Chances are you have a can of WD-40 in your work cabinet or kitchen handy shelf. The product, now 50 years old, is marketed in 160 countries and has over 2,000 uses. If you only use it for loosening hard to open joints or oiling sticky areas, you're in for a surprise. There are hundred of other uses and if you discuss ways you have used it, you'll be surprised at what you learn. Start with some of these to kick off a lagging the conversation, then see the complete online list at www.wd40.com and click on "fan Club."

Did you know it will loosen stubborn zippers, untangle jewelry chains? And more. Clean and lubricate guitar strings, remove stains from stainless steel sinks, remove dirt and grime from barbecue grilles, protect silver from tarnishing, and keep pigeons off the balcony. It also removes all traces of duct tape, adhesive tape, and Scotch tape residue.

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2. NEW PRODUCTS

FIRST-EVER SPRAY THAT CALMS KIDS.

If you want to have a peaceful, quiet holiday despite children all about, there's a new product called ChildCalm. It's a mist that brings a calming effect at a tune time when parents are seeking alternatives to drugs for children's mood and behavioral ChildCalm has received enthusiastic reviews from many prestigious sources, including: Prevention Magazine, WGN Medical Watch, and famed child psychologist,
Dr. Bunni Tobias.

ChildCalm is a special blend of flower oils, which contain naturally occurring soothing agents. The therapeutic properties in the oils are transferred to the child when they are breathed in. It can be sprayed into a room, or onto pillowcases, stuffed animals, and pajamas. When the therapeutic aroma is inhaled, it brings a relaxing effect.

ChildCalm can be ChildCalm has a scientific foundation. The therapeutic aroma in ChildCalm
facilitates relaxation by way of its effect on the emotional centers of the brain. Emotions and their subsequent behaviors are directly tied to the sense of smell.

Parents use ChildCalm to help kids sleep, for tantrums, hyperactivity and stress. It is not appropriate for everyone. And is not intended to treat or cure any medical condition. See www.childcalm.com and several sites with discussions about the spray.

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3. RECIPES IN SEASON

With sweet potatoes and yams (use them interchangeably) now available all year around, it makes sense to include this healthy tuber in your diets year around.

PAN SIMMERED SWEET POTATO SLICES

Many sweet potato recipes all for a lot of sugar and 350 calories. This one uses only 1 tablespoon and racks up only 98 calories per serving.

1 pound sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced, or 1 18-ounce can sweet potatoes

1/2 teaspoon finely shredded orange peel

1/2 cup orange juice

1 tablespoon molasses or brown sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

dash of ground allspice

In a large skillet bring 1 inch of water to boiling. Add fresh sweet potatoes; reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until tender. Drain well. Or, drain canned sweet potatoes and cut into 2-inch pieces; set aside.

For sauce, in a small bowl combine orange peel, orange juice, molasses or brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, and allspice. Pour over potatoes in skillet.

Cook and stir gently until bubbly. Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until potatoes are glazed, spooning sauce over potatoes occasionally. Makes 4 servings.

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SWEET POTATOES WITH RASPBERRY SAUCE

8 medium-size sweet potatoes
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 (10-ounce) package frozen raspberries, thawed and undrained

Cook sweet potatoes in boiling salted water 20 to 25 minutes or until tender. Drain. When cooled enough to handle, peel and cut in half lengthwise. Arrange sweet potatoes in a lightly greased 13- x 9- x 2-inch casserole, cut side up. Combine brown sugar and butter in a small bowl, mixing well. Spread brown sugar mixture over cut surface of sweet potatoes. Top with raspberries and juice. Bake uncovered, at 350 degrees F. for 25 minutes, spooning raspberries and juice over potatoes occasionally. Yield: 8 to 10 servings.

SWEET POTATO SOUFFLÉ

1 (14-1/2 ounces) can mashed sweet potato
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
2/3 cup all-purpose flour, divided
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted and divided
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

Stir together first 7 ingredients, 1/3 cup flour, and 1/4 cup butter; pour into a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish. Combine chopped pecans, brown sugar, remaining 1/3 cup flour, and remaining 1/4 cup butter; sprinkle over potato mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until bubbly. Yield: 10 to 12 servings

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4. BOOK REVIEW – THE BOOK OF ROASTING

Not everyone lives where they can barbecue all year around and many people just don't have barbecues (I'm among them). Hence, the BOOK OF ROASTING by Jeanette Egan is a welcome addition to a cookbook library. Even if you don't have a library, it could become an essential guide to quick, delicious methods for preparing vegetables, and fruits, as well meats, fish and fowl. It is fully illustrated with a photo at the top of each page, and 3 how- to photos on the same page.

If you've never roasted and artichoke, for example, the picture of the finished dish is at the top, the recipe follows and photos illustrate how to peel cut and arrange the artichokes. There's copy on how to garnish it, too. It also contains roasting ideas for soups and starters, main dishes, vegetarian dishes, pudding and desserts, cakes and tea breads, chutneys and preserves, and even hot punches and beverages. Many of the recipes are downright different and inventive. The long narrow 5 X 11 inch page is conducive to the layout for the 100 recipes on 96 pages. It's small but mighty and only $12.95 in paperback from HP Books.

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5. OLLA PODRIDA-

This is a Spanish term for a pot of stew. Literally, olla is a round earthenware pot and podrida is a dish composed of different meats and vegetables.

FREAKY FACTS ABOUT SPAM

From McAfee, the people who market security software comes these statistics about SPAM. As you might expect, their program McAfee Spamkiller is an automatic junk email blocker. Their new version 5.0 lists for $34.95 and is loaded with features for blocking spam email as well as reporting spammers.

7.3 billion junk emails sent each day worldwide

3.7 billion junk email sent to North America daily

$10 billion = costs to US business in time spent dealing with email spam

$4 billion =cost in lost productivity.

2.200 = no. of spam messages received per user in 2002

3,600= projected number of spam messages per user by 2007

400% estimated annual growth rate of spam.

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6. BOOKS by Dona Z. Meilach for Yourself - For Gifts

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