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You've got your Halloween costume all planned out, right from the funky footwear to the outlandish hairdo. You try it on a few weeks before Halloween to give it a test run and it hits you; there's still something missing but what? Look deep into your own eyes and you realize - you're all dressed...

• Date Added: 10/25/2006
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"Prioritization, organization, and delegation are key to achieving the balance that allows a woman to enjoy a rich family life while also gaining fulfillment from her career," says Laura Betterly, CEO of In Touch Media Group, Inc. (www.intouchmediagroup.com), a full-service marketing company that...

• Date Added: 10/14/2006
• Views: 276

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Most of us have been there before. You open the mailbox to find a brightly colored invitation to the birthday party of your favorite two year old. You hang the invitation on the refrigerator with great intentions to stop at the toy store after work to buy a great birthday gift. Several weeks...

• Date Added: 9/27/2006
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One of Santa's favorite traditions around Christmas time--and surely a favorite tradition of men everywhere during Christmas --is that of mistletoe. When a man catches his wife or special someone under the mistletoe, he gets to plant a kiss on her. Of course, with all other Christmas traditions,...

• Date Added: 9/23/2006
• Views: 263

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A healthy diet for infants, from birth to 12 months, is what helps them grow fast and healthy. It is very important an infant should get the right kind and amount of nutrients each day.

Here are healthy diet tips that infants should eat:

1. Infants need milk that is rich in iron....

• Date Added: 9/22/2006
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Buying toys for children can be a daunting prospect, whether it's for your own kids or for someone else's. Like it or not, you are faced with choosing something that can be valued for a long time, something that's ''cool" and something that provides safe and engaging play from a plethora of offers...

• Date Added: 9/19/2006
• Views: 498

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Did you know that the story of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was originally created by a department store? The mega-department store Montgomery Ward wanted to create a new Christmas story in 1939 that they could give away as a free promotion to their customers. They gave the job of creating this...

• Date Added: 9/18/2006
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Christmas is a worldwide phenomenon, and so is the holiday's number one fan and symbol, Santa Claus. So it makes sense that because people all over the world celebrate Christmas differently, they also see Santa in different ways and have different traditions.

For instance, in France...

• Date Added: 9/3/2006
• Views: 398

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Young, wild, and free … isn't that what it's supposed to feel like to be a teenager? While it's normal for teens to push and discover their limits, it's also dangerous. Due in large part to the fact that parenting decisions are only as sound as the information on which they're based, more parents...

• Date Added: 9/1/2006
• Views: 304

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Since the beginning of time, good kids have been known to do dumb things. The same can be said of naïve and well-meaning parents. Because they don't know what to say, some parents fail to talk to their children about drugs. Others develop a false sense of security after they do.

It's much...

• Date Added: 9/1/2006
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When George Bush announced the "Bush Doctrine" as a policy of preemptive attacks on terrorists and states that harbor them, citizens lined up both for and against his argument. When it comes to parenting and the dangers facing teens during adolescence, some parents have begun implementing their...

• Date Added: 9/1/2006
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Imagine a child of one and half years of age playing with his toys, this child would not interact with other children except may be scream if one of the child takes his toy. At this age the child does not have the capacity to take into consideration others point of view, but as he grows up to be...

• Date Added: 7/10/2006
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Every new parent enters their first summer season with a certain amount of reservation. With so many things to be wary of, combined with the natural anxiety of being a new parent, it can be challenging to be confident about one's capabilities. As any parent will tell you, a certain amount of...

• Date Added: 5/18/2006
• Views: 449

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Poor old Santa Claus. Sometimes he gets a bad rap. People say he doesn't represent Christmas well. People say he doesn't set a good example for Christians celebrating December 25. And people say--gasp!--that he doesn't even exist. Plus, there are some folks out there who are trying to confuse just...

• Date Added: 5/14/2006
• Views: 428

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A proper, beforehand planning is necessary to safeguard self-dignity and to attain a secured after-retirement life. We all admit that.
Life is never the same after-retirement. Some people want to live close to the hard-earned friends or family whereas some people want to live unaided or in...

• Date Added: 5/4/2006
• Views: 433

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Car seats are oftentimes ignored and taken for granted. However, there is an important truth behind car seats: Car seats actually assist much in providing comfort and ease for those who drive or ride in an automobile.

That is why it is important for car owners and car buyers to check about...

• Date Added: 5/4/2006
• Views: 303

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Well, not only are the voices and insights of teenagers when it comes to traffic safety important. Their voices and views are just about to be heard. They may be known as accident-prone drivers; however, not all teenagers are like this. Most of them are aware of how to be part of the whole traffic...

• Date Added: 5/3/2006
• Views: 446

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April 8, 2006 would be the day of the Sacramento Safety Fair. One of the important topics and messages that this safety fair would be spreading and disseminating to drivers and vehicle owners would be about child safety warnings. This is primarily because reckless and careless driving has been one...

• Date Added: 4/20/2006
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With so many celebrities having babies these days, it is high time we acknowledged the new Hollywood royalty. It seems like every supermarket tabloid out there is absolutely obsessed with the private lives of our beloved celebrities. We would not go as far to say that we are obsessed, but we...

• Date Added: 4/12/2006
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The Twelve Days of Christmas is one of the most famous Christmas carols ever written. It has been sung for a great many years, and is known the world over. To most it is a delightful hymn, but it was originally created with a very serious intent. In England between the years of 1558 and 1829,...

• Date Added: 4/4/2006
• Views: 444