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Community After Tragedy

unity After Tragedy by: Dan Britt One Friday in November, I began a journey from New Jersey to downtown New York City to visit old work friends. It was my first visit since the tragic September 11th attack. Although I've traveled this same ...

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How To Use Biennials & Perennials In Landscaping Your Garden

BiennialsBiennials are generally very beautiful plants, with most attractive flowers. They are somewhat more trouble for the gardener, since they keep growing during their first year and do not bloom until the second. Their great advantage is that t...

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Fall Lawn Care

I wish I had indulged my yard in a little tender-loving fall lawn care. Today I’m looking out my window at an all-too familiar Midwestern winter. Snow for Christmas and then a few days of warmth melted the insulating blanket away, leaving my lawn b...

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Understanding your laundry detergent

December 8, 2004History Soap has been around for 5000 years. Both the Egyptians and Babylonians used soap for personal cleaning. Soap then was a mixture of rendered animals fats and ashes. Although its basic principles remain the same, it is now mad...

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30 Minutes That Could Save Your Dream

If you’ve got a dream you’re intent on pursuing, chances are you’re going to bog down at some point. That’s just the way dreams are. In fact, there’s a little known rule about this called the Second Rule of Thermodynamics, which states that...

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Handle Stress Like A Monk

Firstly, let's define Stress.Stress is defined simply as 'Change'.Any kind of change. Be it nvironmental, Physical, Emotional or Social - Good or Bad. As human beings we are naturally resistant to any type of change. So the prospect of...

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On Empathy - Part II

Alas, such an agreement is meaningless. We cannot (yet) measure sadness, quantify it, crystallize it, access it in any way from the outside. We are totally and absolutely reliant on your introspection and my introspection. There is no way anyone can ...

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Life's Curveballs

Do you realize how good you have it? Yes, everyone has problems,but it could be worse than what it is now. Yes, everyone has abad day or two, but it could be worse. Life can throw someserious curveballs at us sometimes.Be thankful for the problems yo...

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How to email your Professor

So its 12:30 Pm and there you are at the computer trying to refresh the email inbox page. The big test is tomorrow and your Professor still hasn’t replied back, but why? Contrary to popular belief, that your Professor wants you to fail, the problem...

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Wool Carpeting For Your Home

Wool Carpeting For Your Home by: Shaan Randow There is nothing quite as luxurious as having wool carpeting in your home. Although is a definite luxury, wool carpeting is also a lasting value. A wool carpet will cost more at the time of installat...

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