According to Refugee International World Bridge Blog:
In the last few years, countries across the globe have seen a sharp increase in devastating weather-related events…It is clear that we are seeing increasingly frequent and severe climate-related disasters, such as drought, floods, and catastrophic storms.
So what do we make of all this havoc caused by natural disasters? [...]

Ever stand in the register aisle and struggle deciding how to make the payment for your purchase? When the cashier asks you, “debit, or credit?” the decision is an arduous one. Let’s take a look out the differences and similarities, as well as the pros and cons, so maybe your transaction will go more smoothly [...]

As a parent, you knew you’d see this day, but you never realized how quickly it would come. It’s one week before your eldest child moves into her dorm and enters her first year in college. You want her to start things right, and packing properly is the first step.
Pre-Packing:

Maintain a supportive and positive mental [...]

With the holidays right around the corner, you’ve dusted, bleached, and vacuumed all corners of your home. Your living room, kitchen, and all other sections of your home are sparkling with cleanliness, yet your mind is still caged with anxiety. Why? Because you still haven’t cleaned your office desk.
Sure, your guests will never feast their [...]

“[Companies] can’t shift more costs to the employees. They have to get the gross costs lower.”
Ms. Recht, group leader of health and welfare for the Rothman Gordon firm, couldn’t be more right in her above statement regarding the offer made by company to reduce insurance costs of employees utilizing the gym. Today, many firms like [...]

In Metropolitan Washington, a controversy has surfaced regarding whether the increase of the Amalgamated Transit Union fares is a fair deal. Here in the Bay Area, we understand the profundity of transit systems, as BART and AC Transit allow many of our denizens the opportunity to get from one place to another. This is particularly [...]

The growing significance of the internet as a method of socializing and connecting, with e-mailing as one of the top forms of online communication, has made the art of written letters nearly obsolete. While approximately 20 percent of American households either have no Internet access or have never had the luxury of clicking the mind-boggling [...]

The duck, cover, and hold routine can only go so far.
Learn more about
earthquake preparedness
in our FAQs list below.

How can I prepare properly for an earthquake?

1. Have an evacuation plan.

Design ways to exit from one room to another area or to the safest part of the house.
Specify locations where you can find useful tools, such as flashlights, [...]

The only thing worse than the time and effort it took scanning your passport and all your insurance documents onto your computer is that heart-wrenching feeling when all that hard work was erased (quite literally) — and all because of what? A hardware failure.

Sure, the original copies are still at hand, but what good is [...]

Q: If you could give everyone here a “homework assignment” so to speak, something to do that would dramatically impact their life, what would it be?…
A: “Walk around with your phone turned off. Unplug. I like to spend time unplugged, and its like being in another world. Going down Market St. watching all the people [...]