Science now supports the physiological effects of kindness on not only the body and emotions of the receiver but also on the giver as well. Kindness causes us to feel better!

It's Sara G. & A. Mac's Challenge II ... This Time ... We're Sort of Going "Round & Round!"

This time, Newsvine Authors will have to spin their best tales to make it to the Finish Line ... and we're not just horsin' 'round about that. Please follow the terms and guidelines and remember the submission deadline ... Midnight, April 7, 2010 Sara G. & A. Mac

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Catholic hospitals support health care bill

A group representing Catholic hospitals Saturday rallied behind President Barack Obama's health care bill ahead of a House vote in which anti-abortion lawmakers could play a decisive role.

Laws, Lies and the Abortion Debate

It has been three years since the Supreme Court's conservative majority abruptly departed from precedent to uphold a federal ban on a particular method of abortion. Emboldened, foes of reproductive freedom are pressing new attacks on women's rights and health. In Utah, Gov.

Sara G. & A. Mac ... SHOWCASE Newsvine Authors at Their Best! Our First Group of Winners.

This is the initial presentation of winning entries to the Sara G. & A. Macarthur Authors' Challenge.

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An Abortion on Twitter: Why shame remains

Outing Abortion, From Town Halls to Twitter A Florida woman tweeting her abortion is trying to take the shame out of the procedure. It's a high-tech twist on an evolving mission, one that's had limited success.

To All the Girls Who Cared Enough to Show They Cared ... To Those Thirteen Roses Among the Thorns ... My Way of Saying "Thank You."

To: dkaz, Perrie, Sara G., Hek, YaddaYadda, ZanyZazu, Walk'n Dead, MoonCrow, DragonWoman, Lo, Holly, MinnieApolis, Nearing Thank you! Copyrights A. Macarthur A. Mac

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There are better places to keep your car keys...

it was such a lovely day, the sun was shining, there was just a hint of a breeze, and I was just starting my week off! Could it get any better? I decided that if I was to truly enjoy my time off, I was going to get the errands done first, so I could then do whatever I wanted for …

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Happy Valentine's Day To All The Men On The Vine!

*Sung to the tune..."To All The Girls I've Loved Before" by Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias.* (Uh-one and Uh-two.....) To all the men we've loved before, who traveled in and out our door We dedicate this card, we hope to get you hard To all the men we've loved before.

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LUCY....Where Are You......??? Err,I mean Sara!!

Okay, so, I was really tired from work and I'd had a headache for a straight 12 hours...more really, and at 6:30am I ditched out of work...came home, took meds, and went right to bed.... I slept off and on.

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Freeze Warnings Tonight (florida!)

Because I live in Florida, I hear from many friends and relatives that I do not know what "real" cold is, anymore. Trust me, yes, I do. I was born and raised in Indiana, and spent a year in Canada. I am very familiar with truly COLD weather.

Seasons Greetings! Time to renegotiate our friendship!!

2010 Contract After serious & cautious consideration... your contract of friendship has been renewed for the New Year 2010! It was a very hard decision to make... So try not to screw it up!!! My Wish for You in 2010

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Conservatives looking to defend unborn

Anti-abortion conservatives are proposing a new constitutional amendment that critics claim would make it a crime to take birth control pills in Florida.

Florida Exodus: Rising Taxes Drive Out Residents

"There are many things public officials probably shouldn't do during a severe recession, but no one seems to have told the leaders in Florida about them.

Opposing groups protest outside abortion doctor's clinic

Operation Rescue drove in two of their so-called Truth Trucks, delivery trucks with giant billboards of dismembered fetuses on the sides. The vehicles parked in a designated area outside the clinic to gasps from the women's rights groups.

Are you ready for a TMobile Upgrade (that you didn't ask for?)

Ok, so I've been a loyal customer of T-Mobile wireless service for about 8 years. Having left another cell phone company for a slight I considered undeniably wrong. Here I am, many years later and I find that my vision is , at best, failing.

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"They broke into my house..."

I decided to write this. To put it out there, not only as a warning to everyone, to please be careful, but perhaps to purge my own feelings of guilt. I realize, really, that it had nothing to do with me, I just wish I had been able to do something.

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I spy with my little eye...

The following photographs have no rhyme or reason. None of my photos ever do. As I have mentioned, when I see something that I want to remember, out comes the camera. Many of the photos do not live up to the memory. Some are vivid.

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Some of my Photographic Memories

The first photo was taken at my brothers funeral. He was a Viet Nam Veteran, and as they were folding the flag, a family member snapped this photo of me, and my other brother. I find it.....touching.

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Hamburgers and Ketchup Gravy "yum"

"This is a homestyle dish handed down from my grandmother to my mother to me. It's very simple but tastes out of this world! It's my husbands favorite dinner! The secret is the simmering! When the gravy simmers for a while, the flavors blend to make a thick sweet gravy.

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Seven Layer Salad...

Since I work midnights and there is not a restaurant or canteen or ANYTHING open all night where we "worms" (workers of regular midnights) can get a decent meal. A lot of the employees bring in food.

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I saw me...

I believe that when we are young, we are open to the idea that there is something always just behind the screen of present day life. That it is not only possible, but probable that we lived before, or that we are visited by people that have lived before us.

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Sister, Can You Spare a Dime?

One out of every 200 Americans utilized an emergency residential program between Oct. 1, 2006, and Sept. 30, 2007. And while it's estimated that only a small percentage of those people are panhandling, many of us (especially in urban areas) are regularly asked for money.

Bush's Days Of Judgment

Slowly, painfully, self-awareness has come to George W. Bush. "Turns out this isn't one of these presidencies where you ride off into the sunset, you know, waving goodbye," the president told the conservative American Enterprise Institute in December.

Easy Hair Removal

"This has been floating around e-mail boxes for a few years. I just found it and thought it would make for a few laughs. I admit, every time I read it, I laugh till I cry....." All hair removal methods have tricked women with their promises of easy, painless removal -

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Comfortable in my skin. Fifty four and fabulous. Not one to turn a responsible debate into a confrontation.