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Travel Tidbits: The Bees Knees Barn

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The Bees Knees Barn , a unique piece of architecture nestled in the Southern California high desert landscape. The story behind this nail-less constructed barn is equally captivating, centered around Gene Harrington, an aerospace engineer, entrepreneur, and visionary. Gene was one of the first merit scholars in 1976, earning a scholarship to Cornell University.

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Healthy Habits: Cholesterol passport for adolescents to halt the world’s deadliest disease – atherosclerosis

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The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights that everyone has the right to life could as well be extended to include the right to an “elevated cholesterol-free life”, a viewpoint by Dr Andrew Agbaje of the University of Eastern Finland, published in Frontiers in Pediatrics, concludes. Globally, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease has remained the leading cause of death in the past decades, despite huge advancements in medical treatment.

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Smart Safety: Summer Safety for Kids

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I had a chance to interview Corie Wagner, sr. editor, industry research for SafeHome.org , to get information about kids and safety over the summer. Why can summer activities lead to more ER visits? There are a few reasons for this: in the summer, kids play outside more. They're participating in contact sports and swimming. Swimming alone caused nearly 69,000 ER visits among kids last summer.

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Parenting Pointers: Summer Fun with Kids

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Here are some tips from WonderDads in order to make this the best summer ever for dads & their kids! 7 Dads Hacks to Make This Your Best Summer Ever WonderDads Hack #1: Take a Dad-Kids Trip The single best summer tradition for Dads. WonderDads Hack #2: Start Screen Free Sundays This Summer Healthy for everyone and creates great memories. WonderDads Hack #3: Check the Dad Feed Trade 3 minutes of your daily Facebook scrolling to find quick ways to connect with your kids this summer.

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Terrific Tech - Parents and Kids' Cell Phone Survey

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Just in time for the Back to School season, HMD Global , the home of Nokia phones, today released the results of a new survey that reveals how parents really feel about their children's first phone. Results show that more than a third of all parents say affordability is extremely important. Yet even as cost reigns supreme, 70% say they would choose a smartphone over a cheaper feature (non-smart) phone.

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Going Green - The Standord Inn by the Sea

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The Stanford Inn by The Sea is a luxury, plant-based eco-resorts overlooking the majestic Mendocino Coast. It is design to help guests travel in a way that protects and respects the destination, and improves their own well-being as well as that of the local community and the whole planet. Here are a few ways this Inn is truly unique: It seeks to simultaneously create joy in communing with natural surroundings while also lowering guests’ carbon footprint – encouraging them to move through forests

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Consumer Critique: Plumpie Designer Hydrocolloid Stickers

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Did you know that June is both Acne Awareness Month and Beauty in Your Skin Month? It is the perfect time to try out Plumpie’s Designer Hydrocolloid Stickers. Attitudes towards acne are definitely starting to change. When I was in middle school and high school, people did everything they could to hide acne with thick concealer. While some people definitely still do try to hide it, I'm sure, I didn't even know that pimple patches were a thing - at least, not the way they are now.

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