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How I Lost 20 Pounds in 2 Months!

I really hate the title of this hub.  It sounds so infomercially... but it is true.  I lost 20 pounds in 2 months... and a little more since then... and you can too! When I got serious about losing weight...

0 comments    diet weight loss weight
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Swine Flu Hysteria

It seems that the media-generated hysteria over Swine Flu was much greater during the spring than it is now during the actual flu season.  There are a number of potential reasons for this.  As a nation,...

0 comments    swine flu flu illness
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Potential and Creativity I

I have not written a hub in months. I have not written much of anything in months. And the little I have written has been sub-par. Over the past several months I have been going through some sort of a...

2 comments    creativity potential
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2010 U.S. Census = Government Waste

For years, as a student and grant writer I have worked with United States Census data. Despite its shortcomings, I had always considered the U.S. Census one of the good actions of American government. For...

9 comments    politics census census bureau
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Freedom Haters ask What is Freedom?

After September 11, 2001 George W. Bush started throwing around the word 'freedom' quite a bit.  Enemies of freedom.  Freedom haters.  Because they hate freedom.  They can't stand that we are free. ...

6 comments    freedom freedom of speech
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Gay Marriage: American Politicians with No Balls

Quick, read these quotes, don't Google them, and take a guess... We will be influenced by our faith but we also have an obligation to take the widest perspective -- to recognize that one of the...

2 comments    gay marriage proposition 8
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My Favorite Los Angeles Intersection: Sunset and Cahuenga

Los Angeles is a huge place.  I think people often lose sight of the fact that, yes, Los Angeles is spread out, but it is - just in the City of Los Angeles, home to around four million people.  Those...

4 comments    jack box jack in the box
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Books about Elliott Smith

Elliott Smith became somewhat well known in 1997 when his song, Miss Misery, was nominated for an Oscar for its place in the movie, Good Will Hunting.  It is incredible that Smith did not become a bigger...

0 comments    echo park smith xo big nothing
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Military Tradition is Bad for Society

I fully realize that this hub will be controversial and offensive in a deep and serious way to some. My intent is not to offend; rather one of my primary objectives is to attempt to evolve discussions...

96 comments    america military army
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Biking in Los Angeles: It can be done!

I am not sure why anybody drives in Los Angeles. LA's car culture has become a variation of the tragedy of the commons. I am not one of these part-time vegan, neo-hipster, faddish-single speed-riding...

0 comments    cycling biking urban cycling
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