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The Alzheimer’s Association Is Committed to Quality Support and Life-Changing Research for People with Dementia

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We tallied up the nominations and are pleased to highlight the hard work these organizations are doing behind the scenes to better the lives of others. I would have to give up my job, my independence. I felt like I would have to give up on me.” When Jerome H. Hearing the diagnosis was a gut punch. My mind raced.

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A Stay-at-Home Mom Drives Autism Advocacy with the Turo Car Sharing Marketplace

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Canada, Australia and France, allowing people to sign up as hosts and rent out their cars to those who need wheels. After starting her family in 2011, her circumstances rapidly changed when her 18-month-old son was diagnosed with autism. I also carry free medical alert seat belt covers for any families with special needs,” she says.

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As One Writer Grapples with Her Disability, She Rediscovers Passion, Peace and Contentment

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I’d lived with migraines for much of my life, but these were incessant and unresponsive to my normal medications. But then it became harder and harder to get up in the morning. It hurt to sit up, much less stand and go to work. My joints locked up and my bones felt like they were on fire. Still, I pushed through.

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The Right Conversation About Sustainable Living

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It’s a saying parents invented to beguile picky children into eating their crusts or preventing too many leftovers from cluttering up the refrigerator. He tells me people have been talking about the symptoms of a problem for far too long, and in doing so they wind up hitting the bullseye of the wrong target.

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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The agent pays to put them up in a luxury condo overnight, covers the change fees on their flights, and sells them a home the next day. In its 2011 Oracle Customer Experience Impact Report , Harris Research found that 86 percent of U.S. Better news: Doing so is probably easier to accomplish than you think. Keep them coming back.

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Shaq Insists He’s Not a Celebrity

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Like a prince giving up his royal title, he says he’s renounced his celebrity status. A few hours before he arrived for our meeting, I witnessed people lining up to take photos with his shoes—each of which is roughly the size of an infant. She holds it up for him to consider. Celebrities are all crazy,” he says.

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Offices Going to the Dogs

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It was one of 2,500 companies with such a benefit in 2011, up 4 percent from a year earlier, according to California-based Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. Examples from the article include:  - Home Depot Inc. offers veterinary pet insurance.

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