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Don't buy pickles that have sugar in them

Submitted by leah 476 days ago
Categories: sugar health grocery
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Too much sugar is bad for you - everybody knows that, right?

Well, you'd never think that PICKLES have sugar in them - but a lot do. Check the ingredients on the jar before buying.

A good brand to buy with 0 sugar is B&G.

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saving money on gym

Submitted by leah 472 days ago
Categories: joinging a gym health insurance health
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Because of the increased health benefits that a gym can offer, many health insurance companies offer money incentives to join the gym. For instance, Oxford freedom plan has a deal that if you go to the gym 50 times in 6 months they will give you $200. GHI is not as good but will provide monetary assistance to some designated gyms. One would have to call up their insurance companies and ask if t...

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Missed Calls

Submitted by bluegene 470 days ago
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If you missed a call and don't know who the caller is, do a
Google search for the phone number. Most of the time I get interview related calls, when I do a Google search most of the time I can easily figure out if it was a interview call or a marketing call based on the search results.

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save some folks from a stroke

Submitted by Rimma 477 days ago
Categories: medicine
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You can recognize a stroke by asking the individual to SMILE, to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE, to RAISE BOTH ARMS. If you remember this, you could save some folks.

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Don't draft often-injured players

Submitted by knight58 477 days ago
Categories: fantasy sports fantasy basketball
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When playing fantasy sports, it's a bad idea to waste high draft picks on players that are great when healthy... "When healthy" being a key.

Players like Tracy McGrady, who are constantly injured, will be a detriment to your fantasy team more often than not. So, don't draft them!

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Prepare for your next task BEFORE taking a break

Submitted by knight58 476 days ago
Categories: productivity
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Instead of finishing a task, taking your well deserved break, and coming back to a completely new task, try this: Set up your materials needed for the next task before you go on your break.

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If you're trying to start a business, work closer to business side

Submitted by alex 474 days ago
Categories: business career entrepreneur job
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If you're working in a big corporation, and want to start a business yourself, but don't know anything about the industry, shift your job towards dealing with clients.

Especially if you work in technology, where you only deal with other IT people, you'll never learn the actual industry. However, if you shift your position to a more business-oriented, you'll gain knowledge about your clients,...

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Best present

Submitted by leah 472 days ago
Categories: gift ideas gift giving
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The best present I've ever received is a personalized calendar. Whenever my fiancee and I would go on vacation we would take lots of pictures and then e-mailed them to our friends. One of our friends took the pictures and created a calendar for us as a new years present.

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How to Photograph Fireworks

Submitted by Rimma 477 days ago
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Getting good fireworks photographs there are only two fundamental requirements:
A time exposure has to be at least one second long, some two seconds, and some even longer.
A solid platform for the camera has to hold the camera motionless and as vibrationless as possible during the time-exposure. Since pressing the shutter button can cause the camera to vibrate, you can avoid this by also usin...

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Call *77 on your cell phone!

Submitted by knight58 842 days ago
Categories: emergency
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Call *77 on your cell phone to talk to the police dispatcher! *77 is a direct link to state trooper info. Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little bit of wonderful information.

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