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Having Fun and Staying on Budget New Program Aims to Help Make Your Home Asthma-Healthy Preserve the Summer’s Bounty with a Canning Party Discovering “Hidden” Tech Features to Make Your Life Easier Refreshing, Sparkling Cocktail Ideas Reducing Calories with Upgrades to Food and Activity
 
Having Fun and Staying on Budget

Having Fun and Staying on Budget

Sticking to a budget can be easier than you may think-and it can even be fun. Here are hints on how: Do the math: To help you put the cost of various “fun” expenses in perspective, take your household income and divide it by 2,000. That tells you roughly what you earn pretax per hour. [...]

Having Fun and Staying on Budget
New Program Aims to Help Make Your Home Asthma-Healthy

New Program Aims to Help Make Your Home Asthma-Healthy

People around the United States are enjoying warmer weather, but for those with asthma, the summer season can be problematic. Warm weather can increase production of outdoor “triggers” such as pollen and mold from flowers, trees and grasses. And while many people with asthma may see their home as a refuge, it’s important to know [...]

New Program Aims to Help Make Your Home Asthma-Healthy
Preserve the Summer’s Bounty with a Canning Party

Preserve the Summer’s Bounty with a Canning Party

Gardens, farmer’s markets and grocery stores are brimming with fresh seasonal produce. Enjoy fantastic flavors all year by gathering friends and family to celebrate nature’s bounty at your own canning party. Mrs. Wages spokeswoman Laura Strickland says, “Plan ahead to divvy up the supplies and make sure everyone brings different fruits or vegetables to share.” [...]

Preserve the Summer’s Bounty with a Canning Party
Discovering “Hidden” Tech Features to Make Your Life Easier

Discovering “Hidden” Tech Features to Make Your Life Easier

Throughout most homes, there are a number of technological features built into products you probably use daily that could make lives easier…if only you knew they existed. For example, smart kitchen appliances let you connect to the Internet to download recipes and create a grocery list that’s accessible from a mobile device while shopping. Many [...]

Discovering “Hidden” Tech Features to Make Your Life Easier
Refreshing, Sparkling Cocktail Ideas

Refreshing, Sparkling Cocktail Ideas

A few simple tips can help you add some sparkle to this season’s celebrations. Transform ordinary cocktails and mocktails into extraordinary beverages that are sure to dazzle dinner guests. The basis for these bubbly beverages starts with a few common items from the fridge and freezer and a flashy finish using Ocean Spray’s new Sparkling [...]

Refreshing, Sparkling Cocktail Ideas
Reducing Calories with Upgrades to Food and Activity

Reducing Calories with Upgrades to Food and Activity

When it comes to fighting childhood obesity, a new poll from ORC International finds that 76 percent of mothers don’t know when their child is overweight and are not taking simple steps to improve their children’s weight status. This wakeup call charged Shape Up America! and the National Turkey Federation (NTF) to launch the Meal [...]

Reducing Calories with Upgrades to Food and Activity
Firefly Enhances the Summer Fun

Firefly Enhances the Summer Fun

30 June 2011

In celebration of June being National Iced Tea Month and in honor of the Fourth of July holiday, Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka is sharing fun party tips and recipes that will light up your summer scene. National Iced Tea Month is a time for stirring up favorite Firefly Sweet Tea Cocktails and raising your glass [...]

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Cork Benefits Wine and the Environment

Cork Benefits Wine and the Environment

12 May 2011

The next time you pop a wine cork, drink a toast to the environment. That’s because your choice of wine closures has a real impact on the health of the planet. Cork is still the hands-down favorite closure for wines sold in the U.S. because it allows wine to age properly, and it is part [...]

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Junior Wildlife Champions Promote Positive Change

Junior Wildlife Champions Promote Positive Change

25 April 2011

Increasing children’s awareness of current events can be easy and educational, especially if you empower them to make positive changes in their own ways. There are also fun, new tools to help teachers and parents enhance their children’s science education. Recent environmental events have sparked young Americans to investigate the issues impacting wildlife. For more [...]

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You Could Save Your Child’s Life

You Could Save Your Child’s Life

21 April 2011

As a new dad, I am more aware than ever of the dangers that children face and understand how parents would do anything possible to keep their children safe. That’s why I have partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to share important information about what parents can do to keep [...]

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Brita Ultramax Dispenser 2 Gallon

Brita Ultramax Dispenser 2 Gallon

20 April 2011

National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations (NSDWRs or secondary standards) are non-enforceable guidelines regulating contaminants that may cause cosmetic effects (such as skin or tooth discoloration) or aesthetic effects (such as taste, odor, or color) in drinking water. EPA recommends secondary standards to water systems but does not require systems to comply. However, states may choose [...]

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Nail Art Made Easy

Nail Art Made Easy

19 April 2011

When it comes to a great way to look and feel chic, quick, you’ve got to hand it to, well, your hands. A nice new nail look can change your appearance and your mood in mere minutes. Making it even easier to dress up your nails is a new kit that contains unique stickers for [...]

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Diminish Facial Lines Without a Doctor

Diminish Facial Lines Without a Doctor

15 April 2011

If expensive dermatologist visits have created a wrinkle in your attempt to have wrinkle-free skin, there’s good news. There’s now an affordable alternative to invasive, in-office, wrinkle-smoothing procedures, one that is clinically proven to diminish the look of facial lines in two ways, both instantly as well as over time. Kiehl’s Since 1851 has added [...]

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Let “Go-To” Recipes Get Your Party Started

Let “Go-To” Recipes Get Your Party Started

14 April 2011

From holiday celebrations to tailgating parties to any occasion throughout the year, pass on the pre-party frenzy and gear up with your favorite “go-to” recipes. You know those recipes that require minimal ingredients and prep time but always steal the show? Keep a party-ready pantry and your “go-to’s” will make it easier to get to [...]

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Getting Organized Can Save You Money

Getting Organized Can Save You Money

13 April 2011

Is your life so disorganized that it’s costing you money? If you’re like all too many Americans, you’re spending so much time rummaging around for lost or misplaced items-wasting a combined 9 million hours a day—that you’re probably too frazzled to even contemplate that question. That’s a real shame. Because it turns out it’s not [...]

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A Beautiful Tribute to The Lord’s Prayer

A Beautiful Tribute to The Lord’s Prayer

11 April 2011

Nationally known Pastor Rick Warren, author of one of the best-selling hardcover books of all time, “The Purpose Driven Life,” is reaching out to children everywhere with the new, illustrated “The Lord’s Prayer.” Warren, one of the nation’s most talked about spiritual leaders, pours his signature heartfelt compassion into this celebration of the beloved Lord’s [...]

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