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4 simple steps for getting fired from your job

Did that headline grab your attention? Surely you’re asking yourself: “Why would anyone want to get fired from their job?” Well, my friend did just that. After enduring the application, the interview, waiting for the phone to ring, she finally landed her dream job. But then she let nerves get to her.  While she’d quietly hoped and prayed […]
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They’re Not Really Assholes

From witch tourism to masturbating statues, Mark Bloom discovers Salem Massachusetts has become a magnet for the bizarre.
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Dancing with the devil in the pale moonlight

Beneath a scorched and desolate earth lies a subterranean solar system where the Moon people dwell. Riley Banks reviews The Moon Dwellers by David Estes
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5 important things expats should know about working in Dubai

Dubai is the business center of the Middle-East, with a number of companies and expatriates moving into the city. The expats who are moving in should be well-versed with the etiquettes, the work environment and type of behavior that is expected in general out of any person who decides to stay there.  Introduction Before moving […]
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Book Review: Agency Rules – Never an Easy Day at the Office by Khalid Muhammad

By Mark Combs Title: Agency Rules – Never an Easy Day at the Office Author: Khalid Muhammad Genre: Thriller Series or Standalone: First book in series Blurb Celebrated as a ragtag force that defeated and broke the Soviet Union, no one predicted the Mujahideen would bring with them a plague that would spread like wildfire […]
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Any interest in a Read 4 Review program?

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Grey ending to lacklustre season

Grey’s Anatomy says goodbye to season 10 by Michele Kunz Grey’s Anatomy has wrapped up yet another season, rolling the credits on the 10th season of the show. I can’t help thinking that this was possibly the most lacklustre ending in the history of Grey’s Anatomy. I kept thinking, “When are they going to pull […]
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