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Lorraine Howell’s tips for delivering vital messages

Your appearance. Make sure you look professional. Wear clothes that look good and make you feel good, so that your main focus is having a conversation with your audience. Your goal as the speaker is to be comfortable, which makes your audience comfortable.  When your audience is comfortable with you, they are more open to your ideas.

Take care of yourself. Take care of your body, your speaking...


Elaine Smitha: A Woman for All Ages

“Don’t let ageism creep in and get the better of you,” says octogenarian Elaine Smitha. “Age is totally irrelevant. It’s what you’re doing with your life that counts.” For years, Elaine Smitha has been sharing her collective knowledge across communications platforms: radio, TV, books, regional news dailies and groundbreaking conferences. Elaine Smitha has refined her life experience and philosophy into a learning concept called...


‘Traditional’ Marriage – Since When?

‘Traditional’ Marriage – Since When? By Esther Jones

Biblical marriage, goes the argument, has historically been one man and one woman. To allow gays their civil rights would obviously be akin to allowing polygamy. Everyone knows what The Bible has to say about that.

Or do they?

Exodus 21:10 states that if a man marries a new wife, he must ensure that he continues to care for the first....


Male Quilter Breaks Gender Stitching Barriers

Pastor Jack Heck walked into the Quilter’s Cottage in Kearney, Neb., and said, “Look out ladies! The rooster’s in the henhouse!” With his customary sense of humor, Jack has broken gender barriers that have kept men from participating in the traditionally female world of stitchery.

Although there are stories of men being turned away from quilters’ guild meetings in other places, Jack says in the seven years he has quilted no one...


Dr. Jim Janakievski to speak at First Congress on Tooth Transplantation May 2016

 

Dr. Jim Janakievski has been invited to speak at the International First Congress on Tooth Transplantation May 20 -22 2016 in Sopot, Poland. Tooth transplantation experts from all over the world have been invited to attend.  Dr. Janakievski has the distinct honor of being the only US representative who has been invited to give a presentation.

Tooth transplantation, also known as Autogenous tooth...


Reflections

The national landscape of the 1960s unfolded radical and controversial domestic ideologies. At age six, with dreamy innocence and considerable imagination, the parameters of my world filled a smaller, local radius. My Brooklyn surroundings, within a predominantly Jewish and Italian neighborhood, provided a sensual palette of colors and sounds that engaged my childlike sphere.

The neighborhood candy store was my local paradise....


Arlington Boys & Girls Club’s Kevin Flood

Arlington Boys & Girls Club’s Kevin Flood

It's easier to stay fit when everybody knows your name!

Cheers isn’t the only destination in Boston where everybody knows your name. Just a short ride from the city by a scenic pond, the Arlington Boys and Girls Club (abgclub.org) serves...


Is the Facelift dead?

 

It’s no secret that nonsurgical anti-aging treatments have become so effective that it begs the question: Has the facelift become obsolete? 

Non-surgical procedures such as injections of Botox and dermal fillers account for the vast number of cosmetic procedures that I have performed in the last few years, and these numbers are increasing.  This trend is likely to continue and is much more than a stop gap in between...


Our Pets and Our Books


Well-Being and Happiness

WELL-BEING AND HAPPINESS—AN ATTEMPT AT DEFINITIONS

These days, there seems to be a growing consensus that the old measurements that nations have used to evaluate economic success—most notably, the Gross Domestic Product—are blunt swords which tell us little about quality of life.  Around the world, many countries are looking for new metrics.  In October, I joined 1400 people from 60 countries at the OECD’s annual Measuring Well-...