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- A U.S study suggests that women who take folic acid supplements before they become pregnant can cut their risk of having a premature baby by half.The report, presented Thursday at the annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine meeting, said taking folate supplements for at least one year before becoming pregnant reduced premature delivery by 50 percent to 70 percent.Babies who are born very premature are at the greatest risk of complications such as cerebral palsy, mental retardation, chronic lung disease and blindness.The findings were based on observational analysis of folate supplementation by 38,033 participants in an earlier trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. |
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- The Oregon Supreme Court upheld a $79.5 million award Thursday against Philip Morris for the family of a man who died of lung cancer.The award has been going through the courts since a 1999 trial in Multnomah County, The (Portland) Oregonian reported. The U.S. |
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- The two remaining Democratic presidential hopefuls focused more on attacking Republicans than each other in a debate Thursday in Los Angeles, CNN reported.The debate was the last before the Feb. 5 Super Tuesday primaries, which could make one of the two rivals the presumptive candidate.Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York and Sen. |
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- (All times Eastern)BasketballNBA Orlando at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. LA Lakers at Toronto, 7 p.m. Houston at Indiana, 7 p. |
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- James Posey made four free throws in the final 10 seconds Thursday in pushing the Boston Celtics to a 96-90 victory over Dallas.In a match-up of two of the NBA's top teams, the lead changed hands 35 times before Boston finally took control in the closing moments.Ray Allen and Paul Pierce both scored 26 points for the Celtics, who played for a third straight game without star forward Kevin Garnett (abdominal strain).Boston won its second straight and downed Dallas for the first time in eight tries. The Mavericks, who are on a trip that will see them play all three of the division leaders in the Eastern Conference, had a four-game winning streak snapped. |
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- Stephen Valiquette had to make just 20 saves to record the first shutout of his career Thursday in the New York Rangers' 4-0 win over Philadelphia.Chris Drury paced the offense with a goal and an assist, boosting the Rangers to their third win in four games.Antero Niittymake started in goal for the Flyers, but was replaced after giving up four goals on 12 shots. Martin Biron stopped all 15 shots he faced in relief.Philadelphia had won six of its previous seven games. |
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- Tayshaun Prince hit a three-pointer with 4.4 seconds to play Thursday, lifting Detroit to a 90-89 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.Prince scored 22 points and helped give the Pistons their ninth straight home win over the Lakers. That includes three victories during the 2004 NBA Finals.Chauncey Billups scored 16 points in Detroit's fourth consecutive triumph. |
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- Belichick: Pats 'pretty close' to readyTEMPE, Ariz., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- New England Coach Bill Belichick proclaimed Thursday that the Patriots were pretty close to fully prepared to take on the New York Giants in the Super Bowl.In the next-to-last full practice session before the NFL title game Sunday, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady showed no signs of a limp and went through the drills without any extra taping on the ankle he sprained during a victory over San Diego in the AFC Championship contest. |
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- A goal and an assist each from Marc Savard and Chuck Kobasew Thursday led the Boston Bruins to a 4-1 victory over Ottawa.The Bruins, winners of three in a row and five out of six, also got goals from Phil Kessel and Milan Lucic. Tim Thomas made 30 saves to win his fifth straight start.Ottawa, which had won its previous two games, got its lone goal from Antoine Vermette. His score came after the Senators had fallen behind 3-0. |
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- Rod Brind'Amour scored with 1:40 remaining in overtime Thursday, giving the Carolina Hurricanes a 3-2 victory over Toronto.Toronto forced overtime when Mats Sundin scored with just 12 seconds left in the third period, but the Hurricanes came back to win their fourth game in five outings.Scott Walker and Tim Gleason scored during regulation for Carolina and Cam Ward made 24 saves.Vesa Toskala kept the Maple Leafs in the game by making 35 saves, but they dropped their third straight. |
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- Brad Richards gave Tampa Bay a two-goal lead in the third period Thursday and the Lightning held on to defeat Vancouver 4-3.Richards also had two assists and Martin St. Louis had three to help Tampa Bay win for the first time in three games. Karri Ramo made 23 saves.Vancouver has dropped six of seven. |
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- Colonial has announced that it had been approached by the Investment Corporation of Dubai, making it the third party to bid for the heavily-indebted company Original post by Click here and PropertyMagnate.com Tags Miscellaneous |
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- Trader Mark submits:Please note, my caution caused me to cut back on my Mastercard (MA) position severely in the past week so I am not partaking much in this 9% move off of earnings. [Bookkeeping: Reducing 2 Names] However, this went under the "better safe than sorry" category since this was the type of stock that got ripped the minute they open their mouth, but the other part of better safe than sorry is you miss out on some gains.Complete Story » |
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- Largest Database of Images For Comments And Profiles at Fr |
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- Trader Mark submits:Please note, my caution caused me to cut back on my Mastercard (MA) position severely in the past week so I am not partaking much in this 9% move off of earnings. [Bookkeeping: Reducing 2 Names] However, this went under the "better safe than sorry" category since this was the type of stock that got ripped the minute they open their mouth, but the other part of better safe than sorry is you miss out on some gains.Complete Story » |
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- NFL Pulls Plug On Big-Screen Church Parties For Super BowlWashington Post, United States - 2 hours ago"There is a part of me that says, 'Gee, doesn' |
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- Lady Of The Flowing Waters - download for $0.99 from Amazon.com Original lyrics: LADY OF THE FLOWING WATERS Lisa Thiel 1988 Lady of the flowing waters Lady of the mountains Lady of the flowering meadows Lady of the forests chorus: The Goddess is in everything In every form of nature The Goddess is in everything In every form of beauty Lady of the shining stars Lady of the moonlight Lady of [... |
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- Author: Bamboo Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:51 pm (GMT 0) Topic Replies: 5 Wow. |
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- Author: Robb58 Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:04 pm (GMT 0) Topic Replies: 1 ask and it is given!!! |
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- Author: vintagechick Subject: Cosmic oredering oracle cards by Barbel Mohr Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:16 pm (GMT 0) Topic Replies: |
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- Author: vintagechick Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:11 pm (GMT 0) Topic Replies: 1 I am impressed Robb! |
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- Author: Cosmic Orderer Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:39 pm (GMT 0) Topic Replies: 7 Good luck Thomas with being more positive. |
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- Author: Robb58 Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:57 pm (GMT 0) Topic Replies: 8 Hi Sunny and welcome to the forum. |
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- Author: Robb58 Subject: My Biog Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:32 pm (GMT 0) Topic Replies: |
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- Author: Robb58 Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:14 pm (GMT 0) Topic Replies: 8 It's a beautiful place to live. |
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- Author: Tom Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:47 am (GMT 0) Topic Replies: 5 Welcome from me too, Bamboo! |
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- Author: 1stangelever Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:08 am (GMT 0) Topic Replies: 7 I have a Google bar on the side of my desk top and I put positive pictures in my documents (My pictures) then it displays them on the google bar. |
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- Author: 1stangelever Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:58 am (GMT 0) Topic Replies: 5 Hi Bamboo, welcome I was thinking the same thing Robb _________________Wendi xx Friends are like angels, they catch you when you are down and make you fly again. |
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- Author: 1stangelever Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:56 am (GMT 0) Topic Replies: 8 Great advice as usual Staying positive is hard work at first but with practice it does get easier. |
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- Author: vintagechick Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:55 am (GMT 0) Topic Replies: 8 Positive mind set takes a little time to really harness, dont worry! |
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- Author: vintagechick Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:50 am (GMT 0) Topic Replies: 7 Thats great advice Jo! |
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- Author: Robb58 Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:00 am (GMT 0) Topic Replies: 5 Hi Bamboo and welcome to the forum, I'm glad you explained the avatar thing Jo, I'd have been far more longwinded and got everyone confused!!! |
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- AN Australian Navy vessel sent to rescue an injured crewman from a Spanish fishing vessel in the Indian Ocean should reach the ship by about midday t10 Vote(s) |
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- International Cricket Council chief Malcolm Speed said Thursday it accepted the blame for the administrative blunder that enabled Indian spinner Harb6 Vote(s) |
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- Bird flu killed its third victim in as many days in Indonesia and ravaged poultry stocks in Tibet and India on Wednesday, as the virus picked up stea3 Vote(s) |
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- Western countries increasingly prop-up autocrats like Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, allowing rulers like him to mount "sham democracy&quo3 Vote(s) |
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- i'm feeling uninspired today, so i hope you wont be offended by a simple annotated list of the various happenings in my week. i say this like it's not what and how i always write. like somehow i'm normally better at writing stuff. but nevermind. but then i have to actually think about all the things i might have done and whether i told anyone about them already. |
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snowflakes (Feb 01 2008 04:01 GMT) - the morning makes up for most everything. with the sun rising through the trees in the colour of awesome. bloodshot orange. a clear pale blue sky and so many pine trees covered in snow. a half-moon lingering from the night before. |
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- i complain about the management, but so far they've been perfectly nice to us in person. and of course they would be, we work for free and if they can keep us sweet with minimal effort they will. they know if they give us shit we wont take it. every disagreement we've had to date has been dealt with through someone else. i've kept it this way because as soon as i try to negotiate hours and they resist i wont be enjoying my time here anymore. |
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mice wars (Feb 01 2008 04:01 GMT) - this is the little arrangement i left out for the mice; and this is it the following morning; which is exactly what i expected. i thought ha, i burnt you, you little fuckers. and i thought that was that. |
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office life (Feb 01 2008 04:01 GMT) - it really is too cold to sit in a basement and do data entry. i can barely type this, nevermind hacking away at the numeric keypad. i got two fan heaters going and it's still not enough. it's -15c outside, 14c upstairs, and i have no idea what down here. plus no one upstairs has put any coffee on. |
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- my time can be broken down into a small number of simple categories (which would make a beautiful venn diagram if "mischieve" was thrown into the mix). the three top categories are work, sleep, and time wasting, with work splitting conveniently into two - the office and the kitchen. and it's the kitchen that's responsible for the small amount of bearability in my forty hour 'work' week. the names of some of the girls i work with are diane, tracy, charlene, sindy, brenda, kathy and michelle. these names tell you more about them than i ever could. |
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