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How to Take Criticism Well
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- June 19, 2014
How well do you take criticism from your boss or colleagues? While negative feedback can be difficult to deal with, there is an art to receiving it in a positive way that allows you to learn from it and thrive in the workplace.
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What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades
- Home & Family
- June 19, 2014
Teaching children handwriting has been an accepted and integral part of early childhood education. But the Common Core Standards that many schools have now adopted no longer require that cursive handwriting be taught past kindergarten and first grade. Is that a good idea? Do we take a practice that has proved tried and true for many generations of students and dismiss it for 2nd graders? Would children benefit more in the long run by continuing to learn cursive handwriting as they’re being introduced to typing at a keyboard?
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Carol Burnett still delivers letters and laughs
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- June 19, 2014
Legendary comedian and actress, Carol Burnett, loves the art of writing letters, so she was happy to guest star in the season finale of Signed, Sealed, Delivered on the Hallmark Channel. In the show, which airs Sunday at 8 ET/PT, Burnett plays the grandmother of a postal detective who’s dedicated to finding people who never received undeliverable letters.
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The dangers of junk sleep
- Health & Healing
- June 18, 2014
Do you use your smartphone as your alarm clock? If so, you may be hurting your chances of getting a good night’s sleep. Clinical psychologist, Michael Breus, makes this point: Using electronic devices before bed, whether it’s your phone, laptop or the TV playing in the background, can affect your body’s natural sleep cycle.
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Voices: Talk to Dad on video for Father’s Day
- Home & Family
- June 15, 2014
USA Today columnist Jefferson Graham sat down with his dad one day and asked him to share details about his life, which he recorded on video. It was something that Graham says he had only attempted briefly one other time. But he is so grateful for what he learned that day.
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Jimmy Fallon: ‘I Never Knew I Could Be This Happy’
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- June 14, 2014
It’s been quite a year for Jimmy Fallon. Becoming the host of The Tonight Show is certainly something to be rightly proud of. But in a cover story for People magazine, he shares the achievement that may mean the most to him: “Being a father is the most exciting, amazing thing that ever happened to me. And everything is going well on the show. My life has never been this cool.”
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Panera Swears Off Artificial Ingredients
- Environmental Well-Being
- June 11, 2014
When you go to eat out at a place like Panera, you’re probably not aware that you may be consuming artificial flavors, colors, sweeteners, preservatives and other additives with each and every bite.
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We Kill Germs at Our Peril
- Health & Healing
- June 11, 2014
Antibiotics have been helping to cure bacterial infections since the 1940s, but could overusing them do more harm than good? In his book “Missing Microbes,” Dr. Martin J. Blaser, a New York University School of Medicine professor, cautions that the overuse has led to an increase in infections that are resistant to antibiotics, and that in turn has serious health consequences.
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Little Children and Already Acting Mean
- Home & Family
- June 3, 2014
It may be hard to imagine young children in pre-school or kindergarten already forming cliques and making other children feel badly by excluding them. But as Laura Landro writes in The Wall Street Journal, educators and parents are becoming more aware that it’s going on, especially among girls.
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Ellen: Amanda Eaton Big Teacher Surprise & Giving Back to Her Students
- Making a Positive Difference
- June 2, 2014
This is the story of one woman whose made an exceptional difference in the life of every person shes touched. Not only did first grade teacher Amanda Eaton recently donate a kidney to save her dad’s life, she’s been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award. And her current and former students think the world of their prized teacher, whose always gone out of her way to be of help to them.
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PulsePoint notification app helps off-duty firefighter save Milwaukie man’s life
- Health & Healing
- June 2, 2014
There is a life-saving app that is worth knowing about. It’s called PulsePoint. What it does is alert people who have signed up and are trained in cardiac pulmonary resuscitation (CRP) that someone in their nearby vicinity is having a medical emergency.
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White bread is a ‘bomb of sugar’ that can make you fat
- Health & Healing
- June 2, 2014
How much white bread do you eat each day? Could it be causing you to pack on extra pounds? A new study by Spanish researchers found that consuming 6 or more slices daily can contribute to becoming overweight and even obese.
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A Final Lesson on Character
- Home & Family
- May 23, 2014
Tom Minion’s son, Travis, chose a military career. This is what he wrote about his son in the NY Daily News: “A top student and athlete in high school, Travis could have gone to almost any college in the country, but he chose the Naval Academy to serve his country.” It was during his 2nd tour of duty in Iraq that Travis was killed by a sniper’s bullet.
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Psychologist: Social Media Causing A ‘Distancing Phenomena’ To Take Place
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- May 20, 2014
Social media has certainly become a an integral part of many people’s daily lives. But especially for those who spend a lot of time online, how does it affect their ability to interact and communicate with others when they find themselves face-to-face?
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Kevin Durant Wins Mother’s Day 2014 with MVP Speech
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- May 10, 2014
NBA star Kevin Durant just received his first most valuable player (MVP) award. However, it was his acceptance speech that won the hearts of everyone whose heard it and even earned him a rousing standing ovation. In his own endearing, humble way, he not only gave credit to his teammates, but wanted the world to know that it is his mom who is “the real MVP.” Without her, Durant feels he wouldn’t be the success he is today.
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