A Little Bright Spot

More than 2 million Canadian made cribs are being recalled tonight. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling the drop side cribs made by Stork Craft. Four babies ahve died and more than 100 children have been hurt.
The manufacturer, British Columbia-based Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc., announced the voluntary recall of approximately 1,2 million drop-side cribs distributed in the U.S. and nearly one million distributed in Canada. A small number of those carry the Fisher-Price logo.

The cribs being recalled have a plastic drop side hardware that had broken,

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Not that I have a lot of time but I have been thinking about finding some additional freelance gigs. I have a full time job in radio news, and I do some freelance magazine writing. I love freelance writing. It is a lot more creative than the news writing that I do every day. If I could make a living from freelance writing I would love it. So that being said, I have decided to repost a few of my favourite website finds.

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So, I got a free Tassimo from Tassimo Canada. It is all thanks to twitter. OK, so it’s a promotion, I get that. The company gave away more than 300 machines. It was no doubt a marketing campaign to get the word out about their coffee machines. I get that. Here’s the thing, I made no promises. I didn’t have to say I would write a review, didn’t have to sing the praises of Tassimo to my friends to get one of these coffee machines.

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Know the Difference between a Cold and H1N1 Flu Symptoms:

Fever
Fever is rare with a cold.
Fever is usually present with the flu in up to 80% of all flu cases.. A temperature of 100°F or higher for 3 to 4 days is associated with the H1N1 flu.

Coughing
A hacking, productive (mucus- producing) cough is often present with a cold.
A non-productive (non-mucus producing) cough is usually present with the H1N1 flu (sometimes referred to as dry cough).

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