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Walter Herfst/Courtesy Villa Augustus
Grand old buildings—particularly sturdy
brick ones that outlived the industries that built them—are repurposed
with some regularity. But find a late-19th-century ...
Dwell on Design in Los Angeles
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Dwell on Design, America’s largest design event, returns to the Los
Angeles Convention Center from June 20 through 22, 2014. Perhaps the
most popular space at the show is the Dwell Outdoor section, and this
year Dwell ...
Unity Farm Journal - First Week of June 2014
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As Spring begins to transform into Summer, everything on the farm is a sea of green.
As Paul Simon wrote in 1973
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes ...
AMA, Doctor Allies Push CVS Rivals To End Tobacco Sales
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The American Medical Association and allied physician groups this week are exacting added pressure on pharmacies and others that sell health products to join CVS’ move to cease peddling cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Earlier this year, CVS ...
Too-Clean Homes May Encourage Child Allergies, Asthma: Study
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By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, June 6, 2014
(HealthDay News) — Cleanliness may be next to godliness, but a home
that’s too clean can leave a newborn child vulnerable to allergies and
asthma later ...
PEP Report: Teachers, Parents Make Demands on Farina; ATRs, Etc To Hold Rally at Tweed, Tues., June 10, 4:30PM
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Just back from the gym and heading back outside soon. The last 2 days of wake, our anniversary, and a day of funeral have been crazy and tough. I'll try to blog about these remarkable 2 days if I can get it together. But first, back to business at hand.Lots ...
EARTHING: THE HOLY GRAIL OF MEDICINE?
|| Saturday, 7 June 2014 || chronic illness,earthing,grounding,inflammation || Leave a comments
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New Research Confirms Multiple Benefits of Yoga on Your Body and Mind
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'Lower impact exercises such as yoga can not only give you the physical benefits of exercise, but may also help to alleviate pain or stiffness in such cases. Many yoga teachers offer routines specifically designed ...
Emotions in Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Photo Credit:emotionalcoaching.org.uk'In traditional Chinese medicine, emotions and physical health are intimately connected. Sadness, nervous tension and anger, worry, fear, and overwork are each associated with a particular ...
7 Ways to Use Activated Charcoal
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'I always make sure to have plenty of activated charcoal on hand. This fantastic compound deserves to be part of both your natural first aid kit and your natural medicine cabinet. As far as I’m concerned, it is another ...
How I reversed my son’s ASTHMA
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It took me a while to get up the courage to write this post. 'I didn’t quite want to say my son is CURED of asthma even though we haven’t had to use any inhalers or steroids for over a year now. Saying any ...
Why Am I Tired All the Time?
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Photo Credit: Renegade Health'In the 1980s, the entire medical profession was in outright denial that chronic fatigue existed. The consensus was that clinical depression was associated with tiredness, which was ...
Day By Day
|| Friday, 6 June 2014 || Home & Garden || Leave a comments
This past Tuesday we went to the doctor thinking we still have two weeks until this baby arrives and it turns out we are day by day at this point.
There is still a lot to be done and the race to the finish reached ...
Fred Smith Calls Farina on Field Test Waste of Learning Time
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From Schoolbook. Go Fred. No time now but I will add to this later about the Bronx teacher who was fired years ago because 4 of his 8th grade classes refused to take the field tests. Search ed notes for Doug Avella if interested. I've been too busy ...
Obamacare: watch out, here comes “predictive modeling”
|| Thursday, 5 June 2014 || medical monopoly control,Obamacare,predictive modeling,programming illness || Leave a comments
Photo Credit:3.bp.blogspot.comModeling or programming?A Medai.com article, “Why is Predictive Modeling Essential to Healthcare?” offers this quote: “…the algorithms of predictive modeling can analyze hundreds of ...
Magnesium Supplements Improve Metabolic Syndrome
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Photo Credit:purebulk.com'The importance of magnesium to human health is under-appreciated. This one essential mineral promotes heart health, normal blood pressure, healthy nerve and muscle function, a strong ...
Over 10,000 American Toddlers Are Being Given ADHD Drugs
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Photo Credit:healthimpactnews.com'And once again, our country’s disadvantaged kids are being unnecessarily medicated nearly three times more often.According to CDC officials, more than 10,000 American toddlers—children ...
Matcha Health Benefits & Recipes
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Photo Credit: Byzantine Flowers'A variety of sites claim that just one cup of matcha tea is equivalent to 10 cups of regular steeped green tea. The health benefits of matcha tea far exceed regular green tea ...
Loretta Prisco
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With a heart broken open with love, I let my community know that my mother, Loretta Elinor Prisco, transitioned to spirit side last evening. She was full of grace, light, intelligence, and a deep sense of justice. She ...
UFT Contract: Why Union Officials Owe Ellen Fox, Me and MORE
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View from my deckOh, what I gave up to spend 2 days observing the vote count as a MORE rep. (I'm still redoing my ravaged garden from Sandy.) The UFT owes Ellen and me bigtime. Here's why.A call came in last night ...
Exposing the Charter School BS About Demographics
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I saw this a few weeks ago and it reinforces the case that hook or crook, charters skim the cream despite claims all the kids in public and charters come from the same demographic and socio-economic status. Any teacher who works(ed) in public schools ...
