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In taking a holistic approach to one's health and physical fitness, one has to look at diet. All the current data on healthy eating is pointing to what has been called "lean green" which refers to leaning in the direction of vegetables and away from a diet heavy in meat. Many doctors are also promoting the recognition that our bodies are the healthiest when we are slightly alkaline in our food intake rather than acidic. http://www.acidalkalinediet.com/Alkaline-Foods-Chart.htm... Read full post

Karate - The Way of the Empty Hand

Ron Andruff

General Profile

January 25, 2013 by Ron Andruff Comments (0)

Just saw this great set of videos from a series orginally broadcast on the BBC in the 1980's, called the Way of the Warrior. It features our school of karate, Goju Ryu, in the traditional Okinawan form. 'Karate' translated means 'the of the empty hand." Hence this amazing fighting style...
Here are the links to the first four parts of the series. Each segment is about 10 minutes long and really interesting to watch, particularly the detail around sanchine kata in Part... Read full post

110th Day of the NHL lockout...

Ron Andruff

January 3, 2013 by Ron Andruff Comments (0)

"On Thursday afternoon a small group of players led by Steve Fehr, the union’s special counsel, met for about an hour at the N.H.L. office in Midtown Manhattan to discuss penalties for teams caught hiding hockey-related revenue." [NY Times]
This particular sentence caught my attention in reading through today's article about the potential of a 48 game schedule this season. It is telling that such a discussion is even needed! That owners would/could stoop so low as... Read full post

NFL Predictions for Week 17 and Results for Week 16

Sarah Mathai

December 30, 2012 by Sarah Mathai Comments (1)

sports

PREDICTIONS FOR WEEK 17

Games

ESPN

Sarah

Jets vs. Bills

Bills

Ravens vs. Bengals

Bengals

Panthers vs. Saints

Saints

Bears vs. Lion

Bears

Lions

Texans vs. Colts

Texans

Jaguars vs. Titans

Titans

Jaguars

Buccaneers vs. Falcons

Falcons

Buccaneers

Chiefs vs. Broncos

Broncos

Chiefs

Browns vs.... Read full post

NFL Predictions for Week 16 and Results Of Week 15!

Sarah Mathai

December 23, 2012 by Sarah Mathai Comments (2)

PREDICTIONS FOR WEEK 16

Games

ESPN

Sarah

Bills vs. Dolphins

Dolphins

Bills

Giants vs. Ravens

Giants

Ravens

Browns vs. Broncos

Broncos

Raiders vs. Panthers

Panthers

Bears vs. Cardinals

Bears

Cardinals

Bengals vs. Steelers

Steelers

Bengals

Chargers vs. Jets

Chargers

Jets

Vikings vs.... Read full post

NFL PREDICTIONS - WEEK 15 & RESULTS OF WEEK 14

Sarah Mathai

December 15, 2012 by Sarah Mathai Comments (1)

sports

Predictions for Week 15

Games

Giants vs. Falcons

Falcons

Broncos vs. Ravens

Broncos

Ravens

Redskins vs. Browns

Redskins

Colts vs. Texans

Texans

Jaguars vs. Dolphins

Dolphins

Jaguars

Buccaneers vs. Saints

Saints

Vikings vs. Rams

Rams

Vikings

Lions vs.... Read full post

Can we put all of the blame on NHL Commissioner Betmann?

Ron Andruff

December 12, 2012 by Ron Andruff Comments (6)

sports, clubs, fansites

The New York Times states that "Bettman was hired 20 years ago Wednesday [today]. Since his first full season as the commissioner in 1993-94, 2,224 regular-season N.H.L. games have been canceled because of lockouts in 1994-95, 2004-5 and 2012. That is 9.7 percent [of all league games scheduled under his tenure]"! Incredible at best; intolerable at worst...
20 years is a long time... Boards of companies large and small, governments, and other institutions around the world all... Read full post