Erica McMillan

Born Again Bikes

Born Again Bikes

Andy Gregg of Bike Furniture Design Repurposes How We Use Wheels

Marquette Michigan – Bicycle mechanic and wheel builder Andy Gregg has become part of a lineage of innovators dating back to one of humankind’s most influential mechanical breakthroughs, the wheel.  The wheel has contributed to a variety of uses throughout human history from pottery making, irrigation, milling, transportation, and now, furniture! As the modern architecture […]

 Mary Connor

Meditation: Why should I do it?

Meditation: Why should I do it?

So what is all this business about Meditation?  I heard someone say the other day that “meditation is truly revolutionary”, but meditation has been around for thousands of years. What is the big deal?! The revolution we are talking about is the inevitable “change” resulting from a revolution.  The change that meditation has on our […]

 Mike Plourde

Ready Your Glasses For The U.P. Fall Beer Festival

Ready Your Glasses For The U.P. Fall Beer Festival

RAISE YOUR GLASSES TO MICHIGAN’S FINE CRAFT BEERS! Marquette, MI – The annual U.P. Fall Beer Festival has all the makings for a day in paradise for any beer lover!  This event offers tasting opportunities of over 400 different premiere craft beers and features more than 50 Michigan breweries from across the state in the scenic […]

 Erica McMillan

Your Body on Yoga

Your Body on Yoga

MARQUETTE YOGA CENTER HELPS PEOPLE DISCOVER HOW YOGA CAN IMPROVE THEIR LIVES FROM THE INSIDE OUT Yoga.  Perhaps you’ve heard of this now popular sweeping trend, wondered what all the fuss is about, or even pondered trying a class? Maybe you’re an athlete already looking for a way to improve your inner calm to improve […]

 Brian Cabell

STRAIGHTtalk: With Chip Truscon

STRAIGHTtalk: With Chip Truscon

Marquette, MI – A frank talk with a retired public health administrator, researcher and professor–and self-proclaimed Socialist–about radical politics, his love of Marquette, our future, and death.   BC: You were raised downstate. How would you characterize your childhood? CT: Very unusual. My father was a family doctor and my mother sang opera and light […]

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Warning For Commonly Used Chemicals

Warning For Commonly Used Chemicals

Chemical manufacturers are under fire (again) for their use of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), which are chemicals commonly used to make thousands of products. The concern comes from a group of international scientists featured in the May issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Years ago, The New York Times reported, manufacturers like DuPont […]

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Tesla reveals new home, business batteries

Tesla reveals new home, business batteries

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – @ParkstBrett Automaker Tesla has used cutting edge battery technology to power its electric cars, and now company founder Elon Musk wants to take that technology off-road. On Thursday night, Musk unveiled Tesla Energy: a suite of batteries designed to power residential and commercial buildings. The batteries would essentially kick in […]

 Keith Glendon

Dead River Derby Craze

Dead River Derby Craze

Marquette Catches the Derby Craze! Marquette, MI – Wondering what the roller derby craze is all about? Roller derby is a great community event and a lot of fun for people of all ages! If you’ve never been to a competition or ’bout’ as they are known you will have the chance tomorrow night Saturday May […]

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7 Science-Backed Ways To Have Better Sex

7 Science-Backed Ways To Have Better Sex

Men and women, whether they’re 18 or 80, are never too old to learn new sex tips. The benefits of sex extend beyond the bedroom reducing stress, heart disease risk, and boosting immunity, but how do you get better at sex? Shaking up things between the sheets through can be easily attainable with communication and […]

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Pope Steps Up Climate Change Campaign

Pope Steps Up Climate Change Campaign

This is not making conservatives happy. …as Francis prepares to deliver what is likely to be a highly influential encyclical this summer on environmental degradation and the effects of human-caused climate change on the poor, he is alarming some conservatives in the United States who are loath to see the Catholic Church reposition itself as […]