An Amazing Interview - How Jill Kinmont Boothe Turned Tragedy into Triumph
By Karen Wheeler Hall - 1/4/2008
Excitement filled my mind as I called Jill Kinmont Boothe. This was two years ago, and Jill had graciously agreed to an interview for the book I was writing. I eagerly looked forward to hearing the inspiring story of how she rose above the tragic skiing accident which left her paralyzed and went on ...
Ten Tips For Staying Connected While Working Alone
By Alvah Parker - 1/4/2008
Ten Tips for Staying Connected Many of my business clients tell me that what they missed most when they started their businesses was the camaraderie of an office setting. Small businesses often start with the owner as the only employee. To combat this sense of isolation here are some suggestions t...
Words Of Wisdom
By Carlos Gonzalez - 1/4/2008
Carlos? Words of Wisdom 1. Today is your day to exceed, so why live in yesterday. 2. You?re way beyond your expectation: so why not go a little further? 3. Walk with no fear through the darkness because soon you will see your horizon. 4. It?s not how immense your problems are: it?s how immense t...
How to Bake: Muffins (with recipes)
By Dennis R Weaver - 1/4/2008
Muffins are a mainstay around our house. They are as nourishing as they are good to eat. They are quicker and easier to make than cookies and usually contain much less sugar and fat. We usually eat them for breakfast but like them with any meal. (For Easter, we served cranberry nut muffins with ...
Can Thinking Make You Fat?
By Sheri Zampelli - 1/4/2008
What if your thinking creates your body? Take the example of Daisy. She always felt like she?d look better if she lost 5 or 10 pounds. From the time she was 16-years-old, she said things like, ?I?d like to go swimming but I?m too fat to wear a bathing suit.? Or, ?What guy would want to date a fa...
Visiting the Doctor
By Evan Brinton - 1/4/2008
Many of us hate visiting the doctor until we are sick or are worried about our health. But, the truth of the matter is that if we would just visit our doctor annually we could combat any problems that may be apt to occur. Your doctor can learn so much about your overall health with a yearly exam and...
Exhausted Interns: Doctoring While Impaired
By Rita Jenkins - 1/4/2008
The common practice of requiring physicians-in-training to work many double, and even triple, shifts results in performance reductions equivalent to the effects of drinking several ounces of alcohol, according to a new study led by a University of Michigan sleep researcher published in the Journal o...
Thinking Hard About a Tummy Tuck
By Joseph Then - 1/4/2008
If you are someone who is considering a tummy tuck, then you should make sure that you are looking at all the aspects that come with the decision. There are many things to consider. If you are thinking about getting a tummy tuck, then think long and hard if it is really the right choice for you. W...
Some Straight Talk About Low-Carbohydrates and Your Health
By Rick Trojan - 1/4/2008
There have been many diets and weight loss plans that have come and gone over the years. Low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets were popular decades ago. And today are making a comeback. These diets do promote weight loss. Low-carbohydrate, high- protein diets are more effective. Than low-fat, low-cho...
Life is like Golf
By Greg Ryan - 1/4/2008
In the golfing world, yesterday may have been one
of the most exciting and long awaited days in the
sports history. "The Masters" golf tournament is
the most prestigious championships in all of golf,
but no more important than to the man that won it.
As he walked up the eightieth fairway, I couldn`t...
Business Goal Setting and Then Following Through
By Joy Gendusa - 1/4/2008
Your business can`t go according to plan if you have no plan. What do you want to achieve this year? More new customers per week? Higher average order amounts? Better customer service ratings? No matter what it is you are shooting for, goal setting is one of the most important things that you wil...
Universal Meaning of Celtic Knotwork
By Marek Sutherland - 1/4/2008
In the spring of 2003, I spent three weeks in the city of Chennai, formerly known as Madras, located in Southern India. Each morning, walking before the heat of the day, I was amazed to see intricate knot work patterns drawn out free hand with flour in front of the driveways and gates of homes. Thes...
What Everyone Should Know About Supplements
By Rino Soriano - 1/4/2008
For years now we have heard that supplementing our diets with vitamins and minerals will help us to be healthier by supplying our bodies with nutrients that are not received by the foods we eat. The media has documented the many studies that have been performed to conclude vitamin and mineral supple...
Herbal and Home Remedies that Prevent Memory Loss
By Susun Weed - 1/4/2008
Even a single family member who is senile or afflicted with Alzheimer`s is enough to make anyone dread the possibility. Since women have always lived longer than men, the Ancient Grandmothers have a thing or two to tell us about how to keep our memory sharp until the day we die (at 100+). These reme...
Ingrown Pubic Hair - Six Tips
By Mike Jones - 1/4/2008
Ingrown Pubic Hair - Six Tips: #1
For ingrown pubic hairs along the bikini line, hold a hot
compress against ingrown spots for ten minutes three times a day
to soften the skin and help the hairs work their way out. #2
Wear loose-fitting underwear and clothing until the bumps are
gone to avoid fri...
How to Get into Alignment with Your Goal
By Martha Ruske - 1/4/2008
Many of us see the New Year as a time to turn over a new leaf. Maybe we let things go last year, and this seems like a way to start with a clean slate. This year it will be different, we tell ourselves. But will it? Often we start out doing things the same way we?ve always done them, expecting di...
Ten Suggestions For The Overscheduled Child
By Kimberly Chastain - 1/4/2008
Ever wonder what happened to the family dinner hour? Or for that matter the family dinner half hour? Monday is Soccer Practice, Tuesday is Piano lesson, Wednesday is Church Activities, Thursday is a Soccer Game, Friday a birthday party to attend. A number of events will fill up the weekend. Do you ...
Building Muscle Mass With A Power Cycle
By Gregg Gillies - 1/4/2008
Building muscle mass with a power cycle. Desperate
for pounds of new muscle? Forget the isolation exercises, for
get the weight training routines that have you going for the pump, the burn, flushing the muscle with blood, or any of that other nonsense. If you`re interested in building muscle mass,...
Get Up~Get Out~ Get Going
By Natalie Freund - 1/4/2008
Get Up~Get Out~ Get Going ? when it is best for you. We all want to ?do it right,? and maximize our efforts to get the most out of whatever we do. For our diet, we?re concerned about the best time to eat. Maybe it?s 6:00, maybe it?s 8:00. But what about Fitness? Is there a best time to workout? Does...
Dead Man Walking
By Vivian Gordon - 1/4/2008
One of my favorite movies is "The Green Mile". A memorable
scene was when the presumably guilty murderer was being
brought into the jail and they announced his arrival as "the
dead man walking." His sentence was already passed on
him even before he was properly accused. As humans, we
tend to ju...
Bibles and Bullets
By Anthony Smith - 1/4/2008
This message is not intended to downgrade anyone but rather to show that we are in the end times. Lets look at a commentary from The Washington Post, by Mary Jordan."Butcher those who mock Islam," and "Be Prepared for the Real Holocaust," read other signs. Many moderate Muslims denounced the extrem...
Gastric Bypass Complication: Gastrogastric Fistula
By Kaye Bailey - 1/4/2008
While the success rate of gastric bypass surgery is very good, complications from the weight loss surgery do occur. One of the rare complications is a gastrogastric fistula or leak in the newly reduced stomach pouch. Recently a LivingAfterWLS reader named Margo suffered such a complication. She had ...
How To Lose 20 Pounds REALLY, REALLY Fast
By Tom Venuto - 1/4/2008
Back ?in the day? when I used to be a full time personal trainer and I met with clients in person at my New Jersey Health Club, the first thing I would always ask my clients during the initial consultation was: "Tell me exactly what you want... and I`ll show you how to get it." Typical reply from cl...
Reflexology Therapy
By C. Bailey-Lloyd - 1/4/2008
Reflexology therapy, (an ancient art practiced by early Egyptians), is also a science founded on the basis that areas of the feet, hands and ears are comprised of zones and reflex areas that correspond to all glands, organs, and bodily systems. Reflexology therapy is a technique whereby pressure is ...
Dry Pimples Fast, Destroy Acne!
By Kathleen Lieu - 1/4/2008
Clear, blemish free skin in no time! Pimples and zits are the products of bacteria and clogged pores. When you see a white head, the thing you squeeze and white stuff comes out of it, that is a mix of dead bacteria, blood, and the white blood cells that combatted the bacteria... the mixture is known...
Herbal Supplement
By Rolf Rasmusson - 1/4/2008
Herbal Supplement ? what is it? So what is an herbal supplement? The herbal supplement is a supplement that provides you body with various nutrients necessary for your health and which is based of herbs and natural products. There are a wide variety of different types of herbal supplements available...
Mastering Mindfulness: A Thinker`s Ode to Meditation
By Maya Talisman Frost - 1/4/2008
I`m lucky. When I was fifteen, I was the sole survivor in one of those horrific car accidents involving a bunch of teens, lots of alcohol, and late-night fast driving. While the driver and other passengers were killed instantly when our car hit a tree on a drizzly summer night, I had the most power...
White Sun - Contribution & Goal
By Teow Aun Chew - 1/4/2008
The sages said, ?If our wish is to be a Saint, then we will be a Saint. If our wish is to be a Buddha, then we will be a Buddha. If our wish is to be a sentient being, then we will be a sentient being. We will become whatever we set our mind on.? We must first establish our goal, once our goal is es...
A Word Fitly Spoken ~ Believe
By C.L. Mareydt - 1/4/2008
A Word Fitly Spoken A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Proverbs 25:11 Under All that We Think, Lives All We Believe, Like the
Ultimate Veil of Our Spirits. ~ Antonio Machado Believe: To exercise be...
Green Tea and Polyphenols
By Gerald Meyer - 1/4/2008
What are Polyphenols? Polyphenols are compounds found in nature. More specifically they are found in plants and provide coloring for some. Their purpose appears to be a potent, natural antioxidant. There are many plants that we consume that contain polyphenols. Concentrations are high in Olive oi...
What Is Mantra Yoga?
By Kevin Pederson - 1/4/2008
This means chanting of phrases, words which when chanted in full attention and could give you a sense of calmness and tranquility. It can also be stated as the achievement of the ultimate salvation by the chanting of verses. Most of the chants and phrases in Vedas are used for this purpose. This was...
Do You Have a New Year`s Career Resolution?
By Steve Bohler - 1/4/2008
Repeat after me: ?I will read this article? The new year is a time for new beginnings, focusing on priorities, and making a resolution to take (and maintain) action. It?s a perfect time to make a resolution or commitment to find work you love. BUT, finding a natural vocation that motivates you every...
Iron Mineral101
By Charlene Nuble - 1/4/2008
Iron is a mineral that is essential to the health and functioning of the body. Deficiencies in iron can have serious consequences for overall health and even energy levels. While iron is important for both sexes, it is of particular importance to women due to biological and reproductive factors. How...
Is Free Online Yoga Safe?
By Mike Mann - 1/4/2008
Yoga nowadays is very in demand especially the newest free online free yoga. Yoga practice and exercise can be learned in school. There are a lot of yoga schools all over the world. Before, yoga was only applied and practice in India but now, looks like it has evolved. Almost all the people in the w...
Christmas Recipes: Edible Gifts. No.4 of 8 - Chocolate Truffles
By Paul Curran - 1/4/2008
Christmas recipe makes: 2 dozen
Calories per truffle: 65
Preparation time: 30 ? 60 minutes
Cooking time: 0 minutes
Suitable for freezing Christmas recipe ingredients: Truffle Mixture:
- chocolate, bitter, plain or milk 225g (8 oz)
- double cream, ...
What to Do?
By Patti Pacifico - 1/4/2008
What am I supposed to write? Why am I supposed to write? Really, what do I have to say? Commentary on the distresses of life; is there not enough negativity? Perhaps, there is so much negativity that positive commentary would evoke a ridiculous opinion of me for the entertainment of negativity. I fe...
What To Do If You Have Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
By Christopher Luck - 1/4/2008
What does it mean if you have primary pulmonary hypertension? I have heard all of those words on their own, but certainly upon first glance didn?t know what they meant together. With a little reading, though, I understood what primary pulmonary hypertension was. Pulmonary hypertension is actually a ...
Our Livers Need for Water
By Jan Johnson - 1/4/2008
Although many realize that the liver has its own cleansing system, it does need help - as it cannot maintain its healthy state if its being abused. Abuse occurs when too much of the wrong foods are entering the body. The livers main role is to neutralize the wastes and toxins in the body. Toxins ref...
Success Without Whining About Doing Your Best
By John Watson - 1/4/2008
In the film `The Rock`, Sean Connery takes a dim view of those who claim to be `doing their best`. He comments grimly: `Losers always whine about doing their best.` Is he right? This article tries to give an answer. In the film, two men are set the near impossible task of disabling rocket bombs arme...
Natural Hair Loss Treatment
By Ofer Tirosh - 1/4/2008
A few years ago there were no "official" natural hair loss treatments. Nowadays, medical enterprises understand that there are a lot of people that prefer natural hair loss treatments. Those people prefer not to use chemical substances for stopping hair loss. One of the most popular natural hair lo...
One Woman, One Leg, No Job
By Lori Berube - 1/4/2008
What is social acceptance? Why is it so important? What can we do to overcome it? This inspirational story may change your attitude toward society and its evil un-acceptance and discriminations. Follow along as I give a detailed account of my experience with a life changing disability and the ba...
Rib-Eye Steak with Mushrooms and Bleu Cheese
By Richard Massey - 1/4/2008
This is a mouth watering steak. Every time I serve this in the restaurant the customers rave. The best part, it?s so simple you can make it at home for the family. Serves 2 - 2 ea. Rib-eye steaks (each about 1 inch thick)
- ˝ tsp. Kosher salt
- ˝ tsp. Pepper
- 1 Tbsp. Olive oil
- 3 T...
It`s All In The Numbers
By Virginia Bola, PsyD - 1/4/2008
Offer a woman the choice between a dress she likes a lot, that fits well but is size 12, and a dress she likes, which also fits well but is labeled size 8, and she`ll take the lesser preferred every time. Why are we so hung up on sizes? Men don`t care. If something is too snug, they just go to a lar...
Do You Think You Could You Have Achieved More?
By R.G. Srinivasan - 1/4/2008
If you are anything like me, the end of the year might just
leave you a little disappointed that you could have achieved
more but didn`t. With 2005 already on us when we look forward with great hope
and enthusiasm, we must also prepare for the end of the year
when we can look back with lot of sa...
Learning How to Become a Good Loser
By Charles Remington - 1/4/2008
The Quest to Reach Your Ideal Weight It was late in the day and my next patient I would be meeting for the first time. As the woman entered my office upon introduction I was surprised by her response to my question of how she heard about me. She went on to say it was through an article she read in...
My Waffle Iron
By Paul Rinehart - 1/4/2008
I had always wanted a waffle iron. At the age of six, I started asking for one, every Christmas and every birthday. I dreamed of making large, golden, square waffles that were slightly crispy on the outside and light on the inside. I got my first wok when I was six, my first ice cream machine a f...
Womens Hair Loss ? What Should You Do?
By Peter Crump - 1/4/2008
Womens hair loss is almost as common as mens, and more common than many realise. And as her hair is a more important part of her look, womens hair loss can cause more severe psychological distress for women than for men. For men, hair loss can be a normal, if unwanted, part of life. Many men just c...
Christian Yoga?
By Paul M. Jerard Jr. - 2/12/2007
There is an interesting article in the September 5th issue of Time magazine. This particular article covers a spectrum of opinions about mixing Christianity with Yoga. Even, if you don?t agree with a single opinion, it?s a good read, as long as you remain objective.
Over the course of time, I have...
Weight Loss Diet: Move Past The Four Letter Word
By Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, Ph.D, ND, DACBN - 1/30/2007
D-I-E-T?most people could not think of a more vulgar four-letter word. Diet immediately brings to mind images of hunger, frustration, and ultimately failure. This one single word has stopped many people dead in their tracks. It seems many people prefer to be overweight rather than suffer the consequ...
Gastric Bypass Surgery - What Are The Risks?
By Beverley Brooke - 1/25/2007
Although all of the risks involved in gastric bypass surgery aren`t fully known, there are many that are. These include possible infection, clotting of the blood, and the development of gallstones, a bleeding ulcer and even pneumonia. It certainly isn`t a simple procedure and complications may occur...
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