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Business > Marketing Using blogs as PR tools: 9 of 11
It's the age of self-publishing. The playing field is fully leveled and everyone with an internet connection and web browser can be heard as clearly as your favorite television news anchor. A teenager in Israel with a web cam becomes a political correspondent, a co-ed in a dorm room a fashion idol. Blogging (the writing and ... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Nature's seasons: 19 of 23
Spring came in finally. Melting away the darkness of the bleak and weary winterscape with its warm breath. Giving life and dripping love into everything. Washing away the snow. Washing away the ice and the despair. From what appeared a nothingness sprang forth life, abundant and overwhleming. A child woken up from its nap, f... More..
Health & Fitness > Diet & Weight Loss The link between stress and weight gain: 16 of 18
Ever notice that when you're happy, you feel like you're burning calories more quickly; that your metabolism is just inexplicably humming along with you? It's not your imagination. Stress and unhappiness cause real biochemical changes in the body which can lead to weight gain and resistance to weight loss. Scientists have fo... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Storms: 24 of 26
It was a lovely September day in 2003, I had spent the afternoon with a then boyfriend, from whom I was rapidly estranging. He mentioned that there was a hurricane in the forecast, that could touch land that night. In my slightly less than 40 years alive in Nova Scotia we have brushed up against a few Atlantic storms, but no... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Summer rain: 25 of 27
tapping out a lullaby on the porch roof the old woman closes her eyes pansies forgotten, temporarily soap operas forgotten, temporarily strawberry jam forgotten, temporarily her fingers brush the lap quilt her granddaughter made tip tip tap tip a tiny drum bringing dreams of memories with missing pieces that run naked throug... More..
Health & Fitness > Diet & Weight Loss The facts about obesity in American adults: 14 of 14
According to the 2003-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted by the CDC, it is estimated that 66% of American adults are overweight or obese, an increase of 10% from the decade before. Of this percentage, over 30% of adults were obese, defined as having a BMI (or Body Mass Index) of 30 or more. Some ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Setting Life Goals Thoughts on simplifying your life: 12 of 12
For a while now, I've been trying to explain to friends and family my new life formula and plan. How I want less overhead, move laughter. Fewer bills, more love. Less stuff, more happiness. I've said that I really only need enough to be comfortable, pay the minimum amount of overhead, and then some left over for small luxuri... More..
Health & Fitness > Diet & Weight Loss The facts about obesity in American children: 8 of 8
Childhood obesity is a matter of critical concern globally, and is most prevalent in Western societies. So serious is the trend, and the health consequences so severe, that the United Nations projects that our generation will be the first to outlive their children. The World Health Organization estimates that one tenth of al... More..