When I was younger I always had cars that were low-end.  Then when I got older I had kids and the cars I had were not only low-end but used.  I always swore that when my kids were grown and I was financially capable I would buy the car I always wanted.  I did the [...]

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As a local business owner, I’ve been contacted by a couple of call center consultants to do some inbound consulting for my sales team. I’ve learned quite a bit from these consultants, and I’ve found how to maximize my returns by reducing my over all overhead. One big topic of discussion has been to outsource [...]

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Our babysitter is afraid of our house. We have windows along the entire back side of the home which opens up into the backyard and at night, with no lights behind the house, it can feel very isolating. She had babysat for us several times during the day but on her first evening of work, [...]

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Security is the name of the game, and SFTP file transfer is the only type of FTP service I’ll ever use. As a Linux and Unix nut, I am very concerned about the security of my data. I often have huge amounts of local videos and pictures that need to be backed up routinely. I [...]

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I own several franchises in a large and very profitable chain of pawn shops.  Unlike many businesses, we’ve been doing very well in recent years, especially this past year.  It’s really amazing how many people all over the country rely on pawn shops for cash to get them through bad times and recessions.  While pawn [...]

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