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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Plus Size Woman how to Obtain a Curvy look
I have an announcement to make. Having a curvy figure doesn’t mean you’re fat! For generations, American women have deceived themselves to think that being thin “is in”. They scoured through fashion magazines with waif supermodels, like Kate Moss gracing…
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Differentiating between Child Types
Each child that comes into the world is unique and has a different way of interacting with his/her world. Just like adults, children have various dispositions and personality traits. Unlike adults, a child is an ongoing “work in progress,” and…
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How to have a better Relationship with your Children
The solution can be summarized in just a few words, “Be there for your children.” “What does that mean?” you may ask. How can a parent be there for them when the parent is at work and the child is…
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Men and Relationships Breaking the Mold and Learning to Love
So many men have been subjected to witnessing their fathers physically and/or psychologically beat the water and the will out of their mothers or cheat on their mothers so often that they block themselves off from loving, nurturing, committed relationships…
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How to Choose a Sports Bra
One challenge that all athletic women face is finding a functional sports bra. Women with large breasts especially face discomfort and even pain when trying to exercise without the proper bra. The problem is that sports bras simply can not…
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The Importance of Family Game Night
The traditional family structure is ever changing. This change has also brought on more responsibility outside the home and less time spent with your loved ones. Less and less we see the family as individuals and not as one unit,…
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How to do your Hair like Lauren Conrad
Lauren Conrad shot to fame and earned her “celubutante” status as one of the stars of MTV’s “The Hills” she is now an author and fashion designer and whilst she is a controversial figure, she is undeniably a beauty and style icon for many…
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How to Create a Stacked Ponytail
Some ultra-modern high street hairstyles can be so difficult to re-create. Those who are lucky enough to sport long flowing tresses are often grateful to the stylists who create different ways of keeping long hair looking good when tied back….
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Caring for our Parents at Home
If you are able to take care of a loved one at home, I would highly recommend it. Our parents raised us and at one time or another we will have to take care of them. Our situation reverses when…
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Game Night with Family is Important
The significance and importance of family bonding is immeasurable. While I can’t spout off statistics comparing the success rates in life of those children who maintain good relationships with their immediate family compared to those who don’t, it isn’t hard…
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Staying Connected to your Adult Children
After the teen years have ended and childhood seems like all but a fading memory to be cherished for years to come, your children will move forward with their lives into the realm of adulthood. While this is part of…
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Balancing Taking Care of an Elderly Parent with Care of your own Children
Taking care of an elderly parent and caring for your own children is no easy feat. Imagine though, taking care of your elderly grandparent while raising your own teenagers, and your four-year old niece. The lines can become somewhat blurred…
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Accepting your Natural Hair Texture Benefits of Natural Hair
Accepting your natural hair texture is not an effortless mission for many women and men alike, especially when you factor in the massive sensationalistic influence the media persistently portrays. You’re inundated with these images of models, actresses/actors, music stars and…
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When Wearing Jeans is a Bad Idea
Jeans have become an essential staple in every woman’s wardrobe. And they are also becoming increasingly appropriate in more and more situations. Certain jobs allow wearing dressy jeans to work. Jeans can be dressed up for date nights and dinner…
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How to Survive Aging Parents and Dependent Adult Children
Being 51 is no joke! It is at this age that you experience menopausal syndromes, migraines and hot flushes! Then added to that another stressful factor coming into your life amidst those “growing old” pains – two dependent aging parents…
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How to become Lovable Key to Dating Success
While it might be true that there are some character traits that some find more lovable than others, you can’t just up and decide one day to become a more loveable person. On the other hand, there are some things…
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Fall Wedding Hairdo Options for 2010
The hair at your wedding should be your crowning glory. But you don’t want your hairstyle to be “just a pretty hairdo.” You want it to fit with the theme, tone, and season of the whole wedding itself! If you’re…
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Caring for Parents and Children
One of the good things about a question like this is that no two people will answer it in the same way. That’s good because so many times, all of us find ourselves in situations that feel somewhat different from…
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Winter Hairstyles
Getting in season can be hard work for some, mainly because it is difficult to pick a hairstyle for every season as they go by. Sometimes you just stick with one style and stay with it because it is something…
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Sexy Hairstyles for Women
Hair can be an incredibly important thing for a woman, she may spend hours on it making it look shiny and sexy. But what many women do not seem to understand is that sexy hairstyles are natural, sexy is when hair looks…
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How to Avoid Hair Damage with Braid Extensions
Braid extensions can actually be beneficial to strong hair growth if they are placed in and taken care of correctly. Braid extensions allows the natural hair to rest from a lot of everyday manipulation that comes with styling, using heat…
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Benefits of Family Game Nights
Everyone is busy these days. Adults are not the only ones who need daily planners, or their technological equivalent. Kids use them as well, so as to manage their school, sports and church events. With all that is going on,…
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Flirting Tips for Boomers how to do what Doesn’t come Naturally
Flirting, hey, we all do it, even animals. Male birds use some impressive flirting techniques such as stomping; ruffling their feathers, puffing air into their chests or throats, and some types of lizards will even change colors. Whether it is…
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Difference between Mens and Womens Jeans
Many Puritan communities used to outlaw pants for women. Since pants hug close to a woman’s curves, their style was considered sexually arousing. It was also a no-no because of an aversion to cross-dressing; pants were seen as a man’s…
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Fostering Good Family Relationships
Everyone should strive to establish and maintain healthy family relationships. Most of us have had the feeling that the world is going backwards, that humans as a race are not progressing. Perhaps, if we start improving personal relationships, we can…
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Seniors the Problem of Living and Dying
There are myriad problems facing senior citizens. To understand these needs and prioritize them, there are a few basics to cover. What age constitutes a senior citizen? The AARP allows people to join at age 50. Social Security has traditionally…
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Love never Ends
When writing about love, Shakespeare said- Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love, Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed…
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What to do if a Dream Partner Isn’t Perfect
As a little girl, did you dream of Price Charming coming to sweep you off your feet? Then you meet the real life version, and life is a dream. Only as time passes, you realize that your dream partner is…
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Good Hairstyle Books
Choosing and creating a unique hairstyle is generally easier when a picture of the style is available. This is why many people scan the cut-style books in their hair salon. It’s hard to describe exactly what is wanted and with…
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Best Gloves for Keeping Hands Warm
When winter winds howl nothing is worse than a case of frozen fingers. Whether you’re walking or driving, it’s important that you give your frigid phalanges the protection that they need. Bare skin in the chill of winter can mean…
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