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Six months ago, Singaporean retiree Soon Eng Sam, 70, suffered a stroke that paralysed the left side of his body.

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Once boys reach the age range of 2 to 4, you can use games to help potty train them, including placing little “targets” in the toilet bowl and rewarding them for every success they have. Learn how to make potty training fun in this free parenting skills video. Expert: Dr. Heather Harrison DO Contact: www.centralutahclinic.com Bio: Dr. Heather Harrison specializes in obstetrics, pediatrics, adolescents, women’s health, preventative medicine, acute care and management of chronic medical concerns Filmmaker: Michael Burton Series Description: Parenting skills include a wide range of health-related issues such as bathing, teething, breastfeeding and others. Understand these important skill with help from a practicing physician in this free video series on child care.

Teacher travels road to recovery
Clipboard in hand, Danielle Mackovitch bustled about her kitchen classroom at the Lyons Township High School South Campus in Western Springs. The foods and nutrition teacher relayed instructions for making tomato soup from scratch with grilled cheese sandwiches. Freshmen and sophomores took out pots, pans and measuring cups, eager to …

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Do Video Games Make Kids Eat More?
An hour spent playing video games may make teenage boys eat more over the rest of the day, a small study suggests.

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FRIDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) — A new study of prisoners and
game-playing suggests that there's a link between damage to a specific
part of the brain and psychopathic behavior, although it's not clear how
they're connected.

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Growing up in a small town leaves you with special memories, especially of summertime with long days and no school for a few happy months. The highlight of summer was always the annual country fair, where the whole town turned out. The fair always made a fun day even more so, and made happy memories as well.

Making a bee line for the cotton candy stand was the first thing to do after arriving at the fairgrounds. It cost so little, for all the fun you got, first watching as the cotton candy machine spun out the fluffy pink stuff. Then, pulling off mouthfuls of sugary stickiness was a sure sign that fair fun had started.

After the ritual cotton candy, the Ferris wheel had to be next. Into the car you climbed, giddy with excitement and sticky with pink sugar. You seemed to whirl around faster and faster, and suddenly, if you were lucky, your car stopped at the very top, rocking in a slightly scary way as more passengers got on down below.

After that you went to the game booths on the fairway, promising wonderful rewards to those who could beat them. You could try knocking over heavy bowling pins with a soft ball. Another game involved tossing small gold rings, about the size of mens wedding bands, onto tall thin posts that moved in a circle. None of the games was ever as easy as you thought it would be.

If you were skillful or lucky enough to win at one of the games, there were fantastic prizes to select from. Perhaps you would pick a big fuzzy pink teddy bear, or else a chunky plastic imitation crystal necklace. Then again, it might be funny glasses with spiral patterned lenses, or a magic decoder ring, that you would choose. There were just too many choices.

All that exertion demanded some refueling, so it was on to the hot dog stand or possibly the fresh baked pretzel vendor. But the hot buttered popcorn was calling you from across the way also. As with the game prizes, there were so many choices and too little time.

Farther down the fairway, near where the rodeo would soon take place, a garish clown was juggling plates and otherwise entertaining onlookers. You briefly noticed that the scuffed brown boots he was wearing looked exactly like your seventh grade teacher’s. It seemed odd, but you forgot it a moment later as you laughed at the clown and thought what a great job he had, working at fairs all year long.

Tired and sunburned, but very happy, you finally went home with wonderful memories of another fun country fair. Untroubled by an overfull stomach, you were drifting off to sleep almost before your head was on your pillow. But just as you fell asleep you thought again about your seventh grade teacher and wondered just what he spent his summer doing.