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To: Ilaine who wrote (25768)	11/27/2007 8:49:17 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218135

An email from my sister, another upper-middle class liberal arts grad, so maybe we don't represent the common man. Unedited, uncut, unsolicited, my sister and I are barely on speaking terms. She will vote for Hillary or Obama, I will vote for Rudy, and so forth, but here it is. >>Hi, folks! I hope you had a peaceful Thanksgiving holiday. A lot of folks are kinda freaked out by all the recalls of unsafe/contaminated toys and other things from China. It seems like everything in the stores is made in China these days, and there's a new, frightening recall every other week. In searching for gift ideas this holiday season, I came across this Made In USA website. Put "toys" in the search box on the right and it will give you a list of U.S. companies that sell toys made in the U.S.A. madeinusa.com Another good idea I read yesterday was to give "services" rather than just "things" at Christmas (e.g. a facial, "tickets" to the local pool, language or music lessons, etc.) For children it might be a "coupon" worth one kid's matinee plus lunch "date", a trip to the zoo, or some other special outing or adventure, some new books with a promise to read them yourself to the child, their first library card, etc. (Handcrafted items given with love are always great, too. But with only a few weeks till Christmas, that might be a better plan for next year? Ooops!) I'd love to hear your ideas on this issue, too. As there are five "fresh" little ones in my family, and another eight among my closest friends, I'd rather not be giving lead or who knows what to them this Chistmas! Love,

To: Ilaine who wrote (25768)	11/27/2007 9:15:32 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Respond to of 218135

Thanks, A good summary... A few things jump out.. Interesting that only the original prodical group did the migrating back and forth.. Ants in your pants gene ? I read somewhere that there is speculation that people arrived earlier in NA.. Interesting that the other 3 original groups just kinda stood pat migration wise.. I guess there is more behind the scenes stuff to read there with more details.. Thanks The Black Swan