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    Do you drink diet soda? Aspartame causes cancer in lab rats...will you continue to drink poison?

    U.S. consumer group called for an urgent Food and Drug Administration review of the safety of aspartame on Monday, but the FDA said there was no immediate need to do so despite a new study showing the sweetener may cause cancer.Italian researchers published a new study last week that showed...
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    Translated Signs From Other Countries

    [1] IN A BANGKOK TEMPLE: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN. [2] Cocktail Lounge, Norway: LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR. [3] Doctor's Office, Rome : SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES. [4] Dry Cleaners, Bangkok : DROP YOUR...
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    Useless Facts

    On "Modern Marvels: 'Hot and Spicy'" (History channel) TV program... Useless Fact #1: 80% of the world's horseradish supply is grown in Illinois, USA. Useless Fact #2: In Japan, wasabi is used in toothpaste for it's antibacterial properties. Useless Fact #3: At the Tabasco plant, on one...
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    What vitamins and minerals do your eyes need to have good health and see clearly?

    I think I have short sightedness, and I want to cure it naturally. What foods have these vitamins and minerals.
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    Stuffed Squid #2

    Yield: 4 Servings 1 lg Squid, about 7 inch body 1 lb Shrimp 1/4 lb Hot sausage 1 ea Head Nappa cabbage 3 ea Bok choy stalks 3 ea Large carrots, grated 1/4 c Grated radish (daikon) 1 c Cooked short/medium rice More squid landed at my feet and we...
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    Fish Balls #1

    Yield: 8 Servings 2 c Cooked flaked fish (white) 1 c Milk 7 tb Flour 1 ts Salt 1/8 ts Wasabi powder 3 tb Oil 1/2 ts Worstershire sauce 3 ts Grated onion 1 ea Egg Bread crumbs or Panko Here's one for the 'Something New Jan 2002...
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    Japan 'Rice Soup'

    Yield: 16 Servings 2 qt Chicken stock or dashi 3 c Dry rice, calrose 1/2 c Chopped green onions 1/2 c Chopped bok choy (cabbage) 1/2 c Shrimp meats, deshelled 1/2 c Mussels or clams, deshelled 1/4 c Chopped squid 1/4 c Octopus chopped 1/2 c...
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    Special Udon Nabe

    Yield: 6 Servings 8 c Dashi or chicken stock 6 tb Soy sauce (shoyu) 1/4 c Sake 2 tb Mirin 12 oz Fresh udon noodles 6 ea Clams, small, cleaned 1 ea Chicken breast, deboned/cut 1/3 lb Scallops (about 8) 3 oz Kamaboko (fish paste/cake) 6 ea...
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    How long has the chickenpox vaccine been around?

    Also what vaccine caused a scar on your arm? My family and I are debating about this and they think the chicken pox vaccine was given in the 40's.
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    What would you like toIs autism a global issue, or is it only an issue in industrialized nations? ask?

    I am just curious whether autism is a global issue, or just an issue in countries where children get immunizations. Are there studies? On the Today Show, doctors were claiming that autism just surfaces around the same time children are immunized. Wouldn't this be easy to prove by assessing the...
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