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Why I Resolve to Spend More Time Watching TV with My Family This YearMy New Year’s resolution: Spend more time watching TV with my family this year. Parental cop-out? No. It beats having each of us holed up with our little individual electronic gadgets all the time. -
Voters' Picks: Keep Rolling Forward, Not BackI'm voting for Obama because he is moving forward on the essential things that underpin prosperity. -
Miranda Lambert's Inspiration: Her Parents' Surprising CareersLambert’s inspiration for her “love gone bad songs” didn’t come so much from any low-lifes she dated but rather from the women she came across in her parents’ business. -
Jason Aldean: His Life, His Music, and Where to Get Free Legal DownloadsCountry star Jason Aldean had almost given up on the music business to work in a textile factory before he got his big break in Nashville. This article chronicles his ups and downs and how to get free legal downloads of his music. -
Predictions That the Titanic Would Be Bad LuckA novel, a fortuneteller, a nervous mother. These people all seemed to predict trouble for the Titanic steamship, the largest ever built, and declared to be "practically unsinkable." -
Titanic by the NumbersHow many times was the Titanic crew warned of ice in the area? How many passengers could the lifeboats hold? Here's the story of the Titanic told in numbers. -
10 Things You Never Knew About the TitanicWas the Titanic trying to set a speed record? Why didn't they have enough lifeboats? Why weren't the lifeboats full once it became clear that the ship would sink? And why didn't they listen to all the ice warnings? -
My Struggle with Infertility: It's OK to Stop TreatmentsIt is not mandatory that we push ourselves to the brink of what technology can do. We can save our time, our energy, and our money to nurture a realized life rather than to tease one from uncooperative biology. -
Suburban SpritesThis photo and poem capture the mood of decorating the trees with lights on a winter's evening. -
Holiday Lights Driving Tour in South Metro Denver: Englewood, Littleton, Highlands RanchThis little two-hour drive will take you past a house in Englewood with more than 80 shadow boxes, brightly decorated downtown Littleton and a delightful choreographed music and light show in Highlands Ranch. -
Our 2011 Holiday LetterHere is our family's 2011 in pictures. -
Holiday Lights in Englewood and LittletonThese photos of holiday lights were taken at the Kloewer home, 4990 S. Elati, Englewood, Colorado, 80110 and Littleton Blvd.(Main Street of Littleton Colorado).
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Download Music from Singer/Songwriter Adele: Free, Easy and LegallyIf you are a fan of Adele's music, you may be able to download her songs right from your local public library for free.
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How to Get Free Online Tutoring With a Live PersonMany libraries provide services with free live homework help. -
Worth the Price for Teens and Tweens: The International Spy Museum in Washington DCA visit to the International Spy Museum – with its interactive displays and tales of intrigue – may be just the thing to spice up your trip. -
Download Contemporary Country Music from Freegal: Free, Easy and LegalIf you are a country music fan, you may be able to download some of the most popular country songs right from your local public library for free.
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Save Money by Getting Passes to Zoos, Museums and Other Public Attractions at Your Public LibraryIf you are looking for an outing, check with your local public library. They might have just the ticket. -
Best Picture Books with Funny Monsters to Read Aloud to KidsThe big world often looks scary to a child, and these kooky, funny books can go a long ways towards minimizing a child's fears.
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The Best (and Worst) Things to Do With Tweens and Teens in Las Vegas: How They RateWe traveled all up and down the strip and tried out the activities for kids that the guidebooks recommended. Here is our list of recommendations, rated from best to worst in terms of price/entertainment ratio.
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Tourmobile's Twilight Tour of National Monuments in Washington DC is Worth the MoneyWe chose a company called Tourmobile for a nighttime monuments tour, and found the staff helpful, the guide funny and interesting and the experience worth the money.
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Selected Sights from Tourmobile's Washington DC TourFor a night tour of DC monuments, we chose a company called Tourmobile, and found the staff helpful, the guide funny and interesting, and the experience worth the money that we paid.
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Best (and Worst) Places to Go with Tweens and Teens in Las VegasLas Vegas does have some fun, tasteful entertainment for tweens and teens. Here is our family's list of recommendations, as well as a couple of things that you should avoid.
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Quick List: Best Classic Read-Alouds for Your FamilyLooking for a good book to share with your child? This book list, compiled by a children's librarian with 15 years experience, aims to provide you with a quick list of kid-friendly books that the children ask for and listen to time and time again.
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Quick List: Best Books to Read Aloud to Your FamilyLooking for a good book to share with your child? This book list, compiled by a children's librarian with 15 years experience, aims to provide you with a quick list of kid-friendly books that the children ask for and listen to time and time again.
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Review: Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition is Worth the MoneyThe curators of "Titanic: the Artifact Exhibition" have cleverly and deftly combined sound, sight, and touch to take you on a coherent journey that allows you a sense of what it was like to be a passenger on the Titanic.
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Fall Colors in Littleton, ColoradoThese are photos of fall scenes taken in 2010 in the city of Littleton, Colorado.
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What Were You Thinking when You Named that Baby?These are the names that make you tilt your head little bit and ask yourself, "What were the parents thinking?"
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Hey, Food Network, We Want to Be Judges on Your Television Show, CHOPPEDSetting people to an impossible task and then judging them when it doesn’t work out? What a sweet gig.
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Quick List: Narrative Non-fiction for KidsHere's a list of narrative non-fiction books. Narrative non-fiction is a book of true information presented in a story form with a beginning middle and end.
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The Carriage House Hotel in Las Vegas is a Good Place for People with Food AllergiesFor a person with food allergies, traveling can be a hassle. But for those traveling to Las Vegas, the Carriage House hotel makes the logistics a little bit easier.
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Four Tips for Getting Around Las Vegas Without Spending Lots of MoneyAfter a five-day trip to Vegas hitting all the attractions we could think of, our family discovered these four tips for getting around, beating the heat, and resting our feet.
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Great Spy Books for 4th-6th GradesThis book list, compiled by a children's librarian with 15 years experience, aims to provide you with a quick list of kid-friendly books that the children ask for and check out time and time again.
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Great Books for Kids Who like Diary of a Wimpy KidThis book list, compiled by a children's librarian with 15 years experience, aims to provide you with a quick list of kid-friendly books that the children ask for and check out time and time again.
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Quick List of Best Fantasy Books for Grades 3-5This book list, compiled by a children's librarian with 15 years experience, aims to provide you with a quick list of kid-friendly books that the children ask for and check out time and time again.
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Quick List of Best Adventure and Survival Books for Grades 3-5This book list, compiled by a children's librarian with 15 years experience, aims to provide you with a quick list of kid-friendly books that the children ask for and check out time and time again.
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Quick List of Great Mystery Books for Grades 3-5This book list, compiled by a children's librarian with 15 years experience, aims to provide you with a quick list of kid-friendly books that the children ask for and check out time and time again.
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Quick List of Best Realistic Fiction Books for Grades 3-5This book list, compiled by a children's librarian with 15 years experience, aims to provide you with a quick list of kid-friendly books that the children ask for and check out time and time again.
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Spinach Salad with Apples, Bacon, and Super Easy Orange DressingThis salad is packed with nutrients and flavor. I've made more complicated dressings which my family found ho-hum. This orange dressing is crowd- pleaser and amazingly easy: only two ingredients.
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Hello M&M World, Las VegasIt's 4 stories of all things M&M. Be sure to catch this store on the strip just south of the MGM Grand. Lots of photo ops, too.
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Review: Cheap Balcony Seats a Good Deal for the Beatles Love Cirque Du SoleilThe designers deliver quality entertainment at the Beatles Love Cirque Du Soleil by using entire space from ceiling to floor. Even the view from the cheap seats is delightful.
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The Carriage House Hotel in Las Vegas is a Good Place for People With KidsThe Carriage House hotel offers rooms with full kitchens at an affordable price, smoke-free rooms (and actually, smoke-free floors) and a convenient location.
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"Nathan Burton Comedy Magic Show" in Las Vegas is a Good Show for the KidsComedy-magician Nathan Burton' s Las Vegas show is an appealing option for the kids because of its emphasis on comedy, audience participation, prop-oriented illusions, and its avoidance of crassness and over-the-top sexuality.
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Dream Team Cast for "Dancing with the Stars" Season 13, Fall 2011How about getting some more "mostly famous" celebrities on Dancing with the Stars - you know, the kind that show up in the tabloids, or get lots of hits on YouTube?
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Lisa See Discusses New Book "Dreams of Joy" at Denver BookstoreOn tour for her newest book, "Dreams of Joy," See entertained the crowd with stories of her life, tidbits of history and background, and a teaser about the next book she is writing.
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Hudson Gardens Has Special Discount Price in 2011At the bargain price of only $1.50 for 2011, Hudson Gardens in Littleton is well worth the visit. If you live in south metro Denver (Englewood, Littleton, Centennial, Highlands Ranch) be sure to drop by. These photos were taken June 2011.
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Family-Friendly Book Review Web SitesIt's easy to find book review sites that represent very conservative values, but what about more "middle of the road" parents? These two sites aim at giving parents some guidance.
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A Review of "Dreaming in Chinese" by Deborah FallowsAfter spending three years in China, linguist Deborah Fallows decided to write this book which uses the prism of the Mandarin language to explore the patterns and subtleties of Chinese culture.
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A Review of "Chinese Lessons" By John PomfretAs a former Beijing bureau chief for the Washington Post, Pomfret knows China, and through the lives of these five classmates he is able to give readers a detailed and poignant look at the China of the late 20th century. Highly recommended reading.
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Review of "The Trouble with Chickens" By Doreen CroninDoreen Cronin's first foray into chapter books provides readers with a Hank the Cowdog for the younger set.
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"Tiger Mother's" Battle Hymn Disturbing, yet Oddly Witty and Heart WarmingWhile reading "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," I started to suspect that author Amy Chua had tried out her outrageous statements and stories on friends and neighbors, "Western parents," as she called them.
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Kirstie Alley Makes Big Splash on "Dancing with the Stars"If Kirstie Alley is supposed to be the old, washed up actress on "Dancing with the Stars," someone forgot to tell her. She came out with attitude, Moxie, and crisp footwork.
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Meet "Lucy Wu": A Girl with Chinese Heritage in a Great Chapter Bookyou are looking for a good-natured, interesting book for a tween girl, take a look at the new book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang.
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Download Glee Music from Freegal: Free, Easy and LegalGlee fans, you may be able to download their most popular songs right from your local library for free!
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Download American Idol Music from Freegal: Free, Easy and LegalIf you're an American Idol fan you may be able to download some of the contestants' most popular songs right from your local library for free!
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How I Resisted Darth Vader to Help Save the PlanetYou insert the bread, and the toaster scorches an image of Darth Vader on it. How cool is that? But, how much of the planet's resources do I use with my little impulse purchase.
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China Gives Guitarist a Chance to Re-Invent HimselfThe story arc of this book is the coming together of the band ... to a synergistic American-Chinese musical force that was voted "Beijing's Best Band," and'"yes'"they did play to thousands of screaming fans.
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Using Google to Find Lists of Books Your Child Will LikeThis article will give you tips that will help you find books similar to the titles your kids love, to continue that spark of interest.
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Great Parks for Kids in South Metro DenverWhen you're ready to take the kids out somewhere to get exercise in south metro Denver, head to one of these well-loved and unique parks.
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Best Websites that Recommend Books for BoysWith sports and video games vying for a boy's attention, it's tough to get him to read a book. Fortunately, grown-up guys have noticed and started to put out some lists of great titles for all the younger guys out there.
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Great Ideas for a Memorable Football-Themed Party: All AgesFootball fans are passionate about their sport, and bringing in the team mascot, or affixing a life-size decal of their favorite player to the wall will help make your party memorable.
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Eight Great Websites that Suggest Read-Alikes for Diary of a Wimpy KidLibrarians having been busy composing lists of read-alike books for the best-selling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, and these site offer some of the best lists around
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Free Websites that Let You Send Funny Personalized E-mailsWith these websites you can add a little zip to the e-mails you send out to friends and family. You can personalize the images in these free websites to construct a talking chimp or a wacky video.
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Great Fast-Paced Adventure Books for Tweens and TeensThese books pull their readers in right from the start and keep them turning pages with action, suspense, surprise and humor.
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Quick and Simple Chinese DishesAfter my husband and I adopted our daughter from China, I started experimenting with Chinese cooking. Since I work full-time, the dishes I made had to be quick. These are my family's favorite easy dishes.
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Download Audiobooks for FreeWith your library card, you can browse your library's collections 24/7, choose an audiobook, and download it for free, all without leaving your home.
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Improving Your Home Cheapest Way to Save Money on Energy CostsEnergy conservation is called the low-hanging fruit because the technologies are available now and many of them are relatively inexpensive and easy to implement.
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To Save the Earth We Need to Stop Stuffing Our Homes with JunkWe have consumed one-third of the Earth's resources in the last three decades alone. By the time my daughter is my age, we will have consumed at least two-thirds of the Earth's resources.
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Being Poor is More Than a Lack of MoneyMost of us go through times when we have little money: the Ramen noodle diet in college, the penny-pinching times when we were first married. But a lack of money is not the same as being poor. Not even close.
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Libraries Provide Information that is Free but Not CheapIf you want good, solid information that is compiled by knowledgeable people and packaged in a user-friendly form, you will likely have to pay for it. People don't generally do that much work for free.
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Lessons of Dust Bowl Teach Us that Ecosystems Can Spin Out of ControlHere's why we should care: When we gum up the mechanisms that balance the ecology of the Earth, we will reach a tipping point of changes cascading so quickly that we will be unable to cope with them.
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Natural Remedies a Help for Migraines and Other AilmentsTo be sure, pharmaceuticals have a necessary place in our health care, but when we equate the practice of medicine to the practice of dispensing pharmaceuticals, we neglect many low-cost, low side-effect therapies that show promise.
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Health Insurance Companies Wringing Profits Out of CustomersAmerica's for-profit health care system is expensive, fragmented, and, by many measures, failing. Reducing administrative costs is key to a national health care system that works. And other countries are proving it can be done.
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What a Solar Installation and an Alligator Farm Have in CommonUnconventional thinking solved a fish-waste problem in a mountain desert. Is solar power a similarly creative solution to our energy woes?
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Children Can Improve Reading Skills Through ComicsThough parents tend to want their children to "grow out of" comic books, solid research exists to show that kids do improve their reading skills through comics.
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How You Can Download Free Music from FreegalWith just a library card, you can access Freegal, a service that provides hundreds of thousands of legally downloadable songs from the Sony music catalog for free.
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Save Money. Drop Cable. Libraries Have More Videos Than You ThinkYou can save $50 to $100 per month on cable TV bills by dropping the service and using your local library's collection. Take it from an insider, libraries probably have more video offerings than you thought.
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5 of the Funniest Dance Videos on the WebAfter a hard day, you just want to sit down with the web and "simple out", watch something fun and entertaining. Here are some of the best dancing videos to watch, people being goofy, yet clever, and having a great time doing it.
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Comparing 3 Dance Games on the WiiThis article describes the Wii dance games Dancing with the Stars, Dance Dance Revolution and Just Dance in terms of ease, workout and fun.
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The Sears Store of Old: Sausages, Saddles, and BeesThere was a time when the Sears catalog sold almost everything a person could need, including sausages, saddles and bees. A look at a time when mom-and-pop operations knew their customers.
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Great Songs to Download for Your Football-Themed PartyWhether you're having a Super Bowl party or a football-themed birthday party, these are some songs that can get your party rockin'.