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So, youve got adecently-sized nest eggbuilding, yourdebts are paid offand yourestate is more or less in order. Youre approaching the home stretch to retirement. This is the fourth article in TwoCentss latest series,What to Know About Money at Every Age. So lets not waste any more timeyouve got money to maximize. And the extra investments can be a life line for a lot of people. If you have not done any retirement planning with a financial planner, what are you waiting for?...

Leningrad must die of starvation, Hitler declared in a speech at Munich on November 8, 1941. The following winter, hundreds of thousands starved to death. People tried in vain to stay alive by eating sawdust. Inside the Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry, St. Petesburg. The collection filled 16 rooms, in which no one was allowed to remain alone. Workers guarded the storage in shifts all round the clock, numb with cold and emaciated from hunger....

So even if this is your first time hearing ofThe Nod, read on. Edits are the special sauce, the meetings that make the episode a real, living thing. Location:Brooklyn, NY Current Gig:Co-hosts ofThe Nod. The Nod is a podcast that tells the stories of Black life that dont get told anywhere else. Eric:Oh lord, this is a long story. But I have worked in MANY different industries as a digital strategist....

Theres still much more to learn. This is the third article in TwoCentss latest series,What to Know About Money at Every Age. Stay tuned for more tips for your 50s, 60s and beyond. Heres what to know about money as you leave you enter into the second half of your career. If youre in your mid-30s or early 40s, your career could span another 25-30 years. Really consider what youll want to do in that time, and what skills youll need to do it....

Certain moods need soundtracks. If you have particular music tastes, playing one of Spotifys prefab playlists doesnt scratch that itch. You want a custom playlist, first crafted in a few minutes, then honed over years. Here are the five playlists you should prepare for yourself. Pump Up the Jams This is your workout playlist, if you work out. Your goal here is no skips. Because once you skip one song, you will skip five songs, and youll break the mood....

This is the second article in TwoCentss latest series,What to Know About Money at Every Age. Youre even starting to think about saving for retirement and maybe even buying a house one day. But how do you actually do all of that at the same time? Here are some tips for setting yourself up for financial success. First,dont be a money ostrich: Confront your debt. For student loans, this can typically be done via theNational Student Loan Data System....

This is the first article in TwoCentss latests series,What to Know About Money at Every Age. Our research showed that whats really causing this decision dilemma is a lack of confidence, says Workman. We can help with that. Credit cards are justone tool for building a good score. Plus,increasingly generous rewardsmake some cards insanely good deals for cash back or travelers. Pay off your card in full each month. You should aim to pay your card off in full by each due date....

A while back, I wrote about how toset up a threesome. Even though threesomes are one of the most popular fantasies, they can be remarkably tricky to pull off. Heres how to make your threesome as enjoyable as possible. Just start with this simple question: What are you hoping for? you could even plan out your entire threesome beforehand. Plus, it can be really hot to walk through the details of what youre going to do together....

And every time she returned to visit, she passed a new line-up of moms. I had to ask permission to touch her or change her diaper. I was not in charge, and thats so weird when youre the mom. Or that even when parents dont develop a mood disorder, they often experience symptoms of these conditions. If your child is in the NICU right now, you dont need an article to tell you that....

Kids are born innovators. The company was founded by Sandra Oh Lin, a mother of three in California. We asked her how she parents. Did life happen mostly as planned or were there surprises? I found myself working at a couple of startups in a variety of roles. Going from a huge company to set of teeny ones was quite a change. My husband then switched gears and decided to pursue a role in finance on the east coast....

They sit directly opposite each other. A massive flagpole in the North Korean Peace village as seen from the South. No one else is allowed to stay at or enter Daeseong-dong. Although living under the shadow of guns, villagers of Daeseong-dong enjoy some unique benefits. On the North Korean side, directly across Daeseong-dong stands Kijong-dong, or Peace Village. But its all a big sham. Daeseong-dong is a ghost village. The buildings are actually concrete shells with no interiors....

They might be named something different on your television; they might not exist at all. Thats all well and good, but how do you know what to mess with? How do you even know that your adjustments arent making your televisions picture looklessaccurate instead of gorgeous and better? Expect to spend a few hundred buckseither way. For a cheaper alternativethe cheaters route, I call ityou can always hit up a site likeavsforum....

If you ate nothing but steak for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, would you die? To be honest, the science isnt totally clear on this, but we asked some experts anyway. (Spoiler: they think its a bad idea.) Do people actually eat this diet? There are definitely people whosaythey have eaten only meat for years. Im not sure if I truly believe them, though. What nutrients is meat missing? It depends how you define meat....