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"Home" for the Holidays?
Most of my life I've often wondered why Thanksgiving seemed to be for many families a trigger word for family dysfuction. Why individuals couldn't just let that disagreement with another family member go for one bloody day and enjoy some good food and conversation with more pleasant family members. I have to keep reminding my self that I'm pragmatic by nature and that is apparently unusual. I found an article with some helpful tips. Holidays are meant to be happy, joyous and life-affirming times.Three new photo contests on Lenzr.com expire Jan 1st, 2010
There are three new photo contests on Lenzr.com for the months of October and December 2009 ! Photographers look sharp - there's something for everyone to focus on here. Medicinal Plants in Nature celebrates botanical photography and hopes to collect images of natural medicine growing wild in the great outdoors.Thought of the Day!
In my short life, I have learned that:
'Friends are like watercolour words, they wash away when it rains;
True friends are printed in ink and, even then, the ink may run.'
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Mary Landrieu sold her vote on health care for $100 million it appears.
ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports: What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform? Here’s a case study. On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.” The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other things, that it would be states that “during the preceding 7 fiscal years” have been declared a “major disaster area.” I am told the section applies to exactly one state: Louisiana, the home of moderate Democrat Mary Landrieu, who has been playing hard to get on the health care bill.Splurge vs Steal: L.A.M.B 'Noel' Sandal
Splurge: L.A.M.B 'Noel' Sandal $320
[Photo from Kitson. Nordstrom's image would not upload.]
Steal: Baker's Footwear 'Lenna' Sandal $79.95
Met new guy...but he is here temporarily...what to do?!
Hi all, I am hoping I can get some useful advice, b/c I am very ambivalent about this situation. So I met a guy at a mutual friend's birthday party 2 1/2 months ago. We hit off instantly.Pharmacists can't refuse Plan B pill, appeals court says
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-pill-ruling9-2009jul09,0,6469894.story Pharmacists are obliged to dispense the Plan B pill, even if they are personally opposed to the "morning after" contraceptive on religious grounds, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. In a case that could affect policy across the western U.S., a supermarket pharmacy owner in Olympia, Wash., failed in a bid to block 2007 regulations that required all Washington pharmacies to stock and dispense the pills. Family-owned Ralph's Thriftway and two pharmacists employed elsewhere sued Washington state officials over the requirement.Amazon Best of 2009 list
Probably most of you get the Amazon.com spam, but this is one piece I enjoy. Every year around Christmas they come out with their Best Of... for the year.
Looks like it's official: FDA to allow 17 year-olds access to Plan-B
FDA expands access to Plan B for 17-year-olds Agency will allow drug to be sold over the counter to minors WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration says it will allow 17-year-olds to get the ‘morning-after’ birth control pill without a doctor’s prescription. The FDA said Wednesday it will not appeal a federal judge’s order overturning restrictions that were imposed during the Bush administration. U.S.missed my pill, and had sex - plan b?
Okay, I feel *really stupid asking this, and I'm probably just being paranoid, but I want opinions. I'm on Seasonique, which is the extended regimen pill where you get 4 periods a year. Thursday night I took my pill at 9PM, the same time I always do.
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