Chris DeWald: Neurofeedback

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Column by Chris DeWald Submit guest columns: [email protected]    Neurofeedback is a technique in which the brain is trained to help improve its ability to regulate all bodily functions and to take care of itself. When the brain is not functioning well, evidence of this often shows up in the EEG (electroencephalogram). By challenging the…

Babysteps toward moving forward?

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Column by Chris Graham [email protected]    It’s another report bound to collect dust on a forgotten bookshelf. That’s the cynic’s view of the latest and greatest Downtown Vision Report aiming at guiding whatever it is that Waynesboro is going to do to breathe life into its downtown. The people leading this particular Save Downtown effort…

Some weight to sustainability

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Author overcomes skepticism, builds net-zero residential development    Story by Chris Graham [email protected]    Stu Rose has an interesting authenticity to his musings on sustainability. The author of a recent book on sustainable living admits to being “a little jaundiced” when it comes to the buzz words that people throw around. “I’m a little jaundiced…

The AFP Show: Health-care reform, Congress, emotional balance

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The AFP Show [email protected]    Items for The AFP Show for Thursday, Feb. 25, include: – Remarks from New York Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner on the ongoing health-care reform debate in Congress. – An interview with Isaac Wood from the University of Virginia Center for Politics to discuss a recent report from UVa. political-science professor…

UVa. earns first-ever #1 ranking in national baseball poll

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]     After taking two of three in their season-opening series at #11 East Carolina, the Virginia baseball team has risen to a new height – a #1 national ranking. “It’s exciting and an honor to be the No. 1 team in the country,” Virginia head coach Brian O’Connor said of…

Chris Graham: A little here, a little there, and it starts to add up

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   Column by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s a cold, hard reality. Waynesboro, like most other communities in the Commonwealth and across the country, is facing pretty severe budget shortfalls, both in the near term and into next year. Policy moves at the local and state level aren’t making things any easier. We’ll start in City…

Supreme corporations

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Column by Gene Nichol Submit guest columns: [email protected]    I am Texan by birth and Southern by acculturation. My family would attest I’m not beyond relating stories that mysteriously expand upon each re-telling. Given my trade, I read much of Madison, Hamilton, Story and Marshall. But, truth told, I prefer Mark Twain, Will Rogers, Woody…

It’s yoga time

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Classes offer exercise, meditative benefits Story by Chris Graham www.waynesboroymca.com Yoga will relax you for the hour or two that you’re practicing it. And as you get into it more, yoga will change your life. “What I learn in the time that I spend on my mat is I take what I get there and…

McDonnell: ‘Slight increase in incoming revenue for the year ahead’

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  Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The bad news: The state is facing down another massive budget shortfall. The good news: According to Gov. Bob McDonnell, the state can expect to see more revenues in the coming year with the improving economy. “I am pleased to report that the updated revenue numbers from the Department…