When a woman marries a man, she gains an extra seven hours of housework each week. The man drops an hour. The findings are part of a detailed study of housework trends, based on 2005 time-diary data from the federally funded Panel Study of Income Dynamics, at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research [...]
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From my Newspaper Column for the SNP She has removed the password from his Caring Bridge site, because she wants to spread the word. Seth needs prayers. The next 24 hours are critical. Feb 5, 2010 was supposed to be a day of celebration. The date would have marked the end of Seth’s 6-year battle [...]
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Is having more time to look at the stars. I know Winter Solstice is bringing us longer days… but it’s still pretty dark around here. Here’s an article from my newspaper column. I saw no stars on that cloudy night at the Perkins Observatory. Instead of stardust, the astronomers there sprinkled my mind, and the [...]
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UPDATE: Nate has received an abundance of cards, and he is overwhelmed with gratitude. You have helped him reach his dream. He is now very weak, and volunteers and family are opening the cards and reading them to him. If you would like to make a donation earmarked for hospice in Nate Elfrink’s name, you [...]
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The tobacco companies are poised and ready to create a whole new generation of addictive customers: our children. Camel Sticks, like toothpicks, and Camel Strips, similar to mouthwash strips are next. The packaging looks similar to gum and candy packs. It’s handy, small, and appealing to small hands.
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Today was the big race; the pink wigs, the survivor signs, and the “in memory of” signs. The Race for the Cure that started more than 20 years ago, with a promise between two sisters; and yet there is still no cure is in sight. Breast cancer continues to take our sisters, our friends, our [...]
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Whether they are plug-in, gels, sprays or solids, air fresheners are loaded with harmful chemicals and bring the health risks that we associate with second-hand smoke. The chemicals reach our noses, and enter our body systems and wreck havoc. We assume that because the product is readily available, and carries a nice picture of natural [...]
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The small-town hardware store serves a integral part to the well-being of a neighborhood. The stores once sat on Main Street, but are now a welcome feature in strip malls serving cul-de-sac neighborhoods across our country. When children stick their fingers through the screen on the screen door, it is the small hardware store that [...]
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Russian and Chinese cyber spies have inserted software into our electrical grid that could disrupt our system, says, The Wall Street Journal. Should a war or national security crisis hit the United States, the officials said, the spies could shut off our power. In addition to the electrical systems, nuclear power plants and financial networks, [...]
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