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Ryono will be traveling to Costa Rica to work with the Andar Foundation, which assists rural women in developing their communities and improving their water systems and economic development...
Convenience and cost are a big part of the appeal. Online therapists charge $60 to $90, less than most in-person therapists. For people in rural areas, those who are housebound and even busy professionals, the ability to go online anytime, anywhere can make the difference between seeking help and not. The ultimate time saver, masteringstress.com doesn't even use a live therapist; it charges $30 for a series of 30-min. online questionnaires aimed at identifying and helping people cope with everything from depression to relationship problems. Nancy, executive producer of a daily cable-TV show in Los Angeles...
...covered three years ago has depreciated. It may not be worth the price of collision insurance. And if $500 doesn't seem like the mountain of money it once was, raise your deductible to cut your premium as much as 30%. If you've moved to a rural location or drive much less than before, you can get a lower rate. You can also get discounts by bundling several cars on one policy or by earning good grades in school or by having a spotless driving record in the past three years. And, of course, if your teenager has moved...
...matter. Only the endlessly repeated flood of morning light. You begin to see that God does not owe us much beyond that." The reader should be grateful that Proulx does not often drop into this kind of openly reflective tone: she is at her best when carefully texturing rural life, when she tells her stories without wavering or flinching, without intruding into lives so deeply touching and so very distant and unchangeable they seem like fate...
...whether based on "business" or fears that stocking the pill will offend Wal-Mart's oft-conservative customers in rural areas, is it appropriate for a pharmacy to stop dispensing a legal medication? "Imagine, for instance," says TIME medical columnist Christine Gorman, "if for business reasons the company had decided not to dispense insulin" -- would Wal-Mart?s decision be ethically supportable? "This is a dangerous, slippery-slope situation," says Gorman. By the way, although the company will no longer be dispensing Preven, it will still be selling Viagra...