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Digital Devices Like Smartphones, TVs, And Tablets Are Destroying Children’s Face-To-Face Social Skills0
- Health & Healing
- August 29, 2014
Are you concerned that your children are spending too much time using digital devices, like smartphones and tablets? Is it at the expense of quality time interacting with friends and family? You may be interested in the findings of a new UCLA Department of Psychology study about the affects of technology on children’s social skills.
READ MORETeens Need Later Start to School Day, Doctors Group Says0
- Home & Family
- August 29, 2014
Is your teenager sleep deprived during the school year, because classes start too early? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is now weighing in on the issue of school start times for teens. The AAP believes 8:30 a.m. or later is best for middle and high school students.
READ MOREBilly Crystal’s Emotional 2014 Emmy Awards Tribute to Robin Williams0
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- August 26, 2014
It is not easy to say good-bye to a treasured friend–to convey the depth of your feelings or capture the true essence of the person in words spoken to others. But that’s just what Billy Crystal did at the Emmy Awards in a touching tribute to Robin Williams, whose death continues to be felt by millions around the world.
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The Growing Threat From an EMP Attack1
- Causes
- August 12, 2014
“What is lacking in Washington is a sense of urgency. Lawmakers and the administration need to move rapidly to build resilience into our electric grid and defend against an attack that could deliver a devastating blow to the U.S. economy and the American people. Congress should pass and the president should sign into law the Shield Act and CIPA as soon as possible. Literally millions of Americans lives could depend on it.”
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Minnesota preschooler, 89-year-old WWII veteran neighbor become fast friends over unlikely bonds0
- Making a Positive Difference
- August 12, 2014
It may seem like an unlikely friendship. But there’s no telling that to a 3-year-old boy and his 89-year-old next door neighbor; Maybe that’s what makes it all the more special. It started with the tomatoes that Erling Kindem, a WWII veteran, was growing in his backyard. Apparently little Emmett Rychner also has a fondness for
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24-Year-Old Cancer Victim Inspires After Death0
- Making a Positive Difference
- August 4, 2014
Maire Kent’s journey did not end with her death from a rare form of cancer at the tender age of 24. The aspiring nurse had a final dream, and in the more than coincidence of life she met a filmmaker during a hospital visit who offered to do what he could to support her wish,
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