Betting on Sports Can Often Be a Losing Proposition

Thursday, September 8, 2011 4:57
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Do you bet on sports? Do you mostly win or lose? Here’s a lesson from someone that used to be to brunt of baseball sporting bets, our expert and former Angels pitcher.

During the winter of 1984, I decided to retire from my baseball career after my agent described a conversation he had with a general manager. Read the rest of this entry »

Aromatherapy for Smoking Withdrawal Post 2

Wednesday, August 31, 2011 5:51
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Start your day off with this tonic by diffusing it in your bathroom while you shower, or place a drop on a warm, wet facecloth, cover your face and inhale deeply. A good night’s sleep will help immeasurably, so take a Hops herbal bath before bedtime. Read the rest of this entry »

Information as currency

Friday, August 26, 2011 12:19
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Back to Toto. In the L. Frank Baum book upon which the classic film The Wizard of Oz was based, the crew shuffling off to the Emerald City symbolized Jacob Coxey’s 1894 march on Washington seeking the free and unlimited coinage of silver. Today’s infomediaries, you might say, stand for the free and unlimited coinage of information.

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Aromatherapy for Smoking Withdrawal Post 1

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 6:20
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Essential oils can help you quit smoking.

It can seem like an eternity between that last cigarette and … now. For many ex-smokers, the craving never goes completely away, but as time passes and you begin to feel phenomenally better, it becomes easier and easier to resist the pull. If you can make it through that first month, you are well on your way to a healthier and, quite possibly, longer life. The first week is the toughest. If we could only take ourselves off to a peaceful, secluded retreat, away from the stress of our everyday lives, where we would be sympathetically nurtured and cared for as we progress through the stages of withdrawal. But if that’s not a possibility, essential oils can play a similar role, guiding you past the jonesin’, the nervous irritability, the urge to scream at your loved ones and random passersby. Read the rest of this entry »

A Shift In Perspective

Monday, August 15, 2011 7:54
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I had a very good chat last Saturday night with my friend Doctor. Jim is a psychologist and we were discussing our respective businesses and the growth possibilities within them.

Jim helped remind me of something I’ve known for a long time, but perhaps it got lost in amongst the busyness of my workdays. He reminded me about the shifting of perspective. Read the rest of this entry »

Temporary Classrooms Can Pose Health Risks

Friday, August 12, 2011 11:33
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With spring break behind them, thousands of American students have returned to classrooms housed in poorly designed temporary buildings.

Researchers say that the bad air quality and chemicals often found in these so-called “portable” schools — self-standing shelters constructed to house overflowing student bodies — can make both students and teachers sick.

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Healthy Weight Loss Post 2

Thursday, August 11, 2011 5:19
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Instead, this should be an awakening. It should be an opportunity for us to realize, we already know what we need to do to lose the weight, now we just have to do it! Each time we make a choice, we need to realize that this is exactly what we’re doing – choosing. Read the rest of this entry »

Healthy Weight Loss Post 1

Thursday, August 4, 2011 5:12
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If you’re like most women, you diet and exercise and honestly try to lose those pesky pounds that cling to you. Adding insult to injury are those little fat pockets – the ones that somehow shifted around as we aged, and are almost impossible to dislodge! But before you give up, there’s just one question you should ask yourself: Are you doing your best? Read the rest of this entry »

Public display

Friday, July 29, 2011 19:43
Posted in category Men's Health
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Warshavsky, who moved to Seattle from Queens at age eight and still feels his adopted city is too slow, sees his business as a pioneering effort. He says when IEG launched Club Love in January 1995 (spending $3.5 million to develop the site and $250,000 a month to market it) it pioneered mass volume transaction processing and has since pioneered videoconferencing technology. Read the rest of this entry »

Persons, Communication and Gender Post 3

Thursday, July 28, 2011 6:57
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Conclusion

Paradoxically, I propose that best way to honor gender diversity is to transcend it. I don’t mean to pretend gender doesn’t exist. Rather, the task is to look directly at the person who is in front of you, so you can see them as spirit and as a unique individual. Come face-to-face and spirit-to-spirit to see and understand everything about them as an individual that you need to see, and that they want you to understand. Read the rest of this entry »