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The Christmas literary commonplace

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Todd R. Nelson is a retired educator. His book of Maine essays, “Cold Spell,” was published in October by Down East Books.

For Christmas one year, my brother created “a literary commonplace.” “Initial entries compiled by Derek Nelson; subsequent entries by Todd Nelson,” as his cover says. He was inaugurating a collecting practice that has endured to the present.

“Commonplace” was not a new concept, since we Nelsons always liked an excuse to

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Best Non-Alcoholic Beer | Shopping : Food Network

Whether you’re abstaining from alcohol for a short period of time or have sworn it off altogether, you’ve likely heard the hype: non-alcohol (NA) and alcohol-free (AF) beer is IN. Sales of so-called near beer and low-alcohol beer were up 19.5% in 2022, according to NielsenIQ, and thanks to advances in technology, they now taste so, so much better than they used to. For beer lovers, that means dozens of tasty options are now available from around the world — produced both by NA/AF-exclusive breweries as well as “regular” breweries of all sizes cashing in on what smart money predicts

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Are Your Patients Searching for a New Doctor?

If your patients are not happy with their experience, they may be in the market for a new physician.

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Healthcare has historically been behind other industries in providing a patient-focused experience, leaving patients dissatisfied and often in search of a new place to receive care.

If you have patients who don’t return after their visit, cancel appointments, no-shows, or patients who call but don’t schedule a visit, it may be

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What Are the Maximum Social Security Disability Benefits?

In 2022, the estimated average Social Security disability benefit for a disabled worker receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is $1,358 per month, according to the Social Security Administration (SSA). That figure is expected to go up to $1,483 in 2023. These benefits are based on average lifetime earnings, not on household income or the severity of an individual’s disability.

If you’ve kept your annual Social Security statement, you can find what you are likely to receive in the Estimated Benefits section. The total amount that a disabled worker and their family can receive is about 150% to 180% of

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Appearance-Based Discrimination Costs The US Economy Over $500B Annually, Dove Study Finds

Dove has released a comprehensive report revealing the true costs of harmful beauty standards.

The Real Cost of Beauty Ideals (RCOBI) report, created in partnership with Deloitte Economics and the TH Chan School of Public Health and STRIPED at Harvard, revealed 66 million people living in the United States in 2019 experienced body dissatisfaction and appearance-based discrimination as it relates to weight, skin shade, or natural hairstyles. The research considered girls as early as 10 years of age.

The alarming statistics stems from societal expectations influenced by film, family, sociocultural factors, and media — which often places whiteness as the

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Maternal education and household income at birth can increase a child’s chances of overweight and obesity

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A mother’s level of education can be an important predictor of early childhood overweight and obesity, according to a new international study.

The paper, published in International Journal of Obesitylooks at the relation between early childhood socioeconomic status (SES)—as measured by maternal education levels and household income—and later development of childhood overweight and obesity in seven cohorts of children from high-income countries.

Social inequalities were evident across all cohorts, with greater risk of overweight and obesity linked to lower levels of maternal education in early childhood. There was also a link to household income, but

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UNICEF Urges Action To Transform Education, End Learning Poverty

How severe is the global learning crisis? Only a third of all 10-year-olds are able to read and understand a simple written story.

As a result of the worst shock to education and learning in recorded history, learning poverty has sharply increased in low- and middle-income countries, with 64 percent of children estimated to be unable to read and understand a simple written story by age 10, according to the latest data.

Another new UNICEF report shows

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Estate Planning FAQs – Rickard & Associates

As estate planning attorneys, we have come across a variety of interesting circumstances, situations, and assets. However, we tend to get asked a lot of the same questions over and over. Find our answers to those frequently asked questions here.

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Some of our most frequently asked questions are the following:

  1. Do I really need a full estate plan? Many of our clients came to the initial meeting with the desire
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