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Creating your own home sports bar is a blast! With a little imagination, you can build one that rivals any commercial sports bar.

There are at least a dozen hot air balloon events in Michigan this summer and many of the attending pilots offer rides to those who'd like to purchase a flight during the summer or fall.

Now that the kids are out of school, the temperatures rising and the evening prime time programming is set to re-runs and oldies- it's time for you to begin a summer reading group. OLIN is ready and willing to make it completely affordable for everyone, heck they will make it FREE but only for a short time... So whatcha waiting for?

If you are a parent, chances are that your kids like to go online. The fact of the matter is that for most kids the internet is the best way to communicate. But the problem is your kids may not be communicating only with people that they know. They may also be looking for new friends via sites such as MySpace.

Technology today is simply amazing. The areas in which we have access through only our computers is overwhelming. I'm only 36 years old, but I can remember when writing a paper meant going to the library and then plugging away on a typewriter. My parents were my spell-checker. Now all this is done from the comfort of home. Our children can sit at the computer and do research, type papers and find out all kids of information. Do we really know what they are doing when they are on the computer?

As a concerned adult who has been involved in online chat for almost six years, I was pleased to see the article regarding the closure of privately owned rooms on Yahoo. My concerns for children and teenagers online have grown over the past years as I have come into contact with people online that I, as a parent, would never have wanted my children to be around, even just on the Internet.

A gift is something that is given away without it being asked for and usually without ulterior motives to back it. People feel affection, love, sympathy and many other feelings that characterize them as human, and to endorse and amplify these feelings, they give gifts to those they consider special.

No matter what you say or do, your kids will chat and use IM (instant messengers) over the internet. That's a given. But since you have the obligation to protect your children, be aware that there are parent-friendly software tools that can assist you.

Debbie, a high school junior, appeared to everyone to have the ideal life: on the honor roll, decent part-time job, played three instruments, active in her church youth group, and she was dating a senior, the band's drum major, Brian. What few people knew about Debbie was that often she sported bruises on her inside upper arm or stomach where Brian would squeeze her arm or hit her during a jealous rage

If there ever was any doubt in your mind where adult domestic violence has its roots-put your inquisitive mind at rest. It starts with our kids!! In a recent study partnered by Teenage Research Unlimited and the Liz Claiborne Corporation, teens 13-18 were surveyed on the frequency of dating violence in their lives.