We all are aware that reptiles and birds are a part of the animal kingdom. But many of us are not familiar with the theory which states that birds evolved from reptiles, leading them to share quite a few features. Believed to be descendents of the dinosaurs, there are several characteristics which are common to [...]
My family has owned the house I now own for a bit more than 50 years. Built in 1957, it’s one of the older homes in the area. When we moved in, the land behind us was undeveloped–just an old, overgrown field that once had been farmland–and plantation land before that. An area across the [...]
Iran announced this morning that it would immediately cease shipments of oil to Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, France and the Netherlands. Iran has taken its first step toward calling the bluff of the EU and the US over sanctions related to its sale of oil on the international market. Recent EU sanctions dictated that all [...]
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Michelle Obama has been making the rounds to promote the second anniversary of her “Let’s Move” campaign to combat childhood obesity. She’s already visited The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and joined Rachael Ray on the set of her cooking show. But last night the First Lady took things to an [...]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that, among older adults (those 65 or older), falls are the leading cause of injury death. In 2008, almost 20,000 older adults died from unintentional fall injuries and 82% of fall deaths were among people 65 and older. Falls are also the most common cause of nonfatal [...]
I bet many of us cannot do without a dash of tang to our food; be it seafood or roasted lamb, it is incomplete without a good squeeze of lemon. Even though lime has a relatively sour taste, it is consumed literally on a regular basis. What makes limes and sour fruits so irresistible? Most [...]