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Bringing Healthy School Lunch to the Table

Monday, September 7, 2009

Like victory gardens, home canning, and depression-era resource conservation, Slow Food USA’s Gordon Jenkins believes the idea of healthy school lunches is one worth revisiting. “The school lunch program was created in 1946 as a measure of national security,” says Jenkins. “The goal was to make sure that our nation’s children were healthy, because only then would the whole nation be productive.” Four decades later, most of us take for granted the fact that schools serve lunch, and that the f

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da Mob vs. the 77%

Monday, August 24, 2009

This nation has split itself in defense of an insurance syndicate that has literal decision over our life and death. John Gotti would understand it … I certainly don’t. It’s mass mania based on the fear that if we don’t keep kissing Corporate America’s ring something dreadful will happen to us; our God is money and now that It’s being so stingy with its largess, we’d better keep what we’ve got no matter how crushing the implications.

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How stimulating

Monday, August 24, 2009

The “stimulus” bill paid for sex research : The next fiscal year is set to be one of the friskiest ever in the nation’s science labs, as researchers probe the ins and outs of sex patterns among humans and even some of our four-legged friends. Among the most titillating grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health are studies that would: * Examine “barriers to correct condom use” at Indiana University, at a cost of $221,000. * Study “hookups” among adolescents at Syracuse Univers

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“I Don’t”: arranged marriages for HIV-positive couples in Nigeria

Sunday, August 23, 2009

On paper, the goal might seem admirable enough: promote the destigmatization of HIV-positive individuals while preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS. A government-sponsored agency in Bauchi, Nigeria has a new plan for preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS among the northern state’s population. Eventually, the program may prove successful enough to go into effect across other agencies within the nation.

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Gluten Free Restaurants in and Around Philadelphia

Monday, August 17, 2009

The following restaurants in and around Philadelphia have gluten-free menus or are able to prepare gluten-free cuisine. Looking for a gluten-free restaurant for your next meal? You came to the right place because Philadelphia is fast becoming one of the nation's top destinations for gluten-free cuisine.

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Book

Thursday, August 13, 2009

A Sick Nation with Sick Communities     Forward   Most people would agree that in the year 2009 the “health” of the nation is poor. But, they may not feel the same way about the “health” of their communities. The first section of this book is about social and political problems community leaders in Mankato are unwilling to discuss and to address.

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Frank Cooper III: Optimism Drives Americans Toward the Horizon

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

The horizon always has been an inviting destination for Americans. Whether it was literal, as in the time of the westward expansion, or figurative, via the sense that something better lies ahead, Americans have refused to succumb to a sense of helplessness and have looked to the horizon as a source of hope. We're constantly studying Americans' attitudes about the future and the figurative horizon continues to hold an undeniable appeal to a majority of people in this nation.

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Show Me a Fat Kid and I’ll Show You An Unhealthy One

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Childhood obesity is one of our nation’s leading health threats. Nearly one in three children and teens in the U.S. who are overweight or obese.

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