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A Holiday Guide to Charitable Gift Giving
The how-to of choosing the right charitable organization to support, and information about some of the best and most interesting holiday gift giving programs.
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Stay Tobacco-Free and Avoid Relapse: 6 Tips That Worked for Me
Quitting smoking is just the beginning. Staying quit is much harder. Here are the tips and tricks that helped me stay off cigarettes and quit smoking permanently. I hope they will help you, too.
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How to Help a Teen Quit Smoking
Parents can't quit smoking for their kids, but they can create an atmosphere in which teens who smoke can decide not to and be supported by parents and other adult mentors. Here's how.
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Smoking Shisha vs. Cigarettes, or Getting Hooked on Hookah
Hookah bars are big with the Millennial Generation but is hookah really safer than cigarette smoking and what are the medical consequences and nicotine addiction potential?
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Best Ways to Avoid Gaining Weight When You Quit Smoking
Gaining weight when you quit smoking is not inevitable. Knowing the powerful physiological forces at work in your body when you quit smoking gives you the tools to counter the effects of withdrawal and minimize weight gain.
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How Owning an Amazon Kindle Made Me Smarter and Changed My Life
How I stopped hating progress and learned to love my Amazon Kindle plus tips and links to great Kindle blogs and sites
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Seven Time and Money-Saving Tips For First Time Home Buyers
Should you rent or buy a home? It all depends. Here's what you need to know along with seven important tips for first time home buyers.
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Classic Vodka Martini Recipe From 1960 (And Its History)
On the rocks or on the stem, the vodka martini is the iconic baby boomer drink with its own history and lore. Here's the secret recipe for the perfect vodka martini.
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Advice For Americans in Paris: A Brief Guide For Visiting Yanks
Advice for Americans visiting Paris for the first time. Understanding French culture and French customs is as important as your guidebook and tour arrangements.
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Plain-Packaging and Kids: The Case for Cigarettes Sold in A Plain Brown Wrapper
Every cigarette pack is a powerful marketing tool that is particularly attractive to teens and kids. The global move towrds plain packaging of tobacco aims to keep kids from starting to smoke and help current smokers decide to quit.
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The Mysterious History of The Newport Tower
The Newport Tower, or Old Stone Mill in Newport, Rhode Island is a mystery. Was it built by Norse Vikings, early English colonists, the Chinese, the Portuguese or the Knights Templar? Nobody really knows but there are lots of theories. Check them all out here.
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Tips To Help You Avoid Gaining Weight When You Quit Smoking Cigarettes
Why you gain weight when you quit smoking and info,links and tips to help you avoid gaining weight when you quit smoking
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Herbal Supplements That Can Interact Negatively With Your Prescription Medication
Herbal supplements can be dangerous, especially for older people taking medication for heart disease, high blood pressure, glaucoma and diabetes. What to do, where to find information,plus online resources.
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A Childhood in the Military and What Makes Us Military Brats Different
Growing up as a military brat is a unique experience. My childhood as a Navy Junior, daughter of a career Naval officer and Annapolis grad shaped me more than I ever knew.
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How Smoking Cigarettes Affects Young vs. Older Smokers
Smoking affects older and younger smokers in different ways, and the two groups may think differently about quitting smoking. But the ultimate effect is the same: Smoking kills.
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Why Fifty Is Not the New Forty or What Is Middle Age Anyway?
Why Fifty is not the new Forty. A Fortieth birthday may be the technical start of middle age, but fifty is where mortality really kicks in and you learn who you really are.
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Fast Weight Loss and Crash Diets That Work Plus a Few That Don't
an overview of crash diets and longer term food plans and how they work, or don't work for you
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Why Counting Weightwatchers Points Works for Me Over and Over Again
I've done Weight Watchers half a dozen times in 20 years. I never reach goal but always go back because the program works. New Points plus or old exchanges, it's about being honest and accountable.
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Easy Equivalents and Recipe Substitutions for Cooking By The Seat of Your Pants
Creative cooking tips and easy equivalents and emergency substitutions for inventive cooks and favorite recipes
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Why Electronic Cigarettes Are Not Necessarily A Safe Alternative for Smokers
Vaping and E-cigs, aka smokeless cigarettes may be better than tobacco but they have other problems and safety issues. They don't necessarily lead to permanent smoking cessastion. Nicotine is poison and very addictive. That's the bottom line
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Lambertville, NJ: Best Weekend Getaway for Stressed out New Yorkers
Lambertville, New Jersey, just 80 miles from NYC, is the perfect weekend spot for busy city dwellers to de-stress and recharge. Tips, recommendations, and more.
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Celebrity Hatmaker Mr. John and His Fabulous Vintage Hats
Mr. John was famous for elegant stylish and very expensive hats from the 1940s to the 1970s. Virtually forgotten for decades, his hats are making a comeback with Gen Y lovers of vintage.
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Sexist, Suggestive and Politically Incorrect Vintage Valentines From Days Gone By
Vintage valentines are cute but are also filled with sexism, racism, veiled violence and some downright odd sexual innuendo
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How to Beat Winter Depression and Really Enjoy the Holiday Season
Holiday depression, winter blues or SAD-- All varieties of winter depression are a matter of brain chemistry and there are ways to deal with it effectively. Here are some things I've found helpful in handling seasonal depression over the years.
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Great Electronic Christmas Gifts for Older Folks and the Downright Elderly
Learn why iPads and e-readers are great Christmas gifts for seniors. Product reviews and recommendations, as well as gift suggestions, are included.
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William Spratling and The Mexican Silver Renaissance in Taxco
William Spratling left New Orleans in 1929 to settle in Taxco, Mexico and to single-handedly revive Mexico's ancient silversmithing traditions
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Fabulous Photos of Halloween in Lambertville, New Jersey
Fabulous Halloween festivities in a Historic River town. Photos and Videos take you there.
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Green and Frugal Ways to Recycle Used Tea Bags
Save money, save the planet, and find surprisingly useful new ways to use old tea bags around the house and in the garden.
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How to Enjoy Being Alone on Thanksgiving
Alone for Thanksgiving? Don't feel left out! Follow these tips for having a great solo Thanksgiving from one who knows the ropes. You deserve to have a wonderful holiday.
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Why Quitting Smoking Cold Turkey Is Hard and 8 Tips for Success
Quitting smoking cold turkey is tough, but you can maximize your chance of success by planning ahead.
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Joseph Bonaparte of Point Breeze, Bordentown New Jersey, Napoleon's Older Brother And Former King of Spain.
Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, fled to America after Napoleon's 1815 defeat. He settled in, and became a leading citizen of Bordenntown, New Jersey .
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It Wouldn't Be Easter Without Peeps
The true story of Peeps, the iconic candy chickens invented in Brooklyn in 1910 by a Russian immigrant and now part of every American child's Easter basket
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Five Good Reasons That Finally Motivated Me to Quit Smoking
I was finally motivated to quit smoking not because of health concerns but because of sheer vanity and self-interest. Here are five good reasons to quit that you may not have considered.
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Vintage Pillbox Hats and the Women Who Made Them Fashionable
The pillbox hat was a fashion icon in post-WWII America that Jackie Kennedy and others made famous. Fashion-forward millennials are rediscovering it today.
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The Icelandic Christmas Lads
Iceland's 13 Christmas Lads predate Santa Claus by centuries and are part of Iceland's unique Christmas celebration.
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The Best Christmas Eggnog in the World
How to make a great Christmas egg nog from scratch
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Druids and Halloween
There is a direct connection between the modern celebration of Halloween and the ancient Celtic mysteries of the British Isles
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Tips and Online Resources for Collecting Vintage Halloween Items
Vintage Halloween items of all kinds represent a great collecting opportunity. Costumes, masks, posters, postcards, jewelry and more
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Addicted to Nicotine Gum or Lozenges? My Personal Experience
Nicotine gum and lozenges can be useful when you're trying to quit smoking, but they can create a new, hard-to-kick addiction themselves. Are you addicted?
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Energy and Money Saving Summer Living Tips for Frugal Consumers
The trick to living frugally is in watching the small details of daily living. You'll be surprised how much you can save and never, ever feel deprived.
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Brooklyn's Ornate Victorian Green-Wood Cemetery:A Hidden City Gem
Green-wood Cemetary is one of New York City's hidden treasures and a Victorian Brooklyn landmark.
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Why You Gain Weight When You Quit Smoking and What to Do About It
If you smoke a pack a day or more, you are liable to gain weight when you quit. But if you follow these tips, you can minimize or even avoid weight gain altogether..
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North American Road Trip From East to West Coast
Crossing the continent by car from East to West is the perfect way for Europeans to see the United States. Here's a sample itinerary with tips and comments
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Kansas Folk Artist M.T. Liggett Is The Real America
M.T. Liggett is an American original. A salty tongued folk artist whose metal sculptures adorn the Western Kansas prairie
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Where Was the Panama Hat Invented? History and Origins
Did you know that Panama hats do not come from Panama? Real Panama hats are handwoven and come from two towns in Ecuador. Here is the interesting tale of how this hat got its name.
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What Is the Difference Between an Alcoholic and a Heavy Drinker?
What's the difference between an alcoholic and a heavy drinker? Can you really stop any time you want ? Have you crossed the line from social drinking to alcoholism? A simple test can tell you...
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Upcycled Art Is The Next Green Thing
From potters to painters,from fine art to cottage crafts, upcycled art is the newest green trend and one that is charting new territory and blurring the boundary between art and craft, trash and treasure.
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The Secret to Brewing A Great Cup of Coffee
Three simple steps are the secret to brewing a perfect cup of coffee every time. It all depends on the beans, the water and a scrupulously clean pot.
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Secrets of Swapping and Bartering
The benefits of swapping goods and services and tips on how to do it.
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Why We Carve Pumpkins At Halloween
The roots of carved pumpkins or Jack O Lanterns lie in ancient Celtic, pagan religious traditions.
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Tiny Houses Have A Big Impact
It started in 1997 in Iowa City when Jay Shafer built his first tiny house. Now tiny houses have hit the bigtime. The movement is growing. Tiny houses are the next big thing.
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Why Eating Meat is Healthy and Good for the Environment
I am a convinced carnivore. I eat meat. I like meat, particularly lean, red, meat, and I'm not going to become a vegetarian. I tried it once about twenty years ago and I felt lousy. Here's why giving up meat won't save the planet.
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Notes on a Valentine Birthday
Thoughts about being born on Valentines Day by someone who was
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How To Keep Your New Years Resolution
It’s New Years Resolution time again. Losing weight and getting fit, quitting smoking or changing jobs, here are tips to help you keep the resolution you make
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Christmas Shopping In a Sharing Economy
Buying more stuff just doesn't cut it this year. This Christmas I am into giving to others and being grateful for what I have. I'm shopping green and charitable. Want to join me? Here are some tips.
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Sarah Palin and Slow Cooker Moose Stew Recipes
Want to cook moose stew like Sarah Palin? Here are the recipes you'll need plus moose history and lore and moose products too.
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Thinking in Hyperlinks or How Is The Internet Like the Gutenberg Bible?
I discovered the internet when it was young and I was younger. It has grown and changed both me and the world I live in forever
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The Icelandic Horse-Gift From the Vikings
Norse Vikings brought horses to Iceland in the ninth century. One of the oldest and purest breeds in the world, the Icelandic horse has unique qualities and special gaits that link Iceland's Viking past to the modern day.
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America Is More Patchwork Quilt Than Melting Pot
Americans yearn for a sense of place, but we are a patchwork people with shallow roots and hybrid vigor
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A Mother’s Day Tribute to my Grandmother
Ruby Phillips Bramwell, my grandmother was a woman ahead of her time. Born into a horse and buggy world, she died the year Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.
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The History and Development of Bach Flower Remedies
Bach Flower Remedies developed by an English physician almost a century ago use the healing essences of flowers to heal. Some swear by them, others scoff.
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The History and Lore of the Fabulous Jersey Tomato
Georgia has peaches. Florida and California have oranges, but New Jersey has the best tomatoes in the world. Native of South America, the tomato came to New Jersey in colonial times and has been the pride of the state ever since.
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Welcome to America. We accept Euros
The dollar is down. The Euro is Up and European shoppers are flocking to America. Here are tips for the first time visitor on how to get the most from an American shopping spree.
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Walking the Left Bank of Paris
Wherever you go in Paris,the city of light, go on foot if you can. Here are some tips on exploring Notre Dame and the left bank--one of my favorite Paris walks.
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From Smooth Takeoff to Bumpy Landing - Confessions of A White-Knuckle Flier
How I dealt with my fear of flying plus some tips for you on yours.
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Stevia is the Natural, No Calorie Sugar Substitute You Are Going to Love
a safe, organic, herbal alternative to sugar that doesn't raise blood pressure or cause tooth decay.
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Do You Speak English? Around the World With the Mother Tongue
English may be the new Latin, but the differences between American and British usage can be confusing, not to mention funny.
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Best Way To Really Quit Smoking
I was a heavy smoker for 30 years. I tried and failed to quit close to a dozen times.I tried everything: hypnosis, acupucture, nicotine gum, cutting back gradually. Here's my journey and what finally worked for me.
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A Winter Festival in Lambertville, NJ
The Lamberteville-New Hope Winter Festival parade is always fun and proof of life in small town America
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My Number One Unique Life Lesson? Don't Worry
The things I worry about never happen and life's bonecrunchers always come from left field anyway, so why worry?