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I have been an Aromatherapist for over ten years, I received my diploma in Oxford, England after a year of study. I am passionate about safety and essential oils and have for years been an outspoken critic of any use of oils being used undiluted on the skin

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Sciences > Atmosphere & Weather How Dust devils form: 7 of 7
A dust devil is a strong, well-formed and relatively small, rapidly rotating whirlwind that stirs up dust, sand, leaves, and other material as it moves across the ground. They range in size from eighteen inches in width and a few yards in height to the rare and large ones that are over thirty feet in width and a thousand feet... More..
Health & Fitness > Health & Fitness (Other) True vs. false labor: 3 of 3
Am I in Labor?If you are asking yourself or anyone else this question, chances are, this is your first pregnancy and your first count down to meeting your child. It's a nerve wracking time as you don't know what to expect or what it feels like and you're nervous. You may be feeling the beginnings of true labor or just stronge... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Family heritage: 2 of 2
Kilts and children: Up close and personalLast week we took the kids to 'The Scottish Games' as a part of the required duties of a parent to teach them about their heritage. Okay, let's be truthful, we went to eat and and for my part, to watch lovely men with lovely legs doing manly things like tossing Cabers, which, for my pa... More..
Health & Fitness > Pediatrics Symptoms of diabetes in children: 2 of 2
Each year in the United States, over 15000 new cases of Type 1 diabetes is diagnosed in people under age 30 and most commonly in children and adolescents. For this reason, type 1 diabetes used to be called juvenile diabetes. Type 1 diabetes also is diagnosed in people older than 30, although this is much less common.Numbers a... More..
Arts & Humanities > The World Wars German defenses on the Normandy beaches during the D-Day invasion: 2 of 2
The Battle of Normandy, also known as Operation Overlord or D-day began on June 6th, 1944. Unlike the name D-Day suggests, it didn't take one day but 24 days and was officially ended on June 30th.The Germans knew that the allies were coming. They didn't know exactly where or exactly when, but they had plenty of time to plan a... More..
Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) The world's most valuable coin: 2 of 2
In 1848 gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in California which gave birth to the California Gold Rush. Up to this point, the largest coin minted was the ten dollar Gold Eagle. Due to the large amount of gold now flowing to the mints, Congress, in February of 1849, passed legislation that authorized the U.S. Mint to strike t... More..
Arts & Humanities > The World Wars The different methods the Nazis used to dispose of bodies at concentration camps: 2 of 2
The different methods the Nazis used to dispose of bodies at concentration camps.In 1939 Hitler ordered the execution of all institutionalized, handicapped patients which shortly led to the death camps such as Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec, Chelmno, Majdanek, Sobibor, and Treblinka where an estimated estimated 1,500,000 Jews, al... More..