Matt Cates
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As a freelancer, Matt has written for 300+ clients in almost every niche imaginable! He also served in the Air Force for 21 years, retiring as a Master Sergeant.
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How to Stay in Business During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Around the world, businesses are dealing with a unique challenge - how to stay open when customers aren't coming in. Many of these businesses are struggling to make ends meet, laying off or firing workers, or looking down the barrel of bankruptcy.
By Matt Cates6 years ago in Journal
The Toll of the Turkish Economic Crisis
Note: this content appeared in my Quora answer to the question "What are some ugly truths about Turkey?" Turks are working like slaves. Long hours in little shops, 10–12 hours a day, 6 days a week with low employee benefits or labor rights and not enough pay. If a Turk is working 6 days a week , 10 hours a day , that's 260 hours worked a month compared to 176 hours in the West (8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 22 work days a month in most places in the Western world).
By Matt Cates6 years ago in Wander
'John Wick' Mysteries Solved
John Wick wasn't supposed to be this big of a hit. Keanu Reeves had starred in a string of small productions after 2003's The Matrix Revolutions, and a few near misses like Constantine and The Day the Earth Stood Still.Clearly the action star got in shape for 47 Ronin, but the film failed to connect with audiences, costing Universal nearly $150 million in losses. Reeves found his salary shrinking down to a fraction of what it once was.
By Matt Cates7 years ago in Geeks
Killer Life Lessons from Michael Myers. Top Story - October 2018.
I've often said we can learn a lot from villains. And whether we like to admit it or not, we're always drawn to those characters who flaunt the rules of society and go after their dreams... however sick and twisted those dreams may be.
By Matt Cates7 years ago in Horror
Tips to Increase Your IELTS Vocabulary Score
Are you getting ready to take the IELTS exam? The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is used to measure "the language proficiency of people who want to study or work where English is used as a language of communication."
By Matt Cates7 years ago in Education
What If Black Panther's Killmonger Had Won?
Erik Killmonger's last line in Black Panther was uncomfortable. Sitting in the theater, I felt angry that Marvel had just made me feel a resounding empathy for their psychotic villain (and make no mistake, he is psychotic). I also, as a writer, felt jealousy over the brilliance of what they'd just done.
By Matt Cates8 years ago in Geeks
