Wedding season is in full swing, and we have everything you need when it comes to dresses, decor, bridal beauty, and more. Whether you're a bridesmaid in need of the best tips, seeking savvy spending advice, or in the mood to check out the most memorable TV and movie weddings, look no further. Click through now to see our ever-expanding 2012 wedding season coverage!
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Earlier this month Noam Chomsky published an incisive essay entitled: Plutonomy and the Precariat: On the History of the U.S. Economy in Decline*, which clearly elucidates how the extreme concentration of wealth with the 1% has transpired because our country no longer manufactures actual things — bankers, stock brokers and financiers simply manipulate the idea of money. The United States has mutated into a vastly economically stratified oligarchy, 99% of whom have almost no political power or influence in our nation’s participatory “democracy”.
In this brief excerpt, Chomsky explains how these huge shifts in our economic structure have ravaged the working class, many of whom have a pervasive sense of despair and no hope that meaningful employment will ever return:
“In the 1930s, unemployed working people could anticipate that their jobs would come back. If you’re a worker in manufacturing today — the current level of unemployment there is approximately like the Depression — and current tendencies persist, those jobs aren’t going to come back.
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ColumnConscious life, hear me roar.
A friend commented on a recent column I wrote, saying, “The last time I went to hear a band in Boston, I realized I’d become the creepy older guy in the back of the room.”
“Creepy?” I asked him. “We’ve become creepy?”
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Two wheeled and ready for speed.
This week we celebrated both National Bike To Work Day, and the week before, National Bike Month (as we’ve done for years). We admit it – when it comes to the human-powered, pedal-driven single-track marvel known as the bicycle, we’re biased. But it’s not just about machine-worship. As these 6 stories from our archives demonstrate, bicycles can make our world a better place…
The goal for Asha 2012 is to provide bicycles to girls who have endured and transcended similar situations of slavery and abuse, in turn empowering them to take part in their communities, attend school and grow as strong women.
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LOGAN, Utah -- Utah wildlife officials say a moose went on a jaunt through neighborhoods north of Logan and triggered a police chase.
Division of Wildlife Resources officers tried to corner the wandering bull moose on Wednesday morning when the animal ran away. It was stopped when conservation officer Mark Burgess shot it with a tranquilizer dart.
Officers rolled the subdued moose in a large tarp and lifted him into a trailer.
Burgess says most of the moose calls that the department receives come in the winter, but a few come during the early spring.
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Co-sleeping — when babies and young children share a bed with one or both of their parents — has now been linked to reduced obesity. According to a new Danish study, children who regularly co-sleep with their parents are 70-percent less likely to be overweight when compared to kids who never sleep with their parents. So what’s behind the correlation? Although researchers aren’t clear on why the co-sleepers were slimmer, they have some theories, such as kids who co-sleep may have a greater sense of emotional support, whereas children who are not allowed to sleep with their parents may feel rejected, and in turn, negative feelings may increase the risk of obesity.
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VideoSometimes you just have to sing.
You know that happy feeling you get when you’re driving with a bunch of friends in the car, the sun is shining, the windows are down and one of your favorite songs comes on the radio and you all start singing along? This video is exactly that, except with the very talented Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers.
California is all that it's cracked up to be. We have oceans, cliffs, mountain peaks, deserts, sun and sand. When the folks over at Los Angeles magazine came out with this month's '52 Great Weekends' issue, we jumped up and down with glee. Sure, we've presented you with some of California's best designed hotels, but if you're looking to get a little bit closer to the earth, check out the 5 best places to camp in California below:
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