Summer is coming to an end in a month and many of you have already taken your vacations. While you may have used most of your vacation time, there may be a couple days that you can use towards a long weekend. There are a nice amount of websites that can save you time and money with planning your extended weekend excursion.
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Multinational Debut Novelists Take New York
It is easy to assume that a writer’s debut novel will take an at least partially autobiographical form. We imagine authors living their stories before putting them onto paper; their voices emerge once they manage to organize their thoughts and observations into a narrative. Only then, with their distinct selves discovered, structured, and shared, are …
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CYBERCULTURE > OpenStudy | ChinesePod | TwoChop
Studying can be fairly antisocial. Writing papers and studying for exams are solitary activities, but OpenStudy, a social learning network demoing at TechCrunch Disrupt’s Start-up Alley, aims to change that. OpenStudy connects students in distant locations in what CEO Chris Sprague calls a ‘massively multiplayer classroom’.
CULTURE ON A BUDGET > Online Savings
Shopping online these days can be fun, but saving money can be just as enjoyable. Now, one can go on their smartphone and make purchases securely and fast with a few touches. There are websites now that will assist you with deals based on a pre-planned service or product. Many of these specials are for dining and drinks, but they can vary for many other packages.
Christy Turlington Burns: Global Supermodel to Global Superadvocate
Christy Turlington Burns, the California-born beauty of Salvadoran descent, is more than a supermodel. She’s also an advocate for human rights, a yoga practitioner, a businesswoman, and a mother.
Rihanna Makes the Sweetest Summer Festival Sweeter this Year!
Unless you’re from Barbados, you probably learned about the Crop Festival for the first time in your life just this week. Rihanna’s appearance at the Festival’s Grand Kadooment and Emancipation Day event resulted in online entertainment headlines all over the internet that introduced the world to the Crop Over Festival.