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Invention Washes Away Sins -- Without Flu Fears

msn.com | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Catholic Church, Religion, H1N1 Virus, Catholicism, Health, Invention, Swine Flu, Tradition, Holy Water, Flu, Catholic, Inventor, H1n1, Wellness, Holy Water Dispenser, Living News

An Italian inventor has combined faith and ingenuity to come up with a way to keep church traditions alive without the fear of contracting swine flu -...

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How Do You Do? The Etiquette of Introductions

Jo Bryant | Posted 09.21.2009 | Style

Read More: Etiquette, Behaviour, Handshakes, Introductions, Greetings, Tradition, Titles, Social Kissing, Debrett's, Style News
Jo Bryant

Outdated customs are a good example of how etiquette, when executed correctly, provide a clear structure for accepted manners. Nowadays, introductions can be confusing and, at worse, embarrassing.

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Repositioning America: Obama's Cairo Speech as the Ultimate in Event Marketing

William Bradley | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, 9/11, Iraq, America, Dick Cheney, Iran, Jihad, Event Marketing, Muslim, Modernity, Indonesia, Guantanamo Bay, Saudi Arabia, Marshall McLuhan, Neoconservative, Islam, Bibi Netanyahu, Hosni Mubarak, Tradition, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Samuel Huntington, African American, Cairo, Israel, Afghanistan, Kenya, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Torture, Paletine, King Abdullah, Riyadh, Al Jazeera, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
William Bradley

Not only did no one throw shoes at Obama, the crowd of 3,000 in Cairo gave him a standing ovation. Watching the speech, I had the feeling that the world might be changing again.

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And Nice to Meet You, too

Scott Diel | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

Read More: Ovid, American, Etiquette, Dining, Jesus, Estonia, Introductions, Estonia Culture, Tradition, Dining Tradition, Folies-Bergere, Estonian Culture, Dinner, Culture, World News
Scott Diel

Perhaps atypical of Estonian dinner parties, the conversation -- on their part -- flowed. But I couldn't take part. I could only sit and wonder: Who are you people? But I didn't ask. I didn't want to be too American, to pry with invasive questions.

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Watch and Pray

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: President, President Obama, Scripture, Jesus, Economic Crisis, Politics, Budget, Tradition, Congress, Low Income Families, Black, Garden of Gethsemane, Poor, Mobilization, Prayer, Invitation, Vote, Hope, Change, Poverty, Black Church, M2ep, Mobilization to End Poverty, Policy Details, Obama Budget, Politics News
Jim Wallis

After studying the Obama budget carefully, many of us who have been fighting poverty for years believe this is a moral document, with more commitments to struggling families than any budget in our lifetimes.

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Where's the Corned Beef?

Lester Sloan | Posted 05.01.2009 | Style

Read More: Regis and Kelly, White House, Aig, Cnn, Gelson's, Albertson's, St. Patrick's Day, President Obama, Ralph's, Tradition, Hara-Kiri, Corned Beef, Ymca, Gym, Exercise, Style News
Lester Sloan

On my walk home I tried to reconcile the price of corned beef and its availability with what's going on in the country.

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Yoga Forbids Homosexuality?

Waylon Lewis | Posted 04.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Politics, History, Yoga, Marriage, Homosexuality, Human Rights, Civil Rights, Tradition, Gay, West Wing, Living News
Waylon Lewis

I run a little old media gone new media publication called elephant journal dot com. A week ago, I received one of the best/most interesting/most offensive/laughable/historically valid comments, like, ever.

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In Praise of Fiction -- A Gentle Reminder

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 02.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Creativity, Internet, Emotion, Writers, Writing, Books, Fiction, Novels, Tradition, Technology, Spirituality, Escape, Culture, Living News
Arthur Rosenfeld

Unlike passive varieties of entertainment, the good novel does not leave us numbed up, dumbed down, mentally impoverished, weakened or intellectually dead.

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Happiness Tip Of The Day: Always Pick A Favorite

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 09.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Tradition, Resolution, Celebration, Happiness Project, Happiness, Living News
Gretchen Rubin

I'm working on my Happiness Project, and you should have one, too! Everyone's project will look different, but it's the rare person who can't benefit....

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