Lifestyle
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Pomegranate seeds add flair and tradition to a Rosh Hashanah salad
Sep 30, 2024 6:00 am - There are many foods associated with the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. One of the most beautiful, mythical and symbolic is the pomegranate. Here’s a salad to let the seeds shine.
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What you’re doing to quicken cognitive decline and memory lossSep 28, 2024 9:08 am - Certain parts of the brain shrink as we age, including those important to learning and other complex mental activities. Some of our lifestyle choices, however, have an impact on how quickly our brains age and we lose cognitive function, including memory.
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Help your kids stay safe this HalloweenSep 28, 2024 9:03 am - Whether they’re dressed up as scary monsters, a blushing princess or anything in between, it’s important to make sure safety is a top priority for your kids for Halloween.
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25 years and counting: How Working Bikes provides wheels to those in need locally and across the globeSep 28, 2024 9:01 am - Ever wonder how to route bikes from Mundelein to Malawi? Hampshire to Honduras? Lisle to Lesotho? Chicago-based nonprofit Working Bikes knows how to do just that, shipping over 9,000 used bikes last year.
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Fall cleanup in the garden doesn’t mean what it used toSep 28, 2024 9:00 am - Cleaning up the garden — or “putting the garden to bed” — has traditionally been a fall endeavor. In recent years, however, as information about the migrating or hibernating habits of birds, pollinators and other beneficial wildlife has seeped into the mainstream, many gardeners are postponing their big cleanups until spring. And that’s a good thing.
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‘Weekend warriors’ may gain same health benefits as people who spread out exercise
Sep 28, 2024 8:57 am - Weekend warriors — people who pack most of their physical activity into one or two days — may gain the same health-protective benefits as people who exercise throughout the week, as long as they get the recommended amount, new research finds.
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Grief & healing: Try to avoid leaving unfinished businessSep 28, 2024 8:50 am - It is a good practice to avoid unfinished business. My dear Baheej followed this principle, and I try to do that too. By this I mean things left undone.
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‘A place for all’: Houses of worship reach out to Deaf, hard-of-hearing believersSep 27, 2024 11:21 pm - Suburban houses of worship reach out to Deaf and hard-of-hearing parishioners to provide services they need to fully participate in their faith community.
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Our Saviour’s Lutheran in Naperville hosts Trunk-or-Treat Oct. 19Sep 27, 2024 6:00 pm - On Saturday, Oct. 19, kids and their families are invited to enjoy some unspooky (and free) fun in Naperville at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church’s annual Trunk-or-Treat.
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Huntley’s Shepherd of the Prairie donates 114 handmade quiltsSep 27, 2024 5:47 pm - The Prairie Pointe Quilters at Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church in Huntley have devoted hours to creating custom quilts to give to others for comfort in their time of need.