Tag: health
group name: ecopioneers
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December 05, 2006 12:11 AM EST --
"..we all have the knowledge of DNA, but we still die..Those last few days at Jonestown ain't got nothing on this..How do we tell the people in the white coats, enough is enough?" -- "White . . .
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April 29, 2007 11:09 PM EDT --
Reports have been flocking in, about a beautiful yet bizarre blossoming vine -- the akebia. It features a magnificently heady fragrance, petite flowers, and finally -- an uncanny . . .
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May 17, 2007 11:46 PM EDT --
A recent experience has driven home the utter importance of a healthy G.I. system. But with our constantly-busy lives, we may not always eat right, or make the right decisions . . .
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February 17, 2007 11:51 PM EST --
The incessant drive of governments and megamedia has taken an already-overbureaucratized system and injected it with carcinogenic steroids. Government programs that help generate . . .
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April 06, 2007 12:14 AM EDT --
The last summer semester I spent at Northern Illinois University (before graduating) was actually more like a vacation to me. My friend Dave (aka "Sherlock") had managed . . .
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April 22, 2007 11:43 PM EDT --
(This was written on April 16, in response to the VA Tech shootings).
I was going to write about enhancing our garden, but it seems like there's a larger garden . . .
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April 28, 2007 10:49 PM EDT --
The image that stands out most in my mind, is the one of her going toe-to-toe with an overzealous police officer, as he ticketed me for mopedalling through some stop signs.
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February 13, 2007 12:06 AM EST --
Since energy costs have recently spiked, it's time to become more resourceful and innovative, and practice some real effective conservation measures. Here's a tentative . . .
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February 24, 2007 09:20 PM EST --
This has already been an unexpectedly bountiful winter -- unless you paid attention to The Farmer's Almanac's predictions of such. Every day that I wake up to find my car . . .
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May 31, 2006 08:30 PM EDT --
I spend a lot of time in the Environmental Science Department of my University. Whilst there, my dietary habits have oft come under stern critique. I attest that while . . .
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September 13, 2006 11:00 PM EDT --
I developed quite severe asthma after working with smokers, in one of those new "airtight" buildings where you couldn't even open the windows. It was so bad, there . . .
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June 17, 2007 11:38 PM EDT --
Ever since I had a mysterious encephalitis-like disease from Missouri, back in 1978, I've had a special concern about these miniature buzzing predators. And since they can . . .
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June 26, 2007 11:27 PM EDT --
In the grand tradition of our previous "Truth or Dare" entries, here is my list of four truthful statements -- plus a fictitious fifth one thrown in as a fun kind of . . .
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July 15, 2007 11:16 PM EDT --
A recent article by Henry Kramer in 'The Fulton Journal' points out a disturbing fact about our modern environment. Many of the familiar birds we grew up with, are declining . . .
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July 26, 2007 10:58 PM EDT --
One of these diminutive golden-green jewels landed on a wooden stool in our backyard today. I think he was trying to prompt me to tell his story -- though not in the lifesaving . . .
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July 29, 2007 11:23 PM EDT --
I've never been too enthused about the traditional green grass lawn -- it just seems to be too boring and ubiquitous. I'm more intrigued by alternatives like my late uncle's . . .
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August 03, 2007 11:33 PM EDT --
(Due to the unprecedented response to my previous article on Japanese beetles, I hope to make 'Insect Chronicles' a semi-regular feature on the Gatherscape.)
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January 13, 2007 11:54 PM EST --
1. Willner Chemists. This veritable encyclopedia of supplements and articles, comes from the largest nutrition-based pharmacy in the U.S. (NYC-based). They also have a Sunday afternoon radio show on WOR. . . .
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August 09, 2007 10:33 PM EDT --
This time of year, you never know what Mother Nature may throw at you next. A month of sunshiny days could lull you into a false sense of security -- then you get deluged with . . .
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April 18, 2007 11:56 PM EDT --
Last Sunday afternoon I was outside, DXing (channel surfing) on my hand-crank radio, when I discovered a new home / garden program. It's called Your Home Matters, and it "airs" . . .
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