Weekend picks tease for Ripley film and family activities
Friday in Weekend previews Damon’s The Talented Mr Ripley opening this weekend as a new direction after Good Will Hunting. The page highlights things to do with kids during the holiday, spots to work off Christmas dinner, and the latest video releases.
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Mr. Ripley
Coville invites readers to finish North Pole tale
Syracuse author Bruce Coville writes another cliffhanger holiday story titled Return to the North Pole inviting a reader to finish by midnight Saturday. Readers can hear the kickoff via NewsLine at 472-2611 category 2526. winner gets an autographed Coville book.
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Bruce Coville
North Pole
Coville
NewsLine
Help is on the Web for Lip Balm Addicts
Lip balm lovers seek online help in Lip Balm Anonymous and ChapStick addicts groups. The pieces suggest coping tips and personal stories shared on the web to manage balm dependence.
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Sixitegreesscom
How We Handle Kids Homework At Home
Parents share tactics for managing after school assignments across ages. Details include daily routines, time blocks, and strategies to reduce battles. Readers provide grade levels and school information to illustrate common homework crunches.
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CNY
Syracuse
Women more certain of gift choices in survey findings
A Roper Starch Worldwide survey for Buyjewel.com shows women feel they usually know exactly what gift to buy a significant other, nearly twice as likely as men. When unhappy with gifts, women are twice as likely to call the gift not thoughtful.
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Roper Starch
Buyjewel.com
Millennium ends with year 2000 says Morgan
Williams College math professor Frank Morgan argues in The CQ Researcher that the second millennium ends with 2000. He explains by a 1 000 per row layout that the third row starts at 2 001, placing the millennium’s end at the year 2000.
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Morgan
FDA approves color blindness correcting lenses by ColorMax
The FDA cleared ColorMax Technologies to sell Color Vision Enhancement Lenses for deficient color vision. The glasses target adults at 699 dollars and children at 499 dollars, marking the first FDA approved product for treating color vision deficiency.
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Food and Drug Administration
ColorMax Technologies Inc
FDA
Searce
Last minute gift wrap tips from Scotch tape maker
Simple advice for last minute gift wrapping. Use hard surfaces and arrange tape and glue for easy access. Wrap with tissue paper, measure gift size, and use a two piece wrap for large items. Set up a themed assembly line and color code for each family member's gifts. Newspapers, especially Sunday comics, make good gift wrap year round.
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