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Welcome to HHS HealthBeat. Launched on July 11, 2005, this service provides health promotion and disease prevention tips 5 days a week in audio and text formats.

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December


December 31, 2008 - speaker icon"Overdosing – no prescription" [read tip]
December 30, 2008 - speaker icon"Vitamin protection?" [read tip]
December 29, 2008 - speaker icon"Secondhand smoke and boys, bad and sad" [read tip]
December 26, 2008 - speaker icon"Relaxing, surviving and breast cancer" [read tip]
December 25, 2008 - speaker icon"Living and caring" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Caregivers (National Library of Medicine)
  •  

December 24, 2008 - speaker icon"Getting started, keeping going" [read tip]
December 23, 2008 - speaker icon"Targeted for smokeless" [read tip]
December 22, 2008 - speaker icon"Self-weighing" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Physical Activity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  •  

December 19, 2008 - speaker icon"Know your numbers" [read tip]
December 18, 2008 - speaker icon"No go ginkgo" [read tip]
December 17, 2008 - speaker icon"Kids shedding weight" [read tip]
December 16, 2008 - speaker icon"Another way smokers risk death" [read tip]
December 15, 2008 - speaker icon"Child’s play" [read tip]
December 12, 2008 - speaker icon"Defending weight" [read tip]
December 11, 2008 - speaker icon"Flu vaccinations and youngsters" [read tip]
December 10, 2008 - speaker icon"Vitamins E and C" [read tip]
December 09, 2008 - speaker icon"No holiday treat" [read tip]
December 08, 2008 - speaker icon"Aging with power" [read tip]
December 05, 2008 - speaker icon"Money well spent" [read tip]
December 04, 2008 - speaker icon"Smoking out COPD" [read tip]
December 03, 2008 - speaker icon"Never events" [read tip]
December 02, 2008 - speaker icon"Not even one " [read tip]
December 01, 2008 - speaker icon"HIV and cyberspace " [read tip]

November


November 28, 2008 - speaker icon"Vitamins, women, and cancer" [read tip]
November 27, 2008 - speaker icon"A Thanksgiving history" [read tip]
November 26, 2008 - speaker icon"Spiritual help" [read tip]
November 25, 2008 - speaker icon"Something good about migraines" [read tip]
November 24, 2008 - speaker icon"The 30 days" [read tip]
November 21, 2008 - speaker icon"Learning from heart disease" [read tip]
November 20, 2008 - speaker icon"Moms and babies watching" [read tip]
November 19, 2008 - speaker icon"Diabetes, Southern style" [read tip]
November 18, 2008 - speaker icon"Where you live – or die" [read tip]
November 17, 2008 - speaker icon"Drinking and the shrinking brain" [read tip]
November 14, 2008 - speaker icon"Violent sickness" [read tip]
November 13, 2008 - speaker icon"The hour" [read tip]
November 12, 2008 - speaker icon"Compassion meditation" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Meditation (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
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November 11, 2008 - speaker icon"Baby’s smile, Mommy’s brain" [read tip]
November 10, 2008 - speaker icon"A healthy distance" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Depression  (National Institute of Mental Health)
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November 07, 2008 - speaker icon"The 20-year benefit" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Diabetes and Me (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  •  

November 06, 2008 - speaker icon"To B or not to B" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Treatment (National Institute on Aging)
  •  

November 05, 2008 - speaker icon"Healthier, longer lives" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Healthy Living (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  •  

November 04, 2008 - speaker icon"Last days" [read tip]
November 03, 2008 - speaker icon"Violent games, violent kids" [read tip]

October


October 31, 2008 - speaker icon"Teen suicide" [read tip]
October 30, 2008 - speaker icon"Sleep or slip" [read tip]
October 29, 2008 - speaker icon"Mean boys" [read tip]
October 28, 2008 - speaker icon"Light? Not quite" [read tip]
October 27, 2008 - speaker icon"Risks on the menu for 3 million kids" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Food Allergies (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
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October 24, 2008 - speaker icon"Stress of care" [read tip]
October 23, 2008 - speaker icon"Clearing vaccination again" [read tip]
October 22, 2008 - speaker icon"Everybody active" [read tip]
October 21, 2008 - speaker icon"Donating after death" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    OrganDonor.Gov (Health Resources and Services Administration)
  •  

October 20, 2008 - speaker icon"Massaging away cancer pain" [read tip]
October 17, 2008 - speaker icon"Two-point-four million cases" [read tip]
October 16, 2008 - speaker icon"Where’s your fat?" [read tip]
October 15, 2008 - speaker icon"Are we clicked in yet?" [read tip]
October 14, 2008 - speaker icon"Diabetes and a healthy pregnancy" [read tip]
October 13, 2008 - speaker icon"The doctor, the family, and the choice " [read tip]
October 10, 2008 - speaker icon"Good gums, good health" [read tip]
October 09, 2008 - speaker icon"Popcorn, nuts" [read tip]
October 08, 2008 - speaker icon"Stalling on kids’ smoking" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Healthy Youth! (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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October 07, 2008 - speaker icon"Incoming measles" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Vaccinations (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  •  

October 06, 2008 - speaker icon"Seeking a formula for safety" [read tip]
October 03, 2008 - speaker icon"Drinking less" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Alcohol (National Library of Medicine)
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October 02, 2008 - speaker icon"Their friends’ thoughts" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Fitness (Office on Women’s Health)
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October 01, 2008 - speaker icon"More bone" [read tip]

September


September 30, 2008 - speaker icon"Big shots " [read tip]
September 29, 2008 - speaker icon"Go for the record" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Seasonal Flu (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  •  

September 26, 2008 - speaker icon"Heading toward heart trouble" [read tip]
September 25, 2008 - speaker icon"Breast cancer and breastfeeding" [read tip]
September 24, 2008 - speaker icon"Killer clot" [read tip]
September 23, 2008 - speaker icon"Like to hear a story?" [read tip]
September 22, 2008 - speaker icon"Aging wisdom" [read tip]
September 19, 2008 - speaker icon"Diabetes and thinking" [read tip]
September 18, 2008 - speaker icon"Tanorexia" [read tip]
September 17, 2008 - speaker icon"Smoke and stroke " [read tip]
September 16, 2008 - speaker icon"Did your doctor tell you not to smoke?" [read tip]
September 15, 2008 - speaker icon"Better fed babies, better thinking adults" [read tip]
September 12, 2008 - speaker icon"Bad signs early" [read tip]
September 11, 2008 - speaker icon"Time to plan" [read tip]
September 10, 2008 - speaker icon"Sleeping on bad memories" [read tip]
September 09, 2008 - speaker icon"Sound advice" [read tip]
September 08, 2008 - speaker icon"Abused men" [read tip]
September 05, 2008 - speaker icon"Hardly working; working hard" [read tip]
September 04, 2008 - speaker icon"No Smoking: Baby Zone" [read tip]
September 03, 2008 - speaker icon"Teens’ withdrawal" [read tip]
September 02, 2008 - speaker icon"Beating chickenpox" [read tip]
September 01, 2008 - speaker icon"Meningitis 101" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Meningitis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  •  

August


August 29, 2008 - speaker icon"A larger hole" [read tip]
August 28, 2008 - speaker icon"Heavy sleepers" [read tip]
August 27, 2008 - speaker icon"Stroke and the healthy five" [read tip]
August 26, 2008 - speaker icon"Mom’s beer" [read tip]
August 25, 2008 - speaker icon"Get up and play an hour a day?" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Physical Activity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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August 22, 2008 - speaker icon"Weighty weekends" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Very-Low-Calorie-Diet (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
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August 21, 2008 - speaker icon"Tracking blood pressure online" [read tip]
August 20, 2008 - speaker icon"Protective acids" [read tip]
August 19, 2008 - speaker icon"Two years less" [read tip]
August 18, 2008 - speaker icon"The stroke they didn’t know they had" [read tip]
August 15, 2008 - speaker icon"Not-so-good night" [read tip]
August 14, 2008 - speaker icon"Tai chi lullaby" [read tip]
August 13, 2008 - speaker icon"Twenty-twenty vision, for now" [read tip]
August 12, 2008 - speaker icon"A friend for the brain" [read tip]
August 11, 2008 - speaker icon" Found a health center?" [read tip]
August 08, 2008 - speaker icon"The high and the heart attack" [read tip]
August 07, 2008 - speaker icon"See how you fit" [read tip]
August 06, 2008 - speaker icon"Not dying for coffee" [read tip]
August 05, 2008 - speaker icon"Less trouble" [read tip]
August 04, 2008 - speaker icon"Holding a wide line" [read tip]
August 01, 2008 - speaker icon"Exercise against arthritis" [read tip]

July


July 31, 2008 - speaker icon"Carbon monoxide and tuberculosis" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    TB Introduction (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  •  

July 30, 2008 - speaker icon"Closer ties, stronger memories" [read tip]
July 29, 2008 - speaker icon"Forget hot flashes?" [read tip]
July 28, 2008 - speaker icon"Hearing loss from diabetes" [read tip]
July 25, 2008 - speaker icon"Safe in the water" [read tip]
July 24, 2008 - speaker icon"Beta cells going bad" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Healthy Weight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  •  

July 23, 2008 - speaker icon"Best pregnancy weight" [read tip]
July 22, 2008 - speaker icon"Bad starts" [read tip]
July 21, 2008 - speaker icon"Another reason to stay in school" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Treatment (National Institute on Aging)
  •  

July 18, 2008 - speaker icon"What the well-dressed boater wears" [read tip]
July 17, 2008 - speaker icon"Weight and death" [read tip]
July 16, 2008 - speaker icon"What experience didn’t teach" [read tip]
July 15, 2008 - speaker icon"Wort and ADHD" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Teen Health (National Library of Medicine)
  •  

July 14, 2008 - speaker icon"What happens when parents tell teens to diet" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Teen Health (National Library of Medicine)
  •  

July 11, 2008 - speaker icon"Who gave them the alcohol?" [read tip]
July 10, 2008 - speaker icon"Women drinking more" [read tip]
July 09, 2008 - speaker icon"Health 101" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Health Literacy (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
  •  

July 08, 2008 - speaker icon"Fatty livers and kids’ hearts" [read tip]
July 07, 2008 - speaker icon"Batter up and look out" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Sports Injuries (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
  •  

July 04, 2008 - speaker icon"Fun and games -- and risks -- outdoors" [read tip]
July 03, 2008 - speaker icon"The rising tide of diabetes" [read tip]
July 02, 2008 - speaker icon"What’s in the pool?" [read tip]
July 01, 2008 - speaker icon"Tropical troubles" [read tip]

June


June 30, 2008 - speaker icon"Blood sugar, heart attacks, and strokes" [read tip]
June 27, 2008 - speaker icon"Danger in the waterpipe" [read tip]
June 26, 2008 - speaker icon"Actively avoiding breast cancer" [read tip]
June 25, 2008 - speaker icon"Up three million" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Diabetes & Me (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  •  

June 24, 2008 - speaker icon"Prudent diet, longer life" [read tip]
June 23, 2008 - speaker icon"Not inevitable weight" [read tip]
June 20, 2008 - speaker icon"More breastfeeding" [read tip]
June 19, 2008 - speaker icon"Unbundling the joy" [read tip]
June 18, 2008 - speaker icon"The flu versus the flu vaccine" [read tip]
June 17, 2008 - speaker icon"Blood sugar, heart attacks, and strokes" [read tip]
June 16, 2008 - speaker icon"Diabetes or not" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Diabetes Prevention (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
  •  

June 13, 2008 - speaker icon"Quitting for the better" [read tip]
June 12, 2008 - speaker icon"Health and lost sleep" [read tip]
June 11, 2008 - speaker icon"Death by overdose" [read tip]
June 10, 2008 - speaker icon"Obese, pregnant and needing help" [read tip]
June 09, 2008 - speaker icon"Sick bellies" [read tip]
June 06, 2008 - speaker icon"Teens’ troubles with diabetes" [read tip]
June 05, 2008 - speaker icon"Nibble tuck" [read tip]
June 04, 2008 - speaker icon"Big kids and flu" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Seasonal Flu Shot (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  •  

June 03, 2008 - speaker icon"Knowing when to call for help" [read tip]
June 02, 2008 - speaker icon"Sweetness and kids " [read tip]

May


May 30, 2008 - speaker icon"Hearing what you can do about breast cancer?" [read tip]
May 29, 2008 - speaker icon"Somewhat gone" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    The Heart Truth (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
  •  

May 28, 2008 - speaker icon"Quitting smoking in packs" [read tip]
May 27, 2008 - speaker icon"Should real men wear gowns?" [read tip]
May 26, 2008 - speaker icon"Surprised by diabetes" [read tip]
May 23, 2008 - speaker icon"How diabetes and arthritis get in each other’s way" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Diabetes and Me (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  •  

May 22, 2008 - speaker icon"The pill card" [read tip]
May 21, 2008 - speaker icon"Start talking" [read tip]
May 20, 2008 - speaker icon"Incoming measles" [read tip]
May 19, 2008 - speaker icon"Exercise for the brain" [read tip]
May 16, 2008 - speaker icon"Muscling up protein" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Protein (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  •  

May 15, 2008 - speaker icon"Overpower underage drinking" [read tip]
May 14, 2008 - speaker icon"Making the grade" [read tip]
May 13, 2008 - speaker icon"Staying sharp" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Treatment (National Institute on Aging)
  •  

May 12, 2008 - speaker icon"Older and sober" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Find Treatment (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
  •  

May 09, 2008 - speaker icon"Step it up" [read tip]
May 08, 2008 - speaker icon"Diet debate" [read tip]
May 07, 2008 - speaker icon"Break the fast" [read tip]
May 06, 2008 - speaker icon"Depression, anxiety, weight and smoking" [read tip]
May 05, 2008 - speaker icon"DASHing toward heart health" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Healthy Eating (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
  •  

May 02, 2008 - speaker icon"Living with asthma" [read tip]
May 01, 2008 - speaker icon"Cheers!" [read tip]

April


April 30, 2008 - speaker icon"That’s not love" [read tip]
April 29, 2008 - speaker icon"Seniors on the tanning beds" [read tip]
April 28, 2008 - speaker icon"Location, location, location" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Stroke (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  •  

April 25, 2008 - speaker icon"Shopping around" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Hospital Compare (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
  •  

April 24, 2008 - speaker icon"Broccoli benefit" [read tip]
April 23, 2008 - speaker icon"Alcohol and estrogen" [read tip]
April 22, 2008 - speaker icon"Cigarettes and colon cancer" [read tip]
April 21, 2008 - speaker icon"Turning off the kids’ screens" [read tip]
April 18, 2008 - speaker icon"Play fair" [read tip]
April 17, 2008 - speaker icon"Less time for family ties" [read tip]
April 16, 2008 - speaker icon"Aroma? Therapy?" [read tip]
April 15, 2008 - speaker icon"The buzz on senior drinking" [read tip]
April 14, 2008 - speaker icon"Deep sleep" [read tip]
April 11, 2008 - speaker icon"Add a personal touch" [read tip]
April 10, 2008 - speaker icon"Schoolwork, school workout" [read tip]
April 09, 2008 - speaker icon"One cigarette, two hearts" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Smoking (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
  •  

April 08, 2008 - speaker icon"Tough gymnastics" [read tip]
April 07, 2008 - speaker icon"Teens and bedroom TV" [read tip]
April 04, 2008 - speaker icon"Overweight teen trouble" [read tip]
April 03, 2008 - speaker icon"The choking game" [read tip]
April 02, 2008 - speaker icon"Safety and thimerosal" [read tip]
April 01, 2008 - speaker icon"Red or green" [read tip]

March


March 31, 2008 - speaker icon"Screen time" [read tip]
March 28, 2008 - speaker icon"Living long sick" [read tip]
March 27, 2008 - speaker icon"More screening" [read tip]
March 26, 2008 - speaker icon"Sleeping duty" [read tip]
March 25, 2008 - speaker icon"Keeping it low" [read tip]
March 24, 2008 - speaker icon"Caring hearts" [read tip]
March 21, 2008 - speaker icon"This pet may protect" [read tip]
March 20, 2008 - speaker icon"The record of the hearts" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    We Can! (National Institutes of Health)
  •  

March 19, 2008 - speaker icon"Time together" [read tip]
March 18, 2008 - speaker icon"Walk it out" [read tip]
March 17, 2008 - speaker icon"Terrible twosome" [read tip]
March 14, 2008 - speaker icon"Whole grains, better bellies" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Eat whole grains (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
  •  

March 13, 2008 - speaker icon"Larger women, higher risk" [read tip]
March 12, 2008 - speaker icon"Healthy over 90" [read tip]
March 11, 2008 - speaker icon"More painful" [read tip]
March 10, 2008 - speaker icon"Turtle talk" [read tip]
March 07, 2008 - speaker icon"Smoke and genes" [read tip]
March 06, 2008 - speaker icon"Dengue on the border" [read tip]
March 05, 2008 - speaker icon"CMV and your baby" [read tip]
March 04, 2008 - speaker icon"Killings in schools" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    School Violence (National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center)
  •  

March 03, 2008 - speaker icon"Breastfed babies and teen weight" [read tip]

February


February 29, 2008 - speaker icon"Snug but safe" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Click It or Ticket (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
  •  

February 28, 2008 - speaker icon"Making a match" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Seasonal Flu (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  •  

February 27, 2008 - speaker icon"Not a stroke, but still trouble" [read tip]
February 26, 2008 - speaker icon"Walk this way" [read tip]
February 25, 2008 - speaker icon"Seniors and clinical trials" [read tip]
February 22, 2008 - speaker icon"The risk on dozing off" [read tip]
February 21, 2008 - speaker icon"Watch out " [read tip]
February 20, 2008 - speaker icon"Mutual Respect" [read tip]
February 19, 2008 - speaker icon"Secondhand smoke and cystic fibrosis" [read tip]
February 18, 2008 - speaker icon"Middle aged, obese and depressed" [read tip]
February 15, 2008 - speaker icon"Can you believe this?" [read tip]
February 14, 2008 - speaker icon"Older, active and vitamin E" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Vitamin E (Office of Dietary Supplements)
  •  

February 13, 2008 - speaker icon"Either or both" [read tip]
February 12, 2008 - speaker icon"The states of blood pressure" [read tip]
February 11, 2008 - speaker icon"Kids and the cough medicine" [read tip]
February 08, 2008 - speaker icon"Better with walking " [read tip]
February 07, 2008 - speaker icon"Which half " [read tip]
February 06, 2008 - speaker icon"Vaccinations for grown-ups" [read tip]
February 05, 2008 - speaker icon"When the other kids drink " [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    The Cool Spot (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
  •  

February 04, 2008 - speaker icon"Alcohol, kids and violence" [read tip]
February 01, 2008 - speaker icon"A program to live with" [read tip]

January


January 31, 2008 - speaker icon"Fitness and fatness" [read tip]
January 30, 2008 - speaker icon"What the teens said about drugs" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Drug Abuse (National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center)
  •  

January 29, 2008 - speaker icon"Cereal for breakfast?" [read tip]
January 28, 2008 - speaker icon"What to do about COPD" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Living With COPD (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
  •  

January 25, 2008 - speaker icon"Electronic aggression" [read tip]
January 24, 2008 - speaker icon"Burger, fries and a soda" [read tip]
January 23, 2008 - speaker icon"More to love" [read tip]
January 22, 2008 - speaker icon"The case of the dangerous stray" [read tip]
January 21, 2008 - speaker icon"Family meals and teenage girls" [read tip]
January 18, 2008 - speaker icon"Keeping track" [read tip]
January 17, 2008 - speaker icon"We Can! After the holidays" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    We Can! (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
  •  

January 16, 2008 - speaker icon"Campus tans" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Tanning (Center for Devices and Radiological Health)
  •  

January 15, 2008 - speaker icon"Teens, grownups, and heart trouble" [read tip]
January 14, 2008 - speaker icon"A good breakfast and a good heart " [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Dietary Fiber (National Library of Medicine)
  •  

January 11, 2008 - speaker icon"Flu and asthma" [read tip]
January 10, 2008 - speaker icon"A sign of trouble" [read tip]
January 09, 2008 - speaker icon"Not really overweight" [read tip]
January 08, 2008 - speaker icon"Vitamin D and hearts" [read tip]
January 07, 2008 - speaker icon"Kids, smoking and movies (Pediatrics)" [read tip]
January 04, 2008 - speaker icon"Protecting babies from the flu " [read tip]
January 03, 2008 - speaker icon"Where’s the sunshine vitamin?" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Vitamins (National Library of Medicine)
  •  

January 02, 2008 - speaker icon"Untested " [read tip]
January 01, 2008 - speaker icon"The rest of 2008" [read tip]

Last revised: January 17, 2009