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Senior Care for Alzheimer’s by: Alex Jensen As a person ages, a certain amount of memory loss and confusion is quite normal. Personally, I’ve been known to invoke the cliché, “The older I get, the better I was!†Unfortunately, Alzheimer’s disease represents a more serious loss of mental sharpness and calls for special care for [...]
What Would I Do Without My Doula? by: Suzanne Doyle-Ingram By the time my husband and I finally got pregnant the first time, I had done a lot of reading about birth options and we had already decided to have a midwife instead of a doctor. We believe that pregnancy is a healthy state of [...]
Handling a Hurricane; Part 1 – The Threat of a Hurricane – Are You At Risk? by: Graham McClung For sustained violence, no form of weather beats a major hurricane. With wind speeds which may exceed 155mph (240 kph), torrential rain, destructive waves and storm surges which can raise sea level by 20 feet or [...]
Handling a Hurricane; Part 2 – Preparing for and Surviving an Approaching Hurricane by: Graham McClung Part 1 of this article described some of the characteristics of hurricanes and the damage they can cause. In the days before high tech weather forecasting, well organized emergency services, and mandatory evacuation, major hurricanes resulted in hundreds, if [...]
Ways to Save Energy and Slash Electricity Bills by: Chileshe Mwape 1. Lighting & Light Bulbs Install low energy light bulbs in rooms you use regularly – they last up to 15 times longer than a normal light bulb and provide the same lighting for a quarter of the running cost. Turn off the lights [...]
Save Money By Getting A Term Life Insurance Quote Online by: Peter Crump When deciding or choosing what life insurance is best for you, you can avoid feeling pressured into a policy by searching for a term life insurance quote online. The service is terrific and it can be a fast turnaround because you control [...]
Gifts Make Others Feel Special by: Randy J. Menvor Gifts A Great Way To Show Your Care We all like to receive gifts. Surprisingly enough, most of us also like to give gifts. Giving gifts gives us the feeling of doing something good. It makes us happy to see someone enjoy the fruits of our [...]
Retirement In Jeopardy by: Bill Bates Enron and United Airlines and so many more are specific examples of the reasons your retirement is in jeopardy. Lets throw in two more examples, Social Security and “Mother Nature”. An upcoming worry is General Motors. Once said to have been the world’s third largest economy, now has rumors [...]
The Charlotte Mason Method Increases The Effectiveness Of A Home School Reading Program by: Brent Sitton When it comes to home schooling, parents need all of the resources they can muster. Designing curricula, scheduling field trips, and tailoring lesson plans to children in different grade levels can be challenging. Using children’s literature to enrich the [...]
Wedding Rings by: Elsie Gilbert Wedding rings don’t tend to get the public airing that they deserve, in your average wedding celebration. However, wedding rings are likely to be worn for the rest of the bride and grooms’ living days, so they are, arguably, the most important element of the wedding accessories. Wedding Rings – [...]