Posted by Rezwan to Global Voices Online A wedding is considered the most important event of a Bangladeshi girl’s life and an integral part of the local culture. Nirjona describes a typical wedding: (A) Bangladesh wedding is a huge arrangement. It is all about color, food and family gatherings. Not many years ago people used […]
Moving on a Budget
Moving on a Budget Here are some tips about moving without spending too much money. This is what I learned: Find Free Packing Materials: By doing a quick search on sites like Craigslist and Freecycle, you can find lots of packing materials for free. People are very happy to see you show up to take away all […]
House Committee Approves Bill to Address Deadly Dust Explosions
Sugar dust, like other industrial dusts, is extremely combustible, but despite the urging of safety experts, the Bush administration’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has yet to set a federal standard to control combustible dust levels. Today, the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee approved a bill to force OSHA to issue combustible […]
Escaping Domestic Suburbia by Living Abroad For Awhile
If you’ve ever considered living in a foreign country to see what it would be like, think the choice over carefully. Living abroad is both fascinating but also risky. There are positives and negatives to living away from the well-constructed laws of the United States. If you have the wanderlust that I once had, then […]
How to Live on Less
Part 17 in the series on how to be successfully self-employed You’re on a mission to get to the place where you can quit your job and generate your own income. One of the strategies that will get you there is to live on less. By “living on less,” I’m not suggesting a Thoreau-like […]
How to Set Up a Budget
Part 13 in a series about how to become successful self-employed Once you get a handle on your financial situation and begin taking steps for the future, you will be closer to sitting down to write that letter of resignation. One of the most important steps is setting up a budget. You’ll find dozens of […]
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