Review By Bev Ethington MerryWeather For some reason my husband and I have discussed the subject of death in detail now for the last decade of our marriage. Perhaps it is to give ourselves some comic relief as we increasingly attend more funerals than weddings these days. So we've been planning ours for awhile. I remember my father always said that funerals were for the living, to which one could add that they are also for the 'one' who once lived.When the Sun Goes Down discusses not just the... Read Full Story

Davis Liu-- Dr. Pauline Chen, columnist for the NY Times, penned a great article titled "Getting Good Value in Health Care." It's a great piece because it is so politically incorrect. As a primary care doctor I know the value of prevention. In the healthcare reform debate, people are touting "savings" in prevention when as Dr. Chen points out accurately that this is NOT the case.There is no savings with preventive care. Healthier people live longer and consequently have opportunities later ... Read Full Story

Review By John M. Mason-- This little book Trading Options at Expiration is tightly packed into 141 pages of highly technical analysis and explanation. It is Mr. Augen’s third book on options, the first two being The Volatility Edge in Options Trading and The Option Trader Workbook. They are all relatively dense books and are not easily accessible to the weekend reader who is anxious to learn how to make money trading options. Trading Options at Expiration is a good book for those who ... Read Full Story

Review by Loyd Eskildson "America has been transformed by its relentless fixation on low price," says Shell in her overstated introduction. Results include blighted landscape, escalating debt, stagnating incomes, and a host of other socioeconomic ills. Problem is that humans have preferred cheap (assuming serviceable) from Day One, and America did quite well doing so, until about 1980.What's changed? Free Trade, China, NAFTA, and the WTO. American Free Trade proponents say that outsourcing ... Read Full Story

Desiree Jones-- If you have been surprised, or even shocked, by the announcement of a chronic disease diagnosis, you are astutely aware of what it means to be in “Reaction” mode. If a diagnosis, such as one of diabetes or that of a certain cancer has turned your world upside down because you could never have imagined that such a disease might happen to you – you are also in Reaction mode. “Reaction” simply means that because you had been well for most of your l... Read Full Story

Mark Butkus-- Surface temperatures of the world's oceans are at their highest levels since records have been kept says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This is particularly bad news for people living on the Atlantic coast as rising ocean temperatures fuel hurricanes and raise sea levels.Preliminary data extrapolated by the National Climatic Data Center reports that sea level temperatures for the month of June were 1.06°F above the 20th century average. To pour ... Read Full Story

Unsafe Sodium Levels at Denny’s Prompt Class Action Lawsuit Denny’s Meals, With Several Days’ Worth of Salt, Promote Heart Disease, Stroke, Risk of Early Death WASHINGTON—Most Denny’s meals are dangerously high in sodium, putting the restaurant chain’s customers at greater risk of high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke, according to a class action lawsuit filed today by a New Jersey man with the support of the Center for Science in the Public Interes... Read Full Story

Arthur Rosenfeld-- Many years ago, my kung fu master warned me that I was overtraining. “I show you something and you practice it 5000 times,” he said. I took that as a compliment. I was young and macho and figured that the more I practiced a martial arts technique, the better I would understand it and be able to perform it. I swelled with pride at my teacher’s comment, figuring it was a sign he recognized how tough I was, and how dedicated and disciplined too. It took me ... Read Full Story

Review By Tina Avon I am a fan of chick lit and usually don't really enjoy reading contemporary fiction written for women - but I made an exception for The Divorce Party because I thought the premise sounded so intriguing. I am soooo glad that I did. Author Laura Dave is wonderful, wonderful and creating characters that are touching, realistic and pure joys to read. In Divorce Party - we get to read about two women who are, technically, at exact opposite places when it comes to their love l... Read Full Story

Review by Loyd Eskildson Gaia Theory claims that the Earth, and all its inhabitants, makes up a living, self-regulating super-organism which is lurching closer to a permanent "hot state," much more quickly than most specialists think. To survive, man must abandon the incremental approach in the Kyoto Protocol in favor of nuclear energy and aggressive agricultural development in the small areas of the earth remaining arable. Only the fittest, and smartest, will survive. Critics wonder how na... Read Full Story