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Hard winter for honeybees
Sonoma County beekeepers are reporting significant losses among their honeybees this winter including what some describe as cases of Colony Collapse Disorder, the mysterious scourge that has wiped out thousands of colonies around the nation.
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Soldier on, Huckabee
Though the Cold War has been over for a generation, McCain has become more bellicose. He warns us new wars are coming, demands the ouster of Vladimir Putin from the G-8 and threatens Iran. Huckabee has a chance to do himself a world of good by piling up votes and delegates and making himself a conservative alternative to McCain. But he also has a chance to serve his party and country by putting on the table the issues that neither party is addressing. ©2008 Creators Syndicate Inc. .
Obesity, genetics, and responsibility.
"Nature tops nurture in childhood obesity," a wire story announced last week. The article's first sentence reported that according to a new study, "Diet and lifestyle play a far smaller role than genetic factors in determining whether a child becomes overweight." I've read and written a lot about obesity lately, and one thing I've learned, especially from my mistakes, is that genetics and "lifestyle" are rarely that simple. In this case, their relationship is particularly complicated. Obesity is indeed genetic. And diet and lifestyle are crucial to controlling it. Genetic propensity to gain weight is hardly a new idea. Previous studies have suggested that adult body-mass index (BMI) is 55 percent to 85 percent heritable. But those studies left two questions unanswered.
Bill Gates - You Asked The Questions
I've just emerged from the Microsoft machine, shaken but unscathed. I've interviewed Bill Gates three or four times over a 12 year period, and each time I come out impressed by the sheer professionalism of the Microsoft PR operation but wondering whether we've been successfully spun. This time we tried a new tactic - getting BBC viewers, listeners and readers to ask the questions. We had thousands, covering every aspect of Bill Gates and Microsoft - past, present and future. Over two hundred were seeking jobs, one gentleman was proposing himself as the next CEO of Microsoft, and another wondered whether the secrets of Windows software had been recovered from a crashed UFO. We did not ask that one, but managed to get through around fifteen questions during our allotted fifteen minutes.
Life coach: Exercise, proper nutrition benefits body and mind
Many of us automatically think of exercise and diet as the components necessary for physical well-being. Those components are important, however, as more and more brain research is completed, we understand that the mind and body are inseparable and our physical health is very important for our overall sense of well-being.Physical well-being includes exercise, diet, flexibility, endurance, safety, hygiene, personal responsibility, and use of medical services, preventive care and self care, including sleep, stress management and connection with others.
For the purposes of this column, the volume of information will be limited to exercise and diet, with links provided for those who would like more information.Let's start with the benefits of exercise for the body:Makes you stronger.Boosts the immune system.Maintains muscle and bone strength, which helps to decrease risk of osteoporosis and falls.Burns excess fat helping to maintain or reduce weight, thus reducing the risk of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke and obesity.Helps conditions such as arthritis and asthma.Improves sleep.Helps one work out emotions such as anger, frustration and anxiety.The benefits of exercise for the mind include:Enhancing mood and reducing depression and anxiety by stimulating serotonin production.Providing opportunities for interaction with people and nature.Reducing stress and sharpening concentration.Offering a time that is just for you (even when with a friend), which is important when you may be juggling many roles.From Tetleywellbeing4life.com.auFor more information on the benefits of exercise see:http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/exercise/HQ01676http://www.busywomensfitness.com/exercise-benefits.htmlhttp://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/importance/why.htm.Psychological Benefits of ExerciseThere are many psychological benefits of physical activity.
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