How to Make the Perfect Ham for the Holidays

One of my favorite traditions when it comes to Christmas is the Christmas dinner ham.  Growing up in my family always involved the roasting of a ham but unlike now a days this process took my mother a few days.  Anyone now can go into a supermarket and purchase a gammon (a ham is technically a whole leg which has been cured.  A gammon is a piece which has been cut from a cured leg) but it takes some real dedication to make...

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3 Reasons Why you shouldn't outsource your Virtual Assistant

When someone considers hiring a Virtual Assistant more often than not the first question to pop into their head is should I get someone who is from the states or should I go with the cheaper option and hire someone abroad.  While both solutions can work for you depending on what your needs are there is something to be said about someone who is from the same culture as you.  Related Topics [affordable virtual assistant, affordable...

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Where Would I be without my Virtual Assistant?

There was a time in my life where I was perfectly capable of functioning without a Virtual Personal Assistant.  Those days are long gone!  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining about the countless hours of work.  If anything this is a direct result of the success me and my business has had in the last few years, which brings me to the topic of finding the right Virtual Assistant Services for you and your company.  Related...

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Tips for Improving Reading Comprehension

Reading comprehension is the ability to understand and remember what you have read. It is a skill that is important in all aspects of academics and it’s importance transfers to everyday life for most adults. Students with weak reading comprehension often find reading to be frustrating and time consuming; they may spend extra time going back to the material because they aren’t sure what they just read and they may score poorly on homework or...

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Top 5 Technology Trends for 2015

As we move deeper and deeper into the 21st century we have noticed that the day will come when our lives will be fully controlled by technology.  Heck, we’re pretty much already there.  With this in mind we thought it would be cool to look into what the year 2015 has in hold for us.  Granted some of the tech we are showing for 2015 has been around from a few years back but it seems as if 2015 will have them interacting more with our...

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Home Automation Easing the Burden this Holiday Season

The next few months will be full of holiday cheer.  What most people do not realize is the amount of work it takes to get your home into tip top shape for the holidays.  Countless lights, decorations, moving mechanical figures, audio, you name it some house has it.   Think about it, any holiday spanning from October to December has some sort of lights/moving contraption associated with it.  Halloween has spooky music,...

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Some signs of dyslexia

Dyslexia isn’t the same for everyone. While some people might experience the unsettling sensation of words hovering and jumping off the page or certain letters back-to-front or upside down, others might be able to read the words without trouble, except they get a dreadful headache. The intriguing thing about dyslexia is that a person’s eyes aren’t at fault; it’s the way in which their mind interprets what they’re seeing that causes problems....

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