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I'm currently growing out my hair to donate it. While it doesn't save lives, it does help people. My sister lost all her hair when she had leukemia...she was 18 so hair was still important to her. I'd like to help out another little girl in a similar situation in the future.

I kept getting deferred. Now I take a multi-vitamin as well as an iron supplement and haven't been deferred since. I've questioned and researched getting too much iron but have not come anywhere close to being in danger of it. This is something I went out of my way to do to donate, with the added side effect of feeling a…

It might be a country thing, but receiving a transfusion doen't bar you from donating forever. You have to wait one year after recieving a transfusion, at least in the US. I've had a tranfusion but still can donate. My work has a blood drive every two months typically. We are displaced at the moment but should be back to…

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Notice the laughy face? I didn't say porn could save ALL marriages. I was pointing out that it could help one, and by doing that it would have a purpose and be needed by someone. Simply saying that just because you, or even most people, find porn to have no benefit doesn't mean it doesn't to someone.

Agreed! Maybe 50 could be classified as smut? Like Harlequin romance novels? (I've not read it). I don't think porn should be banned from the library, I just think most people that want porn won't try to find it there. Maybe if we brought it into the libraries people some people would expand. Honestly, even porn has value…

I agree and read Flowers in the Attic when I was in junior high - I wouldn't say it scarred me. Another fantastic writer is Diana Gabaldon. If anyone has read any part of her Outlander series, there are some explicit sex scenes in there, but there is so, so much more than just that.

It is a bit unhealthy...I mean, don't we need some fat?

:drinker: I love cardio so I do that much more often. However, I know that I am in need of some weight/strength training so I am starting a program tonight that focuses on that exact thing. I will probably have to throw in some cardio too. For me, it's less about the end result and more about not liking the pain or…

This is true. I might add that I don't go out of my way to watch body building shows or anything like that. I don't know anyone who wants to be like that. I just don't think it's all that common or I just don't get out much. :smile: Either way, I don't use it to judge their character to be sure. Well, I guess I can't say…

I don't like it on a guy or girl. Being toned and having muscles is fine, but too much is not ok. As is too much fat or too much bone.

There have been cases where prisoners that are now required to give their DNA have been linked to cold cases from many years ago. Had they been required to give DNA at any point in their life prior, the case wouldn't be "cold". That would definitely be a pro, but that is prisoners (convicted felons) not people arrested…

This is true but I don't think that's what you are protecting. We do leave our DNA everywhere but if you aren't already in the system, there is nothing to compare it to. What the issue is is taking DNA to put you in the system - is that protected? I would say yes, it would be something that one would need a reasonable…

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Yes, yes they do.

This is my life with twins...two of everything, or they have to figure it out, which doesn't work so well all the time at the age of 4. I bet they are better off than singletons at the age of 4 though. :smile:

I haven't started the program yet (trying to get over being sick first), however I do have Turbo Fire and Chalene does bowlers lunges in one of the tone/sculpt dvds. I just do a normal lunge. My right knee has hurt for some time (MRI shows its fine). I just can't do the bowlers lunges...I will try though, with focusing on…

I think there's a difference. Maybe in the pedophile circle they might think it's ok, but the law says its not. However, in other cultures it is ok to marry young children, or force them to marry, whatever. So, in that culture it is not illegal and it really doesn't matter what we think here in that instance.

I really want to make this. I'm not a squash fan but might be ok with a tomato sauce on it. I'm willing to try it though, just have to find the squash.

:flowerforyou: OP - you rock!! I love the message and totally agree! I've also come across many mom's who've used this excuse and it makes me sad. Some have even come back to me saying that I just must not be as busy as them. Anyway, keep it positive and keep your head up. You look fantastic. :drinker:

I finally watched the episode. I really didn't think they treated it lightly. They were concerned she was going to die...how is that lightly? I think they were focusing on her eating as the reason why she's not losing weight at the end. SummerSkier - I do think they have an opportunity to bring more insight into thyroid…

Some good recipes...I'll have to try a few. :smile:

I've yet to watch this past week's...I missed her the first episode. So, she's got a thyroid tumor? I love this show!

This^^ Unless you chose to donate money to the federal gov't you did something wrong based on what you've stated in this thread. I'd have a tax professional look at them...and if someone else did them then you need to go back.

It seems to me that the entire article is about searching for the men..."Two sought..." in the title. The first line is 'police are looking for'. It ends with, call ### with any information.

I don't understand why the race was left out of the article...regardless of the intent of the crime, knowing the race of the suspects makes it much easier to look for the guys. In my area, those details are not left out that I'm aware of.

You are not alone. :smile: I use my neck too much in many strength moves, I just have to be conscious about it. It's usually when I've done too much or my form is failing...and then I'm not really working the right muscles anyway.

Maybe if you focus on keeping your back straight instead of rounding it might help?

I'd go with this. Do a crunch but don't make them too big, just lift your shoulders off the floor enough to engage the abs. Focus on feeling the abs contract but with not going so high as a sit up you might not strain your neck as much. Do you try to sit all the way up now or do crunches and still get all the strain in the…

This makes me so sad to hear stories like this, and they are far too common. I just can't understand the mentality that money means more than people. How do we fix this? How do we ensure that routine pap smears are able to be done for everyone to avoid women losing their life for something that is pretty treatable. I don't…