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Advice to pack rats: Give yourselves some space.

June 9, 2011

You may be interested to know that pack rats – otherwise known as hoarders – are not restricted to eccentric little old ladies who co-inhabit small bungalows with dozens of cats. According to Associated Press, one in twenty people are considered hoarders, and a number of them are so caught up with agglomerating things that [...]

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Life doesn’t have to be a gamble.

March 31, 2011

For a number of people in Canada, life is literally a gamble. In fact, it can be vicious circle of compulsive gambling at casinos or through other venues, and it often results in serious debt. Problem gambling is no small matter within society. For example, studies over the last decade by the Ontario Problem Gambling [...]

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Hal got the axe. But he kept his head.

March 10, 2011

Axed from the job. Suddenly. Brutally. It feels something like losing your wallet, times a thousand, according to my friend Hal. He lost his job as a marketing executive after serving with an agency for more than a decade. He was 42 and full of optimism when he joined the company. When he was let [...]

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