Getting The Most From Your Homeowners Insurance

Getting quality insurance is a good first step towards protecting your home. However, the following pointers are important for anyone who wishes to get maximum satisfaction from their homeowners insurance before and after purchase. 1. Safeguard your home Take action to make your home theft-resistant. Case your home as if you were a burglar. Burglars look for easy targets - make sure your home isn't one of them. Install exterior lights that are out of reach and triggered by motion. Trim trees ...
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Sometimes the grass just isn't greener

Being a home-baked 'Greenie' myself, I'm very aware of the damage that can be done to the cause when emotion holds sway. I wince when I see Greenpeace activists - in South Africa Earthlife Africa http://www.earthlife.org.za - and so-called 'spokespeople' on TV defending some or other environmental cause. When are they going to understand that unwashed hair, ragged beards, tie-dyed T-shirts and unkempt appearances do little for media credibility? That look may have worked in the sixties, but not ...
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Neil Millar

"Resolve to make at least one person happy every day, and then in ten years you may have made three thousand, six hundred and fifty persons happy, or brightened a small town by your contribution to the fund of general enjoyment." Sydney Smith This article is perhaps one of the most important I've written. It's been on my mind for around 6 weeks and many things I've read or heard during that time have shaped the words below. New Year is traditionally an opportunity for a fresh start, but all ...
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Where To Find The Best Debt Consolidation Loans

Many people have reoccurring and unexpected debt. Debt can come from credit cards, small loans, medical bills and other debt areas. The best debt consolidation loans are great for people who cannot afford to pay reoccurring and unexpected debt. Consolidation loans are given to combine many smaller debts into one larger debt. By doing this, the loan may be larger, but it's spread out over a longer period of time. With consolidation loans, interest rates may be lower, your smaller debts can be ...
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The Power of Being A Woman

The Power Of Being A Woman The American Poet Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "What lies behind us and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.' Little did he know that his quote would sum up the past, present and future of women. He also didn't know that women would emerge as powerful pillars of society. It wasn't until the 20th century that American women were allowed to vote and it took even longer until they could say no to sex in their marriages. What lies ...
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You Can Have It All (Just Not At The Same Time)

I was glancing at a local paper recently when an ad for a nearby health club caught my attention. There was a picture of an attractive, well-dressed woman who appeared to be pregnant. The ad started off by giving her first name and followed with a list of the essential elements of her life, including the fact that she has been married for 12 years, has 2 kids (with another on the way) and owns her own business. The message of the ad was that not only does she take care of her family, but she ...
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A Belated Farewell, But He Would've Understood. He Always Loved

Ten years ago my sister and I were in a hotel room in the Florida Keys with my sons, one in college, the other in middle school. They'd been horsing around doing macho stuff as we waiting for the dinner hour. Suddenly the trolley car sound ' my younger son froze in his tracks, halfway toward the hotel room door and stared at the television, mesmerized. On the bed, his older brother froze in place, delta waves in his eyes. Locked in. My sister and I poked each one to take note as Mister ...
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A Treatise Against Vivisection

A Treatise Against Vivisection A Dissertation to Charities Supporting Animal Experimentation By Punkerslut Charity: it is the revealed essense of a good heart, the revelation of humanity. Charity is the acceleration of human thought, the beautification of the soul, the memoirs of a person who believes in doing good -- an affectionate and curious smile, a warm welcome, all things which have been done by the heart. Those men on this planet who have offered their charity to the populations of ...
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Safety Or Freedom Should We Have To Choose?

Benjamin Franklin once said "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." Fear, desire for convenience, and ignorance are the leading causes of United States citizens surrendering their rights, it's not all government corruption and tyranny like some people would like to believe. Why would the government have to employ deception or trickery when people are ready to line up and hand over their rights and privacy for the very ...
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Tar and Tax

It wasn't but a few short years ago, especially in the south, that tobacco was many farmer's main crop and even preachers were known to smoke ... and it was accepted. It was the tobacco industry that added ingredients to keep one hooked and our government who looked the other way ... the same government who has, now, picked out a select minority to tax and breed hate. Those same people, who's service for the Lord was once honored, are not allowed to serve in titled positions of churches ...
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