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MAKING YOUR HOME SECURE
Making your home appear to be occupied when it isn't can be more effective in preventing burglary than $1,000 invested in special security equipment.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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Current Rating: 6.0 out of 10 based on 23 reviews
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PROOFREADING
Two rounds of proofreading catch 98 percent of the errors in a book.
Bill Kaupe, consultant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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PLANTING TOMATOES, CABBAGE, AND LETTUCE
When daffodils bloom, sow tomatoes, cabbage, and lettuce indoors.
Vivian Brubaker, Bettendorf, Iowa
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Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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STEALING FROM YOUR EMPLOYER
Never steal anything from your employer that has a market value of less than one year's salary. This includes stamps and pencils.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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Current Rating: 4.1 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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WRITING POETRY
To be a professional poet, it takes ten years of steady practice.
Stephen Unsino, poet, Eastchester, New York
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Current Rating: 4.3 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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PUBLISH OR PERISH
For mathematics professors, each published math paper is worth $10,000 in salary.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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Current Rating: 4.1 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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FOLLOWING FOSSILS
Northern fossils generally are larger than southern fossils.
John J. Chiment, paleobiologist and editor, Perry City, New York
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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THE BROWN TROUT RULE
At a constant water temperature of 50 degree F, brown trout eggs will hatch in 50 days.
Larry Beck, fisherman, Ludlowville, New York
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FEEDING PIGS
Never feed pigs viney plants - it gives them the itch.
Clayton Mitstifer, machinist, Cayutaville, New York
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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TIMING A SPEECH
The average person speaks at a rate of a little over 150 words per minute. That means that a full page of text, which contains an average of 600 words, represents four minutes of time Rolex GMT Master réplique Pepsi.
James Erwin, Editor, Des Moines, IA, USA
(38) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-08)
Current Rating: 7.2 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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EVALUATING AN UNSOLICITED NOVEL
To know if you want to read and consider an unsolicited novel you need to read three pages. One random page from the first third. One from the middle third. One from the final third. If all three interest you, go back to the first page and start reading. If the book doesn't grab you in the first 30 pages it never will.
Gerard Van der Leun, Editor, Writer, Seattle, WA, USA
(1) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-05)
Current Rating: 6.6 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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