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Here's How to Price Scrap Metal

Learn about the steps necessary to price scrap metal properly, including tips on identification and market resources.

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

Why Washing Chicken before Cooking Is Unsafe [Video]

Many people believe that washing raw chicken prior to cooking is safe, or even prevents food-borne illness. In fact, the opposite is true

What Not to Donate: Thrift Store Donation Guidelines

Every thrift store has different rules, but these items are commonly turned away at donation centers. Call ahead to see if your local store can accept them.

Top Four Best Places to Buy and Sell Antiques

If you’re up for the travel and antique shipping, here are four places to start your search for the best place to buy and sell your antiques away from home.

How to Find Designer Brands at Thrift Stores

How to find designer dresses when shopping at thrift stores.

Learn and Practice SQL With This Game

Ever tried to learn SQL, the query language that lets you poke at the innards of databases? Most tutorials start by having you create your own database, fill it with nonsense, and then run queries that will make your eyes glaze over (hooray, we can simulate the accounting department for a widget factory). The Knight Lab’s SQL Murder Mystery, however, makes things a bit more fun.

The Social Distancer’s Guide to Gaming

You're probably at home and bored. There is no better time than now.

A Parent's Guide to In-Game Purchases

Not all virtual purchases are equal. Understanding the differences is key to helping your kids spend responsibly.

The Epic Guide to Game Based Learning

More than 100 game based learning resources. Games are fun. We can use them to teach. It isn’t that hard.

How to Salvage Your Thinning Hair

All the techniques you need to look sharp without buzzing it all off or, god forbid, combing it over.

When Gaming Is Good for You

A growing body of university research suggests that gaming improves creativity, decision-making and perception. The specific benefits are wide ranging, from improved hand-eye coordination in surgeons to vision changes that boost night driving ability.

Benefits of Family Game Night

Battleship, scrabble and monopoly were the board games in my closet as a child. They were so much fun to play; however, as parents, we take a closer look at these games to see how they build skills such as critical thinking, deductive reasoning, a strong vocabulary and an understanding of finance. It is not just academic skills being developed over time by playing board games…

Tow or Salvage?

Know the difference between a tow and a salvage situation before you accept help or towing assistance on the water.

8 UX design techniques for gaming apps

In order to keep your product relevant, you need to incorporate the UX designing techniques explained in the infographic below.

What to Bring on a Salvage Shopping Trip

Pack these 17 items for your next shopping adventure

How to Salvage a Bad Workout

What's your anxiety game?

To be clear, this isn’t the only way gaming can address or express anxiety—and certainly not the healthiest. But some games exist in some degree to eat time one would rather not spend with oneself. Sometimes colder comforts are the only ones that soothe.