Children are to be seen and not heard! How many times have I heard that phrase? It was the environment in which I grew up. To me, what is the point of having children if they’re not to be heard and only to be seen? Have you ever sat and had conversation with an 8 [...]
This past weekend I had the chance to visit with my mother and now deceased aunt in Rhode Island. Amy, the kids, and myself found ourselves having breakfast at the Classic Café and talk about a name being perfect for a restaurant. What makes a café classic? We walked in and were greeted by vintage [...]
On December 4, 2012, Zephyr Oil--a Brooklyn-based gasoline distributor--purchased over 70,000 gallons of gas. Except, incredibly unusually, this was not ordinary gasoline. It was avgas, or a kind of aviation fuel. In contrast with regular gasoline, which is obviously acceptable for use in regular automobiles, avgas contains a substance called "tetraethyl lead." The chemical is [...]
Between 2003 and 2006, there were approximately 458 million hospital emergency room visits by U.S. patients. And a recent study by the Health Services Research Journal, in conjunction with the CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, has brought to light a startling statistic. According to the study, about 125 million workers in the [...]
An explosion yesterday in Ewing, NJ caused damage to at least 55 units on Scenic Drive. I could feel the blast from my office right across the street and could see the massive smoke rising above the trees. It occurred only a few blocks from Lore Elementary School and I immediately went there to [...]
Being a nurse is the type of job that requires a certain personality. It requires someone to be caring and have sense of wanting to help others and yet at the same time a personality that requires giving a good kick in the (you know what) at times to help a patient heal. It is [...]
A high profile personal injury case in Pennsylvania, New Jersey’s next-door-neighbor, is on its way to being put to rest. A few years ago, Carrie Goretzka stepped outside to call the power company and report an outage and downed line on her property, 30 miles east of Pittsburgh. No one knows exactly what happened that [...]
Placing a family member in a nursing home can be an emotional and tolling process. Families spend much time conducting research when searching for a nursing home that can provide the highest degree of care in tending to the specific needs of their loved one. While many nursing homes do provide a high level of [...]
Last April, the Huffington Post told the story of an Indiana woman who was the victim of a debt collection scam. A caller told her that in 30 minutes the police would arrive to arrest her if she didn’t pay $300 right away. So Brenda Foster, 46, sent the money immediately.Unfortunately, the caller worked for [...]
