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11 Tips to make your airport transfer stress free
When you are going abroad, travelling to and from the airport can be just as important as the flight itself. You need to ensure that you arrive in time, and with as little stress as possible. Whether you are travelling on business or for pleasure, you need to make sure that your journey to the airport is well organised in order to make sure that everything goes smoothly.
By Kuldip Rait4 years ago in FYI
How to Create Professional-Looking Business Cards
Having a set of business cards is an essential part of any professional’s toolkit. You’ve probably heard the old adage, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” When it comes to making sure your business leaves an impression with potential customers, one of the most important items you need is a professional-looking business card. Business cards are a tangible representation of your brand, and having one on hand can be the difference between making a lasting connection with a potential customer or missing out on an opportunity. Let’s take a look at what it takes to create a professional-looking business cards, from choosing your format and design, to business card printing.
By Elise Harden4 years ago in FYI
What to do when suspended from NewsBreak
Suspension from NewsBreak is not as traumatic as it seems When it comes to online writing platforms they each have their own rules and regulations which are constantly changing. Writers are human so some of us will inadvertently find ourselves being reprimanded. Others may purposely do what they know is a violation and hope to not be caught. When I first began writing for the NewsBreak contributor network I read that if you received two strikes for breaking any rules you would be suspended from the platform.
By Cheryl E Preston4 years ago in FYI
Democracy Was On the Ballot—And Democracy Won
“Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections.” These are concise words of wisdom from one of my favorite political scientists, Adam Przeworski, in his 1991 book, Democracy and the Market. Przeworski’s definition of democracy has been criticized by many as too minimalist, because he focuses on elections (contestation) much more than civil and political rights (who can participate, and how). But for Przeworski, his main focus was the idea that each electoral cycle produces winners and losers, and he defined a stable democracy as the willingness of the losers to accept the present defeat in the knowledge that they may win again in the future. This “long time horizon” is made possible by stable democratic institutions (the rules of the game!) that allow conflicting interests to lose one election and then compete (and possibly win) the next time around. For Przeworski, this long-term agreement between competing parties is the core essence of democracy (and beautifully exemplified by Vice President Al Gore’s 2000 concession speech).
By Jocelyn Sage Mitchell4 years ago in FYI
10 Astonishing Vintage Christmas Ads You Have to See to Believe
A carton of cigarettes standing in for a Christmas card may seem strange today, but in the not-too-distant past, it was a thing. When tobacco companies were maintaining the fiction that cigarettes were good for you, nobody thought twice about stuffing stockings with cartons of cancer sticks.
By Denise Shelton4 years ago in FYI
