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From our AdvisorAnalyst.com family to yours, we wish you and your loved ones all the best for this holiday season, and health and happiness in the new year.
Have a great weekend and an even more wonderful break!
Here are this weekend's reading diversions for your personal enlightenment:
Loretta LaRoche: Why We Should Embrace Our Age
Bette Davis once said that getting old was not for sissies. She couldn't have been more on the money.
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Janice Taylor: 15 Tips for Better Sleep
Create a regular sleep routine. You can set your body's natural sleep-wake cycle by creating a familiar bedtime routine. Go to bed and get up at the same time each day. Being consistent is important.
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11 Toys NOT To Get Your Kids This Christmas (PHOTOS)
Most of us remember Christmases from our childhood as magical days of family, good cheer, and presents. But we take for granted that our parents could easily have destroyed this sentiment in one fell swoop of giving us a present so inappropriate, that "therapy" would occupy a spot on the wishlist the following year.
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Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph.D.: Pet Dogs and Cats: 6 Health Benefits (PHOTOS)
The social and emotional benefits of pet ownership are many: companionship, affection, unconditional love, and entertainment, to name a few. Children raised with pets are more likely to be empathetic and social than kids without pets. And having a pet can help enhance a child's self-esteem.
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Good Posture: 10 Tips To Help You Stand Up Straight (PHOTOS)
Good posture will do more to keep you looking youthful as the years go by than a face-lift or Botox. And the benefits of maintaining your bone health are much more than skin-deep.
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16 Holiday Movie Poster Spoofs From 'Rejecting Sobriety' (PICTURES)
It's a well-known fact that non-holiday movies suffer mightily in comparison to their yuletide counterparts. Which is why the blog Rejecting Sobriety, the brainchild of a couple of behind-the-scenes staffers at Team Coco, retrofitted some classic movie posters to envision our favorite films with a decidedly more seasonal bent
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Kathy Kastan: Avoiding the Bah-Humbug Blues This Holiday Season
Skyrocketing unemployment rates, economic hardship, terrorism, extremely partisan politics, distasteful reality shows and dire forecasts for the country can leave anyone with a "bah humbug" taste in their mouths this holiday season.
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Holiday buyer beware — of how you're being coaxed into spending - latimes.com
Stores' music, lighting, 'deals' and pricing ranges can all influence what you buy. And if you want to spend less, pay in cash so you can see what you're losing.
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Activia health claims were a little overblown -- even for yogurt - latimes.com
Activia yogurt also was advertised as helping with irregularity and could help prevent colon cancer -- none of which was proven, the agency says.
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Winter Activities That Burn Calories - Health Key
People tend to gain about five to seven pounds during the holiday season because of holiday parties with cookies and alcohol, dinners with second helpings and cold weather that makes you dread working out. But what a lot of people don't know is that winter can be one of the best times of the year to exercise! By Kelly Sullivan, Special to The Courant
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Cranberries: Nutrition, Facts, Benefits, History
Cranberries are packed with disease-fighting antioxidants. They’re also low-calorie—until, of course, you add the sugar that makes these tart treats more palatable
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Rachael Ray Blogs: Zeppole, a holiday tradition
Zeppole is a dessert that is traditionally made for New Year’s Eve, but it is so delicious, you can make it any time of the year! It is a favorite of Southern Italians and you often find it on the holiday menu, but the trick is to deliver them into people’s hands while they are fresh out of the frying pan
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Rachael Ray Blogs: Arancia aka Italian Rice Balls
One of the greatest inventions of Southern Italy is the rice ball, or as we Italians call it “arancia,” which literally is translated to mean “orange.” The balls are the shape and size of a real orange and have the golden color to almost match one.
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