With cooler air and leaves falling from the trees, it is easy to get sad about summer’s end. However, if you keep the fun going with the kids, autumn can be the best time of year! From fall holidays to nature hikes to creating things with fall in mind, there are all sorts of great ways to spend the season. These are also great things to do while the kids are just starting school, because it helps them take a [...]
After taking some heat for his Republican presidential debate performance last week in Orlando, Fla., Texas Gov. Rick Perry has released a new Web video attacking Mitt Romney’s health care record. The spot highlights an edit made between the hardcover and paperback versions of Romney’s book “No Apology” about the health care law the then-Massachusetts governor signed in 2006. Referring to his electability during the debate Thursday night, Romney said, “One reason to elect me is I know what I [...]
I know exactly how you feel. Life as a teenager can be so hard. You are not a kid anymore because you are smart enough to observe and analyze your surroundings, but you are still not an adult because there are still a lot of experiences in life that you need to have and lessons that you need to learn from these experiences. To top it all, the hormonal imbalance in your body can really mess you up emotionally. I [...]
Wow, it’s been over a week since Irene and I along with 40,000+ other runners woke up to different beeps, chirps and buzzes from clock radios, running watches and blackberry’s for the 40th running of the NYC Marathon. Which starts over at Staten Island and weaves around the 4 other boroughs and ends at Central Park, next to Tavern on the Green. Actually I was already up around 4am waiting for the digits to show 04:30am. As soon as I [...]
ATHENS (Reuters) – International lenders told Greece on Monday it must shrink its public sector and improve tax collection to avoid default within weeks as investors spooked by political setbacks in Europe dumped risky euro zone assets. Hours before a telephone conference between the Greek Finance Minister and senior officials of the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, the IMF representative in Greece spelled out steps Athens must take to secure a vital 8 billion euro rescue payment next [...]
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Print E-mail By CORALIE CARLSON The Associated Press CAIRO — The pyramid rose out of the sand before me, its smooth stone walls crumbling around the edges, but still majestic and mountainous. As I hiked around it, studying the etched hieroglyphs and pausing to pick up a small rock from the sand, I was filled with wonder. How did the ancient Egyptians build such a huge structure? What was life like 4,500 years ago when it was constructed? And … [...]
Tin Roof Brewery Neighborhood: South of Downtown Baton Rouge, LA 70802 United States of America Tin Roof Brewery opened up during the last quarter of 2010 in Baton Rouge, LA and since that time they have managed to come up with two unique brews that locals are “geauxing” crazy for. Tin Roof is a microbrewery that managed to put two new and unique beers on the market by the end of 2010. This first production of brews included “Perfect Tin Amber” [...]
The Toronto Film Festival will see 268 feature films screened, with a strong lineup and those attending and swinging deals in the charged atmosphere in an excellent mood after Cannes and Sundance proceeded so well. A variety of big names will also be in attendance, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Madonna, U2 and Pearl Jam. With last year’s “The King’s Speech” having won at the Toronto Film Festival last year and having gone on to do well at the Oscars, [...]
The root word is the Middle English hap, which is not used today but does appear in mishap and hapless. Hap refers to “chance, fortune or luck”, and this is reflected still in the contemporary meaning of happen in the sense of “occur by chance”. The Oxford English Dictionary records usages of happiness no earlier than the sixteenth century, and it seems to have extended from the senses of “fortune, luck, success” to include the pleasurable feeling that results [...]