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I smiled at this doodad in Japan. From the CrunchGear blog : A research laboratory at Japan’s Ritsumeikan University has developed a monitoring system for wet diapers that consists of a self-powered sensor/transmitter and a receiver and is supposed to assist staff in hospitals and ...
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diapers
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Potty Training
This is eye-opening. Public universities and colleges are starting to reject qualified in-state applicants for out-of-state tuition payers. From the Washington Post : This was a particularly tough year for Virginians seeking entry to William and Mary and several other prestigious public ...
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Vanity Fair had a fascinating and sad article about the overblown public hysteria over online predators. While VF writer Mark Bowden made sure to point out that there are some real sickos online, he also had these numbers: Yet the more numerous aggressors may be the police. Three researchers ...
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Mark Wahlberg
What's up? The bottom fifth of Texas earners pay just over 12 percent of their income to state and local governments, which is more than three times the share of income that the state's richest taxpayers pay, according to a story in the Dallas Morning News . The University of California ...
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Preschool
Hormone
Vanity Fair and 60 Minutes recently released a poll with random, but fascinating poll results like how 1 in 10 people thought California should secede from the United States. In second place? Texas, with 8 percent of the vote. Judging from this month's 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair Poll, we are a ...
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Maybe I am being naive, but I was delighted to see the U.S. Senate unveil a healthcare plan that not only includes a public option and looks like it will cover 31 million more Americans, but also cut the deficit. It will save the federal government money, something sought out by the undecided ...
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healthcare
Harry Potter
"He comes back with dinner, and he has shot it! They are happy. American women don't have anyone hunting for them -- that's the real problem," wrote author Michael Silverstein in the October 26th issue of the New Yorker . That's what he's got: Men hunting for dinner? Well then. Over the last ...
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Labor
What's up? Vaccines for AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, genital herpes and other diseases are five years away, according to the Associated Press . I know some of you mentioned this in Gloria's open thread this morning, but due to flooding at one of its bakeries, Kellogg's is facing a Leggo waffle ...
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AIDS
We have discussed the mounting piles of homework and debated their value several times here at MotherTalkers. One Canadian family - lawyers, unsuprisingly - have taken their objections to homework to a new level and negotiated an agreement with their children's school and teachers , agreeing ...
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Most recently, Laurie Puhn at the Expecting Words blog doled out wise and kind advice on how (not) to dole out advice to a couple facing infertility. Here is a piece of that column : In response to my blog post Behind Closed Doors: Trying to Conceive, one woman who had decided not to have any ...
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Infertility
I did not know this, but Arizona is known as the "Wild West" in terms of school choice and boasts its fair share of charter schools. According to a Stanford University study, charter school students there do not outperform students in traditional public schools, according to the Washington ...
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Kanye West
What's up? Sorry for the paltry post, but I had a dentist appointment yesterday morning and am volunteering in Ari's English class this morning instead. But I did notice that Johnny Depp was named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. While I love Johnny, after reviewing the very sexy ...
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Johnny Depp
Here is something I have not heard in this drawn-out and contentious healthcare debate: how about funding alternatives to nursing home facilities? It sounds like something that may be included in a Senate version of the healthcare reform proposal , according to the Associated Press. Known as ...
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healthcare
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Nursing
What's up? In light of a government task force suggesting mammograms at 50 and no self breast checks, the National Breast Cancer Coalition put out a list of truths and myths about breast cancer. I did not catch the interview, but Politico had a summary of Oprah Winfrey's interview with former ...
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breast cancer
Sarah Palin
Nest
teenagers
Oprah Winfrey
Thanks for the diary, TGFAA! And before I forget, Erika, we need to discuss the Thanksgiving menu. Would you like me to bring groceries and/or pitch in for turkey day? I can't wait to read everyone's suggestions in this thread! -Elisa And if it could be for a stuffing that you're supposed to ...
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recipe
Sorry to bombard you with so many Washington Post stories today, but I found myself shaking my head at so many stories that appeared there. Nothing will get my head shaking and finger wagging more furiously than a tawdry healthcare story. As it turns out -- I don't know why I am surprised -- ...
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Health
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What's up? In case you missed it, a federally appointed panel of doctors recommended that women not receive mammograms until they are 50, according to the Associated Press . Also, the government task force said that self breast checks were ineffective therefore women shouldn't be taught to do ...
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Charlotte Church
We have had long discussions in the past about parents getting sentenced for praying rather than seeking medical care for their children. The Washington Post had a fascinating story on the difference in sentences for neglect between religious and non-religious parents. Basically, the faith ...
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What's up? Thanksgiving is coming up, which for many families means hanging out with family members you don't get along with or even rarely know. My friend Peggy over at the Berkeley Community Examiner succinctly captured this. In somewhat related, but depressing news: 49 million Americans ...
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adoption
I know childhood obesity is not a sexy topic, but there were so many eye-opening details in this MSN story that I must share. First of all, I was not aware that the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended that children as young as 8 receive cholesterol-lowering drugs. Like the writer of ...
