JILL MacINNES: It’s early morning and you’re already late for work, but you hit Duncan Donuts or Starbucks, anyway. Latte or Frappe and a croissant. By 10 o’clock, you're starting to sag, so you buy a soda and candy bar from the machines -- and SHA-ZAM! Instant buzz…. But you’re just getting started, my junkie friend.
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How to kick your workday drug habit
JILL MacINNES: It’s early morning and you’re already late for work, but you hit Duncan Donuts or Starbucks, anyway. Latte or Frappe and a croissant. By 10 o’clock, you're starting to sag, so you buy a soda and candy bar from the machines -- and SHA-ZAM! Instant buzz…. But you’re just getting started, my junkie friend.JILL MacINNES: Only 100 miles to better health
Have you heard of the 100-Mile Diet? It happens to be a good one, but you need to sustain it to make it work. It makes sense: The more challenging a diet is to maintain, the more likely you will revert to old eating habits. Lets look at the possibilities and potential for success. ASK JILL: To juice or not to juice: That is the question
When I began yoga classes last year, my instructor and friend Gina Benkendorf suggested I try juicing as a means of adding more fruit and vegetables to my diet. I was skeptical but found a good priced juicer at Costco and have been juicing ever since.Eat your vegetables, if you know what's good for you
Remember when Mom told you to eat all your veggies? The lump of soggy carrots, peas and string beans that came from a frozen box looked so yummy, didn't it? Why do we find foods good for our health so unappealing? Who would choose broccoli over ice cream? Who'd eat a big leafy salad instead of BBQ'd chicken or a cheeseburger? Well, I happen to know an entire group of people who would.'Sex and the City 2': The fashions, the friendships ... the failure
Dear Michael Patrick King: The reviews of the first "SEX AND THE CITY" movie were ludicrous. A bunch of heterosexual men who play too many video games commenting on "SATC" is like me writing a complaint letter to Adidas that their jockstrap doesn't fit. So when the bad reviews of "SATC2" came out, I was undaunted. My girlfriend and I rolled into the late-afternoon matinee high on salad, wine and frozen yogurt. We were happy and ready to laugh.... It is with a heavy heart that I say: We were at the wrong movie.SUPREME PEACE: 'When you are ready, the teacher will appear...'
So you are sailing along on your path toward enlightenment, whatever that may be ("I need to have more patience… compassion… forgiveness"). If you are truly ready to learn, and accept a situation with an open mind, the Universe will respond -- and send you a teacher.EILEEN KELLY: Hey, it's a job
I’m on line at Starbucks when the barista shouts “Tea with skim milk at 110 degrees.” What? How did the customer select that temperature? Did she sit there with a thermometer and a cup of tea? “Ooh, too hot.....Nope. Not yet.....Damn. Too cold.” Better yet: How much of a douche bag do you have to be to ask that much of a someone making $7 an hour? This got me thinking about crummy jobs.
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- SUPREME PEACE: Participate in your life
- EILEEN KELLY: The Ghost of Mrs. Riccardi
- Exercise? Yes! Here’s why
- EILEEN KELLY: Do we have to spell it out for you men?
- Jill MacInnes: Reasons to go organic
- EILEEN KELLY: I heart New York
- EILEEN KELLY: I love/hate Costco
- Jill MacInnes: A diet plan that actually works
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Public Safety
National Preparedness Month: It's not a celebration
September brings us not only the anniversary of the worst attack on U.S. soil: It’s also National Preparedness Month, a time when those responsible for our safety ask whether we’ve done what we can to help protect our families. So: How about checking this list to see how YOU measure up?
Critics of Bergen's first gun buy-back program are off-target
Naysayers are firing criticism at a gun buy-back program that netted more than 700 firearms this weekend, but Bergen County Sheriff Leo P. McGuire says they’re way off the mark.
Amber Alert nixed, Terry Dusseault and son found
UPDATE: Terry Dusseault and his 8-year-old son have been found, and New Jersey State Police have cancelled an Amber Alert.
No 'Kyleigh's Law' decal repeal: 6-month study instead
If Gov. Chris Christie goes along with it, state authorities will have six months to evaluate an unpopular law that requires young drivers to have red decals on their license plates -- a far cry from the repeal sought by several Bergen-area lawmakers and tens of thousands of New Jerseyans.
Firefighters helped catch wanted serial bank robbers
ONLY ON CVP: It’s no coincidence that New Jersey has the highest percentage of bank robbery arrests in the nation, not when there are people like the firefighters who helped lead to the arrest of two accused serial bank robbers.
String of high-figure bank jobs solved, FBI says
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Nathaniel Barreto of Newark admitted to being "the Black Stocking Robber" and Juan Perez of Clifton the wheelman in a string of bank holdups in Paramus, Boonton and elsewhere from North to Central Jersey that ended when they were tracked down following an armed robbery Tuesday, the FBI said.
Cops find new tactic: The Facebook perp walk
Posting mug shots on Facebook seemed a sweet idea for police in a small New Jersey town within spitting distance of Philadelphia -- only some people aren’t too crazy about it.Connect
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Muscle Maker Grill celebration in Edgewater
No reason to let the weather keep you indoors. Muscle Maker Grill in Edgewater is celebrating an extremely successful first year down in Edgewater.
US judo champ Toni Marie Geiger of Dumont aims for 2012 Olympics
ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: Because U.S. Olympic athletes don’t receive government funding, Toni Marie Geiger of Dumont -- the #1 ranked female judo athlete in the U.S. and a member of Team USA -- has to raise the money she needs to train, travel and compete herself to qualify for the 2012 Summer Games in London.
Hot on the teen scene: North Jersey's hard-rocking Odd Man In
Remember the days when you and your friends dreamed of starting a band? Well, it’s wonderful to watch a group of kids pursue their collective dream today -- which, in the case of Odd Man In, is a record deal. What makes it sweeter: The oldest is 15.
Beloved Union City educator taught students to believe in themselves
Jack O'Connor is being remembered with intense love and affection by hundreds of former students whose lives he touched. "He was a true man's man," former student John ODonnell Rosales said of one of Union City's most popular educators.
Ex-Passaic sheriff Englehardt, 80, 'sharp as a tack' after heat sends him to hospital, Speziale says
ONLY ON CVP: Passaic County Sheriff Jerry Speziale was driving on Route 80 when the radio crackled with the report of a disoriented driver who had blown a tire hitting a curb on Garrett Mountain. Imagine Speziale’s surprise when he pulled up to discover the motorist was his predecessor, perhaps the most legendary of all Passaic County political figures.
Those who knew Justin Sanchez recall 'that beautiful, bright smile'
ONLY ON CVP: Among those trying to make sense of the death of Justin Sanchez is Lucille Stanziale, who was there when the happy-go-lucky teen suffered a freak accident that killed him.
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