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Kale, Brassica oleracea,  is highly nutritious, with powerful antioxidant properties and considered anti-inflammatory.  High in beta cartene, vitamin K, vitamin C, lutein, zeaxanthin, and rich in calcium.  It is a form of cabbage, rarely suffers from pest and diseases of other members of the cabbage family,  and likes most soils.

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I came across a site that aggregates the top 10 of something or other.  This list caught my attention - the 8 unconventional ways to be buried.  If you are nonplussed by the cemetry plot or the urn for the mantel, try shooting your loved one into other space in a rocket, turning them into a biodegradable brown sludge, shaping them into a pencil or diamond or putting all that goodness into a reef ball and housing it in the ocean blue.  For the morbidly curious check the link

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I was browsing the stacks in East Village bookstore one year and came across this treasure, Hittleman's Yoga in 28 Days Exercise Plan.  It is clever, and takes you through a series of Yoga poses, a new one each day, with a short, thoughtful paragraph on something to consider about your lifestyle and diet.  Some days you do several of the excercises in combination, and after the month is completed, you carry on with a three day routine that rotates sets of exercises.  I have returned to this bible again and again, and would highly recommend finding a copy.  The m

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http://www.flowerpower.net/the-immune-system/

A little shop tucked away on 9th Street but packed with herbs and remedies.  The staff is incredibly knowledgeable and patient.  I've heard ideas for supporting women's health going through menopause,  suggestions for skin rashes,  solutions for aiding sleep.  And beside all this it just smells so darn good in there.  In times for Valentine's they came out with a love potion, recipe below.

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The Community Gardens Memorandum of Agreement of 2002 is due to sunset in Fall 2010.  That agreement put 198 gardens on a list for preservation, joining 197 already on the list, and 100 Department of Education sites were saved.  153 were given the classification "subject to development" meaning they could be converted to housing, some of those have since been protected.

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An article written by Christopher Ketcham, an investigative reporter, was just published in GQ online, and is the result of a year long investigation into cell phones and their possible effects on our health.  Titled Warning: Your Cell Phone May Be Hazardous to Your Health, the article is a wake up call to the American public about the lack of research being done in the U.S.

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Abby and Liz have some answers on how to stay healthy this winter.  They are offering tips with foods, yoga and herb to balance your health during these cold, cold days.  In a workshop they are offering this month, the will share their wisdom on cold and flu prevention, earting in balance with the seasons and with your Ayurvedic constition.  They will show you cheap recipts and how to eat well, fresh and local during the winter months.  Abby will teach you Yoga poses to keep your energy up and blood flowing and Liz will enliven your spirits with great herbal teas and foo

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For Christmas my sister gave my entire family the most hilarious present ever - gift certificates to Spa Castle in Queens, aptly described as the Disney World of spas.  It was a riot.  You walk into the castle and get a bracelet with a chip in it that you scan for everything - food, masks, scrubs, massages...everything.  Then you get undressed and either go naked, put on your bathing suit, or put on a special spa castle outfit.  Orange on the top and pink on the bot

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It is too cold to run at the moment, unless you are made of titanium or so addicted to the runner's high the frigid temperatures don't faze you.  I am always searching out ways to do exercise that doesn't need a class or you don't feel like a robot, and something I can do in my home or incorporate in my life, like biking to work.  I like the idea that I don't need a class and can carry methods for keeping supple and fit no matter where I am.