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Moving Across the Country: Handling the Shock

By: Denise Topics/Tags: Life Mommy & Family

I'm moving. Err, we're moving. My family is moving. Most of my family is moving. Argh, it's complicated so I'll explain.

About six months ago, I started leaving comments on some forum posts and blog posts suggesting we were "considering a move to the Chicago area" and looked for Chicago area bloggers to add to my feedreader. A couple of months later, that "considering" thing changed to something that seemed more real, so the children were told.

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Not all Lesbians are from Lesbos

By: no_I_am_zoe Topics/Tags: Life GLBT

Three citizens from the Greek Island of Lesbos, or three Lesbians, have filed a law suite against one of their local organizations, Homosexual and Lesbian Community of Greece, to ban use of the word 'lesbian,' as in sexual orientation, in the organization's name.

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Kentucky Derby Tragedy: Could the death of Eight Belles been prevented?

By: ClizBiz Topics/Tags: Life Sports & Fitness sports horses horse racing Kentucky Derby Eight Belles

Saturday’s Kentucky Derby race – for many folks, the only horse race they notice all year – has, once again, brought unwelcome attention to the spendy sport.

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Could Ibuprofen Prevent Alzheimer's? A link between Diabetes and Alzheimer's?

I guess most of us either know or have known someone with Alzheimer's. Maybe that person was even a relative. Like many other diseases, Alzheimer's is thought to run in families. That is why when I read that there was a new study linking the long-term use of ibuprofen to a decrease in risk for Alzheimer's, I had to learn more.

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Relationship Advice From My Mother

By: Zandria Topics/Tags: Mommy & Family Sex & Relationships Single

When it comes to relationships, what I learned from my mother was largely unspoken. I’m not the only one who feels this way. I have two sisters (one is two years older than me, the other three years younger), and I asked them not long ago if they remembered receiving any advice about men and relationships. The response was unanimous – our mother just isn't one to give unsolicited advice.

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A Senior PC?

Who is a senior? Someone over 65? Boomers are between 44 and 62. Ronni Bennett at Time Goes By defines elders as anyone over age 50. Does being of a certain age mean that you require special accomodations in the form of a "Senior PC" or an extra simple cell phone or an adapted elderbrowser?

Microsoft Corporation just announced a project in the UK that will start development of what they are called a Senior PC. Jane Wakefield described it at BBC News in Microsoft developing 'senior PC'.

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