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End of Year “Bests of 2009″

by pribut on December 31, 2009

Best Meme: Exercise is Medicine. Trademarked and owned by the American College of Sports Medicine
Best Public Domain Meme: Exercise is good for what ails you. It’s mine and probably someone else’s too. You can have it for free as an open source code for life.
Best Runner of The Year: Usain Bolt
Best Marathon Victory of The [...]

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Portrait of Eric Heiden, 5 Time Gold Medal Olympian

by pribut on September 30, 2009

The New York Times has a short portrait of Dr. Eric Heiden. Dr. Heiden was the first athlete to win 5 gold medals in an Olympics. Eric is a fine sports orthopedist and he is still an inspiration to athletes and skaters around the world. He trained under Dr. James Andrews, another excellent sports medicine [...]

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Throw Away Your Shoes

by pribut on August 30, 2009

Sense and Sensibility
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The media seems to have decided that barefoot running is the trend that can’t be stopped, and should perhaps be encouraged. “Throw away your shoes” seems [...]

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67% – 33% Health Care Reform Wins Among Insured

by pribut on August 30, 2009

The Numbers You Can’t See
These are the hidden numbers. This is the truth from the recent Washington Post/ABC poll on opinions entitled “What Do Insured Think of Health Reform”. Three questions asked and three answered by a significant majority who clearly are positive on health care reform  in spite of all the negatives spun every [...]

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Amputation Costs and OPS (Obama Panic Syndrome)

by pribut on August 13, 2009

When Obama speaks a certain segment of the population seems to get red in the face and lose control. This seems to be a serious manifestation of OPS (Obama Panic Syndrome) which is difficult, if not impossible to treat. When Obama talked about Diabetic amputations he did make a mistake in the specifics of payment [...]

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Born To Read (and run of course)

by pribut on July 14, 2009

Chris McDougall’s book “Born To Run” is probably the most fun and enjoyable book I’ve seen written about running. The prose is wonderful. The story telling is rich. And Chris develops both his characters and presents his thoughts on the evolution of running in a careful and thorough manner.  While I would disagree with the [...]

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It Just Doesn’t Add Up: Rocket Science and Healthcare

by pribut on July 12, 2009

It just doesn’t add up when you mix and match numbers that aren’t meant to be simply added together. When you have numbers that represent things that can’t be merely added together and derive from different measuring systems, you can’t simply join them together. If you thoughtlessly and carelessly put the numbers together, you could [...]

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July 4th Weekend Books

by pribut on July 3, 2009

His Excellency: George Washington – by Joseph Ellis
A fine introduction to the life of George Washington. A portrait of Washington as a person, rather than as a staid, dry, wooden icon. The book demonstrates how Washington, with the goal of independence and a successful start to a nation, grew as a person, focuesed, and achieved [...]

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Barefoot Ted & Shrinking Your Shoes

by pribut on June 15, 2009

Nick Heil has a short and fun article up at Outside Magazine.  He is testing out his Vibram FiveFingers and channelling the Tarahumara Indians while quoting me and Barefoot Ted. Nick is the author of  “Dark Summit”, an excellent book about a  disasterous outing on Mount Everest.

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Debate on Health Care Reform: Sense vs. Nonsense

by pribut on June 12, 2009

Health care reform of some sort is in the making for this year. The shaping of it probably should not be a political issue, but should be instead an informed decision made with wisdom.
Before medical procedures are performed a consent form called “informed consent” is read, (mostly) understood, agreed to, and signed. All speakers at [...]

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