The budget deficit is soaring, we are trillions in debt and the economy is in a shambles, so how are we going to dig ourselves out of this hole? One idea being bandied around is introducing something called VAT. It stands for Value Added Tax but having grown up with it in England I can [...]
Tags: financial, food, fruits, health, Health Care Guaranteed, poor, processed foods, tax, tea baggers, Vat taxThe news from Haiti has been so bleak and painful since the earthquake hit that it’s been hard to absorb it all. An estimated 200,000 people dead; hundreds of thousands more homeless, badly injured, or without any means to feed themselves and their family. Watching those images of suffering, of people with broken bones who may die because [...]
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I love New York, I really do! So I was delighted when Kevin and I decided to take a trip to NYC just before the Holidays. There is so much to see and experience. New Yorkers are a hearty bunch and they can spot an out-of-towner like [...]
I fell in love with horse racing when I was a 7 year old kid and my uncle and aunt took me and my cousin to the Curragh racetrack in Ireland. It was the wildest, most colorful thing I’d ever seen. Gorgeous horses, jockeys almost as small as me, and excitement all around.
I also loved the [...]
Last night I was just finished with my cardio workout at the gym, (30 minutes on the stair-master) and stumbled upon an exercise class in progress. The class was crammed with mats and perhaps 60 people following the teacher who was accompanied by rhythmic music blended with the beckoning of the teacher’s instruction. Everyone was [...]
I actually wrote a whole article about parents and kids and exercise and by the time I got to the end I realised it had nothing to do with what is really important right now. In fact it made me appreciate that we spend so much time focusing on physical exercise that we sometimes forget [...]
Can you imagine going into your doctor’s office, explaining your problem and having them say “Hmm, take two tango lessons and call me in the morning!” Well, a new study says that might not be as absurd as it sounds – even if it does seem really really absurd!
The International Association of Tango Therapy (IATT) [...]
Next time your boss, husband, wife or significant other says you are too lazy just tell them you can’t help it, that it’s a medical condition, and that you have scientific proof to back up your claim.
Strange as it may sound Australian scientists say there may be a medical reason for extreme laziness. They are [...]
