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Wednesday, September 09, 2009

 

Different strokes

The revolutionary Total Immersion swimming technique

 
By Rome Jorge, Lifestyle Editor
 
This year, at age 38, I wanted to finally learn how to swim—well enough to save my life, survive a triathlon or get certified for open water scuba diving. What I didn’t want was to get stuck in the tiled confines of a pool for the rest of my life.

After all, the real world isn’t a swimming pool. In a tropical archipelago such as ours, enjoying the best places in the country—its glorious open seas, brilliant coral reefs, idyllic rainforest lagoons and exciting whitewater rapids—necessities coping with wind, waves, currents and tides.

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O T H E R   R E P O R T S

 

LIVE IT
By Greggy Romualdez

Contrary to initial impressions, the word cellulitis has nothing to do with the over-abundance of cellulite. It is in fact a bacterial skin infection caused by a break in the skin’s surface that may lead to a blood infection, which if left untreated may seriously endanger one’s wellbeing.

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COME FLOW WITH ME
By David C. Montecillo

There are a lot of products and services in the market that espouse anti-aging. We have creams, pills, treatments, supplements etc. that all have the promise and benefit of looking and feeling younger.

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University of the Philippines (UP) alumni Hecky Villanueva, Englebert Chan, John Climaco, Ramon Siojo, and Eric Cadiz, all members of the UP Mountaineers, have succeeded in creating a bike with its frame made of bamboo.

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FITNESS NUTRITION

In the martial arts and combat sports, it’s important—and sometimes a matter of life and death—not to have any weak links in your fighting arsenal.

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WASHINGTON, D.C.: People love watching television doctors working miracles on patients with mystery ailments or devastating injuries but these medical dramas are feeding patients unrealistic expectations, experts warn.

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PEOPLE
By Bob Garon

Conclusion

More clues to distinguish infatuation and love:

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