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Music is so many things to me. A list of what music means to me would be endless, because, in odd ways, music effects almost everything in my life. To save us all a little time, I've chosen to highlight a few of the reasons music has had such a powerfully positive effect on my life. For me...

25 Songs For Living Happily Now 1. "Always Love" Nada Surf -- "To make a mountain of your life/Is just a choice/I never learned enough/To listen to the voice that told me/Always love/Hate will get you every time" 2. "Under That Cloud" Adrienne Pierce -- "I used to watch all the dark clouds...

Charter schools are elementary or secondary schools in the United States that receive public money but have been freed from some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set...

The debate between "comprehensive sex education" (also just called "sex education") and "abstinence-only education" is long-standing in the United States, and exists in many other societies around the world that are split between more sexually progressive groups and generally those that oppose...

ban on the Muslim burqa and niqab has been proposed for many years in some countries, and was passed through the legislatures of France, Belgiam, and Quebec in early 2010. Fines have been leveled on women wearing burqas in Italy. A ban is seen as a way to preserve gender equality and the...

The Good * Connecting with those who live far away. In the society we live in today, our relatives aren't a mere stone's throw away. They could be in different states, different countries, and sites like Facebook provide a great way to keep in touch with loved ones who are far away...

With a little bit of self-love, gentle awareness, and patience, you can learn to let go of your regrets and thrive in the present! * Be patient with yourself. Allow yourself to grieve, to feel how you truly feel about it. Without grieving first, you won't be able to make space in your...

5 Steps for Recovering from a Bad Decision 1. Take full responsibility. The first step you must take when having made a poor choice is recognize the part you played in a situation. It does no good at all to make excuses or rationalize or pretend that, for whatever reason, you aren't...

From the curios case of benjamin button: "For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit; stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same; there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I...

Trait 1: Autonomous "If you have postponed your wants, your dreams, and yourself every day in some job or pursuit that you no longer love (if you ever loved it in the first place), the time has come to do what you truly want and are meant to do. And not just because you have earned it, but...

I'm a dreamer, I'm a gypsy I'm a river passing bye Got to run to keep up with me I'm the sailor in the sky And if I keep my heart open If I wear it on my sleeve No matter what life throwing Nothing's ever gonna get to me Hey, hey, hey.... All I need is what I've got My soul is free and...

3 Steps to Cultivating Positive Expectations 1. Recognize negative expectations. It can be hard to realize it when we're in the midst of experiencing them, but one of the most important things you can do is realize the negative expectations when they start creeping into your mind. Pay...

117 Awesome Things 1. Listening to live music at a great venue (yay for summer concerts!) 2. Taking long, cold gulp of water or a frozen popsicle on a really hot day 3. Playing fetch with an adorable dog 4. Opening the mail to find an unexpected letter from a friend 5. Standing...

In many parts of Australia, the government has been implementing a policies in which kangaroo populations are culled (killed) to stop them from over-populating, damaging Australia's ecosystem and causing a host of other problems. In recent years protests over these government programs has become...

Free trade can be defined as a market model in which trade in goods and services between or within countries flow unhindered by government-imposed restrictions such as taxes, tariffs, or subsidies. Free trade, while not an new concept, has emerged in the post Cold War world as a global...

Trans fat is the common name for unsaturated fat with trans-isomer (E-isomer) fatty acid(s). It can be found in Oreos, cup-cakes, french fries, deep-fried dishes, croissants, and other foods. It is so unhealthy for individuals that many legislators have proposed and executed bans of the use of...

A lot of men and women eat meat, although some (mostly in rich countries) eat much more than others. Almost all of this meat is the flesh of domesticated livestock - animals born and raised on farms to be killed and sold for their meat. People who make a choice never to eat meat are vegetarians...

Assassination can be defined as the targeted killing of an individual for political reasons in peacetime. It can be undertaken by individual citizens, or by the agents of another state, but in either case it takes place without any legal process. Assassinating a dictator is often considered in...

A carbon tax is an environmental tax on emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The primary purpose of a carbon tax is to discourage the inefficient use of fossil fuels, which when burnt release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and contribute to...

Cluster bombs were first used in World War II by German and Soviet forces. During the 1970s, the USA used massive numbers of cluster bombs in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. More recently, cluster bombs were used extensively in the Gulf War, Chechnya, the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq and in...