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5 Tips To Combine Community College With A University Degree

5 Tips To Combine Community College With A University Degree

One of the hidden truths in higher education is that only the final university name really counts. You can complete much of your coursework at an inexpensive school, transfer in to a big brand name university, and graduate with a ...

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8 Uses for Dandelions

8 Uses for Dandelions

Those pesky, but delightfully bright flowers that pop up all over your lawn are tremendously useful. You can eat every part of the plant, roots, leaves, and flowers and they are good for you. Dandelions are a flowering plant that ...

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Menstrual Options For Off-The-Grid Living

Menstrual Options For Off-The-Grid Living

Aunt Flo. The Curse. Period. Monthly Courses. Whatever terms one might choose to describe that time of the month, every woman of childbearing age should have a plan for how they will handle this aspect of their lives, both in ...

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5 Ways Community Colleges Save You Money

5 Ways Community Colleges Save You Money

With college tuition costs skyrocketing, community colleges are getting a second look from millions of families this year. Community colleges cut costs in a number of ways, some of which many students and parents forget to consider. Concerned with getting ...

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Canada to Ban Oxycontin – Is the U.S. Next?

Canada to Ban Oxycontin – Is the U.S. Next?

In the long and infamous history of the pharmaceutical industry, one of the all-time amazing achievements was pulled off in 1995 by a Stamford, Connecticut corporation known as Purdue Pharma. Somehow, this relatively unheralded drug company managed to convince the ...

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How to Choose a Good Community College

How to Choose a Good Community College

Community college choices are expanding rapidly as families look for alternatives to expensive four-year programs. In the past, students might have automatically enrolled themselves in whatever community college was closest to their house without really thinking about it. Now, evaluating ...

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The Many Uses for the Common Lemon

The Many Uses for the Common Lemon

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Or make an air freshener, polish some copper, clean away tough bathroom stains, or disinfect your kitchen appliances. In fact, there are dozens of uses for a simple lemon besides squeezing a deliciously ...

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4 Tips To Fund Your College Education

4 Tips To Fund Your College Education

Not going to a four-year program doesn’t mean you have to give up on scholarships and financial aid. Community colleges offer many of the same financial aid programs as traditional four-year institutions – but their lower cost structure means your ...

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7 Benefits Associated With Community College

7 Benefits Associated With Community College

Community college gets a bad rap in popular culture as a second-rate or “cheap” education option for losers. Nothing could be further from the truth, but the constant marketing campaigns of large universities can make community college a hard sell. ...

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Top 3 Natural Cleaning Products

Top 3 Natural Cleaning Products

My favorite ingredient for house cleaning is grease – elbow grease, that is. I’m a firm believer that an extra bit of effort works as well as or better than most of the fancy and expensive products on the market. ...

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