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  Positive Thinking is an essential to a healthier and more enjoyable life.  The Mayo Clinic provides the following health benefits for optimists: Decreased Stress Greater resistance to catching the common cold A sense of well-being and improved health Reduced risk of coronary artery disease Living Longer Better coping skills during hardships Breathing easier   One theory to explain these health benefits is that having a positive outlook enables you to cope better with stressful situations, therefore reducing the effects of stress on your body.

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Toni House | Keller Williams Realty- Red Stick Partners | toni@tonihouse.com | (225) 964-6535 37246 Prairie Drive, Prairieville, LA Originally builder’s personal home- this home is a rare find!! 4BR/3BA Single Family House offered at $296,000 Year Built 2002 Sq Footage 2,460 Bedrooms 4 Bathrooms 3 full, 0 partial Floors 1 Parking 2 Covered spaces Lot Size Unspecified HOA/Maint $12 per month DESCRIPTION What a Jewel – a Rare Find! Perfect in every way! This home was originally builder’s personal home and all the extras are here! Three way split open floor plan! Slab Granite, Custom Cabinets, Fisher & Paykel 5 Burner Gas Range, Stainless Appliances, Deep Undermount Sink, Curio Cabinet built into Snack Bar, Large Window over Sink, Wide-Plank Brazilian Cherry Hardwood Flooring, Open Floor Plan with 11 Foot Ceilings, Triple Crown in Living Areas with Crown in all rooms, Large Gas F/P with Glass Doors, Custom Wood Arched Front Door and Large Double Glassed in Back Doors overlooking Back Patio with Fountain and Rock Garden.

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Bloggers know that an essential part of capturing a readers attention is pictures ! Pictures are a must-have for every blog.  But where should you find your pictures at? Along with Google Images and Flickr , a great site to find pictures to use for your Blog is PicApp . PicApp.com PicApp has a wide selection of Creative (i.e

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Baton Rouge Weekend Events for Friday, September 19- Sunday, September 21, 2008! LSU Museum of Art Visit the newest exhibition “LSU Art: Past and Present” at the LSU Museum of Art in the Shaw Center Downtown.  This exhibit will be a rotating display of past and present talents of work by LSU art professors and their students including current professors Kelli Scott Kelley, Michael Crespo, and Duncan Ferguson.  The exhibition will be “thematic and works will be chosen to reflect aesthetic concerns, often combining work of both past and present faculty members and students.   The exhibit opened yesterday Thursday, September 18, 2008.  While at the Shaw Center also visit the “Through the Lens” exhibition which features 20 th -Century Photography .   Visit the LSU MOA for more information.

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What does communication have to do with success?  To start off with, poor communication causes a loss of productivity, reduced quality of life, and stress.  The way you communicate with another causes a lasting impression, good or bad.  If you communicate effectively with another person you may have found a lifelong client, friend, or colleague.   ”Communication leads to community, that is, to understand, intimacy, and mutual valuing.” – Rollo May 1.  Learn to listen! – One of the biggest reasons people do not communicate effectively is because they do not listen.  Instead of planning ahead and  thinking of something to say, listen to what the other person is saying-this will let you know what your response should be!  What are some other good tips for being an effective listener?  Try to reduce the distractions and interruptions around you, Show interest in what the person is saying by making eye contact, Confirm what you have heard by restating the main point, Listen for the feelings behind the message and not just verbal communication.  Be sure to ask open-ended questions to keep the conversation flowing.

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Interest rates are the lowest we’ve seen in 5 months, starting at around 5.5% today! What caused this?  The takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by the Feds; the two mortgage firms will now be overseen by the Federal Housing Finance Agency.  The government will only temporarily control these firms until they “are on a stronger footing”.  President Bush says of the takeover, “Americans should be confident that the actions taken today will strengthen our ability to weather the housing correction and are critical to returning the economy to stronger sustained growth in the future.”  Read the article “U.S. Seizes Fannie and Freddie” by David Ellis at CNN Money for more

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