Douglas Scott asked:


In the 1960s Liverpool became a centre of youth culture. The Liverpool wall of frame in front of the Cavern Club is a tribute to acts from the city who reached number one in the charts. It has 54 number one hits since 1952 on it. The wall is dominated by The Beatle who have 17 discs on the wall. The National Trust has purchased the McCartneys house in Liverpool.

The soap opera Brookside and currently Hollyoaks for channel 4 were produced by Lime Pictures formerly Mersey television.

Every two years the Liverpool Biennial festival of arts are held it was during this event in 2004 that My mother is beautiful by Yoko Ono caused protest by exhibiting photographs of a ***** woman s public area on the shopping street and it still remains there to day.

The Grand National the famous steeplechase in held every year in April at Aintree Racecourse to the north of Liverpool. The British Grand Prix is also held here.

In 2001 the airport near Speke was renamed Liverpool John Lennon Airport in honour of the late John Lennon. The airport has a sketch that John Lennon had drawn of himself and the word Above us only sky from the song imagine. In the sixties the airport was a starting point for many Beatles tours. 5m passengers pass through the airport every year and it flies to 62 destination.

The song Ferry me across the Mersey by Gerry and the Pacemakers made the Mersey ferry famous with tourists

The heart of Beatleland is the shopping centres at Cavern Walks on Mathew Street.

Some of the trendiest stores or at Albert Dock Such as the Apple store Tate Gallery gift shop and the Beatles Story gift shop.

Liverpool Cathedral is the 5th largest in the world has the largest church organ with 9765 pipes and the largest cathedral in the UK.

Liverpool is home to 2 football team Everton and Liverpool and just minutes from the city centre. Liverpool home Anfield displays silverware of the most successful English football team. Goodison Park Stadium is home to Everton.

Merseyside Maritime Museum opened in 1980 it was a bonded warehouse part of the historic Albert dock tell the story of one of the worlds greatest ports.

Liverpool is celebrating its 800th birthday in 2007 and will be hosting festivals performances debates and variety of heritage themed events.

The restaurants in the city have a range to suit every body palate from Pan American Club to the St Petersburgh Russian Restaurant.



Gene

Gregg Elberg asked:


Success is not an overnight occurrence for most businesses. Years of hard work and struggle are a common denominator for most enterprises. Success as a concept can be complicated because it may involve more than profits on a balance sheet. The MSN Encarta dictionary defines success as:

1. Achievement of intention: the achievement of something planned or attempted;

2. Attainment of fame, wealth, or power: impressive achievement, especially the attainment of fame, wealth, or power;

3. Something that turns out well: something that turns out as planned or intended;

4. Somebody successful: somebody who is wealthy.

What is business failure? It may be that most businesses don’t die or fail; the owners close them for reasons unrelated to whether the business is making money. According to David Birch, former head of a research firm specializing in studying small business data, would-be entrepreneurs don’t realize what’s truly involved with running a business. He estimated survival rates:

• First year: 85%

• Second: 70%

• Third: 62%

• Fourth: 55%

• Fifth: 50%

• Sixth: 47%

• Seventh: 44%

• Eighth: 41%

• Ninth: 38%

• Tenth: 35%

“Once you’ve hit five years, your odds of survival go way up,” Birch said. “Only two to three percent of businesses older than five shut down each year.” Hard statistics on business success vs. failure rates are hard to establish. Mark Twain once said, “The news of my death has been greatly exaggerated.” The same may be true for many businesses.

Accounts receivable financing can help to make the difference between success and failure for many B2B businesses that need capital to grow. The terminology: invoice financing, invoice funding, factoring, factoring receivables and accounts receivable financing are all terms that mean essentially the same thing: the process of selling your invoices, your accounts receivable, to a commercial finance company to accelerate cash flow. You sell the account receivable. The commercial finance company advances you 70% to 90% of face value. Your customer pays the invoice to the commercial finance company. They rebate to you the difference between their fees and the remaining cash. If your business sells products or services to other businesses or to the government, with a gross margin of 25% or more you can grow profitably with accounts receivable financing; and you can give terms to your customers.

Asset based financing is a form of accounts receivable financing for larger transactions. The main difference between asset based financing and accounts receivable financing is price: larger transactions may be priced with a spread of 2% to 4% over the prime rate plus an administrative fee compared to factoring fees of 1.5% to 4% per month. The actual amount of charges depends on the contract terms which vary widely. In this author’s article, Financial Myths vs. Financial Facts there is an extensive discussion regarding various pricing methods and outcomes.

Imagine if your business were like a flower with the chance to bloom the first time in years. There is a plant known as Agave parryi, also known as the Century Plant. They often take forty to sixty years to flower. Then they die. Few businesses can wait that long to flower.

The asset based lending industry is a multi-billion dollar business. Companies large, small, and startups participate in accounts receivable financing and asset based lending. Purchase order financing is available to pay for the cost of goods when purchase orders are too large for the business to self-fund the product. If you need help with capital to grow, these are important financing techniques to consider for your business’ success.

In August 1965 The Beatles released a Studio Album called: Help! The song was a number one hit single. The song was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. At this point in the career of the Beatles, they had not personally made much money and they may have been on the brink of failure because of artistic differences and financial naivety. John Lennon said that the lyrics to Help! were a cry for help and a clue to the confusion and despondency he felt. He also regretted the commercial pressures to make a successful upbeat record that compromised his artistic sensibilities. The Beatles succeeded in writing many of the most popular songs in music history; they were one of the most successful recording artists of all time. Nevertheless, the Beatles failed to stay together as a live performing group after 1970. There were only ten years of live performances. Decades of royalties and riches followed.

Here are the lyrics to The Beatles - Help! by John Lennon and Paul McCartney:

Help, I need somebody,

Help, not just anybody,

Help, you know I need someone, help.

When I was younger, so much younger than today,

I never needed anybody’s help in any way.

But now these days are gone, I’m not so self assured,

Now I find I’ve changed my mind and opened up the doors.

Help me if you can, I’m feeling down

And I do appreciate you being round.

Help me, get my feet back on the ground,

Won’t you please, please help me?

And now my life has changed in oh so many ways,

My independence seems to vanish in the haze.

But every now and then I feel so insecure,

I know that I just need you like I’ve never done before.

Help me if you can, I’m feeling down

And I do appreciate you being round.

Help me, get my feet back on the ground,

Won’t you please, please help me.

When I was younger, so much younger than today,

I never needed anybody’s help in any way.

But now these days are gone, I’m not so self assured,

Now I find I’ve changed my mind and opened up the doors.

Help me if you can, I’m feeling down

And I do appreciate you being round.

Help me, get my feet back on the ground,

Won’t you please, please help me, help me, help me, oh.

The bottom line: if you need help with your cash flow for your B2B business, accounts receivable financing may be the answer for your success.

Copyright © 2007 Gregg Financial Services

www.greggfinancialservices.com



Lauren

Dusenburg asked:


All the sites i checked do not have the beatles, and i would prefer sites that i dont have to be a member or pay =]

Joshua

Marvin J Markus asked:


es 7th album, Revolver, is considered by many music experts to be one of the greatest albums of all time. For example it was ranked #3 on Rolling Stone magazine’s 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

The album includes some of The Beatles best known songs including “Eleanor Rigby” & “Yellow Submarine” and it also includes some of their most experimental songs, in particular “Tomorrow Never Knows” which closes the album in futuristic fashion. Even today, many years later, “Tomorrow Never Knows” sounds like the distant future to me.

Revolver includes an incredible variety of songs from the rock of “Taxman” to the childlike “Yellow Submarine” to the Indian music influenced “Love You To.” It has been said that every song on Revolver started a new sub genre of rock music and I would say that’s probably only a slight exaggeration.

Another factor that makes Revolver really stand out among Beatles albums is how evenly the songwriting duties were spread out among Lennon, McCartney, & Harrison than on most of their albums. George Harrison really made himself known as a songwriter with this album. 3 of the album’s 14 songs were his, 6 were primarily Paul McCartney’s, and 5 were primarily John Lennon’s.

While the album doesn’t have the same flow to it that their next album (1967’s Sgt. Pepper) would have, it does arguably have more consistency. There really are no weak points in the album. Every song on Revolver has it’s charms.

Looking at the songs that Paul McCartney wrote for this album in particular is very impressive: “Yellow Submarine,” “Here, There and Everywhere,” “Eleanor Rigby,” “For No One,” “Got to Get You into My Life,” & “Good Day Sunshine.” Talk about timeless classics. McCartney really couldn’t do any wrong at this point. While almost everyone knows “Eleanor Rigby” & “Yellow Submarine” (and “Got to Get You into My Life” is very well known too) the other songs are just as excellent.

McCartney himself has said that “Here, There and Everywhere” is one of own favorites. For me “For No One” is right there with it. These are songs that are just too beautiful and too perfect for words to properly describe.

It’s sometimes said that Rubber Soul was The Beatles “marijuana album” and Revolver was their “LSD album” (or their first LSD album, there would be more to come!) And I can definitely see where that perspective comes from. Revolver is an album of ideas. The arrangements and instrumentation are very thoughtful. This is really music to really listen to, not just to sing along to. This is “art rock.” But it’s usually subtle enough in it’s artiness (”Tomorrow Never Knows” & “Love You To” being some obvious exceptions) that just regular music listeners (rather than true music lovers) can get down to the tunes too.

While Revolver isn’t actually my favorite Beatles album (The White Album takes that honor for me) it is an amazing album that deserves all of the accolades it has received.



Clifford