Recent Entries

• What's Great About Grapefruit

  by Freedom Seeker February 27, 2012
  Oatmeal isn't the only heart-friendly breakfast: Enjoying one grapefruit a day can help lower "bad" LDL cholesterol levels by 15.5 percent and triglycerides by 27 percent, according to a study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Deep red varieties pack the biggest punch because they ...

• The Powerful Health Benefits of Chia Seeds

  by Freedom Seeker February 27, 2012
  You may hear the word “chia” and think terra-cotta Homer Simpson heads sprouting green hair. But the seeds of that plant have uses way beyond providing gimmicky gifts. Chia seeds are a total nutritional powerhouse, says nutritionist Nicole Ferring Holovach. They have an extremely high...

• How an A-grade prank by a hacker closed a school for a day

  by Freedom Seeker February 27, 2012
  In days gone by it would have been Jennings and Darbishire making one of their "frantic bishes". Or Richmal Crompton's William outwitting members of the posh boys' rival gang, the Hubert Laneites. Now, though, the schoolboy prankster has entered the digital world – and perpetrated one ...

• Can Vitamin D Help With Cramps?

  by Freedom Seeker February 27, 2012
  At least half of reproductive-age women cope with regular menstrual cramps -- one of the main reasonswhy young women miss work and school. But now, a small trial may have zeroed in on a natural remedy that could provide some relief: high doses of vitamin D. "Vitamin D appears promising for the t...

• Lucy Lawless, 'Xena' Actress, Arrested With 5 Greenpeace Activi

  by Freedom Seeker February 27, 2012
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Police on Monday arrested actress Lucy Lawless and five Greenpeace environmental activists after the group spent four days protesting aboard an oil-drilling ship docked in New Zealand. Police removed the group from their perch atop a 174-foot (53-meter) drilling to...

• New evidence suggests Stone Age hunters from Europe discovered

  by Freedom Seeker February 27, 2012
  New archaeological evidence suggests that America was first discovered by Stone Age people from Europe – 10,000 years before the Siberian-originating ancestors of the American Indians set foot in the New World. A remarkable series of several dozen European-style stone tools, dating back...

• 11 Reasons To Get Your Kids Out Of The Government Schools

  by Freedom Seeker February 27, 2012
  It should be painfully obvious to everyone by now that it is time to get all of our kids out of the government schools.  The public school system in the United States has been dramatically declining for a long time, and in most areas of the country the public schools are open sewers at this poi...

• California bill would remove felony penalties for drug possessi

  by Freedom Seeker February 27, 2012
  Legislation recently introduced to the California Senate would change simple drug possession from a felony to a misdemeanor under state law. State Sen. Mark Leno (D), who introduced the bill, touted the revision as a way to alleviate overcrowding in state prisons and county jails, and save millio...

• Gas Prices Climb For 20th Day in a Row, GOP Still Calling to Dr

  by Freedom Seeker February 27, 2012
  Those of us who rely on gasoline to get us around have been feeling the pinch as gas prices have risen for 20 days straight nationwide. As per gallon costs continue to climb toward a wallet cringing $4, some politicians, like President Obama, have been taking this opportunity to spell out how rene...

• Bridgette Meinhold Terraced Hollywood Hills House by Air Archit

  by Freedom Seeker February 27, 2012
  Francois Perrin designed and built this terraced private residence on one of the last building lots in the Hollywood Hills. Sunken into the hill itself, the four-story home makes use of the earth for temperature moderation. The home's earth berming, orientation, shading, and use of natural ventila...