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    • The afterlife… there’s an app for that
    • Date: April 10 , 2017
    • You’ve just lost a loved one. #RIP. And then they send a tweet post-mortem. #Surprised. There’s an app for that. #Doublesurprised. In fact, there’s a burgeoning category of apps designed for individuals who want to share their walls as well as their wills, laying their “selfies” bare from the great beyond. Coming out of the coffin, so to speak. Morbid though it may seem, users of apps like Everest, Cake and SafeBeyond treat death as an important life event, one that – like a wedding or a birth – merits planning and even celebration. It seems odd to think about one’s demise as something accompanied by push notifications or online checklists, but perhaps this normalization of death is, well… normal. Driving the popularity of death apps are post–World War II Baby Boomers, followed by Millennials. What do they have in common? Death, for one. And a shared desire to direct...
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    • How to travel the world for (nearly) free
    • Date: September 28 , 2016
    • For teachers who have summers off, or who are anticipating a 4-over-5 year, travel is often top-of-mind. Having weeks, or even months, off work gives you the ideal opportunity to travel out of country or for long stretches of time. But travel can be prohibitively expensive -- unless you know some travel hacks. The following tips may help bring your summer or 4-over-5 year travel dreams within your reach. Of course, their are some unavoidable expenses like visa's or, if you are travelling to New Zealand, a New Zealand eta, which isn't free. So, where can you save money? Save on transportation Airfare is usually one of the biggest costs associated with travel, but there are many ways to save. Using credit cards strategically to acquire points can help. There are lots of websites devoted to hacking travel and using points more effectively, and a quick search will turn up...
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