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Touching Animals Safely and When Not To Do It

If you’re an animal lover, touching animals can be tempting, but there’s probably been a time when you wanted to pet or hold an animal and been told not to because you’d hurt it. Still, many of us seem to have interacted well with animals, everything from housepets to neighborhood

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Top 5 Music Festivals in the US

Music festivals have become an art form of their own, born from the counterculture and anti-war sentiments that arose especially between the 1960s and 1990s. Think Woodstock and Free Tibet. Below is a round-up of the top five music festivals in the US that still capture this spirit. 1. Pitchfork

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Which Are Better: Print or E-Books?

The wide availability of electronic devices for reading e-books has had an unexpected impact in the publishing world, but which is better; e-books or printed books? It was first predicted that e-books would slowly decrease the demand and commercial viability of print media. The truth is that demand for print

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Is AI a Danger to Humanity?

In the 1940s, computer scientist Alan Turing theorized that machines would one day possess an unlimited impact on our existence through a process that might mimic evolution. The biggest question of our time follows: Is AI a danger to humanity if it supersedes human intelligence? Is AI Harmful or Beneficial?

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Why Becoming a Mechanic Is a Good Idea

It’s safe to say cars have completely changed our concept of distance. What took our ancestors hours to travel, you can do in 10 minutes while singing aloud to your favorite song. While these machines help make our lives easy, they do need a decent amount of maintenance to keep

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Commercial Real Estate Investment

Commercial real estate involves purchasing and leasing properties to business tenants to earn a return through rental income. Most investors gain access to these assets through public real estate investment shares. Such is beneficial since the management fee is low, and you can invest with a minimum stake.  Commercial real

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Buying Your First House: 3 Things You Should Know

If you ask a random person what their definition of being comfortable is, owning a house would most likely be mentioned. Shelter is one of the basic necessities of life, and it feels even better when you know it’s yours.  After years of paying rent, a primal urge enters all

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Just Let It Go: Life Is Short

The definition of “letting it go” is often taken incorrectly—as in not caring. Really, it is about grace even after experiencing turmoil.  Grace has many definitions and is often compared to faith and forgiveness. It is also associated with elegance and a refined kind of movement. Consider the idiom: to

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The Filthy Fingerprints of Stories: A Revealing Look

Stories have filthy fingerprints from their widespread use. They touch many areas of our lives every day. They appear so frequently because stories are indispensable to being human. Stories help define who we are. They also form a bridge between people to share the human experience. The following topics are

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