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Jane Dough
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Best Buy has declared October 30th National Vampire Awareness Day - and not because of fanged blood-suckers... A trip to Transylvania may seem like a walk in the park when compared to the hidden vampires lurking in homes across the country. Best Buy announced today that it will help innocent victims put an end to this vampire reign of terror by declaring October 30, 2008, National Vampire Awareness Day. Vampire Power is the electricity that consumer electronics and appliances use while they are switched off or in a standby mode. This insidious phenomenon is responsible for wasting an estimated $4 billion in the U.S. annually and the Department of Energy notes that this figure could rise by 20 percent by 2010. Forty percent of all electricity used to power electronics and appliances in the average American home is consumed while they are turned off and the government has estimated that “vampire power” consumes enough energy to equal to the output of 17 power plants. |
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Lindsay Allison/Guest Blogger The woman I was with after the news broke that Sarah Palin was announced as McCain’s running mate responded, “She can’t do that. Who’s going to take care of her kids?” “Would you say that if she were a man?” I asked. “Of course not. But she’s a mother.” Unfortunately, this woman’s thoughts are clearly widespread in a campaign where Sarah Palin’s gender has become an important issue. In fact, Palin has made such a splash in the media that she has arguably overshadowed her running mate. And rather than focus on the glass ceiling she is breaking by stepping onto the national stage and campaigning for vice president, people have been coming out en masse and attacking her. Shall we begin with the “Abort Sarah Palin” bumper stickers? The jabs at her breast-feeding? Her teenage daughter’s pregnancy? The question of whether she is abandoning her down-syndrome infant by campaigning for office? |
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Kate
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Remember, ladies -- even though winter time, cold weather and cloudy days are approaching, that doesn’t mean you can slack on the sunscreen. I’m always looking for moisturizers and lotions that contain sun protection, but never thought I’d find a soap that has it. The Bethesda Skincare line was created to heal and strengthen your body through your skin. Since skin is what protects you from the harsh elements of everyday life, it’s your body's first line of defense against impurities, chemicals and sun. |
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Who hasn’t dreamed of the ideal of all career worlds -- working at home, in your sweats? Begun by a mom frustrated with trying to find real telecommuting opportunities among all the scams, FlexJobs is a job site that combines telecommuting and flexible jobs -- for people who might want to wear white after Labor Day or not get dressed at all. Telecommuting is a great way to achieve work/life balance and reduce expenses related to working (like gas, wear and tear on a car, wardrobe, dry cleaning, and eating lunch out). It also offers huge cost savings for employers and excellent environmental benefits. |
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Kate
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By Idea-a-day.com
Are you someone who bores your friends, endlessly going on about the best way to deal with the burning issue of the day? Or maybe you are something of a lateral thinker, for whom simple everyday problems have elegant and imaginative solutions. Instead of keeping your good ideas to yourself (and your long-suffering nearest and dearest), you now have a chance to share them with the wired world.
The Idea-a-Day website was launched in August 2000, and one original idea has been published on this site every day since then. You can arrange for the idea of the day to be sent to you simply by submitting your name and email address. You also can submit your own ideas,and they will be posted on the site if they are imaginative enough. All ideas posted on the site since its inception remain on the site, and it is the intention that the site will continue forever.
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