Odd jobs

Fri Jun 1, 2007 1:51 PM EDT

A coworker and I were discussing our past jobs over morning coffee today, and I realized that almost every job in my past has been a conversation piece of sorts.

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business, art, jobs, auctions, goals, odd-jobs, first-job, hershey-park, butterfields, temping

Are Dairy Products Good For Your Health?

Seeded on Thu May 24, 2007 4:53 AM EDT (Dr. Ben Kim .com)

Dr Ben Kim's informative survey of the advantages and disadvantages of cow's milk.

health, dairy, milk, nutrition

This is Your Life (and How You Tell It)

Seeded on Wed May 23, 2007 12:21 PM EDT (The New York Times)

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We writers have been right all along about the importance of narrative, it seems. This article talks about how significant autobiography and telling or writing one's own life story can help one to alter it in a positive way.

health, writing, psychology, autobiography, psychotherapy, talk-therapy

Yoga as possible treatment for depression

Seeded on Tue May 22, 2007 2:00 AM EDT (Scientific Blogging)

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Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and McLean Hospital have found that practicing yoga may elevate brain gamma-aminobutyric (GABA) levels, the brain's primary inhibitory neurotransmitter.

health, exercise, yoga, gaba

Diabetes drug raises risk of heart attack, study finds

Seeded on Mon May 21, 2007 6:03 PM EDT (The Seattle Times)

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The widely prescribed diabetes drug Avandia is linked to a greater risk of heart attack and possibly death, a new scientific analysis revealed, and the U.S. government issued a safety alert Monday.

health, diabetes, avandia

This is England

Seeded on Sat May 19, 2007 1:36 PM EDT (obandsoller.livejournal.com)

Ramesh Satkuranath reviews Shane Meadow's film about growing up amongst the second wave skinheads when they began to become influenced by the BNP.

entertainment, race, culture, racism, films, ska, bnp, ethnicity, skin-heads, shane-meadows

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