Final campaign finance tallies trickled out Thursday for a presidential race expected to be the most expensive in U.S. political history, showing a last-minute $10 million contribution to a political action committee backing Republican candidate Mitt Romney from a billionaire Las Vegas casino magnate who has been the election’s biggest moneyman.
With election season in our midst, you might be thinking about how you can do more to support the candidates of your choice. While it’s true that each person only gets one vote, there are other ways to show your support for your favored candidates leading up to the election that go beyond showing up at the poll.
– Let’s face it. The Great Recession put a kink in many Americans’ retirement plans. Combine that financial blow with the general uncertainty regarding Medicare and the future cost of private health insurance.
– Fall is the time of year when thoughts turn back toward the home. With kids back in school and the holidays approaching, many homeowners look for ways to make their rooms more stylish, but struggle to find the balance between beautiful and livable.
A volatile economy and tough job market have revived American workers’ interest in continuing education. Now more than ever, adults are returning to educational environments to advance their skills, training and knowledge.
– Nearly 26 million people in the United States have diabetes and the population continues to grow. There are approximately 5.5 million people in the U.S. who depend on daily insulin injections to help them control and manage their diabetes, but more than half of those people do not achieve their recommended glucose target levels, according to the American Diabetes Association.
A man who was shot in a convenience store parking lot Wednesday morning has died, Las Vegas police said Thursday.
The average winter temperature in 25 U.S. states is below freezing, according to the National Climatic Data Center, and that can be very harmful to concrete surfaces left unprotected by homeowners. The repeated freezing and thawing that occurs due to changes in daytime and nighttime temperatures during the winter can cause concrete to crack and flake. Homeowners should repair and protect surfaces now to avoid costly projects in the spring.
– Do you wish you had a bigger bathroom? If so, you’re not alone.
Universal hearing testing for newborns has helped to identify most children with hearing issues quickly and accurately. With a simple test, 80 to 90 percent of hearing loss can be detected, and children can begin early intervention with the best possible outcomes for language development.
Hearing Health Foundation, the leading non-profit funder of hearing research, remains committed to the Americans serving in the U.S. armed forces who return home suffering from tinnitus (ringing in the ear) and hearing loss. At least 60 percent of soldiers coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan report hearing problems due to noise exposure experienced during their time of service; surprisingly, hearing loss and tinnitus are more common than post-traumatic stress disorder.
– Many parents are busy these days juggling everything from work, car pools, soccer practice, and cooking dinner. But a hectic schedule doesn’t have to mean poor food choices. Here are a few time-saving tricks to make mealtime easier and nutritious for the whole family.
In the United States, Veteran’s Day is a time to commemorate and thank the veterans of all military branches for their hard work and dedication to our country. Although this year’s Veteran’s Day has passed, it provided an opportunity to remember all that past members of the military have endured and sacrificed for our country, including their health. Though it is not a condition resulting from combat, many current veterans face deadly asbestos-related diseases like mesothelioma due to frequent asbestos exposure while serving in the military.
Prostate cancer is a growing concern in the United States as an estimated 28,170 men will die of prostate cancer in 2012, making the disease the second leading cause of cancer death in men behind lung cancer. While any man may get prostate cancer, there are certain risk factors that may place you – or your loved one – at increased risk. In particular, African-American men have among the highest reported prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates. It is estimated that one in five African American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
A 1,200-foot mountain, a video camera and a blood glucose monitor – these three things may seem unrelated to most people, but to rock-climber Steve Richert it is just another day at the office.
Make this year’s holiday celebration a time that the important people in your life will never forget. You can celebrate the past 12 months and welcome the new year by sending the special people in your life a sincere thank you gift.
Show your appreciation for others and everything they do for you with a Hickory Farms corporate gift basket, holiday gift card or personalized gift just in time for Christmas celebrations. Learn more about the affordable gifts to send to customers, co-workers, bosses, staff and others.
– When you think of baking, your mind probably goes right to warm cookies, fruit-filled cobblers or pies and savory bread. While those are all the happy results of spending some time in the kitchen, when children, tweens and teens get involved in baking, they’ll come away from the experience with a lot more than just happy taste buds.
Nothing sets the ambiance of a delicious holiday dinner better than gourmet wines. No holiday meal is complete without a complementary beverage to set off the rich, savory flavors of the main entree and side dishes.
It’s hard to imagine a community that thrives without the help of local businesses. One of the best ways to show that you value a community with unique local businesses is to shop at those establishments.
Cooking for an event can be nerve-wracking, especially if it happens to be the first time you’ve prepared a holiday meal for a big group. No cook makes it through without a couple of hiccups and a handful of questions. The good news is that now there’s an easy way to get the answers you need – by asking the food experts at the Betty Crocker Kitchens.
Along with America’s economic troubles has come a new phenomenon: the accordion family. The term was branded by Katherine Newman in her book “The Accordion Family: Boomerang Kids, Anxious Parents, and the Private Toll of Global Competition,” and she characterizes it as a multi-generational household with some working members and some non-working members. They typically consist of parents and their adult children who move back in during their prolonged job search.
When buying groceries, shoppers have the potential to impact countless people who work behind the scenes producing the foods and beverages that end up in households across America. Purchasing Fair Trade Certified(TM) products has been on the rise for the last 30 years, but most people still aren’t aware of the impact fair trade has on coffee-growing communities around the world and the difference purchasing Fair Trade Certified coffee can make.
Whether you spent the summer traveling to far off destinations or just found all kinds of fun to be had in your own backyard, there’s a good chance you were left with more than just the memories of all the good times. For many of us, it also means hard drives full of photos that continued to pile up as you went from one fun activity to the next during the summer.