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America's Health Future: If we continue to put health backseat, so will life quality & length be.

2008-08-06T20:42:15Z

What will it take, America? Seriously, I’m asking a real question & would truly like an answer because I’m ever baffled when I look around me today at the state of our public health. Look around you, what do you see? Because this is what I see…sa...

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CHEW ON THIS: Much To-Do About Phelp's Diet; the media does it again...

2008-08-18T22:21:30Z

Amidst Michael Phelp's Olympic achievements this past week there has been much publicity and attention centered on his diet. Here is an article that lays out point by point what he eats at every meal & some commentary to his strange eating plan: ...

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$2200 - how much would YOU pay to save a pet?

2008-08-18T14:19:38Z

The other night, my pup Sully came in from his nightly backyard excursion with an 8 inch L-shaped laceration. It looked awful - the flap of skin was just hanging and you could see torn muscle and tissue. We rushed the baby to the emergency vete...

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Hungry caterpillar cake (for Lakshmi)

2008-08-16T12:08:05Z

I have made this quite a few times as it is very easy (and I am not one of those mums who excels at making fancy cakes!). Also this book has been one of my son's all time favourites for the past few years. All you do is make up basic cupcakes ...

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Music Review: "You Can't Rock Sittin' Down" by the Mighty Weaklings

2008-08-13T14:30:27Z

Full Disclosure: The lead vocalist of the Mighty Weaklings, Matt Vogel, is a close friend of my sister's. He has done a lot of work with children's programming, including work on Sesame Street. The only other thing I know about him is that his so...

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Almost Book Week!

2008-08-12T03:25:52Z

This is the bane of the lives of many parents I know as it means coming up with a costume for the child to participate in the dreaded school Book Week Parade! Unfortunately our neighbours with the fantastic dress up collection have moved away so...

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Appliance Warning

2008-08-13T16:44:15Z

My microwaves sparks when I cook food. At first I thought it was the food, because it started with frozen raspberries. I thought that maybe there was something with the way the raspberries were processed. But then it started happening with other f...

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

2008-08-13T14:04:41Z

Could there be a better children's book than Chicka Chicka Boom Boom? I am so thankful tot he authors for giving me an amazing book that is easy to read with expression, and that is educational at the same time. I know that I could recite it by...

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Tuesday things (must be still Tuesday somewhere in the world)

2008-08-13T02:13:49Z

Loathes: home with a chesty bug that has been plaguing me on and off for months it seems kids late for school and my daughter tired and teary at pick-up time a bit unpopular at work for putting a spanner in the works of someone's (ill thought ou...

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What Are Triglycerides And How Do They Affect The Human Body?

2008-08-12T14:34:59Z

Is Anyone Keeping Track? For anyone keeping track of their heart health, the word "triglycerides" has probably come up. Triglycerides are necessary to maintain an adequate level of health, but having too much is not good. When this happens, y...

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