Health

The Academy’s Night at the Museum

June 12, 2009
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The Academy’s Night at the Museum

Every Thursday California Academy of Science throws a “night at the museum” type of event with music, drinks and food. This Thursday the Nightlife event was sold out bringing several thousands of visitors inside its newly remodeled building in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. With only $10 a ticket, this is a perfect...

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Health Marketing and the CDC

April 26, 2009
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Health Marketing and the CDC

Have you ever heard the term "Health Marketing"? I certainly haven't, until recently when I decided to research a specific health topic. So I turned to the "credible source" of health information, the CDC (Center for Decease Control and Prevention), a government agency.

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Digital Detox Week: Can you do it?

April 19, 2009
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Digital Detox Week: Can you do it?

Canadian magazine for "mental environment"  Adbusters once again came up with something unthinkable. They announced next week a digital detox ...

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$700 for the Vet and wondering…

April 4, 2009
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$700 for the Vet and wondering…

About two months ago my dog Fila had his gum swollen refusing to eat hard food. I took him to the vet, we did a whole bunch of things including shots, blood tests and sedated ultrasonic teeth cleaning. That was about $600 in total.

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Being present and Activism as a form of modern violence.

March 30, 2009
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Being present and Activism as a form of modern violence.

Today I heard a lecture, so called dharma talk, of one Buddhist monk in Sausalito. She talked about being present as an activity and emphasized the difference between activity and activism.

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UNPLUGGED in Miami.. for a week

November 19, 2008
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After writing about computer slavery and doing precisely that, I found myself on the plane to Miami counting minutes until I land, unplug and enjoy warm ocean and tropical weather. No computers, no internet, no email, no news, no television...Why Miami? Well, let me tell ya...

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Computer Slavery

October 26, 2008
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Once upon a time a certain type of people commonly referred to as servants or slaves, knelt before their masters daily. Now, without recognizing this, for continuous eight hours a day, we kneel in front of our "new masters", computers! Then, after we go home, we kneel some more, updating myspace, facebook, match or...

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Guess who owns the biggest villa in Miami?

May 3, 2008
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Guess who owns the biggest villa in Miami?

Guess who owns the biggest villa in Miami's Star Island, named after the celebrity status of the real estate property owners. P-Diddy? Julio Iglesias? Nope. It is Dr Frost, the founder of the major pharmaceutical company producing generic drugs for the ever so drug thirsty America.

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I am alive!!!… and great cough remedy

January 10, 2008
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My gosh, finally, January 9th and I can proclaim I am alive!!!! The flu virus sucked the life out of me for a full week chaining me to bed. But I have battled it and won! It was a pretty nasty virus with fever and horrible cough. I hear a lot of people fell...

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SICKO

December 22, 2007
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SICKO made me sick. I've been waiting for this movie to come out on DVD, and once I saw it on the shelf of my local video store, it was a definite choice for me.

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