10,129 articles on "improvement"

Don't Let the Boogeyman Steal Your Dreams

Don't Let the Boogeyman Steal Your Dreams by: Sulana Stone The boogeyman lurking in the closet scares the bejesus out of little kids. Big people know the imaginary monster from their childhood isn't real. Yet, adults freeze in their ...

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Turning Fear Into Power

Turning Fear Into Power by: Connie Butler How would your life shift if you moved into what you feared not away from it, if you moved into the future with controlled abandon –think about it! One of the things I know from working with people for...

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Bolivia A Geographic Portrait

South America's primary mountain range, the Andes, attains one of its widest points in Bolivia. Here the Andes are divided into two subranges, Cordillera Oriental and Cordillera Occidental. Peaks in these areas are in excess of 20,000 feet. Betw...

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Internet and Education—One Mom’s Perspective

What is all the hoopla about children needing to be exposed to computers and the Internet? Let me share my experience. My child isn’t a genius. Most aptitude testing has revealed that she is of average intelligence. But somehow this child has manag...

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How To Use Vines In Landscaping Your Home

Vines can be the quick salvation of the new home owner. Fast-paced annuals will twine up a hastily erected pergola almost before summer starts, providing a cool, fragrant and beautiful awning. Annuals and perennials (or hardy vines, as perennials ar...

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Concrete Cutting The Unknown Niche

What is Concrete Cutting?Concrete cutting is a process of controlled sawing, drilling and removal of concrete performed by skilled operators using special saws that use diamond impregnated blades. Unlike the old- fashioned dusty "jack hammer" method,...

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Five Secrets to Creating a “Goal” Medal Life – Part II

Recently, Joy and I had the pleasure of speaking at a conference of Educational Office Professionals in Baltimore, MD. The other speakers included Ms. Deborah Phelps, mother of six-time gold medalist in the 2004 Summer Olympics swimmer Michael Phelp...

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Intuition - Part II

The a-priori nature of intuitions of the first and the third kind led thinkers, such as Adolf Lasson, to associate it with Mysticism. He called it an "intellectual vision" which leads to the "essence of things". Earlier philosophers and theologians l...

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Discomfort, a stepping stone to joy

Welcome, come in and sit down. Make yourself uncomfortable.Have you ever greeted a guest at your door that way? I haven’teither, but maybe we should consider doing so. We usually wantour guests to be comfortable. But offering discomfort might bea b...

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Music & Intelligence: Will Listening to Music Make You Smarter?

Music & Intelligence: Will Listening to Music Make You Smarter? by: Duane Shinn Will listening to music make you smarter? Will learning to play a musical instrument make your brain grow larger than normal? Questions like these ones have been pop...

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