The ancient Chinese practice of tai chi may be effective as a therapy for fibromyalgia, according to a study published on Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine.

http://www.harvardscience.harvard.edu/foundations/articles/barefoot-runn...

Barefoot running easier on feet than running shoes
New research casts doubts on some major assumptions
January 27, 2010
Rebecca Hersher '11
Harvard College

New Harvard research casts doubt on the old adage, “All you need to run is a pair of shoes.”

Olympian's strength built from life on the streets
By Steve Almasy, CNN

February 22, 2010 8:51 a.m. EST

Vancouver, British Columbia (CNN) -- Many kids dream of being in the Olympics one day. When U.S. bobsledder Bill Schuffenhauer was a child in Salt Lake City, Utah, he had no idea the Olympics even existed.

Failure & Imagination
Thu, 06/12/2008 - 21:55 — sensei
In praise of failure

J.K. Rowling, Hindustan Times

New Delhi, June 12, 2008


THE SPEAKING TREE

Vidura's Wisdom Had No Serious Takers

By P V NARAYANA SWAMY

THE Mahabharata is considered as the fifth Veda, in that it is verily a Magna Carta of ethics and morality. Vidura's wise counsel to Dhritharashtra in the Udyoga parva of the Mahabharata affords an illustrious example. The word Vidura means a man of knowledge.

Times of India, Dec 9,2009 Bangalore Edition
Stay steadfast on the path of 'Dharma'
Shri Shri Anandamurti : 9 December 2009, 12:00am IST

Once there was a king. He was a strong spiritualist, a dharmik. Whatever he said he did and whatever he did he said. One day the king declared that he would buy anything that remained unsold in the village market. People flocked to the market.