I've had several calls over the past few months from folks asking for an update on my fitness program.
Perhaps you recall in January 2008 I embarked on a journey that I realize will likely have no real end – because it's a way of life.
I called it Finding Fitness at 50.
Needless to say, I did not find fitness at the age of 50, but I certainly moved closer to it than I've ever been. I'm 51 now and I'm still pressing on. Read the rest of this entry »
BUYINS.NET: MEMY, MERR, TXPI, SVYSY Have Been Added To Naked Short List Today
Dec 17, 2008 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) –
— BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today that these select companies have been added to the NASDAQ, AMEX and NYSE naked short threshold list: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. (NASDAQ: MEMY), Merriman Curhan Ford Group Inc (NASDAQ: MERR), Texas Petrochemicals Inc (OTC: TXPI), Solvay S.A. Ordinary A (OTC: SVYSY). For a complete Read the rest of this entry »
Conejo Recreation and Park District will hold a Kids Health and Fitness Expo from noon to 3 p.m. Sat., Sept. 27 at the Thousand Oaks Community Center, 2525 N. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks.
The expo is free and will feature more than 25 handson activities for children to learn about nutrition and exercise.
Entertainment will include a jump rope team, hula hoop demonstration and a dog show where children compete with the dogs on Read the rest of this entry »
BY CHRISTINE BEDELL, Californian staff writer
Saturday, Nov 15 2008 12:00 PM
Last Updated: Friday, Nov 14 2008 6:53 PM
A childrens health insurance program in which about 900 Kern County children enroll each month may stop taking on more kids because of state budget woes.
Local health officials say the result of capping Healthy Families Program enrollment would be sicker children and therefore increased costs for taxpayers in the end. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) –
, the U.S. cancer-drug
maker being pursued by its majority owner Roche Holding AG, said
third-quarter profit rose 6.7 percent as sales of its tumor-
fighting medicines beat analysts' estimates.
Net income climbed to $731 million, or 68 cents a share,
from $685 million, or 64 cents, a year earlier, the South San
Francisco-based biotechnology company said today. Revenue jumped
17 percent to $3.41 billion. Genentech shares Read the rest of this entry »
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ — Dakim Inc. announced today that it has earned exclusive ‘Approved Vendor’ status in the brain fitness category from Aging Services of California for its dementia-fighting [m]Power(R) Cognitive Fitness System. Aging Services of California represents more than 400 California-based nonprofit senior living and care providers who serve the needs of over 100,000 Read the rest of this entry »
Forbes,NY-
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slid 4.2 percent as strong demand for its prescription
and farming pesticides failed to offset a slump at its cyclical plastics and foams unit.
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guardian.co.uk
Diet and exercise are the answer, says happy Joan
Friday, November 28, 2008, 23:00
LIKE most people, Joan Rowles did not gain weight overnight. But, after giving birth to her daughter Kathryn 17 years ago, the pounds gradually crept on.
In March this year, at 3st overweight, Joan decided to do something about it.
“It’s been in the back of my mind for two or three years,” she said.
“I realised it was time to get to grips with it. I didn’t Read the rest of this entry »
SEATTLE – A man could face decades behind bars after admitting he stabbed and bludgeoned his parents to death during a drug-fueled rampage in their home.
Vincent W. Housley, 43, pleaded guilty in King County Superior Court to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Joe and Karen Housley.
Vincent Houseley went against his lawyer’s advice in pleading guilty to stabbing Joe and Karen Housley in their Kent home and beating them with a wooden Read the rest of this entry »
Concerns over fitness of Haynes, Collymore
Published on: 11/9/08.
in the Barbados cricket camp.
championship which starts on Thursday, there is concern over the fitness of captain Jason Haynes and his predecessor Corey Collymore.
Haynes, who has never represented Barbados in 50 overs-a-side one-day regional cricket but played
, is nursing a split webbing between his fingers, which required three stitches.
He sustained the injury while Read the rest of this entry »