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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
By Chris Jensen
 Also, in contrast to pounding away on the treadmill or Stairmaster and counting endless reps and sets, ballet taps into your creative side. You can express yourself, learn a new skill, and tone every muscle in your body by participating in ballet class. You may be wondering where you can sign up for a ballet class. Well, start by stopping into your local dance studio. You might be surprised to learn that they not only teach children, but also adults. And there are many other adults, like you, interested in learning ballet.
Also, sometimes classes are offered through your local park district. If you are embarrassed to show off your as yet unpolished moves in public, you can always find a videotape or DVD that teaches you the basics. Just move the furniture out of the way and start on your new exercise program.
Some of the basic moves that you will learn include the plia (pronounced 'plee-ay'), the tendu (pronounced 'ton-doo'), and the sauta (pronounced 'so-tay'). The plia is just a bend at the knees. You can do a grande plia or |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
By Jeff Austin
 Americans spend several billion dollars every year on products designed to prevent or cure halitosis or bad breath.
We would all like to have breath that is fresh as a morning breeze at all times, but that is not something that is even possible.
When we eat and drink the food and beverages leave or cause odors in our mouths.
Of course, not all bad breath comes from the mouth. Many times bad breath originates in the stomach.
Long before the first breath mint or bottle of mouth wash was a glimmer in the eyes of an entrepreneur, people had bad breath and a desire to be rid of it.
Of course you can contribute to the billion-dollar industry of breath freshening by buying products to freshen you breath or you can use some simply and very effective (not to mention cheap or even free) home remedies that will accomplish the very same thing.
Parsley is an herb that freshens the breath. Did you think they garnished dinner plates with it just to make them pretty?
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