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7 Vows of Compassion for Political Candidates

Judith Orloff MD | Posted 01.25.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Elections, Politics, Empathy, Ego, Patience, World Leaders, Loving, Political Canditate, Power, Political Leaders, Campaign Promises, Compassion, Mindfulness, Video, Healthy Living News

You can call me naïve, but I believe that to save the human race and this magnificent planet we are on, compassion must be part of our daily prayer.

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Going With Your Gut in the Voting Booth

Sam Sommers | Posted 01.11.2012 | Politics

Read More: Elections 2012, Primary, Voters, Voting, GOP Candidates, Physical Attractiveness, Richard Nixon, Barack Obama, Face, Psychology, Power, Race, President, Commander-in-Chief, Gender, Political Psychology, Warmth, Cross-Cultural, Senate, George W. Bush, Height, Knee-Jerk, Joe Lieberman, Japan, Mature Face, Personality, Gut Feeling, The Tipping Point, Situations Matter, Exit Polls, Video, Politics News

No, this is not another blog post about the benefits (or costs) to being beautiful, though attractiveness certainly is a characteristic that can impact an election. Just ask Richard Nixon. But I'm not talking about physical attractiveness per se.

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If I'm Wrong -- I'm Toast!

Irene Tanner | Posted 12.19.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Marriage, Philosophy, God, Responsibility, Higher, Principles, Guidelines, Beliefs, Power, A Course in Miracles, Sedona, Authority, Life, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News

After decades of exploring the human potential movement and studying many methods of its gurus, I now believe that I have garnered enough information, instruction and experience to edit it all down to some simple guidelines that have proven invaluable to me.

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Occupy Ourselves

Randall Amster | Posted 12.13.2011 | Impact

Read More: Law, Consumerism, Civil Disobedience, Oppression, Occupy Wall Street, Gandhi, Technology, Power, #Occupywallstreet, Peace, Student Loans, Impact News

Now, with peace in our hearts and power in our hands, the time to reclaim both ourselves and our world is upon us. This is our generational task, our shared responsibility, and our best hope for salvation. Let us meet it willingly, together.

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You Could Be Amazing at Parallel Parking -- If You Thought You Were

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 12.13.2011 | Women

Read More: Confidence Levels, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Cognitive Sex Differences, Gender Stereotypes, Positive Thinking, Sydney Felker, Li-Jun Ji, Power, Yuri Miyamoto, Zach Taylor, Women News

When you boost women's confidence, they do much better at the kinds of things at which they are presumed to suck.

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The Phrase That Changed My Post-Divorce Life

Laura Campbell | Posted 02.08.2012 | Divorce

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Power, Empowerment, Divorce, Choice, Separation, Divorce News

I may not have understood then but I understand now that each and every action I take, word I speak and decision I make contributes to the creation of the life I choose to live.

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A Formal Call for a Politics of Dignity

Charlotte Hill | Posted 02.06.2012 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Governance, Power, Dignity, Meritocracy, Rankism, Politics News

While others have celebrated freedom, we have celebrated money. While others, living under dictatorship, have celebrated choice, we have celebrated celebrity.

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How To Stay Mercury-Free

Avital Binshtock | Posted 02.04.2012 | Green

Read More: Energy, Women, Test, Green Life, Power Meter, Children, Conservation, Pregnancy, Obama, Emissions, Pollution, Mercury Poisoning, Babies, Power, Coal, Electricity, Health, Fish, Waste, Mercury, Sushi, Sierra Club, Seafood, Green News

December 5 marks the beginning of the Sierra Club's Mercury Awareness Week. In anticipation of that, here are four ways to help you keep the toxic stuff out of your life.

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Occupy Wall Street Evicted by $174.5 Million Subsidized Firm

John Stoehr | Posted 01.17.2012 | Politics

Read More: Corporate Welfare, Public Subsidies, Power, Police, Occupy Wall Street, Business, Zuccotti Park Eviction, Brookfield Properties, Zuccotti Park, Politics News

Zuccotti Park is different. While most parks are public, this one is privately owned. Its owner is one of America's largest commercial real estate firms. Brookfield Properties owns lots of property in lower Manhattan -- and its status among corporate "citizens" is enviable.

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5 Seducers That Steal Our Awareness and Contentment

David Nichtern | Posted 01.16.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Drugs, Meditation, Seduction, Fame, Seducers, Contentment, Wealth, Awareness, Power, Money, Consciousness, Mindfulness, Buddhism, Materialism, Mindful Living, Healthy Living News

The $64 question is, can we maintain balance, awareness and open-heartedness while we engage fully in the activities of this world? Can we make the five seducers work for us or will we work for them?

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The Case for Being Sentimental

Mariya Yefremova | Posted 01.16.2012 | Women

Read More: Photography, Women, Technology, Power, Sentimentality, Hobbies, Memories, Collecting, Women News

Some people may see sentimentality in women as a negative, but I am not one of those people.

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Why This Country (and World) Is So Screwed Up, In a Word

Donna Flagg | Posted 01.04.2012 | Politics

Read More: Politics, World, Economy, Narcissism, Insecurity, Bullies, Society, Security, Power, Warmongers, Politics News

It's what makes life so unpleasant, miserable even. It's the bosses who make employees feel worthless, it's the wives, husbands, boyfriends and girlfr...

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Texas Drought Endangers Power Projects

AP | RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI | Posted 01.02.2012 | Green

Read More: Texas Power Plants, Energy, Texas, Video, Texas Power Projects, Texas Drought 2011, Texas Drought, Power Plants, Climate-Change, Power Projects, Power, Extreme-Weather, Green News

BAY CITY, Texas — Ever since the days of Spindletop, when oil first spewed from the soil near Beaumont, Texans have embraced the energy industry...

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Physician Heal Thyself

Malcolm Kushner | Posted 01.01.2012 | Weird News

Read More: Philanthropy, Medical, Education, Doctors, Power, Perception, Communication, Doctor Patient Relationship, Doctor-Patient Relations University of Chicago, Doctor-Patient Relations, Weird News News

The University of Chicago recently announced a donation of $42 million to create an institute dedicated to the improvement of doctor-patient relations.

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Vigorous Snowstorm Could Leave Millions Without Power For Days

AP | MICHAEL MELIA | Posted 12.30.2011 | Green

Read More: No Power, Snow Storm, Snow, Snow Northeast, Weather, Power, Extreme Weather, Snowstorm, Video, Green News

SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — When winter's white mixes with autumn's orange and gold, nature gets ugly. A freak October nor'easter knocked out power ...

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Women CEOs: Bold Enough to Be a Woman?

Birute Regine | Posted 12.28.2011 | Business

Read More: Collaborative Leadership, Meg Whitman, Collective Intelligence, Virginia Rometty, Power, Ursula Burns, Business News

Will women transform the meaning of power by distributing power rather than holding onto it, by engaging people rather than dictating to them, and by seeking to bring the best out in people rather than focusing on themselves as center stage heroes?

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Are You Hiding From Life Inside an Abusive Relationship?

Hayley Rose Horzepa | Posted 12.26.2011 | Women

Read More: Domination, Abusive Boyfriends, Women, Abuse, Relationships, Abusive Relationships, Violence, Addiction, Growth, Healing, Power, Domestic Violence, Control, Abusers, Women News

I stuck with the wrong guy because I felt the alternative was much worse.

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House Republicans Push Through Looser Environmental Regulations In War On EPA

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 12.14.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — House Republicans pushed through legislation Friday that gives the states the power to regulate coal ash from power plants as if it...

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Power in the Message: "We Are the 99%"

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 12.12.2011 | Politics

Read More: 99%, Democracy, Power, Corporations, Occupy Wall Street, Politics News

While the GOP has been searching behind bowling alleys and between couch cushions for a new mascot, the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement has managed to focus on the most basic and important questions: Who should hold the reins of political power in America?

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Taking the Power out of Power: "The Bullying Stops Here"

Carol Smaldino | Posted 12.10.2011 | Parents

Read More: Anderson Cooper, Teachers, Power, Hope, Phil McGraw, Bullying, Parents News

Kids need the power to have an impact and to be heard, respected and heeded. At the same time they need to know that we will protect them, all of them -- even the bullies -- from the power games of children, from the dramas that can last a lifetime.

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Why Women Need to Be the Ones Occupying Wall Street

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 12.12.2011 | Women

Read More: The-Feminine-Aspect, Risk Taking, Gender Differences, Catalyst, Occupy Wall Street, Dr. Judy Rosener, Corporate Greed, Power, Elizabeth Lesser, Power Inequities, The Masculine Aspect, Women News

What's the Occupy Wall Street movement -- an ongoing, multi-city protest against corporate greed, cronyism and inequity -- got to do with gender politics, you ask? I say: everything.

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IAEA: Belgian Nuke Mishap Exposes 3 To Radiation

AP | Posted 12.05.2011 | Green

Read More: IAEA Belgian Nuclear Mishap, Energy, U.N., Nuclear Power, Belgium Nuclear Mishap, United Nations, Nuclear Energy, Belgian Nuclear Mishap, International Atomic Energy Agency, Power, Belgium, Iaea, Green News

VIENNA -- The U.N. nuclear agency says three people were exposed to radiation and had to undergo decontamination after a mishap at a Belgian waste fac...

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Obama Administration Set To Step Up Power Line Projects

AP | By MATTHEW DALY | Posted 12.05.2011 | Green

Read More: Power Outages, Energy, Power Lines, Nuclear Power, Steven Chu, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Power Plants, Jobs, Obama, Power Line Projects, Ken Salazar, Obama Power Line Projects, Power, Green News

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Wednesday moved to speed up permitting and construction of seven proposed electric transmission lines in 12 ...

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Arianna Talks Sex, Sleep And Power With Chelsea Handler

Fortune | Posted 12.05.2011 | Comedy

Read More: Chelsea Lately, Sex, Chelsea Handler, Arianna, Arianna Huffington Interview, Power, Business, Arianna Huffington, Sleep, Comedy News

Talk show host and comedian Chelsea Handler interviewed AOL Huffington Post Media Group's president and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington at Fortune'...

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Are You Mad at Me?

Hayley Rose Horzepa | Posted 11.26.2011 | Women

Read More: Domination, Verbal Abuse, Abuse, Are You Mad at Me, Relationships, Abusive Relationships, Anger Issues, Addiction, Violence, Power, Physical Abuse, Control, Abusive Boyfriends, He's Always Mad at Me, Homicide, Domestic Violence, Abusers, Women News

Anger was the typical response I got from my ex when I was honest with him about my feelings. His anger left me emotionally "hand shy," inwardly wincing before each anticipated strike.

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