The High Art of Handling Problem People
The walk-in medical clinic was about to close for the day when Susan Biali got a call from one of her longtime patients. Could the doctor please hang in a bit longer? The caller was feeling very ill and needed to see her immediately. An exhausted Biali extended her already burdensome day and waited [...]
Sugar makes you stupid: Study shows high-fructose diet sabotages learning, memory
A new UCLA study is the first to show how a diet steadily high in fructose slows the brain, hampering memory and learning — and how omega-3 fatty acids can counteract the disruption. The peer-reviewed Journal of Physiology publishes the findings in its May 15 edition. "Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects [...]
John Kacmar & Diana Lea Berdini – Real Estate
Working in Real Estate, we realize how lucky we are to meet so many wonderful people and stay connected through many Real Estate transactions! Our commitment to you is to act at all times with your best interests in mind and to assist and advise you during the negotiations regarding the sale or purchase [...]
What Exactly Is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Thanks to my friend Bev from Canada for making so many good contributions to Autism Awareness and help for the supporting family and friends. If you have any information you can share, please leave a comment (links are great too) and share on Facebook… ABC's "What Would You do" broadcast [...]
More than a Billion People Live on $1.50 a Day – Could You?
Most of us spend more than $1.50 on coffee every day. But for the 1.4 billion people living in extreme poverty, $1.50 is their total daily budget. This week, the Global Poverty Project is trying to raise awareness of extreme poverty with its Live Below the Line campaign. From May 7 through 11, Malin Akerman, [...]
Monsanto’s Minions in California | Say NO to MONSANTO
Kathy Fairbanks, spokeswoman for the so-called Coalition Against the Costly Food Labeling Proposition says requiring labels on genetically engineered food would increase food prices. What she doesn't say is that she's being paid by the trade associations that represent the biotech behemoths like Monsanto that engineer the GMO crops and the food industry giants [...]
Met Con Blue Mountain Adventure Race
The Most Insane 5k Mountain Adventure Race on the Planet! Met Con Blue Mountain Adventure Race is the most insane 5km mountain obstacle/adventure race on the planet! Are you ready for 13 grueling obstacles, 1400 punishing feet of incline, rocky creeks, hills, mud, snow, ice pools, fire, smoke, aliens and [...]
cheforganics.com – As true to tastes as Mother Nature intended!
cheforganics.com Lynn and David Freeman have been farming in Meaford Ontario, since 1986. In 1998 The Freeman’s started growing garlic, which they processed into a variety of Gourmet food seasoning spices. They have created three incredible-tasting spices thus far; Gourmet Canadian Six Spice, Gourmet Garlic Spice, Gourmet Garlic Scape Spice, along with Gourmet [...]
Howard Gardner, Multiple Intelligences and Education
Howard Gardner's work around multiple intelligences has had a profound impact on thinking and practice in education – especially in the United States. Here we explore the theory of multiple intelligences; why it has found a ready audience amongst educationalists; and some of the issues around its conceptualization and realization. I want my [...]
Cinco De Mayo 2012: How A Mexican Battle Became An American Party
It might be a tequila shot for tourism. Mexico, battling bad drug-war publicity and the hangover from a weak U.S. economy, is trying to bolster its leisure travel trade by beginning to play up another battle, and what has become basically a drinking holiday in the U.S. — Cinco de Mayo. It's really an [...]
How friends matter to your brain
Your friends may matter to you in ways that you can't even see – at the level of neural circuitry in the brain. It turns out that the brain's frontal midline, an area between the two hemispheres that is associated with socialization and the way you think about yourself, also shows a greater response [...]
