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Opera Singer on a Diet Fat Relocation Program to Lose Weight.

Liz Lewis — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:33:12 +0000

Fat relocation – I love that phrase. It says so much more that ‘being on a diet’ or ‘dieting’.

It’s a loud, in your face type of statement, and it’s what exactly what opera singer Cindy Salder has been doing for the last year or so. In September 2007, Cindy decided that enough was enough and it was time to remove the weight. A woman on a mission, within nine months, she managed to shed 100 pounds.

Want to find out how?

Take a look at this June 2008 New York Times video…

Tara Parker-Pope at the NYT’s Well Blog caught up with Cindy recently to find out how things were going with this incredible shrinking opera singer and found Cindy still on target and blogging about her weight loss battles at The Next 100 Pounds.

Definitely inspiring…

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Got Some Time to Kill? Spend it Learning About Your Psyche!

Liberty Kontranowski — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:02:51 +0000

Bless the New York Times.com for publishing a list of the best online psychology tests. This is exactly the type of thing you need to sift through on a Friday when your mind cannot possibly focus on work. If your boss bitches, just tell them you’re learning about yourself in hopes that you can become an even more effective worker. Then make cross-eyes at him or her as they exit your office or cubicle. Proceed.

Once you dig into this list, you’ll find assessments such as:

* A Personality Test

* A Memory Test (I would so fail this one lately, I swear)

* Your reaction to faces (what you perceive to be attractive or not)

* Your personal biases (based on race, looks, etc)

And perhaps the piece de resistance…

* A Sanity Score Quiz (again, I seriously doubt this would have a positive outcome for me these days. Heh.)

Sounds like fun to me. And a great way to ~~waste a little time~~ spend a little time getting to know yourself.

Here’s the link to the NYT list, which has a link for each of the tests. Enjoy!

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Test Your Health News Knowledge With the ‘NYT Weekly Health Quiz’.

Liz Lewis — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:33:20 +0000

Think you know what’s happening this week in the world of health?

Want to test your knowledge?

Then check out the New York Time’s Weekly Health Quiz. It’s a fun and informative way of keeping up-to-date with some of the top health stories of the week. This week’s quiz has questions on everything from ‘why eight triathaletes have died during competitions this year’ to ‘why patients are becoming dissatified with their doctors.’

The interactive quiz offers 4 multi-choice answers to each question and will immediate check your answer with the click of the mouse. And the best part is that it also provides a link to the article that covers that particular topic.

I’ve bookmarked this site and will be back every friday to check and see if I’m missing anything important in the world of health.

What about you?

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