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Millie Lewis

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:57:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Avoid scams and fraud - protect your children and your wallet!

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Avoid scams and fraud

Millie Lewis Course

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It Will Not Prevent The Children From Getting Burnrned

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:02:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More Sickness Perpetuated By An Irresponsible Industry

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Fire Retardant Chemical Found In Children

WASHINGTON - A fire retardant chemical used in electronics, toys and furniture has been detected in children's blood at triple the levels found in their mothers, the Environmental Working Group reported on Thursday.

Boys cool down in a public fountain in a file photo. A fire retardant chemical used in electronics, toys and furniture has been detected in children's blood at triple the levels found in their mothers, the Environmental Working Group reported on Thursday. (REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann)

In a small pilot study of 20 families, the non-profit environmental group tested blood samples from mothers and their young children -- ages 18 months to four years -- for the presence of PBDEs, a hormone-disrupting chemical.

In 19 of the 20 families, concentrations of PBDEs were typically three times as high in children as in their mothers, said Sonya Lunder, the study's author. One child had six times the level of the chemical that was detected in her mother.

The Right Choice

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:49:08 GMT

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Clip Source: article.nationalreview.com

And, yes, when she spoke of her son, Trig, and about special-needs children, I cried. She said:

And in April, my husband Todd and I welcomed our littlest one into the world, a perfectly beautiful baby boy named Trig. From the inside, no family ever seems typical.

That’s how it is with us.

Our family has the same ups and downs as any other . . . the same challenges and the same joys.

Sometimes even the greatest joys bring challenge.

And children with special needs inspire a special love.

When you look at that beautiful boy and realize that in America, some 90 percent of parents would not have let him live, how can you not be both terrified for us and filled with joy for the love this little boy has? How can you help but be excited by the prospect that Americans might become more aware of the silent elimination of such blessings?

Palin's speech

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:27:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is an interesting comment..still 58% of the people who took the CNN poll thought Palin was effective....We'll see.

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Not only did she mock Sen. Obama but she mocked all of us that spend day after day volunteering for various organizations (without pay or much respect). I have spent most of my adult life which included a full time job and 3 children, volunteering (domestic violence hotline, rape crisis hotlines, neglected and abused children, etc.) and in a few hate spewed seconds she invalidated that contribution. I guess because I don't get paid and do it strictly because they are causes that are important to me and help society in general. She owes all of us who do the thankless jobs (volunteering) day in and day out (we don't have a stage to garner that "oh, how sweet" sentiment) a huge apology. She turned my stomach! I won't forget those comments!

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Statisitcs for peanut allergies

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:37:31 GMT

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Clip Source: www.peanutallergy.com

Statistics and Facts

This section takes a look at the statistics and facts that revolve around peanut allergy. It gives us an idea on how many people are affected as well as how alarming the allergy can be.

Peanut Allergy is the most prevalent food allergy in the US, where as many as 1.5 million people suffer from the disease (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology).

Peanut Allergy is the most common cause of food related death (Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America).

Approximately 100 people in the U.S die every year from an adverse peanut allergy reaction (Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network).

Peanut Allergy is responsible for 15,000 emergency room visits every year (Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network).

Approximately 0.5% of adults and children have a peanut allergy in the U.S.

Approximately 25% of children grow out of having a peanut allergy

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Should I become a mother

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:24:22 GMT

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Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

My family was dysfunctional and I haven't had much success with relationships. I still long to have a partner and children, but is that beyond my reach?

For as long as I can remember, I have had an overpowering longing for love and a family of my own. I grew up in a dysfunctional household and was an introverted kid, then a troubled teenager. Although I believe I have managed to grow into a pretty decent 35-year-old despite the odds, I still have not got a partner and children.

The concept of relationships is alien to me. I have never been in a functional one - I have only been with two men - and it has dawned on me that I have idealised the concept due to my lack of experience, which in turn is the result of my fear of rejection and heartbreak.

More to the point, I am terrified of ending up with a man like my father, who is emotionally detached. He drove my mother to extremes, psychologically.

How can I start believing in myself, so that others will too?

Opening Minds

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:44:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "Those who teach our children science have a duty to reveal the workings of nature – even if it means challenging their faith"

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Should science teachers in Britain challenge their students' religious beliefs? Is it their right? Is it even their duty?

I say yes. This is (amongst much else) what education is for; to teach children how to think for themselves. And thinking for yourself is challenging, especially if your previous beliefs were based on dogma and ancient books.

In his recent TV series, The Genius of Charles Darwin, Richard Dawkins visited a London secondary school, took a mixed bunch of kids out fossil hunting on the beach, and then came back to the school to talk to them and their teachers.

Some of what he discovered in his travels was truly shocking

science teacher who honestly believes that the world was created by God a few thousand years ago

Once you get it that's that! How can you go on believing that God created humans in his own image when you can see, because you really understand the principle, that nature's cruel and wasteful selective process can create all that design without him?

Now, The Bad News

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:33:21 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Well, what can I say? I married young, and it's lasted all these years. Then again "my guy" and I were responsible enough to use birth control before marriage and until we were able to afford any children. Of course Palin will help out daughter with the affording part, so it's all good baby. I remember listening to the priest before we got married giving us the big talk about the "rhythm" method; and I was thinking I can't wait to get my rhythm on later baby and I bet he can't either!

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

He would be the gentleman, she would be the lady, and with the backing of a strong family they would do what was expected of them. That would, of course, be consistent with the views of Ms. Palin, a mother of five children (including one with Down syndrome) who opposes abortion.

But it is teenage marriage today, not teenage pregnancy, that is the rarity. And, statistics show, teenage marriages tend not to endure.

The Bristol Palin drama, something of an after-school-special story running parallel to the saga of Sarah Palin’s nomination as the Republican candidate for vice president, has a lot of sociologists and psychologists talking about youth and the state of marriage.

Studies show that today teenage marriages are two to three times more likely to end in divorce than are marriages between people 25 years of age and older.

Childrens Stationery

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:17:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: We offer kids birthday party invitations, theme party and wedding shower invitations, boys & girls party invitations, train invitations, couples shower invitations, Casino, Mexican & Fiesta party invitations, moving announcements & childrens stationery.

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Children’s Stationery

Sprinkles is a big proponent of instilling good habits in Children while they are young, hence we design Thank You notes and other childrens stationery that match many of our Birthday Invitations. Writing a short and sweet Thank You note is not only considerate, but it’s a good way to teach your child the importance of the hand-written letter. In this day and age, hand-writing letters is a rare and dying practice, yet it shows a special effort from the author to express thanks. Why not teach your children to do the same? If they write Thank You notes now, most likely it will become a habit they will keep for the rest of their lives.

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Franchise Business

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:21:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Thinking of buying a Franchise UK? Best Franchise Company in UK offers you top franchise business opportunity; best home based franchise UK, franchise information & also franchise vending at low cost.

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...and there is also the satisfaction of knowing that every single packet of snacks sold benefits blind and visually impaired children through ChariSnack making a contribution to the National Blind Children’s Society.

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Palin's Daughter's Pregnancy OFF LIMITS

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:39:21 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Clearly, Obama must distance himself from those who attack family and children. One can't help and wonder if the GOP would be so gracious.

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Obama To Media: "Back Off" Palin Pregnancy

At a brief press availability in Monroe, Mich., ABC News asked Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., if he had any response to Gov. Sarah Palin's statement that her unmarried 17-year-old daughter Bristol is pregnant.

"Let me be a clear as possible: I have said before and I will repeat again, I think people's families are off limits," Obama said, "and people's children are especially off limits.

"This shouldn't be part of our politics," he continued, "It has no relevance to Gov. Palin's performance as governor, or her potential performance as a vice president.

"And so I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories," he said. "You know my mother had me when she was 18, and how a family deals with issues and, you know, teenage children, that shouldn't be the topic of our politics and I hope that anybody who is supporting me understands that's off limits."

LogicSaysUnigender ParentsNow Off Table

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:13:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Sudden reversal on left disparages earlier "Two Daddys" glorification. It will be hard for many of them, I'm sure, but I'm confident they will honorably step forward with testimonials and recantations regarding their previously hard-fought campaign to portray stay-at-home mothers as relics of days gone by; of the mother's brand of nurturing being of no importance unique from a man's.

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"And I do think, too, that you have to weigh the situation. It's one thing to have one or two or three children, especially if they are healthy children. And everyone knows that women and men are different and that moms and dads are different and that women -- the burden of child care almost always falls on the woman. But I think, when you have five children, one a 4-month-old Down syndrome baby, and a daughter who is 17, who is also a child and who is going to need her mother very much in the next few months and years with her own baby coming, that I don't see how you cannot make your family your first priority. And I think if you are going to be president of the United States, which she may well be, I think that's going to be a real stretch for her."- The Washington Post’s Sally Quinn on CNN’s “Newsroom” 9/2/08.

ACLU: 200,000 school kids punished by beatings

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:49:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: During 06-07; nonwhites and kids with disabilities punished at higher rates. Educators have immunity under law in some states.

Clip Source: www.hrw.org

More than 200,000 US public school students were punished by beatings during the 2006-2007 school year

African-American girls were twice as likely to be beaten as their white counterparts

in Texas and Mississippi children ranging in age from 3 to 19 years old are routinely physically punished for minor infractions such as chewing gum, talking back to a teacher, or violating the dress code, as well as for more serious transgressions such as fighting

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Students with mental and physical disabilities are also punished at disproportionate rates

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The report documents several cases in which children were beaten to the point of serious injury. Since educators who beat children have immunity under law from assault proceedings, parents who try to pursue justice for injured children encounter resistance from police, district attorneys, and courts

Parents also face enormous

obstacles in trying to prevent physical punishment of their children.

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US Teen Suicide Rate Rising

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:22:45 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Take away the meds from kids and this is what happens. Yet the reason for keeping kids away from psychiatric medication persists however absurd it might be.

And the reasons are absurd. If a teenager had a malfunctioning liver, only religious weirdos would say to keep the child off the medication. But when a child's brain malfunctions and there is is a medication that can help, many people cry foul and become suspicious. Why? We are only talking about organs of the body. Just as yellowing skin can be a symptom of a malfunctioning liver, so depression can be a symptom of a malfunctioning brain. The meds can save lives.

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A spike in U.S. teen suicides in 2004 -- sharpest increase in the past 15 years -- appears to have persisted into 2005, researchers said.

Jeff Bridge of Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus said researchers have identified what may be an emerging crisis, but the next step is to figure out why. One answer may lie in the prescription of antidepressant medication. Because of concerns over side effects, the number of teens prescribed antidepressants has dropped by as much as 20 percent.

"The vast majority of young people who complete suicide have some sort of psychiatric disorder. Most commonly depression or some mood disorder," Dr. John Campo also of Nationwide Children's Hospital said. "Kids who need the medicine most may not be getting it."

Suite Colonial

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:25:27 GMT

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_Suite Colonial	3	Standard	Bed & Breakfast	01/01/08	31/12/08	Book it	$30	$49	$16	$10	6-12
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