October 17, 2008 05:05 am
Tibetan Heart Yoga offered every Thursday at 7 p.m., and every Sunday at 9 a.m., at ACI-Cape Ann’s Vajramudra Center, 154 Granite St., Rockport. Led by registered yoga teacher Dr. Pattie O’Brien. Ninety-minute program open to all. $10 donation per class. Bring a notebook and a yoga mat.
Meditate in a group setting with other practitioners every Tuesday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Vajramudra Dharma Center, 154 Granite Read the rest of this entry »
Terence J. Strope, 38, and his brother Ryan C. Strope, 26, were found fatally wounded Nov. 19 inside their rented brick rambler on Moultrie Road in the Ravensworth Farm neighborhood. A visitor, Andres A. Yelicie, 26, staggered out of the house and alerted neighbors to the attack, but he too died.
Police have been desperate for leads in the case, so they released new details about the incident, including the fact that the Stropes apparently sold Read the rest of this entry »
In answering this question, the media have focused nearly all attention on three themes: whether Clinton voters will vote for any woman on the ticket, no matter what her position on issues; whether pro-choice Clinton voters will cross over and vote for an anti-abortion ticket; and whether women will vote based on their approval or disapproval of Palin’s decisions regarding motherhood and work.
While these themes may play into the media’s conception Read the rest of this entry »
Government has applauded Family Health International for taking a leading role in improving lives of orphans and vulnerable children in Salima.
Salima district social welfare officer Nixon Chawinga said this on Tuesday when he handed over 100 bicycles to child protection workers at Salima Community Centre Hall.
He said the bicycles will alleviate the problem social workers face when commuting from one place to another.
“These bicycles Read the rest of this entry »
This time around, it’s not about Madonna. Baseball star Alex Rodriguez is in the spotlight once again, and that is due to his alleged, now admitted, use of performance-enhancing drugs.
The Yankees star recently admitted in an exclusive interview with Peter Gammons of ESPN that he used performance-enhancing drugs while playing for the Texas Rangers for three years, beginning in 2001. An emotional Rodriguez recounts succumbing to mounting pressure, Read the rest of this entry »
Abdul Hafiz on how drugs can, and have, ruined high-flying sports careers.
I FEEL sorry for Michael Phelps, and not because he went bonkers.
Here is a man, who at age 23, has reached the absolute peak of his sport.
Everything he goes on to do in the pool will only be a footnote to his eight-gold feat at the Beijing Olympics.
It’s all downhill from now for Phelps. How do you motivate yourself knowing that?
Maybe that explains why he is willing Read the rest of this entry »
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Up to ten people a week are being hospitalized with injuries caused by playing Nintendo Wii games, prompting doctors in Britain to issue warnings of the dangers associated with the video game system.
“There has been a 100 percent increase in patients complaining of Wii-itis,” Dr. Dev Mukerjee of Broomfield Hospital, Essex, told The Sun newspaper.
Most patients are admitted after playing tennis or running games which Read the rest of this entry »
On paper, Jim Ramstad — who is rumored to be Obama’s choice for drug czar — looks like the ideal man for the job . He’s a recovering alcoholic himself and a Congressman who championed legislation recently passed to provide equal insurance coverage for addictions and other mental illnesses.
To top it off, he’s a Republican, giving Obama what looks like a relatively harmless way to make his cabinet more bipartisan. Choosing Ramstad would appear Read the rest of this entry »
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president and chief executive Stephen Laverty has resigned, the trustees of the hospital’s parent organization, Northeast Health System Inc., said today.
noted that Laverty’s management style had come under fire from doctors and nurses and that Laverty’s resignation was expected.
Today Northeast Health System’s board of trustees announced that it has accepted Laverty’s resignation.
The board also said it has appointed Henry J. Ramini, a 76-year-old Read the rest of this entry »