The Key To Countering Burnout Is Telling Yourself That You're Not Burned Out
Scientists mentally fatigued people and then showed them fake "test results" demonstrating they were not burned out and could keep going. Those given the fake results performed better on subsequent...
View ArticleIf You're Nostalgic, By Default You've Given Your Life More Meaning
Be more nostalgic:The present research tested the proposition that nostalgia serves an existential function by bolstering a sense of meaning in life. Study 1 found that nostalgia was positively...
View ArticleHP: From Healthy Profits To Help Please!
HP’s stock plunged 12% the Tuesday before Thanksgiving on news that it is writing off $8.8 billion because it overpaid for British software firm, Autonomy. This comes on the heels of its announcement...
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Twinkies Baker Says He Was Already Down To $35,000 Income And Couldn't Go Any...
KANSAS CITY, Mo./NEW YORK, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Enough is enough, say bakery workers at Hostess Brands Inc.After several years of costly concessions, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco and Grain Millers...
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You Won't Believe The Opportunities In Chile
Santiago, ChileThe Chilean economy is booming right now. Full stop. From agriculture to retail to construction to mining. Everywhere you look, it’s happening.This isn’t pretend economic growth,...
View ArticleTHANKSGIVING FOR THE TURKEYS – IF MITT ROMNEY HAD WON, WOULD MATT ROMNEY’S...
By John Helmer, MoscowCorruption is a global problem.That’s one of the opening lines in the US Department of Justice’s guide to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the law enacted in Washington in 1977...
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Thanksgiving Was Originally Scheduled So Stores Would Have More Time For...
Forget Thanksgiving turkey, fellowship, and football; for a lot of shoppers, Black Friday is the week’s truly notable holiday. The unofficial start of the holiday shopping season is often referred to...
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The Top 10 Restaurants Serving Thanksgiving Dinner In NYC
This post originally appeared on Zagat's Buzz Blog.Give thanks this holiday season — to the chefs who are saving you from cooking for the family, that is.Thankfully, the Big Apple is providing its...
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If The Right Gets Its Way, The 'Fiscal Cliff' Will Kill Social Security And...
In several posts recently I have discussed the harmful demands the right is engaging in related to the so-called "fiscal cliff" created by the original Bush tax cuts (set to sunset en masse), the...
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There Are One Million Children Living On The Streets In China, And They're...
Last week in Bijie, in the mountainous Guizhou Province, five street children who'd taken refuge from the cold in a large rubbish bin were found dead of suffocation.It has sparked national outrage over...
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Multigenerational Homes Are The Next Big Thing In Real Estate
Being roommates with your parents after age 21 sounds like a nightmare for most, but Jessica Bruno wouldn't have it any other way.Bruno, a 40-year-old mom, wife and DIY blogger, lives with her...
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Scientists Find The 'Fat And Happy' Gene
Perhaps there is a bit of truth to the stereotype about being fat and happy — new research finds that people who have a gene linked with obesity may have a slightly lower risk of depression.People who...
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How France Built Discrimination Into Its Cities
A year ago, I took a job as an English teacher in France. I was expecting to see the Old World.What I found instead was Val-de-Reuil, one of France’s New Towns.Val-de-Reuil was built from the ground up...
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How Jellyfish Help Detect Cancer
Jellyfish tentacles have inspired a way to detect cancer, microbes and viruses, researchers say.Devices resulting from this research could help quickly and sensitively detect life-threatening diseases...
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These Are The World's Strangest Condiments
In America, hot dogs and ketchup go hand in hand. Not so in the Philippines.In this Southeast Asian country of 7,000-plus islands, the ballpark staple is commonly found cut up and mixed in with...
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Heineken Paid $45 Million To Get James Bond To Drink Beer, And It Was...
When James Bond and Séverine imbibe the suave secret agent's drink of choice, rather than an alluring vodka martini reaching their lips, a cold one, of the pale ale Heineken brand, does the trick.While...
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Ecstasy Might Help Veterans Treat Their PTSD
The question: Can MDMA, better known as Ecstasy, help soldiers coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan combat war's psychological toil?Ecstasy is experiencing a renaissance among young party-goers thanks...
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How To Teach Evolution To Creationists
I’m teaching Darwin again this semester, in two separate courses, and I’m confronted with a familiar dilemma: How should I respond to students who reject evolutionary theory on religious grounds?One...
View ArticleING DIRECT Black Friday Sale: The Best Ones
Wouldn't it be nice if you found a Black Friday sale that put money in your pocket, instead of taking money out?Popular online bank ING DIRECT is yet again offering a lucrative Black Friday "sales...
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Obama’s Number One Economic Priority Has Been Backing Big Banks
On Thanksgiving Day, 22 November 2012, Zachary A. Goldfarb headlined in the Washington Post, “Economists, Obama Administration at Odds Over Role of Mortgage Debt in Slow Recovery,” and he reported that...
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