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Eric has written extensive training materials, web content, and workplace materials throughout a 15-year career in call center training and management. His freelance writing dots the net in numerous contributions to health care, nutrition, insurance, and personal

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Personal Finance > Personal Finance (Other) What to do if you win the lottery: 1 of 36
You matched all 16 numbers in the Buttload O' Bucks sweepstakes, and you're sitting there in disbelief, checking and rechecking the numbers to be sure it's really true. You're on Easy Street! The life of leisure awaits you!Not so fast Diamond Jim. If you want to get your money and keep it for the long haul, you have a LOT of ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Setting Life Goals Want to be a hero?: 1 of 32
If you want to be a hero, you've already blown your chances. Being a hero means putting the needs of others ahead of your own, and then acting. Sometimes a single act can make a hero, and sometimes it takes a lifetime of effort to earn the title. But either way, becoming a hero comes from helping other people. It does NOT com... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Socks: 3 of 86
Socks With You Is The Best, BabyI rush through the doorway, and she is already there,beautiful, waiting, smiling. Her two soft moundsrise from the tabletop, onepile a rumpled mix of slacks, shirts,the other a tangle of white unmentionables.I thrust my near-bursting duffelonto the Formica top, unzip,add my colors to hers, my w... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Racism Can't African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, etc., just be called Americans?: 1 of 27
In spite of the great efforts and strides made in the field of equal rights, we will continue to have groups called "hyphenated" Americans who will be treated differently from the rest of the population. The main reason we will continue to see it... despite our efforts... is because of advertising.I'm not kidding you. Adverti... More..
Entertainment > Music Genres, Trends & Scenes The demise of rock: What happened: 1 of 26
Saying rock is dead would be like saying we no longer have teen-agers or electric guitars. Obviously, we have both in great supply. We even have a best-selling video game, "Guitar Hero", based on rock music. Rock was created in America, continues to be a strong part of American culture, and is imitated all over the world. It ... More..
Entertainment > Celebrity Commentary Do celebrities deserve some level of privacy?: 3 of 76
When Paris Hilton began her quest for fame, she knew what she was doing. Using the prestige of her family name and her outrageous behavior (leaking her own sex tape, "accidentally" flashing her unclad nethers while getting out of a car), she deliberately courted press attention. Now that she's reached some level of celebrity ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Awareness & Reality How do we know that we exist?: 4 of 78
From the day we are born our brain is busy with the process of sensing things, interpreting what we sense, and creating an understanding of the world. We learn to interpret different frequencies of light as "colors", different wavelengths of sounds as "pitches", different sets of information from our mouths as "tastes" and "t... More..
Sciences > Disease & Illness Could the AIDS virus be viewed as a natural way to stabilize population growth?: 1 of 18
Nature sends waves of lethal flu strains at us, keeps us pinned down in our lifespan with heart disease and Alzheimer's, and insinuates illnesses like MS and diabetes into our numbers. Nature devastates us with floods, famine, drought, and earthquakes. Could the AIDs virus be viewed as a natural way to stabilize population gr... More..
Health & Fitness > Allergies Natural health options for allergy relief: 1 of 17
Seasonal allergies are caused by a cascade of immune reactions to pollens released by certain plants. In the spring, it's tree pollen. In summer, it's grasses. Autumn is weed season. Most people seek a quick fix for their symptoms by taking medications, but others prefer to "go natural". If you want to go the "natural" r... More..
Education > Educational Philosophy Should schools be allowed to teach creationism alongside evolution as part of their science curriculum?: 5 of 78
Creationism should be taught in schools because it is a hotly contested social and philosophical issue. Students will undoubtedly run into the creationism-vs.-evolution issue sometime in their lives, and should be educated on the subject.But it should not be taught alongside evolution in a science curriculum. Creationism is n... More..