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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 9:07 am
I love Eva. And I never even met her. After she posted her video on Feb. 11 and continued to live and then even got put on the "list", well I really though she would get new lungs in time. Today is her birthday.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 9:10 am
I just got an response from one of the film makers (afte I inquired about where to see this film): Hi Julie, Right now we are doing everything we can to get this film shown on American television. We are keeping a list of people that want to purchase the dvd when it is available, and that's actually a great way for us to generate interest in US networks. So if you, or anyone you know wants to honor Eva's journey through transplant by supporting the film, that email: dualogueproductions@yahoo.com with your name and State. You can also email PBS, HBO and Showtime and let them know that you want to see this film! We've been screening at festivals, and are hoping to keep going through grassroots efforts. All the Best, Nimisha So if anyone is interested in seeing this in the US, please take a minute and send out an email or two...
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, April 03, 2010 - 10:30 am
To all the Easter egg dyers out there - you can get the dye off your hands with baking soda and vinegar. It bubbles and looks a little scary but doesn't hurt your skin and takes the dye off with just a little rubbing. I'd follow up with some hand lotion because it does dry your hands out a little.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 5:53 pm
I heard about this today in the car listening to NPR and came home and looked it up. Has anyone else heard about the Saudi Burger King ads? They are pretty funny. Anyway you can go to this website and watch them: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/saudi-arabia/100323/burger-king-middle-east
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, April 09, 2010 - 8:47 pm
Neck exercises to do at the computer:

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Southern_grits
Member
10-08-2009
| Friday, April 09, 2010 - 8:50 pm
Really cute, Who!
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Friday, April 09, 2010 - 10:30 pm
wow, my neck does feel better.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, April 10, 2010 - 3:12 pm
I am sea sick now!
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 8:34 am
I'm watching Rachael Ray right now and seeing something SO fascinating. A branding expert (Martin Lindstrom link ) is talking about how marketers manipulate us, brain scans, the most addictive sounds in the world (first is a laughing baby, 2nd = the sound an ATM machine makes, 3rd is a vibrating cell phone, even though we don't like it - we are addicted to it), how lots of our environment is fake, 85% (if I am remembering that correctly) of our actions are subconscious. #1 consumer advice from him: do not be hungry when you go shopping (even if it is clothes shopping, not sure if the hunger there is actual food hunger or hunger for new clothes) #2 don't bring the kids (too many of us feel guilty about stuff and buy, kids have 7 tricks to manipulate us to buy), we spend 36% (aprox) more when we take them with us. #3 don't use the shopping carts This is so interesting to me. He talked about the Mini cooper car. It was designed specifically for a purpose and has become the #1 in car sales for women ever because the original looks like a baby face in the front.
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 9:07 am
wow that's interesting! I have heard that casinos put the loud or the paying machines near the openings because people cannot resist the bells and whistles and hearing the coins come out. I haven't been to AC in years so I don't even know if machines pay out like that now.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 9:24 am
I caught Lauren Hutton on The View yesterday promoting her new movie coming out tomorrow -- Joneses. Might, in a round about way, be related to this marketing as above. In the clip they showed, she was telling an underling not to sell the product (the thing), but sell the life style that goes with it -- if I understood it correctly. Sounds interesting.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 12:16 pm
What was the reasoning about #3?
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 12:26 pm
Maybe you buy less if you have to carry everything in your hands? Wouldn't help me, lol, if I decide I need something else I'm going to get it and then have to struggle to check out holding everything!
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 1:03 pm
I find that I spend less when I do all my shopping for the week, rather than running to the store several times. So #3 doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 1:09 pm
Believe me, the more times we go to the store, the more we spend. One trip is much better.
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 2:04 pm
Yes, if you have a basket instead of a cart, and you have a LIST, you are less likely to IMPULSE buy. As for the casinos - that's sort of a myth. No one has coin machines anymore (they all spit out paper tickets). They also like to move the machines around and change the angles so there isn't much of a clear pathway from door to potential destinations - a machine will eventually be in front of you. They entice you now days with topics (like Survivor slots, or Sex-in-the-City slots) and you keep trying to get to the elusive bonus round to see the show clips so you have to keep playing and playing to get that...basic behavior/reward stuff.

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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 2:20 pm
I don't do weekly shoppings (nor do I care whether I spend more or less). I do shop as the Europeans do, however, and that's every two or three days, buying what I need when I need it so it's the freshest possible. (Except for the weekly farmer's market, naturally.) I think if you have a basket you're also less likely to just cruise the aisles.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 8:07 pm
Like Merry and Jimmer, I find I do less impulse shopping and save more money if I do shopping all at once, usually every 2 weeks. I may walk by something and grab it, but it's something I would have bought anyways that I just forgot to put on my list. Also makes it easier because I know what I'm eating for the next couple weeks rather than trying to wing it.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Saturday, April 17, 2010 - 11:00 am
I think the reasoning for #3 was what War said. It wouldn't work for me either, I HATE shopping and want to go as little as possible, so, I have to use the cart and get enough to last awhile. I always have a list and stick to it.
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Monday, April 19, 2010 - 3:30 pm
One tip for spending less at the supermarket is to stay, as much as possible, out of the center of the store and stick to the perimeter, where the essentials are: fresh produce, dairy, meat departments are along the outer walls of the store, but in different corners so you have to travel through the whole store to get the essential itemjs you need most often. One way I spend less time in the store is to make sure I write my list in the order that I travel through the departments of the store: my favorite grocery store puts its promotional items right up front next to the shopping carts, so I put "cereal" on my list first, then if I need anything from the deli, then I list my dairy items, fresh produce, meat, and finally bread products. I don't usually buy frozen items, unless the kids are with me. Then those are impulse purchases which really add up: the kids want chicken patties, garlic bread, and ice cream--it is less expensive to shop without them, but harder for me to do physically.
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 11:54 am
haha the last time I went to AC, the Wheel of Fortune machines were hot...lol like I said I haven't been there in years!
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 12:01 pm
I find I buy less if I shop more often, actually every day. I decide on dinner, grab a couple reusable bags and walk the three/four blocks to the store. Walking means I am less likely to grab crap that I have to carry home and I just get exactly what I need for that day. It's when i try to anticipate every item I might want for a week or two that I get into trouble. Definately agree with not shopping while hungry but disagree with #2. Don't raise begging kids!!! LOLOL I love having them around for company and debating what to cook. We have some of our greatest solving-the-problems-of-the-world conversations after a 'what does free trade coffee mean?' type of question. 
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Taysmomcj
Member
03-24-2008
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 5:43 am
I'm not sure where to post this, so if the information below should be moved to another thread, please do so. Thanks!! Please click the link below to vote for the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation. They are in the running for a $250k grant from Pepsi to fund researching an alternative treatment for cancer that does not use radiation or chemo. The individual who began this research, is actually from the city where I live. He unfortunately died last year, without being able to see his work completed. His wife is continuing his work through this foundation. Every vote gets the foundation closer to their goal. You must register at this site with your email to vote. They are currently 4th. "About Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation: The Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation is a non-profit organization supporting ongoing research and clinical trials for the Kanzius Non-invasive Radio Wave Cancer Treatment, an alternative method that has no side effects and does not require surgery" Please Vote http://www.refresheverything.com/kanziuscancerresearch
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 3:18 pm
I really have no idea where to put this, hopefully enough parents catch this thread. Starting on May 3rd Disney will be releasing 50 songs for free download. They will be from Disney movies, tv shows and include artists like The Jonas bros. Here is the information page from The Inside the Magic podcast including the youtube video explaining the offer from Disney.
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 9:06 am
Help! we use to have a TRAVEL section...where did it go? I can't find it!!!
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