Tag: children
member name: Sheryl O.
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August 22, 2008 01:42 PM EDT --
I first encountered this acronym as a project manager working in a large insurance company. During an initial planning meeting for a large project, my start-up team was completing the scoping documents, . . .
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June 16, 2009 12:47 PM EDT --
Well, another study has come out telling us what we already know (or at least what many of us know). University of Washington researchers found that for every hour the TV set was on, even if . . .
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February 13, 2008 11:12 AM EST --
The phone rang after midnight last night, awakening my husband and myself out of a sound sleep. We both sprang out of bed, but he got there first. After a couple of seconds on the phone, he . . .
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April 23, 2008 03:08 PM EDT --
I've been a mom for almost 24 years now. After reading recent articles about upcoming motherhood by Lainie, I've reflected on what exactly that has meant to me and how these two human . . .
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September 03, 2008 09:54 AM EDT --
I received the email message below from Planned Parenthood and wanted to make as many people aware of Bush's 11th hour attack on women. Please use the links below to voice your opposition . . .
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June 17, 2009 01:07 PM EDT --
A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that only 3% of kids' meals served at fast food restaurants met federal dietary guidelines. The study conducted in Houston, . . .
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November 17, 2009 11:13 AM EST --
I have been volunteering at a Saturday tutoring program for disadvantaged 2 nd -4 th graders at a local elementary school for the past year. It’s a great program and it’s been . . .
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October 31, 2007 03:25 PM EDT --
My son just sent me this link, asking if his father looked like any of these pictures when we dated. I just laughed out loud and thought that the "middle agers" among us at Gather might . . .
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October 09, 2007 11:30 AM EDT --
I recently read an editorial by Melinda Gates, wife of Bill Gates and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She cited this stat:
Number of students who dropped out of U.S. high . . .
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September 09, 2008 03:28 PM EDT --
A while back Gather asked members to join a new book discussion club. As a way to kick off the club, they requested that people write a comment about why they wanted to join. The moderator . . .
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April 09, 2008 04:33 PM EDT --
This is very important advice for every American to take to heart:
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....and, it's free.
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June 12, 2008 01:46 PM EDT --
The high point of my otherwise hum-drum workweek was going to see Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Steve Winwood in concert last night. The oppressive heat had lifted a little and it turned . . .
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August 20, 2007 10:48 AM EDT --
Parents spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year on videos such as 'Brainy Baby' and 'Baby Einstein', hoping that these so-called made-for-infant lessons on music, math and vocabulary . . .
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July 18, 2007 11:08 AM EDT --
When my daughter started learning French in elementary school, we ordered a number of "easy reader" French books, mostly written for children. The adventures of TinTin were her favorites. . . .
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August 20, 2007 04:20 PM EDT --
Gianluca Buonanno, the mayor of the Italian town of Varallo, was upset that so many of his constituents were overweight. So, he's offering them money to shed their flab. Men will . . .
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January 30, 2008 10:29 AM EST --
I am reposting this article based on the most recent statements of our president (see Bush's press conference last week) and his administration lackeys over the past week. As you can . . .
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October 19, 2007 01:05 PM EDT --
I have a new hero. Yesterday, on the floor of the House, Representative Pete Stark (D - Calif), chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, blasted Republicans, calling them "chicken . . .
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April 04, 2008 11:09 AM EDT --
Did You Know?
1 in 4 g irls ages 14 to 19 is infected with at least one of four common diseases. Among African-American girls in the study, almost half were infected, according . . .
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August 27, 2008 10:00 AM EDT --
This is important information for all those thinking of voting for John McCain in November. Everything on this list is factual and is supported by documentation . . . .
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April 08, 2008 11:15 AM EDT --
I just received the following email from ScienceDebate 2008 and I am furious:
"Dear Sheryl,
I am sorry to send two emails in such short succession, but I thought you should know that after . . .
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