Lifestyle Columns
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Central lighting control can save moneyMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. My electric bills are high, probably much of it due to lighting. I thought some type of central lighting control might allow me to use fewer lights. Would this save e...
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New on DVDMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - These DVDs were released this week: "I Am Legend" It is 2012, and New York City is deserted. Dr. Robert Neville (Will Smith) is the only human alive. A virus has mu...
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Channel 2 hopes to be No. 1 with new studiosMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - WBBM Channel 2 is hoping that if it builds it, viewers will come - both literally and at home via the remote. "It," in this case, is Channel 2's impressive new studios, ...
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It sounds like jealousy is the cause of your kid-talk annoyanceMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. My older sibling finally married and had a child, all within the last three years. I've been happily married for almost eight years with no intentions to have chi...
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It may be a full 'Moon,' but it falls short of a star filmMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - I didn't want to merely like "Under the Same Moon," I wanted to love it. But its banal, artificial dialogue, cliché crutches and syrupy, made-for-TV pacing prompted me t...
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Sweet-and-sour pork gets a healthy and tasty makeoverMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Sweet-and-sour pork can be mighty tasty. But those great flavors can carry enormous amounts of calories, fat and saturated fat. Long before I became aware of calories or...
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Spelt not necessarily most nutritious pastaMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. Is spelt pasta really the most nutritious? A. Spelt is one of the earliest cultivated varieties of wheat, a slightly different type of grain from the wheat mo...
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Friendship soupMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - For four years Kathy Cobe has been trying to build a sense of community in her neighborhood around giant pots of soup. On three consecutive Sunday nights in October she ...
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Friend's flair for bad choices is not your problem, but your response to it isMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I have a close friend I want to understand. "Carla" is a college-educated and successful registered nurse. We tried dating early on, but her ex-boyfriend, "Dylan,...
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Fish may ease lupus symptomsMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. Do you have any diet suggestions for someone with systemic lupus erythematosus? I am on a number of medications and take vitamins and supplements such as amino ac...