October 26, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
When I was a child I expected to grow up, get married and live happily ever after. The husband part of the equation didn’t really figure. Can’t live with him? His day at home can be traced second by second….
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September 29, 2015 Style and Beauty - Other
There are many versions of the history of the polka dot design, most of them dating from the early twentieth century, but the design dates back much further than this. The dance the “Polka” took the United States by storm…
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September 14, 2015 Friends and Peers
Different people define friendship in different ways. Some people call every one they know, even in passing, a friend, others are more sparing with the word. I think as you get older you become more discerning in who you call…
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June 21, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Families are the traditional building block of all societies. Families are a natural division of society and as a rule the division works well. The family group is a group tied together through love and common interest to survive, raise…
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Unusually for an item of clothing the official history of the tuxedo can be dated exactly. It made its first official appearance at the Tuxedo club autumn ball of 1886. Its design has been credited to Pierre Lorillard IV, a…
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Earwax is the natural substance produced by the lining of our ear canals; its scientific name is cerumen. The function of earwax is to lubricate the ear canal and stop infections. Earwax catches dust and other small foreign particles and…
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Skin tags are the little flesh colored lumps of skin that seem to hang off the rest of our skin. They are harmless and can vary in appearance from little lumps to large tags attached by thin necks of skin….
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Daniel Swarovski was born in Georgenthal, which was then in the Austro-Hungarian empire but is now in the Czech republic, in 1862. He was the son of a glass cutter. At that time glass cutting was small cottage industry and…
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I always find the pictures of skinny models on the runway disturbing. The deaths of several models and the much publicized banning of underweight models from several runways in Europe has brought the issue into the limelight again. This same…
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Harry Winston was born on 1st March 1896. He was the son of a jeweler in the Manhattan area of New York, and was brought up to know the family business. Harry’s mother died when he was only seven, and…
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Keracare curling wax by Avlon is presented in a white tub with a screw on lid. The pot is available in two sizes, a four-ounce and a fourteen-ounce. The pot makes it easy to use in some ways but also…
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February 12, 2015 Skin and Body
Deodorizing body oils are easy to make at home. After any medical causes for body odour have been eliminated then using deodorising herbs and oils can be a good alternative to the commercial antiperspirants and deodorants. The traditional deodorizing body…
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January 19, 2015 Skin and Body
Pregnancy affects all of a woman’s body and the most visible after the obvious bump is usually the breasts. One of the first signs in many women, before even the bump, is an increase in breast size. These new breasts…
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January 18, 2015 Skin and Body
The Zeno acne-clearing device by Tyrell inc. is a hand held palm sized device. It works by applying heat to the pimple or blemish. You turn on the machine, clean the treatment tip and when the light goes green you…
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Dry and calloused feet can be a year round problem, they are usually caused by over exposure to the elements: going barefoot or wearing sandals all the time exposes our feet to the drying effects of the air and the…
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December 20, 2014 Skin and Body
Our lips are one of the most sensitive parts of our body; they are also om permanent display in most cultures. Lips that are dry and cracked feel painful and uncomfortable, and look painful and uncomfortable. When you see people…
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December 20, 2014 Skin and Body
The secret to treating a black eye is quick action. If something hits you in the eye socket the best way to avoid a black eye is quick action. Apply an ice pack as soon as you can. This can…
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December 13, 2014 Skin and Body
Stretch marks are caused when the expansion of the body goes faster than the skins ability to keep up, typically at puberty and during pregnancy. The elastic fibers of the skin fail to keep up with the expansion of the…
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November 12, 2014 Skin and Body
Avocado and mud are both ingredients in common homemade face masks, and in commercial preparations, some very expensive. Mud is used as an exfoliating agent and as a deep cleanser, drawing impurities from deep in the skin and cleansing in…
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Cecil Rhodes was born the son of a vicar in 1853 in Bishop’s Stortford, England. He was the fifth son of nine children, and was a sickly and asthmatic child. In view of this he was sent aged sixteen to…
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Since the beginning of civilization man has had ways of recording and measuring time. The earliest systems depended on the cycles of the sun and moon, and developed into measures of time that split the day into uneven segments such…
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Tanning beds were very fashionable at one point. The manufacturers touted them as the safe tanning option, they even claimed that the risk of skin cancer was reduced by their use. It took a few years of research to discount…
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