Revamping Blogs

Need to start using this more. This post is a test to see if it will post to Face Book.

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NH homeschooling under attack

will say more later. for now, here is the text of the proposed bill:
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HB0367.html
2009 SESSION
09-0491
04/05
HOUSE BILL 367
AN ACT relative to procedures for evaluation of home schooled students.
SPONSORS: Rep. J. Day, Rock 13
COMMITTEE: Education
ANALYSIS
This bill revises the procedures for evaluating a home education program.
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win free ergo

https://winafreeergobabycarrier.speedsurvey.com/survey.aspx?u=390AA3B3&DO_NOT_COPY_THIS_LINK

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Secondary Transmission: The short and sweet about live virus vaccine shedding.

(from insidevaccines.com; http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/2008/02/24/secondary-transmission-%ef%bb%bfthe-short-and-sweet-about-live-virus-vaccine-shedding/#more-96)
A child gets vaccinated and is from that moment on protected from the vaccine virus, correct? We all realize that vaccines are not 100% failproof, but is that the only concern?
If it only were that simple. The fact is that once a child is injected with a live virus vaccine (and let’s assume [...]

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Want “Real Milk”…You Probably Aren’t Buying it in the Stores

A friend recently asked me why our family drinks Raw Milk (unpasterized, unprocessed).  For one, its a way to get back to the root of our food and eliminate processed foods from our diets.  But there is more to it than that.  Though my babies will drink only mommy milk for AT LEAST 2 YEARS [...]

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What to name #4 baby boy??

well, this is a topic that I am obsessing about lately.   And, of course, Matt is not obsessing..which is making me even more obsessive!!!
Thus far, we have (i omitted the last 2 names b/c this is a public blog but we will be using my last name plus his last name…so if you know us [...]

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Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care

I’m in the process of reading this book right now and can I just say its GREAT!
check out the reviews on amazon.com:   http://www.amazon.com/Pushed-Painful-Childbirth-Modern-Maternity/dp/0738210730/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213145937&sr=8-1

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ACOG Statement on Home Births

Apparently, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has seen The Business of Being Born. Because they have issues a News Release that is about as preposterous as anything I have ever read from a medical establishment.
Below is the News Release, but I have to simply point out that ACOG’s conclusions are not [...]

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Help Protect Home births in NH…write a letter to the Board of Nursing

The NH Board of Nursing is attempting to take the right of home births and births in free standing birth centers away from women and children in the next 2 weeks. Basically, the Board of Nursing is planning to issue an Opinion that CNMs (Certified Nurse Midwives) may not attend [...]

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