Southwestern Chili

Ingredients: 2 1/2 lbs ground turkey 1/2 small chopped onion (chopped largely) 1 small green bell pepper (chopped largely) 1 small red bell pepper (chopped largely) 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1/2 bunch fine chopped fresh cilantro 4 tablespoons chili powder 3 tablespoons ground cumin 2 tablespoons chopped garlic in oil 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper salt…

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Celebrity Plastic Surgery Makes Headlines

You just can’t help reading all the news surrounding Heidi’s wish for larger breasts, Kim K’s very beautiful body, Heather’s over inflated cheeks and Lisa’s pouty lips but did you ever stop to think just how taxing it is to compete in Hollywood? Most celebs have fragile egos and if somehow their name is linked to a…

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Be Soft Like Water, Flexibility Moves Mountains.

“Nothing in the world is softer and weaker than water. But for attacking the hard, the unyielding, nothing can surpass it. There is nothing like it.” In researching, studying, and putting into practice the 81 verses of the Tao Te Ching, I’ve been struck by the many references Lao-tzu makes to water in its various…

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The naked truth about skin care

By JACKIE SILVER Tribune correspondent Technology and skin care collide in a new Web site that promises to provide “unbiased skin care advice.” The site, mySkin.com, searches through a database of more than 150,000 skin care products across 4,500 brands, finding the “perfect solution” for all types of skin. The technology factors in a person’s…

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Holy Man Claims to Have Lived Without Food, Water for 70 Years

Indian doctors are studying an 83-year-old holy man who claims to have spent the last seven decades without food and water. Military doctors hope the experiments on Prahlad Jani can help soldiers  develop their survival strategies. The long-haired and bearded yogi is under 24-hour observation by a team of 30 specialists during three weeks of…

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For a Good Laugh, Martin Short on The Ellen Show

Martin Short appeared on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ , where he discussed the aging process. Here’s some surprising news — the comedian is now 60 years old. Short mentioned some of the downsides of turning 60. “The only time I don’t have to pee now is when I’m peeing,” he said. But he also dismissed…

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New York in April

New York was a whirlwind of activity and so many wonderful things happened when we met editors and writers from various women’s magazines. Believe it or not, Jenn Humphrey and I were seated in the Vogue offices when I realized that the woman walking towards me was Anna Wintour, the editor in chief of Vogue…

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She Said Her Hair Hurt…

By Al Sears, MD PAIN… In my work, I’ve seen more kinds than I can count. Joint pain… back pain… headache… stomachache… eye pain… tooth pain… earache… stiff, aching neck pain… labor pain… kidney stone pain… One patient even told me her hair hurt! Believe me, I could go on. But my point is this……

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Get Great Sleep Basic tips for healthy snoozing.

By Deepak Chopra Sleep is an elemental part of life. The average human being sleeps 6 to 8 hours a night, almost 50 hours a week, and more than 2,600 hours a year—about 182,000 hours during one’s life. That means, on average, that we spend almost 21 years of our lives asleep. The duration of…

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Anti-Inflammatory Diet Tips

Courtesy of Dr. Weil on Healthy Aging It is becoming increasingly clear that a host of illnesses – including heart disease, many cancers and Alzheimer’s disease – are influenced in large part by chronic inflammation. This is a process in which the immune system becomes off balance, and persists unnecessarily in its efforts to repair…

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Inspiration of the week

Randolph Frederick “Randy” Pausch (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) was an American professor of computer science and human-computer interaction and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pausch learned that he had a terminal case of pancreatic cancer in September 2006. He gave an upbeat lecture entitled “The Last Lecture: Really…

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