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Sora Millay is a writer currently based in Montreal, Canada. She's worked as a teacher, corporate communicator and freelance writer. She loves books in all shapes, sizes and substantiality. Other loves are for rock music, french fries and sushi, movies, anime,

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Jobs & Careers > Managing Your Career (Other) Are you ever too old for a career change?: 1 of 10

Thinking about changing your career but fear that you might be too old to take such a risk? Should you listen to the naysayers who predict doom and gloom, or the friends who tell you to take the leap of faith? There is no easy answer to this question. As someone who has changed my career twice, I am definitely an advocate of...
Health & Fitness > General Health (Other) Spinal decompression: Causes, symptoms and treatment: 1 of 9

Lower back pain is commonly caused by injuries such as spinal fractures and herniated spinal discs, medical conditions such as arthritis and scoliosis, or simply the wear and tear of time as our bodies get older. In many of these cases, the pain is caused by spinal compression between the vertebrae, which puts pressure on su...
Personal Finance > Smart Spending Money-saving tips: Enjoy the prom on a budget: 1 of 4

Starting with the girls first, since we're living in the internet age, there is no reason why anybody would need to buy an expensive prom dress if they didn't want to. The internet is the bargain hunter's paradise. You can get both new and used gowns on ebay, craigslist, and hundreds of websites selling gowns in any style yo...
Hobbies & Games > Video Game Culture & Community Women ignored as video game players: Consumer market untapped: 3 of 8

The girl gamers have always been there. They're just not as vocal a majority nor as hard-core as guy-gamers are. I'm a girl who plays games. And I grew up with other girls who play games. But we don't call ourselves gamers. I've been playing games all my life. All the way from early pixel-colouring programme, kendo games on ...
Jobs & Careers > Jobs & Careers (Other) Dangers of getting involved in an office romance: 1 of 2

Yes, office romances are up there on the top 10 list of things not to do at the workplace, but let's face it. We're human. Attraction happens and we are drawn to people whom we have chemistry with. I know a great number of people who fell in love at the workplace and got married, and this includes my own parents. That being ...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Teens Should teens have coed sleepovers?: 6 of 9

If you allow your child to go to co-ed camps, why not sleepovers? Also, I want to point out that if your teen is asking you for permission to have a sleepover in the first place, he or she is exhibiting trust in you, and in good faith, expecting the same from you. From what I know from being an educator, troubled or rebellio...
Food & Drink > Tea Tea and weight loss: Fact or fiction?: 6 of 7

There are such things as "slimming" teas that probably do cause some amount of weight loss, so technically yes. However the reality is that it is not the tea itself that induces weight-loss but certain ingredients, herbal or artificial, that have a laxative effect. Such herbal laxatives include aloe, senna, buckthorn and cas...
Jobs & Careers > Jobs & Careers (Other) How to stay positive in a dead-end job: 3 of 3

A dead end job does not equate to a dead end to your life. It is natural to feel depressed about a job where you may be underpaid, unrecognised and going nowhere. You may struggle with despair and worry. Such emotions are undeniable but at the same time, allowing them to engulf you will not help you to improve the situation ...
Jobs & Careers > Jobs & Careers (Other) Benefits of working overtime: 3 of 3

Overtime work is something no one likes to do, but unfortunately it is a fact of life in many jobs today, especially in an economy where businesses are trying to keep costs down. Doing overtime is sometimes just what we have to do to keep our jobs. But since it is a reality, there's no point being depressed about it. Cheer y...
Entertainment > TV Show Reviews Anime reviews: Byousoku 5 Centimeter: 2 of 2

Rating: A very powerful, understated romance. The first short of Byousoku 5 centimeter is a moving story of first love that tugs the heartstrings in all the right directions. Evocatively, the anime conveys the hopelessness of first love, the powerlessness of childhood, and despite all that, the determination of the two prota...