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  • 6 Charts that Show the Divide Between Rural and Urban America

    6 Charts that Show the Divide Between Rural and Urban America0

    Editor’s note: We’ve all heard of the great divide between life in rural and urban America. But what are the factors that contribute to these differences? We asked sociologists, economists, geographers and historians to describe the divide from different angles. The data paint a richer and sometimes surprising picture of the U.S. today. 1. Poverty

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  • 6 Brilliant Authors Who Died Penniless

    6 Brilliant Authors Who Died Penniless0

    The many authors we hail today as cultural and literary geniuses are often assumed to have been recognized as such during their lifetimes, living successful – at least financially successful – lives. However, that assumption is often not the case. The five authors below were not as popular during their lives as they are now

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  • 6 Benefits of Garden-Based Learning

    6 Benefits of Garden-Based Learning0

    If you have children or work with children, then you probably have noticed that hands-on experiences help them make connections to the lessons they are learning. This is especially true when the lesson involves something you enjoy or have made a hobby out of, such as gardening. Hands-on learning experiences surround us if we take

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  • 500 Years Ago, This is What Europeans Were Doing on August 15

    500 Years Ago, This is What Europeans Were Doing on August 150

    • August 15, 2015

    The answer: celebrating the feast of Mary’s Assumption. From early centuries, Christians believed that Jesus Christ’s mother, Mary, was taken up (“assumed”) body and soul into heaven upon her death. They celebrated this event annually with a feast day since at least the 6th century. And in Europe of 1515, when the overwhelming majority of

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  • 50-Year Study: Spanking Isn’t Effective

    50-Year Study: Spanking Isn’t Effective0

    A new study has found that spanking does not improve behavior in children in the short term and leads to detrimental behavior in the long term. Via CBS News:  Spanking a child leads to bad behaviors, not the better manners some parents may think a smack on the bottom will elicit, a new study suggests. Researchers

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  • 50 Years Later, the Spirit of ’69 Feels Like a Hangover

    50 Years Later, the Spirit of ’69 Feels Like a Hangover0

    The August 16 death of actor Peter Fonda comes as a jolt to Baby Boomers, including this one. Most of us will always think of Fonda as the young and vigorous star of the 1969 film Easy Rider. Perhaps Fonda, dying of lung cancer, willed himself to live long enough to see the golden anniversary of

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