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The cost of physical appearance “maintenance”, especially for work, after age 50 (hair coloring (more of a necessity for me now than choice - my gray is more of a terrible sadly white that looks horrible against my skin tone)…..effective skin care products……quality clothing so that it fits properly and looks nice……these things get $$$ ! -
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Anywhere in Lincoln Park, lots of good options near Alcott, which is a fantastic school and near zoo, restaurants, shopping, brown and red line, etc -
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It doesnt matter if you are on a desktop or mobile; it is that the default aspen view is mobile you have to click on "view full site" within aspen and then go into the assignment. Some teachers can hide the distribution but the default is that it is on and probably 95% of my kids collective teachers have shown the data.
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