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Nothing is more frustrating than a slow, old printer that doesn’t work right. If you are looking for a fast and efficient multifunction printing machine, then you should look long and hard at the Canon MF 6540. With printing speeds at top quality of up to 24 pages per minute, this printer can help make sure that your productivity is never hampered by slow print jobs. Best of all, it does this at an exceptionally reasonable price.

Features and Functionality

The Canon MF 6540 is a multifunction printer. This means that this unit includes a duplex copier, a laser printer, a full color scanner, and is fully connectible to your network. This printer provides an ideal solution for a single small office network that needs a printer to which all primary print jobs will be directed.

The Canon Imageclass MF 6540 toner system is one of the things that make this printer stand out above its competition. The Canon MF 6540 toner comes in Canon’s proprietary single cartridge system, one of the most efficient printer cartridge designs on the market.

The printer is a fully capable duplex machine. This means that printing and copying double sided jobs is a breeze, and you can do so without sacrificing in the speed of your print jobs. The printing speed is set at 24 pages per minute, fast enough to keep up with even the biggest print jobs.

Speaking of large print jobs, there is a 500 sheet paper tray to make sure that your Canon MF 6540 is always ready to go. There is an additional multipurpose tray for the printing of envelopes, transparencies, labels, or other documents that do not fit the standard paper tray.

This printer is ready to go with all modern operating systems. The USB connectivity for printing is compatible with them all; from Windows 2000 all the way up to Windows 7. Mac users also have USB print capabilities from all operating systems ranging from OSX. 10.2.8 through the most current OS X version.

This printer is also efficient, with an energy saver mode to help conserve power when not in use. The Canon MF 6540 cartridge, which is cartridge 106, is simple to change. Aside from that, the Canon MF 6540 toner cartridge will also last for as much as 5000 pages; helping reduce the need for cartridge replacements.

Conclusion

There aren’t many places that you can get a printer that can copy this fast, scan at this quality (Optical 600X600 DPI), print at this volume, and do it all for less than $500 MSRP. For a high quality printer that you can afford on a reasonable budget, this model comes highly recommended. The Canon MF 6540 toner cartridge is also affordable and long lasting, helping again to make this a wise investment for a print solution.

Hong Kong is situated onChina’s south coast and is bounded by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea. This city is known for its impressive skyline and a big natural harbour. Tourists throng to this city for the various holiday options it offers. There are many awe-inspiring man-made attractions and creations, and a visit to this city leaves an impression forever.

Some major tourist attractions in Hong Kong are as follows:

1. Aberdeen is a big satellite town in Hong Kong with an old worldly charm about it. There is lively water’s edge harbour resort with features like floating restaurants like the Jumbo Floating restaurant shaped like an ancient Chinese palace and Tai Bak Seafood boat serving delicious seafood and Chinese cuisine. It is one of the oldest and most popular attractions for tourists. This place also functions as a fishing port. Aberdeen harbour is amid Aberdeen town and Ap Lei Chau in the southern district of Hong Kong.

2. Causeway Bay is a major shopping hub that is home to an assortment of boutiques, high-end stores, Japanese modelled shopping centres and malls. There are a lot of electronics and camera stores here. Famed shopping places like the Windsor House and Times Square, modelled on the same theme as Times Square of New York, are here. Other attractions are the Fashion Island, World Trade Centre, Sogo, and Causeway Bay Plaza etc.

3. Noon-day Gun is a naval gun placed near the Causeway Bay. As a tradition, the gun is fired everyday at noon and people gather to witness it.

4. Disneyland here is different from other Disneyland parks around the world as it is set against a natural milieu of mountains and scenery. The theme park has attractions like the Fantasyland which houses the Sleeping Beauty castle, Cinderella Carousel, Fantasy Gardens etc. Tomorrowland houses innovative futuristic attractions; Adventureland has Jungle cruises, Tarzan’s Tree-house and island.

5. Lantau Island is an island located at the origin of the Pearl River and has been developed into a major tourist spot. Tourist places like Disneyland, Po Lin Monastery, Tung Chung Fort and Tai O are located here.

6. Po Lin Monastery, which means ‘Precious Lotus’, is one of the most well-known Buddhist monasteries in Hong Kong. There is a 111 feet tall copper statue of Buddha here and this statue is the tallest outdoor Buddha statue in the world. The idol is made in a seated, meditating posture.

7. Tung Chung Fort is a historical shrine built in 1817 with the aim to defend the coast from pirates and the opium traffickers. The fort contains some old cannons and the building is made out of granite. The ruins of the Tung Chung Battery are here.

8. Ocean Park, the largest oceanarium in the world is in Hong Kong. The Park is nestled in about 170 acres of land. A cable car connects the different segments of the Park. The Ocean Theatre and Wave Cove here is home to sea inhabitants like dolphins, whales, penguins, seals, etc. The Atoll Reef is the largest aquarium in the world. Also there is Film Fantasia which is a state-of-the-art theatre loaded with special effects, sounds and lights. There are many other attractions for children also.

9. Victoria Harbour and Victoria Peak, one of the popular sightseeing places in Hong Kong, is bordered by imposing skylines. Lot of public shows and events take place here. The Tower on the Victoria Peak is one of the best places to take in the stunning view of the city. People ride in the Star Ferry to view the harbour. During the Lunar New Year, the ‘Symphony of lights’ show is held here. The Victoria Peak provides an incredible view of Hong Kong city and Kowloon and attracts about 6 million tourists every year. The attractions here are the Peak tram, the Peak Tower offering the great view of the city, a ‘Ripley’s Believe It or Not!’ centre, Madame Tussaud’s Wax museum, shopping area, a bird park, eateries etc.

10. Tai O is a centuries old fishing town known for its stilt houses, waterways and fishing boats.

Hong Kong is also home to some old, beautiful temples. Some of those are Chi Lin Nunnery / Nan Lian Garden, Sha Tin Che Kung Temple, Hung Shing Temple at Kau Sai Chau, Sai Kung, Lo Pan temple, and Che Kung Temple at Ho Chung. It is therefore quite evident that Hong Kong is a tourist’s delight with so many sites to see and experience. Hong Kong hotels provide attractive packages which enables tourists to have a holiday experience like no other.

It’s a charming story – but Betsy Ross did not sew together the first American flag from a design by George Washington.

That claim was made by her grandson when he was an old man. He said Betsy, a widow seamstress, told him the story when he was an 11-year-old boy.

He stated a delegation consisting of Gen. Washington; Robert Morris, a member of the Continental Congress; and George Ross, the uncle of Betsy’s late husband, came to her Philadelphia home in May 1776. They asked her to make the first American flag of 13 stripes and 13 six-pointed stars.

Mrs. Ross was said to have accepted the job but recommended a five-point star that could be cut perfectly from folded cloth by one snip of a scissors.

Alas, the story is untrue.

There is no documentation to support the tale. Gen. Washington was desperately engaged that year repulsing the British from Boston and New York. The nation had not yet been declared nor a starred flag authorized by the Continental Congress.

Early Flags

An early American flag was that carried by the Bedford Minutemen when they faced the British Regulars at Concord. The banner consisted of a red field on which was superimposed a steel-clad arm reaching from a cloud. In the hand was a sword. Surrounding hand and sword was a golden scroll bearing the inscription “Vince Aut Morire (Conquer or Die).”

Realizing that a war was likely, the Continental Congress installed cannon on three merchant ships and commissioned a United States Navy on Dec. 3, 1775. At that time, the first “national” flag was designated which came to be known as the Congress Colors.

Washington, then commanding Continental troops besieging Boston, referred to the banner as the Grand Union flag. It consisted of 13 horizontal stripes alternate red and white with a British Union jack in the upper left corner.

Capt. John Paul Jones personally raised the first such flag on the U.S.N. Alfred that day.

The new flag was first displayed in battle a month later at Prospect Hill near Cambridge by Continental troops besieging British-Held Boston.

Two other early flags are of particular interest because either or both were carried in the fight which took place on Breed’s Hill — mistakenly recorded as nearby Bunker Hill — on June 17, 1776. One flag was blue the other red. Both featured the British Cross of St. George and a green pine tree.

It was the Congress Colors that was raised at the Philadelphia State House where the Declaration of Independence was adopted July 2, 1776, and proclaimed from the State House steps two days later when the resolution had been transcribed on parchment by Thomas Jefferson. It also was the one saluted at French and Dutch seaports in recognition of the new republic.

Stars And Stripes

Many theories have been advanced concerning the Stars and Stripes. The two elements existed in the flag of the British East India Company, the flag of Rhode Island and the heraldic shield of Washington’s ancestors in Britain.

Old Glory pretty much as we know it today, was adopted as the official flag by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia on June 14, 1877 – hence today’s Flag Day: “Resolved that the Flag of the United States be 13 stripes alternate red and white, that the Union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.”

Washington explained the symbolism of the United States Flag as the stars representing the colonies taken from heaven, the red from England, and the white stripes added to indicate a separation from the mother country.

Inasmuch as the resolution was reported from the Marine Committee, the flag probably represented ideas from its members. The person most likely to have shaped the design was Francis Hopkinson. He was a New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress, a member of the Marine Committee and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Hopkinson in 1779 sent a letter to the U.S. Admiralty Board stating he deserved remuneration for past services. These included: “A Great Seal for the United States of America with a Reverse, a seal for the Admiralty Board, and the Flag of the United States of America.”

His request was turned down because “he was not the only person consulted” in formulating the designs and therefore did not deserve full payment.

Another Legend

Another legend recounts that the first battle in which the Stars and Stripes was flown was at the British siege of Fort Stanwix in New York on Aug. 3, 1777. The American officers – upon being told of the new flag – are said to have hurriedly stitched one from a red petticoat, white shirt and blue cloak.

The defenders did sew a flag together, but the record clearly indicates it was the Congress Colors. In any event, the British were abandoned by their Indian allies and so prudently withdrew.

There was no uniformity in early versions of Old Glory. The stripes remained the same, but the resolution did not spell out the star arrangement. In most cases, all 13 stars were formed in a circle. Occasionally, though, the circle would consist of 12 stars with the 13th in the center. The stars sometimes contained five, six or eight points.

A favorite arrangement consisted of three horizontal rows of stars with four in the top and bottom rows and five in the middle.

A popular design reproduced during the U.S. Bicentennial was that of the Benington Militia of 1777. This arrangement featured a semicircle of stars around the numeral 76.

Star Spangled Banner

When Vermont and Kentucky were admitted to the union in 1794, the flag was officially altered to consist of 15 stripes and l5 stars. This is the flag Francis Scott Key saw waving over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812 – a sight that inspired him to compose “The Star Spangled Banner” song.

After five more states were admitted to the Union in 1817, Congress decided to return to the original 13 stripes and add a star for each new state.

Though Betsy Ross did not sew the first Old Glory, there was found among her papers after her death a voucher dated May 29, 1777, in the amount of 14 English pounds received for flags made for the Pennsylvania Marine guard.

Undoubtedly this was the source of her flag story – enlarged by patriotism and fond memory in her old age. Inasmuch as we don’t know who did sew that first United States flag, she might as well have the credit.