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		<title>Lessons From Star: Dealing With The Loss of a Family Pet</title>
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Valerie Zilinsky
valerie@raisingourkids.com
RaisingOurKids.com
http://www.raisingourkids.com
Last Christmas, my husband convinced me that it was time to get our children a pet, and to let them learn all the valuable lessons that come along with that experience. It wasn&#8217;t long before we were welcoming Lucky Star, a 3-month old puppy, into our family and into our hearts.
As my husband anticipated, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal For Life: The Art Of Capturing How We Live</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lee Wise
Lee@seariches.net
Retire Quickly
http://www.retirequickly.com/89863
I will share with you a few of my on-going thoughts
regarding the practice of keeping a journal.
I am not an expert on subject: but I am a proponent of
the art.
This is a highly *personal* article, and segments of what
I have written may not read well in your opinion.
However&#8230;
There&#8217;s a reason for my leaving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secrets of Sound Sleep</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Susie Michelle Cortright
susie@momscape.com
Momscape
http://www.momscape.com
A single good night&#8217;s sleep can rejuvenate your mind,
body, and soul. Here&#8217;s how to get one tonight:
IN PREPARATION
- A regular exercise routine will help you fall asleep
faster and wake up feeling more refreshed, but experts
don&#8217;t recommend vigorous exercise fewer than three hours
before bedtime. Instead, schedule your workout five to six
hours before lights out. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foods to Fight Disease</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to food, we can&#8217;t ignore the facts &#8211; or the science. You need a healthy diet for a healthy life.
Research shows a healthy diet could help or prevent a number of health problems, including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. And that number keeps growing as researchers learn more about how nutrition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn to Save Money Without Missing It</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by: Joyce Moseley Pierce
Over the years I have had to be creative in
saving money.  Trying to raise three small children
with a husband whose job required transferring every
couple of years, it was tough to stay anywhere
long enough to get beyond the moving expenses.
Even though his company paid to move us from one
city to another, there were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preventive Healthcare: The Cheapest Way To Stay Healthy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Irina
irbonness@ureach.com
Save Money
http://www.megaone.com/hbb/savemoney/
Preventive Healthcare: The Cheapest Way To Stay Healthy
By Irina
Who won&#8217;t agree that prevention is the most economical form
of healthcare? Yet, a recent government study showed that
55% of all Americans do not receive preventive services
such as:
- immunizations,
- screening tests, and
- education about healthy habits and injury prevention.
It used to be simple: everyone needed a standardized
&#8220;complete [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://familycrossing.com/wordpress/2010/03/01/preventive-healthcare-the-cheapest-way-to-stay-healthy/</link>
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		<title>Safer Tires for Only One Penny</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(ARA) &#8211; Only 14 percent of drivers nationwide properly check their tires, leaving an astonishing 86 percent who are making mistakes. This from the Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA), which annually tracks tire care and maintenance habits among motorists. RMA research also reveals that 45 percent of drivers incorrectly believe that when taking a trip with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://familycrossing.com/wordpress/2010/03/01/safer-tires-for-only-one-penny/</link>
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		<title>Ideas for Keeping Your Kids Busy this Summer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(ARA) – Summer vacation . . . remember how those words used to be music to your ears? Now that you’re a parent you’re more likely to experience panic rather than joy when the subject comes up. Like a lot of people, you’re probably asking yourself: “How am I going to keep my kids entertained [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://familycrossing.com/wordpress/2010/03/01/ideas-for-keeping-your-kids-busy-this-summer/</link>
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		<title>Social Development or Socialization?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Linda Kreger Silverman, Ph.D.
Gifted Development Center
Denver, Colorado
A major concern of parents and educators is the social adjustment of their gifted children. All provisions for gifted students – ability grouping, acceleration, pull-out programs, full day programs, special schools, homeschooling – are held suspect on the grounds that they will &#8220;prevent the children’s social adjustment.&#8221; Indeed, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BRINGING ART INTO THE HOME OR CLASSROOM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Building a Mini Art Collection
Look for reproductions of paintings that you like. Articulate why you like them &#8211; the color, the images, the composition, memories the image evokes, good drawing, experimentation, etc.
Students can participate in this collection as well. Have them explain why they chose a certain work and what they liked about it. Reader&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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