Shalita Middleton who was one of the Delaware State University students who was shot, is being reported has passed away.rnrnI followed this story from the beginning and I just do not know where to start. Our heart goes to the family of Shalita M

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When people leave college they face a lot of challenges with their financial situations. Many will start a family and have children, which means getting a property and probably a mortgage a long with that. That can be a difficult proposition if yo

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How do you teach your children about the wonderful world of community and taxation that will one day claim them? Why, through the inspriational use of Halloween! Here is a humorous post on how to show your candy grubbing youngster what happens wh

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Calling all knitting enthusiasts with a few acres, basic instructions for starting up your own four legged yarn farm.
It contains photos and a description of how one work at home mom started a small fiber flock farm with her family to provide the f

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After our past chats about authenticity and the right to tell a story, I thought my Fire Escape visitors would enjoy this synopsis by Fran Manushkin of last month's PEN young adult and children's book committee meeting, and she kindly gave me perm

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As of five minutes ago, the Wordpress resident spam-zapper Askimet has managed to filter 3,122 spam comments from my in-box. It does a pretty good job, but then again it can’t be that difficult to recognize strings of words lacking in vowels followe

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The internet is a great place filled with a wealth of information, but this is just one facet of it. On the other hand, there are some sites that we never want our child to discover. I teach after-school computer lessons to elementary-aged children

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It can be difficult to keep your children entertained, even under ideal circumstances. What do you do when the weather does not cooperate? Professionals tell us that we should combine entertainment with education, so most people tend to over-think

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The scene is probably familiar to a lot of us. It’s ten in the morning, most people are still nursing their third cup of coffee and a woman in a maroon scarf stands in front of a over sized pictionary type drawing pad with a huge red marker. The wor

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If your working from home and don’t have a work schedule then you need to make one. It’s difficult if you have children that you have to take care of so you would have to make your office hours around them, but you still need to determine when those

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We’re gearing up for another presidential campaign, and we have some serious domestic issues on our hands. Large parts of New Orleans still look like a war zone two years after Hurricane Katrina, the Administration is dragging its collective feet on

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His parents reasoned with him, cajoled, and gently encouraged, but little Timmy would not be denied the singular opportunity to make our airborne experience one we would never forget.

Little Timmy ran up and down the isle. Little Timmy launched f

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Most of those who come to work in residential childcare do not last very long. The demands and stress levels in UK residential are quite considerable and if you are considering a career in child care, this is an article that you should read.

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The holiday season is once again approaching, bringing excitement and merriment to many. The stores are laden with Christmas trees, Christmas decorations of all sorts, the aisles stocked full of the latest and greatest toys, gifts and gadgets for ea

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The primary job of a parent is to prepare their children for how the world really works. We teach and train our children from childhood the knowledge and skills necessary to become independent adults, self-sufficient and upstanding members of societ

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