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    ENGLAND BSE INQIRY STARTED
    December 22, 1997 - England,UK

    An independent inquiry into the BSE "disaster" and the devastation it wreaked on British farming has been announced by the government. Included in the Inquiry will be report on the origins and the way in which authorities responded to it and the development of its human equivalent Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, CJD. The results of the inquiry published in October 2000 included Poor enforcement of the 1989 ban on specified bovine offal (brain, spinal cord and other tissue) The government at the time played down the links between BSE-infected beef and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) The government at the time misled the public about the risks posed by so-called mad cow disease.

    LIQUIFACTION OF OXYGEN
    December 22, 1879 - Swiss, French

    The liquefaction of oxygen was announced by Raoul Pierre Pictet (1846-1929), a Swiss chemist and physicist, by sending a telegram to the French Academy: Oxygen liquefied today under 320-atm and 140 degrees of cold by combined use of sulfurous and carbonic acid. French physicist Louis Cailletet made a similar announcement two days later. Pictet's early interest was in ice-making machines. Later, he studied extremely low temperatures and the liquefaction of gases. Both Pictet and Cailletet used both cooling and compression to liquefy oxygen but they achieved this using different techniques. Pictet's method had an advantage in that produced the liquid gas in greater quantity and was easier to apply to other gases.

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It is a major financial decision in life to make one thorough about the implications, when credit card applications are made.If one knows to make the best use of it, it is possible to harvest the benefits or else land in troubles.

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One should understand buying through credit card means that they spend money they do not have increased their debts invisibly. By using credit cards right, make the most out of them, as this is a high interest debt and will become a burden on the person, if used without calculating repayment. Because, if one could pay back the entire amount every month, this becomes an interest free loan as interest is not charged.

Not many people drive to their banker or to the credit card office to make an application to obtain a credit card. Either the sales persons chase you or you may apply online and there is not much of a difference in the application format regarding the details. As there are various types, it is essential to know the variety of credit cards and their values in applications while applying. Credit cards offer innumerable benefits, as an excellent financial tool, though quite often referred to as an evil.

After applying for a credit card and obtaining it, it is essential to establish a record of your credit history, by promptly paying monthly commitments that will increase the credit score thereby increase the savings. While using them, plan to go with a reward scheme that will be announced from time to time to get rewards, from the card. It is an advantage to buy through a credit card as you have the money back options when landing upon improper or spurious items as the credit card companies will handle the charlatans. In case of emergency, credit cards will give the power to handle with ease.

While making the credit card applications, it is better to know the features of the cards based on which the search can be focused to the issuers of such cards selecting the type of credit planning to avail. These are all very important decisions to make, as the commitments should be complied within your repayment capability. By broad classification, Excellent credit, Good credit, Bad credit and No credit Cards are there under which most of the credit card issuers, in general, issue and operate.

Visa, MasterCard, Citi and American Express are some of the major issuers who provide this credit card facility, with the associations of banks and financial institutions or independently. Depending upon the area in which you are likely to use, the issuer may be chosen. Nevertheless, all of them follow a pattern of features like, Low Interest, Balance Transfer, Rewards Credit, Business, Credit, Student Credit, Travel Credit, Airline Credit and Gas Credit “ Cards, to handle more comfortably the usage and to segregate the customers.

The issuer selection is important as it has a value-based application. American Express, in the USA is considered a status symbol, whereas the Visa is having the largest network in the world. MasterCard commands respect as the widely recognized brands among credit cards and Citi Cards offer lots of schemes with money back offers. Any credit card obtained should be wisely used and kept with great care so that the real purpose of possessing a card becomes enjoyable.

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