How to Lose Weight - The Info One Should Know About

In spite of being fat and unattractive, many people like their image in the mirror and they are quite satisfied with their life and themselves. They consider weight loss to be unimportant and ineffective. For that very reason they do not waste time near the doors of the dietician like many others do. However, I would say that they do not make right choice, as the majority is not aware of menace of the obesity. In fact, fat causes numbers of diseases and some health disorders, for example, high b

Brooklyn College Welcomes First New Building in Nearly 40 Years

Brooklyn, NY—The first building to be constructed on the Brooklyn College campus in nearly 40 years officially threw open its doors on Tuesday, Sept. 22, after a 1 p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony that was attended by 200 college and CUNY officials, state and local lawmakers, faculty and staff members, students and other members of the college community. The West Quad Building, a 145,000-square-foot glass-fronted structure that dominates the new quadrangle west of Bedford Avenue, will serve as bo

Deb Sarah talks about the joys of writing… at Chuck E. Cheese

My workspace? Sometimes it’s my minivan, when I’m parked outside school and I’ve got 15 minutes before the doors open and my kids come racing out, backpacks flying and sneakers pounding against the pavement. Sometimes it’s in my bed, late at night, with my husband and black lab, Bella, snoring in harmony next to me. And sometimes I knock out a page or two at Chuck E. Cheese while kids screech at the antics of a giant mouse (who I think looks suspiciously like a rat). It’s not exactly how I use

Answers(?) from the President and Questions for 9/11

In America, You Have the Right To Stand in Line All Night To Get Free Dental Care By Susie Madrak - Crooks and Liars Lost in all the discussion about healthcare reform is the oddly American notion that our teeth are not connected to the rest of our bodies, and have nothing to do with health. So am I surprised that 2000 people stood in line to get free dental care in America yesterday? Hell, no: BRIGHTON, CO — The doors to a free dental clinic in Brighton opened at 5:00 this mo

Talking To The Dead By Bonnie Grove

Talking to the Dead In her first novel, author Bonnie Grove offers readers a tender, quirky story about grief—and second chances Kevin was dead and the people in my house wouldn’t go home. They mingled after the funeral, eating sandwiches, drinking tea, and speaking in muffled tones. I didn’t feel grateful for their presence. I felt exactly nothing,” writes Bonnie Grove in Talking to the Dead: A Novel (David C Cook, June 2009). “Funerals exist so we can close doors we’d rather leave