Category: Lifestyle

Fire departments look to grow to keep up with medical runs

JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. – The growing senior population is flooding medical calls into Central Indiana fire departments and now some station are looking to expand to keep up. In a medical emergency, every second matters. That puts pressure on White River Township Fire's emergency responders who have two ambulances and 26 square miles to cover. "This fire department needs to

Top 20 Best Wedding Votives, Lanterns & Candelabras

One of the easiest ways to design your wedding inexpensively is with the use of candlelight. The options are endless and candles can be incorporated in many ways with just about any style. From rustic lanterns, to elaborate candelabras, to sleek and classic glass pillars, the options are truly endless. Candle heavy centerpieces are also much easier to design and

Kim Jong-un Attack Imminent? North Korean Defector’s Urgent Warning

A top defector from North Korea is warning the west that “desperate” dictator Kim Jong-un will use nuclear weapons against Britain and the United States unless they “eliminate him first,” the Daily Express reports. Thae Yong-ho, who served as North Korea’s deputy ambassador to the U.K. before defecting to South Korea last year, said world leaders must prepare to deal

Top 10 Best Cheap Dog Beds

As I mentioned in our new puppy checklist post, I recently got a new dog. My older dog didn’t mind sharing most of his toys or his space with the new guy, but there was one thing he refused to share: his dog bed. The older pup is about the laziest dog on the planet, to the point that I

Top 10 Best Glucosamine Joint Supplements for Dogs

Dog owners tend to be very sensitive to changes in their pups. Strange behavior can be an indicator that something is wrong, and we’ll often convince ourselves that the dog never did a certain thing before — as if this suggests that they’ve suffered an injury or are in pain in some way. When it comes to joint pain, though,

Nearly half of US adults infected with genital HPV, CDC reports

NEW YORK — Health officials say nearly half of U.S. adults have caught HPV, a sexually-transmitted bug that can cause cervical cancer and genital warts. About 45 percent of Americans ages 18 to 59 had some form of genital human papillomavirus, according to a report released Thursday that’s the most complete look at how common HPV is among adults. More

US launches missiles at Assad’s airbase in Syria

PALM BEACH/MOSCOW/BEIRUT: The United States fired cruise missiles on Friday at a Syrian airbase from which President Donald Trump said a deadly chemical weapons attack had been launched, the first direct US assault on the government of Bashar al Assad in six years of civil war. The missile strikes were one step away from clashing with the Russian military, Russia’s

Afghan media team calls for greater cooperation to fight terrorism

A 13-member Afghan media delegation arrived in Islamabad on Friday, stressing for greater cooperation based on mutual trust rather than blame game to purge the two countries of terrorism According to the Inter-Services Public Relation (ISPR) the aim of the visit is to let the Afghan media know efforts made by the government of Pakistan on war against terrorism, which

Afghanistan is no Vietnam

The Soviets tried to introduce socialism to the Afghans but failed miserably. Likewise, the US is failing equally miserably in introducing democracy to the Afghans. The Soviets disappeared from the face of the earth, because of their Afghan folly which was the last straw on the camel’s already snapped back. On the other hand, the US seems to be facing

A potential shift in India’s nuclear strategy

Media speculation has been rife regarding India’s potential shift in its nuclear doctrine — specifically moving from no-first use (NFU) to either a first use or first strike nuclear policy. Current and former policymakers in India such as former national security adviser Shivshankar Menon and ex-defence minister Manohar Parrikar, who is the current chief minister of Goa — have advocated

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