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Parallel parking is becoming one of the lost arts. Once a common aspect of any driving test, the ability to parallel park is going the way of the dodo. This is not unrelated to the also dwindling number of parking slots on the sides of streets.

Hard hats are necessary safety equipment for most construction sites. It is no longer just a good idea to protect the head; it is now a requirement (primarily due to liability issues) for the employees of most companies.

Age 30 to 39 is a transitional period for men. We have moved past the invincibility of our 20s, but are not yet facing the mid-life mortality that our 40s will bring. Injuries take longer to heal than they once did, but the risk for chronic illnesses is only slightly higher than it was in years prior.

As a political hot button topic, talk of socialized medicine is frequent the twenty-four hour news networks these days. However, despite this prominence, I am often surprised how much of the general public does not understand what it is (and what it is not).

The Ivy League is a name that is held in the highest of esteems when it comes to secondary education. They represent a large percentage of the most prestigious, most selective, and even most expensive schools in the United States.

Every college student will have to do some public speaking at one time or another. It is good practice for the real world, where most people will have to address a large group at one time or another in their lives.

It may be German by name, but Americans have claimed bratwurst for their own. You will see a lot beef and even turkey versions, but in my humble opinion, bratwurst must come from a pig to fully be worthy of the name.

Hosting a backyard barbecue? It is a staple of suburban American. Unfortunately, putting on a barbecue is a little more difficult than just setting up the grill and buying the meat.

Offshore banks accounts are easily defined. From the American perspective, they refer to bank accounts that exist outside the continental United States.

Making the decision on which college to attend is often the most difficult and important decision that a person will make in the first eighteen years of their life.