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Hurricane Sandy’s Halloween Surprise

As if the timing of Hurricane Sandy wasn’t spooky enough, the damage from the storm led to an eerie discovery in New Haven, Connecticut. Downed trees are par for the course during any hurricane. Even trees that have firmly stood their ground for a hundred years or more can sometimes topple if they are dying, weak, or even if the wind hits them just the right way. That is exactly what happened in New Haven, right on the green downtown. A giant oak tree that had been standing there since the early 1900’s fell down, revealing human remains just in … Continue reading →

November Courses from Family Tree University

Did you make a genealogical New Year’s Resolution to take a genealogy class? If so, your time is running out! Fortunately, Family Tree University has a bunch of online genealogy courses that will be starting in November. Sign up for one, and fulfill the promise that you made to yourself about a year ago. Family Tree University is not an accredited college. This isn’t the place to go if you are hoping to add a few more college credits to your official transcript. It is, however, a great resource for genealogists who want to learn something new about genealogy. There … Continue reading →

Insurance Blog Week in Review – July 15 – 21, 2012

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Once a week, the Insurance Blog Week in Review brings you an easy way to “ketchup” on the blogs that have been posted here in the past seven days. There could be anywhere between twelve and fourteen blogs that appear. What did you miss? Governor Jay Nixon Vetoes Law Denying Birth Control Coverage Missouri Governor Jay Nixon vetoed a bill that would have allowed health insurers to opt-out of covering birth control even if the employer and employee wanted it to be covered. Missouri already has a law that allows employers or workers opt-out of birth control coverage if it … Continue reading →

Special Needs Blog Week in Review – May 13 -19, 2012

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Each and every week, the Special Needs Blog Week in Review gives you a brief description of all the blogs that appeared here in the past seven days. This is a quick way to find the blogs that you wanted to read, but, didn’t have time for when they first appeared. What did you miss this week? The Special Needs Podcast Roundup went up on May 14, 2012. This week, I’d like to point out an episode of The Coffee Klatch. It is called “Bright Not Broken – Twice Exceptional Kids”. This is the first part of a series they … Continue reading →

Spotlighting Family

Family reunion season is right around the corner. I’m reminded of this on a near daily basis, as my clan is responsible for helping host the upcoming summer shindig. Due to distance issues, I have been relegated to designing a scrapbook of the event. Basically, I will be the official photographer for the three-day extravaganza, and then my aunt and I will go through the images and figure out a way to craft organized layouts. In addition to documenting the actual party and subsequent activities, my mom wants the reunion scrapbook to also include family tree-type features. Her vision is … Continue reading →

Star Wars the Old Republic Game has Family Tree

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You might not expect a video game to have anything to do with concepts of family. Often, though the MMORPGs do have quite a lot of detail about the family trees of certain, important, in game characters. The new Star Wars game might be the first to connect the characters of players into a family tree. Video games have come a long way since the days when your choices were Mario or Luigi, and your goal was to collect coins, and finish the level before the time ran out. Video games today have detailed story lines that include a history … Continue reading →

Warm Weather Escapes

After a taste of summer, we’re back shivering in the 30s with April less than 48 hours away. Such is life on the Frozen Tundra. The fickle weather is one of the reasons why so many families from around here head south this time of year. Spring break officially kicks off for schools in our area in just a few days, but many of my daughter’s classmates have already jetted off on warm weather escapes to: TEXAS Forget about South Padre and the sea of drunken college coeds that hang out there. Instead, enjoy a more relaxing getaway at family-friendly … Continue reading →

MomsRising Blog Celebrates Second Anniversary of ACA

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March 23, 2012, is the official two-year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act. You will probably be hearing, all week long, how different groups are celebrating (or lamenting), this anniversary. The MomsRising blog has put together a “Blog Carnival” in support of the ACA. MomsRising is a blog that was started in 2006. The purpose of the blog is to bring together millions of people who share a common concern about the need to build a more family-friendly America. They want to bring important concepts about motherhood and family issues to the forefront, and to create cultural … Continue reading →

Disney Website for New and Expecting Parents

Remember Our365? I don’t expect you do. Almost a year ago I posted about how Disney had teamed up with the organization that helps companies market to expectant parents. Our365 can actually get its partner companies’ representatives into maternity wards to try to sell their wares. For all I know either the company or its partnership is now defunct. But Disney hasn’t stopped sniffing around its coveted new market. On Monday January 17 the House of Mouse launched disneybaby.com. Disney Baby works just like other sites in the Disney Go family, although strangely its URL doesn’t contain the word “go” … Continue reading →

Disney Family Movies on Demand

Are you tired of fighting with the Disney Vault? Does the Disney film you keep waiting to watch seem like it’ll never be checked back into the library? Would you like to learn some behind-the-scenes information about your favorite Disney films without having to track down the latest DVD or Blu-Ray? If you relate to any of these situations, then Disney Family Movies on Demand might be your perfect solution. Disney Family Movies is a film program that’s joined up with many of the largest cable providers in the country. It’s basically what its full title implies: a channel that … Continue reading →