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FROM INJURY TO ACTION: A LABOR DAY REMEMBRANCE (PART II)

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 3, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Photo by ekamelev. CC0 Public Domain.

In part one (DigBoston, ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Belden Electronics, charlatan, chiropractic, chiropractor, Column, Health, IBM, injury, Jason Pramas, labor, labor day, Manpower, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, medicine, quack, safety, science, temp, union

FROM INJURY TO ACTION: A LABOR DAY REMEMBRANCE (PART I)

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 5, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

 

Every once and a while, I move slightly differently than usual. Maybe I shift position too fast. Maybe I pick up something a bit too heavy. Maybe I’m sitting askew for just a bit too long. Whatever the cause, one second I’m fine… and the next, my old ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Belden Electronics, Column, Health, IBM, injury, Jason Pramas, labor, labor day, Manpower, safety, temp, union, Vermont

SOME THOUGHTS ON TRANSPORTATION POLICY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 16, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Image courtesy of pxshare.com. Creative Commons CC0 Public Domain.

 

Transportation is a subject I address frequently in my columns. But, as is often the case in journalism, it’s usually necessary to write about it piecemeal given various editorial constraints. So I might cover flooding ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: accident, Alphabet, Apparent Horizon, bicycle, bike, Bird Rides, boat, bus, car, Climate Change, Column, development, ecology, electric, Environment, global warming, golf cart, Google, Health, Housing, Jason Pramas, Jump Bikes, Lime, Lyft, monorail, motorcycle, municipal, news, planning, policy, Politics, prevention, public, robot, safety, scooter, Spin, train, transportation, Uber, urban, vehicle sharing

GREENFIELD BLUES: HOMELESSNESS IS NOT JUST A BIG-CITY PROBLEM IN MASS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 7, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

 

We don’t get much news about Western Mass in Boston. And since the population is relatively small in the largely rural western counties of the Commonwealth, it can be easy to miss significant stories. Because the scale of noteworthy happenings is naturally smaller ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, economy, encampment, Greenfield, Health, Healthcare, Homeless, homelessness, Housing, Jason Pramas, jobs, Mayor William Martin, news, opiates, policy, Politics, poor, poverty, public, Western Massachusetts

FLIPPING US THE BIRD: SCOOTER-SHARING COMPANY LITTERS CAMBERVILLE WITH DANGEROUS VEHICLES NO ONE ASKED FOR

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 25, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Bird’s model looks to be entirely profit-driven and completely mean-spirited. No matter how much CEO Travis VanderZanden tries to equate the unasked-for and unwanted service to “freedom.”

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: accident, Alphabet, Apparent Horizon, bicycle, bike, Bird Rides, Blue Bikes, Column, Google, Health, Jason Pramas, Jump Bikes, LimeBike, Lyft, municipal, news, Politics, prevention, privatization, public, safety, scam, scooter, Spin, transportation, Uber, vehicle sharing

METAL YOGA: GET YOUR OM ON WHILE HUMMING TO OM

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted July 28, 2017 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Performing Arts

Black Widow Yoga brings relaxation to new levels by setting her ONCE Somerville yoga classes to the music of Sleep, Iron Maiden, and Elder.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Performing Arts Tagged With: Black Widow Yoga, Boston, Cambridge, Dig, DigBoston, Doom, Health, Interview, metal, Metal Yoga, Music, Notes From the Scene, ONCE Somerville, performing arts, Salem, SOMERVILLE, yoga

WELLNESS FOR DEGENERATES: JUST BREATHE

Written by JILLIAN LOCKE Posted November 20, 2014 Filed Under: Wellness for Degenrates

It seems so simple, the act of breathing. We do it without even thinking about it. But that doesn’t mean we’re doing it right.

Filed Under: Wellness for Degenrates Tagged With: breathe, breathing, calming, centering, cleanse, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Health, immune system, oxygen, training, wellness for degenerates, yoga

THE IMPORTANCE OF NOTHING

Written by JILLIAN LOCKE Posted November 13, 2014 Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, Wellness for Degenrates

Peace comes from within rather than without, that the road to fulfillment is one that leads inwards rather than away. Meditation is the road less traveled for you, but as anxiety, depression, lethargy begin to slip away, the contentment and presence that takes their place as a result could become the reason your family members remain alive this holiday season.

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, Wellness for Degenrates Tagged With: anxiety, Depression, Dig Boston, guided mediation, Health, Meditation, sleep disorders, Wellness, yogis

THE REAL CHOLESTEROL CULPRIT

Written by JILLIAN LOCKE Posted November 7, 2014 Filed Under: COLUMNS, LIFESTYLE, Wellness for Degenrates

When you get the results of your blood work in the mail you're sort of left to decipher the hieroglyphics on your own.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, LIFESTYLE, Wellness for Degenrates Tagged With: Booze, cholesterol, Dig Boston, DigBoston, eggs, grains, Health, inflammation, LDL levels, saturated fat, stress, sugar, trans fat, Vitamin D, Wellness

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