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Herbal Abortions: Safety and Effectiveness

Clinical abortion methods can be traumatizing or prohibitively expensive for the women who choose to use them. Because of this–and a common perception that they are simply “unnatural” some women opt to attempt home abortions using natural herbs, such as pennyroyal, tansy, parsley, black cohosh, and dong quai. As an herbalist and active member of ...

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Good, Clean Catholic and Religous Jokes

These days, sadly, Catholic jokes tend to center around the rare renegade priest and raunchy tales told about nuns. The fact is that there is a large body of clean humor centering around religion, much specifically Catholic in nature. Here’s a selection of clean religious and Catholic jokes from my thirty plus year collection of ...

Book Review: Yiddish for Dogs by Janet Perr

Yiddish for Dogs (by Janet Perr) is a must-have book for both dog lovers, and those who are curious about Yiddish. Does your dog need to know Yiddish, perhaps they do. Do you need to know Yiddish? Of course, you do. Or at least enough to be able to nod your head intellectually when it ...

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Dunkin’ Donuts Hazelnut Coffee Review

As I wheeled my cart around the snack chips and into the coffee and condiments aisle I was taken aback. The meek and meager coffee selection which had existed for so long in my local Target had ceased to exist. Now, towering in front of and all around me were perfectly stacked, perfectly sealed bags ...

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Quick and Healthy Chicken Breast Meals

Chicken breast should be de-skinned and de-boned before cooking. Although skinned and boned chicken is sold for a lower cost per pound than boneless and skinless chicken, it is not really a better buy once the fatty skin and bones are removed. Buying the Chicken Save yourself some time and purchase the boneless and skinless ...

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How to Write a Shakespearean Sonnet

I will be the first to admit I am not an expert on William Shakespeare and his writing style, but within the past two months, I have written several Shakespearean style sonnets. At first it is tricky, but you should catch on after a little practice. A Shakespearean sonnet is a poem that features 14 ...

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How to Get into Fashion Journalism

Working as a fashion magazine is a dream for many women, but a reality for only a few. The job can be very glamorous, but it’s also very demanding. Fashion magazine writers and editors work long hours and deal with demanding clients, but there are also plenty of perks to the job like travelling to ...

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Jodie Foster Wins Cecil B. DeMille Award at Golden Globes

The Hollywood Foreign Press awarded Jodie Foster with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the 70th Annual Golden Globes Awards on Jan. 13. The actress, who has been involved in show business for almost 50 years now, delivered an amazing speech while accepting the award and talked about how hard it is ...

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What Are the Healthiest Food Bars?

Any manufacturer can put “energy” on the label. But any bar will give you energy; food is energy. “Energy is actually the calories in a food,” says Dr. Eileen Silva, a naturopath specializing in metabolic health, weight management and detoxification. So technically speaking, a brownie could be termed an energy bar, too!” So just because ...

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Ingrown Toenail Prevention and Treatment

There is an old wives’ tail about correcting chronic ingrown toenails. This treatment involves cutting a V-shape into the top edge of the nail. The belief was that ingrown toenails were the result of the nail being too big. Cut away from the middle and the nail would naturally grow toward the center. The problem ...