Carrying around a secret shame will weigh you down. Let’s face it: we all have our faults and we all screw up. Confessing our shortcomings helps the body, mind and soul. By admitting, out loud, that we have at times failed to measure up to our own standards, we can realize the universal nature of failing and free ourselves from the weight of guilt. Continue reading “Getting It off Your Chest”
Category: Adam Goldfein Show
Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
Childhood obesity in the United States is at 17%, triple the 5% it was in 1980. Furthermore, only 20% of young people eat the recommended servings of fruits and vegetables. Georgia, with 21.3% of children obese, is ranked the second worst state for childhood obesity, including Washington D.C. One third of children 10 to 17 in Georgia are overweight. This problem needs to be addressed immediately, because overweight adolescents have a 70% chance of becoming overweight or obese adults. Continue reading “Childhood Obesity Awareness Month”
Dead Beat Dads, Moms and Football Stars
Terrell Owens will stand trial on Thursday, July 19th, for failure to pay child support. He could even face jail time. Owens was previously ordered to pay $5,000 per month to Melanie Smith, the mother of Owens’ 7-year-old daughter, who contends that Owens has been remiss in payments to the tune of $20,000. Continue reading “Dead Beat Dads, Moms and Football Stars”
Can’t or Won’t?
When you say “I can’t,” what are you really saying? Well, that depends on if you are saying cannot or can not. Continue reading “Can’t or Won’t?”
Higher Standards for Vehicle Fuel Efficiency
President Obama recently announced a new rule to raise the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards to require vehicles to reach 54.5 mpg by 2025. Currently, new vehicles model year 2011 get an average of 28.6 mpg. This amounts to a 90.6% increase in fuel efficiency in 14 years. Continue reading “Higher Standards for Vehicle Fuel Efficiency”
Production and Consumption: A Perpetual Motion Machine
There is a subtle art to doing nothing. To sit and stare at the clouds, to listen to the rain, to block out the constant stimulus of our technological world is becoming increasingly difficult. Many have revised their definition of doing nothing to watching television; however consuming information still involves some mental activity, even when the information is spoon fed. As a result of our perpetual consumption of stimuli, we are giving ourselves less time to absorb and analyze information. There simply isn’t time to turn off, and cognitive function is the casualty of our busyness. Continue reading “Production and Consumption: A Perpetual Motion Machine”
Every Day We’re Hustling
Americans are busy. Longer work weeks don’t begin to cover it; according to a 2006 Lexamark International study, 92% of respondents said they make or take work related communications outside of the office, including during vacations. Email and electronic communication keeps us at work at all hours, with 62% of at-work email users checking work email over the weekend, according to an AOL 2009 survey. Over 50% also check their emails on vacation. On top of that, only 38% of U.S. employees are taking all of their earned vacation days, with the average utilization being 14 out of 18 days. Continue reading “Every Day We’re Hustling”
Big Brother Is Watching
“It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself–anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face…; was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime…”
– George Orwell, 1984 Continue reading “Big Brother Is Watching”
Attachment Parenting: Are we strengthening or weakening our children?
The practice of attachment parenting has made a large impact in the 20 years since its founding text, The Baby Book, was published. Dr. Bill Sears, the book’s author, champions close relationships with parents, especially mom, and their children. Continue reading “Attachment Parenting: Are we strengthening or weakening our children?”
U.F.O Sightings
Are they illusions, swap gas, weather balloons, experimental aircrafts or proof of intelligent extraterrestrial life? In 2011, Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) reported averaging 500 UFO sightings per month. In the past year sightings have been reported all around Georgia, including one which was videotaped in Cumming. But are they really indications of advanced intelligent life from beyond the moon? Continue reading “U.F.O Sightings”
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