Sisters 'make people happy' Sisters spread happiness while brothers breed distress, experts believe.
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What to do if payments on your adjustable-rate mortgage are about to go up. Stress in the nation's mortgage industry is putting a financial squeeze on home buyers and homeowners alike.
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Letter for senator Mr Chris Dodd "Please take steps that will lift the mood of citizens."
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Punjab swamped by drug smugglers Punjab cops want mobile jammers along border
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Law Protecting Indian Women Takes Effect, NGOs fear? Women's rights activists and civic groups welcomed the law. NGOs fear new Act will break families.
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Clutter can be a sign of inner messiness There is a difference between living a relaxed, low-stress life and a lazy one. The first helps to keep you healthy as you move toward your goals; the second gives you carpal tunnel syndrome from clicking the remote control.
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Our latest parenting dilemma It's a mighty challenge in a world where we are inundated with images imploring us to buy the latest and greatest cool things. And it's even harder when it seems as if everyone else already has them.
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A loving family can boost children's intelligence The study found that a child's environment had a marked effect on intelligence and emotional development. It measured IQ and ability to express positive emotions in 136 children aged six to 30 months. All had spent time in the orphanage, but 69 had been moved into foster homes.
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Art of conserving energy. Avoid extravagant waste of energy. Very few people have successfully cultivated the art of conserving energy.
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Wills that work The do's and don'ts of making your last wishes stick
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If we make a genuine effort to smile a little more and say Why is it that a spontaneous smile does not come naturally to us? Even the photographer needs to coax us to say "cheese" to record a smile on our faces
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What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Escaping the rat race, living a life of leisure or making a new start. Who hasn't dreamed of giving it all up for something better - but how many of us actually get around to doing it? Four families tell us how they made their dreams a reality
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The recipe for success: get happy and you will get ahead in life Happiness, rather than working hard, is the key to success, according to research published today. Cheerful people are more likely to try new things and challenge themselves
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First, there must be a plan Those who decide early what they want to do with their lives have a huge advantage over the rest of us
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Neglect 'leaves a physical mark' During an experiment, the children were asked to sit on the laps of either their mother (or adopted mother) or an unfamiliar woman and play an interactive computer game.
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Have we become too protective in the way we're raising our kids? Every morning, Leanne Brickland and her sister would bicycle to school with the same words ringing in their ears: "Watch out crossing the road, don't speak to strangers and wear clean underwear in case you're hit by a car."
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You want to Honor your Father, here is how. DURING the 1969-70 season, I was the last man on the bench for the Carleton College freshman basketball team, perhaps the worst squad in N.C.A.A. history: we didn't win any games, and lost most by large margins.
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Season your food with smiles Illustration by Sandeep JoshiWHEN do members of your family get together to talk with each other Your reply is, seldom, if ever.
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Hidden stress of the nursery age · Study finds hormone level soars when daycare starts
· Extra time with parents needed to help calm down
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Lamenting dearth of good literature for kids "Art is an intellectual act and behind all artistic or literary creations there exists an emotional urge to express in some form or the other " the vaguely felt or perceived experiences during different phases of life, observed Dr Darshan Aashat, winner of Rs 1 lakh State Shiromani Bal Sahit Lekhak Award-2005.
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