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Boredom Busters for Young Teenagers
I just put together a boredom buster box for my kids to utilize this summer. They’ll be doing a “at home summer camp,” but this is a just in case back-up.
Here’s their list:
build something with Legos
call a friend
call your grandparents
clean your closet
create a tongue twister
create your own superhero. What are their powers? Costume? Secret identity?
delete...
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Have you seen non-sexualized photos of normal... →
Female breasts come in all kinds of sizes and shapes. These breast pictures are here to let you see normal breasts - big, small, sagging, asymmetrical; big areolas or nipples…
Browse through the gallery & realize the variety
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Thousands more farmers markets will soon take food... →
When it comes to giving more people access to fresh, healthy food, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has turned a great deal of its focus in recent years toward farmers markets. And, more specifically, opening farmers markets up to Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) or “food stamp” users.
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Harry Clarke, Illustrations for Poe →
Harry Clarke, Illustrations for Edgar Allen Poe
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Did Somebody Say "Wearable Robot?" →
DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan (RIM) became the 8th rehabilitation hospital in the U.S. to receive Ekso, a wearable, robotic exoskeleton that powers people with lower extremity paralysis or weakness to get them standing up and walking.
Made by Ekso Bionics, Ekso is a ready-to-wear, battery-powered bionic device that is strapped over the user’s clothing. The combination of motors...
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The Center for Science and Democracy →
In today’s hyper-partisan political environment, the public and decision makers often ignore independent science and technical analysis in favor of assertions from ideologues and thinly veiled spokespeople for powerful vested interests. This trend toward deliberate misinformation and neglect of science not only threatens the principles of transparency and accountability on which our...
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Why do you support solar power? Is it because you... →
SunRun, the company behind this ad and a couple of other equally funny ones, is a solar leasing company. They’ll install panels on your house for no money; you just have to commit to buying your electricity from them for a few years. Customers save money (although ultimately not as much as they would if they bought their own solar panels) with no hassle — and literally everybody likes saving...
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Yes Please:
Carol’s Daughter almond cookie scent, BPAL Tattered Lace, L’OCCITANE almond shower oil, Murad Environmental Shield
off-the-shoulder, see-through, mesh, lace, giant boho necklaces
The Ink Panthers Show, Planet Money, Skeptoid
planting flowers & cucumbers
Lana Del Rey, Die Antwoord
Reading several books at a time, while listening to another
Skinny Bagels, Vintage Bee honey,...
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FDA Panel Backs Pill To Block HIV Infection →
A pill to prevent HIV infection is already being given to some healthy people, but without U.S. government approval, it remains out of reach and too costly for many who need it.
Doctors, patients and advocates say that would change if the Food and Drug Administration takes a landmark step and allows the pill, Truvada, to be marketed for prevention. The drug has been used for some time as a...
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MaKey MaKey: An Invention Kit for Everyone
An Open Hardware project in Santa Cruz, CA by Jay Silver
MaKey MaKey is an invention kit for the 21st century. Turn everyday objects into touchpads and combine them with the internet. It’s a simple Invention Kit for Beginners and Experts doing art, engineering, and everything in-between…
(via MaKey MaKey: An Invention Kit for Everyone by...
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Maurice Sendak Q&A | An interview that took place... →
Someone once said that Maurice Sendak, children’s book author and illustrator, drew “little old people worrying away their childhoods.” It’s true: Sendak’s work is remarkable for its lack of sentimentality and its depiction of childhood as it really is, a time of coming to grips with the sometimes unpleasant and frightening world around you — a reality that children’s literature often tries to...
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2012 Goal Snapshot
This year, unlike any other year prior, I decided to actually make some New Year’s resolutions. Here they were:
Take a trip with the family to Canada
Improve my sewing skills
Get more active
Prepare the kids for high school
Hand-make some gifts
Sew an elaborate dress
Spend less money
Improve my health & well-being
These are boring goals, I know. Hey- it’s a big deal for...
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