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    AURORA BOREALIS
    December 11, 1719 - New England

    The first recorded sighting of the Aurora Borealis took place in New England. The report said that a mysterious face seemed to appear in the atmosphere. It caused considerable alarm, as being regarded by many as a precursor of the last judgment. Most aurora borealis displays occur in September and October and again in March and April. The green, red, and frost-white light displays occur most frequently when there is a great deal of sunspot activity. "This evening, about eight o'clock there arose a bright and red light in the E.N.E. like the light which arises from a house on fire ... which soon spread itself through the heavens from east to west, reaching about 43 or 44 degrees in height, and was equally broad."

    FIRST LEAF EV DELIVERED
    December 11, 2010 - Petaluma, California

    The world's first customer delivery of a Nissan Leaf all-electric vehicle was made at by a dealer at Petaluma, California. It was assembled at Nissan's factory in Oppama, Japan, which started manufacturing the model on 22 Oct 2010. The first customer delivery in Japan took place on 22 Dec 2010, following its official introduction ceremony at the Nissan world headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, on 3 Dec 2010. The Leaf is a five-door hatchback design powered solely by a plug-in rechargeable 24 kW-h lithium ion battery with an official range on a full charge of 73 miles (117 km) according to the US EPA. That agency assigned it a 99 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent, rated the best of any midsize car, and an annual electricity cost of $561. Operating cost was estimated at about 3.5 cents per mile.

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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.

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