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4 Things Your Child Can Do Instead of Going Immediately to College

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Packing up and taking a trip to Europe when you’re 18 is much easier to do, especially if you’re by yourself or traveling with a friend. He still enjoyed talking about the year he took off between high school and college and backpacked through Europe. See the world.

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Ways to Save on Travel Without Using Rewards Credit Cards

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You’ll save quite a bit of money by going just outside of the busy season; instead of travelling to Europe between June-September, go at the beginning of October. People tend to want to travel during our summers, when there is time off, or go to hot places in the winter. You’ll be paying a premium for doing this.

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Five Types of Alternative Energy

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Wind power use is increasing in the North America, Europe and Asia. Wind power. T Boone Pickens is a big believer in wind energy. His energy company has made substantial investments in wind turbines. Wind energy is great because it has a very limited impact on the environment and can be harnessed to power homes and buildings.

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Investing with the Santa Claus Rally

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However, you should be informed of big economic movements like what is happening in Europe right now with Greece and the PIGS. For those of us that are buy and hold investors, checking in on the market’s performance on a month to month basis is usually good enough. But the markets are not always doom and gloom. The Santa Claus Rally.

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Alternative and Sustainable Energy Sources: Biodiesel and Biomass Fuels

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Europe leads the world in the production of biodiesel with more than half of the world’s production occurring there in 2010. Biodiesel can be used in most diesel engines when mixed with conventional diesel. Production of biodiesel continues to increase every year with increased availability and research into the technology.

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How to Take a Frugal (or Free) Vacation or Trip

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When I racked up the air miles flying around Europe several times a year for business, I didn’t need to figure out other ways to accumulate rewards points. I couldn’t even use up the miles I already had!

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7 Financial and Work-Related Life Lessons I Learned From My Dad

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Our family left Europe in the first place decades ago, because we didn’t want to be indebted sharecroppers to the rich. It isn’t always easy but sometimes that is what you have to do to get ahead. On credit cards and debt: “Credit cards are the easiest way to get into trouble. Stay out of debt in general. Neither do you.

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