Consumer Reports Ranks Companies as ‘Naughty’ or ‘Nice’
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- November 30, 2011
This year's Consumer Reports ‘Naughty & Nice Holiday List’ examined the shopping policies of a wide range of companies, including some well-known names like American Express, Southwest Airlines, and Verizon Wireless, that either did right or wrong by customers this year. Fees, fees, and more fees led Consumer Reports to put several big corporations on
READ MOREAnnie Lennox To Address International Parliamentary Conference
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- November 30, 2011
Addressing the topic ‘Parliamentarians as advocates for global development,’ the musician will call for greater action from parliaments in tackling the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Look to the Stars, 11/29/2011
READ MORECan the ‘Planner’ and “Winging It’ Live Happily Every After?
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- November 30, 2011
He's a planner, she isn't. How do couples cope when it comes to day-to-day issues, vacations and larger life plans? Elizabeth Bernstein offers some relationship advice for "planners who love people who wing it." Wall Street Journal, 11/29/2011
READ MOREHow to Parent Like a Man
- Home & Family
- November 30, 2011
Elizabeth Mayhew, editor-in-chief of Woman’s Day magazine, explains how men and women can learn from each others’ different parenting styles. The Today Show, 11/28/201
READ MORE‘Most Beautiful Woman’ By Day, Inventor By Night
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- November 30, 2011
A new book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes sets out to rewrite America’s memory of Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr, who was known in her time as ‘the most beautiful woman in the world.’ Little did the world know that, in the 1940s, Lamarr, in an attempt to help the war effort, actually invented what
READ MORERaising cash for homeless students
- Making a Positive Difference
- November 29, 2011
After the airing of a '60 Minutes' feature about Central Florida's homeless families (see our Entertainment section for that story), a telethon Monday raised money to help the thousands of homeless students attending Seminole and Orange County schools. This article also talks about the Families in Transition program, which assists homeless children in the Seminole
READ MOREHard Times Generation: Families living in cars
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- November 29, 2011
Scott Pelley brings "60 Minutes" cameras back to central Florida to document another form of family homelessness: kids and their parents forced to live in cars. It is the second time they've gone to Florida to profile families that have found themselves jobless and then homeless. One father didn't want to appear on camera, but
READ MOREIn season of giving thanks, signs that gratitude is back
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- November 29, 2011
Economic hard times and a surge in the amount of academic research being conducted on the benefits of gratitude may be factors in the current boom in the popularity of giving thanks. The University of California Davis is one of many institutions conducting research on the subject, with their project "Expanding the Science and Practice
READ MORE5 Ways Technology Is Saving Endangered Species
- Environmental Well-Being
- November 29, 2011
Although technology has been blamed for contributing to environmental problems- including pollution, excessive waste, overfishing and more- technology can also do some good as far as saving the environment and endangered species. Check out five of the smartest ways we’ve put technology to work for endangered species. Tree Hugger, 11/22/2011
READ MOREGiving Thanks Helps Your Psychological Outlook
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- November 28, 2011
Expressing gratitude is good for you. Just ask University of Miami psychology professor Michael McCullough whose done extensive research on the subject: “It does make people happier…it’s that incredible feeling.” Maryann Troiani, a Chicago area psychologist and self-help author, is quoted as saying: “Gratitude really changes your attitude and your outlook on life.” That’s why
READ MOREIn Hard Times, Americans Still Thankful
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- November 28, 2011
The people profiled in this article- including people who have faced layoffs, car accidents, and the loss of a loved one- have moved beyond their issues to embrace the holiday spirit. Though life may at times present hardships, how is it that some people are able to rise above them and find gratitude in their
READ MORESpacing Siblings At Least Two Years Apart Makes Kids Smarter
- Home & Family
- November 28, 2011
Everyone has their own opinions on how many years apart in age children should be to create the optimal situation for the kids as they grow-up together and as they develop separately. Up until now, those opinions have just been conjecture, but Kasey Buckles, assistant Professor at Notre Dame, has used scientific reasoning to determine
READ MOREFinding Your Happiness with Chicken Soup for the Soul
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- November 25, 2011
The new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Happiness, discusses the root of personal happiness and explains how important it is for everyone to find their own happiness-triggers. These triggers could be hobbies, helping others, or any other activity that brings you to a state of joy. Inside Edition, 11/22/2011
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The power of nostalgia at Thanksgiving
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- November 24, 2011
According to nutritional psychologists and researchers at the University of Southampton, nostalgia (as experienced at Thanksgiving) fills a very important need to belong and feel socially connected, and is actually good for our mental health.
READ MOREIt’s Time to Say Goodbye to All That Stuff
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- November 24, 2011
Jane Brody discusses the new book, The Hoarder in You: How to Live a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered Life, which she recommends for anyone coping with a cluttering problem, and summarizes some of the de-cluttering methods she's found most useful. The author of the book discussed is Robin Zasio, a clinical psychologist, star of the show
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