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April 5, 2009 - April 11, 2009 Archives

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What do you think of the 'exercise dress'?

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Exercise in a dress? Really? That's one of the newest fitness trends, thanks in part to retailer Nuu-Muu, which offers a wide selection of "exercise dresses" at about $68 a pop. Here's how they sell it: "Introducing the no-fuss......

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 Tags  exercise dress   fashion   fitness trends   survey   women  

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Appalachian Mountain Club offers a smorgasbord

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By Tom Meade    Email

The Narragansett Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club is creating more family outing activities, writes Tom Eagan in the current issue of The Gansett Gazette. "Our Family Outing Committee had been in active for a number of years and was......

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 Tags  Appalachian Mountain Club   biking   family   hiking   paddling  

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Video: Wading with the Beluga whales at Mystic Aquarium

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Providence Journal video / John Freidah Jessica Whitton, a senior Trainer from the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago brings their Beluga whales to the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, where they take part in a temporary program helping them acclimate to......

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 Tags  animals   beluga whales   Connecticut   Mystic Aquarium   outdoors   video  

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A new gem for canoe and kayak paddlers

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By Tom Meade    Email

Jim Cole, a longtime member and former president of the Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association, has written a wonderful guide to Paddling Connecticut and Rhode Island. The book contains finely detailed descriptions of 18 trips in Connecticut and 13......

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 Tags  book   canoe   Connecticut   fitness   kayak   outdoors   paddling   Rhode Island  

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Fit and Green: Shed the pounds, save the Earth

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

In this special interactive feature by the Associated Press, you can calculate how well you do both for your waistline and the planet by walking or bike riding instead of driving your car to a particular destination. For example,......

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 Tags  AP   bike   calorie calculator   fit   green   interactive   save the Earth   shed pounds   walk  

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RWU to host low-carbon diet day

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Recognizing that 49 percent of U.S. meals--or about a half-billion per day-- are produced in commercial kitchens, sustainable food service provider Bon Appétit Management Company and its 400 chefs, including Chef Robert Lavoie at Roger Williams University, are taking an......

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 Tags  Bon Appetit Management Co.   Bristol RI   healthy eating   Low Carbon Diet Day   Roger Williams University  

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National Start! Walking Day is Wednesday

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Want an excuse to get away from your desk and do something healthy for yourself? On Wednesday, Providence participants will join thousands across the country for a noontime walk to take a stand against heart disease by participating in National......

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 Tags  American Heart Association   heart disease   National Start! Walking Day   walk  

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