An interesting feature article in tomorrow’s New York Times Sunday Magazine: The Sergeant Lost Within By DANIEL BERGNER Published: May 25, 2008 “Roadside bombs have caused hundreds of dire brain injuries to soldiers in Iraq. One of them is Shurvon Phillip, and a team of specialists has worked avidly trying to reach him.” […]
Morgan comes into the pub. Pete brings Ava a drink, “Vodka on the rocks… easy on the rocks.” Ava thanks him and asks if the pub has Wi-Fi. Pete says they do. As Pete leaves, Ava opens her computer. She picks up her drink and looks at it, “Hello, old friend.” Morgan […]
Suicides linked to work-related stress up in Japan (AP) by @ 6:54 am. Filed under Weight Loss AP - The number of people who committed suicide or tried to in Japan because of work-related stress has doubled in the last five years, a government report said, illustrating the […]
Thick and thin by Lanette Yesterday 05:45 PM 14 150 Weight Loss Chat Got something on your mind? This is the place to chat about it. Favorite weight loss quote by Gabby […]
Police chief resigns in Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez amid wave of killings - International Herald Tribune 18 May 2008 AP Article - of 22 public officials in Juarez threatened by drug cartels, only 1 remains in his post, the rest have been killed, injured, or resigned. (tags: mexico drugs politics intimidation […]
A Taiwan man grieving over the death of his girlfriend climbed inside a morgue freezer to be with her and was only pulled out alive half an hour later. The 41-year-old man was discovered on Monday when workers detected an unusually high temperature in the freezer and realised the hatch was not securely fastened. […]
Ugh the negativity continues on!! Ex isnt helping by being a boob, ugh why did I get him a b’day present!!!! Could barely deal w/ mom,then ended up getting a major splinter in my foot, its’ out, no signs of infection but was a bit deep, and sore still.:p Please send […]
Laser Therapy a New Option for Vocal-Cord Cancers (HealthDay) by @ 12:01 pm. Filed under Weight Loss HealthDay - MONDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) — A new laser treatment for early vocal-cord cancer targets tumor blood vessels while preserving and restoring patients’ voices, according to Massachusetts […]
HealthDay - MONDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) — Elderly people with dementia who are given antipsychotics, even for a very short period of time, are more likely to end up in the hospital or even die, new research shows.
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AP - Researchers have identified seven possibilities for the next generation of mosquito repellant, some of which may work several times longer than the current standard-bearer, DEET. The next step: safety testing to make sure they’re not harmful.
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Reasons for Starting Your Own Garden by @ 3:00 am. Filed under Weight Loss (NaturalNews) The Season of Spring is lavish with its abundance. Before we even ask, nature blesses us with every shade of color and profusion of green. Far and wide, beauties of nature are bursting […]
This picture was taken probably in 1999 or 2000. By who? Psh, Could have been alot of people. Maybe John, judging on the height of the photo, or it could have been RJ. Who knows. I remember so much about the things in this picture. This is basically the house I […]
Reuters - Results from a decades-long study may enable women to drink coffee or tea without worry that doing so will increase their risk for breast cancer, study findings suggest.
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Before I get around to ridiculing the PTC, some of you who read my post on the new HD-PVR might be wondering how I can be so sure that my brother won’t know that I opted for the PVR box rather than the ordinary HDTV box. The answer is amazingly simple – in the […]
Courtney Love was advised to abort Kurt Cobain’s child. The Hole singer fell pregnant in 1992 and was advised that her drug use could harm the unborn baby. Former Warner Bros records boss - and ex-Nirvana manager - Danny Goldberg claims in a new book that: “the doctor tried to […]
AP - Myint Hlaing’s family bathes and cooks with water from an irrigation ditch fouled by human waste and a rotting cow carcass.
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Okay- Fitness Fanatics.. Here is our new forum. Now come on. Lets start posting those weekly goals.
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“Yul, can I talk to you for just a sec?” Yul, who had just left the fire-escape (to which most of the teachers and all of the smoking students have been banished due to the new, indoor smoking ban that went into effect on the 19th in Turkey) to return to class […]
One of the most beautiful developments I have personally witnessed over the past couple of years or so are the ever-increasing prevalence of low-carb blogs on the Internet. Oh my gosh, I had no idea there were this many people willing to share their thoughts, express their opinions, and provide their own personal experiences in […]
Heartbreakers #14 One… Last Post: Today 10:06 AM by ashley Replies: 2 Views: 15 May Cardio/walking… Last Post: Today 10:02 AM by FiestyKitty Kama Replies: […]
Wow. Did you ever think that gas prices would get so high that it would make you think about every thing you do? I mean really, our kids are in less activities because of gas prices. Families all around us are cutting back on extras like summer sports, luxury vacations, weekend outings, eating out and […]
Sun, May 25th by anna Today 07:33 AM 951 10,289 Weight Loss Groups Weight Loss Groups South Beach Sun Bathers by FiestyKitty Kama 05-21-2008 10:25 AM 13 600 […]
Antero Alli, the longtime underground filmmaker out of Berkeley, will be touring around the American Northwest in June with his latest film, The Invisible Forest. He’ll appear in person at each screening listed below. Here’s the official synopsis: When a sleep-deprived theatre director undergoes hypnotic regression to stop a re-occurring nightmare, […]
Understanding the basics of low-carb Induction is essential to your success on a carbohydrate-controlled diet. This minimum two-week period where you are transforming your body from a futile carb-burning pariah into a supercharged fat-burning powerhouse is arguably the most important facet of your entire low-carb lifestyle. If you can figure out Induction and do it […]
Fred Wilson of A VC made the same connection I did when he read the piece by Emily Gould — formerly of Gawker — in this morning’s New York Times magazine. It reminded me a lot of what Josh Harris did with the Pseudo network in the late 1990s, when he scattered video cameras […]
New alarming results of a recent study has come out saying that a diet that’s high in carbohydrates puts women at a higher risk for acquiring breast cancer! The study also found that trying to shed pounds is also equals to lowering one’s risk for breast cancer. The study was conducted on […]
Most of us may not have everything that most people would consider in a life that is perfect, we are still lucky in many ways. We can’t be jealous of what others have in this world since this isn’t permanent. We must remember that we can’t bring whatever we have or own at the […]
Sat, May 24th by Lori Today 06:52 AM 949 10,284 Weight Loss Groups Weight Loss Groups South Beach Sun Bathers by FiestyKitty Kama 05-21-2008 10:25 AM 13 600 […]
Murder By Injection? Posted by digtheheavy on May 25, 2008 The Story Of The Medical Conspiracy Against America, Eustace Mullins writes Chapter 4 extracts: One of the few doctors who has dared to speak out against the Medical Monopoly, Dr. Robert S. Mendelsohn, dramatized his stand against Modern Medicine […]
Viva Vivus (VVUS) May 25, 2008 · Filed Under General · Comments Off Vivus (VVUS) took at 25% one-day jump recently after good news about one of its treatments. The interim results from the drug, Qnexa, were released in an abstract to be presented at the American Diabetes […]
Haven’t posted much about food lately. I’m such a foodie. This diet is killing me. Sigh. So I’ve been both bad and good this weekend. Bad: Pizza from Magic Oven. OK so not “bad”, actually so very very good. This one is the Gourmety Meaty Pizza (proscuitto and some other stuff, artichoke hearts, […]
This is the serious forum. I need some fresh ideas for the challenges. Can you all help? I will post the normal ones this week, but I need some input this week for new ones. Thanks team!!:D
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Hey Shredders, how is everyone doing?!?! I’m so excited that all of you are trying it with me, I think it’s really helping me stay on track. Keep the comments coming so we can see how everyone is doing. I tried the Level 2 this week and then went back to Level 1 on […]
Next month is father’s day. Like I said, time is really speeding up. It’s also dad’s birthday next month as well. It’s not really a big deal honestly because birthdays get boring once you get older. I never know what to buy him because he doesn’t really do too much outside of work, reading […]
With discussions on Big Brown’s doping and his trainer’s freewheeling use of the still-legal muscle-bulkers still in the press, I thought it would be appropriate to delve a little deeper into this topic. After all, it applies to pets, too—and I have one current case that might raise your eyebrows a centimeter or two. […]
Colombian cocaine is destroying Guinea-Bissau, a small West African country, with a tiny, ill-equipped police force and virtually no navy or air force. Drug dealers corrupt the government, while cheap cocaine assaults the population. Why Guinea-Bissau? It is a smuggling link between South America and Western Europe. For more, see here.
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The Growlery has an interesting post up about mathematical models of biological systems. In particular he refers to an excellent article in Scientific Computing by Paul Schreier. Having had a past interest in this, I thought I would comment. Through the retrospectoscope, life is a strange and interesting thing. I became interested in […]
From Citizen Outreach: By: Chuck Muth SUBWAY SUCKS EGGS SUBWAY sandwich company is running a creative writing contest for kids called the “Every Sandwich Tells a Story Contest.” Children in grades PreK-6 are asked to “write a story that has a beginning, middle and end using one of the provided story […]
if the boasts of one Houston trainer are to be believed, the was an extra component to the quality-character-vibe in the Astros clubhouse, one Drayton McLane might wanna leave out of his personal biography. From the New York Daily News’ quartet of Thompson, O’Keefe, Red and Vinton. : For years, Kelly Blair, the […]
Since 2001, the US Congress has provided the Department of Defense with hundreds of billions of dollars in supplemental and annual appropriations for military operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). DOD’s reported annual obligations for GWOT have shown a steady increase from about $0.2 billion in fiscal year 2001 […]