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Posts by Christine Coulombe

Sitting is the New Smoking: Health Books and Programs at Mid-Manhattan

by Christine Coulombe, Mid-Manhattan Library
December 10, 2012

The Mid-Manhattan Library recently hosted an excellent, entertaining program given by author A.J. Jacobs based on his recently published book Drop Dead Healthy. The program was about the year Jacobs spent consulting numerous health experts and attempting to incorporate all their recommendations into his everyday life.

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The Country, the Economy, the Election... and Why Haven't I Marched with Occupy Wall Street Yet

by Christine Coulombe, Mid-Manhattan Library
October 16, 2012

The U.S. economy and the upcoming presidential election are on my mind as well as on the minds of many Americans.

I'm not an economist, a political science major or an historian.

I'm a librarian at the Mid-Manhattan Library who specializes in health and medicine — but, I am interested in understanding what has happened to our country over the past ten years.

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