Tag: Lifestyle

Turkey’s Tourism Industry Is Slow to Recover After Devastating Earthquakes

By Mia Taylor From TravelPulse As the busy summer travel season approaches, Turkey’s tourism industry is struggling to recover from the devastating earthquakes that impacted the country in February and killed more than 50,000 people. A recent report from Reuters says the earthquake has given tourists pause when it comes to booking a vacation in…


DIY-Friendly Water Lines in Your Home

I’m blessed to be able to use this column to share my knowledge. It allows me to empower you to do many jobs you might never think of doing yourself. In the past, working with water lines required a decent amount of experience. You had to know how to solder copper tubing. I recorded a…


Orange Ice Cream

View the print-ready version of this recipe. When I say this Orange Ice Cream recipe is “award winning”, it’s the truth! When I was a young girl, my Aunt Judy entered it into a contest at Lagoon, in Utah and won the first place ribbon!  She shared the recipe with my mom and it was…


Is Your Tap Water Really Safe?

Is bottled “mineral water” really what it claims to be? Is alkaline water really healthier? Is your tap water hard water? It’s high in calcium and magnesium, which our bodies need. But, which type of filter can stop us getting too much? Is drinking eight glasses a day set in stone? What factors like gender…


COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Drops Near Zero Within Months: Study

The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines fell below 20 percent a few months after vaccination, with booster shots seeing effectiveness drop below 30 percent. The review, published in the JAMA Network journal on May 3, analyzed 40 studies estimating vaccine effectiveness (VE) over time against laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection and symptomatic disease. The studies were selected from…


Which water is best to drink – filtered, tap water, distilled, mineral?

Is bottled “mineral water” really what it claims to be? Is alkaline water really healthier? Is your tap water hard water? It’s high in calcium and magnesium, which our bodies need. But, which type of filter can stop us getting too much? Is drinking eight glasses a day set in stone? What factors like gender…


7 Tips to Take Control of Your Smartphone Before It Takes Control of You

By the time you’ve read this article, you may have felt the pull to check your smartphone—more than once. Americans are inexorably tethered to the little black screens in our pockets even though we know they can bring us more harm than good. So how do we keep our smartphone use in check? In 2018,…


South Australia to Become Home to First MRNA Factory Outside US

South Australia has announced a partnership with the international biotech enterprise, BioCina, to become home to the first mRNA development and production facility in Australia and make homegrown mRNA vaccines a reality. Last year, U.S. biotech giant Moderna and the Australian government agreed to build the first mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility outside North America. Construction…


South Australia to Become Home to 1st Operational mRNA Factory Outside US

South Australia has announced a partnership with the international biotech enterprise, BioCina, to become home to the first mRNA development and production facility in Australia and make homegrown mRNA vaccines a reality. Last year, U.S. biotech giant Moderna and the Australian government agreed to build the first mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility outside North America. Construction…


Sailing the Elbe East Into the Unknown

European river cruises have never been more popular. Across the continent, these long, low, luxurious ships ply some famous waterways. The Rhine, with castles climbing away on its banks. The Danube, which rolls through great capitals like Vienna and Salzburg. Even the Seine, from Paris to Normandy, and the Douro, slicing through Portugal’s wine country,…