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Animal Victories in 2010

As we close out 2010, let’s look at some great end of the year news for animals. The ASPCA has released a list of their legislative victories from the past year. The majority of the laws passed are by individual state governments, but there was one successful federal bill signed into law by President Obama on December 9. In April animal rights received a blow when the Supreme Court invalidated an 11-year-old law called The Crush Act. The act banned videos depicting the sick practice of crushing; the name itself refers to when a woman in high heels would step … Continue reading →

End of the Year Sales and Discounts

Trying to clear out inventory and offering sales at the end of the calendar year is not a tactic JUST reserved for large department stores and retail corporations. You can appropriate this sales technique for your small home business too. You don’t even have to be in a product oriented business to make it work… If you are in direct sales or produce and/or sell a product then it might make more sense to you to consider an end-of-the-year sale. People tend to be spending money at this time of year and seemingly more discretionary income to spend so it … Continue reading →

End of December Fitness Goal Check

12 months, I began the End of the Month Fitness Goal Check. These Fitness Goal checks were designed to help you keep the finger on the pulse of your fitness program throughout the year. It’s hard to believe that here we are at the end of our 12th month since we began this little adventure and we’re doing our End of December Fitness Goal Check. We celebrated our Anniversary here at Families.com, we celebrated Hanukah, Solstice, Kwanzaa and we celebrated Christmas. Tonight we celebrate the final rest of 2006 and the birth of 2007. It’s been a busy, busy month … Continue reading →