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I love this article. From the New York Times: Gay Unions Shed Light on Gender in Marriage ... A growing body of evidence shows that same-sex couples have a great deal to teach everyone else about marriage and relationships. Most studies show surprisingly few differences between committed...

<r>This subforum doesn't get much traffic, but I came across this article and thought it might help women who are coping with the decision to stop fertility treatments after numerous failures. I went through this and spent most of a year grieving for the family I thought I could never...

I can't tell you how many well-meaning people advocated this approach when my daughter was heavily into a biting phase - and she was barely over a year old: From El Paso Times: Police say: Man arrested for biting stepson A Las Cruces man was arrested by for biting his stepson after the boy did...

I have no ideas. For those who celebrate it, what are you doing and what gift, if any, did you get?

I'd be interested in folks' opinions on this: My niece is graduating from high school next week. She will attend college in the fall. My sister is throwing her a graduation party with from 100-175 people invited (numbers vary by family member :p). My father, who has strong opinions about...

What are your favorite books - now or when you were younger? Any you tried to read but just couldn't get through even though you wanted to? Are you reading anything good now?

Ok, I've tried not to post this several times, but I just can't help it: From the BBC: Horse meat found in salami <SIZE size="100">Salami on sale in the UK could contain horse and donkey meat, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has revealed. </SIZE> <SIZE size="100">Local authorities in Hull...

From Reuters (honest!): Japan man discovers woman living in his closet Tokyo - A Japanese man who was mystified when food kept disappearing from his kitchen, set up a hidden camera and found an unknown woman living secretly in his closet, Japanese media said Friday. The 57-year-old...

&lt;r&gt;I haven't heard of a company established for this purpose before. What do you think?&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; From the NY Times: &lt;URL url="&lt;/s&gt;Experts Question Using Placebo Pill for Children&lt;e&gt;&lt;/e&gt;&lt;/URL&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;COLOR...

I can't imagine such a thing: From TC Palm: St. Luci teacher has voted on whether 5-yo can stay in class Melissa Barton said she is considering legal action after her son's kindergarten teacher led his classmates to vote him out of class. After each classmate was allowed to say what they...

I am amazed Santa Barbara has opened 12 parking lots for people who live in their cars. From CNN: Mom forced to live in car with dogs Barbara Harvey climbs into the back of her small Honda sport utility vehicle and snuggles with her two golden retrievers, her head nestled on a pillow propped...

Have you ever had an irrational dislike for someone? If so, did you find a way to get over it? I irrationally dislike my MIL. She drives me nutty. I can't even look her in the eye. Having her too close to me raises my hackles. Some of it is actually rational: She's pushy, never takes "no" for...

&lt;r&gt;What do you think of this and "&lt;URL url="&lt;/s&gt;purity pledges&lt;e&gt;&lt;/e&gt;&lt;/URL&gt;"?&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; From the NY Times: &lt;COLOR color="Navy"&gt;&lt;s&gt;&lt;/s&gt;&lt;URL url="&lt;/s&gt;Dancing the Night Away, with a Higher...

&lt;r&gt;Even as a spoof, this blew my mind, in part because of how much time someone must have devoted to it:&lt;br/&gt; &lt;URL url="http://childtrader.com/"&gt;&lt;s&gt;<URL url="http://childtrader.com/">&lt;/s&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;COLOR color="Navy"&gt;&lt;s&gt;&lt;/s&gt; Child...

Apparently, the Duggars announced live on the Today Show that they are expecting child number 18 and you can go to the website of their television show to vote on a name: link :err: In an attempt to be kind, I'll just leave it at that.

Darn! I knew we forgot something! From Yahoo! News: Parents board flight, forget toddler at airport</SIZE>[/FONT][/B][/URL] Tickets, check. Passports, check. Luggage, check. Baby...oops. A family boarded a flight on Monday in westernmost Canada, and...

From the NY Times: Canada Likely to Label Plastic Ingredient "Toxic" The Canadian government is said to be ready to declare as toxic a chemical widely used in plastics for baby bottles, beverage and food containers as well as linings in food cans. A person with knowledge of the...

&lt;r&gt;Unexpected study results reported recently in the NY Times:&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;COLOR color="Blue"&gt;&lt;s&gt;&lt;/s&gt;&lt;SIZE size="3"&gt;&lt;s&gt;<SIZE size="125">&lt;/s&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;s&gt;&lt;/s&gt;Overweight kids have fewer...

&lt;r&gt;Any thoughts on the news story about the transgendered person (born female, identifies as male, has not had gender reassignment surgery) who is pregnant? He is legally a male, but his wife couldn't get pregnant so he did. It was first reported in The Advocate:&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt...

&lt;r&gt;I've been following this because it is in my state:&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;COLOR color="Navy"&gt;&lt;s&gt;&lt;/s&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;s&gt;&lt;/s&gt; Girl dies of treatable diabetes after parents pick prayer over medicine&lt;e&gt;&lt;/e&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br/&gt; AP, March 27...