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The upcoming budget for the Chicago Public Schools will rely on $500 million in yet-to-be-enacted pension savings by Illinois, school officials said on Monday.

Throughout the United States, police officers are beginning to wear body cameras. Should principals in America’s public-school systems follow their example?

Sitting in the park and taking in the sun and embracing nature, I must say that feeling one with all is a fulfilling thing.  If your norm is to focus on the past or worry about the future, to still the mind is one rejuvenating exercise that recharges the brain, body and spirit.   Take […]

South Africa has eight of the top 15 universities in Africa but its higher learning institutions are rated as the worst performing among the BRICS emerging market nations.

After years of watching Vancouver housing prices climb, driven in part by Chinese investment, Eveline Xia came to a painful realization: Despite having a Master’s degree and solid career prospects.

To create..to be…to allow….what a beautiful thing we have within us to just manifest and create. Creativity, where is it made and how do we evoke such simple pleasures? An emotion, a feeling, an energy to just flow through you and outwards as you receive the simplest cues to create.  Sparks and energies from within […]

Why is it that we always look for something that we are not? In many cases, when seeking a relationship there is a rat race to find something better. One to grow with, achieve with and become as the new term states “a power couple”. In essence, the norm has begun to run from themselves […]

We all get visions and goals of where we would like to see ourselves.  But how do you know that your vision has had blinders that narrowed your very own view of shaping into a reality? Most often the clarity of this is not present.  Recognition will be avoided until a few folds of failure […]

Focus can be a challenge.  When this stronghold of the mind comes into play, being productive, emotionally balanced and feeling whole becomes difficult.  A separation exists within and a feeling of displacement begins to occur. In many cases, we fall into a rat race that does not allow the connection to be met for the […]

Love is a beautiful thing that is flowed between everything and all things.  So many times, people only use the word “love” when describing an intimate relationship.  They forget about the simple things that come into their life like peace, serenity, laughter and to say or acknowledge that this is love.  Or forcing love into […]

Be fluid. Expand past the norm and move freely. Is not just about being able to draw, writing as a poet or singing a musical tune, but being able to move freely with thoughts, ideas and motivations.   Its so easy to be placed back in a box and lose sight of what is clear […]