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I Believe in You: A Carpenter’s Approach to Sobriety

“I believe in you”. That sentence is where addiction counseling begins. When someone else has faith that you will not only make it through, but thrive and prosper along the journey, the magic begins to happen. That magic can be summed up in one word, “sobriety.” As an addiction...

Celebrate your last single night with bachelor parties

Before you commit to your spouse and lose your freedom and singleness, there is a long tradition of throwing a party and celebrating your last night of freedom with your closest friends. They are usually held the night before the big day, hours before taking the oath. Traditionally, these...

Where is the world’s largest neon sign?

Where is this giant sign? It’s right where it should be. There is only one logical place in this country where it could be. No, it’s not in New York City. A neon sign of this size needs a lot of space. You also have to advertise somewhere that...

Explore authentic Jamaica through a food festival

Explore authentic Jamaica through a food festival. Jamaica has many interesting foods and several annual food festivals. The Portland Jerk Festival is one of the most well-known festivals because it involves one of Jamaica’s most popular forms of cooking: jerk! Jerk is the process of seasoning and grilling. The...

Some Things You May Not Know: The Sport of Ice Fishing

Fishing is a sport that you can practice throughout the year depending on where you live. Whether you live in the tropics or Canada, you can always do some fishing. If you like ice fishing, you may need to go to Alaska or Canada. When you go ice fishing,...

beyond biology

Three disparate things I recently read made me sit up and take another look at the threat biotechnology poses to the future of humanity. The first was an announcement by scientists at the J Craig Venter Institute about their work on genome transplantation that allowed them to transform one...

Some reasons to visit Jamaica

Visit our tropical beaches Jamaica is described as the land of wood and water. You won’t be short of fun in the sun in Jamaica. Imagine a day in Negril where we have seven miles of white sand beach and when the sun goes down the fun begins. You...

Planning a Bachelorette Party in Scranton, PA

Bachelorette party planning is hard work, especially for those who want their parties to be held in small towns with limited places to hang out. This, coupled with a low budget, would be a disaster. But do not worry. For brides-to-be, here are wise suggestions for bachelorette parties in...

How our schools create corporate drones

We are all brainwashed and trained at a young age by parents, teachers, and society to believe that getting a job is what we are supposed to do. Maybe this was a cool thing to do in the ’50s, ’60s, even ’70s. I’m not sure. But things began to...

Home Business Opportunities Offer Much More Than the Obvious

If you’re considering a home business opportunity, or even if you’ve just started one, you may want to consider exactly what that decision would allow you. There are obvious advantages to working from home: you control your own income, you choose your own hours, you don’t have rush hour...