By Lindsey Bever The human head weighs about a dozen pounds. But as the neck bends forward and down, the weight on the cervical spine begins to increase. At a 15-degree angle, this weight is about 27 pounds, at 30 degrees it’s 40 pounds, at 45 degrees it’s 49 pounds, and at 60 degrees it’s […]

by Rebecca Beatrice Brooks When the puritans came over on the Mayflower in 1620, they brought with them their strict ways, their religious views and their distaste for Christmas. Although Christmas was widely celebrated in Europe as a Christian holiday marking the birth of Jesus Christ, puritans saw it as a false holiday with stronger […]

(from TimeOut New York) It’s the most wonderful time of the year—and by “it” we mean Christmas in New York. The city lights up into a winter wonderland each year with Christmas trees, holiday window displays and Christmas lights. Even the most tourist-averse New Yorkers have to admit that it’s a pretty spectacular sight. Get the most out […]

Under Syrian Rule More than 2000 years ago there was a time when the land of Israelwas part of the Syrian-Greek Empire, dominated by Syrian rulers of the dynasty of the Seleucids. In order to relate the story that led up to Chanukah, we shall start withAntiochus III, the King of Syria, who reigned from […]

By: JENNIFER WEISS writing for The Wall Street Journal. Back when she was in her 20s, Hazel Ingram was once told that she was “too skinny” for a cleaning job. A man at a hiring agency thought a slight woman like Ms. Ingram wouldn’t be able to handle the lifting involved. His colleague disagreed, saying […]

From Brisbane Kids Website So, we decided it might be a good idea to make a list of ALL the Christmas movies ever made so that you could sit down with a bucket or two of popcorn, put your feet up and get into the festive spirit as you work your way through the list.  […]

In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President […]

By: John DiJulius from his latest blog post Employee apathy creates Customer apathy – Today too many companies think it is a race to evolve their Customer Experience from costly human interactions to the bells and whistles of fancy technology like self check in/out iPads, apps, kiosks, marketing and by communicating solely through social media […]

By:  Russ Wiles, The Republic | azcentral.com Retirement is an exciting yet somewhat scary time of life. But a lot of the perceptions about retirement, especially on the financial side, don’t always stand up to scrutiny. For those not there yet, retirement is a time of life veiled in excitement but with perhaps a tinge of fear and […]

By Kale Havervold, Let’s be honest, we have all imagined winning the big one, the lottery that would allow us to tell the boss to shove it and set up us up for life, forever stress-free, forever on top. We took a look at some winners and found their lives were hardly stress free. Many went […]