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How to help maintain staff health in the workplace

Looking after your staff’s health and mental wellbeing is important not only for their happiness but also because it’s good for business when you have all of your staff in the office. Productivity levels are going to be higher, and there’s certainly going to be a more positive atmosphere in the work environment because of it. Here are some tips to help maintain staff health in the workplace. Put safety procedures in place Safety procedures are put in place for […]

todayNovember 12, 2019 34

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How your business could get involved in the climate movement

This year, the climate movement has taken the world by storm. It all began with the Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, who went on ‘School Strike for Climate’ in August 2018. Ever since, swathes of young people have been saying goodbye to their lessons once a month and heading out onto the streets to protest about climate change and the disinterest from many governments when it comes to protecting the environment. And it’s not just young people who are finally telling […]

todayNovember 8, 2019 25

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Five trends fintech developers need to know

Fintech has become globally mainstream, with 64% of consumers adopting some sort of behavior that fuses technology with financial services. As the market becomes more mature, so do the challenges facing fintech institutions. This year has brought new trends in improving security, big innovations in mobile banking, and the widespread adoption of 5G internet. For developers, fintech is a lucrative job market. “It’s a candidate’s market out there,” writes Silicon Republic. “The big fintech giants are crying out for talent.” […]

todayNovember 8, 2019 18

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Open doors to the past by visiting Europe’s time-warp homes

Many of Europe's time-warp houses — sights that bring you back to a bygone era — get only a few thoughtful travelers, overshadowed by big-name museums. Some of the ones I highly recommend may make people say "Huh!?" But they're the sights that might just make your day. For example, Glasgow's Tenement House offers a chance to drop into a perfectly preserved, 1930s-era, middle-class residence. The National Trust for Scotland bought this otherwise ordinary row home, located in a residential neighborhood, because […]

todayOctober 23, 2019 30

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Social Security benefits to receive 1.6% increase for 2020

Recipients of Social Security may notice an increase of their benefits for 2020, according to the SSA. A cost-of-living adjustment of 1.6 percent is set to be added to benefits payable to more than 63 million beneficiaries beginning in January 2020. Increased benefits to more than 8 million SSI recipients will begin on December 31. (Please note that some people receive both benefits.) The Social Security Act ties the annual increase to the increase in the Consumer Price Index, as […]

todayOctober 21, 2019 35

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Seven proven tips to increase the reach of a WordPress blog post

This is 2019 and you are trying to adopt every latest technology to make the maximum amount of traffic reach your WordPress blog. You might be having a personal WordPress blog or maybe you have been designated to create blogs for the organization where you work. You may have also decided to convert your website to WordPress. Whatever be your reason for writing a blog you will always try to attract a good amount of traffic to your blog. Increasing […]

todayOctober 21, 2019 17

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New area code coming in 2021 set to cause problems among 217 customers

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Prepare for a dialing headache beginning in spring 2021, as the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) recently announced the introduction of a new area code in central Illinois. ICC announced the 447 area code which will "overlay" the existing area code of 217. The 217 area code covers 36 counties across Illinois, includes the cities of Decatur, Springfield, Champaign/Urbana, Danville, Rantoul, and Quincy and is one of the original 86 area codes in the nation assigned by […]

todayOctober 21, 2019 85

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Explore port wine in Portugal’s Douro Valley

One of Portugal's most endearing slices is the Douro River Valley, the winding, terraced region that produces the country's beloved port wine. This is Portugal's answer to Germany's romantic Rhine River Valley. But unlike the Rhine, the Douro was never a strategic military location. So, rather than castles and stony ramparts, visitors encounter farms and sleepy villages. The only thing fortified here…is the wine. The Douro region, where port is produced, stretches along the river of the same name, about […]

todayOctober 21, 2019 32

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Europe’s crazy rich royals and their lavish retreats

The royal families of the past — like those of the present — were fond of their countryside getaways. These lavish retreats provided an escape from the city and the summer heat, a place for diversions like hunting and horseback riding, and enough land to build grand showpiece palaces and gardens. While Europe has many royal summer palaces, a few are remarkable for their sheer size, over-the-top opulence, and the larger-than-life personalities who built them. The granddaddy of European palaces […]

todayOctober 18, 2019 61

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