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The Road to Conscious Evolution

Karen Talavera | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Human Evolution, Consciousness, Journey, Living, Spiritual Path, Human Experience, Joy, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News

So You've Shifted -- Now What? If you've been through a shift, or if you're still shifting, it can be a wild ride. As I described in my last two post...

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The First Year at College: A Parent's Guide

Adele Scheele | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Success, Raising Children, Change, Living, Parenting, College, Parenting Advice, Parents News

You have rallied for your child's success at college. You've bought them books, a new comforter, and a fancy laptop, and you've mailed off the tuition check. So what's your role now?

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Teaching My Teenager to Be Her Own Champion

Michelle Renee | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Working Women, Living, Single Mothers, Parenting, Lessons for Teens, Michelle Renee, Mothers and Daughters, Teenagers, Parents News

At what point do we know that it is time to step back and begin to teach our children how to be their own biggest fan?

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The Last Move

Patt Cottingham | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Letting Go, Endings, Living, Old Age, Moves, Final Thoughts, Memories, Women News

In June, we moved my mother into a room in the Assisted Living wing of the retirement community where she currently lives. This decision was not an easy one to make.

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Mother Falling

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 09.16.2011

Read More: Health, Women, Alzheimer's Disease, Living, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living, Women News

My mother has fallen and is in the hospital again, mostly because she has forgotten how to sit. Late stage Alzheimer's Disease has made any extreme me...

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In 2007, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, Netherlands came into possession of the prototype of a quite spectacular piece of architecture: F...

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5 Ways To Really, Truly Go On Vacation

Karen Leland | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Vacation, Small Business, Time Management, Holidays, Work, Living, Work-Life Balance, Healthy Living News

Hopefully after reading last week's post on why taking a vacation is good for both your soul and brain synapses, you will have gathered your family to...

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My Strange Love of Wabi-Sabi

Kathryn M. Ireland | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Style, Design, Intelligent Design, Interior Design Tips, Home Decorating Ideas, Home Design Ideas, Home Design, Home Decor, Home Decorating, Living, Interior Design, Style News

There's beauty in survival. I've learned you can actually train your eye to appreciate the flaw, the injury and the repair. That's wabi-sabi -- embracing the imperfect and the impermanence of nature. I love aesthetics as much as the next person, but don't let them crowd out your life

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Pondering Artifacts of Displacement in the Sustainable City

Charles R. Wolfe | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: U.S. Cities, Photography, Green Urban Planning, Living News, World, Urban Policy, Neighborhoods, Urban Planning, Rome, Architecture, Green, Travel, Urban Design, Real Estate, Sidewalks, Green Urban Design, Urbanism, World News, Transportation, Culture, Streets, Density, Travel News, Green News, Sustainability, Living, Pedestrians, Cities, Green News

If our cities must be dense to be competitive and sustainable, we must also look with care to the potential displacement of uses, institutions or traditions -- not to mention the artifacts we will leave behind.

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Exploring the Immediacy of the In-Between Place

Charles R. Wolfe | Posted 08.27.2011

The archaeology of today's urban regions need not be excavation-based. One trick allows the illusion of memory through photographic tools.

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Watch: Tainted Cocaine Causing Users' Skin to Rot

Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Skin Rot, Video, Health, Illegal Drugs, Drugs, Living, Narcotics, Cocaine, Healthy Living News

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"Tech" Dad Out for Father's Day: 5 Affordable Gadgets

Rosalyn Hoffman | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Technology, Style, Gifts, Father's Day, Living, Style News

Don't take dad out to a fancy restaurant for Father's Day. Tech him out with the latest in affordable gear!

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Corners as the Baseline for Urbanism

Charles R. Wolfe | Posted 08.12.2011

More so than public squares -- which require a conscious set-aside of assembled space -- corners naturally result from crossroads, the elemental feature of travel between places.

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Creating the Urban Diary

Charles R. Wolfe | Posted 08.07.2011

Cities are hubs of human interaction, and the urban experience can be enhanced by authentic participation in the dynamics of a place and transitions to nearby venues.

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Taking a Vacation From Facebook

Steven Crandell | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Social Media, Teenager, College, Computers, Living, Facebook, Technology, Family, Deactivate, Vacation, Technology News

I am proud of my son. He had the gumption to unfriend the Big Friend-making machine and detach on-line from his peer group.

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Exploring Simple Urban Amenities at the Public Edge

Charles R. Wolfe | Posted 08.02.2011

What if American cities legislated brighter color amid windows, balconies planted green and encouraged flags and hanging laundry? What if homeowner associations and rental contracts required vegetation and decoration?

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Your Reality Is An Illusion

Natasha Dern | Posted 07.22.2011

Read More: Spiritual Development, Is Reality an Illusion, Illusions, Living News, Life Is an Illusion, Illusion vs. Reality, Your Reality Is an Illusion, Living, The Inner Life, Healthy Living Spirit, Spirituality, Healthy Living News

If everything is an illusion, why bother trying, improving or aspiring? Since none of what you experience, see or feel is real anyway, then who or what exists?

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Trashkea Home Design: Trash + Ikea + Design = Eco-cheap Chic (VIDEO)

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Osb, Lean-Material Sink, Green News, Low-H2o Radiators, Can-O-Worms, Green Remodel, Urban Vegetable Garden, Trashkea, Treehugger, Compost Bin, Upcycled Furniture, Ikea, Ecodesigner, Trash, Living, Clothesline, Graham Hill, Upcycling, Stop Flush Toilet, Think Chair, Home Design, Cfl Lightbulb, C2c Certification, Green Living, Green Style, Ecodesign, Pet Scholtus, Cork Flooring, Style, Green Renovation, Low-Flow Faucet Aerators, Solar Dryer, C2c, Bidon Lamps, Sustainable Furniture, Green News

Most designers begin a remodel by choosing what to trash. Petz Scholtus chose what to collect from the trash to be upcycled (i.e. recycled for a higher use), proving with her remodel that green design could be affordable and stylish.

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Coloring the Urban Experience

Charles R. Wolfe | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: U.S. Cities, Walking, Living News, Urban Policy, Urban Planning, Green, Green News, Sustainability, Living, Pedestrians, Sidewalks, Urbanism, Cities, Architecture, Photography, Green News

How can we marshal the potential of urban color while retaining a legally appropriate balance between public regulation of the private realm?

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Elvis and the Definition of Happiness

Don McNay | Posted 11.17.2011

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"I believe the key to happiness is someone to love, something to do, and something to look forward to." -Elvis Presley The King had it right. If...

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Inspiring the Redefinition of Urban Public Space

Charles R. Wolfe | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: U.S. Cities, Walking, Economics, Urban Policy, Urban Planning, Green, Green News, Sustainability, Pedestrians, Sidewalks, Urbanism, Cities, Living, Living News, Business News, Business, Green News

Here, from afar, is more evidence that street and square, beach and byway all have a greater and unrealized multipurpose capacity, ripe for recalibration in ever-evolving America.

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New Orleans: Ground Zero in the Cultural War

Brian Ross | Posted 07.05.2011

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The Founding Fathers defined the boundaries of liberty and freedom. New Orleans lives them. The birthplace of jazz. The true birthplace of Rock-and-Ro...

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College Graduation: A Very Special Mother's Day Gift

Don McNay | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Electronic Media Broadcasting, The South, Mother's Day, Pete Rose, Robert Blythe, Cincinnati, Theresa McNay, Nick McNay, Richmond Ky, Slidepollajax, Mark Zuckerberg, Living, Grandma, Family, Impact, McNay Settlement Group, Above the Line Media, Mark Turner, Relationships, Ollie McNay, Richmond Kentucky, Graduation Day, Bill Gates, Don McNay, Parenting, Commencement Central, Structured Settlements, 4192, Cinematography, Edgewood Ky, Northern Kentucky University, College, Vanderbilt University, Proctor and Gamble, Single Mother, Eastern Kentucky University, Greatest Person of the Day, Million Dollar Round Table, Infomatics, College Life, Grandparenting, College News

Sunday, May 8 is Mother's Day this year. It is also graduation day at Northern Kentucky University. I'll be at Northern, watching my nephew, Nick McNay, go through the graduation procession.

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Having Trouble Making New Friends Stick? 11 Possible Causes

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Making Friends, Friendship, Friend, Friendship Expert, Relationships, Lonely, No Friends, Alone, Friendship Advice, Living, Why No Friends, Breaking Living News, Healthy Living News

Here are some possible reasons that someone might have difficulty developing close, reciprocal relationships with friends.

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The Liz Factor

Tess Ghilaga | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Daria De Koning, Liz Taylor, Christie's, Jewelry, Gems, Living, Style News

As tributes to Elizabeth Taylor keep pouring in, I'm increasingly awed by her talent, philanthropy and grit. But for all the respect I have for her ex...

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