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What Is an iRex Digital Reader, and How Does It Work?

December 30th, 2009 |

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What Is a Sony Portable Reader, and How Does It Work?

December 30th, 2009 |

What is a Sony Portable Reader, and how does it work?

Portable Reader is the result of Sony tossing their hat into the eBook reader ring. The full name is the Sony PRS-500 Portable Reader, but most people drop the nerdy “PRS-500″ label when discussing the device.

The price of Sony’s reader is equivalent to similar devices from Amazon and Barnes and Noble–around $300, though it must be said that Amazon’s Kindle averages about $40 cheaper. The big knock on Sony’s eBook reader is the slightly higher cost compared to the features offered by the device. You’d think if you’re…

What Is Barnes & Noble’s Nook, and How Does It Work?

December 29th, 2009 |

What is Barnes & Noble’s Nook, and how does it work?

The battle for eBook reader dominance is raging on. Though Amazon was the first company to put an eBook reader in wide release (the first Kindles came out in 2007 and completely sold out nationwide within fifteen minutes) there is one company whose reader is fighting for some of that company’s market share.

Barnes and Noble, whose bookstores pepper the American shopping mall landscape, put out an eBook reader this year called the Nook. Fortunately for Amazon (and unfortunately for the eggheads at B&N) the Nook is receiving the…

What Is an EBook Reader, and How Does It Work?

December 28th, 2009 |

What is an eBook reader and how does it work?

This is the first in a week-long series of articles on eBook readers, from Amazon’s Kindle to newer models like Barnes and Noble’s “Nook”. We’ll be looking at each device in detail and talking about how various types of eBook readers work.

What is an eBook Reader, how much does an eBook reader cost, and how does an eBook reader work?

To get started on the right foot, let’s describe what an eBook reader is, how much it costs, and how it works.

An “eBook reader” is a device used…

What Is a Safe Fast Diet?

December 18th, 2009 |

What is a Safe Fast Diet?

A safe fast diet is just what it sounds like–a quick but careful way to drop pounds in weeks or even days as opposed to longer term diet plans.

The safe fast diet that everyone  is talking about is called the calorie shifting diet.

The best part about the calorie shifting diet and other diets like it is that you aren’t being restricted to some extremely low amount of calories — in fact, you can eat just about the same number of calories as you do normally.  Like the name implies, you’re “shifting” your…

What Is the Best Place to Incorporate?

December 17th, 2009 |

What is the Best Place to Incorporate?

According to Forbes magazine’s eleventh installment of the Best Places for Business series, the top ten cities for business in America have changed drastically in just a few short years. North Carolina and Colorado are clearly the best states for incorporating a business — half of the top twenty cities in Forbes’ poll are from these two states.

At the top this year is Raleigh, North Carolina, with high scores in job growth and projected job growth as well as one of the top scores in terms of workforce education. A growing population…

What Is an Average LSAT Score?

December 16th, 2009 |

What is an Average LSAT Score?

If you’re looking to get into a top notch law school, scoring a solid points total on the LSAT is crucial.

High profile professions all have their scary entrance exam — for medical school, it is the MCAT that keeps students up at night. For word crunchers, it is the uniform CPA exam. For those of us applying to law school, nothing gives us the cold sweats like the LSAT.

LSAT scores range from 120 to 180 — 120 is the lowest, 180 the highest. According to the FNBC blog, a good LSAT score is…

What to Do when You Lose Your Job: 100 Tips and Resources

December 15th, 2009 |

Job Hunting Tips and Job Hunt Resources

Knowing what to do when you lose your job seems more important today than it’s been in our lifetimes. Millions of people who never imagined they would be unemployed or underemployed are now looking for jobs out there in the job market, so learning how to cope with being laid off, getting organized to send out resumes and acing those few interviews and callbacks we do receive is ultimately important right now.

So I’ve put together “100 Tips and Resources” for what you do when you have just lost your job or…

What Are Some Questions to Ask a Lawyer?

December 15th, 2009 |

What are Some Questions to Ask a Lawyer?

When you first sit down to consult with a lawyer, it may be difficult for you to think of questions you need answered. Many people are intimidated by lawyers the same way they are intimidated by doctors, dentists, or their mother-in-law. Here are a few key questions to ask at your first consultation.

According to this post at the website for The American Bar Association, the most important generic questions to ask a lawyer are –

• What is your experience in this area of legal practice?
• How long have you been

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Why Was As the World Turns Canceled?

December 14th, 2009 |

Why Was “As the World Turns” Canceled?

CBS has canceled two high profile daytime television shows in the last four months.

First, “Guiding Light” — the longest running soap opera in television history, which aired in some form from 1937 to 2009. On December 8th, 2009, CBS announced that “As the World Turns” (which started airing in 1956 and was the longest running broadcast soap opera after the cancellation of “GL”) will end its run in September of 2010. “As the World Turns” has an annual audience of around 2.5 million, and is by far the most popular of the…

How Can I Change Her Mind?

December 3rd, 2009 |

Dear Deb,

Ok. I am a 43 year old woman with a 17 year old autistic daughter. I have been married for over 20 years now but I am in love with my best friend. Tasha has also been married about the same amount of time I have and has kids of her own. We have been friends for almost 15 years.

My husband doesn’t have any idea that I like women and I have never cheated on him even though he has cheated on me at least once that I know of. But I am really in love

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Question about Abortion Complications

December 3rd, 2009 |

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Hi,

This is Anusha. I had a question regarding my sexual life with my husband. We got recently married and within one month I became pregnant. So I had an abortion on September 2nd, ’09. I just want to know whether there would be any complications if I concieve? Please advise me. And I want to know how will they count the fertility dates from the time periods starts?

Thank you,
Anusha

Generally speaking, having an abortion does not affect your future fertility. If your abortion has no complications, you should remain as fertile as you…

Song Question about 2007 Canadian Band

December 3rd, 2009 |

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Here’s a tough one, as my memory has died in the past couple of years. I don’t know the name of the band, the song, or the girl that sang it. It came out in 2006 or 2007. (about the same time as the song “Pain“).

The girl was new to the band. I believe I heard either the girl or the band were from Canada. The girl did an interview (i believe for Mtv)- she talked about her first time on stage while they set up for a concert. She said something about she was in

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Asking out a Shy Guy

December 3rd, 2009 |

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My name is Maali. I’m 22 and a few months ago I met this guy who happens to be my little nephew’s swimming coach. Well, I have to admit that I liked him since the first moment I saw him, but I really didn’t think that anything could happen between us, since he’s sooooo shy and serious. With time, he started paying more attention to me and giving me flirtatious looks, but when our eyes meet or when we come, close he blushes and says “hey” nervously.

So I took the initiative and asked him a random

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