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Suck Up Those Dust Hippos

Suck Up Those Dust HipposBy David Leonhardt The sun was shining. The refrigerator was humming. The kids were stapling each other to the bathroom door. It was a typical, peaceful day around our house. Until I decided to vacuum."Make sure to vacuum und...

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Back to School Show & Tell

One thing you can count on during the first day of school is the inevitable question of "What did you do over the summer?" Here are a few creative ways to describe your summer experiences for the first edition of Show and Tell.1. Flip BooksCreate a m...

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All I Want for Christmas is My Son Back

The holidays are upon us … and how they churn up our emotions. The expectations … the memories … the empty chairs … Somewhere there’s the Norman Rockwell family celebrating, but it was never at my house. Was it at yours?A client and I have ...

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Personal Checks and Saving Money

When you write a personal check you're essentially an order instructing your bank to pay a particular merchant a specified sum of money, using funds in your account at that bank. To collect the money, the merchant probably will deposit the check...

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Understanding a UK Commercial Mortgage

In many ways a commercial mortgage is just like a residential mortgage in that you pledge real property as collateral against a loan to either buy or refinance that property. You can also receive a commercial re-mortgage and use it as a line of cred...

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Common-law misconceptions

Arsenal and England soccer star Ray Parlour was recently ordered to pay his ex-wife Karen a third of his earnings for the next four years in a high profile divorce case. And this £444,000 a year income was on top of two mortgage-free houses wor...

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Health Insurance for Seniors on the Web

Health Insurance ForSeniors On The NetWhen a good friend of mine inquired where he could obtain information about medical insurance for his out-of-state, elderly mother, I told him to try the Internet.He reported back to me about a week later, in des...

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College Tuition Prepayment Plans Stumble

Perhaps the most heartbreaking casualties of recent stock market performance are the 20 state-sponsored college tuition pre-payment plans throughout the country. With college costs continuing to grow at a pace of about 9% per year and investment retu...

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Does Cocoa Have A Chance

While it has been hard to find a commodity in an uptrend lately, there is a new name on the list that may be due for higher prices. Just this month, cocoa broke above its four-year downtrend and appears to be holding its gains despite a slower outloo...

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Protein or Carbohydrates

This has got to be the biggest controversy in modern bodybuilding. Bodybuilders will say you've got to consume loads of protein to pack on quality muscle mass and increase strength. Nutrition experts say that you must eat a high carbohydrate die...

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