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Safety Through Guns: Are You Crazy... Or Am I?

Sharon Glassman | Posted 11.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Carolyn McCarthy, Debate, Rocky Mountains, Living News, Colin Furgeson, Stephanie Plum, Janet Evanovich, Concealed Carry, Gun Control, G.I. Joe, Living, Chekhov's Gun, Obama Guns, Living News
Sharon Glassman

if a bad guy had wandered hrough the street, pillowcase over shoulder at high noon, a host of adults would have called the local precinct for action. This was, clearly, what a concerned citizen should do. Taking the law into your own hands made as much sense as performing your own tonsillectomy.

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Keys To Life: How To Transform Yourself In Times Of Change

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Transformation, Change, Personal Transformation, Responsibility, Russell Bishop, Keys to Life, Huffington Post, Living, Living News
Russell Bishop

As we are all witnessing, the world is undergoing a tremendous time of change across social, economic and political boundaries. The presidential camp...

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FDA and Vouchers for Neglected Diseases: A Bad Idea Gone Bad

Merrill Goozner | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Malaria, Healthcare Vouchers, Fda, Neglected Diseases, Disease, Health, Living, Living News
Merrill Goozner

The unintended consequences of an ill-conceived incentive scheme will be on full display when Novartis goes before an FDA advisory committee seeking approval for its anti-malarial pill.

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Elective Friendships

Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Making Friends, Politics, Friendships, Relationships, Shared Values, Bedfellows, Reciprocity, Obama, Election, President, Living, Culture, Living News
Irene S. Levine

My world is so small that I even have a hard time relating to people who don't like some of my favorite movies or TV shows. How can we be friends if we don't even laugh at the same jokes?

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Bodymind Wisdom: It's Not Only Skin Deep

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.06.2008 | Living

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Ed and Deb Shapiro

Sarah, one of our students, always started coughing and would break out in a rash whenever she spoke with her mother on the phone. She would put the p...

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Money-rexia: Do you Know Anyone With this Disorder?

Lauren Cahn | Posted 11.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Spouse, Marriage, Balanced Life, Wealth, Relationships, Money, Psychological Disorders, Money-Rexia, Living, Recession, Economy, Living News
Lauren Cahn

"Money-rexia" is characterized by the belief that one can never be rich enough and the concurrent and irrational fear that one will become destitute.

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The 'Book Babes' List of Books on Female Friendships

Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Book Babes, Women, Relationships, Style, Between the Covers, Books, Ellen Heltzel, Margo Hammond, Female Friendships, Da Capo, Living, Irene S. Levine, Female Authors, Female Relationships, Bibliophiles, Female Literature, Feminine Literature, Entertainment News
Irene S. Levine

Female friendships can spring out of a variety of circumstances and show their strengths in many ways. The ten books that follow celebrate the rich bonds that women can forge.

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Joe the Plumber Vs. Lilly Ledbetter

Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 11.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Supreme Court, John McCain, Joe the Plumber, Title IX, Election 08, Politics, Billie Jean King, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, New York Marathon, Feminist, Ncaa, Serena Williams, Joan Benoit, Sarah Palin, Barak Obama, Politics News, Lilly Ledbetter, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, Venus Williams, Kathrine Switzer, Senate, Boston Marathon, Living, Amy Winehouse, Bill Maher, Voting, Women Voters, Women in Politics, Voting Day, Media News
Beverly Wettenstein

When Obama mentioned Ledbetter in a debate, McCain muttered that it would create "a trial lawyers dream." He claims lawyers could take advantage of women who allege discrimination.

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Female Infidels Catch Up... And Invade Your Home?

Dr. Belisa Vranich | Posted 11.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Infidelity, Relationships, Sex, Cheating Relationships, Therapy, Women's Health, Living, Living News
Dr. Belisa Vranich

Turns out infidelity is an equal opportunity employer; women are turning to men who don't belong to them in record numbers according to a poll by Women's Health magazine.

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Election Anxiety: Advice From Abraham Lincoln

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.03.2008 | Living

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Russell Bishop

By the time the votes are tabulated and our choice for President is confirmed, we will find ourselves standing at a critical fork in the road, one tha...

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The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts

David Sutphen | Posted 10.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Unity, Pop Psychology, Living, Obama Childhood, Racial Identity, Barack Obama Race, Barack Obama, Living News
David Sutphen

Nearly everyone, including his Republican critics, seems to agree that Barack is a more deserving heir to the "I'm a uniter, not a divider" throne. What gives?

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Yoga Bunk: Debunked

Lauren Cahn | Posted 10.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Living, Yoga Class, Benefits of Yoga, Yoga Is a Workout, Workout, Workouts, Exercise, Living News
Lauren Cahn

Not only do you not have to be flexible to do yoga, but in fact, it is far better if you begin yoga with a lack if flexibility.

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A Call For Attention

Suzanne Taylor | Posted 10.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Aliens, Interplanetary Communication, Living, Extraterrestrials, Crop Circles, Space, Living News
Suzanne Taylor

We love our science fiction, but we titter when we talk about UFOs. What never gets discussed is how valuable it would be if extraterrestrials turned out to be the real deal.

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More Tips For Surviving The Financial Shakeup

Russell Bishop | Posted 10.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Investing Advice, Happiness, Wall Street Crisis, Choice, Keys to Life, Accountability, Huffington Post, Awareness, Living, Awareness, Investing Advice, Wall Street Crisis, Living, Keys to Life, Huffington Post, Accountability, Choice, Happiness, Living News
Russell Bishop

People don't tend to create constantly rising expectations in their relationships and the value they get from them in quite the same way they do around rising financial circumstances.

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Let The Comeback Inspire Your Comeback

Nour Akkad | Posted 10.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Working Women, Women, Living, Emma Gilbey Keller, Working Mothers, The Comeback, Stay at Home Mothers, Living News
Nour Akkad

In The Comeback Keller mentions "how hard it can be to be your own advocate, especially when you are coming back to work after a long time away."

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Kisses for My President: Work/Family Balance in the White House and in Your House

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Fred MacMurray, Entertainment, Polly Bergen, Childcare, Sarah Palin Vice President, Living, Hillary Clinton, Geena Davis, Women's Work, Breaking News, Home Work, Politics, Work/Family Balance, Economy, Economic Rebuilding, Politics News
Elizabeth Gregory

While this political season won't yield a woman president, it has seen a movement of women into the political forefront as never before.

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Keys To Life: How To Be Clear In Your Communications

Russell Bishop | Posted 10.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Communication, Choice, Relationship Advice, Accountability, Huffington Post, Keys to Life, Living, Responsibility, Living News
Russell Bishop

The first challenge in communication is that most people don't know what the word means! Now, of course you know what the word means in once sense; ...

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How To Escape Meltdown Mania

Russell Bishop | Posted 10.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Awareness, Well Being, Wall Street Crisis, Responsibility, Living, Russell Bishop, Keys to Life, Accountability, Choice, The Inner Life, Personal Health, Self Help, Living News
Russell Bishop

If you find yourself freaking out over the current financial situation, stressed to the max and otherwise emotionally drained, this post is for you! ...

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Living Skillfully: Knowing the Two Kinds of Desire

Phillip Moffitt | Posted 10.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Self-Improvement, Living, Buddhism, Desire, Living News
Phillip Moffitt

Wholesome desires are those energetic feelings that arise from non-grasping love, compassion, and empathy toward others. However, even wholesome desire can lead to unskillful acts and to all manner of suffering if it becomes an obsession.

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The Sound of Silence

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 10.09.2008 | Living

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Earl Pomerantz

The mood in the sanctuary began to sour. By the tenth "Pffffffffff," our congregation, so recently a bastion of uplift and redemption, deteriorated into a hostile, hungry mob.

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It's Time For A Compassionate Revolution

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 10.09.2008 | Living

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Ed and Deb Shapiro

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. ~Martin Lu...

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Chill Out: Seeing With New Eyes

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 10.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Awareness, Monks, Personal Health, England, Reflection, Nature, Living, Wonder, Spirituality, Self-Help, Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

A monk asks, "Is there anything more miraculous than the wonders of nature?" The master replies, "Yes, your awareness of the wonders of nature." -- An...

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Kick In The Tush Club: Emotional Eating Bail Out

Janice Taylor | Posted 10.01.2008 | Living

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Janice Taylor

Leave Your Rage On the Page In these particularly precarious and nerve-wracking times of Wall Street meltdowns, plummeting portfolios, free-falling 4...

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'Frenemy' Enters the Friendship Lexicon

Irene S. Levine | Posted 09.29.2008 | Style

Read More: The Hookup Handbook, Jessica Rozler, Relationships, Breaking Up With Friends, Golden Girls, Cosmopolitan, Andrea Lavinthal, Friendship by the Book, Irene S. Levine, Friend or Frenemy, Milestones, Expectations, The HIlls, Gossip Girl, Toxic Friend, Living, Frenemies, Frenemy, Style News
Irene S. Levine

"Our friends are often like a second family, so it's inevitable that drama can arise."

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