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By Jim Still-Pepper As a father, I know firsthand how difficult and disruptive conflict can be during the teen years. And after almost four decades as a therapist, even though I know how to deal with a family conflict, I also know that some conflicts just don’t resolve the way we’d like. https://9ebc680fa35ec16e107b2d3e6d6abb7d.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html By JimContinue reading “How To Deal With Family Conflict If You Can’t Solve a Problem”

Knee replacement has been performed for knee arthritis since the 1970s. It has grown to become one of medicine’s most successful, life changing surgeries. Over the years, technology for this procedure has improved in many areas including implant design, surgical tools and technique, preoperative preparation and recovery protocols. The orthopedic industry has made many attemptsContinue reading “ROBOTIC KNEE REPLACEMENT”

The last few years have yielded plenty of challenges: political and financial unrest, the COVID-19 pandemic, poverty, habitat loss, and the effects of warming temperatures due to climate change, to name but a few. But there’s still plenty of good in the world, from small and simple pleasures to larger advancements offering collective hope forContinue reading “From a Rare Solar Eclipse to the Women’s World Cup: 14 Things to Look Forward to in 2023”

 BY REBECCA LINDSEY AND LUANN DAHLMAN  REVIEWED BY JESSICA BLUNDEN Given the tremendous size and heat capacity of the global oceans, it takes a massive amount of heat energy to raise Earth’s average yearly surface temperature even a small amount. The roughly 2-degree Fahrenheit (1 degrees Celsius) increase in global average surface temperature that has occurred sinceContinue reading “Climate Change: Global Temperature”

 Around the world, human trafficking has stripped nearly 25 million people of their safety, dignity, and liberty — disproportionately affecting historically underserved and marginalized communities.  During National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we reaffirm our commitment to ending this inhumane and immoral practice in all its forms.  And as we bring perpetrators to justice, we renew ourContinue reading “A Proclamation on National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, 2023”

Over the past four years, we grew accustomed to a regular barrage of blatant, segregationist-style racism from the White House. Donald Trump tweeted that “the Squad,” four Democratic Congresswomen who are Black, Latinx, and South Asian, should “go back” to the “corrupt” countries they came from; that same year, he called Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas,” mocking her beliefContinue reading “Will racism ever end in the USA?”

I’ve hand-selected each of these home kitchen equipment items for their function, durability, utility, or function. I have not been paid, endorsed, or otherwise received any monetary form of compensation from the product manufacturers of these items. I do not accept “pay for good review” submissions, and genuinely have a vested interest in providing non-influencedContinue reading “What are the Top 10 Must Have Kitchen Gadgets for 2023?”

By Alex Samuels Graphics by Elena Mejía Filed under Black Lives Matter Daunte Wright was driving in his car through Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, two days ago when police officers pulled him over and later fatally shot him. This isn’t the first time cops have used excessive or fatal force against a Black person. In fact, just 10 miles away from whereContinue reading “How Views On Black Lives Matter Have Changed — And Why That Makes Police Reform So Hard”

From emerging names in fashion to the UK’s up-and-coming restaurateurs, here are the rising stars of 2023 that you might not have heard of By Anna Cafolla From models of the moment to Stormzy-approved music producer prodigies, sports stars set to make history, and fervent grassroots campaigners, 2023 is a year we can at least look forwardContinue reading “From culture to food and fashion, these are the 23 rising stars to look out for in 2023”

Leaving the city life to live closer to nature may be a dream come true for many, but it’s not without its challenges. And the biggest one may just be having to deal with unwanted four-legged intruders visiting your garden, orchard, or porch area. While there are many products on the market that claim toContinue reading “Does Solar Animal Repeller Really Work?”