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Bodyweight Exercise

Recent posts related to

Bodyweight Exercise

Shame on Wal-Mart?

By Robert Ringer | 08/20/2008

Forget that Wal-Mart employs 1.3 million people in the U.S. alone. Forget that it saves consumers billions of dollars each year on retail purchases. Forget that its employees, on average, earn about double the minimum wage. The word from some disgruntled employees is that Wal-Mart doesn’t treat its employees “fairly” – whatever that’s supposed to mean.

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Dear ETR: Should I stay in school or start a business?

By Mark Morgan Ford | 08/20/2008

I am a student currently attending university. Between school and my job, I have found very little free time to dedicate to the things that I really see as beneficial to my future. The question is, with the doom and gloom market we are in, coupled with the constantly diminishing value of a college education (even from a private university), would it not be better to focus on starting a business now?

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Simple Investing Works Best

By Andrew Gordon | 08/20/2008

The longer I invest, the more I realize that simple investing works best. The fewer rules you have, the better.

Simple investing should be a natural outgrowth of having more knowledge and a better understanding of how investing works. Your ability to pick out what’s truly important and what works for you is key.

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Tart Cherries Reduce Inflammation

By Dr. Jonny Bowden | 08/20/2008

Tart cherries might not be one of the first foods that come to mind when you think “heart healthy,” but perhaps they should be. New research from the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center shows that compounds in cherries may protect against the kind of inflammation that’s been associated with both heart disease and diabetes.

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Issue #2438 The Art & Science of Bear-Market Real Estate Investing

By Justin Ford | 08/19/2008

“Something is worth precisely what someone else is willing to pay for it.” So said a stock-market analyst to me one fine bull-market day many moons ago.

A statement like that can seem profound, but it’s useless. Yet it is the mantra of many investors in all fields. In bull markets, the sellers say it. In bear markets, the buyers say it. But it is about as helpful as saying, “Wherever the sun shines, there it is daytime.” So what?

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Culinary Choices, Chemical Signals

By Kelley Herring | 08/19/2008

When it comes to keeping your cells cancer-free, for example, most risk factors are related to hormone levels. Hormone levels drive cell division and increase the chances for random DNA copying errors to occur. These errors lead to mutations in genes and promote cancer cell growth. And there are two ways your diet affects those risk factors.

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Issue# 2438 Break Out of the Crowd to Get Free Publicity

By Paul Lawrence | 08/19/2008

A big article about your business in a publication (online or offline) – or even a brief mention on television – can catapult you to a whole new level of success. That kind of exposure just can’t be bought at any price. As a result, there are hordes of businesses trying to attract the media – and that makes it difficult for you to stand out from the crowd. Difficult… but not impossible.

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Dear ETR: How does a weak dollar affect housing and stock prices?

By Charles DeValle | 08/18/2008

“I can understand the prices of oil, precious metals, food, etc. going up when the dollar is devalued – but how does that reconcile with housing and stock prices going down?”

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New Discoveries Put One Neglected Vitamin on the Map

By Dr. Jonny Bowden | 08/18/2008

Vitamin K is the “Rodney Dangerfield” of bone-health vitamins: It gets no respect. No one talks about it. Instead, we talk about calcium and magnesium and vitamin D. But vitamin K, too, is critically important for building strong bones.

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How to Find the Lighter Side of Life

By Bob Cox | 08/16/2008

Whether you are trying to build a business… lose 20 pounds… learn French… or get that promotion you’ve been eyeing, you’re working hard to achieve something meaningful to you. You take that goal very seriously. And you should. You should work hard and be diligent.

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An Easy-to-Prevent Scam

By Julie Broad | 08/16/2008

When you’re just starting out in the real estate business, take advantage of what others have already learned through experience… without sacrificing your own time and money. Here, for example, is a scam that you can sidestep by learning from my own mistake.

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An Exercise-Free Method of Reducing Back Pain

By Ben Rifkin | 08/16/2008

Today, I’m going to let you in on a secret for reducing your back pain without doing any strenuous exercise. In fact, the only thing you have to do is eliminate a harmful habit that’s destroying your body – and you don’t even know it.

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