Gloucester, VA Early History Series Continued

Agriculture in Virgnia 1607 1699 from Chuck Thompson

We are adding yet another piece to our early Gloucester, VA history series with this special e-book we have just finished putting together and re-publishing.  Now the works states Jamestown, but for the beginning period, Gloucester, Virginia was very much a part of Jamestown, Virginia.  We are giving away free downloads on this e-book and it is licensed under a Creative Commons license 3.0.  You have two choices of where you can download the book from.  One is from Slideshare itself and the other is form our own link.  CLICK HERE for your free download from our own link.

  In the event you have any confusion on how to download the e-book from this site, https://sites.google.com/site/gloucesterresources/download-info for help on your download.  While on that expansion site, you can also download the free e-book conversion software and turn this e-book into another format to use on other devices in more useful ways to you.

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Gloucester, VA Job Board Now Up And Running

The new Gloucester, VA Job Board we have been told is now up and running.  We checked the site out and sure enough, it is loaded with jobs.  They have an incredible deal that not even the local papers such as the Gloucester Mathews Gazette Journal or Glo Quips can even come close to matching.  Employers can post help wanted ads on the site for only twenty five dollars per job for an entire 30 days.

  We have also added other job listings that cover the Norfolk, Virginia area.  If you are willing to travel, then there are more options on the lower right hand side column of this site.  Gloucester has lacked a good place to search for jobs for some time now.  Gloucester, VA Jobs is now filling that gap.

  We are working to add more features to help everyone get the most out of your Internet experience.  We are now working on bringing in a new staff member to write articles about job searching and success strategies for landing the interview and then landing the job.  We have linked Gloucester, VA Jobs at the top of this site and on the right hand column sidebar of this site.  Or  http://gloucesterva.jobamatic.com/a/jbb/find-jobs is the direct link to the site.

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Gloucester, VA Job Listings

There is a new job board for Gloucester, VA.  It's called Gloucester, VA Jobs.  It's a brand new site so there are no jobs posted on it yet.  http://Gloucesterva.jobamatic.com  Is the link to the new site.  Employers can post new job openings on here.  We are going to be fully supporting this site.  As always, we are doing our part to be more useful by the day.

  Update, the job board is now loaded with jobs.  Happy hunting and best of luck.

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GVLN - Tables Turned On Humane Society

English: The Oliver M. Evans Memorial Building, headquarters of The Humane Society of the United States, located at 2100 L Street, NW in the West End neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Jim Matthews, Outdoors

Posted:   07/26/2012 08:32:04 PM PDT

The Humane Society of the United States, an organization that does next to nothing for animal shelters but sues, badgers and lobbies politicians and businesses into adopting its radical animals rights agenda, is getting a taste of its own medicine.

In a little-reported ruling by a judge in the District of Columbia earlier this month, the HSUS is going to court to face charges under RICO statues on racketeering, obstruction of justice, malicious prosecution and other charges for a lawsuit it brought and lost against Ringling Brothers Circus' parent company Feld Entertainment, Inc.

After winning the case alleging mistreatment of elephants in its circuses brought by Friends of Animals (later merged into HSUS), the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), lawyers at Feld filed a countersuit with a litany of charges ranging from bribery to money laundering to racketeering. The attorneys for the animal rights groups asked the judge to dismiss all charges, but most remained because the evidence was overwhelming. So in early August, HSUS will be facing the music in a case that should attract the attention of hunters, ranchers, farmers and anyone impacted by HSUS' radical animal rights agenda.

District judge Emmet G. Sullivan did dismiss allegations of mail and wire fraud, but he did so only because Feld didn't have standing to file this charge. His ruling all but set the stage for a class-action
RICO lawsuit against HSUS for misrepresenting itself in its fundraising campaigns across the nation. This lawsuit easily could bankrupt HSUS, put it out of business and send some of its top executives to prison.

Read more:http://www.sbsun.com/sports/ci_21169780/tables-turned-humane-society?source=rss#ixzz224tFY23h

Next should be USERL and the ASPCA.  It's only a matter of time before these get hit as well.  But we will have more on that later.

Gloucester, VA Interesting Facts

Interesting Facts about Gloucester County

As of 2011, Gloucester County's population is  37,812 people. Since 2000, it has had a population growth of 8.61 percent.
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The median home cost in Gloucester County is $208,800. Home appreciation the last year has been -3.81 percent.  And taxes are up.
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Compared to the rest of the country, Gloucester County's  cost of living is 7.60% Higher than the U.S. average.  Isn't that nice to know that we are all being overcharged?
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Gloucester County public schools spend $5,004 per student. The average school expenditure in the U.S. is $5,678. There are about 13.4 students per teacher in Gloucester County.  We pay more and get less?
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The unemployment rate in Gloucester County is 6.40 percent(U.S. avg. is 9.10%). Recent job growth is Negative. Gloucester County jobs have Decreased by 0.59 percent.  Good thing we are so close to where the jobs are.

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Gloucester, VA Political Center, Romney, Obama, Paul

Issues of the day and of the campaigns.  Romney, Obama, Paul.  3 videos getting a lot of attention on You Tube.  The political season is under full swing.  Time to show the contenders and the issues.

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Gloucester Main Street Association Misrepresenting Gloucester, VA

                                  Screen shot from the Gloucester Main Street Association site.  Click to enlarge image.

If you take a look at the screen shot above, you will see a picture from the Gloucester Main Street Association's Home page of their website. If you look at the header picture you will notice that the Gloucester Main Street Association claims that Gloucester, Virginia is the Daffodil capital of the world. This is not true and if you go in for more information, it takes you to a page that does not contain any historical information at all. You have to look for the historical information page from the page it takes you to. Strike two. Once on the historical page, when you get to the bottom of the page, the story changes to Daffodil capital of the United States. This part is true. But why lie to everyone on this point?

Okay, maybe it's one major blunder and we can overlook it as long as they bother to fix it. The other issue is the claim that Gloucester, Virginia is Virginia's oldest living village. Not so. Another major mistake. Let's see, what could possibly be older? Yorktown? Yes. Hampton? Very much so. Newport News? Without question. Maybe Williamsburg? How about Jamestown itself? Ya think? At one time they used to claim that Gloucester was the nations oldest living village. I brought that up to them and they said, and I quote, “No one has ever challenged the story.”

Well I guess someone challenged it as they no longer make that claim. Now I challenge the claim that Gloucester is Virginia's oldest living village. Hampton, Virginia already celebrated it's 400^th birthday a few short years ago and I was there to record that event. Jamestown celebrated it's 400^th anniversary back in 2007. Gloucester, Virginia is only 361 years old. It's Virginia's oldest living village how? Beats out Yorktown, Virginia how? What about Portsmouth? Surry? Charles City?

How can anyone expect to attract new business to an area when a self appointed local non profit concern starts out by lying to everyone?   That makes no sense. 

From their website. "In 1990, Gloucester County had become one of the nation’s fastest growing counties with a population of 33,000. National chains began to replace local businesses along Route 17, new residential developments were built, and the Walter Reed hospital expanded."

Really?  One of the nation's fastest growing counties?  Not on the list.  CLICK HERE for the list of the fastest growing counties in the USA during that time period.  Yorktown made the list, but Gloucester didn't. Yet another complete fabrication?  An outright lie?  

Some of the directors for the Gloucester Main Street Association are also high ranking Gloucester County, Virginia employees. Guess we are not surprised then by the lies on their site. Don't get me wrong, I would love to see more businesses come to main street especially not chain store types. I would love to see more businesses come to Gloucester overall. But you can't try and start a business relationship based on numerous lies and the complete fabrication of information. It's just sickening.

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Pre Gloucester, VA History - Jamestown Commodities and Industires

E-Book On Early Jamestown Commodities And Industries" E-Book On Early Jamestown Commodities And Industries from Chuck Thompson

The book above is some pre Gloucester history.  If you have read my previous works on a brief history of Gloucester, Virginia you know that this area was originally part of James Citti.  It later became a part of York County, Virginia and then became it's own county in 1651.  Confusing at first, but not that bad.  It's explained in the e-book.  Want a copy of this book?  We are giving away free downloads of it right here.  In the event you have issues with trying to figure out how to download the file, we have a site with all the information on it linked above under Additional Resources or https://sites.google.com/site/gloucesterresources/download-info  this link is the direct link to that page.

CLICK HERE for your free copy.  It is licensed 3.0 under the Creative Commons licensing agreements.  You can also download the book from the Slideshare site as well.

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Bill Gates Owner Of 220ft White Cloud Ship?

Bill and Melinda Gates during their visit to the Oslo Opera House in June 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Story by Chuck Thompson for GVLN.  http://wwww.GloucesterCounty-VA.com

Is Bill Gates the owner of the 220ft White Cloud ship?  69th largest private ship in the world.  Make no mistake about it.  This ship may be a bit older in design, but she is still an incredible beauty.  Just look at how she dwarfs all the other boats around her.  And yes, that is a real full size helicopter on the back deck.  For years everyone has been trying to learn who the owner of this ship is.  All of the information out there confirms that she is American owned.  Attempts to find out who the owner is by the public has not proved successful.

  Photos of the White Cloud by;  Chuck Thompson of TTC Media. 

Now there are a good number of people who fit the profile in the US to own this ship, however, none fit the profile better than Bill Gates.  He's retired and traveling the world with his wife giving away millions to certain charities.  The White Cloud is seen all over the world docked in some beautiful areas.  We met with some of the staff of the White Cloud and spoke with them.  They are well trained never to reveal the ownership of this boat.  

The pictures of the White Cloud above were taken in Yorktown, Virginia back in 2010.  Post below in the comments section and let us know where you have seen the White Cloud ship.  She makes an incredible impact wherever she goes.  

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