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Meditation

sooze21 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:09:31 +0000

Everyone can benefit from these easy meditation exercises. In addition to improving your physical health, meditating has shown to help those who suffer from depression.

As a type-A personality, I've always dreamed of being able to sit still for even just a few minutes a day to meditate. Recently I tried a simple meditation exercise that I hope to make time for every day. Call it my Meditation Challenge and join me!

Max Von Sydow: Talks Oscar for "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"

cpearlman — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:25:50 +0000

At an age when many actors would have retired, Max Von Sydow is having an "extremely loud" winter.

He received an Oscar nomination for the new film "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" about a young boy's (Thomas Horn) quest to make sense of the father (Tom Hanks) he lost during 9-11.

Von Sydow, 80, plays a mysterious man who just shows up suddenly after the September 11 tragedy and starts to live across the road with the grandmother of the boy who lost almost everything.

Ultimate Valentine's Day Seductions: The Deals

sbreslow — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:10:49 +0000

According to a survey of 1,000 Americans, 89 percent chose "vacation trip" as their ultimate Valentine's Day gift. That's why managers of hotels, inns, resorts, B&Bs, and just about every place with a double bed for rent and a vase to stick a rose in are promoting some kind of Valentine's Day special seduction offer.

What Are Your Family's Genetic Traits?

Karen.springen — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:58:37 +0000

Remember breeding fruit flies in school – and seeing which insect babies inherited red eyes versus white ones? Instead of mating the rapidly reproducing Drosophilia melanogaster, our 12-year-old simply brought home a list of dominant traits and recessive traits. Facing us with her adorable dimpled chin (a recessive trait), she excitedly administered the test. Did we roll our tongues (a dominant trait)? Did our thumb curve when we stuck it out, hitchhiker-style (a recessive trait)?

Trends I Hate: Curtain Chic

cynthianellis — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:20:27 +0000

Florals can be gorgeous on middle-aged women. Especially painterly florals (like soft watercolors) or even bold, hothouse florals.

Wallpaper, bedspread, curtain florals? Not so much.

But that's exactly what Valentino showed during a recent couture show, which was — not unsurprisingly — called things like "modern glamour" (Vogue) and charming (Telegraph.)

Microfinance: Lending to Global Entrepreneurs $25 at a Time

leslieayres — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:28:56 +0000

Kiva.org is dedicated to changing the world $25 at a time, by letting us put our money where our heart is and take part in making microloans to entrepreneurs around the world. It's micro-philanthropy at work.

Kiva merges technology and microfinance.

In 2003 Matt Flannery was an engineer at TiVo and his wife-to-be Jessica was working at the Stanford Business School, where she became inspired with microfinance as a way to support people in growing out of poverty.

How to Waterproof Your Smart Phone

stewartwolpin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:00:00 +0000

"Whoops!"

Ker-PLUNK!

These are not words or sound effects you want hear where your spanking new $200 or $500 smart phone is concerned.

But it is accepted that the biggest cause of smart phone damage is "Whoops!" and ker-PLUNK, usually right in the toilet bowl. And if it isn't the toilet, it's a puddle. Or a swimming pool. Or the kitchen sink while you're washing dishes.

Water. A smart phone's worst enemy.

Help Fight Heart Disease by Going Red

rlflipse — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:38:40 +0000

The big red hearts in store windows are a sure sign that Valentine's Day is not far off. They are also a reminder that February is American Heart Month, a time to focus on the prevention of heart disease, the number one cause of death for men and women in the United States.

Why Wear Red?

Martin Sheen: Talks Charlie Sheen and "Who Do You Think You Are?"

cpearlman — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:08:33 +0000

He wasn't the president of the United States, but he did play one on TV.

It's follows that you must ask Martin Sheen, 71, a crucial question when it comes to the fate of the United States.

Giants or Patriots in the Super Bowl on Sunday? Sheen, one of the big and small screen legends, doesn't give some ambiguous answer.

No waffling. No trying to please everyone.

"I hope the Giants win," he says. "I don't know why. They beat my favorite team the 49ers last week, and they are the ones that I'd like to win."

Cooking at Home: Method versus Madness

wasomatic — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:13:38 +0000

If you watch enough food shows on television — guilty as charged! — you have probably heard the word "love" referred to as an essential ingredient in many recipes. The implication, one supposes, is that preparing food for others is an act of giving, self-sacrifice and an expression of bondedness and devotion. Perhaps….