There are people who do not want any gifts. We all know at least one of these people. While it is important to always respect people’s wishes, this can become difficult during the holidays, when it is routine to show people we care about them through the giving of presents. So how do you accomplish … Continued
By Surabhi Ashok Imagine you lose your house in a fire. All your possessions, your clothes in your closet, your bulletin board covered in pictures, your memories, are gone. However, you push away your sadness and tell yourself that you should be glad that at least your whole family is safe, that other people lose … Continued
By Pam Teel The term “endo belly” describes the painful and often severe abdominal bloating associated with endometriosis. This severe bloating is likely due to inflammation, growths, or other digestive issues resulting from endometriosis. Endometriosis is a disease in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus. It can cause … Continued
By John Voorheis When severe forest fires last year blanketed Oregon and California with a thick layer of smoke, the high concentrations of fine particulate matter spewed into the air created one of the worst air pollution events in recent history. A large body of research has documented that breathing in these fine particulates has … Continued
By Pam Teel Ahh Pizza. We all know what it is. We’ve all had it, whether covered in mushrooms, anchovies, and yes, pitifully, even pineapples. Pizza, our modern-day food favorite, but did you know it existed in ancient Greece? According to many studies, the word pizza is linked to the word pita, a food prevalent … Continued
By Pam Teel Collective nouns are nouns that refer to groups of people, objects or animals. Some we are very familiar with, but others we might just have to scratch our heads a bit and tax the brain. Below are a few collective nouns for animals. Let’s just see how smart you are. Would love … Continued
By Pam Teel Ceratopogonidae is a family of flies commonly known as no-see-ums, or biting midges, with adults being only 1/8 inch in length. The family includes more than 5,000 species, distributed worldwide. There are 47 species of no- see-ums in Florida alone, seven of which like the humans a lot! It’s bad enough we … Continued
By Pam Teel More than 100 years ago, it was a woman athlete who attracted trains full of baseball fans to Cleveland, Ohio. Advertisements in the papers boasted all about her pitching skills. Miss Weiss was born on February 9, 1890, in Berlin Heights, OH, a small town in Tuscarawas County. Her parents were Dr. … Continued
By Richard Mabey Jr. The Halloween of 2005 was a most special Halloween. For it opened the door to show me one more example of the immense compassion that resided within the chambers of my late father’s heart. It was in October of 2005, that Dad was in and out of the hospital. He was … Continued
By Pam Teel Over 43,000 youth, leaders and volunteers from 150 different countries made their way to the 25th World Scout Jamboree that took place in South Korea, the beginning of August of this year. The event didn’t go as smoothly as planned when mother nature, among other issues came to surface. Matthew McCormick, from … Continued