New dads in the UK will now be able to take up to six months of paternity leave, under new legislation announced on January 28, 2010.   This is in addition to the currently provided 2 weeks of leave at the time...

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A start-up company in Silicon Valley has released a test which will allow prospective parents to find out if they are carriers for genetic diseases. The company, Counsyl, tests saliva samples submitted by customers for the genetic mutations associated with...

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By Linda ShiueI'd never imagine myself as a stage mother.  An introvert myself, I understood in my soul the terror my similarly introverted daughter must have felt as she walked into the performance space for the first time.  While she...

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The Salwen Family Home -Source Hannahslunchbox.comWhat a wonderful world it would be if everyone gave up half of what they have enough of "whether it is time, talent or treasure".  That is what one girl did and it was so...

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I believe in the power of wishes, prayer and the importance of setting intentions. Say to the universe, here is the goal (or wish or prayer), make it so! Set an intention and decide to manifest it!  Along those lines,...

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    By Linda Shiue   Are you dying to lose weight? Would you go so far as to take diet pills?  If so, you're in good company.  Sales of diet pills, both prescription and non-prescription, topped $1 billion...

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Maybe everyone knew it, but I sure didn't.  Apparently Michael, like so many of us, was deeply disturbed by the destruction of the rainforest.  I learned that he was an environmentalist by watching a preview of the movie 'This Is It'....

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Stick out your tongue.  Go ahead, stick it out.  Now look in the mirror.  Does your tongue have a white coating on it?  If so, then you, like me, had better get your act together as a white tongue causes...

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Photo by Justin Smith / Wikimedia Commons By Linda Shiue An article in this week's Science section of The New York Times brought up a topic which I found amusing and at the same time could identify with.  The subject matter was "green...

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By Linda ShiueMartin Luther King, Jr., January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968. Honor his memory by helping others on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 18, 2010, a National Day of Service. Find out where to volunteer in your community.  ...

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