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Just how many pools and hot tubs are in the United States? What percentage of the country’s population goes swimming during a given year? And, for those who like to be informed or are germ-obsessed, which of those recreational water infections lurking in our waters is most prevalent? We’ve compiled facts and statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Association of Pool and Spa Professionals (ASPS), and the United States Census Bureau to enlighten and address any questions you might have related to swimming, safety, and even pool construction....

The Grand Theft Auto series has seen success on almost every major video game platform over the past three decades. Here’s an overview of the best GTA cheat codes for PlayStation 2, PSP, Xbox, PC, and GBA. These cheats are just a small sample of the codes available for the GTA series. There are many more cheats for each game including Grand Theft Auto 4 and GTA 5 on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One....

Description: If you’re a fan of the “Oak Island” television series, here’s a cool giveaway for you. Enter History’s Curse of Oak Island Super Fan Sweepstakes and you could win $3,600 worth of swag for the show. Sweepstakes Links: Click Here to Enter this SweepstakesClick Here for the Official Sweepstakes RulesClick Here for the Sweepstakes’ Home Page Note: If the sweepstakes entry link doesn’t work for you, try entering through the home page and looking for a link to the sweepstakes....

Online auctions offer buyers and sellers of a wide variety of goods an enormous platform for trade. They provide buyers with a virtual flea market, with an endless range of merchandise from around the world, and they give sellers a storefront from which to market everything from sports memorabilia to computer systems to millions of international buyers. It includes national retailers auctioning off excess inventory or services. But how do online auctions work?...

Nonprofits are ubiquitous in the U.S. Yet, people rarely understand how nonprofit organizations are organized, how they are recognized by the IRS, or what they do. How It Works The IRS recognizes 27 types of nonprofit organizations as 501(c) organizations. Also, there are several more 501 nonprofit types with various designations, such as 501K and 501N, which are also tax-exempt. All 501s are, to one degree or another, exempt from federal taxes and many state taxes....

Many people are eager to start a career in Human Resources (HR). It is a fast-growing field with many lucrative opportunities for managers, HR generalists, and more. There are several job titles for which you may eventually qualify if you pursue an HR career. Career analysts expect the number of Human Resources jobs to increase in the future, and the median annual income for careers in the field is above the national average....

Free beauty samples can help you find out what kind of beauty products you like without having to spend the money to buy the full-sized product. These free beauty samples are perfect for travel and many of them come with great coupons if you decide you can’t live without the product. Besides the many practical uses for them, they’re also just downright fun to use. It may give you the opportunity to try that expensive beauty serum that you’ve been eyeing for months....

If you’ve been furloughed from your job, and are worried about the furlough turning into a job loss, you may want to start thinking about other employment opportunities. According to one estimate, 42% of recent layoffs and furloughs could become permanent. So, if you find yourself furloughed, it makes sense to start your job search sooner rather than later. However, the possibility of a full-fledged layoff is not the only reason to start looking for a new job....

Responding to a reference check request is a tricky business. Fear of reprisal and lawsuits keep many employers from responding at all. These recommendations will help you respond reasonably to reference checking requests while protecting the legitimate interests of your company and your current employees. See what to do. Follow Your Company’s Established Reference Check Policy First, many companies request that managers send written reference requests to Human Resources. If the manager’s reference is positive, however, you can agree to have the manager provide a verbal reference directly to an employer....

When HGTV’s Property Brothers contacted Juanita Molinar to tell her she’d won a prize, she was excited. Ecstatic. Over the moon… until she noticed that things weren’t quite adding up. After doing some research, she realized that she’d nearly fallen for a scam Facebook page, a nefarious type of Facebook giveaway scam. If you’re not careful, you could fall prey to a similar scam. So before you answer a win notification on Facebook, be sure to know what Facebook scam pages look like and how to avoid them....

Thanks to the proliferation of the Internet, online stores in general and online pet stores, in particular, are booming. Here’s why, and some info for pet retailers who are considering taking the online pet stores plunge. The Boom in Online Pet Stores There are now many popular online pet stores such as: Dog.comChewy1-800-PetMeds While good old brick and mortar pet stores aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, there are some obvious advantages to eCommerce operations....

A wedding is one of the most important events of a person’s life. Catering a wedding is no casual affair. It demands attention to detail and timing, as well as clear communication with not just the bride and groom, but other vendors, such as the DJ and photographer. Before you accept any wedding catering jobs, it’s important to know everything involved. To ensure that your restaurant can handle this type of event, you need to decide exactly what services you will provide as the event caterer....

The tax year of 2018 was a momentous one for charitable givers and the charities to which they donate. That is because, in 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). That Act made charitable donations less likely to qualify as an itemized deduction by doubling the standard deduction. You can’t both itemize and claim the standard deduction for your filing status, so many people may be better off not claiming a deduction for charitable contributions....

When it comes down to it, there’s really nothing, not even a new coat of paint, that can change and customize the way a car looks and feels than a new set of rims. But how do you go about finding the right wheels for you? How do you make sure they will fit on your car? The process of fitting wheels and tires can be much more complex than it looks....

Figurative language, such as metaphors and personification, deviates from the literal meaning of words in order to produce more interesting writing. It evokes comparison, heightens emphasis, and clarifies a new way of stating an idea or description. The term “figuratively speaking” derives from figurative language, just as “literally speaking” refers to talking about something that actually happened. As a fiction writer, you probably already use figurative language in your stories and novels....

A coming-of-age movie is a film that depicts one or more young protagonists facing a key moment of personal growth from childhood to adulthood. Did You Know? Elements of coming-of-age films have appeared in recent Hollywood blockbusters like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Bumblebee. Definition of Coming-of-Age Movies In many cases, a coming-of-age movie features the protagonists facing the first major conflict or personal decision in their lives or coming to a profound realization about their futures....

When selling your book, you need to think beyond the initial launch and, instead, develop year-round marketing strategies to keep your book selling. Timing is everything, even in book marketing and publicity. There are many factors that affect book promotion timing, from launch date to bookseller seasonal promotions and special events. Here’s what you need to know about timing your book promotion. Timing Your Book Promotion There are three phases of book promotion, and each requires slightly different tasks to boost your book’s sales....

The 2020 Champions Tour schedule begins in January in Hawaii and concludes in November in Arizona. There are 27 official-money tournaments, five of which are major championships. Twenty-four of those 27 events are “regular season” tournaments, followed by the three-tournament Charles Schwab Cup finale. There are two new tournaments on the schedule: the Morocco Champions (Jan. 27-Feb. 1) and the Ascension Charity Classic (Sept. 28-Oct. 4). The Boca Raton Classic moves from the February date it had in 2019 to November, becoming part of the end-of-season playoff series....

The paralegal industry has changed significantly since the 1970s when being a legal assistant first emerged as a bona fide career. Client demands, economic necessity, and explosive growth have made paralegals a popular career choice, and there never has been a better time to be a paralegal. Eight paralegal career advantages outline several of the highlights of work in the field. 01 of 08 Rising Pay spxChrome / Getty Images Paralegal compensation has risen steadily in the past decade, despite a bump in the road in the depths of the 2009-2010 recession....

Are you someone who gets annoyed when holiday decorations show up in the store by the end of September? As a home business owner, you may want to rethink your opinion. The reason the holidays start earlier and earlier is that retail establishments want to jump-start people’s buying. As a home business owner, it doesn’t hurt to start your holiday marketing plan either. Regardless of what you sell, you can tap into the buying power of the holidays to boost your income....