Best To Not Sweat The Small Stuff, Because It Could Kill You Chronic stress can lead to heart disease, cancer and other health problems. A study shows it doesn’t matter if the stress comes from major life events or minor hassles. Time to take a deep breath? View this post on Google+

Wear a bike helmet  The Brutal Mechanics of a Bike Crash Will Convince You To Wear A Helmet Bike wrecks happen fast. In two milliseconds—that’s one-hundred-times quicker than a blink of an eye—a regular ride can turn into a disastrous noggin-buster. If you ever doubted the importance of strapping on a helmet before you roll out, cycle giants Giro explain what happens to your head and the mechanics of a crash. View this post on Google+

…to funding. Good! National GOP group won’t commit to helping Oberweis WASHINGTON — An official with the National Republican Senatorial Committee on Thursday declined to commit to giving money to Illinois state Sen. Jim Oberweis in his bid to oust three-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. View this post on Google+

The smart girl who saves the guys now and then with quick wit and great study habits is a rarity in fiction. You could argue that Harry and Ron and their friends might not have survived until the final battle with Voldemort and the evil wizards and witches. They would have died earlier in the books; the Boy Who Lived would have been the Pre-Teen Who Died Tragically. What’s right with Hermione 14-year-old Naomi Horn says the heroine of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series remains a depressingly rare example of a fictional female respected for her education and intelligence. In…