It’s the time of year where even those who wouldn’t be caught dead at the mall have the occasion to shop. Pretty much everyone finds themselves in need of gifts for family, friends, and coworkers, Secret Santa exchanges, silly White Elephant games, or party favors or hostess gifts. The amount of time that can go into searching for and purchasing…[...]

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Almost Heaven is the perfect term for the “Friendly City” of Wheeling during the holiday season. My opinion may be slightly biased since I have not spent the Christmas season anywhere else. Everyone in the city seems to fully embrace the holiday season. My fondest holiday memories always happened tucked in the hills of beautiful West Virginia. Smelling my grandma’s…[...]

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This afternoon, the Army West Point football team will meet arch-rival Navy for the 119th installment of the greatest rivalry in all of sports.  Although the Army-Navy game is always important, this one is particularly special to me because Army will be honoring the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division, better known as The Big Red One. The Big Red One has a…[...]

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One of the main tasks that attorneys do on a daily basis is to give clients an update on where their case stands after a lawsuit has been filed. After filing a lawsuit and receiving an opposing party’s responsive pleading to the lawsuit, the parties will engage in the discovery phase of litigation. What is the discovery phase you may…[...]

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Whatever happened to sending out thank you cards after a bridal or baby shower, graduation, wedding, or just a special gift from someone?  Is this to old fashion for the younger generation? In the past few years, I’ve sent out cards with a check in it or a gift for these events and never received a thank you by the way…[...]

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If you were to go to your “important papers” file at home and pick up a copy of your auto insurance policy, chances are that you will see all sorts of coverages and endorsements that could not be more confusing if they were written in ancient Greek. Folks may have a very basic understanding of phrases like “underinsured motorist”, “bodily injury…[...]

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A Standard Flood Insurance Policy under the National Flood Insurance Program (“NFIP”) pays only for the physical damage to your insured property that is “directly” caused by a flood. The amount of payment is determined by either the replacement cost or actual cash value of the damaged property, up to the policy limit. The NFIP offers two types of coverage for homeowners: building…[...]

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Recently, I have become very humbled by a couple acts of kindness that I witnessed first-hand. It was a nice reminder that kindness, even among strangers, does still exist. The day before Thanksgiving I was a part of the “Rocking the Kettle” at the Mt. DeChantal Kroger for the Salvation Army. It was humbling to see how many people made it a point…[...]

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According to the World Health Organization (“WHO”) the basic act of breathing is killing 7 million people a year and harming billions more. Calling air-pollution the “new tobacco”, the WHO is sounding the alarm bell for over 90% of the world’s population who suffers the harmful effects of breathing toxic air. Rich, poor, young, old, the toxicity of our biosphere…[...]

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As the colder weather starts kicking in so does my excitement for the season…SOUP SEASON!! When I was a child, soup consisted of chicken noodle and tomato. That was it, just those two soups. Now that I am an adult, I have ventured wayyyy out of my element by adding so many vegetables, beans, pasta and meats to my base; the options…[...]

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