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Quality of Life

It's Time to Improve the Odds for Young People in Foster Care

Gov. Jack Markell | Posted 05.06.2013 | Politics
Read More: Foster Care, Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, Housing, Community Services, Parental Support, Delaware, Transition-to-Adult-Life, Parenting, Quality of Life, Responsible-Government, Teenagers, Politics News
Gov. Jack Markell

As a parent of a 17 and 20 year old, I understand the balancing act of parenting teens. We still operate under those protective instincts we had when...

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Live Longer Or Comfortably? 4 Palliative Care Questions To Ask

Tory Zellick | Posted 04.15.2013 | Fifty
Read More: Breast Cancer, Cancer, End of Life Care, Palliative Care, Health Care, Caregivers, Quality of Life, End of Life Palliative Care, Fifty News
Tory Zellick

"I saw what it was like to have a long life that was not a good life. I wanted to have as much quality of life as possible and didn't want to go to battle if there was no reason to go to battle."

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The Downside of American Freedoms

Terry Newell | Posted 03.15.2013 | Politics
Read More: Health Care, America Health Care, Health Care Quality, Americans Quality of Life, Americans Freedom, Quality of Life, Americans Polling, Politics News
Terry Newell

In a recent poll, those aged 18-34 said that their "individual freedoms" were "the best" or "above average" in America, compared with other industrialized nations. But those views diminished considerably when Americans were asked about their health care and economic systems.

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It's All About Your Hours, Minutes, Seconds: Save These, Sell Everything Else

Peter Mandel | Posted 03.13.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: American Exceptionalism, Work Life Balance, Wisdom, Life Style, US Quality of Life, Work-Life Balance, Quality of Life, Happiness, Healthy Living News
Peter Mandel

Our hours are arranged not to be lived, but to be gotten through. We slice them at the neck -- a sacrifice for something we may want to buy.

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The New Year's Talk Every Family Needs to Have

Richard C. Senelick, M.D. | Posted 02.27.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: End of Life, Stroke, Withdrawl of Treatment, Decision-Making, New Year's Resolutions, Quality of Life, New Years Resolution, The Conversation Project, Advanced Directives, New Year's Resolution, Living Will, Personal Health, Medical Decisions, Power of Attorney, End-of-Life Care, Living Wills, Advanced Directive, Medical Decision Making, New Year Resolution, Healthy Living News
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.

We tend to think that medical decision making discussions are primarily for the elderly or for those with cancer. Yes, they need to plan, but this blog is directed at the rest of you who have completely ignored this issue.

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Rethinking Quality of Life

Marian Salzman | Posted 02.26.2013 | Business
Read More: Simplifying Life, Mindfulness, Economic Crisis, Corporate Social Responsibility, Positive Psychology, Consumer Spending, Quality of Life, Austerity, Business News
Marian Salzman

Whether it's slowing down, simplifying, volunteering locally or getting interested in corporate social responsibility, it all comes down to some questions about life that have become sharper in these more uncertain times.

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Living Life to Our Own Personal Fullest Before We All Die

Chris Abraham | Posted 02.01.2013 | TED Weekends
Read More: Near-Death Experiences, If Your Life Were to End Today.., Living to the Fullest, Death and Dying, Priorities, Quality of Life, Family, Death, TED Weekends News
Chris Abraham

Unlike Ric's experience of desiring to become a better man and work harder and connecting with his family and children after meeting Death at it's door, my dad, Bob, took another tact.

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Getting the Lights Is a Priority

Gary A. Brown | Posted 11.09.2012 | Detroit
Read More: Government, Michigan Legislature, Detroit Public Lighting, Detroit, Street Lights, City Council, City of Detroit, Michigan, Detroit City Council, Legislation, Quality of Life, Municipalities, Public Safety, Detroit News
Gary A. Brown

There are 88,000 street lights operated by the city. More than half of these are out on any given day. I believe most Detroiters want their lights on, regardless of who repairs them.

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Shining A Light In The Darkness

Dr. Dean Ornish | Posted 01.02.2013 | TED Weekends
Read More: Isolation Health, Isolation and Health, Intimacy Health, Professional Mistakes Need Air to Breathe, Social Networks Health, Social Networks, Personal Health, Quality Life, Human Needs, Intimacy and Health, Social Networks and Health, Human Need, Quality of Life, TED Weekends News
Dr. Dean Ornish

The need for love and intimacy is a fundamental human need, as primal as the need for food, water, and air. Yet because of the breakdown of social networks in the past 25 years, this need often goes unfulfilled.

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Mitigating Unwarranted Anger and Mediating Your Own Thoughts

William Rose | Posted 12.31.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Anger, Ethics, Morality, Self-Control, Frustration, Anger Management, Quality of Life, Self-Help, Emotional Health, Emotional Wellness, Self-Restraint, Mental Wellness, Healthy Living News
William Rose

Not a single one of us can go through life angry at others for not handling situations the way we would have handled them. I can't possibly cope with debating each and every person I disagree with -- no one can.

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Uruguay: A Secular Outpost Legalizes Abortion

Nigel Barber | Posted 11.28.2012 | World
Read More: Uruguay, Abortion Rights, Secularization, Abortion Legislation, Missionaries, Quality of Life, Uruguay Secular, South American History, Uruguay Abortion Legislation, Uruguay History, World News
Nigel Barber

Uruguay is as secular as Switzerland or Germany, and it just legalized abortion. Given that poorer countries are generally more religious, one would expect Uruguay to be more devout than Germany. Why is religion so weak there?

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Not All That Glitters Is Gold

Otaviano Canuto | Posted 11.19.2012 | World
Read More: Economic Data, Gdp, Income Inequality, Economic Measurement, Quality of Life, Macroeconomics, World News
Otaviano Canuto

Gross Domestic Product, better known as GDP, is the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period. That's why GDP per capita is widely used as a summary indicator of living standards in a country.

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America's Best States to Live In

CNBC | Scott Cohn, | Posted 07.17.2012 | Business
Read More: North Dakota, Minnesota, Cnbc, New Hampshire, Vermont, Best States for Business, Smart Living, Hawaii, Business, Quality of Life, Business News

Hawaii’s tropical and beautiful, but some of the nation’s coldest states – including the best one in CNBC’s category – make the top in our s...

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How To Improve Quality Of Life For Terminal Patients

| Posted 07.09.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Video, Terminal Patients Quality of Life, End of Life Quality, Patients Terminally Ill Quality of Life, Terminally Ill Quality of Life, Quality of Life, Healthy Living News

By Marissa Fessenden (Click here for the original article) Terminally ill patients in the U.S. these days face expensive care and prolonged declin...

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Atheism To Defeat Religion By 2038

Nigel Barber | Posted 08.05.2012 | Science
Read More: God, Atheism, Religiosity, Economic Development, Secularization, Belief in God, Quality of Life, Science News
Nigel Barber

Is the loss of religious belief something fear? Contrary to the claims of religious leaders, Godless countries are highly moral nations with an unusual level of social trust, economic equality, low crime and a high level of civic engagement.

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The State of the Union: The View From America's Front Porch

Steven Cohen | Posted 08.04.2012 | Politics
Read More: Mitt Romney, Gallup Poll, Media, 2012 Presidential Election, President Obama, Well Being Index, US Quality of Life, Gallup Healthways Well Being Index, Quality of Life, Politics News
Steven Cohen

While we should be deeply concerned about the inability of our economy to generate sufficient employment, and most Americans are concerned about the economy, most people do not see a crisis. How do Americans in 2012 feel about their quality of life?

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I Ain't No Broken Window

Paul Boden | Posted 06.05.2012 | Politics
Read More: Western Regional Advocacy Project, Human Rights, Homelessness, Business, Broken Windows Theory, Civil Rights, James Q Wilson, Ugly Laws, Social Justice, Anti-Okie Laws, Private Security, Civility, Sundown Towns, Jim Crow, Organizing, Privatization, Quality of Life, Business Improvement Districts, Politics News
Paul Boden

These are the civilized people; they are consumers. They are us. The people these laws are enforced against are not us. They are them.

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Does a Good Quality of Life Mean Money?

Daylle Deanna Schwartz | Posted 05.09.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Inner Contentment, Can Money Buy Happiness, Choices, Happiness, Quality of Life, Healthy Living News
Daylle Deanna Schwartz

What do you consider a good quality of life? For me, it's living in a place I love, being healthy, having good friends, loving what I do for a living, paying my bills and having enough money for what I want -- and I don't need a lot.

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Give Women The Right Not to Choose

Indra Adnan | Posted 05.08.2012 | Women
Read More: Human Givens, Equality, Women, Men's Movement, Mental Health, International Men's Day, Children, Care, Employment, Men, Work-Life Balance, Homo Economicus, Mothers, Teenagers, Hours, Education, Iwd, Work, Society, Technology, International Womens Day, Families, Quality of Life, Women News
Indra Adnan

Imagine now a world in which women -- and men -- had a right NOT to choose. Where they didn't have to choose between a fulfilling life at work AND a real, invested life at home.

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Which Colleges Have The Best Quality Of Life?

Posted 02.09.2012 | College
Read More: Manchester, Rice University, College, Best Colleges, College Rankings, Emory, Bowdoin, Dartmouth, Decatur, Davidson, Agnes Scott College, Quality of Life, Princeton Review, College News

College is much more than simply going to classes and working towards a summer internship. Students look for a campus where the quality of life will h...

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Girlfriends Over Husbands?

Nancy Deville | Posted 02.13.2012 | Women
Read More: Friendship, Loneliness, Friends, Longevity, Fun, Holiday Loneliness, Breast Cancer, Teenage Girls, Heart Disease, Girlfriend Guide, Gossip Girl, Girlfriends, Quality of Life, Women News
Nancy Deville

"Are you going to get married again, Grandma?" I asked her. "NO!" Her vehemence was startling enough to spark my curiosity, and for the next few years, I observed her and her friends.

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Former NYPD Patrolmen Revealed As Famous '80s Graffiti Artist

Posted 01.07.2012 | Arts
Read More: Manhattan Supreme Court, Neo, Neo Graffiti, Ed Koch, Nypd, Queens, Nypd Scandals, Graffiti, Mayor Ed Koch, Nyc-Graffiti, Queens New York, Graffiti-Art, Quality-of-Life-Laws, New York, New York City, Quality of Life, Arts News

In the history of graffiti, no rivalry has been as controversial or polarizing as the bouts between the NYPD and the writers of their city. Ever since...

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No Profits Without Nonprofits

Robert Egger | Posted 01.02.2012 | DC
Read More: Nonprofits, Community, Funding Nonprofits, 2012 Election, Economic Recession, Economy, Quality of Life, DC News
Robert Egger

America needs leaders who don't clutch to the antiquated notion that businesses drive the economy while charities do good deeds.

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Generation WTF

Leslie Hendry | Posted 12.13.2011 | New York
Read More: Steve Jobs, Tax Credits, Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, Forbes Magazine, Wtf, Billionaires, Healthcare, Wealth, Quality of Life, New York News
Leslie Hendry

Occupy Wall Street is not politicizing, alienating, seeking power or trying to overthrow anything. They are simply asking for serious review to move beyond generation WTF.

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Is Happiness Really Priceless?

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 11.27.2011 | Women
Read More: Work-Life Balance, Quality of Life, Happiness Tips, Happiness, Measures of Success, Recession Tips, Recession, Gnp, Women News
Jessica Pearce Rotondi

If it drains you in too many ways to count, is a higher paying job really more valuable to you? Can we assign a dollar value to the restorative powers of a vacation with friends, or the satisfaction you feel from having time to pursue interests outside of the office?

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