperity. We ensure the individuals that make up the our client’s companies are in the best possible condition and it includes their health, personal relationships, ethics and everything in between and the results are always - viable, expanding and prosperous companies with increasing money to owners reserves and a very well paid staff.  Guaranteed Prosperity employ host of tools to achieve its mission and the following are some of the training programs we deliver: • Learning, Money and Ethics • Perfect Business Model • Management By Facts • PR, Survey and Marketing • Always Be Caring in Sales • Financial Planning • And much more [img src="https://catf.me/photos/4f4cb06b6071b1d31a3a00eeff2d8479.jpg" width="630" height="521"] Source: 
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Location The Brookshire Dome Field is located in Austin and Waller Counties, Texas, 35 miles west of Houston on and surrounding the I-10 Freeway. The Brookshire salt Dome is one of the largest salt domes located within the gulf coast region of Texas. The cap rock of the Brookshire Salt Dome is 3.5 miles by 4 miles and covers approximately 5,000 acres. The acreage controlled by Texas Energy Exploration, LLC and the current production locations are south of IH-10 in the southeast and northeast quadrants which are the most productive area’s of the Dome. The terrain is flat to very gently rolling except where bisected by the Brazos River, and Bessie’s Creek. The lands are devoted principally to light agriculture and horse farms. Geology The Brookshire Dome is located within the Gulf Coast geological province, which extends 700 miles from the Rio Grande to Florida. Approximately 450 miles of the trend is within Texas. This is one of the most prolific oil and gas producing provinces in the world. The Gulf Coast is a homocline with regional dip into the Gulf of Mexico. A thick sequence of Cenozoic sediments exceeding, in places, 20,000 feet were deposited across a flat coastal plain. Alternating transgressive and down warping resulted in a series of structurally and stratigraphically important seaward-marching continental/marine "hingeline" trends. The provenance of Gulf Coast oils are the thick marine shale sections, just seaward of these "hingelines", the cleaner reservoir rocks are in close proximity to these generative shale’s. The result is a series of productive "fairways". These are designated by stratigraphic nomenclature, i.e. the Wilcox, Wilcox-Yegua, Jackson-Yegua, Frio-Vicksburg, Marginulina-Frio and Miocene trends, to name a few. Source: [link url="http://www.texasenergyexploration.com/"] [img src="http://catf.me/photos/05a333a9ac4eb92aa340388a68992d48.jpg" width="640" height="587"]

Three years ago, while visiting friends in the wine-producing Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France, Timothy McDonald decided he wanted what they had: a chance to experience small-town life in what is sometimes described as an unspoiled and more affordable version of Provence. A year later McDonald home his wife, Kathleen Brooker, took a mortgage on their paid-up Seattle home and plunked down $200,000 in cash for a 15th-century former shop house in the remote agricultural village of Azille (pop. 1,100), 90 minutes from the Toulouse airport. The couple, both in their early 60s, plan to spend several months a year there after she retires someday from her job as executive director of Historic Seattle. (McDonald, a semiretired architectural preservationist, already spends a month at a time there.) While some aging boomers might put a premium on convenience or a place that can accommodate future physical limitations, McDonald and Brooker bought in a town without even a train station and from a contractor whose idea of tasteful renovations included removing the handrail on the narrow staircase of the three-story stone structure. And why not? They’re fit bikers, runners and history buffs who care more about the town’s proximity to Cathar Romanesque sites and enjoying their French, British and Swiss neighbors. “We wanted to have a bigger life, rather than have a bigger home in the U.S., and ironically we found it in a small French town,” says Brooker. Of course, American billionaires and celebrities have always lived large in Europe. Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen reportedly keeps a staff of 12 at his hilltop villa in St. Jean Cap-Ferrat, along the Côte d’Azur. George Clooney‘s 30-room palazzo on Italy’s Lake Como has starred in many A-list parties. What they’re currently finding, says Ronan McMahon, who reports on real estate trends for the International Living website, is that European prices peaked between 2006 and 2008 and are now all over the map. Stratospheric London and Paris prices never fell that much and have headed back up. But an exodus of youth from rural France and Italy has made homes like the one Brooker and McDonald bought somewhat more affordable. But a weaker euro, low interest rates and crashing real estate prices in parts of the euro zone are prompting more ordinary American Europhiles to look at buying a piece of the Old World .  Then there are Europe’s real estate bust areas, which unlike, say, Nevada and Florida haven’t started their comebacks. McMahon’s advice for those areas: Wait until prices have fallen dramatically and be prepared to hold for a while. That makes him bullish on Spain and Ireland but bearish on Portugal’s Algarve and the Greek islands of Crete, Mykonos and Santorini, where prices are down only 30% from their peak. By contrast, along the scenic Ring of Kerry, near McMahon’s Adare, County Limerick, Ireland base, $100,000 can get you a country cottage, a newly built modern home or a building plot with views of the Atlantic. All would have fetched $500,000 at the peak. In Spain deal hunters have been scooping up apartments in failed developments from banks selling for one-third of the 2007?08 list price. A two-bedroom, two-bath apartment on the Costa del Sol with distant views (on a clear day) of the ocean less than a mile away can be had for $100,000. Beyond the state of the real estate market, consider how a purchase fits into your overall finances and whether you’re really game for the practical, legal and personal challenges of maintaining a home in another country and possibly retiring there. Visit the area you’re considering multiple times, rent a place (rather than staying in a hotel), shop for food, do laundry and get the full residential experience, good and bad. Ask yourself what you’re looking for: a base for travel or a charming destination? A primary or second home? Or maybe just a vacation place that you’ll also rent out? Read Full Article: [link url="https://storify.com/genarohilley/the-cindy-shearin-group-everything-you-need-to-kno"] Read More: [link url="http://manhattanvillage.info/"] [img src="chrome-extension://baockdcbjglcifghbgakofkmajnjfkki/images/icon.png"]