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New US cigarette health warning labels
08/04/2011Beginning September 2012, the US Food & Drug Administration will require larger, more prominent cigarette health warnings on all cigarette packaging and advertisements in the United States. These warnings mark the first change in cigarette warnings in more than 25 years and are a significant advancement in communicating the dangers of smoking. FDA website here
Tobacco business, teen sports don’t mix
05/05/2010Boulder High School has chosen Terry Gallagher, a man with family roots in BHS and Colorado basketball, as the new coach of the girls’ basketball. The BHS athletic director has said, “Terry’s got a lot of stuff going for him.”
5:15am, Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi Vietnam.
04/16/2010He wears an ugly version of Keds, 1960s cheerleaders’ shoes that slap against the pavement, baggy cotton gym shorts and singlet two sizes too big for his narrow shoulders. With a sneaked look I see that the single hair growing out of the mole on his neck is much longer.
Solo or mo’ better?
03/06/2010“OK, now what?” my wife asks when I return sweaty, exhausted, eyes glazed from a long solo run or bike ride. I have made several major life-changing decisions on these journeys. Decided to get married. Decided to move to Vietnam. Decided to ditch a comfortable 20-year career for utter uncertainty. Moved back to Colorado after 37 years away. I have also meditated on moving the couch and whether Rogaine could be a business expense. Most of my solo adventures are not about getting faster or because I’m antisocial, but to get the neurons firing.