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Originally posted on WORDVIRUS: By Zaida Green 25 April 2015 A recent report by the University of California, Berkeley, shows that 73 percent of people enrolled in welfare programs are from working families, surviving on poverty-level wages. An earlier study by the UC Berkeley reported that 25 percent of all workers in the United States…
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Originally posted on IChemE: Here in the UK and other developed countries, it’s all too easy to take some things for granted, such as access to education, to clean water and to sanitary facilities. When we look at the developing world, it can be difficult to comprehend the challenges people face on a daily basis. Photo Credit |…
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Ever bought an artichoke and tried to cook it? Like a whole fucking artichoke? If you’re not sure, look below. These are artichokes. Most of us only know artichokes for their delicious meaty hearts. Great on salads, pizzas, and sandwiches. I was pretty excited when we got these beauties in our CSA box this week.
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I only started to really practice meditation just a few weeks ago, though I consider my yoga practice to be a type of meditation in and of itself. From everything I’ve read about meditation (and personally experienced), it is a highly effective, relatively easily implemented strategy for reducing stress, improving health, and relieving depression and anxiety. Basically,
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Several weeks ago, I wrote about how I won a contest and was given a Goldtouch Go!2 Mobile Keyboard. Right away, I knew it was awesome because it folds in half! Like, literally folds in half so that you can take it anywhere without worrying about it getting broken. It’s also a solid keyboard with keys
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Originally posted on musing: Jon Ronson discusses So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show In So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, Jon Ronson tells the stories of people who have been savagely pilloried for their mistakes, and — just like when these events unfolded in real life — it’s impossible to look away. There’s…
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“Practice being with yourself,” she said, as if I could be anything else. But then, I’m not always so good at being with myself as I imagine is a pretty common sentiment. And I’m sure that is why our yoga instructor pointed us in that direction. We have a predilection to involve ourselves in a
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Sometimes life gives you lemons, and sometimes your CSA box gives you oranges. Oranges are not lemons. They are delicious even without beer (unlike lemons). However, Craig and I are lazy when it comes to eating oranges. By the time we finally get around to peeling them, they are usually pretty dry and chewy. So this
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Originally posted on WORDVIRUS: ? According to an op-ed by Fareed Zakaria in the Washington Post, if Americans are united in any conviction these days, it is that we urgently need to shift the country’s education toward the teaching of specific, technical skills, expand STEM courses (science, technology, engineering and math) and deemphasize the humanities.…
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