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The developed world has a health problem on its hands. According to the CDC, a shocking 70.4% of all Americans are obese or overweight. While there are two components to this problem -- diet and exercise

It wasn’t until I was 29 years-old, spending a year living in Costa Rica, that I had my first real cup of coffee. As an inner-city middle school teacher, the first six years of professional life were fueled

Greetings Steemians (and others who might find this page), For the masses that are just now tuning into the power of the cryptocurrency market, I wanted to offer the approach that one seasoned stock investor

I'm very much a beginner when it comes to crypto-currencies. That being said, I'm trying to learn what I can, and recently found an interesting connection between two writers -- separated by about 20 years

My family and I have lived part-time on a Costa Rican coffee farm for seven years. This is part of what we've learned. A good place to start this story is in the early 1990’s. That’s when organic certification

Imagine this scenario: You’re a husband and wife farming team in Costa Rica. You have a small plot of land that provides enough to feed your two young boys. Then, in the early 1990s, something odd begins:

Another unarmed black man dead. This time, it started with something as simple as a stalled car. If this was a white man, I simply cannot believe the outcome would have been the same. I don't think this

New to the concepts of blockchain? Join the crowd. Earlier this week, I started reading Don and Alex Tapscott's Blockchain Revolution. I'm breaking down what I read into the simplest possible terms, in

There are a lot of smart people on Steemit. Many of them have deep knowledge of how blockchain technology works. That can make us mere mortals feel like we are completely incompetent, and would be better

There's a paradoxical truth about trick plays in any sport: once they become popular, the lose their element of surprise. That's why when a team comes up with a truly awesome trick play, it's a big deal. 

In 2010, my wife and I quit our jobs and moved to Costa Rica--knowing absolutely no one and having no income whatsoever. I like to say that the decision was made by blindly throwing a dart at a map of

All to often, we don't question the carefully defined path that we're "supposed" to take in life. I was no different. For most of my adult life, I wanted to be a teacher--and that's exactly what I did.

I hadn't tasted coffee until I was 29. My first cup ruined me. I never meant to become a coffee snob, but circumstances conspired against me. My wife and I had a very unconventional route to our coffee

While that title is totally true, I’m not here to brag. Rather, I want to share my story in hopes that it might inspire others.  After graduating from Grinnell College in 2005, I (my name is Brian

Everything in the world can be broken down into three categories:   The fragile: These items break under stress. Think of a glass falling off of a table.    The robust: Under stress, these