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National geographic The National Geographic range was inspired by nature. It provides a unique, authentic experience that inspire and stimul...

Get Ready Mailbag: Staying prepared during winter

Welcome to another installment of the Get Ready Mailbag, when we take time to answer questions sent our way by readers like you. Have a ques...

Post Post

Driving down towards the Eye Brook Reservoir the other night my headlights caught these improvised reflectors on a series of fence posts. Ob...

On December 1st, the 20th Anniversary of World AIDS Day, Governor Baldacci and Dr. Mills joined Andrew Bossie, the Executive Director of the...

Heating Crisis in Maine

We have been quite busy the past few weeks with budget deliberations, the annual fall public health and medical conferences and meetings, an...

Milton & The Red Elephant

I hear that it was John Milton's birthday yesterday. There is a massive gap in my education over this seventeenth century poet, and I kn...

Gaulby Goose

Gaulby (or Galby, depending on who you read) is a tiny east Leicestershire village 'on the summit of the Marlstone uplands in beautiful ...

Peripheral vs. Ectopic Fat

I went to an interesting presentation the other day by Dr. George Ioannou of the University of Washington, on obesity and liver disease. He...

Children’s Flu Vaccination Day is Tuesday, Dec. 9

Today's guest blog entry is by Carol J. Baker, MD, FAAP, FIDSA , moderator for the Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition ; professo...

Tippers, Roberts & Queen Victoria

Sorting out receipts for petrol, books, firelighters, oatmeal stout etc. today, I thought about how terrifyingly bland and uninteresting the...

Store More in Your Kitchen

Storage Tips 16-20 16. Store shallow items, such as cutting boards and platters, upright. Even narrow spaces next to your range or your sin...

Store More in Your Kitchen

Storage Tips 11-15 11. Adjust shelves to fit specific contents. Choose adjustable shelves that can be as widely or closely spaced as necess...

Store More in Your Kitchen

Storage Tips 6-10 6. Store spice bottles one deep, on their sides with labels visible, in shallow drawers, instead of stacking them, says o...

Store More in Your Kitchen

Control clutter with these effective tips. Storage Tips 1-5 So much stuff, so little room. Stuff you need, such as food and pots and pans. ...

Polyunsaturated Fat Intake: What About Humans?

Now we know how to raise a healthy pig or rat: balance omega-6 linoleic acid (LA) and omega-3 alpha-linolenic acid (LNA) and keep both relat...

Advent Calendar 2

Čia 2007 metų mūsų Advento kalendorius. Our Advent calender of the year 2007.

Unexpected Alphabets No 6

In recognition of the agritechno element that runs through the band of commentators to my blog, I give you the diesel oil filler cap from a...

10 Ways to Refresh with Color

1 -Nature's Palette This nearly neutral room stays warm year-round with touches of sunny yellow, watery blue, and grass green. The sedat...

Advent Calendar

Kalendorius, kurį išsiuvinėjau prieš dešimt metų. The calendar I have stitched ten years ago.

Railway Echo No 9

Never one to drive by an old railway wagon lying impotently in a field without its wheels, this one's at the side of the A1101 south of ...

Polyunsaturated Fat Intake: Effects on the Heart and Brain

I'm revisiting the topic of the omega-6/omega-3 balance and total polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) intake because of some interesting studies ...

Living Room Furniture

The living room is one of the most important rooms in the house in where your family will spends their time to organizes holidays and partie...

Got asthma? An extra reason to get your flu shot

Fever, aches and chills. Yuck! Flu season is upon us, and for many who come down with these symptoms, a few days in bed and plenty of fluid ...

Christmas Creatures

Four Finger Exercises

Parking the car in Wisbech, Capital of The Fens, we notice this shop window. It's one of a number in a side street attached to a large r...

Health is Multi-Factorial

Thanks to commenter Brock for pointing me to this very interesting paper , "Effects of fish oil on hypertension, plasma lipids, and tu...

Real Food X: Roasted Marrow Bones

Bone marrow is a food that has been prized throughout history-- from hunter-gatherer tribes to haute cuisine chefs. It's not hard to un...