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Entries Tagged as 'Life'

Do you really need life insurance?

August 24th, 2010 · No Comments

Life insurance provides a safety net against unexpected death. Most people rely on a regular income to survive and to fulfil their goals and dreams in life. If that income was to go, what then? Life insurance is not needed by everyone.
Investments can successfully replace life insurance and are available even when the insured lives. […]

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Will written text survive?

May 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Ebooks have made little inroad against printed versions. Even serious computer addicts (like me) that spend their time on-line reading blogs, comments and articles prefer a newspaper that we can page through. A book is a book and there is no way that I will even make an attempt to read a book on-line.
The question […]

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World Cup soccer fever sweeps over South Africa

May 26th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Every day more and more South Africans have begin to sport mirror socks and flags on their cars showing the South African flag. Some have flags flying from their homes. With only 15 days to go, Soccer fever is getting a grip on South Africa.
A new tradition has emerged - people wear yellow soccer shirts every Friday.
South […]

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Polished Apartheid

April 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments

 
The following is reproduced from a blogger on MyDigitalLife known as Dissol.  I am publishing the post here (with permission) because there are some serious issues that need to be addressed. The original post was published as Polished Apartheid. The post speaks for itself.
 
Discrimination with style. 
 
Maybe I should wait a while to calm down before posting this.  The […]

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Money

April 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment

“It’s only money”. How many times have you heard that statement after losing money or paying an exorbitant price for a special meal or for a rare and valuable item?
In a sense, the statement rings true. Money has no intrinsic value. We cannot use it to feed clothe or house ourselves. Its only value is […]

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