Lifestyle
101 pretty good ideas from Home & Garden Television
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
A continuing compendium of tips and tricks from Home & Garden Television:
_ A mantel should have its own focal point. Often, a single large painting or mirror can do the trick.
Selecting Sauternes
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Q: How do I select Sauternes in a grocery store? _ Dawn Anderson, Lakewood, Colo.
A: Wow, if your grocery store sells Sauternes, you've got a way-better grocery store than we do.
Sauternes is a sweet white wine from the Bordeaux region of France _ it's got a long and storied history (it was one of Thomas Jefferson's favorite wines), and it's considered "the king of wines." It's made by letting grapes wither on the vine until affected by a mold called botrytis _ also called "noble rot" _ that makes them super-sweet, full of complex, honeyed flavors.
A more accessible kitchen
By ALLAN APPEL
Friday, November 17, 2006
There's more to a kitchen than merely cooking dinner.
For many people, the kitchen is the centerpiece of the household. So the appliances should be user-friendly to everyone, including those of us with disabilities.
The concept of universal design usually conjures thoughts of the overall layout and accessibility of the house itself.
During the holidays nibble instead of gobble goodies
By SHEENA McFARLAND
Friday, November 17, 2006
During the holidays, food seems to come out of every nook and cranny. And it's always a struggle to stop salivating sugarplum visions from becoming waistlines of bowls full of jelly.
New products aimed at enhancing your flight experience
By VIRGINIA LINN
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Here's a sampling of new travel products that aim to reduce your in-flight exposure to germs, make your flight more comfortable and help you expedite your way through airplane security lines.
Cleaner air
The busy holiday travel season arrives at the same time as flu and cold season, and the last thing you want to do is breathe somebody else's germs.
Smoking increases risk of cervical cancer for some women
By LEE BOWMAN
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Women who smoke and also carry high levels of the virus associated with cervical cancer are up to 27 times more likely to develop the most common form of cervical cancer compared with uninfected women who also smoke, results of a new study show.
The study by Swedish researchers involved data from Pap tests of more than 100,000 women, and identified 499 with cervical cancer that had not extended beyond the outer layer of tissue.
Today is a gift
By STEWART ELLIOTT
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
The calendar says I'm now 90 years old. Two other residents share Nov. 3 birthdays with me, and they, too, say they don't feel any older. I am so much stronger and healthier than I was a year ago that everything, except the mirror, says I should be perhaps 50 or 60 years old.
Our nurse gave me the required mental competency test and I made straight A's, although I confess to some problem remembering names.
Recently while talking with Laura, my only grandchild, I tried to impress her with her importance in my life by pointing out that when I am gone she will be the only real proof that I ever visited this planet.
More women choose epidurals during childbirth
By JOSEPHINE MARCOTTY
Thursday, November 16, 2006
When Libbi Zeien talks about childbirth with her friends, they all agree on one thing.
"Drugs," said Zeien, 28, who gave birth to her second child this month.
