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...name reflects her Native American heritage. In her teens, she studied herbal cures with traditional healers and learned the power of curative plants. But botanicals, she decided, weren't the whole answer. Wellness meant stress management too. It also meant being willing to use the powerful if hard-edged tool of Western medicine. So she returned to school, earned her M.D. at the University of New Mexico, and now practices a rich mix of healing arts. Her clinic is a place where pain may be treated just as easily with acupuncture, kava kava root and preparations from the black cohosh...
...health-club owners sensitive to the fact that intimidation can be a key factor in seniors' deciding not to join, the social upside of working out is also a good recruiting tool. "We get 'em in the door with breakfasts and other gatherings, where they meet people and have fun--and gradually get used to the look of the place," says Joe Diemert, co-director of senior programming at Franco's Athletic Club in Mandeville, La. Since Franco's started actively pursuing seniors, the 13,000-member club has drawn 2,000 men and women over...
...lawn. My latest body of works-on-paper are a series of simple and singular images which make up the building blocks of this suburban childhood. I have developed a stencil process to draw these images, arranging Band-Aids...Band-Aids are a familiar American icon, a useful tool from childhood suggesting that products can make life better...
...most fundamental ways nothing has changed at all. Since the beginning comics have had the potential as an educational tool along with their extraordinary entertainment value. It’s a duality that remains today. And comic book creators have always been among the most innovative and original minds in the world; their unwavering commitment to artistic excellence will always be a bedrock principle of the industry...
PSLM is trying to use coercion and force to obtain a living wage. Intentionally unlawful and disruptive behavior was an effective political tool during the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam-War movements, which PSLM seems to see as its heritage. But PSLM has employed the tools developed in these movements without good cause, cheapening their legacy and undermining our generation’s ability to use them if a truly worthy cause develops. Coercion is only justified when authorities have exercised their power in an entirely arbitrary and irrational manner. This is not the case today—though...