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10 things I Dislike About the World We Live In...Which ones are yours? (Poll) (108 comments)
Do you really love yourself? Not sure? Try this simple test to find out...(Poll) (16 comments)
Toxic relationships are linked to cancer, depression and heart disease (21 comments)
Do our words really matter? What influence do they have on our lives? (25 comments)
What major book would you wish to write, if you could? (Poll) (7 comments)

Toxic relationships are linked to cancer, depression and heart disease

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:02 AM EST (the Mail online)

It may be wise to keep your friends close and your enemies not quite so close, after all. Relationships may be as vital to good health as a balanced diet and plenty of rest, new research suggests. Scientists at UCLA's school of medicine have found that negative social interac …

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What major book would you wish to write, if you could? (Poll)

Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:10 AM EST

By Ms CYPRAH

I have tons of books waiting impatiently inside my head to see the light of day.

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Do our words really matter? What influence do they have on our lives?

Thu Jan 26, 2012 7:40 AM EST

By Ms CYPRAH

I think most of us don't fully understand the power of the words we use on us. Language defines us, reveals us and demonstrates our routine priorities. For example, the word 'bored' never comes into my vocabulary because I simply have too much to do to have time for that.

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10 things I Dislike About the World We Live In...Which ones are yours? (Poll)

Thu Jan 26, 2012 7:27 AM EST

By Ms CYPRAH

The things which annoy me tend to be those that rob us of our humanity, which do not build, but merely destroy, and which detach us from our world, like the following: 1.

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Do you really love yourself? Not sure? Try this simple test to find out...(Poll)

Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:44 AM EST

By Ms CYPRAH

Do you appreciate yourself? How many people reading this can honestly say they love themselves, warts and all?Loving ourselves is not an easy thing to do because we tend to be affected by how we were treated in childhood.

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Photographs of the Loving's interracial marriage at a time when it was banned in 16 states

Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:11 AM EST (the Mail online)

Seeded by Ms CYPRAH

Just 45 years ago, 16 states deemed marriages between two people of different races illegal. But in 1967, the U.S.

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Single mum Julie Jones adopts best friend's FIVE orphaned children

Seeded on Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:23 AM EST (the Mail online)

Seeded by Ms CYPRAH

Julie Jones describes the day her best friend died as 'the worst day of my life'. But she didn't have time to grieve. The single mum-of-three had agreed to adopt Caroline Atkin's three boys and two girls who had been orphaned by the loss of both their parents within six month …

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Appeals court rule Oklahoma Shariah ban unconstitutional

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:02 PM EST (The Washington Post)

Seeded by multifariousone

Oklahoma’s referendum against state judges considering Islamic law is unconstitutional, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday (Jan. 10), upholding a lower court ruling that had blocked the measure.

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What is the difference between empathy and sympathy?

Fri Jan 6, 2012 9:07 AM EST

By Ms CYPRAH

Sympathy and empathy are pretty close in emotions of caring for the plight of another person.

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Good News: North Muskegon Boy Scout's project for the birds ... and others

Seeded on Wed Jan 4, 2012 7:57 AM EST (News Impact - MLive.com)

Seeded by rottlady

When Stephen Kowalski of Boy Scout Troop No.

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