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What Will You Be Doing in Retirement?

Imagine this scenario. You’re sitting outside your house in the backyard. It’s summer. You have a glass of your favorite drink. Your hand is cold from all that ice, you are relaxed, surrounded by those you love. Yes, everything is finally set in your life. You have the grandkids running through the sprinklers, the grass under their little toes as green as can be, their laughter filling your ears, the dog chasing behind them. There is the sound of the ice-cream truck somewhere in the background. Ah, summertime. You are finally enjoying your retirement! This is the time in which…

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The big change: How to adapt your home ahead of your first child

We don’t need to state the obvious when it comes to having your first child; to say it is life-changing is almost an understatement. At the same time, we don’t need to plant any obvious tips out there. You know the importance of blocking your power sockets and making sure that no little legs can get anywhere near your stairs – this has been published for years. Something which isn’t quite as obvious comes in the form of making adaptations to your home to make it a bit more efficient. As you will soon find out, having a child doesn’t…

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Budding Indie Filmmakers: Here’s How to Get Your Foot in the Door

Making a movie is no easy task. Making a movie when no one knows your name is an even taller order. Budding indie filmmakers find hope, of course, in up-from-nothing success stories from years gone by. History is littered with examples of nobodies who became somebodies on the strength of a single out-of-the-park hit. That’s not the norm, to be sure. Perhaps a more realistic goal is merely getting that first foot in the door. From there, all things (might) be possible. Not sure how or where to start? Here’s what you can do, in roughly sequential order. Find a…

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Andrew Curran on Why Debating is a Great Tool in Education

During my time in university in Hartford, New Haven, CT I was blessed to have a very good friend with whom I debated a huge number of issues. Myself and Andrew Curran were both members of the debate team and whether it was a mock lawsuit or a team effort against the professor, we always tried our very best too win the debate. I was talking with my friend via email last week and we both agreed that debating is something which is so important to people in education, and how sad it is that this is dying out. I…

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How to be a Student: A Guide for Beginners

If you’re starting at a university this autumn, you’re facing one of the greatest changes to your life you’ll ever experience. It’s a time in your life when you get an unprecedented opportunity to set your own rules and boundaries, but that independence comes with responsibility. You need to build a life that keeps you happy, and that lets you keep up with your academic responsibilities or you’ll find your university life coming to unceremonious end. Today we’re looking at a few ways, whether you’re moving into Douglas Adams’s rooms at Cambridge or the brand new student housing Huddersfield, Leeds…

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Top 5 Worst Topics for Custom Essay Writing

Challenges of Custom Essay Writing Custom essay writing isn’t an assignment to underestimate. An accurate and responsible approach is mandatory for completing any college or university task including essays. And, like any other task, essays have their own challenges. Perhaps the major ones of them are as follows: Picking up the right topic Getting a strong thesis Ensuring proper organization Finding your unique style Creating error-free paper Managing the time effectively Surely, each of these points is highly significant. Yet, once you fail in the first, the rest won’t matter any longer. Top Five Worst Essay Topics If you determine…

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How Can You Support The Child’s Academic Life?

As a parent, you want to be involved in the academic life of your child but it is really important that you do it in an appropriate way. Unfortunately, most parents are not informed. They do not know much about the options that are available and do not actually know how to help their child in an academic way. This is completely normal since most parents are not teachers. Fortunately, there are various things that can be done in order to academically support a child. Many of the things mentioned above are simple and can be done by every single…

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The top private investigating myths according to Trustify

It’s a field which is sometimes regarded as a little cloak and dagger, but delve into the truths of private investigating myths and it’s maybe not quite as appealing as the movies depict. This is something that we are keen to look into. Trustify have claimed that there are an increasing number of misconceptions about the private investigation industry, and through today’s post we will scrutinize some of the best one in complete detail. Myth #1 – All private investigators drive fast cars If one were to review all of the cars that are driven by private investigators, you would…

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John Kang Liquidmetal Chariman on Exciting Advancements in Medicine

At a recent medical conference I had the pleasure to speak with the remarkable John Kang Liquidmetal supporter and one of the most professional and ethical surgical oncologists that I know. John Kang MC was in attendance to talk about his love of Liquidmetal and other technological advancements in the medical industry. John Kang tells me that he would like to see more money invested into R & D for technological advancements in medicine, but nonetheless he is still very excited at some of the ideas which are on the horizon. John was kind enough to talk to me about…

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Martin LaMar on Managing a Public Housing Group

Public housing in the USA is a high important area which helps hundreds of thousands of men and women to be able to afford a roof over their heads. Here in St. Louis Missouri we have a wonderful board of directors who look after the housing groups, headed up by the passionate Mr. Grefe, and with excellent team players as well such as the man we were lucky enough to speak to about this, manager and executive of the housing group Martin LaMar. Mr. LaMar does wonderful work in his job and we were lucky enough to catch up with…

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