For people who dread tax time, it's tempting to put off dealing with tax preparation until the last possible minute. Why rush? Believe it or not, there are actually several good reasons to get your taxes done early. 1. Thwart Identity Theft It only takes a Social Security number. With that, a criminal can steal your identity, file a return in your name and steal your refund. While this issue underscores the importance of safeguarding your Social Security number, … [Read more...]
Rainbow of Spirituality: Choosing Healing Colors
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Choice of color is something that affects us all in our day-to-day lives without us often even realizing. For example, the color of your favorite sweater, the color schemes in your home or the color of your new car. We instinctively make these choices, and in fact color plays an important part in not only our daily lives, but also in our spiritual lives. Our mood and spiritual health can deeply affect our choices, such as picking out a black shirt to wear on a day … [Read more...]
Beyond Phishing – Vishing and Smishing
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You are probably already familiar with phishing, which leverages the trust people have in email to trick them into visiting fake websites and providing confidential information. If you have ever received a legitimate-looking email purporting to be from your bank, you may have been the target of a phishing attack. The sophistication of those fake emails can be quite impressive, and every year untold numbers of victims click on the embedded links and find their computers … [Read more...]
Ancient Mystery: The Megaliths World Wide
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When most people think of megaliths, the first image that likely pops into their mind is of Stonehenge, and perhaps, if they are slightly more interested in the subject, the Moai of Easter Island. While these represent two of the most popular and well-known megalithic structures in the world, they are far from the only ones. In fact, hundreds of large stone structures dating back thousands of years dot the landscape of the entire world. Megaliths are generally divided … [Read more...]
The Strange Story of Pringles
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Pringles is undoubtedly one of the world's most recognizable snack brands. But the account of how these ubiquitous chips came into existence is a fascinating story ... and not widely unknown. The story goes that, in 1956, consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble, tired of complaints that their existing potato chips were often found to be greasy, stale, and broken, looked to a man named Fredric Baur to solve the problem. Baur, using his expertise as a chemist, … [Read more...]
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