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Fitness Friday ~ Discipline of Exercise
by
Debbie
It's Fitness Friday and dare I mention the word discipline? Discipline sounds so rigid and legalistic. After all, aren't we all ...about grace?My mom was such a good example of a disciplined person. Although she had a weakness for chocolate, she only purchased one large Nestle's chocolate bar each week. She would break off a single square each day ...
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God Remains - Laced With Grace
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Michele W.
Have you ever met individuals who have this overflowing joy, inner strength and peace that seems inexplicable? Time and again I have come across individuals who are suffering from a chronic illness; going through a heart wrenching loss; or even has been told they have months to live; yet they seem to have this overwhelming peace and inner strength ...
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Why health care reform matters: This could be any of us
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Francine H.
(Note: A friend asked me to post this here. She is a real person with a real job who doesn’t want to be identified, for reasons that will be apparent when you read it. Her story is all too familiar. It’s really time for Congress to stop the games and get this done.)I’m having to face some difficult choices, primarily to decide the ...
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Health Headlines - November 6
by
Meredy
Democrat Predicts Passage of House Health Reform BillA historic health-care bill that has the support of highly influential groups, such as the AARP and the American Medical Association, is expected to have the 218 votes needed to pass a House vote on Saturday, according to second-ranking House Democrat Steny Hoyer.He acknowledged that the vote cou ...
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Crossing the line: how aggressive cells invade the brain
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Jeff Pile
( Nanowerk News ) In diseases such as multiple sclerosis, cells of the immune system infiltrate the brain tissue, where they cause immense damage. For many years, it was an enigma as to how these cells can escape from the bloodstream. This is no trivial feat, given that specialized blood vessels act as a barrier between the nervous system and the b ...
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First icy commute of the season
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Doug R.
Last evening about 10 pm as I was heading to bed, Susan was downstairs letting the dog out. She yelled to me to come down and take a look outside. Turns out it was snowing with a dusting of snow already on the ground. Not an unusual sight to see in Northeastern Minnesota. We've seen it snowing 100's of times. This time it was unexpected. It hadn't ...
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Risk Factor
by
Ellyn
A friend and I were on a drive the other day, and we were talking about babies. He said something about "before"...usually when we say before, we mean before Eli died, or before our friends went through their babies almost dying, or before the host of miscarriages other friends have suffered...basically, a few years ago, when we were what ...
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“Fraudulent Science”
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Richard Nikoley
Yep, and who does fraudulent science? Fraudulent researchers ( grant whores ). And what are fraudulent researchers? They're frauds.Well, as I try to finish up a post on saturated fat and one particular fraud from abroad, I just came across an interview by the great Uffe Ravnskov, whom I've mentioned in blogs a few times, at least. Here's an excerpt ...
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up the Kaupo Trail, Maui
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Rick McCharles
Trip report by site editor Rick McCharles.I did an unpopular route listed in Maui Trails by Kathy Morey, but not in any other hiking guidebook.She calls this the “ Kaupo to Halekala Park Boundary “, an awkward moniker it seemed to me.A far more common use of this trail is as the Kaupo Gap exit from the volcanic crater above. I was walki ...
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