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Category: LIFESTYLE
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Bizarre State Laws That “Out-Woke” California
California is known for its progressive laws, but many other states have enacted equally surprising statutes. Examples include Oregon’s gender-neutral menstrual product requirement in boys’ bathrooms, Vermont’s vegan menu law, and New York’s proposed “Right to Be Forgotten.” These developments challenge the notion that California holds a monopoly on progressive legislation.
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Part 2: What the Experts Say About Gratitude and Longevity
Researchers have long searched for the keys to a long and healthy life. While genetics and diet often get the most attention, more studies now point to something less obvious but powerful: gratitude. Dr. Paula Bennett, a geriatrician at Mount Sinai Hospital, notices this in her patients. “Those who actively practice gratitude tend to recover…
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Part 1: Gratitude as a Strategy for Longevity
Full disclosure, if you’ve read the “About” section, you know I retired last year after a career with FEMA and the federal government. I worked across the country assisting disaster survivors in community recovery, often relocating for up to a year at a time. This experience quickly shifts from seeming like a paid adventure to…
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Balancing Time Between Interests
The first thing people notice about longtime couples is how naturally they move in sync—the way one finishes the other’s story, or how she knows when he needs more coffee. Over the years, routines settle in alongside shared interests: morning walks, bridge on Thursdays, devotion to that Italian place around the corner. Yet beneath the…
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Sorry, but my Attorney and doctor have advised me against doing that.
There was a time when “moving in together” was a declaration of rebellion. The hippies of the 1960s and ’70s—those same wild spirits who once thumbed their noses at convention and flocked to group houses, communes, and partner dens—didn’t need a marriage certificate to validate their intimacy. But the Hippies are now silver-haired, and many…
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