Archive for February 24th, 2010
CityScope
At the Tuesday, February 16 meeting of the Marco Island City Council, The First Reading of the Seawall Ordinance was deferred to the March 1 meeting. Dr. James Riviere, who had served as the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Charter Review Committee, summarized the ballot results of the votes from the January 26 election when the seven following [...]
Discover the Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk
Taking CR92 to Tamiami Trail and heading east, the Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk is only about 20-25 minutes from Marco Island. If time is an issue this trip provides the southwest Florida adventurer an ideal vista of what the Everglades is all about without traveling too far into the glades. The boardwalk is part of the Fakahatchee Strand [...]
Short Sale, Walk-away or Deed in Lieu – eenie, meanie, mynie, moe
Why would you ever want a short sale instead of just a regular sized sale? Because if you owe more money than your house is worth, your house is considered to be ‘upside down’ or ‘underwater’ and no, that’s not a new exercise regimen or a way of giving birth. There are a million stories in the naked city about how you got that way, but [...]
Sustainability and What Does it Mean to Me?
The Sustainable Furnishings Council is a 400-member coalition of furniture industry leaders and visionaries formed to promote sustainable practices. Members assist in accomplishing this goal by increasing their purchases from suppliers that show continual improvement toward meeting high standards. The Council offers interior designers a course [...]
Chinese Medicine and Heart Disease
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America. Every year, 1.2 million Americans have heart attacks: the primary reasons are inactivity, obesity and high blood pressure. In 2009, heart disease cost the U.S. over $304 billion dollars. For thousands of years, the Western world did not understand that the heart circulates blood: it [...]
Cash versus Mortgage
We have all heard the phrse, “cash talks”. If you haven’t apparently you were born, raised, and are now living in a cave; because of that your eyes will never view this article. So, for those of you living outside the cave, you may find this column interesting, helpful, cute or of no value - and you wasted your time. If you’re [...]
Beware of the X Posture
One of the most common postural distortions is an exaggerated sway back curve in the lower back, a frozen mid-back, (frozen into a hump), followed by a forward head. Aha - I see a pattern here! This is the same posture encouraged by the person who designed the car seat. That's how common it is! If we take a closer look at this common [...]
Body Control at Impact
It has been said that golf is an unnatural game. Your body faces in one direction while you swing the club in another. When you swing the club head down at the ball, it goes up, and when you swing the club head up at the ball, the ball goes down. Most players use their bodies when trying to hit the ball. That is what most people think the [...]
Venice – Part I
Venice, located in northeast Italy, is truly a unique destination. It is composed of 118 small islands in a lagoon on the Adriatic Sea. Footbridges connect the islands and the Canal Grande serpentines through the middle. The city is divided into six neighborhoods or sestieri and addresses reference a location’s particular sestiere: Cannaregio, [...]
Time to Recycle
Confused about what to recycle and what not to recycle? The Marco Recycling Center at 990 Chalmers is open Tuesday thru Saturday, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. The recycling center accepts these items: Cardboard, electronics, scrap metal, fluorescent bulbs, HID lamps, ballasts, batteries-lead,acid , rechargeable and [...]
