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When I received my CPR certification training earlier this year, our instructor described hands-only CPR as the method to use when a face shield (used for protection while giving rescue breaths) is unavailable. She said that this was a new component of the training program. It turns out that hands-only CPR is a relatively recent [...]
Continue Reading →Updated on Feb 18th: Added information about additional breast cancer and research fundraising walks and runs around the world.
The Susan G Komen for the Cure charity sponsors races around the country to raise money in the fight against breast cancer. I have sponsored a few racers [...]
Continue Reading →Winter in the northeast means plenty of root vegetables at the market. The following vegetables and produce are in season in February and March in the Northeast US:
Carrots Onions Potatoes Squash Turnips
Continue Reading →During the class in which I took my CPR training, the instructor emphasized that, in order to be prepared to use our new skills, we needed to make sure that we each had gloves and a face shield or face guard. She recommended that we carry a set in a “CPR keychain” so that we [...]
Continue Reading →I’m posting this not because coffee is in itself good for you, but because, in this particular instance, it’s being used to bring hope and purpose to people displaced by the tsunami in Japan.
Japanese coffee enthusiast Yoshi Masuda drives through the stricken countryside with [...]
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Winter in the northeast means plenty of root vegetables at the market. The following vegetables and produce are in season in January and February in the Northeast US:
Cabbage Carrots Onions Potatoes Squash Turnips
Continue Reading →The Fire Department of New York offers free CPR training in New York City. The 45 minute classes, called “CPR-To Go” are held once a month at different public libraries around the city. CPR certification isn’t provided; instead the “primary goal is to raise awareness of the important of immediate action in response to sudden [...]
Continue Reading →Continuing the theme, this funny video runs through the list of things runners say (or “Sh!t Runners Say”). Most of us runners have uttered these phrases at some point in our training.
“Jog? I run!”
Continue Reading →I updated both this website and Chemical Cake to support sharing articles to Pinterest. Pinterest is a virtual pinboard you can easily share links on. The site is image based, so unlike Tumblr, where one can post simple text as well, shared links must [...]
Continue Reading →Judging healthy portions is difficult, especially given that the portions sizes in general have grown larger and larger in recent years. My own trouble with portion control is that I’ve become used to outsized servings offered at restaurants. It is easier to reduce your portions of food through visualization, weighing and by physically restricting the [...]
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