California Recall - Articles
St. Joe’s MS theory sparks flood of interest
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Jeff Pile
November 28, 2009JOANNA FRKETICHTHE HAMILTON SPECTATORSt. Joseph’s Hospital will be testing a radical new theory that multiple sclerosis is a vascular disease that can be treated. The unproven theory by an Italian doctor whose wife has MS has given hope to those with the mystery neurological disease believed until now to be an autoimmune con ...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Nadine H.
Lovies, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Mine was spent in Silverlake (ground zero for LA hipsters), in a gorgeous apartment with breathtaking views of the Reservoir and the Hollywood hills. The thermostat also registered about 78 degrees, which might sound hellish to cold weather-lovers, but was an awesome reminder of why we live in Sout ...
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And the Winner Is....
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RunnerDude
The lucky winner of the New Balance 905 Drawing was Kelly Ridgway from California! She was the 168 th entry and that was the lucky number drawn by theTrue Random Number Generator.There was a great response to the contest! I'd like to send a genuine thank s to each and every participant and for those that helped to spread the word about the contest ...
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Scoot out of the way!
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Jennifer J.
I regularly spot these fabulous transportation vehicles. I recall how difficult it was to persuade Dad to even use the a walker, let alone a wheel chair. Then, when he was confined to a wheelchair, it drove him crazy.
Imagine the senior with limited mobility, having the freedom of zipping around town. Muskoka towns are populated with these scoot ...
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Extra, Extra, Run All About It: The Week In Running: 11/22-11/29
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Peter Washkowitz
Dear readers, let's take a look back at the week in running: * As reported on Examiner.com on November 23rd, thanks to running, Taylor Swift was able to maintain a smile throughout each of her five acceptance speeches that she made during last Sunday's American Music Awards. Citing how important running is for her not only because of the way it ma ...
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High aptitude achievement: Is entertainment a worthy endeavor?
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Douglas E.
A critic once described the mind of Jonathan Miller as “a turmoil of sizzling wires, connecting drama with anthropology, literature with quantum physics, linguistics with genetic theory.”From the PBS site of Bill Moyers Journal / Jonathan MillerWhat caught my attention was the conflicts Dr. Miller has expressed about his choosing variou ...
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The Blind Side
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Brenda
We are back from a wonderful Thanksgiving with my side of the family. The diet went down the tubes within 5 minutes of walking in the door. I did go walking a couple of times and walked when I got back home but I'd probably have to walk to California and back to walk off what I ate. While we were at my mom's we all went and watched the movie The Bl ...
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Letters from Peck and Stoddard
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Dr. Paul Hsieh
Recent polls show that even more Americans are opposed to ObamaCare than ever before. The November 23, 2009 Rasmussen poll reports, " Support for Health Care Plan Falls to New Low". Rasmussen notes that only 38% of Americans now support the proposed changes vs. 56% against -- "the lowest level of support measured for the plan in ne ...
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