It?s great to be a woman of the 21st century. Not only do we enjoy the benefits of a freer society than that of our grandmothers, but we also enjoy the fruits of research on environmentally-friendly and organic sanitary products. Today?s woman has more choices on how to go organic, natural, and pro-environment. How do [...]
Tags: all-natural disposable cotton pads, menstrual cups, organic, tampons, Toxic Shock Syndrome
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Breaking news on Associated Press reveals that 37-year old Ethan Hawkes has confirmed through Hawkes? publicist Mara Buxbaum that he and girlfriend Ryan Shawhughes are expecting their first child. Shawhughes used to be the family nanny while Hawkes was still married to actress Uma Thurman, with whom he has two children, Maya, 9, and Levon, [...]
Tags: celebrity baby, ethan hawke, expecting
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I can?t emphasize this enough: if you can put off exposing your children to Too Much television, do it with all your might. The Baby Einstein fads, the Barney?s, Blue?s Clues, Elmo?s of this world evoke sentimental feelings of a childhood long gone, but if your children never get to know who Sponge Bob or [...]
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These are the kinds of things you know you never want to happen to you: rape, extreme poverty, war. Throw in a feeling of displacement, of never belonging, of never being able to come home. In times of crisis, it seems that the incidences of rape increases. In several alarming cases reported in the wake [...]
Tags: Kenya, rape, Safety, violence
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A Cornwall-based charity has been giving away tent kits to families in most need. ShelterBox, as it is called, includes a ?10-man tent, sleeping bags, a multi-fuel stove, cooking equipment, tools, mosquito nets and water containers.? In Camp Henderson, Nakuru, Kenya, pregnant schoolteacher Louise Kimani gave birth in one of the first tents set up. [...]
Tags: Aid, Kenya, natural disaster, Rotary Club of Helston, shelterbox
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