Little League
Little League By Bob Decker It’s that time of the year again – stuck in that hard place between winter and Little League Baseball. What better time than to address the many responsibilities of being a youth league baseball parent. For those parents new to the Little League scene, please accept the words that follow […]
Musings of an Alleged Consumer Expert
The best and worst products, services, customer support, retail experiences and vacations so far this year. By Richard Sherwin Let’s just say I was wrong about Acer. For a few years, I have been touting Acer’s computers and tablets as the best buy among a shrinking crowd of tech manufacturers. I’ve changed my mind. […]
For the Love of Chloe
For the Love of Chloe By Bob Decker (A version of this story was first presented in The Citizen newspaper in September of 2002 as part of a full page of photos featuring a rabies clinic in Denville, N.J. The last of our three rescue puppies had just passed away and this one hit […]
The Wisdom of Our Ancestors
The Wisdom of Our Ancestors By Jessica Annunziata and Kevin Spyker Certified Healing Foods Specialists & Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leaders Turns out Great-Grandma may have been right all along.. The simple tools and ingredients of a bygone era… baking soda, vinegar, mason jars, salt, butter, tallow, bone broth, porridge, and yes, liver… […]
Safe and cheaper travel for you and your phone
By Bob Plunkett When I travel, I don’t want to be the target of a pickpocket. So I carefully guard my money, credit cards and now – my phone. For years, I kept my phone on airplane mode and limited my connections to the WiFi at my hotel. That way I was sure my phone […]
Can an E-Bike Lengthen Your Life?
ADV Pharmacy presents DFA’s health and wellness section It’s long been the purists and the traditionalists, versus the e-bikers. It’s not that e-bikes go too fast. In fact, most road bikers will zoom past us 50+ e-bikers every day of the week. No, the purists argue that using an e-bike is cheating. Of course, unless […]
Ces Week – Neofect Rapael Smart Glove
Rapael Smart Glove: A hand rehabilitation product for stroke patients By Elisabeth NG Remember the ubiquitous ‘Snake’ game from our pre-smart phone era? Using arrow buttons, the user steered a clunky rectangle on a black and white screen. Mobile phone games have since evolved exponentially with the advent of the smart phone. Colorful graphics, sophisticated […]
Toothpaste
The mouth is one of the most absorbent places in the body and the reason why some medications are administered sublingually, or under the tongue. So think about what’s in our toothpaste, how much of it we and our kids swallow! Triclosan, found in toothpaste, is an antibacterial chemical linked to antibiotic resistance and endocrine […]
Tapping
Tapping EFT, The Emotional Freedom Technique or Tapping, is a combination of Ancient Chinese Acupressure and Modern Psychology. Dr. Dawson Church says, “Acupoint tapping sends signals to the stress centers of the mid-brain, not the thinking part, active in talk therapy. EFT simultaneously accesses stress on the physical and emotional levels, body and mind, like […]
Don’t Shake It!
The human body is designed to eat food. Every time we eat is an opportunity to nourish and heal our bodies. Digestion starts before the food goes into our mouth. The production of saliva means there are digestive juices to chew, to use the muscles of our jaws and teeth to break down food so […]