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Pandemic - The Social Board Game that Doesn't Tear Families Apart

The Acclaimed Pandemic Board Game is a clever yet simple social board game like no other. Its one of the few board games that our family can play safely. There's no money involved. No lying stealing or cheating your opponent. Its all about co-operation. Pandemic is quite dissimilar from most board games because players must be developing their game plan and strategy shoulder to shoulder, as opposed to playing against each other. The players in Pandemic, as a team, will need to co-operate their work to cease a planetary catastrophe. An Outline of Pandemic.

Board Games that Guard the Brain

Trying to decide what to buy Grandma and Grandpa for their birthday? Consider a board game, a puzzle or good book. Why? Current research shows that daily participation in puzzles and board games such as chess, challenge the mind and might also delay onset of dementia-related memory decline in older seniors. With particular reference to the elderly in a recent study, researchers used information from the Bronx Aging Study, which included data on 488 people who were between the ages of 75 and 85 at the start of the study.

The Healthy Joy of an Online Family Business

Having had three natural and happy births (so far) and having set up house, organic garden and begun home schooling, my wife and I decided to turn our attention to a home based family business. Since I work from home and my wife is the primary carer, we needed something that would fit in to our life style without becoming a unpleasant burden. “We have learnt that a home business that fits in to our lifestyle is a real possibility and want to pass on our enthusiasm, success and tips to others.”

Insights for Success from Neuroscioence

For the seeker of enlightenment, there is much to learn and nothing to fear from the secrets of neuroscience. Brain tricks — sometimes called hacks — are mental "shortcuts" designed to enhance life's success. What follows is a stack of reliable insights known to boost all areas of life: communication, personal relationships, business management, trauma coping skills, and more. Simple "mind" tricks to encourage self-esteem, success, and happiness...

The Infinite Mind

The cosmos is gigantic. But the inner frontier, the brain's potential for the imagination, supercedes it. Contrary to myth, the brain's plasticity exists into old age and is highly adaptable to change. Frequently the brain is easily misled, but the organ's deep intellect is priceless in scope: self-contained, logical, and adroit in subordinate tasks skilled for its purpose. In the mental soup of the mind lies deception, illusion, intuition, ingenuity...and, of course, the sublime. Ponder these odd bits about the mind...