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Avoiding and Fighting Cold and Flu

The winter months are notoriously known as cold and flu season. The holidays often add to your susceptibility of catching a cold or flu. As you run around the malls and crowded stores shopping, you are being...

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On Economic Bias: I am Poor, Not Stupid

I have experienced times where my economic status left something to be desired. I have been on food stamps, welfare, gone to the food bank to feed my children, gone to a local church to get warm clothes for my...

21 comments    politics people economy
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Martha Stewart I Am Not: Confessions from a Real Kitchen

No one has ever been able to accuse me of being the ‘domestic type.' I don't care much for cleaning, cooking and all the other homemaker type activities. As a southern woman, I am sure that this is in...

1 comment    family food recipes
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Finding Peace: Musings Over a Cup of Coffee

It is so interesting; the things that people say when they do not first consider consequences and, more importantly, how it will be perceived by others. We are always told to ‘think before you speak' and...

3 comments    love family children
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Freelance Writing Jobs

Writers and project managers alike are always looking for good ways to connect. There are some places on the net that can connect writers to jobs and project managers to writers, but getting through the sites...

24 comments    business careers writing
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Understanding how to use Statistics

People are bombarded by statistics on a daily basis and many fall for them, hook, line and sinker. Why? Because most people do not understand how statistics work. Funny thing about statistics...they are...

2 comments    business finance how
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Labels Hurt Students but it Happens

As a child, I was 'labeled.' I was one of the 'good kids,' one of the 'smart children' and I could have gotten away with pretty much anything had I not been so painfully shy. I learned very early that if I...

3 comments    education children kids
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Freelance Writing

Freelance writing is a cutthroat business. It can be unpredictable and merciless if you are depending upon it for a living. On the other hand, it can be quite lucrative if you know what you are doing. If you...

8 comments    business writing writer
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