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EndNotes archive for March 12, 2012

MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2012

FILE-A couple kiss each other during a snowfall in Florence, Italy, late Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005. (Lorenzo Galassi / Associated Press)

Vasari's code? DaVinci's masterpiece?

As a person who once lived a fairy-tale year in Florence, Italy, I love to hear news from that city. It feels like news from home. So when the Associated Press reported that perhaps the hunt has ended for DaVinci’s unfinished mural titled “Battle of…

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Do you dare go bare? Getting your feet out of shoes routinely is good for the sole. (Maryjane Butters / United Feature Syndicate)

Spin, Stomp and Sexy, too

You don’t have to have the body of a waif or the feet of Fred Astaire to make your moves on the dance floor. Take a chance, get out and dance! Timeless Torches, a dancing troupe tied to the New York Liberty of the Women’s…

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Associated Press Ernest Borgnine
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Chubby at 85? Good! Eat up!

For our oldster readers who fought their weight all their life, some good news today. According to HealthDay News: (A) study, by Tel Aviv University researchers, revealed that while obesity did increase the risk of dying for people in their 70s and early 80s, when…

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Change your clocks, please

The clocks in the newsroom read 9 a.m., even though it is 10. Daylight Savings Time throws most everyone's body clocks off and it doesn't help that clocks in public places, workplaces, etc., don't seem to get changed for weeks and sometimes, not until Daylight…

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Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.