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A factitious disorder is a mental health diagnosis where a patient purposely exaggerates, fabricates, and/or induces mental or physical health problems. The patient has complete control of the sympto...
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Published: Nov 03, 2007
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Most of us have suffered from a degree of BDD (body dysmorphic disorder) at some point in our lives, usually during adolescence. It's simply the preoccupation with an imagined defect of the body.
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Published: Nov 02, 2007
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Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP or MBP) is a sub-category of factitious disorder. Factitious disorder is a condition where the psychological or physical symptoms are fully under the patient's cons...
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Published: Nov 02, 2007
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It's titled reverse seasonal affective disorder, and it strikes just when we think we should be cheering up after the dull months.
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Published: Oct 26, 2007
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It's good, it's bad, and it affects modern mankind in complicated spirals of helping and hindering the body.
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Published: Oct 26, 2007
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Whatever a person does after retirement, it's of the utmost importance that they choose work or hobbies that are compatible to their interests.
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Published: Oct 18, 2007
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Tired? Feeling run down and achy? Have you lost most of your sexual drive? You probably feel that you need some extra iron to keep you going, but that isn't necessarily true.
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Published: Oct 18, 2007
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Several famous people have been credited with the idea that for every sucker born, there are a hundred con artists born to take his money.
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Published: Oct 16, 2007
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Grapefruit isn't just for breakfast anymore. Nowadays the seed has become the star of the show.
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Published: Oct 16, 2007
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Unfortunately, it also has to do with the rather strange obsession with eating non-eatable objects. We connect that behavior with toddlers, but they aren't the only ones affected. After the age of t...
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Published: Oct 16, 2007
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We all need friends, but new studies are showing that we need them just as much, if not more, as we age as when we're young and learning social skills.
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Published: Oct 11, 2007
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The opinions about perfect pitch vary from expert to expert. The definitions seem to be varied, too.
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Published: Oct 10, 2007
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Coffee can be iced, or it can be used as an enema. But most of all, coffee can greet us every morning with its rich aroma and a quick kick to start off the day.
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Published: Oct 10, 2007
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Everybody develops cancer daily, right along with other chronic diseases. It's due to the mutation of cells that should be renewing properly, but somehow get their DNA confused. Their coding gets mi...
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Published: Oct 09, 2007
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It's mortifying, it's sometimes unpredictable, and it happens on occasion to one out of three women. It's urinary incontinence, the act of losing urine by accident. It's one of the last things a per...
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Published: Oct 08, 2007
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Patients with lower back pain are turning more and more towards alternative medicines for both the initial problem and the long-term treatments. Even doctors are beginning to agree with the many resea...
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Published: Oct 08, 2007
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As of 2007, there are no known cases of humans contacting the virus from either dogs or horses.
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Published: Oct 08, 2007
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When preschoolers prepare to be pushed into the world, they're subjected to sight and hearing evaluations. They approach it with a sad but realistic outlook towards their futures.
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Published: Oct 08, 2007
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By 2005, thirty percent of Americans were eating at least one meal a week in their cars.
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Published: Oct 05, 2007
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Malabsorption syndrome is a complicated health issue, combing a difficult diagnosis with an often complicated, long-term treatment.
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Published: Oct 03, 2007
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Meanwhile, a hundred and eighty countries produce paper money. They, apparently, can afford to vary the size of their paper money. They all make the effort to differentiate one bill from the others....
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Published: Oct 03, 2007
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I apparently have presbycusis, a gradual hearing loss attributed to aging. It seems to be a hereditary problem, but it can be a combination of heredity and chronic exposure to loud noises.
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Published: Oct 02, 2007
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Disease-modifying anti-inflammatory drugs (DMARDS) are more commonly used than people realize.
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Published: Oct 02, 2007
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Psoriatic Arthritis is one more form that affects ten to thirty percent of the people who suffer from psoriasis
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Published: Sep 28, 2007
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The castor bean is one of the most useful plants in the world. Castor oil is used in cosmetics, medicines, as a biodiesel, and as an industrial oil replacing petroleum in plastic and lubricants
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Published: Sep 27, 2007
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How would you like to be swimming and be splotched by a blob, something that could easily have come straight out of a horror movie
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Published: Sep 27, 2007
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Five-fingered socks? And they're not funny little bright-colored socks for kids? Would that make regular American socks into something called unitoes?
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Published: Sep 27, 2007
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Unripe papaya contains a latex fluid, which can cause irritation and/or an allergic reaction in some people.
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Published: Sep 26, 2007
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Conductors seem to live long, healthy lives, and yet you don't picture them out jogging before conducting Brahms or Beethoven.
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Published: Sep 26, 2007
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"If exercise were a drug, I'm sure it would receive FDA approval at this time," said Dr. James Blumenthal.
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Published: Sep 26, 2007
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Breast cancer kills three times as many women in America as it does in Japan. There's a lot of controversy about the various possible reasons, but researchers are beginning to hone in on one of the p...
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Published: Sep 25, 2007
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Crickets have been kept as pets for many centuries. Many people in China and Japan believe that the cricket has a beautiful song, and keep them in elaborate small cages.
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Published: Sep 25, 2007
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It isn't always good for dogs to be treated like people. Right off the bat, it's confusing to them.
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Published: Sep 25, 2007
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Over ten percent of people over fifty-five are clinically depressed, and most therapists believe that the number is much more wide-spread.
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Published: Sep 25, 2007
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Exercise ahead of a session helps. While we're taught that exercise energizes us, it also releases the tension and stress that prevents us from relaxing.
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Published: Sep 25, 2007
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Roaches, the scientists say, will be here when we're long gone. Well, why not? They were here before we were either created, or climbed out of the swamps-depending on personal beliefs.
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Published: Sep 24, 2007
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Boys will be boys, but apparently being a boy is not a good thing in our educational system.
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Published: Sep 24, 2007
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Last week, my granddaughter noticed that my social security number is higher than hers, making it seem as though I'm the younger one
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Published: Sep 24, 2007
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The trouble is, it takes so long to accomplish-and most of us would like to get to work right away at making flower arrangements, wreaths, and cards.
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Published: Sep 24, 2007
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What do you do when you're out in the woods and you get a bug bite, wander into a patch of Stinging Nettle, or realize you've just rubbed body parts with Poison Ivy? You don't have to panic. You can...
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Published: Sep 24, 2007
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It shocked me to learn that fat isn't just sitting around on my body, but that it is an active organ. But you know something? I've always suspected that it reproduced without benefit of clergy-or an...
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Published: Sep 24, 2007
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Ingredients are listed from the highest amount to the lowest. If you buy tomato sauce, tomatoes will be the first thing listed. Watch out for anything that lists water first.
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Published: Sep 21, 2007
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Then Ma Nature stepped in and provided the first tornado to hit Brooklyn in 120 years, flattening his corn, eggplants, and squash.
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Published: Sep 21, 2007
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It takes a child ten or more tries to decide to accept a new food, but they love sugar.
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Published: Sep 21, 2007
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Only it turns out that it isn't the ads that are getting to us, at least not getting at us as much as something else. It seems that we're envying the life-style of fictional characters.
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Published: Sep 21, 2007
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Most of us are mongrels. Maybe that's why we seem so fascinated with the idea of having a pet with papers proving that its background is impeccably pure.
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Published: Sep 20, 2007
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Trying to evaluate pain has proved to be a difficult task. Patients suffer the amount of pain that they believe they feel.
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Published: Sep 20, 2007
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We don't breathe right. Yes, our breath goes in and out twenty-four/seven, but we aren't getting anywhere near the proper usage out of each breath, and since we're all going to go to the effort of br...
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Published: Sep 20, 2007
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Parents, well meaning perhaps, but lazy and/or ignorant, are abusing their children through neglect. And don't think that neglect isn't a form of abuse, because it is.
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Published: Sep 20, 2007
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Young entrepreneurs tend to start up several businesses before they hit it big.
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Published: Sep 18, 2007
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In reading about a new wave of thought in psychological theory, I was surprised to find that it's not much different than the ancient meditation of Zen.
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Published: Sep 18, 2007
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Basically, Google was only about ninety percent reliable. Some services were literally non-existent, and it was extremely slow. Even in 2006, Sergey Brin, Google's co-founder, said that virtually all ...
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Published: Sep 17, 2007
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Numbers can be misleading. The United States, while still producing the most science PhD's in the world, is only number twenty-five when the percentage is applied with population numbers.
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Published: Sep 17, 2007
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If you have the extra money, don't limit your interests to stocks and bonds that are simply numbers to you.
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Published: Sep 17, 2007
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In the early nineteen-eighties, gold prices started plummeting. It looked as though the old standard was losing its grip.
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Published: Sep 17, 2007
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The long-term studies haven't been going on long enough to determine if and when the body will adjust itself to counter some of these benefits, so don't put all your chocoholic hopes in one basket.
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Published: Sep 17, 2007
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We all get old-if we're lucky. Eventually things go wrong with our bodies and/or our minds, and there comes a time when we need more care than our families can provide.
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Published: Sep 16, 2007
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We're called the breadbasket of the world, but fifteen percent of our food comes from other countries.
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Published: Sep 14, 2007
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I really want a wind generator. Unfortunately, they haven't invented one that meets my personal criteria
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Published: Sep 14, 2007
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Is education a waste of time? Of course not. Education is never a waste, but it needs to be channeled
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Published: Sep 14, 2007
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Professor Despommier challenged his public health students to create a system for growing food that would reduce the risk of disease. They ended up (it's still in development) with a vertical farm, ba...
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Published: Sep 14, 2007
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Yeast is a little scary. It's properly called ascomycetous fungi-of the genus Saccharomyces. It's a little plant. It's a living organism, dried up or not.
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Published: Sep 14, 2007
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The favored choice of a name source for Mistletoe is from the Anglo-Saxons. "Mistel" means "dung" and "tan" means "twig". Poop-on-a-stick would be another (albeit somewhat tackier) way to say it.
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Published: Sep 13, 2007
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There's virtually no limit to the combinations you can use to make your own special lip balm.
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Published: Sep 13, 2007
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If you want to keep your health status quiet for the moment, you'd better make sure you're conscious when you enter a hospital for treatment
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Published: Sep 13, 2007
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I'm really getting old and parts of me are starting to break up. Something I've always wanted to do is travel. I couldn't afford much of that, either. Am I changing the subject?
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Published: Sep 13, 2007
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We all know that stress leads to weight gain (or loss if you're one of the lucky ones, but we're ignoring your kind in this article.) We've also learned that belly fat is the most difficult fat to ge...
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Published: Sep 13, 2007
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I just read about grandparents, and the fact that they might be beginning to stint a bit on gifts and savings
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Published: Sep 13, 2007
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Like most people in the United States, I don't have dental coverage. I really can't afford to pay for proper care of my teeth, much less for having them cleaned and/or whitened on a regular basis.
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Published: Sep 13, 2007
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Eggs are fascinating, particularly when you remember that you and I came from them. We were once ova.
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Published: Sep 13, 2007
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You hear the term used everywhere nowadays. It turns out that it is the scientific information concerning humans in the perspective of the design of objects, systems, and environments. Huh?
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Published: Sep 13, 2007
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There are five different kinds of corn: dent, flint, pod, sweet, and popcorn. Sweet corn (corn n the cob) and popcorn are definitely treats in the world of vegetables
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Published: Sep 12, 2007
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Recently, I had the best idea. It was something people needed, and something I'd never heard about being used. Suddenly, I was an inventor!
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Published: Sep 12, 2007
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Kids used to fall out of trees, off bikes, and from general clumsiness. Getting hurt was part of learning survival. The coming of the computer was almost a relief.
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Published: Sep 12, 2007
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One day at a time is the answer. A child should see his parent/parents every morning, and it shouldn't be under stressful conditions.
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Published: Sep 12, 2007
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Laptop computers are all the rage. They go anywhere--and they look really cool. What can be wrong with this picture?
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Published: Sep 11, 2007
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Every public one I've seen has a sign with strongly posted warnings about the papers. People with heart problems, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. should have their physician's approval before usin...
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Published: Sep 11, 2007
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It's difficult to see how such minor movement can do any great harm. So what if the hand gets a little tingly? Shake it. Shoulders stiff and sore? Stretch them out. The problem goes away--for the...
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Published: Sep 11, 2007
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Daylight savings time (DST) has always been a pain to me. I raised five children under its sway, and I never liked it then-and I don't like it now.
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Published: Sep 11, 2007
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But what happens to the families who don't have any true closure, when there's no funeral, not even the assurance of death? When do they start their mourning, the acknowledgment of their loss?
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Published: Sep 11, 2007
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Everybody, it seems, uses eBay. So it seems that I must be an exceptional person, since I'm definitely an exception to the rule.
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Published: Sep 11, 2007
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How would you like to have the most dangerous job? It wouldn't, surprisingly, be that of a policeman or a fireman. The most dangerous job is on the high seas, and it's not being a pirate.
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Published: Sep 10, 2007
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Most of the places provided pictures, even virtual reality tours through the house. It was fascinating as well as helpful, but somewhat misleading in some ways.
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Published: Sep 10, 2007
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When is the last day you didn't watch television? When did you last survive a day without using your computer?
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Published: Sep 10, 2007
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There will always be the old codgers in the world, both male and female. Some people feel cheated by life, no matter what happens. That's sad, because for most of us, the good times have been far mo...
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Published: Sep 07, 2007
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Why do we have summer and winter? And why is the southern half of the world always at the opposite time of the seasonal year?
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Published: Sep 07, 2007
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Are you lousy at confrontation? Do you always find yourself on the defensive in an argument?
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Published: Sep 07, 2007
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It seemed like a win/win situation, until it was found that the potassium bromate used in the process causes cancer in lab animals. Canada and Europe no longer use it. The United States still does.
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Published: Sep 07, 2007
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One of the easiest of our natural resources to renew is lumber. There are many ways to nurture nature when it comes to renewing our forests. The biggest problem seems to be one of convenience.
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Published: Sep 07, 2007
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He's the furry little guy with black on both ends, and a russet stripe in the middle. He curls up when you pick him up. He has a little black nose...
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Published: Sep 06, 2007
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Then I started using a regular nail file on his nails. It took a while to get him to accept the scraping, but it was something he tolerated.
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Published: Sep 05, 2007
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Taking two NSAID capsules (any recommended dosage) might be all right. Adding the NSAIDs in an accompanying cold remedy might cause a lot of trouble.
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Published: Sep 05, 2007
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Anybody can learn Reiki. You can start by lying on your back with your eyes closed. Place your hands (side by side) on the top of your head. Relax and let the energy flow from your palms into your hea...
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Published: Sep 05, 2007
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Despite all the hype about types the food burning potential of protein versus carbohydrates, weight loss still comes down to how many calories you burn.
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Published: Sep 04, 2007
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Alternative medicine has worked for me. Admittedly, my knees didn't stop aching overnight, but there was noticeable relief within days.
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Published: Sep 04, 2007
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I hope that if I'm ever in an ambulance, drivers will move to the curb to let it pass quickly and safely.
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Published: Aug 30, 2007
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The best actors, I believe, are in commercials. I know it wasn't what the performers were striving for when the acting bug first bit them. Actors want to be on stage, or to be movie stars.
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Published: Aug 30, 2007
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Nothing, though, can compare to the emotional cost that a large wedding seems to demand as its rightful toll. The idea that marriage should consist of tears, arguments, indecision, and panic seems wro...
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Published: Aug 30, 2007
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There are small things we can do to provide both healthier food for our families, and to cut down on costs at the same time.
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Published: Aug 29, 2007
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Death has always been accompanied by a great deal of hoopla. We like to send our loved ones off in style.
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Published: Aug 24, 2007
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Of course there's a catch. You have to be dead. Even then, only a small portion of you (about five percent) gets to go on most flights. And of course you have to be cremated.
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Published: Aug 24, 2007
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Saving five hundred dollars a day every workday will save you twelve hundred and fifty dollars a year.
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Published: Aug 22, 2007
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Too often, we've had it pounded into our heads that traditional college is where we have to go to provide for a good future. That's no longer true for most of us.
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Published: Aug 22, 2007
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Children entertain themselves a lot better than we give them credit for. They also recover from disappointments better. They survive quite well being deprived of a coveted toy.
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Published: Aug 21, 2007
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Simply put, when your money is gone, you can't buy anything more.
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Published: Aug 20, 2007
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Remember, not every election is about the presidency, or even about senators and governors.
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Published: Aug 20, 2007
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We all seem to be trying to budget nowadays. The cost of everything seems to be jumping, much faster than our incomes are rising. What most of us haven't learned is the secret of the "hidden" budget b...
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Published: Aug 14, 2007
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First of all, we're basically social creatures, herd animals in many respects. It doesn't matter that we like to think of ourselves as independent thinkers, people who live outside the box.
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Published: Aug 14, 2007
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We live longer than we used to, but forty other countries have longer life spans than we do.
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Published: Aug 14, 2007
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Great Britain provides an average of twenty-four days vacation time.
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Published: Aug 14, 2007
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Jury duty has its place in the great scheme of our legal system, but it can be a bit of a pain. The pay is minimal, the company mixed, and it can be extremely boring.
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Published: Aug 13, 2007
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