It’s not uncommon for everyone to rush out shopping during holiday periods like Christmas and other end-of-season clearance sales. And the purchase of fabrics is no exception. Very often, just before major holidays, you can find quite low prices and discounts of up to 70% on a variety of fabrics, as manufacturers and wholesalers try to liquidate their stocks to […]
Yes, this is another list of things small businesses should (or shouldn’t) do, but they do (or don’t) I know, I know, you can’t wait to read another list detailing the things you should be doing, or worse, the things you’re doing wrong. Please put your cynicism aside for a moment and leave the sarcasm to me. I’m not in […]
There is nothing that touches your heart more than seeing the youngest of a litter trying to survive with “the bigger guys”. Compassion for the little ones and the weak seems to be a very real and innate human emotion in all of us. -But empathy alone will not warm or nurture the pup. If the pup wants to survive, […]
I am asthmatic and claustrophobic. Does being asthmatic necessarily mean that you will also suffer from claustrophobia? Maybe. I read about this in Prevention magazine. It seems that recent studies show that there is a surprising connection between asthma and psychological problems, that is, depression and anxiety. If you’ve ever been in a situation where you couldn’t breathe, then it’s […]
CAT is a term for Computer Assisted Translation. It is software that constantly (when active) stores pairs of translated and original texts in its Translation Memory (TM). When a translator translates a document, the software suggests all the previously translated texts from your MT. CAT is a term that is not used for machine translation, which is something else. CAT […]
Record sealing and expungement can be an important process when trying to achieve post-conviction goals, such as employment. These two terms are often confused, but they are actually two very different processes. This is an important distinction for Ohio, because this state offers record sealing but not expungement. According to Ohio Revised Code 2151.355, to expunge is to destroy, delete, […]
While there has always been a need for caring and loving people to respond to the needs of defenseless and abandoned animals, recent economic downturns have exacerbated the problem to critical levels. Every day we see harrowing images of cats and dogs picked up by county kennels. We hear heartwarming stories of people forced from their homes and no longer […]
An online search for comments and opinions declares that owning a dog in 1960 was very different than it is today. A quarter of the dogs at the time were random strays, owned or not. Ownership rules were much less well defined. Even though there were commercial dog foods available and a Milk Bone treat company, the dog food industry […]
Pets are amazing companions and can really make a home feel even more homey. When you choose to have a pet, be it a dog, a cat or even a fish and other types of pets, you have to find the best ways to take care of it. Taking care of pets requires patience and hard work and can be […]
The last five years will go down in history as one of those periods when the value of material wealth was so eroded, to the point that governments had to make billions of dollars worth of bailout packages available to prevent the closure of mega-companies with multi-million dollar billings. The collateral effects of this “economic collapse” or “international financial crisis” […]
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