June 10, 2005 Free Articles
Think before you speak
How many times have you said something and realised that the person, or people, on the receiving end have not fully understood what you meant or headed off and done something different to what you intended?
Read MoreWalk, or Run, to Achieve Weight Loss
Walk or run, going the extra mile -- literally -- in hopes of greater weight loss may be something of an exercise in futility. A new study suggests that the typical American dieter can lose as much weight with moderate workouts as with more intense bouts.
Read MoreHelp My Preteen/Teenager is Driving Me Nuts!!!
Do you feel like someone has abducted your sweet, innocent child and replaced them with a monster? Are you confused that somehow you have gone from knowing everything as a parent, to knowing absolutely nothing? Welcome to being a parent of a preteen/teenager. It is a brave new world. Being a preteen/teenager is difficult and being a parent of one is difficult as well. In this article, I will address just a few of the many “normal” aspects of adolescence and how to survive as a parent.
Read MoreDebt and financial optimism in the UK continue.
With £1.3 trillion pounds worth of debt in the UK, Scotland’s Citizens Advice Bureau ( http://www.cas.org.uk/ ) has welcomed a new Bill to regulate lenders and protect borrowers from creating un-repayable levels of personal debt.
Read MoreFix and Flip: What To Fix
You've bought a house, a fixer-upper you can make some money on. What improvements and repairs should you make? First of all, you need to know this before you buy, as I explained in another article. Before and after you buy, though, you need to have some simple rules with which to start analyzing possible fixes.
Read MoreHome Loans and Mortgages – The Selection Can Be Bewildering
For years, when someone wanted to purchase or refinance a home, the choices were simple. The buyer chose either a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage or a 30 year fixed-rate mortgage. That was it. Of course, those were also the days of twenty percent down payments, which seriously hindered the ability of many Americans to obtain the loan necessary to buy their own home. In recent years, more flexible loan types have become available and down payment requirements have been relaxed. There are now far more choices of loan types available for the borrower than ever before. That can be a mixed blessing, however, as prospective borrowers now have to do a tremendous amount of homework in order to determine which type of loan might be the best choice. The selection of loan types that are currently available can be quite bewildering, and the wrong choice could cost the prospective borrower thousands of dollars over the term of the loan.
Read MoreCircuit training
If you don't have enough time to workout circuit training can be the right routine for you.
Read MoreDr. Will Horsley, M.D.
After over 10,000 LASIK procedures and thousands of other refractive procedures, Dr. Will Horsley Medical Director of the Lasik Vision Institute in Burlington is one of the most experienced LASIK and refractive surgeons in New England.
Read MoreCandles- It is easy to make your Own
Most people, especially women have a special affinity for candles. The candle-lit dinner, the relaxing bath by candlelight, even the candles on the kid’s birthday cake are but a few of the ways we enjoy candles. Candles can set the mood for almost any occasion, even if the occasion is simply to forget the day and relax.
Read MoreBefore the Business Plan
Purveyors of conventional wisdom would have you believe that the very first thing you ought to do when setting up a new business is to create a business plan.
Read MoreTips For Maintaining Client Relationships
Customer Relations Is Not Just A "Sales" Function Consulting is a service business and engineers, administrators and technicians are the heart of it. Sadly, too many of us see customer relations as a “sales” function. While the sales department can be very effective at generating leads and performing a lot of the up-front work that initiates a customer relationship, long term success depends highly on the implementers themselves.
Read MoreThe Cost of Stress – the Need to Monitor and Manage the Risks!
How much attention is paid to one of the biggest underlying risk factors within an organisation – the effects of stress? Not only are there a lot of potential risks arising from the spread of stress within an organisation, it costs them a great deal of money!!
Read MorePresentation Paranoia
“The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.” (Sir George Jessel)
Read MoreHow to Start a Catering Service
Want to know how to start a catering service? Keep reading.
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