Should digital monopolies be broken up?

ALTHOUGH no company is mentioned by name, it is very clear which American internet giant the European Parliament has in mind in a resolution that has been doing the rounds in the run-up to a vote on November 27th. One draft calls for “unbundling search engines from other commercial services” to...

10 Study Tips to Improve Your Learning

Study Tip 1: Underlining Underlining is one of the simplest and best known study tips. It’s easy to highlight the most significant parts of what you’re reading. Ideally you should do a comprehensive read of a text before you even consider underlining anything. Only on the second reading should...

Severe Weather Safety Tips

Tornadoes Tornadoes can produce winds greater than 300 mph, and can travel across the ground at up to 60 mph.  They can develop any time of day, any month of the year, but are most common in the afternoon and evening, and in the spring and fall.  Tornadoes are most common across the Great...

Positive Thinking Made Easy

Even though I’m a yoga teacher, I still find it’s easy to fall prey to negative thinking. Having negative thoughts play out like a movie can only bring you pain, something that I’ve experienced many times throughout my life. Negative thoughts drain you of energy and keep you from being in the present...

Five lifestyle tips for a healthy tummy

1.Beat stress to ease tummy troubles: You may have noticed a feeling of unease in your stomach during times of stress. That’s because anxiety and worry can upset the delicate balance of digestion. In some people it slows down digestion, causing bloating, pain and constipation, while in others...

Top 25 Wedding-Planning Tips from Newlyweds

You're a planning bride: You're constantly looking at top wedding blogs, pinning has become your second job, and your wedding coordinator is on speed dial (or, if you don't have one, then you feel like you're ready to become one). But you can never fully anticipate the wedding day until (gulp) it's...

10 Simple Tips to Live Happy

In the past I was not known as a happy, wild, and free person. (OK maybe wild, I had my moments…) In stuck phases, peppered with depression, darkness, and hopelessness, I often wondered what it would be like to feel happy, wild and free. I fantasized about living in Europe, writing in cafes like...