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Seal Those Ducts
- Environmental Well-Being
- October 11, 2011
One of the biggest uses of energy in your home is heating and cooling, so it’s important to make sure that all of your ductwork is sealed tightly. According to the American Solar Energy, sealing ducts properly can save the average home up to $140 annually. The Daily Green, 10/7/2011
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Obama Appoints Shakira To Education Advisory Commission
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- October 11, 2011
President Barack Obama has announced that singer Shakira has been appointed to the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. Shakira said, “I am humbled that my philanthropic experience could be helpful or that my voice can be used to amplify the message and work of the President and this commission. Latino youth are
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‘It’s Complicated’: Handling Social Media When Your Relationship Implodes
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- October 11, 2011
Popular social media outlets have made ending a relationship even harder to deal with, and more public. The days of returning a pin or varsity jacket are long gone. Manhattan psychologist Joseph Cilona says, “Sharing information about personal life, particularly details about romantic relationships, is often related to needs for external validation, approval or admiration.”
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Small banks offer deals, capitalize on big banks’ fees
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- October 11, 2011
As major banks like Bank of America are increasing their bank fees, small, local banks are taking advantage of this to attract new customers. The pressure to raise fees is there, but small banks are offering incentives to attract people. Some banks focus on impressive advertising while others across the country are actually offering people
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Family and Peers Have Big Impact on Health
- Health & Healing
- October 11, 2011
A new study suggests that family and social networks play a vital role in individual health, and that individuals can make a positive difference in the health lives of not only themselves, but others around them. The multi-national study consisted of more than 15,000-people living in 12 countries. Fifty-one percent of respondents (through online and
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Nobel Women: The Peace Prize Goes to Three Fighting for Their Rights
- Making a Positive Difference
- October 10, 2011
Three women have won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Africa's first female president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has spent the last five years working to bring democratic peace to Liberia. Another Liberian peace activist, Leymah Gbowee, is the executive director of the Ghana-based NGO Women Peace and Security Network Africa. Tawakul Karman is recognized for making
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E-Readers on Checkout
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- October 7, 2011
The New York Public Library is considering loaning its books to e-readers, since e-books have been growing in popularity among library users. No time frame has been set, but this would be a natural extension of the library’s mission to get people to “read more and think more,” according to the president of the New
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Is Cooking Really Cheaper Than Fast Food?
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- October 6, 2011
You can walk into any McDonald's in America and buy a bounty of ready-to-eat calories for just a few bucks. But can you cook much better food for yourself for even cheaper? That's the message of Slow Food USA's ongoing $5 Challenge, and of a recent column by New York Times recipe wizard/ food politics
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Happy Kids a Product of Genes, Parenting, Study Finds
- Home & Family
- October 6, 2011
A new study, published in the journal of Translational Psychiatry, once again raises the question of nature versus nurture, finding that children are more likely to maintain happier emotions when exposed to positive parenting. The study focused on children with a gene variation that predisposes them to lower serotonin levels in the brain, which can
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Angelina Jolie Considers New Role with UN Agency
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- October 6, 2011
Actress Angelina Jolie is considering taking on an expanded new role with the U.N. refugee agency for which she already serves as goodwill ambassador. Jolie has been a goodwill ambassador for the agency for the past ten years, explaining her work as “moving, sometimes heartbreaking, but always rewarding, and unforgettable.” CBS News, 10/4/2011
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5 Sleep myths that are making you more tired
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- October 6, 2011
Dr. Holly Phillips, from Prevention Magazine, discredits 5 common myths linked to disrupting adequate sleep. The Today Show, 10/3/2011
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Caulk Now, Before Winter’s Chill
- Environmental Well-Being
- October 6, 2011
According to the U.S. Department of energy, simple leaks can decrease home energy efficiency by 5% to 30% each year. You should start sealing leaks with caulking now, making sure to pay special attention to areas where two different building materials meet, such as corners. Check out a few tips to help this process go
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40,000 Trees to be Planted During National NeighborWoods Month 2011
- Making a Positive Difference
- October 6, 2011
In more than 150 cities around the country, local nonprofit organizations and their partners will participate in this year’s National NeighborWoods™ Month, organized by Alliance for Community Trees and sponsored by the USDA Forest Service, TD Bank, and Boise ASPEN’s Project UP. After this year’s many devastating storms destroyed towns and leveled trees across the
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How to Steer Toward the Path of Least Treatment
- Health & Healing
- October 6, 2011
Dr. Rita Redberg, editor of Archives of Internal Medicine, a journal that has been publishing a series of papers on overtreatment, along with many doctors surveyed for this story, say the trend in medicine has been toward running more diagnostic tests and using more invasive procedures and more medications, even when tests may not be
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Survivor victor races for his life
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- October 4, 2011
Two years ago, "Survivor" winner Ethan Zohn was facing a life-threatening diagnosis – a rare form of cancer. He survived and turned the experience into a multipart project for helping others. Now, Zohn and his girlfriend, fellow "Survivor" winner Jenna Morasca, are on CBS' "The Amazing Race"; they host "Everyday Health," a weekly series airing locally on WABC/Ch. 7 Saturdays at noon;
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