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Five steps to becoming debt free

Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:31 AM EST

So you have a few debts, times are hard, and you are feeling overwhelmed. It is not a nice place to be. Furthermore, in such situations, many people tend to focus on the debts themselves instead of the positive ways of getting out of them.

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home-garden, money, income, confidence, employer, smile

Could you be deficient in Vitamin D? Find out now.

Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:15 AM EST

Vitamin D is very important for our bodies and we get it from natural sunlight. Yet too much exposure to sunlight can be harmful to your body so you have to be extra careful in making sure that you get a sufficient amount by taking supplements.

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health, research, vitamin-d-deficiency, ricketts, muscle-weakness

Are these the most important scientific discoveries of the last 10 years? (Poll)

Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:38 AM EST

Scientific discoveries are happening with such regularity that it is difficult to keep track of the most important ones, or even to decide what is really important in view of one's perspective regarding their usefulness, both in knowledge and application.

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science

Why is my fiance pretending that we are 'just friends'?

Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:27 AM EST

Q. My best friend told me this yesterday: "We are in relationship for more than a year now and we have already planned to get married. But I was taken back, when he introduced me to his friends as his 'good friend'.

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home-garden, marriage, relationships, wedding, friends, fear, sharing, responsibility, commitment, consequences

Which would you react to more strongly: Rape or Murder? (Poll)

Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:43 AM EST

Which one would you be the most angry about? Would you seek the most retribution for? The one that would cause you the most anguish?

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us-news, life, murder, rape, brother, execution, victim, sister, retribution, sexual-act

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Marriage: Why is it failing relentlessly?

Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:28 AM EST

Marriages are failing in a big way because of a basic lack of trust in them, the increased choices that are available to everyone and the costs associated with divorce. However, it seems that three other common reasons are helping to reduce the desire to marry in a big way.

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home-garden, love, marriage, single, commitment, affection, boredom, social-interaction, fear-of-being-hurt, gender-competition

Liberal, Conservative, Right-Wing: What do labels mean to you? (Poll)

Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:06 AM EST

As a Briton on Newsvine, the first uncomfortable thing I noticed when I joined two years ago was the way people are labelled immediately with political monikers. Personally, I have never joined a political party.

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politics, democrats, republicans, president-obama, liberals, left-wing, labels, world-war, centrist, briton

How can a parent survive the teen years?

Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:55 AM EST

The teenage years can be a nightmare for many parents. This is the time they are likely to feel impotent, frustrated, useless and powerless. However, they really don't have to be too painful or unnerving, neither do they even have to happen that way.

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home-garden, space, parents, communication, control, trust, respect, understanding, survive-teen-years

Where do you place in your family by birth, and do you think it affects your life?

Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:01 AM EST

Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler (1870-1937) was the first one to place emphasis on 'birth order' in the family and the effect it is perceived to have on children.

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home-garden, bill-clinton, vienna, psychologist, teddy-roosevelt, birth-order, joan-collins, inferiority-complex, jackie-collins, alfred-adler

Five fat-burning foods that lose you weight faster!

Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:24 AM EST

Though we tend to put on weight rapidly, infuriatingly, it takes its own time to shift which can be very demoralising sometimes! However, we can hasten the weight loss process by eating certain foods that speed up the rate at which our bodies burn those calories.

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health, fish, lose-weight, chicken, eggs, green-tea, proteins, fat-burning-foods, dairy-foods, negative-calories

Are you still bitter about a break-up? (Poll)

Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:13 AM EST

Are you still churning inside at the loss of a relationship? Feeling wronged by it? Can't seem to let it go? Wishing you were still together or feeling angry at their actions?

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home-garden, christmas, relationship, divorce, anger, problems, grief, denial, acceptance, break-up

Do you think your child could be a failure? Whatever you do, don't show it.

Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:30 AM EST

Parents who think their child is a failure are primarily reflecting the subconscious thoughts about their past, expecting that child to fulfil the hopes and dreams that haven't materialised for them.

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children, parents, motivation, failure, expectations, potential, nurturing, dysfunctional-families, self-fulfilling-prophecy, career-ideal

The least corrupt countries in the world...Do you agree with the list, and will America ever make the top 10? (Poll)

Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:33 AM EST

The annual Corruption Perceptions Index for 2009, devised by Transparency International, has revealed that the best countries in the world (of 180) for fighting corruption and abiding by the law.

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politics, uk, america, power, sweden, new-zealand, denmark, switzerland, singapore, cartels

'Going Rogue' - the book of blame: 3 Reasons Why Sarah Palin Will Always be Mediocre

Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:37 AM EST

I have been watching with fascination as Sarah Palin pulled out all the stops to have her book, Going Rogue out there in the public domain and drawing maximum attention.

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politics, media, sarah-palin, vice-president, press, leadership, responsibility, katie-couric, mistakes, character

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Are these the most important accidental scientific discoveries? (Poll)

Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:06 AM EST

We have a lot to thank scientists for in the 19th century because most of the important accidental discoveries occurred during that time.

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science, viagra, plastic, microwave, radioactivity, x-rays, penicillin, vulcanised-rubber

Are All New Relationships Based on a Lie?

Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:47 AM EST

Anyone can cope with life when it's calm and rosy, but the real character and worth of an individual shine through when there is stress and chaos.

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home-garden, marriage, relationship, fear, anxiety, lie, crises, courtship, invisible-forces, desire-to-impress

Help! My ex wants me back but he is married!

Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:30 AM EST

Q. My ex just call me today asking why I left him. I told him that I sent him a letter stating all I wanted to tell him. It was because of a third party and I wanted to give way. He called 6 times this afternoon because he wants me back to his life.

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home-garden, wedding, problem, friendship, married, flattery, ex-lover, wants-me-back

The main secret to any successful business

Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:43 AM EST

Bad customer service certainly hurts any business because customers simply take their patronage elsewhere. They vote with their feet by going to competitors instead. A personal experience illustrates this clearly.

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How would you define SUCCESS? What does it mean for you personally? (Poll)

Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:17 AM EST

Success to many of us can mean anything. For the dynamic and ambitious executive it could mean climbing the greasy pole of corporate achievement and finally sitting pretty at the top.

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television, money, lawyer, wealth, success, doctor, singer, entrepreneur, executive, achievement

What kind of person are you, really? Dare you take this quiz to find out? (Poll)

Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:58 AM EST

This cute little quiz seeks to find out the kind of personality you are in a very simple way using a 20-question format. It is fun to do, but with a serious edge.

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How to tell if a guy is only interested in you for sex and what to do about it!

Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:41 AM EST

Three clear elements make up romantic attraction: physical, emotional, and intellectual. Finding love depends on all three elements coming together at the same time.

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body, attention, commitment, guy, emotional, physical, desire, intellectual, casual-sex, romantic-attraction

Do you know someone who loves to start something but finds it difficult to finish it? This could be the reason!

Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:31 AM EST

We have all met them: people who seem pretty enthusiastic in what they are doing. They usually start something new (like DIY builders) but somehow never finish, before quickly moving on to something else, or they take ages to do it in order to have everything 'perfect' first.

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business, society, parents, DIY, self-esteem, vision, options, eggs, breakfast, balance

Sting calls X Factor (American Idol) 'TV karaoke'; that it confirms stereotypes. Do you agree? (Poll)

Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:41 AM EST

Singer Sting, who recently re-united with his former Police bandmates in a sell out tour, has said that reality singing programs like X-factor (and American Idol included) are bad for the music industry.

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entertainment, television, police, american-idol, simon-cowell, music-industry, sting, mariah-carey, stereotype, x-factor

The best way to appreciate our Friends

Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:21 AM EST

Imagine someone who has been in your life for a while as a 'friend', especially someone on a social networking site, but they do hardly anything for you, are never there when you need them, and seem pretty detached in many ways.

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facebook, myspace, social-networking, friendship, confidence, birthdays, association, assurance, self-absorbed

Who is you favourite all-time actress?

Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:33 AM EST

This is going to be a really difficult one for some people, especially with so many great actresses out there but you are only allowed up to THREE!! So which actress has pressed your buttons and why? Who would you put on a pedestal in your hall of fame?

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entertainment, tv, movies, celebrities, good-news-wednesday, oscars, julia-roberts, meryl-streep, favourite, julie-walters

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