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discovering the TransUnion Lawsuit issue

discovering the TransUnion Lawsuit issue

While searching the web, I came across the TransUnion Lawsuit issue. It was the first time I heard about this, although I’m already a bit late as compared to most people. Basically, TransUnion, a credit reporting company, illegally sold confidential credit information to target marketing companies in the United States between the years 1987 and [...]

Side Effects of Anorexia

Side Effects of Anorexia

Contracting anorexia means getting a new life style, new coping strategies, new relationships, new thought pattern  and a whole new way of living and none of it is good. You can say that a new sufferer becomes like a completely new person, different from what she/he used to be. One of the very distinctive side [...]

Boosting your Heart Health through Yoga

Boosting your Heart Health through Yoga

Heart rate variability, a sign of a healthy heart, has been shown to be higher in yoga practitioners than in non-practitioners, according to research to be published in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics. The autonomic nervous system regulates the heart rate through two routes – the sympathetic and [...]

Amazing Things of Plants

Amazing Things of Plants

1. Plants have in their structure xylem tubes that transport water and mineral salts and phloem tubes that carry the food. Both types of tubes are produced by a meristematic tissue called cambium. Xylem is produced inward, phloem outward. Death xylem layers form the wood. 2. The green pigment called chlorophyll allows the photosynthesis through [...]

the myth of positive thinking

the myth of positive thinking

Thinking that we can or just because we wanted it badly doesn’t mean we will actually get the thing we desire the most at one given moment. Yet, this is precisely what self-books are telling us every day, offering us quick and failure-proof methods of achieving whatever goal we have in mind, be it losing [...]

Traits to Reflect to have Financial Freedom

Traits to Reflect to have Financial Freedom

Managing our money has a lot to do with our attitude and behavior. Financial freedom is more than having a net worth and cash flow that allows you to make working optional. It’s also about being freed from the bondages of materialism. Here are some contrasting traits that you can reflect on: Pride vs. Humility. [...]