These days, it would be difficult to imagine the president without the secret service surrounding him. Before 1901, however, the secret service was used to check for counterfeit currency. It was only in 1901, after the assassination of William McKinley, that the secret service began the task of protecting the president. Today the secret service […]
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Tiger parenting is a parenting style typically associated with Asian-Americans. It involves strict parenting, free time restrictions, and a lot of hard work, all to achieve higher grades in school. Tiger parenting has received increased attention, and with it, criticism, with the publication of “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” by Amy Chua. She offers insight
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Choosing a web host can be a difficult task. There are certain things you should look for, especially if you are looking for a good web host. Great customer service and tech support are very important, as well as a near-perfect uptime. Check out the infographic below presented by websitehostreview.com to learn more about what
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The development of alternative medicines, which range from homeopathic remedies to acupuncture to yoga, have been long in the making, beginning in the early 1800s because of the cholera outbreak. Today, almost 40% of Americans take some kind of alternative medicine. To learn about the history of these alternative medicines, check out this infographic presented
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College is usually a good investment, but that’s not the case for every school in America. The question is, are universities worth it? One in three college students drop out after the first year, wasting around nine billion dollars every year. Check out the infographic below presented by CheapOnlineDegrees.org to learn about whether college is
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Have you ever considered using an online tool to give to an organization? Online giving is one of the fastest growing channels of fundraising, although still heavily unused to its full effectiveness. Right now, online giving accounts for just 7 percent of all fundraising profits, even though it has a lot of positive growth. If
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Back in the 1950s, before air travel had become so prevalent in America, road trips were the way to get across the country. After World War II ended, the US had a multitude of resources freed up that could then be used to manufacture cars and lay interstate highways. This, along with a growing prosperity
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People are becoming more and more dependent on their technology, and that dependency is deciding which careers will take off in the future. As robots are used more and more for their convenience, the area of robotics will take off exponentially. Also, people are using psychoactive drugs more than ever before, with one in five
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Facebook apps are using social opt-in as a way to access information from individuals as an exchange for using their app. This information, such as email addresses, birthdays, or page likes, is used to market to the individuals. One in four brands have a Facebook app that uses social opt-in. Using the ratio of MAUs
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If you are considering a master’s degree, you stand to earn 20-30% more than if you only had a bachelor’s degree. You could also lose out on the time, money, and work invested, with some master’s degrees leading to some fairly low salaries. To learn about five of the lowest-paying master’s degrees, check out the
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