The Water Cooler

August 6th, 2010

This Week’s Topics…

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    Giving
    Some of your daughters might have participated in the American Girl's Shine On Now…
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    Health
    Do you tend to burn the candle on both ends, robbing your body of much needed sleep. Or…
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    Society
    What's the harm in legalizing gambling? Read this article to see the lessons South…
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    Giving
    Not everyone could do this-- get a group of people together and convince them to pledge…
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    Life Goals
    David Brooks looks at Clayton Christensen's recent essay about two kinds of people,…
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    Health
    Who knew? Apparently babies cannot digest a number of things in their mother's milk. Is…
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    Bargains
    And speaking of breastfeeding, this week is World Wide Breastfeeding Week! This company…
Giving

Keep Shining, American Girls

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by Jill Joiner
Some of your daughters might have participated in the American Girl's Shine On Now effort, discussed by Nancy French in this article.

If so, then you'll be happy to know they actually met their goal of collecting one million "stars," meaning a total of $1,019,798 in clothes, books, dolls, and money to four charity organizations: Kids in Distressed Situations, National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions, National Wildlife Federation, and Save the Children.

While Shine On Now has officially ended, there are still amazing ways to make a difference in your community. Please keep reading SixSeeds to read about inspiring people serving others, and also visit American Girls' site, www.ShineOnNow.com, to learn about more ways to "keep on shining!"

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Health

Go Ahead, Sleep In!

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by Jean Yih Kingston
Do you tend to burn the candle on both ends, robbing your body of much needed sleep. Or are you convinced you need at least 8 or 9 hours of sleep per night?? This study says 7 is the magic number!

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Society

The Costs of Gambling

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by Editorial Staff
What's the harm in legalizing gambling? Read this article to see the lessons South Carolina learned when it opened the door to video poker. "The money came disproportionately from the poor: In a 1997 survey of video poker players, 48 percent reported making less than $20,000 per year. Meantime, one video poker operator reported earnings of more than $90 million."

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Giving

Giving it Away, (When "It" is Billions)

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by Mark Basnage
Not everyone could do this-- get a group of people together and convince them to pledge to give away half of their money. Especially if that group was collectively worth $90 billion.

But not everyone is Warren Buffett.

Read the list...

Life Goals

The Summoned Life

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by John Wunderli
David Brooks looks at Clayton Christensen's recent essay about two kinds of people, those who plan their lives out, and those who see what's required of them. See what you think of Christensen's categories-- and Brooks' take on them.


"The person leading the Well-Planned Life emphasizes individual agency, and asks, 'What should I do?' The person leading the Summoned Life emphasizes the context, and asks, 'What are my circumstances asking me to do?' "

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Health

Breast Milk Science

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by Editorial Staff
Who knew? Apparently babies cannot digest a number of things in their mother's milk. Is this just evolutionary sloppiness? Not really, it turns out. These undigestible milk components serve a life-saving purpose...

This is an eye-opening, fascinating scientific look at that special moment.

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Bargains

Breastfeed in Style... with Free Nursing Covers!

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by Nancy French
And speaking of breastfeeding, this week is World Wide Breastfeeding Week! This company is showing their support for nursing moms by running a promotion where you can get any of our nursing covers (regular price $32) free! The code is "Breastfeeding." Not currently nursing? Well, this is a good chance to stock up on great baby shower a presents. I got several recently for some friends and my sister, and they are very stylish.

Once you get to www.uddercovers.com, click on "Shop Now" and select the cover you'd like. Type Breastfeeding into the promo code box and it will bring your product total to $0. All you pay is the shipping
fees. (Helpful hint: you can use the code more than once - you just have to open a new browser window to do so!)

You can also use this promo code to get a 3 piece gift set for only $5!

Shop now!

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