Easy & Safe Account Setup to Financially Support Family Overseas [HSBC Easy Send Review]
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Like many foreign born individuals who come to the US to study and work, I’ve had to address the requirement of financially helping my family still living overseas – in this case my mother.
I’ve tried a variety of options ranging from wire transfers to using services like Xoom. Unfortunately these services all placed an unnecessary burden both on myself and the recipient. I wanted a long term solution.
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How to create a panoramic image of the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge Panorama
I was up in the Marin headlands recently on a very clear day and was stunned by the view of San Francisco and the Golden Gate bridge. Equipped only with a lame Canon SD 300 digital camera which wasn’t quite up to the task of fully capturing the view I had, I decided to try and take multiple snapshots covering parts of the view and stitch them together as a panorama. This is the result of my work and a description of the methodology I used.
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