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Thursday, August 31, 2006

Toddler’s ensemble sure to bring smiles (Calgary Herald, 31 Aug 2006, Page NA8)



Toddler’s ensemble sure to bring smiles
FORNEIGHBOURS
Calgary Herald
31 Aug 2006

What’s cuter than a smiling toddler with matching hat, sweater and booties? This unisex outfit was knit in Sirdar’s Snuggly DK on four-millimetre needles. Instructions are given for sizes from newborn to six years old. It requires two to five 50-gram... read more...
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Toddler’s ensemble sure to bring smiles (Calgary Herald, 31 Aug 2006, Page NA8)



Toddler’s ensemble sure to bring smiles
FORNEIGHBOURS
Calgary Herald
31 Aug 2006

What’s cuter than a smiling toddler with matching hat, sweater and booties? This unisex outfit was knit in Sirdar’s Snuggly DK on four-millimetre needles. Instructions are given for sizes from newborn to six years old. It requires two to five 50-gram... read more...

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Program brings fitness home to new moms (Calgary Herald, 31 Aug 2006, Page NA9)



Program brings fitness home to new moms
KATE TAVENDER FOR NEIGHBOURS
Calgary Herald
31 Aug 2006

If your a new mother, congratulations on the birth of your baby! As a new mom you now get to enjoy months of sleep deprivation, raging hormones, sore breasts and long days spent in isolation at home. No wonder you may find it a challenge to get... read more...

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Family medicine rewarding, but often overlooked: prof (The StarPhoenix, Saskatoon, 31 Aug 2006, Page A7)



Family medicine rewarding, but often overlooked: prof
By Janet French
The StarPhoenix, Saskatoon
31 Aug 2006

The father of family medicine in Canada says a series of “misconceptions” are erroneously steering medical students away from becoming family doctors. Dr. Ian McWhinney, professor emeritus of family medicine at the University of Western Ontario, said... read more...

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Children in protective care beaten, starved (Australian, 01 Sep 2006, Page 1)



Children in protective care beaten, starved
Amanda O’Brien Tony Barrass Carpenter
Australian
01 Sep 2006

CHILDREN as young as five have been assaulted, starved and improperly restrained after being placed in protective care in Western Australia. With governments under fire for their mishandling of child abuse cases across the nation, a damning 185-page... read more...

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Sometimes elder abuse is all in the family

Sometimes elder abuse is all in the family
By Jeff D. Opdyke
The Wall Street Journal Europe
31 Aug 2006

NOTE TO RETIREES: Beware the family. Financial swindles are one of the fastestgrowing forms of elder abuse. By some estimates, as many as five million senior citizensarevictimizedeachyear, says SaraAravanis, director of the nonprofit National Center... read more...

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Monday, August 28, 2006

Parent doctor (The Herald Section 2, 28 Aug 2006, Page 5)



Parent doctor
Dr RichardWoolfson deals with your family dilemmas
The Herald Section 2
28 Aug 2006

READERS’ REPLIES IAMa grandmother. I always cuddled my babies when they cried and they have grown up into fine adults who nowhave babies of their own. When I look after my baby grandchildren, I pick them up just like I did their parents. You’d have to... read more...

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Parent doctor (The Herald Section 2, 28 Aug 2006, Page 5)



Parent doctor
Dr RichardWoolfson deals with your family dilemmas
The Herald Section 2
28 Aug 2006

READERS’ REPLIES IAMa grandmother. I always cuddled my babies when they cried and they have grown up into fine adults who nowhave babies of their own. When I look after my baby grandchildren, I pick them up just like I did their parents. You’d have to... read more...

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DIANA BLOOD RESULTS FIDDLED (Daily Express, 28 Aug 2006, Page 1)



DIANA BLOOD RESULTS FIDDLED
By Mark Reynolds
Daily Express
28 Aug 2006

BLOOD samples taken from Princess Diana during her post mortem examination may have been tampered with, it emerged last night. A mortuary manager has broken a nine-year silence to describe the intervention of mysterious “men in suits” following... read more...
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Sunday, August 20, 2006

The twin set

The twin set

Stella
20 Aug 2006

Iam lying in a dimly lit room with a dollop of jelly on my stomach. My partner Jimmy and I are gazing at a fuzzy image on a screen, anxious to know that our unborn baby is OK. The sonographer turns off the monitor and gives us a quizzical look. ‘Is... read more...

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Monday, August 14, 2006

It’s the birth of the designer baby

It’s the birth of the designer baby

Society
15 Aug 2006

Raj and Shahana Hashmi wanted to create a “saviour sibling” for their son, Zain, who has a rare and potentially fatal genetic blood disorder. But their attempts to conceive a child in order to extract stem cells from the umbilical cord to help treat... read more...



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Sunday, August 13, 2006

Family life

Family life

The Guardian
12 Aug 2006

Come on Eileen by Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Come on Eileen, oh I swear well he means Ah come on, let's take off everything” Having tried for more than 25 years, how is it that Dexy’s Midnight Runners' Come on Eileen is still the only song that will get... read more...

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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Gaucho club collection of art – and more than a few horse bones. By Anthony Jefferies (Stella, 06 Aug 2006, Page 40)

Gaucho club collection of art – and more than a few horse bones. By Anthony Jefferies

Stella
06 Aug 2006

From the outside, there is nothing to distinguish Luis Benedit’s fourth-floor apartment from the hundreds of others in Buenos Aires’ smart Del Bajo district. Inside, though, it’s like stepping into a 3-D catalogue of 20th-century Argentine... read more...



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