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Keeping Your Kids Safe: Baby-Proofing Your Home

The following is a guest post by Rick Console. You may think that your home is the safest place for your child, but it’s not. There is danger lurking around every corner (in fact, the corners themselves can be dangerous), but this does not have to mean your child will be injured. There are simple safety techniques you can employ in your home to keep your child safe from dangers you didnt even know existed.

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Bare Escentuals Makeup Tips

Bare Escentuals has earned notoriety for its Bare Minerals line, a series of cosmetics using finely milled cosmetic-grade minerals as its main ingredients. The manufacturers emphasize that their formulations do not contain the fillers or quantities of chemicals in other types of cosmetics, making Bare Escentuals products more accessible to people with damaged skin, though some people with sensitive skin note that the Bare Escentuals line is not hypoallergenic. Choosing and applying Bare Escentuals products demands a new approach to thinking about makeup. The containers are tiny compared to traditional cosmetic counterparts, and the application process is distinctive.

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My Journey

I was born in 1970 in Tel Aviv, Israel and moved to Pittsburgh in 1996 to pursue my master’s degree. Shortly after my arrival, I met a beautiful French woman named Michelle and fell in love. A year later, during a routine physical, I learned I had an irreversible and life-threatening kidney disease. I was 26 years old, and the doctor doubted that Id see 30.