Pulmonary Embolism:- It Happened to Me!

July 29, 2011

Part II: Signs and Symptoms Earlier this year, I experienced a sudden pulmonary embolism (PE), from which I am still recovering. Having been extremely healthy all my life and a very active person, I was not prepared for becoming a temporary semi-invalid. Part of my journey to recovery has been to learn all I can [...]

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Pulmonary Embolism: – It Happened to Me!

July 26, 2011

Part I: Introduction What do tennis star Serena Williams, news broadcaster David Bloom, and TV pitchman Billy Mays all have in common? They were all victims of a pulmonary embolism, and the latter two individuals died from it. Pulmonary embolisms strike individuals of every age, health condition, and livelihood. No one is immune from this [...]

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Overcoming the TSA in 2011-Are they for real or is it a joke?

May 21, 2011

It sounds like a bad joke, two TSA agents walk into an airport.  No, seriously, the TSA has been getting major flack recently since they implemented the new full-body scans and aggressive pat-downs. But, the question remains, are they for real or are they a joke?  Well, John Q. Public, I’m here to tell you [...]

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Media Bias Against Israel

May 12, 2011

Why Are We Losing the Battle & What Can We Do About It? Color me silly, but I thought that newspapers and other media where supposed to be unbiased.  So, why does it seem like all sorts of media outlets tend to have anti-Israeli slants?  Is it me?  Am I the only one who noticed?  [...]

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Meeting with Argentinian Immigrant

May 4, 2011

Meeting with me in a Tel Aviv café on a sunny morning, Gabriel, who will soon mark his ninth anniversary in Israel, speaks nostalgically about his native Argentina, but seems to have no second thoughts about his decision to become one of the thousands of Argentine immigrants who have found their way to the Israeli [...]

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