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Obama Urges His Party Not to 'Run for the Hills'
18 Feb 2010 at 8:54pm
On IN THE NEWS: In his first State of the Union speech, the president urged Democrats to stay strong following Republican gains. He say

Ambassador for Young Spreads a Love of Books
18 Feb 2010 at 8:54pm
Also on AMERICAN MOSAIC: A question from Russia about a religious group, the Old Believers. And music by Whitney Houston.

New Understanding of How Plants Use Water
18 Feb 2010 at 8:54pm
On AGRICULTURE REPORT: Discovery may help engineer better plants.

Saying Goodbye to 2009, Hoping for a Better 2010
18 Feb 2010 at 8:54pm
On THIS IS AMERICA: We ask some people what they will be doing to celebrate the New Year.

Time -- One of the Great Mysteries of Our Universe
18 Feb 2010 at 8:54pm
On SCIENCE IN THE NEWS: We look forward to the New Year with a look back at the mystery of time. 

American History Series: After Lincoln's Murder
18 Feb 2010 at 8:54pm
On THE MAKING OF A NATION: Eight prisoners faced trial. The government tried to prove that the assassination of President Abraham Linco

New Treatment for Sleeping Sickness
18 Feb 2010 at 8:54pm
On DEVELOPMENT REPORT: The combination of two drugs will be used first in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The new treatmen

Five New Year's Resolutions for Learners to Improve Their English
18 Feb 2010 at 8:54pm
''My first resolution that I would recommend people make is to spend a certain amount of time listening to English ... whatever suits a

How Loneliness Can Infect Social Networks
18 Feb 2010 at 8:54pm
On HEALTH REPORT: A study demonstrates how lonely people can affect others around them. Earlier findings showed that happiness, obesity

2009: A Year of Discovery and Promise in Space
18 Feb 2010 at 8:54pm
On EXPLORATIONS: Scientists found water on the moon and methane gas on Mars. NASA also tested a new rocket that could help humans reach

Less Salt Can Mean More Life
18 Feb 2010 at 8:54pm
On HEALTH REPORT: A new study shows how a cut of just three grams of salt a day could prevent tens of thousands of deaths among America

US Groups Working to Aid Quake Victims in Haiti; Super Bowl Preview
18 Feb 2010 at 8:54pm
Also on AMERICAN MOSAIC: A report on this weekend?s Super Bowl championship. And music from this year?s Grammy winners.

Making Merry With This Year's Holiday Music
18 Feb 2010 at 8:54pm
On AMERICAN MOSAIC: Music from new Christmas albums by Bob Dylan, Sugarland, Sting and others.

A Compromise on Climate Change at Copenhagen
18 Feb 2010 at 8:54pm
On IN THE NEWS: Only five countries reached a deal at the talks in Denmark. The voluntary agreement urges major polluters to make deepe

Words and Their Stories: Great Scott
18 Feb 2010 at 8:54pm
On WORDS AND THEIR STORIES: There are many terms for expressing surprise, shock and anger.

Christian Science Monitor | Living
Chowder to ward off winter's chill
pAs February's dampness descends, this potato fish stew -- sometimes sans fish -- offers warmth from within./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/11HA3dRhUQ70bgHUMymO3m8K8Tk/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/11HA3dRhUQ70bgHUMymO3m8K8Tk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/11HA3dRhUQ70bgHUMymO3m8K8Tk/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/11HA3dRhUQ70bgHUMymO3m8K8Tk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=SZDaITN4gQc:bLIUedGWVc0:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=SZDaITN4gQc:bLIUedGWVc0:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=SZDaITN4gQc:bLIUedGWVc0:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?i=SZDaITN4gQc:bLIUedGWVc0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=SZDaITN4gQc:bLIUedGWVc0:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=SZDaITN4gQc:bLIUedGWVc0:dnMXMwOfBR0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/feeds/living/~4/SZDaITN4gQc" height="1" width="1"/ A feast of seven fishes
pA Christmas Eve spread -- Italian-style -- draws from the sea and those familiar Mediterranean staples of garlic and olives./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jzGd8uquRK0dwBwzmNyW1Qan9ag/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jzGd8uquRK0dwBwzmNyW1Qan9ag/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jzGd8uquRK0dwBwzmNyW1Qan9ag/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jzGd8uquRK0dwBwzmNyW1Qan9ag/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=HtjehKWjJqw:ivRYKKUQEq4:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=HtjehKWjJqw:ivRYKKUQEq4:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=HtjehKWjJqw:ivRYKKUQEq4:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?i=HtjehKWjJqw:ivRYKKUQEq4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=HtjehKWjJqw:ivRYKKUQEq4:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=HtjehKWjJqw:ivRYKKUQEq4:dnMXMwOfBR0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/feeds/living/~4/HtjehKWjJqw" height="1" width="1"/ Green bean or sweet potato: Battle of the casserole dishes
pWe can't make the choice for you. But here are some arguments that can help you choose between green bean casserole and sweet potato casserole as part of your Thanksgiving dinner./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KNK5ODaPpEE10MxxW0rS7mMxXa4/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KNK5ODaPpEE10MxxW0rS7mMxXa4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KNK5ODaPpEE10MxxW0rS7mMxXa4/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KNK5ODaPpEE10MxxW0rS7mMxXa4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=XLk7u4skiOY:CCz9KkGNhz4:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=XLk7u4skiOY:CCz9KkGNhz4:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=XLk7u4skiOY:CCz9KkGNhz4:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?i=XLk7u4skiOY:CCz9KkGNhz4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=XLk7u4skiOY:CCz9KkGNhz4:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=XLk7u4skiOY:CCz9KkGNhz4:dnMXMwOfBR0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/feeds/living/~4/XLk7u4skiOY" height="1" width="1"/ Kissing optional!
pForty cloves of simmered garlic may not be enough./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sm9qRvtXreFgMvCvORhi_HlVyPA/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sm9qRvtXreFgMvCvORhi_HlVyPA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sm9qRvtXreFgMvCvORhi_HlVyPA/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sm9qRvtXreFgMvCvORhi_HlVyPA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=8N3yHk1kev4:yhfgMOwAwXo:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=8N3yHk1kev4:yhfgMOwAwXo:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=8N3yHk1kev4:yhfgMOwAwXo:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?i=8N3yHk1kev4:yhfgMOwAwXo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=8N3yHk1kev4:yhfgMOwAwXo:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=8N3yHk1kev4:yhfgMOwAwXo:dnMXMwOfBR0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/feeds/living/~4/8N3yHk1kev4" height="1" width="1"/ Zucchini bounty
pZucchini is a squash that is both prolific and versatile/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XTP7E9av8deQgtmSiZFqYOybBuI/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XTP7E9av8deQgtmSiZFqYOybBuI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XTP7E9av8deQgtmSiZFqYOybBuI/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XTP7E9av8deQgtmSiZFqYOybBuI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=lstGy3KA8uU:qATfp7Gs2SM:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=lstGy3KA8uU:qATfp7Gs2SM:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=lstGy3KA8uU:qATfp7Gs2SM:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?i=lstGy3KA8uU:qATfp7Gs2SM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=lstGy3KA8uU:qATfp7Gs2SM:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=lstGy3KA8uU:qATfp7Gs2SM:dnMXMwOfBR0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/feeds/living/~4/lstGy3KA8uU" height="1" width="1"/ Food critic undercover in San Francisco
pMichael Bauer, a food critic, keeps San Francisco chefs on their toes./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gglXKDKYznfZ8FAivvRVc3NdSPQ/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gglXKDKYznfZ8FAivvRVc3NdSPQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gglXKDKYznfZ8FAivvRVc3NdSPQ/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gglXKDKYznfZ8FAivvRVc3NdSPQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=at_IgOh_Boc:hZRmHYrrCXo:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=at_IgOh_Boc:hZRmHYrrCXo:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=at_IgOh_Boc:hZRmHYrrCXo:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?i=at_IgOh_Boc:hZRmHYrrCXo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=at_IgOh_Boc:hZRmHYrrCXo:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=at_IgOh_Boc:hZRmHYrrCXo:dnMXMwOfBR0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/feeds/living/~4/at_IgOh_Boc" height="1" width="1"/ Dress up the grill with versatile lamb
pThe rich flavors of lamb can be made elegant by marinades or kept simple for burgers./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fko1JvhdDL4RMwCpqpTbOMuA1As/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fko1JvhdDL4RMwCpqpTbOMuA1As/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fko1JvhdDL4RMwCpqpTbOMuA1As/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fko1JvhdDL4RMwCpqpTbOMuA1As/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=ltNZXmMFjEs:SK3nyqcB23U:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=ltNZXmMFjEs:SK3nyqcB23U:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=ltNZXmMFjEs:SK3nyqcB23U:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?i=ltNZXmMFjEs:SK3nyqcB23U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=ltNZXmMFjEs:SK3nyqcB23U:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=ltNZXmMFjEs:SK3nyqcB23U:dnMXMwOfBR0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/feeds/living/~4/ltNZXmMFjEs" height="1" width="1"/ Are 'Pippa' and 'Asher' really the top baby names of 2011?
pA new online baby names list says that 'Pippa' and 'Asher' are the top trending monikers for babies. Is that true?/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gygCyWF7guKEMIMcxeQk79sbaSY/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gygCyWF7guKEMIMcxeQk79sbaSY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gygCyWF7guKEMIMcxeQk79sbaSY/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gygCyWF7guKEMIMcxeQk79sbaSY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=SX3NaqGVQHQ:tQV-D0meQmA:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=SX3NaqGVQHQ:tQV-D0meQmA:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=SX3NaqGVQHQ:tQV-D0meQmA:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?i=SX3NaqGVQHQ:tQV-D0meQmA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=SX3NaqGVQHQ:tQV-D0meQmA:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=SX3NaqGVQHQ:tQV-D0meQmA:dnMXMwOfBR0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/feeds/living/~4/SX3NaqGVQHQ" height="1" width="1"/ Cooking with anchovies: Little fish, big taste
pThe anchovy is a stealthy ingredient that will jazz up many a dish ? even for those who think they don't like the oily little fish./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gqShm1WyLDtQw8dl968l3u0B_Ow/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gqShm1WyLDtQw8dl968l3u0B_Ow/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gqShm1WyLDtQw8dl968l3u0B_Ow/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gqShm1WyLDtQw8dl968l3u0B_Ow/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=TpXUYzglhqI:cqw-u7XmxsA:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=TpXUYzglhqI:cqw-u7XmxsA:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=TpXUYzglhqI:cqw-u7XmxsA:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?i=TpXUYzglhqI:cqw-u7XmxsA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=TpXUYzglhqI:cqw-u7XmxsA:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=TpXUYzglhqI:cqw-u7XmxsA:dnMXMwOfBR0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/feeds/living/~4/TpXUYzglhqI" height="1" width="1"/ Fried Kool-Aid has people lining up to try it at the fair [VIDEO]
pFried Kool-Aid may be the unhealthiest food at the San Diego County fair this summer. But so far, fans say they love fried Kool-Aid./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3GLvF50ChOs7Kk1QpZD5K5gLBWo/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3GLvF50ChOs7Kk1QpZD5K5gLBWo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3GLvF50ChOs7Kk1QpZD5K5gLBWo/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3GLvF50ChOs7Kk1QpZD5K5gLBWo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=8auDyD4yhyM:_XNMqAw-2kQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=8auDyD4yhyM:_XNMqAw-2kQ:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=8auDyD4yhyM:_XNMqAw-2kQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?i=8auDyD4yhyM:_XNMqAw-2kQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=8auDyD4yhyM:_XNMqAw-2kQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=8auDyD4yhyM:_XNMqAw-2kQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/feeds/living/~4/8auDyD4yhyM" height="1" width="1"/ Italy's frutta heaven
pFresh produce is such a staple of Italy's cuisine, it's easy to eat vegan and thrive there./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T2Ar-UwcHagwU4jqOMJDhKA7PT0/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T2Ar-UwcHagwU4jqOMJDhKA7PT0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T2Ar-UwcHagwU4jqOMJDhKA7PT0/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T2Ar-UwcHagwU4jqOMJDhKA7PT0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=WFu-9nmOnSI:34MPxlKUfxI:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=WFu-9nmOnSI:34MPxlKUfxI:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=WFu-9nmOnSI:34MPxlKUfxI:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?i=WFu-9nmOnSI:34MPxlKUfxI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=WFu-9nmOnSI:34MPxlKUfxI:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=WFu-9nmOnSI:34MPxlKUfxI:dnMXMwOfBR0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/feeds/living/~4/WFu-9nmOnSI" height="1" width="1"/ 15 recipes for Memorial Day
pa href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Memorial+Day" target="_self" class="inform_link"Memorial Day/a marks the start of a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/United+States" target="_self" class="inform_link"America/a's season of eating outdoors. Typically, that means food that is either grilled or packed into portable containers and served cold. From the Monitor's archives, here is a list of 15 recipes ? some exotic, some traditional, and all delectable ? to help you prepare for your next picnic, barbecue, or day at the beach. /p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IQ15Ca2cC215B6qVILKj9EzJjFY/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IQ15Ca2cC215B6qVILKj9EzJjFY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IQ15Ca2cC215B6qVILKj9EzJjFY/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IQ15Ca2cC215B6qVILKj9EzJjFY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=Z65iybP4Keg:AAZAN_rzQDI:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=Z65iybP4Keg:AAZAN_rzQDI:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=Z65iybP4Keg:AAZAN_rzQDI:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?i=Z65iybP4Keg:AAZAN_rzQDI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=Z65iybP4Keg:AAZAN_rzQDI:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=Z65iybP4Keg:AAZAN_rzQDI:dnMXMwOfBR0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/feeds/living/~4/Z65iybP4Keg" height="1" width="1"/ The Eat, Pray, Love effect: Can my family leave it all behind?
pPart 7 of a Monitor cover story: Families and travel experts explain how to leave it all behind when the Eat, Pray, Love effect hits./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QxCXl2QRoJOY24_39bI39kG-DrA/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QxCXl2QRoJOY24_39bI39kG-DrA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QxCXl2QRoJOY24_39bI39kG-DrA/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QxCXl2QRoJOY24_39bI39kG-DrA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=EZiqddbFaio:nieqLjAHTnI:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=EZiqddbFaio:nieqLjAHTnI:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=EZiqddbFaio:nieqLjAHTnI:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?i=EZiqddbFaio:nieqLjAHTnI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=EZiqddbFaio:nieqLjAHTnI:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=EZiqddbFaio:nieqLjAHTnI:dnMXMwOfBR0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/feeds/living/~4/EZiqddbFaio" height="1" width="1"/ The Eat, Pray, Love Effect: Reentry is hard to do
pPart 6 of a Monitor cover story about how families hit by the Eat Pray Love effect leave it all behind. But breentry /bis hard to do. /ppi /i/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8YbznrOrfn4dQS-SfnmK0ljnCW8/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8YbznrOrfn4dQS-SfnmK0ljnCW8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8YbznrOrfn4dQS-SfnmK0ljnCW8/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8YbznrOrfn4dQS-SfnmK0ljnCW8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=excJTP6z1XA:9r9YBwaHRdM:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=excJTP6z1XA:9r9YBwaHRdM:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=excJTP6z1XA:9r9YBwaHRdM:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?i=excJTP6z1XA:9r9YBwaHRdM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=excJTP6z1XA:9r9YBwaHRdM:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=excJTP6z1XA:9r9YBwaHRdM:dnMXMwOfBR0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/feeds/living/~4/excJTP6z1XA" height="1" width="1"/ The Eat Pray Love effect: Prom vs. Machu Picchu
pPart 5 of a Monitor cover story about how families hit by the Eat Pray Love effect leave it all behind. But it?s not all paradise, such as when the prom looms larger than Machu Picchu./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EDyY2WkJRqbJPMxU8kjdH06AGNg/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EDyY2WkJRqbJPMxU8kjdH06AGNg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EDyY2WkJRqbJPMxU8kjdH06AGNg/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EDyY2WkJRqbJPMxU8kjdH06AGNg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=hohed8F3PnM:HutIB9BIxho:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=hohed8F3PnM:HutIB9BIxho:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=hohed8F3PnM:HutIB9BIxho:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?i=hohed8F3PnM:HutIB9BIxho:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=hohed8F3PnM:HutIB9BIxho:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~ff/feeds/living?a=hohed8F3PnM:HutIB9BIxho:dnMXMwOfBR0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/feeds/living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/feeds/living/~4/hohed8F3PnM" height="1" width="1"/

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Partial mastectomy often followed by second surgery
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So Baby Boomer: Life Tips Coach John G. Agno's life coaching tips for confident and independent Baby Boomers. For boomers who admit they need more money than their parents' generation to live comfortably, are more self-indulgent, will be healthier, live longer and continue to set trends during each phase of their lives.

Should a life coach have a life first?
John Agno
4 Feb 2012 at 12:58pm
The practice of life coaching is nothing new. Janet Harvey, 52, who runs Invite Change, a Seattle-based coach training firm and is currently the incoming president of the International Coach Federation (ICF), traces it to the Human Potential Movement of...

Don?t Make These Four Medicare Mistakes
John Agno
31 Jan 2012 at 12:02pm
By Laura Weber Rossman of Longevity Alliance, an independent national insurance broker who helps seniors compare and find the best Medicare supplemental insurance. You?re a Baby Boomer so by definition you?re pretty good at dodging anything that smacks of getting...

Blogging Boomer Carnival #244
John Agno
29 Jan 2012 at 3:39pm
Come and visit this week's Blogging Boomer Carnival hosted by Laura Lee Carter, the Midlife Crisis Queen. You will enjoy what you discover Baby Boomers are about today..including their life challenges! Boomer Retirement Life Tips explores their personal strategy and...

Finding Happiness in Retirement
John Agno
25 Jan 2012 at 5:21pm
By John Diehl, CFP® Could it be possible that retirement may be even better than we imagine? Consider a recent study by The Hartford and the MIT AgeLab that found retirees are more likely to say, ?I am happier now...

Super Bowl Ads Cater to Boomers
John Agno
25 Jan 2012 at 1:52pm
By Guest Author Kate Forgach In days of old -- before marketers wised up -- most television advertising was targeted towards the overvalued 18- to 35-year-old demographic. Then statistics revealed Baby Boomers have more discretionary income than any other age...

Boomers Approaching Antiquity
John Agno
24 Jan 2012 at 12:30pm
By Donald Hall in The New Yorker, January 23, 2012 However alert we are, however much we think we know what will happen, antiquity remains an unknown, unanticipated galaxy. It is alien, and old people are a separate form of...

Blogging Boomer Carnival #243
John Agno
23 Jan 2012 at 8:19am
To learn about the joys and challenges of today's Baby Boomer generation, visit Ann Harrison, founder of Contemporary Retirement Coaching and creator of the Retirement Detox Program, who is hosting this week's Blogging Boomer Carnival #243. Also check out the...

A Glimpse into the Future Life of Baby Boomers
John Agno
21 Jan 2012 at 12:06pm
Rose Marie Meece planned to retire from her job as a tour leader in Honolulu three years ago. The 78-year-old woman decided to stay after losing about half of the $300,000 in her retirement account during the downturn. I did...

Blogging Boomer Carnival #242
John Agno
16 Jan 2012 at 10:04am
Baby Boomers continue to personally evolve; setting new trends along their wake. This carnival, the 242 of the BBC series, is just a small piece of the microcosm series that was developed to record the boomer generation's evolution. Come to...

Your Investments and the European Debt Crisis
John Agno
10 Jan 2012 at 3:45pm
In 1999, 11 European countries surrendered their currencies for the euro and a shared monetary authority. Barely a decade later, the once-celebrated EU is in the midst of a credit crisis and its currency is facing collapse. Elliott Wave International's...