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31 March 2010 Memories That Bind (posted: 03/30/2010) 24 March 2010 Over-Commitment and Burnout (posted: 03/23/2010) 17 March 2010 Beauty and the Funny Bone (posted: 03/16/2010) 10 March 2010 The Internet 'Divide' and Age (posted: 03/09/2010) 3 Mar 2010 A Season of Heat (posted: 03/02/2010)

Jan 27 Ermine of Her Soul (posted 01/26/2010) Jan 20 A Text of Indifference to Life (posted 01/19/2010) [used in--- Kabalita (newslink)] Jan 13 A Respite to Appreciation (posted 01/12/2010) Jan 6 A Rendezvous with Alcohol, Fat, and Destiny (posted 01/05/2010) [used in--- Medical Center Literatus News ]

Breakthroughs 2009 June 24 Turning Back the Weight Dial June 17 Anticipating Swine Flu War June 10 Best Places to Live Up to 100 Years June 3 Scales of Pandemia May 27 Swine Flu Facts May 20 Living 100 Years Anywhere Article users-- Cebu Informer (newslink); The Global Filipino (newslink) May 13 The Widow-Maker May 5 Disease of Passion April 29 The Curse of Polygamy April 23 A Way of Ending April 15 The Buzz Cut Article users-- Hugh Pages (newslink); Aywoh BizCentral ; April 8 Threats to a Healthy Faith Article users-- Hello Davenport, Local Davenport Crime News ; Hugh Pages (newslink) April 1 Celebrating Truths and Pranks Article users-- Spas Listings, Garden of Eden News sidebar ; Wow Cebu, Sunstar News Feeds ; March 25 The Function of Spiritual Unity Article users-- The Global Filipino ; Spiritual Healing ; March 18 Looking for Happiness March 11 Taming the Accursed Breath March 4 The Art of Movement February 25 Female Circumcision Article users-- Bellwave,

Breakthroughs 2008 December 30 Aging Can Be Skin-Deep, Too December 24 The Pointsettia's Sinister Side Article Users-- TARBAHO SA CEBU: Link only December 16 No Stroke Guard in Anti-Ox December 10 Saying It Alluringly Clear December 2 Female Sexual Satisfaction Article Users-- SUGBO ONLINE: Female Sexual Satisfaction November 26 Getting High on Mistakes November 11 Findings on Love, Marriage Article Users-- CWANSWERS, SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH: Link only October 28 Waving the Flirting Wand October 22 Gestures of Courtship October 15 The One that Got Away October 8 Curse of the Fat Gene October 1 Out of the Blue September 24 Morbid Jealousy Article Users-- ICONOCAST: Boyfriend Runs Into Jealousy ( Translated into Korean ) September 17 Awkward Positions August 27 Sweetening Pain August 6 Wintry Skin Strips July 30 Territorial Divergence July 23 Sound Strategy for Cancer July 9 Irritable Grace June 25 Survivors of Hiroshima Article Users-- FLOWER DELIVERY: Survivors of Hiroshima (Tr

ZOSIMO T. LITERATUS, RMT Sex is one intimate activity that reflects a lot the health and the stability of a heterosexual relationship. In fact, oftentimes, it can be used as indicator if the relationship is doing well or not. The reason for this is communication. A loving relationship thrives and grows through good and effective communication. Needless to say, bad communication can potentially, and has been known to, destroy a relationship. The same is true with sexual interaction, or euphemistically speaking, “making love.” The current study of Daniel M. Purnine and Michael P. Carey of the Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, tried to test male and female sexual satisfaction (or, as they called “sexual adjustment”) against the factors of understanding and agreement. That is, understanding the opposite’s preferences; and deriving an agreement on which sexual activities and behaviors to use and pursue together. Understanding, according to Purnine and Carey, “allows one to know ho

ZOSIMO T. LITERATUS, RMT Freedom has always been found at the time of making a decision, a choice of actions, things, and more. Once the choice has been made, freedom ends with the consequences of that decision or choice. Then freedom reappears with how a person handles the impact of the results from those decisions. The same natural process continues to play in marriage, from the choice of a partner, to the decision to enter into marriage, and the eventual decision to stay or separate ways. Professor emeritus of sociology at Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey USA) David Popenoe founded the National Marriage Project to provide research analysis on the state of marriage in America as one of its two-pronged mission. The project financially supported by the university in cooperation with private foundations came up a guideline entitled “Ten Important Research findings on Marriage and Choosing a Marriage Partner: Helpful Facts for Young Adults.” It was published in November 2004

ZOSIMO T. LITERATUS, RMT International health authorities do not agree on the limits of clinical features observed to qualify for a diagnosis of metabolic syndrome. However, I believe that you get the smallest measurements as your warning levels to be conservative. Early prevention is always better than doing it late. In health, disease reversal can be daunting and many times next to impossible at its final stage of deterioration. The World Health Organization (1999) requires that presence of diabetes mellitus (impaired glucose tolerance, impaired fasting glucose or insulin resistance) be diagnosed first and two of the following clinical levels before a diagnosis of metabolic syndrome is warranted: blood pressure, 140/90 mmHg; dyslipidemia [1] ; central obesity [2] , and presence of albumin in the urine [3] . The European Group for the Study of Insulin Resistance (1999) demands that insulin resistance be at the top 25% of the fasting insulin values for non-diabetic individuals and tw

ZOSIMO T. LITERATUS, RMT More than we know it, flirting not only provides the fun of encounter but also is a natural, and yet essential and universal, necessity of human interaction. The positive and negative connotations of flirting came obviously from the manner in which it has been commonly practiced without so much guidance in the proper and wholesome ways to do it. It might be instinctive to flirt, but the way to do it is not. Effective flirting is well-informed flirting Flirting, while admitted not yet a science, is certainly an art...an art of interpersonal communication and subtle influence. Kate Fox of the Social Issues Research Centre, a non-profit organization based in St. Clements, Oxford, United Kingdom, makes an important contribution in providing us the SIRC Guide to Flirting. ( Click here to download in pdf format)

ZOSIMO T. LITERATUS, RMT There are two major phases in the initiation of courtship among us. First, the move of making the contact; then, the introduction of oneself once the contact has been established. Biologically, as can be observed among lower mammals, courtship behavior is designed to maximize reproductive success of each respective species. In humans, intimate relationship acts as the initial goal of contact, which is hoped in time to evolve into long-lasting bonds including sexual commitments. The theory of parental investment [1] proposed that the gender that invests most in reproduction (usually the female) will be more selective in choosing a mate. Conversely, the gender that invests the least is more likely to desert and to pursue additional mating opportunities. This prospect justifies the need for courtship or wooing in order to increase male investment to the intimate relationship, also increasing the masculine need to be ensured of exclusive sexual access to their pa

ZOSIMO T. LITERATUS, RMT Two outbreaks of petfood-associated renal failure occurred in 2004 (involving around 6,000 dogs and a smaller number of cats) and 2007 (involving a large number of dogs and cats in North America). In 2004, the outbreak was linked to the ingestion of specific commercial dog foods, and occurred in dogs from Asia. Health authorities attributed it to poisonous compounds (particularly ochratoxin, citrinin, or both) that contaminated raw materials in a manufacturing plant in Thailand. In 2007, on the heel of another renal failure outbreak associated with pet foods, North American health authorities identified the toxic compounds as melamine and cyanuric acid; both are present in wheat gluten, rice protein, and corn gluten imported from China and used as a pet food ingredient. Able to elevate falsely the measure of protein content in pet foods because of its high nitrogen content, melamine was presumed to have been intentionally added by suppliers in China. Two studie