How Does Blood Clot?
Overview Blood clotting, also called blood coagulation, occurs in reaction to a wound to halt the flow of blood. This happens so that blood loss will stop and also so that the wound will be closed and no bacteria or…
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Clueless to Confident Decoding the Language of Makeup Brushes
Some of the most-asked questions about makeup involve the brushes. Really, how on earth are you supposed to keep it straight with all the different types of brushes and application techniques? While it may seem daunting at first, learning to…
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How to Cope with a Jealous Partner
February 3, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Some level of jealousy is not uncommon in relationships, but it should still not be accepted as “just part of the process.” Coping with a jealous partner can be very uncomfortable because it can create a tug-of-war that involves time,…
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Mediating Adult Children – Yes
When children are small, it is essential for their well-being (and household sanity) to jump in and resolve arguments quickly and, at times, forcefully. As individuals mature into adulthood and become more autonomous from their siblings, disputes may still arise…
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Heartfelt Stories the Bond between a Mother and her Son
Six sons, six bonds, each unique in their own way. Of the six boys in our clan, only two share my genealogical DNA. But despite the distinctions in our bloodlines, each of us is unified by an equal kinship. Five…
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Venting Parents – Yes
We’ve all been there, mom just spent $350 dollars on something that dad doesn’t feel they needed and he’s stressing out about how the bills are going to get paid. Or dad went out with his work buddies and didn’t…
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Ancient Egyptian Jewelry
Since the reign of Queen Cleopatra Egyptian jewelry has been associated with gold, jewels and glamorous opulence. Accompanied by all the drama of heavily kohled eyes and a myriad of heavy perfumes, these women gloried in their femininity. It is…
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How to get Body Confidence
February 3, 2015 Skin and Body
If you want to get body confidence you have to learn to accept that you’re a beautiful person. You may not be a conventional beauty, but you no doubt have interesting features and aspects of your appearance which you don’t…
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Do you always Marry your Dream Man or someone better
February 3, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Human beings are not always equipped to satisfy absolute conditions yet we tend to cleave to ideals for better or for worse. “Better” can be a tough or sweet pill to swallow depending on our dream states and “always” is…
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History of De Beers and the Contributions of Cecil Rhodes Ernest Oppenheimer Harry Oppenheimer
Almost everyone has heard of De Beers. It is a name that has become synonymous with the diamond industry. De Beers holds sizeable interests in the prospecting and mining of diamonds. However, it is its tight grip on the global…
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Jerusalem Cross Pendant a Unique and Beautiful Jewelry Item
An increasingly fashionable item of jewelry, the Jerusalem cross pendant is finding an ever increasing number of retailers willing to stock what is in essence a religious icon. The Jerusalem cross as a religious symbol dates back a thousand years…
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Kimberley Certification Process Scheme Sale of Diamonds Diamond Certification
The Kimberley Certification Process Scheme was put in place in 2003 in an effort to deter blood diamonds from flooding the market. These are diamonds mined in areas of the world where there are conflicts taking place, such as in…
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Dealing with a Mother who Complains
Mothers who complain to their children about every detail of “woe is me” is an infection in an otherwise healthy family unit. Ironically, the “woe” is usually followed by “X amount of money could help me out”. When the support…
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Meddling Parents
You are arguing with your spouse and your kids are miserable. What’s wrong in your normally happy home? Your parents are visiting and they’re beginning to drive you crazy telling everyone what to do. They are rearranging your furniture and…
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Should a Mother Continue to Mediate Adult Children Conflicts Arise among – No
When your children were small, you tolerated numerous arguments among the siblings. You knew this was how they learned to handle the opposition they’d inevitably confront in the outside world. You’d stop the actual fisticuffs before the blood reached their…
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Looking Younger when you are over Fifty
February 3, 2015 Skin and Body
Looking younger when you are over fifty is unlikely to be achieved by using every anti-aging product the local pharmacy has to offer, although you will certainly achieve a much thinner wallet. Plastic surgery is also something to be extremely…
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How to Cope with a Jealous Partner
February 3, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Jealousy is very common in relationships. It can cause problems if the jealousy isn’t dealt with. However, it isn’t always easy to take care of in a positive and productive way. Still, it can be done. Nearly all marriages or…
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Reasons why Women want to be Super Skinny
February 3, 2015 Skin and Body
Women do not have to be skinny to be beautiful Did you ever see an overweight model? Chances are, you have never seen an overweight model, but you have seen at least one overweight actress; Queen Latifah. Most of the…
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How Marriage cannot be Defined by Religion
February 3, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
As the George W. Bush Presidency in the US pushed for a Constitutional amendment to define marriage to be a “sacred institution between one man and one woman,” the backlash of that misguided campaign woke the American public to a…
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Tips for Applying Foundation
FOR GRAVITY’S SAKE. Watching commercials from the Cosmetic World, and the ‘How to Apply Your Skin Care Products” programs on Television, I note that they all apply their creams on their subjects, in a downward movement. Even when applying foundation….
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Dream Man
February 3, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
You never marry your dream man, really. You see, the trouble with the Dream Man is that he is a Dream. He does not really exist. Even when you think you’ve found him in real life, and even if you…
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Afterglow
My earliest memory of Daddy is watching him plow furrows in our field with an old gray mule named Jack. Jack was not fond of his work and was soon replaced with a little red tractor with huge wheels on…
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On Living at Home with your Parents
I know what it is like to be despised by people who don’t even know me. Talk shows dedicate hours to viciously bashing people like me. I am the subject of ridicule from conservative and liberal hosts alike. Women are…
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Anniversary Ring Anniversary Rings Anniversary Band Anniversary Bands Diamond Anniversary Ring
Do you have an anniversary coming up? Choose an anniversary band for an elegant and memorable way to mark the occasion. The traditional anniversary many celebrate is a wedding anniversary, but also consider marking other significant anniversaries with an anniversary…
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How to Downplay your Beauty
February 3, 2015 Skin and Body
Not every woman wants to ‘make the most of herself’ all the time. There are plenty of occasions where an attractive woman might want to downplay her beauty. Unfortunately gender discrimination still exists in the workplace and in some careers…
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Venting on the other Parent Family Problems – No
Even in the most loving of families, there will always be trouble one point or another; between parent and child, siblings, between your partner. The amount of time and bitterness of the situation always varies as much as how we…
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The Voluptuous Woman – Curvy
February 3, 2015 Skin and Body
Caution: Dangerous Curves They don’t call them “dangerous curves” for nothing – especially when they are well-placed on the female form. So clear the runways of their gangly, stick figured counterparts and make room for the most sensuous women of…
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On Living at Home with your Parents
This is a loaded topic and one that hopefully people can approach with an open mind. There are so many reasons that this situation can occur. I left home when I was 17 1/2 and I never went back but…
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What is Jealousy
February 3, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Love holds no one prisoner. Our idea of jealousy has become smeared with falsity these days. Relationships have become disposable and our homes have become flooded with everything we do not say and everything we do not do. I have…
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Is it Acceptable for a Parent to Vent to their Kids about the other Parent – No
It’s not fair when venting parents put their children in the middle of THEIR problems. I think that it’s one thing to speak to your kids and explain things but it’s another to down grade each other. Speaking from experience…
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Why many Women Feel Insecure about their Appearance
February 3, 2015 Skin and Body
It is rather unusual to encounter a woman who doesn’t have something about her appearance that she dislikes, be it the size of her breasts; her weight; her height; her ears; or the way her face, in general, looks. In…
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