By Barry Sears ?Have you ever gone into a store to purchase a bottle of wine, and as you walk in and see all the different choices, start to feel a little overwhelmed? When they all look the same, how...
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The gift of being mindful
By Lenore Flynn RN, MA Mindfulness is an ancient practice that is simple and profound. It is a practice of paying attention and requires a person to believe in nothing other than the value of their own life. Mindfulness teaches...
Online bullying
By Randy CalE, PH.D Recent surveys of teen Internet behavior reveal some disturbing trends: Over the past five years, researchers have seen a 50 percent increase in the amount of cyber bullying that teenagers experience. Cyber bullying occurs when highly...
Exercise clothes technology
By Judy Torel ?Most people spend time, money and energy insuring that they are doing the right exercises at the proper intensity for the appropriate length of time for their particular body goals. Fitness clothing manufacturers have put the same...
Finding your soul mate starts with discovering yourself
By Raymond F. Angelini, Ph.D. ?Most of us dream about finding that special someone who will make us feel fulfilled and complete. We all dream about meeting the “right person”, the one we were meant to be with forever. But...
Fulfilling your dream of travel
By Mary Beth DeCecco Walking through the corridors of New Visions is like walking through a school. There is a cafeteria and a gymnasium, as well as classrooms and lockers. But this isn’t a school. New Visions is a place...
“New Visions” for a better future
By Mary Beth DeCeccoWalking through the corridors of New Visions is like walking through a school. There is a cafeteria and a gymnasium, as well as classrooms and lockers. But this isn’t a school. New Visions is a place where...
Big Boy Toys
By Michelle CoyneTonka trucks or a 10 ton dump truck, it doesn’t matter how old a boy gets, he will always want to play with toys. These days men of all ages (and let’s face it, some women too) have...
A day in the life of a mall manager
By Mary Beth DeCecco The opening of Colonie Center in 1966 marked the shift from shopping in downtown areas to shopping in suburban malls. Forty years later, the mall is in the midst of a $75 million renovation that has...
Editor’s Letter
Everyone always says that the summers fly by, but, if you think about it, so does the winter. It’s already February. In just about two months, we’ll be in the midst of Spring Fever. Of course, the fact that retail...