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10 Tips For Raising Active Readers0
- Home & Family
- November 3, 2011
Check out 10 tips that can help make your young readers’ experience more meaningful. According to this article, “Learning to be an effective reader can make the difference for your child between reading books and understanding them, between passively floating across the words and actively taking the words in and thinking about them.” Better Parenting,
READ MOREWhere there’s a way, there’s a will0
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- October 31, 2011
This article describes some very interesting studies that tested the willpower of both children and adult participants, including a recent follow-up study to a 1967 study done at Stanford. This new study's co-author, Dr. B.J. Casey from Weill Cornell Medical School, says, "This is the first time that we have located the specific area [of
READ MOREMatt Damon Launches Charity Water Bottle0
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- October 31, 2011
Matt Damon and the charity that he co-founded, Water.org, are launching a water bottle campaign to help some of the 884 million people who lack access to clean, safe water. Damon said, “I think what resonates with me most is when you see people living without clean water and they’re forced to scavenge for water
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Compost Your Pumpkins0
- Environmental Well-Being
- October 31, 2011
Once you are finished celebrating Halloween, compost your pumpkins instead of throwing them in the garbage. “Pumpkins, which of course are 100% natural, will break down quickly as compost in your yard, providing you with valuable nutrients for your lawn or garden.” The Daily Green, 10/31/2011
READ MOREBinge Eating a Hidden Problem Among Men0
- Food & Nutrition
- October 31, 2011
A new study shows that men are almost as likely as women to lose control in the presence of food and to suffer ill health because of their bingeing. Ruth Striegel, a professor of psychology at Wesleyan University, said, “There is a widely held perception that this is just a women’s problem. That’s just wrong.”
READ MOREStamp out workplace fear0
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- October 29, 2011
Fearing for your job in the workplace can actually lead to reduced productivity and unnecessary stress. According to Tom Reiger, author of "Breaking the Fear Barrier," on-the-job anxiety is "caused primarily by a fear of loss: fear of not getting a bonus, not meeting a goal, losing decision rights, losing something." Unless workers resolve to
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