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Is Being Bilingual a Must in Today's America?

Should Americans-specifically American children-become bilingual, and if so, then what language(s) additional to English should they learn? Does it add value to their lives in any practical way?

22 comments    life advice family
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What Are Olympic Medals Worth?

Did you know that Olympic gold medals aren't made of solid gold? Did you know that they once were? All this and more as we look at the worth of Olympic jewelry.

2 comments    sports olympics competition
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What's better in fiction writing, a plot outline or free flow writing?

This is a question that definitely gets asked more than you'd think. When writers get together, whether face-to-face or virtually, the question of working methods always seems to come up. Freeform vs...

5 comments    arts writing books
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CJ's Creative Studio - Screenplay Content

Economy of words is important in all forms of writing, but none more so than with screenwriting. See some of what it takes to move from reject pile to the producer's office.

0 comments    how to arts writing
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CJ's Creative Studio - Best Writing Software Since the Word Processor

Word processing software changed the world of the writer. Changes were now easy. But what about the writing craft itself? While many have tried, only now has software been developed that can truly help the writer as they are creating.

3 comments    how to writing novel
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CJ's Creative Studio - Sometimes I Airbrush

Though I think of myself first and foremost as a writer, the fact remains that much of the last decade has found me more often doing the art thing. Like most people who do art, I started with pencils,...

4 comments    arts art painting
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What is Pluto?

Pluto has gone from planet, to dwarf planet, to plutoid. Some people want Pluto to stay a planet, some don't. How did we get here?

1 comment    astronomy planets discovery
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CJ's Creative Studio - Writing vs Reading

Being an author type fellow, people are often taken aback when I tell them that I simply don't read a lot of fiction recreationally. This is not to say that I haven't read a lot. I have. Much of it was...

1 comment    arts writing reading
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The Most Important Document in United States History...and You've Probably Never Heard of It

On July 4th, most Americans gather forth to celebrate the country's independence from Great Britain and passage of the Declaration of Independence. What most don't know is that as important at the Declaration is, there is one slightly earlier document from which everything else became possible.

1 comment    history independence virginia
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Fixing...the Education System

As with the weather, many people complain about the state of education but don't really offer up suggestions for changing it. Here's one proposal to overhaul the current system.

11 comments    education politics history
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