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FORmonths, it seemed as if Congress would pass an online antipiracy bill, even though its main weapons, cutting off the financing of pirate Web sites and making them harder to find, risk censoring legitimate speech and undermining the security of the Internet. .. |
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| Workouts Have Their Limits, Recognized or Not |
| AT the gym last week I saw a guy lifting weights, working out his shoulders while two friends urged him on. He alternated two similar exercises with heavy weights, repeating one exercise 10 times and then the other one 10 times...
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 | Jamie Bell packs variet y in roles "IHAVE such an affinity for comedic stuff," Jamie Bell says. "But I haven't really let people know that yet." Film audiences who have watched Bell suffer in such films as Billy Elliot (2000) and
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| | Healthy children, safe homes a winning combination | | NYT SYNDICATE Test for radon. Levels of this invisible gas increase during the winter months. Be sure to inspect your home for radon, particularly the basement if it has cracks in the floor. Radon detectors are not expensive and can be found at local hardware stores.
Be energy efficient. Heating equipment that's energy efficient can lower your costs and reduce air pollution if it is properly sized and maintained.
Also, make sure that all ducts are sealed to prevent leaks, which could lower your efficiency by as much as 20 percent.
Equipment more than 15 years old may need to be replaced.
Buy organic produce. By choosing organic fruits and vegetables, you can minimise your family's exposure to pesticides, particularly those with soft skin, such as strawberries, raspberries and peaches. Wash all produce before eating to reduce your risk for infection.
Eat the right fish. Although fish is a good choice for a healthy diet, some types of fish are safer than others. Certain types of seafood, such as swordfish and shark meat, may contain contaminants, like metals, industrial chemicals and pesticides.
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| | Mushroom & barley soup | | ILOVE mushrooms for their flavour, texture and meatiness. It's almost odd to say so, but mushrooms do have a texture and deep flavour that reminds me of meat. One of my favourite comfort foods is a bowl of mushroom soup. For me it's just as satisfying as a bowl of chilli. Like little sponges, mushrooms easily take on the flavours of other ingredients that they cook with. Sauteing them in garlic or onions makes them especially wonderfully robust. This soup uses cremini mushrooms, the brown button type, and dried porcini mushrooms, which have an intense almost nutty flavour. This soup has a lot of good going for it. There are hundreds of varieties of mushrooms, but, surprisingly, the ones that we buy in grocery stores are almost all the same. White button, cremini, and portobello are all forms of the common mushroom. All our supermarket mushrooms are cultivated, grown on inoculated logs in mushroom farms. The most popular, button mushrooms, are white as a result of mutation. By contrast, the common mushroom is typically brown, such as cremini, or baby bella as they are marketed. When they are large and mature, they are sold as portobello mushrooms. All of these mushrooms are great in the kitchen, but each one has its best use.
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| | Denise Richards and ex-husband Charlie Sheen make up for kids | | THE actress - who has two daughters, Sam, seven, and six-year-old Lola, with the former Two and a Half Men actor - admits the pair enjoy a close relationship as they know it's important to get on for the sake of their children.
She told Access Hollywood: "It's our Modern Family I suppose. We've actually become like brother and sister, we really have. We've become very, very good friends. When we all spend time together, it's great for the kids and for us too. We actually get along." Although their break-up was initially acrimonious, Denise says they decided to put t h e i r problems behind them and concentrate on being good parents.
She said: I think the key is making it about the kids. The stuff between the couple... if you're divorced... it's no longer about you anymore. You have to be the bigger person and make it about the kids and so that's what we're doing." Earlier this week, Denise and... |
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