Columns - February 2014

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    Razzle-Dazzle

    Multiple studies have found that wearing red makes one look more attractive to the opposite sex. Red tends to signify health, status, and fertility. Our animal friends have also been using colors to their advantage in their courtships.
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    The Sim Life of HOL Ravenclaw

    Climbing up the career ladder is no joke. There are at least ten steps to get to the highest position on a given job, and several ways in achieving them. And as often as I've played Sims 3, not every Ravenclaw Sim has managed to achieve his or her highest job level.
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    EuroTravels

    Istanbul is one city, but it feels more like two. Straddling the Bosphorus, it is split between the old and new, the Muslim and the Christian. It's a global city, as well as a former European Capital of Culture, yet it was like no European city I've ever been to.
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    Lingering on Language

    Most languages belong to what is called a language family. This term refers to the historical relationships between different languages. Spanish, French and Italian, for example, belong to the Indo-European language family.
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