Given that relaxation is a known antidote with a powerful impact on health, why are the majority of doctor visits still related to stress? Guest Author Barbara Moroney explains why relaxation is an important part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Archives for 2013
Peace Be With You
European monasteries have provided lodgings to travellers and pilgrims for more than 1500 years and many of today’s institutions open to tourists – from France and Italy to Spain and Portugal – are often more like bed and breakfast accommodation than a place of religious reflection and prayer.
Top 10 Sentence Slip-Ups
K.M. Weiland discusses how authors should learn to spot the most prevalent sentence slips-ups and know when to eliminate them from their stories.
Betting On Technology Within The Canadian Economy
Technological improvements will continue to make industries like gambling vital to the Canadian economy.
Silly Dogs, Happy Dogs
One of the great joys of dogs is their silly nature. Shouldn’t we encourage that side of our dogs rather than saying “No!” when they get a little goofy? There’s nothing quite as much fun as being silly with our dogs. And we can do it safely.
Sanibel and Captiva
The island is also committed to nature with its Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW). With a full-time vet, many students and a corps of volunteers, it’s dedicated to finding and healing injured birds and animals from the local counties. The clinic has an owl rehab centre and three fully equipped, modern operating rooms. More than 4,000 ‘patients’ are treated each year before being returned to the wild.
Lessons From the Diving Board
As I began to move through the air, the teacher yanked the pole away, and a sudden racing feeling shot through my body. It was too late to go back, and yet the fear ruined my form, and I ended up smacking the surface of the water with my back
Utilizing Alternatives To Traditional Medical Care
Technological advancements help doctors recognize cord blood as an alternative to traditional medical care.
Bullying vs Assertion
With regards to ‘defining the bully’, I think Frank had some really great points. What is a bully? I think he was right about the fact that a ‘bully’ is someone who persistently seeks power by taking away that of others; by making others feel bad. It is someone who has developed a pattern; someone who seeks to keep things imbalanced in his or her own favour. These tendencies – to be on top, hierarchically speaking – might be developing even earlier on and more aggressively in our ever-increasing, hyper competitive world, but they do not have to.
Deconstructing Fiction (for Writers and Readers): Excerpt from Forge of Darkness
The following is an excerpt from Steven Erikson’s most recent novel, Forge of Darkness. Over the next several weeks, Erikson will carefully deconstruct this excerpt for the purpose of providing readers and writers with a view of the manner in which the elements of fiction are incorporated into the writing process.
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