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Love & Time Travel: Interview With About Time’s Rachel McAdams

If you’re a sucker for a good romantic comedy, don’t miss About Time – a new film from the man behind Notting Hill and Bridget Jones’s Diary about love, family and time travel. Writer/director Richard Curtis has done it again with the story of Tim, a young man who comes from a long line of time travelers, and Mary, the girl he loves so much that he’ll change the past to win her heart.

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February Astrology

The early February planetary lineup in Aquarius, along with a Libra moon and Jupiter in Gemini, makes for a lot of air which inclines towards verbosity – but of course with many innovative and original ideas bandied about, so typical of Aquarius. This preponderance of refined air, the label attached to Aquarius, IS technologys true Homeland.

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Risky Business: Why Women Excel In Dangerous Careers

When my husband was diagnosed with a rare liver disease, I made an astonishing discovery: the risks I took at my job actually helped me manage the ordeal. As a professional ski patroller, I carry explosives, start avalanches, hike in chest deep snow, and haul heavy toboggans carrying gravely injured skiers. We women patrollers do this side by side with the men. While some might find my work a bit risky, I find it essential.

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How to Treasure Life When It Gets to Be Too Much

Watching a bird search for worms. A butterfly bounce across the lawn. The feel of a gentle breeze gliding across your skin. Those are the things I look forward to the most when life gets to be too much. Give me simple any day over hectic. Our connection to the earth. Our connection to our food. Our connection to each other. Is there time for that anymore?

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The Family That Zip-Lines Together, Stays Together

Way back in March, my husband and I sat at a table with a bunch of other couples who had also had too much to drink, at the live auction fundraiser for my kids’ elementary school. At one point, when a week at a luxurious house in Costa Rica came up, we and another couple decided to go for it. It was one of those s