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Oyster

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Sticker Shock: 12 Crazy Expensive Hotel Suites (PHOTOS)

Oyster | May 23, 2013 | Travel
Shelling out thousands of dollars a night for a hotel room may not be in the cards for most of us, but that doesn't mean we can't take a voyeuristic peek at the jaw-dropping suites that command these high price tags. From high-roller villas in Las Vegas to the uber-decadent...
Jared Bernstein

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Japan's Latest Challenge: Rising Bond Yields

Jared Bernstein | May 23, 2013 | Business
Some facts about the impact of Japan's aggressive stimulus program to inject $1.4 trillion into the economy over the next two years.
Louis-Jean Calvet

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À Moustaki

Louis-Jean Calvet | May 23, 2013 | France
CULTURE - De quoi veulent-ils que je parle? Tu es parti ce matin au soleil levant. Alors bon vent, Ciao, salut, adios, adio, saudade, salam, shalom...
Tom Meek

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Disconnected

Tom Meek | May 23, 2013 | Technology
Social networks are wonderful tools that can spark and foster friendships. They can also disable them too, especially when it comes to politics and ideology and two opposing egos get in too deep to acknowledge the commonality that joined them in life and the World Wide Web in the first...
ItaliaCamp

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Una scarica di energia

ItaliaCamp | May 23, 2013 | Italy
Alcuni dei progetti che saranno presentati nel corso della 6° edizione del Festival dell'Energia, al via domani alla LUISS di Roma per una 2-giorni, che quest'anno si presenta con un format innovativo.
Dennis Kravetz

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8 Ways to Stay Young as You Age

Dennis Kravetz | May 23, 2013 | Healthy Living
What does it mean to be "psychologically young"? It's not about wrinkle creams, plastic surgery, or injections to make you look younger. It's about having a positive mental attitude, staying cognitively and physically active, and having a high-quality life.
MotherWoman

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MotherWoman Saved My Life. You Can Help Save a Mom's Life Too.

MotherWoman | May 23, 2013 | Impact
MotherWoman saved my life, my identity and my motherhood. MotherWoman was my missing piece, the place where I found myself and was given permission to live my truth, however many times it changed. It is the space where I have grown, grieved, laughed, and cried. It's...
Kevin O'Brien

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Revolutionizing the Job Board with ChattyJob

Kevin O'Brien | May 23, 2013 | Impact
If you are someone who has used a job board to search for a job lately, you are probably annoyed with the clutter you have to sift through to actually find a job of interest. When you do find a job and apply, do you wonder where it is going,...
Alexander Donovan

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Apathetic? Millennials Are Anything But, When It Comes to Creating Change

Alexander Donovan | May 23, 2013 | Impact
Millennials often get a bad rap. As Chelsea Clinton points out in her recent TIME piece, people tend to see us as apathetic and impatient. The universities and college students I work with every day show me that this just isn't true -- well, at least the first part.
Kate Grant

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Obstetric Fistula: No Longer A Neglected Tragedy

Kate Grant | May 23, 2013 | Impact
Until a decade ago, fistula was literally not on the global health agenda, even though it is arguably the most devastating and disabling of all childbirth injuries. The simple reason: women who suffer from fistula live almost exclusively in rural areas of very resource constrained countries, and are therefore some of the least empowered human beings on the planet.
John Dramani Mahama

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The Big Push to Defeat HIV & AIDS in Ghana

John Dramani Mahama | May 23, 2013 | Impact
The goal of Universal Access to prevention, treatment care and support and to ensuring zero transmission of HIV in children may appear to be a daunting task. But it is achievable. The driving force for realization of this goal is the mobilization of resources for implementation.
Tom Engelhardt

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Terracide and the Terrarists

Tom Engelhardt | May 23, 2013 | Green
To destroy our planet with malice aforethought, with only the most immediate profits on the brain, with only your own comfort and wellbeing (and those of your shareholders) in mind: Isn't that the ultimate crime?
Ida Jo

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Change Your Mind and Change The World

Ida Jo | May 23, 2013 | GPS for the Soul
If we do not cultivate the skills needed to control our thoughts the mind will create wants that do not serve our well-being. By quieting our minds through physical activity, controlled breathing and meditation, we can begin to hear what we truly desire. Happiness, joy and peace.
Annie Lessard

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La culpabilité et nous

Annie Lessard | May 23, 2013 | Quebec Art De Vivre
La culpabilité. Une de mes amies disait que les femmes qui n'en étaient pas atteintes le devenaient une fois devenues mères. Pour d'autres, elle a toujours existé.
Penny C. Sansevieri

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Ten Deadly Marketing Mistakes Almost Every Author Makes

Penny C. Sansevieri | May 23, 2013 | Books
People always ask me what's the single biggest mistake authors make. I'm not sure it's just one mistake, though the truth is that one mistake can sink your entire book. Often when I tell a group of authors what I'm about to share with you they shake their heads in...
Ralph A. Miriello

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Marvin Stamm and Mike Holober Serenade at Nyack Library's Carnegie Room

Ralph A. Miriello | May 23, 2013 | Arts
In the tiny town of Nyack, in the shadows of the Tappan Zee Bridge, the Rockland County Jazz and Blues Society and the Nyack Library once again provide a superlative matching of two local jazz musicians as part of their Carnegie Concert series.
Liz Smith

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The New Iron Man Blows Me Away -- Beautiful Authors at Literacy Gala

Liz Smith | May 23, 2013 | Entertainment
Don't miss it! I do mean the fabulous playwright/actor/icon Charles Busch, performing one night only (May 29) at Manhattan's hot spot, 54 Below.
Robert Bettmann

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Don't Let Earmarks Return in D.C.

Robert Bettmann | May 23, 2013 | DC
Earmarks were eliminated in D.C. in 2010, and the policy climate had been improving for it. But Lettermarking, a first cousin of Earmarking, is trying for a comeback.
Alison Spiegel

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Cooking Shortcuts You Shouldn't Take

Alison Spiegel | May 23, 2013 | Taste
Even if you're short on time, don't skip these six steps. They can make all the difference.
Spencer Green

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Internal Revenue Service Given Power to Use Drone Attacks

Spencer Green | May 23, 2013 | Comedy
In a startling policy announcement, the Obama administration has given the Internal Revenue Service complete power over drone attacks used in this country.