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Mark L. Fuerst’s new book, The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi: 12 Weeks to a Healthy Body, Strong Heart & Sharp Mind, written with Harvard Medical School’s Peter Wayne, PhD, is now in bookstores nationwide.
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Attention Writers! Stay ahead of the game with a Wordpress website, a strong social media presence, branding your image, building your platform. So many options for writers to sell their work. It’s a writer’s world out there. American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA.org).
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Nadia Ilse, 14, received free plastic surgery from the Little Baby Face Foundation and Dr. Thomas Romo, III for a deviated septum, hemifacial microsomia and an otoplasty for her ears that stuck way out. She was unmercifully bullied in school and having thoughts of suicide.
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Facebook suggested I friend him. I guess our social networks overlapped. I guided the mouse toward his photo, and the little pointed hand hovered over his face. Fear and anger swelled up but curiosity won out and I clicked “Add Friend.” He accepted within minutes. Stunned, I wondered if he had forgotten raping me, or if he thought I had.
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My mother’s oldest brother died of a self-inflicted gunshot to his heart. “He took off and carefully folded the new clothes he had put on just as carefully only a short time before, sat on the edge of his bed, and with his still strong left hand pulled the trigger that sent a single bullet cleanly through his heart. The coroner told us later that he had died even before he fell back upon the bed.” Published in The New York Times in 1977.
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Movie Critic Dorri Olds is a Manhattan-based award-winning freelance writer who was born obsessed with movies and celebrities. She’s written for a variety of publications including The New York Times and The Jewish Daily Forward and is a weekly contributor to Petside. Olds sees a dizzying number of movie screenings, interviews A-List actors and is a member of the exclusive organization American Society of Journalists & Authors (ASJA). You may contact Dorri with your comments and questions.
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If Woody hadn’t set the bar so high, critics of his new movie wouldn’t be as niggling. Alec Baldwin summed things up, “Woody Allen’s less successful efforts are far better than most other films you’ll see.” So, while it doesn’t have the magical intrigue of Midnight in Paris, Woody’s zany humor throughout To Rome With Love makes it well worth schlepping to the theater for.
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On June 18th at 9pm (EST), HBO premieres the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival documentary ‘One Nation Under Dog’ which explores the passion and devotion that dog lovers have for their furry best friends. It covers many complex issues about dogs and dog owners in our society—from dog bites, dog cloning to dog cemeteries and pet loss grief groups.
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‘Fit to be tired’ No time for the gym? No problem! Dorri Olds and other busy New Yorkers find fun ways to keep in shape. New York Post article.
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The Puppy Diaries: Raising a Dog Named Scout is a must read for dog lovers. It’s a book by New York Times editor Jill Abramson about her White Golden Retriever and the first year of puppy training.
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