Networx: Stucco homes advantages and disadvantages
Stucco homes stand out. Whether you're just looking around the neighborhood or seriously shopping for a new home, you'll notice these houses, with their attractively seamless walls and subtle colors....
View ArticleSimply Faithful: A good marketing plan
Turns out the talking heads — the ones who have studied us and written books about our behavior — say you and I aren't so interested in slick marketing anymore.We're drawn to the imperfect. We think...
View ArticleDress up for Halloween like a pro!
You have a month to figure out what you're going to “be” for Halloween and we know there are plenty of you adults out there who go all out, spending hours thinking about what costume you'll don for the...
View ArticlePolitical consultant James Carville joins LSU faculty
Carville has run political campaigns in more than 23 countries around the world. His most famous was for President Bill Clinton in 1992 when he served as senior political advisor.
View ArticleTravel: Sitka offers visitors views of Alaska’s Indian, Russian histories
SITKA, Alaska — This pretty little town, looking out over the wide Pacific from its toehold on Baranof Island, is a very American place, with all the requisite pickup trucks, strip shopping centers and...
View ArticleTicket to Write: Ferry ride through Alaska’s Marine Highway fascinates
Getting around southeastern Alaska requires wings or a boat.South of Haines, nearly every town — including Sitka, Ketchikan and the capital city of Juneau — is inaccessible by car. The only highway is...
View ArticleGene mutations and breast cancer
In the fight for a cure for breast cancer, BRCA1 and BRCA2 get a lot of attention, but many people don’t understand how these genes’ mutations affect their risk of developing the disease.BRCA1 and...
View ArticleMoving forward: It can be difficult, but exercise is key during cancer fight
Exercise helps keep a body healthy and lowers risk of some diseases. For women with cancer, physical activity can do many things, including control weight, improve mood, boost energy, increase sleep,...
View ArticleShining through: Helping women learn new beauty tricks during chemo
Start squareTake a 30-by-30-inch square scarf. Fold it into triangle. Pull the front of the scarf over the forehead and knot the ends over the point in the triangle. Pull a bit of excess fabric above...
View ArticleA friends and family plan
When facing a breast cancer diagnosis, there’s strength in numbers. A new study finds that half of women relied on three or more people to help them process breast cancer treatment options."The big...
View ArticleIs early detection always good?
Highly trained radiologists can detect small cancers so early through mammography that there now may be an overdiagnosis of small tumors, which can lead to unnecessary treatment, according to a Yale...
View ArticlePotential signs of breast cancer
Feeling a lump in the breast is a classic sign of breast cancer, but there are other less-well-known signals that can tip off potential trouble."The hope is that women know their own bodies and would...
View ArticleKnow the facts: Study finds many double mastectomies unnecessary
Women with early-stage cancer in one breast are increasingly choosing double mastectomies — even if they are at low risk of developing breast cancer in the other, healthy breast, a new study published...
View ArticleToday’s workout: This push-up will relieve stress
In times like this we need to find what normalcy we can. Fitness seems to be the remedy for many things, stress included.Our move today is an X push-up, and it's a great move for any kind of stressful...
View ArticlePsychology of hate: Why people join hate groups
Cries of "Nazis, go home!" and "Shame! Shame!" filled the air as Angela King and Tony McAleer stood with other counterprotesters at the "free speech" rally in Boston last weekend.They didn't join the...
View ArticleLooking Up: Venus closes in on Mars in pre-dawn sky
Early bird alert: About 45 minutes before sunrise this week (around 5:30 a.m.), be sure to take a look low in the eastern sky for brilliant white Venus, very close to the much diminished but ruddy...
View ArticleIt Is What It Is: A letter to my daughter who’s studying abroad
Hi Honey!Hope you're good and having the time of your life in Ireland! And remembering to eat. And to sleep. And to hydrate. And remembering to wear your cross-body bag like I told you to whenever you...
View ArticleEdenborne Extension open for business
“I am very excited to have Edenborne Extension open, just in time for Flambeau Fest,” Matassa said. "The locals had some traffic trouble for the balloon fest, so this is a big game-changer. Now it just...
View ArticleWhy we all need to take a knee
No matter what side you're on in this particular protest, perhaps kneeling is the perfect symbol for what America needs right now.
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