When you applied as a college student, your personal statement probably didn’t make much of a difference, because college student admissions are largely based on numbers (GPA, test scores, etc.). Graduate and career school admissions are different! Your competitors will have test scores and grades similar to yours, because most people who are motivated to […]
If ever there was a timely business book, “Save Your Small Business: 10 Crucial Strategies for Surviving Tough Times or Closing and Moving Forward” by Ralph Warner and Bethany K. Laurence it certainly is. Promoted as a roadmap for small business survival, Warner and Laurence provide simple, sensible steps that can make a big difference […]
A stubborn man is a man who is inflexible or willful or who is simply unwilling to be controlled by anyone. This is a man who once he determines the path he wants to take is difficult or impossible to dissuade from that path. The saying “stubborn as a mule” comes to mind; A mule, […]
Fredericka “Marm” Mandelbaum was born in 1818 in the country of Prussia. She immigrated to the United States in 1848 with her husband Wolfe Mandelbaum. A heavyset woman, weighing more than 250 pounds, Mandelbaum opened a dry goods store at 79 Clinton Street, the corner of Rivington, on the ground floor of a three-story building […]
History of the Kimberley diamond fields The first South African diamond was found in 1866 in the Northern Province, along the banks of the Orange River. Following the discovery of the diamond, there was a great diamond rush, with thousands of hopeful prospectors flooding the area in search of alluvial diamonds along the banks of […]
The Helsinki Formula was very much in the news in the 1980s and 1990s: first as a miracle cure for hair loss; and then as the center of a long legal battle and a media circus. It is a compound whose active ingredient was originally Polysorbate 60 and later Polysorbate 80, ingredients that are still […]
Why is breastfeeding important? What does the WHO say? WHO and UNICEF recommend that a baby be exclusively breastfed for 6 months. After six months, additional safe and adequate foods and liquids should supplement breastfeeding to meet the nutritional needs of a young child up to the age of two. Why is breast milk better? […]
Working in a law firm is like no other business entity. Law firms are generally a conservative workplace. While many companies have embraced the idiosyncrasies of the younger generation, these firms disapprove of strange hair color, nose rings, and tattoos. Time has forgotten this world. Law firms thrive on modern technology such as the Internet […]
I hate novels where parenting is questioned, simply because all too often I find myself thinking, “Well, I would never do THAT.” So I have to do the whole wood-knocking routine and hope not only to invite divine retribution for being too critical. This is what happened with the novel My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi […]
Coaches are often the first people to provide nutritional guidance to athletes. Unfortunately, many coaches are unprepared to provide such guidance and, under most state laws, they are not authorized to provide nutritional guidance. However, when it comes to sports nutrition, many coaches and players simply focus on gaining weight and muscle. This “plan” lacks […]