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A Brief History “Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life,” said Lisa Weed.  A good family relationship tends to make a child feel more secure and loved throughout his/her developmental period. They are “the feel-good factor” of our lives who have always got our back, no matter how worse the situation gets. A warm family inculcates the habit of open communication, division of equal share of responsibility and respects each of its members, equally. A good happy and peaceful family is…

A Brief History Per the Australian Institute of Family Studies, the divorce rate in Australia was at its lowest in 2016, when it was one-point-nine per 1,000 Australian residents. This figure slightly increased in 2017, at two per 1,000 Australian residents. Digging Deeper People may divorce over suspicions or confirmation of cheating, frequent arguments, communication issues, diminished intimacy, financial disagreements, a lack of a shared vision of success, spouses growing apart from one another, domestic violence, and more. Whether couples are facing mild or severe circumstances, they must do their best to ensure they have safe ways to end a relationship and support and…

A Brief History On April 26, 2002, Erfurt, Germany, was the scene of a horrific mass murder when a 19 year old student that had been expelled from a high school shot and killed 16 people.  Killed in the massacre were 13 faculty and staff members, 2 students, and 1 police officer.  As we have said, the common refrain that “only in America” do school shootings (or other school related murders) or mass shootings occur is entirely false, as such incidents keep happening in other countries where “gun control” is far more strict than in the United States. Digging Deeper…

A Brief History On April 22, 2020, the pandemic of the COVID-19, or SARS-CoV-2, or better known as “coronavirus,” has claimed another victim, as reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer, in this case the venerable Urbana University, an Ohio college that was only the second institute of higher learning in Ohio to admit women as students alongside men. Digging Deeper Urbana University, founded in 1850, has been ailing financially for several years, and was acquired by Franklin University in 2014 and operated as a branch of that institution.  The school, located near Columbus, Ohio, in the city of Urbana (Champaign County),…

A Brief History On April 22, 1915, the Imperial German Army used chlorine gas in large quantities for the first time at Ypres, in Belgium, targeting French colonial troops.  Previous use of irritant (tear gasses) substances had previously been attempted by both side with little practical effect.  The shift to gas that could disable and kill people was a tremendous escalation in the chemical war aspect of World War I (1914-1918), then known as “The Great War.”  (Not so “great” if the enemy uses lethal gas against you!) Digging Deeper While people have engaged in warfare for thousands of years,…