Lifestyle Columns
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Cavalia the Cirque du Soleil of equestrian artsJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Equine extravaganza Cavalia does for equestrian arts what Cirque du Soleil did for the circus arts. Founded by Normand Latourelle, a co-founder of Cirque du Soleil, Cava...
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Are there nonsurgical treatments for carotid-artery disease?Jul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I am 84 years old and have carotid-artery disease. I had an endarterectomy on the right side of my neck. My doctor checks the left side by ultrasound every three ...
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Steppenwolf's 'Up' pits dreamer against pragmatistJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Bridget Carpenter's "Up" unfolds not as a soaring statement about the pursuit of dreams, but as a more grounded admonition about sustaining balance in one's life: about ...
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The strange case of the tiptoeing toddlerJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - The phone call covered a wide range of childcare questions, from feeding techniques to sleep challenges, but the issue that bothered the mother most was the fact that sh...
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Security measures still stepping on toesJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Last week when Barb Person flew from Detroit to Minneapolis, she was sure she would arrive with a case of full-blown athlete's foot. Here's why. Barb forgot she would h...
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Buyers dismayed by unsigned building permitsJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. We bought our home about four months ago, and now have a big, undisclosed problem. The house is very old and was completely renovated; not by the person who sold us t...
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Mortgage repayment yields big returnsJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - One consequence of the financial crisis has been to make investment in mortgage repayment increasingly attractive. Mortgage repayment is a riskless investment that yield...
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Below market value for a quick saleJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. Help! Our 72-year-old friend is undergoing severe stress with a son in Iraq and estranged daughter-in-law and grandchildren. She wants to move out of the home she's b...
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Tepid-water problem has reader heatedJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I had our hot water heater checked out (it's gas). The pipes are not reversed, and everything else in the new tank checks out just fine. I had a new tank, which I tho...
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How to painlessly prepay a mortgage and save thousandsJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - There are several ways for borrowers to pay their loan off ahead of schedule and save tens of thousands in finance charges in the process. Q. I have 21 years left to go ...