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Apathy Is The Order Of The Day

While everything was happening in Paris, Boko Haram, the terrorist organization and Al-qaeda affiliate, was carrying out one of the worst and bloodiest attacks in their history, leaving an estimated 2,000 people dead, though the real number may well never be known.

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My God’s the Bomb

The news has been filled with reports on the 17 people who were killed in terrorist attacks at the offices in Paris, at a kosher supermarket, and on a police officer.

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Bullitt Center Certified As Living Building

This Pacific Northwest, six-story, 50,000-square-foot Bullitt Center emulates strict standards to be certified as a Living Building. The Center automatically monitors the inside and outside temperatures, wind dynamics, precipitation events, sunlight conditions, and inside carbon dioxide concentrations

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Ecosystem in a Bottle

A terrarium is like an aquarium for plants, usually within a glass or transparent container.

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Improving Your Digestive Fire

It’s important to consider the “behind the scenes,” or why the body is not able to properly digest. Lowering your intake of toxin-producing food and drink goes miles, but there are other factors to consider as well.

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Je Suis Charlie

People across the world have once again united under a common cause in the wake of the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, France.

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Tossing the Trash

It’s time to toss out the trash for the last time. Yes, the last time! On Jan. 31, you walk to the curbside pickup bin carrying your last bag of garbage and a camera.

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The Man, The Wife, and the Wardrobe

This week NPR ran a story about Allan Edwards, pastor of Kiski Valley Presbyterian Church in western Pennsylvania. Allan is gay, but has decided to marry a woman. He doesn’t identify as being gay, but does admit that he’s attracted to men.

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You Say You Want a Resolution

The reason I’ve always written easy-to-keep resolution lists is because I suck at keeping traditional resolutions.

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Resolving to Focus

What will your New Year’s resolution be for 2015? Whether it’s losing weight, transitioning to solar power, adopting a new hobby, or something else entirely, there is one aspect of