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It only takes a minute. You step away to check on an overflowing pot on the stove or to answer the phone and before you know it, your toddler is out of your sight. That’s what happened to an Illinois mom last week and when Tabitha Hearn realized her 2-year-old son, Brendan was missing and [...]
Facebook has become the largest social networking site on the internet. There are other sites, but as this article is being written, Facebook is the king. In my family law practice, I see a substantial impact of Facebook and similar sites on divorce. As attorneys, we look to Facebook as a source of information as [...]
Now here’s something you wouldn’t expect. Coca-Cola is being sued by a non-profit public interest group, on the grounds that the company’s vitaminwater products make unwarranted health claims. No surprise there. But how do you think the company is defending itself? In a staggering feat of twisted logic, lawyers for Coca-Cola are defending the lawsuit by [...]
Recently, while wearing one of my HAVEN t-shirts, I was stopped by a man wanting to know what the message on my tee was referencing. The message on the shirt was our tagline “Live without Fear”. He asked me what fear I was hoping to live without. When I stated, “rape and assault”, he looked [...]
Monni Must’s encore photography career and newfound passion. “No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” – Buddha “The most significant thing in a woman’s life is often the birth of a child,” says Monni Must. “It makes you realize how much you are [...]
Like their much sweeter cousins, chili peppers are loaded with health boosting antioxidants like beta-carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin, and vitamins A and C. Together these nutritional heavy weights help promote heart, vision, and immune system health. But these spicy little nutritional powerhouses also contain a bonus ingredient, CAPSAICIN. In addition to putting the heat in [...]
You wake up to the sound of an annoying alarm, you’re dead tired, and you just plain feel out of sorts. Ugh! How do you go out into the world—or even get out of bed!—when you are feeling so blah? April Durrett, IDEA contributing editor, and health, fitness and lifestyle writer shares mindful strategies that [...]
Animal hoarders can be overwhelmed caregivers, rescuers or sociopaths. Go inside their minds and learn what to do if you suspect hoarding. Just how long Barbara Onderdonk had been hoarding Shetland sheepdogs is unknown. What is known is that she stored dogs like throwaway clothing in her garage in Buncombe County, N.C., and that ultimately, [...]
When the late Marvin Gaye crooned his 1973 hit, “Let’s Get It On,” many young couples swooned to his sultry overtones. Fast-forward to 2010, and those same people — now in their 50s, 60s and up — continue to fuel love’s flames with a healthy sex life. Some of that can be attributed to erectile dysfunction-thwarting drugs, [...]
Weekly MYSORE Practice begins 8/31! All levels are welcome! The Mysore style of yoga asana practice is a particular way of teaching yoga within the Ashtanga Yoga tradition as taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in the southern Indian city of Mysore. There are some differences in this method from the usual modern way in [...]
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