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Coping with depression – 11 Tips for Avoiding Holiday Depression

      By Tammy Worth It’s a myth that suicide is more common around the holidays (springtime is actually the peak). But holiday cheer isn’t a given either. High expectations, money woes, and other holiday hazards can spell trouble for anyone, but especially those prone to depression. With a bit of foresight and planning, [...]

Location! Location! Studio Condo at Blue Mountain only $85,900

Ski in ski out to the North Chair at Blue from this hillside Great investment – Spotless unit updated in 2010 (Furniture, heating, flooring, blinds & more. 3 appliances. Walk onto the slopes, from this building, or grab the shuttle to the Village. Not currently in a rental program but easy to do. On Blue [...]

Friends of the Library Bake Sale

Friends of the Library Annual Bake Sale Stock up for your Holiday entertaining! Thursday, December 8th in the Reference Room Time: 10 AM to 8 PM Sphere: Related Content Related Posts Start Canada Day off with Kardinal Offishall on June 30th As the month ends you can kick Canada Day off with a great Canadian [...]

Yoga for an Ache-Free Winter

    Like many folks, I often feel achy this time of the year. The culprit? Bracing against the cold New York City weather with my shoulders hiked up to my ears, not to mention the tension from wanting to “do it all” for the holidays. To feel better, I do this soothing sequence: Cow [...]

The collapse of the Soviet Union: Russia’s imperial agony

      “THE dying process has begun”, wrote Alexander Kugel, a journalist and theatre critic, a few months after the bloody Bolshevik revolution of 1917. “Everything that we see now is just part of the agony. Bolshevism is the death of Russia. And a body the size of Russia cannot die in one hour. [...]

Bottled water doesn’t mean better

      Blame it on convenience, laziness, or marketing brilliance (Jennifer Aniston does look good holding that Smartwater bottle), but U.S. sales of bottled water are on the rise, inching up 3.5 percent in 2010 after having dropped in recent years, to $6.4 billion a year, according to industry figures. That despite some increasingly [...]

How Seniors Can Get a Cognitive Boost

        When you think of old age – of people over the age of 65 years – what immediately comes to mind?  If you were to answer memory problems, slowing down, poorer ability to make decisions, and the like, then you’d be conveying a view of aging that is rooted in reality.  [...]