Do you make them? Do you keep them? Just what are they anyway?

Personally, I don't make resolutions. Why? Well, it seems to me they are just a re - solution, or a solution you are attempting once again to solve something about yourself you don't like, that you have tried to solve before, but obviously failed at. So every time you think of your re-solution, you are focusing on what you don't like about yourself. Not a good idea.

Let me suggest, instead of solving your problems an constantly dwelling on your worst traits, strengthen your strengths. The stronger you are in your strong areas, the better you will be in all areas, and the more you are seeing yourself in a positive light.

Let me give an example. The last few years, I have chosen as goals for the New Year objectives that made stronger areas I am already pretty good at, but chose to improve even more. In 2007 I set my goal to increase my fitness level. I wanted to be able to do 25 pull ups, 150 pushups, and 12 head stand pushups, in one set each. It took a little work, but I got my goal. I can't do them still, but I am better than I was before and have retained a higher level of fitness since.

Last year, even though I am generally conscientious of what I eat, I decided to improve. So I stopped eating cookies, ice cream, soda, and candy completely. With two exceptions, and those were conscious and wise choices, I was perfect. It has been a good experience for me. I feel better about me, and have done something that has made me better, but it has been by strengthening areas that are already strong, rather than choosing my biggest weakness and trying to attack it head on. But each time my strengths get better, my weaknesses have to shrink. Mission accomplished.

Oh yes, so what are my objectives for this year. Once again, I am moving into a different direction. I love to read, but don't read as much as I like. So this year, I am cutting out TV, unless it is prerecorded, or I am watching it with family. So I will naturally have more time to read. I have set up a small area in my home to be my reading area, and am ready to go.

I look forward to reading a lot more this year. Each month I will share what I have read that is worth passing on. If you have read a book you loved and that made your life better and want to share, send us a short report, and we will share with everyone else.

Strengthen and focus on your goodness, and forget those things you don't like about yourself, and we will grow better together.

--For the past 25 years, breast cancer research has been based on a single breast tumor cell line known as MDA-MB-435. It has been revealed that this supposed breast cancer cell line may in fact not be composed of breast cancer cells at all. Instead, it appears that the cells are derived from melanoma.

--For 25 years, therefore, breast cancer research using this cell line - and it is one of the most widely used - has been based on an incorrect model. Melanoma-derived tumor cells are not biologically equivalent to breast cancer cells.

--If the foundation on which breast cancer research has been flawed for 25 years, how trustworthy is the evidence on which current breast cancer treatment is based? Evidence built on such flawed foundations more closely resembles hearsay than science.

"Please pray for him not to suffer from this accident," a distraught Dong Yun Yoon told reporters. "He is one of our treasures for the country. I don't blame him. I don't have any hard feelings. I know he did everything he could."