McKinley Fitness Center up and running - and swimming and exercising

Source: The News-Gazette

CHAMPAIGN — The McKinley Fitness Center is planning a May 29 ribbon-cutting at the old McKinley YMCA building — even though the fitness center has been operating since March 15. "It's like our grand opening," said Donna Wright, a former YMCA employ ...
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PBEF's Inhibition Is a Potential Therapeutic Target for Pulmonary Hypertension

Source: Medindia Health News

Inhibition of pre-B Cell Colony-Enhancing Factor (PBEF) might be a latent therapeutic target for pulmonary hypertension (PH), states a preclinical study in an animal model of PH. "PBEF expression appears to be significantly increased in PH. Accordingly, ...
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Graduation speech by Christina Kohlmann of The High School of St. Thomas More

Source: The News-Gazette

Here's the text of the graduation speech delivered by Christina Kohlmann of The High School of St. Thomas More. She's the valedictorian of the Class of 2012, and spoke at the ceremony May 20, 2012. I am honored to speak in fro ...
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Searching for job that's your calling can be a hang-up

Source: Chicago Tribune

Introspection is kind of a drag. It requires unpleasant acts like "thinking" and "talking about emotions," and it can rarely be done while watching TV. But like it or not, more and more workers are taking time ...
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Driving forces at the new LeMay-America's Car Museum

Source: TheNewsTribune.com

“The 1927 LaSalle 303 Convertible Roadster I purchased for the museum.” Roads traveled: Lawyer; vice president for Advancement, University of Illinois at Chicago; fundraiser, fundraising consultant. Has ridden motorcycle across 25 countries, inc ...
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What I learned from Walter Payton

Source: Liz Strauss: Succesful Blog

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! I grew up in the 1980s, when cable television was pretty much in its infancy and was All The Rage. I watched the first MTV video and can ...
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Obama is in trouble

Source: Arkansas Online

LITTLE ROCK Most Democrats think Barack Obama is a shoo-in for reelection. That overconfidence might end up making him a one-term president instead. Yes, Obama has a number of significant advantages, inclu ...
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Grandson of Gandhi to speak at John Hope Franklin symposium

Source: Tulsa World

Gandhi was 12 years old when his grandfather Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated because of his efforts to quell the religious, ethnic and political turmoil surrounding India's independence and its partition from Pakistan. Rajmohan ...
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Monticello's Schroeder takes home pair of golds

Source: Herald & Review

CHARLESTON — Monticello senior Steve Schroeder’s disappointment turned to joy when he and his teammates hoisted the third-place team trophy from the IHSA State Track and Field Class 1A Meet on Saturday. Schroeder entered finals running in three events — ...
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