HOW TO TRICK YOUR CHILD INTO LIKING VEGGIES

If you want your kids to eat healthier just put something healthy into a fast food French fries bag.  In a recent study, baby carrots were packed into French fries bags which were otherwise filled with fries and given to three-to five-year-old kids to eat.  When the kids were asked how they felt about the [...]

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THIS WEEKEND IS ONE OF THE BEST TIMES OF THE YEAR TO SHOP ONLINE

On and around the weekends before and after Halloween, some merchants tout “early Black Friday” sales with select “door busters” (like off-brand electronics marked down about 30%) aimed at early-bird shoppers.  Don’t get too excited.  Often these items are the sites’ standard weekly specials, rebranded to fit the holiday-shopping season, says the deal site BradsDeals.com.  [...]

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YOUR COSTUME IS THE WINDOW TO YOUR SOUL

Personally, I think the costumes we choose to wear on Halloween say a lot about who we really are, or, at least, want to be. If a guy is wearing a devil costume, I don’t trust him.  He’s saying, “I’m wearing my inner bad on the outside today.”  Devil costume guys always seem to be [...]

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NOT ALL OF THE HALLOWEEN CANDY GOES TO TRICK-OR-TREATERS

If you hold back some of the candy you bought for Halloween trick-or-treaters, you’re not alone.  According to the National Confectioners Association’s Halloween survey, four in ten adults admit that they purposely keep candy, instead of giving it all away to revelers.  In fact, nearly 1/3 of adults admit that they will pocket at least [...]

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CROOKS TARGET CELLPHONE USERS

Your cellphone chimes – a text message has come in.  It bears you bank’s name and has some disturbing news.  One of your accounts has been frozen.  Please call us at the following number to clear this up, urges the message.  You’ve just been “smished”. An offshoot of “phishing” – emails that try to trick [...]

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SUPER-SECRET FAST FOOD

If you love fast food but find the menus a bit restrictive, you’re in luck.  Here’s a list of some secret “got to know what to ask for” items.  First a disclaimer: most are provided at the whim of the people working the counter.  So be nice!  Say please!  And don’t get upset if they [...]

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THE COUPON CRAZE HAS CAUSED GROCERY STORES TO CHANGE THEIR POLICIES

America has gone coupon crazy.  TLC has an entire show dedicated to people who have turned coupon clipping and hoarding into a lifestyle.  There are reports of people buying newspapers just so that when they open the machine they can steal coupons out of the other papers.  Coupons can be valuable – especially if you’re [...]

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TAKING A NAP CAN IMPROVE JOB PERFORMANCE

Even just a 26-minute nap can increase your energy and job performance by up to 34%.  Studies have also shown that taking a nap during the day between the hours of 1:00 and 4:00 P.M. will reduce your “sleep debt” and enhance job performance.  So the next time your boss finds you napping at your [...]

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WHY COMPUTER VOICES ARE MOSTLY FEMALE

To most owners of the new iPhone, the voice-activated feature called Siri is more than a virtual “assistant” who can help schedule appointments, find a good nearby pizza or tell you it it’s going to rain.  She’s also a she.  Siri answers questions in a part-human, part-robot voice that’s deep, briskly efficient and distinctly female.  [...]

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PEOPLE WHO EAT CANDY ARE THINNER THAN THOSE WHO DON’T

Here are a few good reasons to go ahead and break into that Halloween candy you’ve set aside for this weekend.  Louisiana State University Agricultural Center researchers studied more than 15,000 adults and found that those who ate candy (a little over one ounce a day on average) tended to have smaller waists, a lower [...]

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