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Tablets set to take over from laptops

Choice depends on how you use your computer

Happy 100th to a courageous TV cook

COURAGE is not the same thing as fearlessness. Having courage means there is fear, but you ignore that dry-mouthed stomach knottiness and do what you set out to do.

Builder has ideas about efficiency

- Same Place, More Space, by Karl Champley (Chronicle Books, 256 pages) $27.95 SPACE may not be the final frontier that Captain Kirk proclaimed, but finding some extra space in your home can be just as exciting.

Peak performance

NO matter how dedicated you are to your personal fitness routine, it can be difficult to force yourself through the door of a gym on a gorgeous summer day.

Table scraps not all bad

I had a few people over for a BBQ over the long weekend and a question was posed to me: "Do you give your dogs table scraps?" Actually the question came out as more of a shocked statement than a question, from the person who said it as she saw me tos

West Van man strongly rooted to North Shore

IN 1930, eight-yearold Gordon Cowley changed schools, from Queen Mary on Vancouver's west side to Queen Mary in North Vancouver. The school had been built on land purchased from the Bailey family.

Book helps parents cope with empty nest

- Fun Without Dick and Jane, by Christie Mellor, Chronicle Books, 174 pages, $16.95. FROM the moment of birth you have loved and protected your children. Year after year you've discovered new ways of going even further for them.

Don't forget about fees

MOST people are familiar with value and getting your money's worth

Late summer sipping at Feast of Fields

Coming up faster than you think, Feast of Fields is the remarkable FarmFolk CityFolk al fresco fundraiser, which always sells out way ahead of time . . . so better move fast. This year's extravaganza - Sunday Sept.

Bike race a home run

THE hot sun energized my body as I sat at Lost Lake reminiscing about the epic week I had just had with the B.C. Bike Race. It was a Monday morning in Whistler and the crowds had headed home.