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For prospective students
Chloroplast. Credit: Bela Hausmann
We advise you to read the Natural Sciences page thoroughly. For reading and preparation advice, the following sections should be particularly useful:
Do also keep an eye on the subject resources, which provide more general guidance and examples for developing your academic interests.
For offer holders
The following notes on the Natural Sciences Tripos should help you in thinking about the subjects you will take when you come to Cambridge. Please write if you would like further information or advice on any of the points raised. I will discuss your course with you at the start of your first term here.
There are two points that should be particularly noted. First, there is the need to study three experimental sciences. This probably means that you will have to start a new subject. In connection with this, Please complete and return this PDF form to the Admissions Office no later than 1 August. The form asks you about your choice of subjects for next year (students with deferred places submit this form the August before they start the course).
If you need to consult me about your choices, please do not hesitate to email (email@example.com).
Secondly, I should like to emphasise the important point that university work should be an education. It should help you to face new and previously unknown problems and situations in your future life. Mere knowledge of the conclusions of the present is only slightly helpful. Practice in evaluating evidence and handling arguments is much more useful.
Although it is easy to think one is working when committing to memory the conclusions reached in the subject under study, this has very limited educational value. The important thing is to see how these conclusions are reached and to learn how to construct and handle arguments that lead to them, and to be aware of the weakness that these arguments contain.
You will have to work on your own much more at university than at school. The need to study a subject more deeply than as a catalogue of conclusions has practical consequences for the way you should work. Only a part of your working time should be actual reading. Thinking about what you have to read, checking the arguments concerned, examining the relations between different parts of your work, and trying out techniques to solve numerical and logical problems, - all these will be important to your development as a working scientist.
Dr Sarah Lummis, Director of Studies
First Year = Part I of the Natural Sciences Tripos
Students take any THREE experimental sciences – ALL take a compulsory Mathematics course. When choosing options, please take time to explore all relevant options (follow the links below) and consult the required subjects before making your choices.
Experimental Sciences
- Biology of Cells
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Earth Sciences
- Evolution & Behaviour
- Materials Science
- Physics
- Physiology of Organisms
Mathematical Subjects
- Mathematics (essential for physical scientists)
- Mathematical Biology (for biologists who took A level Maths)
- Elementary Maths for Biologists (who did not take A level Maths)
Second Year (Part IB)
Structure and papers in Part IB
Third Year (Part II)
Structure and papers in Part II
Possible fourth Year (Part III)
Structure and papers in Part III
Further suggested reading
We are often asked to make suggestions for preparatory reading. There is no pre-requisite reading that needs to be done, but you may find the following books interesting and informative at a general level. Please note that the books present an initial view of the subject and may not include material covered by the undergraduate course. You are NOT expected to purchase any of the books on this suggested reading list.
Students planning to take Mathematics courses A or B should consult the Mathematics section below. Attention is also drawn to reading suggestions provided by the University Departments for Natural Sciences.
Biology of Cells
- B. Alberts et al (2008) 5th Edition, Molecular Biology of the Cell, Garland
- J.M. Berg (2006) 6th Edition, Biochemistry, Freeman
- A.J.F. Griffith et al (2004) 8th Edition An introduction to Genetic Analysis, Freeman
Although A level Biology is not a requirement for the Biology of Cells Course, students who have not done Biology at A level are advised to consult an A level Biology text before they come up. Recommended: B. Alberts et al (2003) Essential Cell Biology, 2nd Edition (Garland). Some familiarity with the following broad topics would be an advantage in the first part of the Michaelmas Term: Microscopic examination of cells; Comparative (plant, animal and microbial) cell structure; Cellulas compartments (mitochondria. chloroplasts. nucleus); Basic membrane structures.
- PW Atkins, Molecules, Scientific American
- J Keeler & P Wothers, Why Chemical Reactions Happen, O.U.P.
- ChemNRICH
Computer Science
- Dewdney, A Kee, The new Turing Omnibus, Computer Sciences Press 1993 (reprinted 2001, Henry Holt)
- Körner, Tom W, The Pleasures of Counting, C.U.P. (1996)
- Preparing to study Computer Science
Earth Sciences
- Davidson, J et al, Exploring the Earth, Prentice-Hall
- Dickey, JS, On the Rocks: Earth Science for everyone, Wiley
- Knou, A.H, Life on a Young Planet, Princeton Univ Press
- MacDougall, JD, A short history of planet Earth, Wiley
- Van Andel, TJH, New Views on an Old Planet, C.U.P
Evolution and Behaviour
- MS Dawkins, Through our eyes only?, O.U.P
- R Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker, O.U.P
- J Diamond, The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee, Vintage
- S Jones, In the Blood, Harper/Collins
- L Margulis, The Symbiotic Planet: A new look at evolution, Weidenfield/Nicholson
Materials Science
- Baillie, C and Vanasupa, L, Navigating the Material World, Academic Press
- Gordon, JE, New Science of Strong Materials, Penguin
- Braithwaite and Weaver, Electronic Materials, Butterworth
- Ashby, MF and Johnson, K, Materials and Design, Butterworth
- Hazen, RM, The Diamond Makers, CUP
- R.P. Feyman, The Character of Physical Law, Penguin
- T. Hey & P. Walters, The Quantum Universe, C.U.P.
- J. Walker, The Flying Circus of Physics, John Wiley & Sons
- Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, Transworld.Doubleday
- T. Ferris, Coming of Age in the Milky Way, Anchor/Doubleday
- G. Gamow. (Ed. R. Stannard), The New World of Mr Tompkins, C.U.P.
Any of these books can be dipped into for pure enjoyment. Most should be available in libraries – we don't expect you either to buy them or to learn anything specific.
Physiology of Organisms
- King, J, Reaching for the sun, C.U.P.
- Widmaier, EP, Why Geese don't get obese (and we do), W. H. Freeman
- McGowan, C, Diatoms to Dinosaurs, The size and scale of living things, Penguin
- Walker, D, Energy, Plants and Man, Oxigraphics. (Available from the author: download or CD at )
- Mathematics for the Natural Sciences workbook (Please work through these questions before arriving in Cambridge if you plan to take Mathematics courses A or B in first year. The document is updated late July each year and you can see the date on the coversheet)
- Mathematics Preparation for the Cambridge Natural Sciences Tripos
- Bondi, C, New Applications of Mathematics, Penguin
- Sivia, DS & Rawlings, SG, Foundations of Science Mathematics, O.U.P.
- Maor, E, To Infinity and Beyond, Princeton
- Hofstadter, D, Godel, Escher and Bach, Penguin
- Hall, N (ed.), The New Scientist Guide to Chaos, Penguin
Elementary Mathematics
- Huff, D, How to Lie with Statistics, Pelican
- Foster, PC, Easy Mathematics for Biologists, Harwood
- Rowntree, D, Statistics without Tears, Penguin
Mathematical Biology
- Eason G, Coles CW & Getingby G, Mathematics and Statistics for the Biosciences, Ellis-Horwood
- Rowntree, D, Statistics without Tears – a Primer for Non-Mathematicians, Penguin
Further Resources
- Cambridge Science Festival - annual event


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The United States needs a healthcare sweet spot -- a way to raise revenue for needed programs now and a way to lower healthcare costs in the future. Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages -- those with added sugar, high-fructose corn syrup or so-called fruit juice concentrates -- would answer that need, and California could be the test case that proves it once and for all.
There is arresting logic to the numbers. There are already minor surcharges on soda in many states -- fractions of a cent per ounce in most cases. That's not enough. What's needed is a penny per ounce added to the cost of sugary beverages. That amount would raise about $150 billion nationally over the next 10 years; in California, it would raise $18 billion. At the same time, the reduced consumption of soft drinks produced by a penny-per-ounce national tax would have direct health benefits, estimated to be at least $50 billion over the decade. This $200 billion could make an enormous difference in addressing the nation's mounting healthcare costs.
The average American drinks 50 gallons of sugared beverages annually. Once dominated by a few flagship beverages such as Coke and Pepsi, the marketplace has exploded into a wide array of fruit drinks, sweetened teas, energy drinks, sports drinks and other versions of sugar water. But two companies still reign: Together, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo control three-quarters of the world beverage market.

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I know thatfew people might ask the following question, but because I was not able to find my right answer or link, I ask you here.
How could I become a travel guru?
What is the right link for the registration form (if there is any).
How can I become a .....
I know thatfew people might ask the following question, but because I was not able to find my right answer or link, I ask you here.
this link should explain how the ratings work:
Registration form, to become a travel guru?
U cant register to become a travel guru, but u could register to become a travel helper for Iran or maybe the US if u have been living there for a while.
@ bex76
Not interested in getting points or rating.
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@ Mel
could you please write me the right link for registration of travel guru.
"Travel helpers" can be signed up for through your control panel, specifically on this page. It basically means that people will out of the blue send you private messages with specific questions on the countries you claim to be knowledgeable about, and that you have the option to be notified for each forum thread which is created with a question about that specific country.
"Travel guru", which is the title underneath some people's names, is an automatically calculated title based on all activity on the site (as was explained in the thread bex linked to), and is aimed to only be assigned to people who create the absolutely most valuable content on the site. (Obviously no mere algorithm can truly capture that, but as these things go, it's a pretty decent attempt.) Basically, what the algorithm looks for are forum posts/photographs/blog posts/wiki edits of the highest quality. (That means no unhelpful one-line answers which don't tell anything which wasn't said before in the thread, but rather extensive answers filled with hard-to-find information that will really be useful to travellers.) You can help determine which posts are considered particularly helpful by using the "Rate It!" link included with each forum post.
The title itself is obviously pretty meaningless. If the only reason to be helpful is to gain a title... well, that'd be pretty sad. Instead, be as helpful as you know how to be because you like helping people, and know that the thanks and recognition by those people themselves is all that matters. (If you feel you're already doing that, well, then I think you can safely think of yourself as a "travel guru", no matter what the algorithm thinks of it.)
Edit note: this entry was merged from another duplicate thread
[ Edit: Edited on Sep 29, 2007, at 6:42 AM by Sander ]
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@ Mel
could you please write me the right link for registration of travel guru.
It's going right over my head whether or not you're being droll - so forgive me if I'm ignorant on this one!
But the link bex send says it all. There is no super-secret registration form. Patience and posts and input and a calculation known only to the Daams powers that be () - that's the formula.
Kombizz, here is the link.
Go into the part that says signing up as a travel helper.
Have a look up the list of people who have replied to this thread (the ones that have travel guru as a title) and then you'll see how you get that title. Spend half your days on this forum or at least quite a bit of time replying to peoples posts in an effective and helpful manner and you may get that title. Notice how many thousand posts mel and tway have contributed to (as well as a few others that haven't replied to your post), that is how to become a travel guru. If in one month you reply to about 200 posts in a productive and helpful manner you shall get this title and at least hold it for a bit as long as you kept up this rate or close to it.
Check this link out
http://www.travellerspoint.com/stats_members.cfm then click on the username of the people who are in the travel guru section and see the amount of posts they have made. Look at the top contributers on the bottom right hand side of the screen of that link and notice that for the most part either the travel gurus or respected members are in the top contributers on the bottom right of the screen and this is contantly the case.
[ Edit: Edited on Sep 30, 2007, at 3:47 AM by aharrold45 ]
Although what Allen says is basically correct, it does give the impression that post count is all that matters for the "travel guru", which is most certainly not the case. Correlation does not equal causality. There have been people with the "travel guru" title with barely 400 posts on their name, and others who at thousands of posts didn't come near. The quality of the posts (and all other activity on the site) is what's looked at for calculating titles.
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text: Professor fired over in class porn When a Belgian professor finished his lecture he figured he was free to use his computer for something more… personal. Unfortunately he was still streaming online to a group of Dutch students who were treated to a lot more than they'd expected in the class. The professor was visiting Wageningen University in the Netherlands, and had finished his lecture. The classroom was empty so he started browsing the x-rated site with his laptop still plugged into the room's overhead projector, according to The Observer. The beamed onto the wall of the empty classroom behind him, was an X-rated video that was not on the syllabus. The lecture was being streamed online and the feed had not yet been disconnected so students saw a video that was definitely not on the syllabus. The professor, from the University of Ghent, in Belgium, was teaching an advanced food chemistry class. He was told he was no longer welcome at the Dutch university – no word yet on whether his position at the Belgian institution was secure. There was one bonus for the tawdry teacher – an online porn site has reportedly offered him a free premium membership. SHARE


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Pot debaters take sides on medical use
DANBURY -- In what was a serious, sometimes heated debate over the theory of legalizing marijuana that she was moderating, state Rep. Terrie Wood was able to coax a laugh among dozens Wednesday night.
"Who knows what `Wake and Bake' means?" the Darien Republican asked about 100 people in the Ives Concert Hall at Western Connecticut State University.
About half of the 100 people in the cavernous, 700-seat auditorium raised their hands, knowing it is slang for smoking marijuana first thing in the morning.
In a 90-minute discussion between a drug therapist and a marijuana advocate, a clash developed over access to marijuana for war veterans.
Erik Williams, executive director of the state chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, said that "Big Pharma," the drug industry, would rather push expensive, dangerous opiates on vets suffering from post-traumatic stress.
"If there is a medical benefit, that should be coming from the federal government," said Jeffrey L. Reymolds, a Ph.D. who is executive director of the Long Island Council of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. "Is the best we can do for someone who has served their country, served in three or four wars? Is the best thing they can do ... go smoke a joint?"
"Veterans put their lives on the line," Williams replied, charging that the medical industry is prone to prescribe opiates with general chemical similarities to heroin, when marijuana use can be much less dangerous at a time when there is a national problem with abuse of prescription drugs.
"I think we owe that to the veterans," said Williams, an executive with a company that has proposed a medical cannabis-growing facility in New Britain that is scheduled to be submitted to the Department of Consumer Protection in the next two weeks.
Both men, sitting on opposite sides of a balloon-festooned stage in the event, sponsored by The Midwestern Connecticut Council of Alcoholism Inc., agreed that if legalized for adult recreational use, marijuana should be kept away from children.
But Williams noted that there is emerging proof that children are responding to some of the benefits of marijuana, particularly for those who suffer from seizures.
"The question for me is to minimize the risks of marijuana use," said Reynolds, warning of increased risk for cancer and other medical problems. "If this provides benefits for patients, then they should have it."
"As Americans, we have essentially been lied to for over 70 years about the so-called dangers of marijuana and the effect on society as a whole," Williams said.
What had been a general discussion between Williams and Reynolds on the potential dangers of legalizing marijuana took off when Guy Ruocco, 62, a Florida man who helps veterans, brought up the issue of veterans and their potential for abusing substances as they try to cope with life back home.
"They're getting drugs from pill mills, and there is less treatment available for them," Ruocco said in an interview.
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You were thinking 4th of July – let's party – while I was thinking first holiday without- home, family, friends, and baseball. The morning was hard, I woke up to an almost empty house since Jay was off being an awesome boss and taking breakfast to his employees who had to work and he took Bray along since he was up before us and is always asking about the new plant. Makayla was still sleeping so I picked up my phone like I do every morning to check my messages and emails and then I opened my Facebook app and up pops the On This Day. I of course have to click to see what comes up and it's all of our great pictures from the last few 4th of Julys at the baseball field and the park and pictures of my brothers and I together.
[ It's not easy being away from family especially on the days where you typically have a tradition. I know that once we meet people that these things may get easier but probably never fully be okay.]
So after going through the pictures I chalked the day up to be a loss in my head and half shut down. Jay called and asked what I wanted him to get me for breakfast and unlike myself I said nothing just come home. By the time him and Bray arrived Makayla was in bed with me and we were watching Paw Patrol together. Bray comes upstairs and handed me my Starbucks drink of choice which I didn't ask for but the gesture from my husband was nice. After talking about his visit to daddy's work everyone left and I decided I needed to start the day. I ended up taking my sadness, anger and annoyance on cleaning my car and I have to say nothing makes me happier then a vacuumed, wiped down Pilot😍
Jay and I had a nice conversation about our plans for the next few weeks and where we want to visit followed by our plans for the day. I made fresh burgers which we grilled for lunch and then we all got to relax and take naps before we headed over to the entertainment area not far from our house. Side note- events don't start around here until 4-5pm because it's just to hot.
We decided our first piece of business at Westgate was to get dinner so we went to Mama Gina's Pizzeria and got a delicious pizza…
We did have to wait a few minutes for a table so the kids took in the sites and checked out the fire trucks shooting water on daddy's shoulders
After dinner we joined the crowd and walked around the plaza ending up at these really neat fountains…
We hung out for a little while and listened to the DJ before we trekked back to the car to set up for the fireworks and boy were we in a good spot. We happened to park right in front of where they were setting them off the downside to this was the hour wait getting out of the parking lot😐 Needless to say our attempts in not letting today go to waste were successful. We had a nice night as a family celebrating and experiencing new things together and that's what makes this crazy journey we're on so special.
From my family to yours we hope you all had a great 4th of July too,
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Refurbished Treadmills - What Exactly Are They?
Refurbished treadmills are big business. Because treadmills can be so expensive there are many who can not afford to buy a new one. That's where refurbished treadmills come in. But what exactly are refurbished treadmills?
It's not just because treadmills are expensive that people are looking to buy some form of second hand, used or refurbished treadmill. It can also be because there is a huge range of treadmills on the market. With a huge range of features.
The aspiring treadmill user is often aware that it is better to start at the lower end of the treadmill market and spend some time getting the feel for exercising on a treadmill.
Although treadmills are some of the most popular items of fitness equipment in the US, they don't appeal to everyone. Some people can find that they use a treadmill for a while and decide that they prefer some other form of exercise. Sometimes it not another piece of indoor exercise equipment, it's just that they prefer to exercise outdoors.
So many people will spend a more limited amount of money on a lower end machine and wait until they are happy to upgrade. Others will buy a refurbished treadmill at a much lower price and get a better machine than they would get buying new at the cheapest end of the market.
Not only that, once you have spent some time using a treadmill you will get some feel for the types of features you require in a treadmill. There's no point in rushing out and buying the most expensive, top of the range model just to find that you don't use most of the features.
So it makes sense to spend less, get some basic treadmill experience in, and then upgrade to get the exact model you want with the features you need. So you may not need to buy new for your first treadmill anyway, as you may only have it for a year or two.
That's where refurbished treadmills come in. There are risks in just going out to look for ordinary used treadmills. You don't know what you are getting. If the motor breaks down the day after you buy it then it may become an expensive treadmill.
A refurbished treadmill, although usually more expensive than a similar second hand model, is a safer bet, especially in the long term.
So, back to our question, what is a refurbished treadmill?
There is a whole range of "cheaper" treadmills. They can be called refurbished treadmills, factory refurbished treadmills, remanufactured treadmills or just used or second hand treadmills.
Lets dispose of the last two first. Used and second hand treadmills are generally just treadmills that someone has used and wants to sell. You buy them, you take all the risk. Unless you know exactly what to look for when buying a treadmill like this then stay clear. Cheap treadmills like this can certainly be, well, cheap. But risky.
And the others? Generally all the terms mean that the treadmills have been disassembled to some degree and rebuilt, usually with new parts to relace broken or worn out parts. The frame sand blasted, sometimes, and the treadmill resprayed, sometimes. However there can be some differences.
Remanufactured treadmills or refurbished treadmills means just that. Treadmills which have been remanufactured or refurbished as we have described above. It doesn't tell you WHO remanufactured or refurbished them. Was it the local bicycle mechanic who did it? Often you don't know.
And what is the difference between refurbished and remanufactured? Generally remanufactured will mean an older machine which needs parts replacing because it is getting more worn out. Refurbished usually means newer machines which may even be only a year or two old and which do not have enough wear to require serious rebuilding.
Better always to look for FACTORY refurbished or remanufactured treadmills. Machines which have gone back to the original factory and been refurbished by qualified technicians. Or else a business which makes a living from remanufacturing or refurbishing treadmills.
This process should involve taking the treadmill apart, examining all the parts and replacing all broken, worn out or old parts. Before it is reassembled it should be sand blasted and repainted. It should look like a new treadmill, or at least very close to it.
So, things to look for:
1. The age of the treadmill.
2. Who is refurbishing or remanufacturing it.
3. Most importantly, the warranty you get with it.
Why the warranty? Well if it's a great refurbished treadmill then they ought to recognise this with a great warranty.
No warranty? Stay clear. 60 or 90 days? Better but not perfect.
The longer the warranty, the more confidence you have in the machine. So when you buy, make sure you check out the warranty.
I have just been looking on the net at some refurbished Precor treadmills at my favourite refurbished treadmills merchant. Certainly amongst the refurbished Precor treadmills there is a lower range to choose from than new, but you'd expect that. But there are still plenty of choices. And expect a substantial saving off new price.
So if you're new to treadmills and looking for refurbished Precor treadmills, or any refurbished treadmills for that matter, then there are some good choices available at some substantial savings.
Refurbished treadmills, certainly something to think about for the new treadmill user.
Find out more about Refurbished Treadmills as well as Cheap Treadmills used treadmills, and treadmill maintenance at Peters website, Terrific Treadmills © 2005 Peter Clark.
The Horizon Elliptical Trainer
The Horizon Elliptical is an affordably priced elliptical that comes with a one year warranty. It is considered a good buy for the money.
What to Look for When Buying a Home Gym
When buying a home gym there are several things you will want to educate yourself on before making a final purchase in order to ensure you buy the best home gym for you and your family. While there are many things you will need to consider, your budget, goals, space, and personal needs are some of the most important topics to keep in mind.
Treadmill Training!
According to the Sports Goods Manufacturers Association, treadmills are the #1 home-fitness item, outdistancing stair-climbers, stationery bicycles, rowing machines and cross-country skiers. In fact, some surveys indicate that nearly 40 million Americans run on treadmills.
Proform Elliptical Trainers Are Not For The Serious
Though many people seem to like their Proform ellipticals, these machines are found not to be very well built. They do just fine if you are not a serious or regular user.
Inexpensive Exercise Machine Gets The Results Of A $12,000 Treadmill
Whether you're on a low carb diet or a low fat diet, its important to exercise if you want to accelerate your weight loss while dieting.Would you be interested, to find a piece of inexpensive exercise equipment that could help you achieve the same results you'd see from a $12,000 treadmill? My answer to that question was sure, but its probably just hype for one of those TV gimmicks that don't really work.
Best Treadmill? A Home Treadmill - Because It Helps Burn More Calories
Best treadmill seekers: here's news. The best treadmill to have is the home treadmill because research shows you burn more calories.
Home Is Where the Gym Is - Tips For Setting Up Your Home Gym
Tips For Setting Up Your Home GymCall them fitness centers, health clubs or whatever terminology you choose, they have come a long way in the past decade. Some are glamorous and high tech; some are comfortable and low-key.
Cheap Elliptical Trainers - What You Dont Know Can Cost You Big Time
Should you ever consider purchasing a cheap elliptical trainer?It's my position that you should purchase the best elliptical trainer that your budget allows. The elliptical trainers that I recommend all retail above $1000.
Why Buy A Treadmill?
Buying a home treadmill? Treadmills are still the most popular choice among exercise equipment buyers today. Why do many people invest in a home treadmill? Here are the major benefits of buying your own home treadmill:Burn more calories:Treadmills burn more calories per hour than any other exercise machine.
Treadmills - Keep On Running
There are benefits to the use of treadmills as part of your exercise program. A treadmill provides a wonderful cardiovascular workout for your heart, your lungs, and your circulation.
Free Weights Vs Machines - The Battle!
It seems like everyone has an opinion on this debate. Which is better- free weights or machines? I asked my trainer friends what they thought and it was pretty much split in half.
Treadmill Consumer Guide
When looking for a treadmill consumer guide, you won't have to look much farther than the Internet, or the nearest bookstore's magazine display. Just a quick online search delivered eleven different experts, folks who used their knowledge of athletics and exercise regimens to produce their own unique treadmill consumer guide.
Movement, Muscles and Machines
Sport encourages the integration of the whole organism because it is necessary to think as we move and plan ahead. In performing each movement in response to the run of play, we use mechanisms that nature evolved for the purpose of survival in a hostile world.
How to Shop for a Treadmill
Treadmills have become the hottest home exercise choice. According to the National Sporting Goods Association, treadmill sales have exceeded those of all other home exercise equipment.
Elliptical Exercise Machines Provide Low Impact, Total Body Workouts While Improving Cardiovascular
Elliptical Exercise Machines Provide Low Impact, Total Body Workouts While Improving Cardiovascular Health Ever since their introduction on the fitness scene several years ago, elliptical exercise machines have become increasing more popular and sophisticated. Estimates indicate that over six million people now prefer elliptical machines as their choice for home exercise equipment.
Is A Treadmill The Best Exercise Equipment For You?
The #1 fear people have when buying a treadmill is that they won't use it. (That's the #1 fear when buying any piece of exercise equipment).
Tenderizing Meat and Other Uses For Home Exercise Equipment
Almost everyone has bought home exercise equipment at some point in their life, be it a few rusty dumbells at a garage sale all the way to a complicated new home gym.But how many people continue to use it consistently? Here are some uses (that you should never, ever actually take seriously, of course!) you may not have thought of for your forgotten purchases.
How To Build A $100 Home Gym That Delivers Results
So you want to save valuable time traveling to the gym by building your ownhome gym. Do to the long hours worked, and strenuous commutes,more and more people are opting to squeeze there workouts in by exercisingin the comfort of their own homes.
Why Use Treadmill Belt Lubricant?
Treadmill belt lubricant is one of the most important things to purchase after your treadmill. Most people do not realize just how important treadmill belt lubricant is, but when you think about it, it really is quite logical, as without good maintenance of your machine, it will demise quite rapidly.
The Problems with Epic Treadmills
Epic treadmills have long been on the market and have a large customer base. They can boast a wide range of features which some people seem to think has taken place over quality.


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hi there, i don't usually type in all lowercase, but this is jenn's blog, and i'm trying it her way.
i'm erin, a texas woman who has known jenn for 25+ years. we reconnected through facebook a few years ago, and i'm glad we did. for six+ years, i've lived in sydney, australia...so, i came up with the oh-so-clever name for my blog texerin-in-sydneyland - go check me out. enough about me (well, not really, because i'll be talking about myself again).
jenn is having a ten year blogiversary. that's pretty amazing stuff. when she asked for volunteers to guest post, i responded immediately because i will always do what i can to promote jenn's blog. her posts are honest and show a lot of strength and stellar writing. so, here i go, guest posting...
jenn gave me two words - cotton and china. the first thought that came into my mind was the cotton bowl. my beloved texas aggies played, and i attended many games at the cotton bowl. but i started bouncing the words back and forth. when i thought further about cotton, i got literal. cotton is a crop with soft, natural, fluff balls. cotton as a fabric is thought to be comfortable. well, not "thought to be", it is comfortable. i started thinking about comfort.........
sometimes being too comfortable is looked upon in a negative light - if you stay in a relationship because it's comfortable but it's not exactly fulfilling your emotional needs, or you stay in a job because you're too comfortable but it's not exactly challenging or fulfilling your passions.
but, i like comfort. i like to be comfortable. i like soft cotton t-shirts, especially my old concert tees that have been washed 1000 times and are authentic (not purchased at target with old concert logos, although i own some of those too.)
|Like this Bon Jovi shirt when Germany was still listed as "W. Germany", and they didn't go to "E. Germany" for rock concerts.
- hot tea
- fuzzy blankets
- a good book
- a hot bath
- mashed potatoes (i have a lot of comfort foods, but this is #1)
- as mentioned before, overwashed cotton t-shirts
- kitty cuddles
- a big hug from my dad
- being held by my guy
- a kiss on the cheek from my mom
- love actually
- spiced candles
- hoodies
- amaretto (neat)
- sunsets/sunrises
- slow songs by willie nelson (i have a lot of comfort songs, but these always seem to work)
- talking to a friend who sometimes knows me better than i know myself
- knowing that my nieces and nephew are happy and healthy
- feather pillows
- cotton sheets
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Patrick is a political economist based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Development Studies in Durban, where he directs the Centre for Civil Society (http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ccs). He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, raised in Alabama, and educated in economics at Swarthmore College, finance at the University of Pennsylvania, and geography at Johns Hopkins University. He is active with social movements in South Africa, Zimbabwe and internationally. Recent books are Climate Change, Carbon Trading and Civil Society (co-edited with Rehana Dada and Graham Erion for Rozenberg Publishers and UKZN Press, 2008, 2007); A Pilhagem na Africa (Sururu Produções Culturais, Lisbon and South Links, Rio de Janeiro 2008); Enclavity in African Economies (edited for CCS, Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa and International Development Economics Associates, 2007); The Accumulation of Capital in Southern Africa (co-edited with Horman Chitonge and Arndt Hopfmann for CCS and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, 2007); Looting Africa (Zed Books and the University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2006); Talk Left, Walk Right (UKZN Press, 2006, 2004); Trouble in the Air (edited with Rehana Dada for CCS and TransNational Institute, 2005); Elite Transition (UKZN Press and Pluto Press, 2005, 2000); Fanon`s Warning (edited, Africa World Press and CCS, 2005, 2002); Against Global Apartheid (Zed Books and University of Cape Town Press, 2003); Zimbabwe`s Plunge (coauthored with Simba Manyanya, Merlin Press, Weaver Press, Africa World Press and UKZN Press, 2003); and Unsustainable South Africa (Merlin Press and UKZN Press, 2002).
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I loved this little find .... a couple of pieces of rusty old farm machinery dotted into an overgrown field of grass, weeds and wild flowers. This 'Fordson Major' tractor was beautiful in all its rust, cobwebs and dust, lit by the afternoon warm sun, and somehow still stoic-looking, even though it no doubt had seen better days. To me, it had a certain 'Vintage Charm'.
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Fatalities down: Traffic fatalities down in 2011
A year ago, troopers across the state were asked one question under the Ohio State Highway Patrol's new mantra — Trooper Shield — what were they going to do each day to contribute to a safer Ohio.
Troopers answered with hard work, which translated into increased arrests for OVI (operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol), more drug seizures and a decrease in the number of people killed in motor vehicle crashes. This hard work contributed to safer roadways and an increased quality of life in Ohio communities, said Lt. J.S. Carrico, commander of the Wapakoneta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Provisional statistics reveal 997 confirmed deaths on Ohio roadways in 2011, with an additional 32 unconfirmed deaths, which still added up to a significant decrease compared to 2010, when 1,080 people lost their lives in motor vehicle crashes statewide.
Locally, there were five fatal crashes in Auglaize County in 2011, which is one fewer than the previous year.
"Even though we made great strides in 2011, we will remain focused on continuing these successes into 2012 and beyond," Carrico said. "We have a lot of work left to do. Too many people are losing their lives on Ohio's roadways and too many criminals continue to traverse our highways."
Carrico said drinking and driving are always a dangerous combination and was a factor in two of the county's fatal crashes during 2011.
He said high speed and not wearing a safety belt also increase one's chances of being seriously injured or killed when in a crash.
"Troopers will be working traffic enforcement every where looking for crash causing violations like speed, failure to yield and following too closely, " Carrico said.
The Trooper Shield mantra placed an increased emphasis on criminal patrol efforts and in doing so, troopers were able to seize an unprecedented amount of drugs and remove them from Ohio communities. Overall increases were seen in every significant category of illegal contraband — prescription pill seizures increased by 46 percent, cocaine seizures increased by 63 percent, heroin seizures increased by 69 percent and marijuana seizures increased 7 percent, according to state data.
Troopers at the Wapakoneta post made 22 arrests for felony drug violations in 2011, an increase from 12 arrests in 2010. Of the 22 arrests, four were for illegal prescription pills and two were for heroin. Troopers also found 55 people in possession of marijuana in 2011, an increase from 46 in 2010.
"With the increase in illicit and prescription drug abuse throughout the county, troopers are always on alert for signs of impairment and there is zero tolerance for driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs," Carrico said.
He said troopers will continue to look for signs of impairment and criminal activity on every traffic stop on every roadway.


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Discussion in 'Formula SimRacing' started by Ihab Abbas, Mar 19, 2011.
I have an annoying sound in the pits and it reflects allover the track, any body have the same!!?
Probably is the tyre gun sound.
Got to your rFactor folder. Gamedata-Sounds-Ambient and remove the fansnomal.wav file.
yea i think everyone has that sound i turned off sound effects and it stopped


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Merryl Darvengian
A little too murdery...
Merryl boarded the Jenivere in Magnimar but little else can be said for her past. Despite her seemingly secretive side, she isn't shy about expressing…less savory opinions. She has a quick, if dark sense of humor and a sadistic glee that she carries into most situations.
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Huh? Glenn Beck Tells Iowa Crowd He Prefers Bernie Sanders Over Donald Trump
Glenn Beck endorsed Senator Ted Cruz this weekend for President of the United States.
Beck traveled to Iowa to endorse Cruz at a Saturday rally.
This was a big endorsement for Ted Cruz.
Beck reportedly said he preferred Socialist Bernie Sanders over Donald Trump.
The Hill reported:
Conservative commentator Glenn Beck on Saturday endorsed Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz for the White House.
Beck compared Cruz to the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, and gave him a compass that belonged to the first one, George Washington.
"I'm taking a very big risk here and gambling on it, but this is how much I believe in Ted Cruz," Beck said at a Cruz rally in Ankeny, Iowa.
"I'd like you to hold onto that," he said, passing Cruz the compass, "to make sure your compass is square and you stay true" to your values.
Beck said he had never endorsed a presidential candidate in his 40 years of broadcasting, but he made an exception because of the urgency of the moment…
…He said he even prefers Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a self-proclaimed "democratic socialist" running in the Democratic presidential primary, to Trump.
"Honesty, faith and truth are basic requirements. And quite honestly, I have to tell you, this probably isn't going to go over very well, that's why I like Bernie Sanders," he said. "Bernie Sanders is like, 'Yep, I'm a socialist.'
"I can actually sit at a table with a man who says, 'Yes, I'm a socialist, and yes, I don't like what we are doing, we should be more like Denmark,' " he added.
So how exactly will Bernie Sanders push forward the conservative cause?
UPDATE: For the record, Glenn Beck said similar things about John McCain.
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In computer programming, the IUnknown (custom) interface is the fundamental interface in the Component Object Model (COM). The published COM specification mandates that COM objects must minimally implement this interface. Furthermore, every other COM interface must be derived from IUnknown. IUnknown exposes two essential features of all COM objects: object lifetime management through reference counting, and access to various predefined interfaces.
A custom IUnknown interface consists of a pointer to a virtual method table that contains a list of pointers to the functions that implement the functions declared in the interface, in the same order that they are declared in the interface. The in-process invocation overhead is therefore comparable to virtual method calls in C++.
The IUnknown interface exposes three methods:
AddRef, and
QueryInterfaceallows the caller to retrieve references to different interfaces the component implements. It is similar to
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AddRefis used to increment the reference count when a new client is acquiring the object. It returns the new reference count.
Releaseis used to decrement the reference count when clients have finished using the object. It returns the new reference count. The COM object will delete itself when the reference-count reaches zero.
interface IUnknown {
virtual HRESULT QueryInterface (REFIID riid, void **ppvObject) = 0;
virtual ULONG AddRef () = 0;
virtual ULONG Release () = 0;
The IUnknown interface ID is defined as a GUID with the value of {00000000-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}.
A COM component's interfaces are required to exhibit the reflexive, symmetric, and transitive properties. The reflexive property refers to the ability for the
QueryInterface call on a given interface with the interface's ID to return the same instance of the interface. The symmetric property requires that when interface B is retrieved from interface A via
QueryInterface, interface A is retrievable from interface B as well. The transitive property requires that if interface B is obtainable from interface A and interface C is obtainable from interface B, then interface C should be retrievable from interface A.
- Components designed under the ActiveX standard must, at a minimum, implement the IUnknown interface.[2]
- IUnknown serves as the base for Mac OS X's Core Foundation CFPlugIn framework.[3]
- In Mozilla application development, this interface is also known as nsISupports.
See also[edit]
- ^ IUnknown definition at microsoft.com Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine.; accessed 18-Jan-2008
- ^ ActiveX Controls at microsoft.com; accessed 18-Jan-2008
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Jennifer Lopez & Ricky Martin: 'Adrenalina' Music Video Set Pics!
Jennifer Lopez is escorted around the set of Wisin's new music video for "Adrenalina" on Monday (February 10) in Miami, Fla.
The 44-year-old entertainer brought along her beau Casper Smart for the day of filming. Also spotted on set was Ricky Martin, who is also featured in the song, dressed in a leather ensemble.
"After a long day on set, checkin' in w my #JLovers #videoshoot #adrenalina #blessed #dancealldayallnight" JLo tweeted after her day of work on the set. "Hola! Estoy muy contenta de estar con mis hermanos @Juanlmorera y @Ricky_Martin hoy! #pura #Adrenalina" she added earlier.


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PLANET URTHAuthor: Jennifer & Christopher Martucci
Series: Planet Urth #1
Source: Purchased from Kobo
Publisher: Self-pubbed
Publication Date: October 2, 2013
Rating: 1.5/5 stars
More than two hundred years into the future, human beings are an endangered species. The planet has been battered by war, its inhabitants plagued by disease and death. Few humans survived and remained unaffected. Most changed dramatically and evolved into something else entirely. Irrevocable alterations caused by chemical warfare have created a new species. North America is in ruins and has been overtaken. Humanity has fallen at the hands of mutants known as Urthmen.
Seventeen year-old Avery is alive and unchanged. But she has not been immune to the harshness of the new world. She has lived on the run for much of her life, in terror.
After losing her father, Avery is the sole guardian of her eight-year-old sister, June. Avery is now charged with June's safety as well as her own, a nearly impossible task.
Forced to hide deep in the forest and away from the cities overrun by Urthmen, Avery and her sister are constantly hunted. Danger awaits them at every turn. They fear they are the only human beings left, that they are the last of their kind.
But are they truly alone?
Find out in this raw and rousing first installment of the Planet Urth series.
Purchase:Set 200 years in the future after a nuclear and chemical war, Avery and her sister June have to survive in a forest in North America. They do! And then the novel ... ends?
Honestly I am not even sure what the point of this book was. I think the plot is that they have to survive in this "dangerous scenario" but I'm actually not sure where the next book could even go. It seemed like instead of a novel, I got the first 20% of what an actual book would be. If there had been more plot, I probably would have liked this book more. The characters were decent, but stereotypes and the "romance" is ridiculously cliche.
Avery was strong willed and good with a sword -- "Better than her dad when she was 15" -- and can kill anything and everything with minimal effort. I didn't like that she was portrayed as this brave girl but then couldn't go talk to people because she saw a cute boy. That is ridiculous. She needed to make contact with Will and his family to survive and she is not going to because he has nice eyes? Give me a break. Would she be nervous? Absolutely. Would she have not done it the first time? Probably. Scope them out another day to make sure they are not going to kill you. But running away the second time? No. That wouldn't have happened. And considering how she repeatedly said "We need to find other humans, that is what gives us hope" there is no way she would have run the second time. Also, why was she so concerned about her looks? She is surviving in a forest and trains in sword play every day, why does she care if she is pretty or not? I gotta say that wouldn't even cross my mind if I had to worry about giant effing spiders.
She also made a lot of stupid decisions that if she had stopped to think would have saved her some time. For example, why bring back Will, Riley, and Oliver to your cave when you KNOW that the Lurkers have marked their territory and it will not be safe there for you? Considering she is portrayed as super smart and brave and loving and every other adjective under the sun, you would think she wouldn't jeopardize her sister and her new family.
Considering June was a younger sibling, I didn't mind her that much. I think a lot of authors use the whole "My younger sibling is actually wise beyond years and I have been treating them as a child" trope too much and it is definitely present in this novel. But June still was useful in the sense that she didn't drag Avery down. She was still written to make Avery seem like a better person, but hopefully she gets her own identity in the next novel.
Honestly, Will, Oliver, and Riley all blur into one for me. I understand that Will is going to be the love interest because how can we have a young adult novel without a love interest, but the other kids in this family are not distinct or worthy of my time. Adding more kids to this story is not what was needed.
World Building
Okay. First of all, way to demonize the Middle East in this book. Saying they created a chemical and let it loose on North America, so North America had to retaliate by nuking everyone. Are you kidding me?
Now to all the unanswered questions. What kind of chemical warfare was this? What was in it that made humans change the way they did and animals react the way they did? Why do bunnies have retractable teeth and want to attack you? What is up with the wolves becoming werewolves basically? Why did boars basically stay the same? Why are spiders huge and even more scary? Why were spiders the only thing to become giant?
These are questions that probably could be answered considering how much knowledge Avery/Will/June/EVERYONE has about life before the chemical warfare. Which leads to how do they have such clear knowledge and stories about the world before the war? Avery noted that it was her grandfather's grandfather that started telling the stories about the world pre-war, which means that information has passed through a lot of mouths. Some of it would have gotten changed along the way, but it so strikingly resembles our world (obviously because it was written now, but you know what I mean), I feel like if you are going to include something like that, it should be said incorrectly. Especially after over 200 years.
Another thing that irked me was the precise and perfect English. It was better English than I can speak. Dialect changes over time and would have definitely changed over 200 years of not having reading material or very many other people to talk to. There were also complex phrasing when a simple word or sentence would have sufficed.
Considering the humans were the outcasts and the Urthman were in charge, what is their social structure like? Why are humans hiding in the forest other than the fact that the Urthman "hate them for their intelligence"? That does not give me adequate information. Also, what do they look like? They are supposedly grotesque human beings but I was picturing them as green ogres basically. I feel like I need a bit more description on that too.
There's more about the world that needs to be fleshed out and understood in order for me to understand why there was an entire book about these two people surviving in a forest.
Overall: 1.5/5 stars. There was minimal plot; it was all "world building" but even that was lacking.


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Quinoa with Brussels and Sweet Potatoes
I've been throwing goat cheese on everything lately. I randomly picked up a little container of it at the store on a whim. And I've discovered that it makes almost everything look and taste more gourmet. I love it!
So, one of those things was this quinoa dish. It was awesome. A product of wanting to use what I had i the house, and a little internet searching. Honestly you could throw any combination of roasted veggies with quinoa and yummy dressing and you'd be good to go. And if you can throw goat cheese on top? GOLDEN!
Quinoa with Roasted Brussels and Sweet Potatoes
1-2 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces
2 cups of brussels sprouts, cleaned and cut in half lengthwise
1/4 red onion, diced
1 1/2 cup cooked quinoa
Crumbled goat cheese (or feta)
1/4 cup olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tbs balsamic vinegar
1 1/2 tbs pure maple syrup (or maybe I used agave and maple extract? whatever.)
salt and pepper to taste
Preheat the oven to 450.
Toss the veggies with olive oil and salt/pepper to taste. Place the sweet potatoes on a cookie sheet, and the brussels and onion on another cookie sheet. Roast for about 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender and the brussels are crisp and browned. They may finish at different times, hence the two baking sheets.
Add the dressing ingredients to a jar. Shake well.
Toss quinoa, sweet potatoes, brussels and onion together in a bowl. Pour the dressing over and toss to coat. Sprinkle goat cheese on top, and it will melt delightfully into the dish as you eat it. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve warm.
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I have spent the last several months before Christmas working on 3 Mizzou quilts. I has been great and it has been tiring. They turned out really good and the kids loved them.
Actually since I have finished them, I find myself wondering what to do with myself half the time :)


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"Mulago National Referral Hospital (MNRH), Uganda's primary tertiary and teaching hospital, and Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) have a close collaborative relationship. MakCHS students complete clinical rotations at MNRH, and MakCHS faculty partner with Mulago staff in clinical care and research. In 2009, as part of a strategic planning process, MakCHS undertook a qualitative study to examine care and service provision at MNRH, identify challenges, gaps, and solutions, and explore how MakCHS could contribute to improving care and service delivery at MNRH."


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OverviewnStigate Games is a US game studio that develops downloadable, on-line, and mobile games. It was initially founded as Nihilistic Software in March 1998 by Ray Gresko, Robert Huebner, and Steve Tietze. The first two worked at LucasArts and Tietze came from Rogue Entertainment. Many of the studio's initial employees came from LucasArts. nStigate Games is based in Marin County, California.
Nihilistic signed its first publishing agreement in 1998 with Activision. The team began work on Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption, a 3D roleplaying game based upon White Wolf's paper roleplaying license. It was released in 2000.
The studio's next project was StarCraft: Ghost for Blizzard Entertainment, but development was halted in 2004 and the game was eventually never released. The next two titles were licensed: Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (2005) and Conan (2007).
In 2009 Konami published the studio's first download-only title: Zombie Apocalypse. A sequel called Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone was released in 2011. In the same year PlayStation Move Heroes was put out, designed exclusively for the PlayStation 3 move peripheral. In 2012 two titles for the PS Vita were completed, both as installments in long-running series: Resistance: Burning Skies and Call of Duty: Black Ops - Declassified.
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In the 2013-2014 flu season, CDC launched a Flu Vaccination Digital Ambassador initiative to establish a group of online publishers dedicated to raising awareness about flu vaccination throughout the season. During the initiative's inaugural year, CDC initiated six Digital Ambassadors, five targeting high priority audiences—pregnant women, healthcare providers, seniors over the age of 65, people with chronic conditions, and parents and caregivers of young children¾and a sixth addressing a larger, general audience. In total, the 2013-2014 Digital Ambassador initiative garnered over 3.7 million digital media impressions through 84 blog, website, and social media posts.
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Moms Who Vax posted about flu throughout the season, including a blog titled, "Mandatory Flu Vaccination: In My House It's the Law," which posted during National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) and was promoted via Twitter.
Healthcare Providers: Nurses Who Vaccinate
Melody Butler, a pediatric nurse, saw a need to connect pro-vaccine nurses and provide the latest information about vaccines to them. She founded Nurses Who Vaccinate, which provides up-to-date vaccine news, advice, and resources specifically for nurses and other healthcare providers. In addition, this flu vaccine Ambassador provides a forum for technical information and equips nurses to advocate for vaccines among their peers, patients, and the public.
As a Digital Ambassador, Nurses Who Vaccinate tweeted often and posted Facebook updates about the importance of flu vaccination. In addition to regular posts throughout fall and winter, Nurses Who Vaccinate also participated in the January 2014 CDC flu Twitter chat with Dr. Frieden and promoted its participation in the Digital Ambassador initiative through a blog and Facebook post, and by adding the badge to the @NursesWhoVax Twitter handle background.
Seniors 65+: A Place for Mom
A Place for Mom, whose official spokesperson is former Good Morning America news anchor, Joan Lunden, helps seniors and their families find senior care and housing based on their needs and budget. The national organization has a strong digital presence on multiple platforms, including a blog, Twitter, and Facebook page that spotlighted CDC's flu vaccination information this season.
A Place for Mom posted "4 Myths About the Flu Shot" in December and "The Types of Flu Vaccinations Available to Seniors" in February. The blogs were promoted via Facebook and Twitter, and A Place for Mom shared additional messages about the importance of flu vaccination for seniors via Twitter throughout the season.
People with Chronic Conditions: Healtheo360
Healtheo360 is a collection of communities where patients living with chronic conditions can find support, encouragement, and information. Individuals who are affected by chronic conditions, such as diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer's, and more, share personal stories across Healtheo360's network. The organization has ties to key non-profits and the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) entities as well.
As a Digital Ambassador, Healtheo360 attended publisher briefings, shared blog posts about flu, participated in Dr. Frieden's January 2014 Twitter Chat, and dedicated an entire web page summarizing CDC's recommendations about flu. The dedicated web page includes the Ambassador badge, GIFs, videos, and links to a variety of CDC resources.
Parents and Caregivers of Young Children: Shot of Prevention
The Shot of Prevention blog is a forum for individuals, parents, medical professionals, and public health experts to discuss current immunization events. The project is supported by Every Child by Two, a national nonprofit immunization advocacy organization.
After attending CDC's virtual publisher briefing on protecting pregnant women and babies, Shot of Prevention featured a guest post by, Text4baby, a service of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition. The post, "Fighting the Flu One Text at a Time," features information about the initiative's texting capabilities that reminds and encourages pregnant women and new moms to get vaccinated. Shot of Prevention covers the importance of influenza immunization throughout the flu season and includes articles about flu this season, such as "It's Easy to Find a Flu Vaccine with HealthMap Vaccine Finder". Influenza information and blog posts about flu are continually featured and promoted via Every Child by Two's Vaccinate Your Baby Facebook page and @ShotofPrev and @EveryChildBy2 Twitter accounts.
General: VacciNews
VacciNews provides up-to-date information to the public, media, health professionals and policy makers to help them understand the facts about vaccines and immunization.
VacciNews posted "The Benefits of Vaccination" on its blog and promoted the post via Facebook and Twitter. VacciNews also attended both publisher briefings CDC conducted this season and posted about vaccination and pregnancy and vaccination and chronic conditions. The Ambassador also wrote a post, "Getting a Flu Vaccine is a Safe Way to Prevent Serious Illness," which was promoted on Twitter, and shared CDC's flu-related e-Cards on Facebook and Instagram.
CDC will continue to engage these Ambassadors and expand the initiative to involve new Ambassadors in the 2014-2015 season. For more information on CDC's Flu Vaccination Digital Ambassador initiative, or if you're interested in becoming an Ambassador for the 2014-2015 season, please contact Amelia Burke-Garcia at 301-279-4541.
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Family Friendly Cranium Board Games
Our introduction to Cranium games was in 2001 through a family board game called Cranium Cadoo. Cranium Cadoo is the child-friendly version of a game called Cranium and our family really enjoyed the challenges of the different types of activities that had us "thinking, creating, giggling, grinning, and laughing" when we played.
Since then, quite a few more Cranium games have been made. Some of them are still available at retail outlets and others are out of production and must be sourced more creatively by turning to online resellers.
This page is intended as a resource page on which you will find a brief discussion of a few Cranium-made games as well as help for sourcing them. Be forewarned that some games that are out of production go up in price. If you are seeking a new copy of one of the retired games, you will very likely have to pay more that you might expect but even a used copy of a game that is very popular and no longer being made will cost more than the original retail price.
Be sure to check out the Cranium games available in my eBay store by clicking right here.
Cranium's Balloon Lagoon: The Four-In-One Carnival Game For Kids
Cranium Balloon Lagoon: The Four-In-One Carnival Game For Kids is a carnival themed game in which you have fun at each of the four carnival games before the music comes to an end. This game is recommended for 2 to 4 players aged 5 and up. Find it on Amazon here.
Cranium's Cariboo Island: A Magical Treasure Hunt
Cranium's Cariboo Island takes you and your children on a magical treasure hunt during which you must match colors, letters, shapes and numbers. Once you have found enough treasure you can unlock the treasure chest. This game is recommended for 2 to 4 players aged 3 and up. Find it on Amazon here.
Cranium Cariboo A Magical Treasure Hunt Game (Extended Version)
Cranium Cariboo, the extended version, is a game in which you and your children explore the island called Cariboo and find castles, boats and balloons. On each play, your children get to match drawings, unlock doors and work toward find treasure. This version of the game features six rubber balls and is recommended for 2 to 4 players aged 3 and up. Find it on Amazon here.
More Cranium Games
Cranium features 14 activities with various types of activities including some for the actor, the artist, the data hound or the wordsmith. It is intended to allow everyone to be able to have success according to his or her strengths. This version of Cranium is intended for individuals 16 years old and up.
In Cranium's Family Fun Game you get to sculpt, flip frogs and perform stunts. You complete many different activities as a team in order to get four in a row. Cranium Family Fun is recommended for individuals aged 6 and up.
Cranium, WOW is the upgraded version of the original Cranium Game. In this game you move around the game board to get to Cranium Central. You have 15 activities, including sketching, sculpting, puzzling, acting and humming, to complete and 600 cards. It is recommended for individuals 13 and up.
In Cranium Disney, you play the game of Cranium on a Disney-themed board. Once again it has opportunities for the artist, singer, actor or speller to shine, this time with Disney and Disney/Pixar activities like identifying things that a Princess might say or remembering how Aladdin's song A Whole New World goes. Cranium Disney is recommended for individuals aged 8 and up.
In Cranium Whoonu, you spend time getting to know your friends and family and discover that you don't know everything about them. It is recommended for individuals 8 to adult and is good for team building and for use as an icebreaker.
That is just a partial list of the Cranium games available. You can see ALL of Amazon's Cranium games by clicking right here.
Have you played a Cranium game? - Would you recommend it?
See you
at the gaming table!
More Games:
If It's Not a Wham-O, It's Not A Frisbee
The Days of Wonder Ticket To Ride Strategy Board Game Reviewed
Harry Potter Clue Reviewed
Jenga Stacking Games
Jumanji The Board Game
Author's Note: Originally published elsewhere in 2014.


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MarthaStewart.com provides a recipe for sausage and kale soup. Low in sodium, the recipe requires minimal preparation time and serves about four people. To add additional servings, double the ingredients in the recipe.
Martha Stewart's recipe requires 1 tablespoon of olive oil, one diced onion, two minced garlic cloves, 1/4 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes, five waxy potatoes peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces, 7 ounces of reduced-sodium chicken broth, 12 ounces of kale and 12 ounces of cut, smoked chicken sausage. Clean, shred and stem the kale before preparing the recipe.
Use a large cooking pot to heat the oil, then add the onions until they are softened. After two or three minutes, add the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook for a minute. Add the potatoes and broth, and allow them to cook for 10 to 15 minutes. Blend half of the ingredients in a blender. After blending, cook the ingredients at a low temperature for about 15 minutes until the kale is wilted.


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Jan Obornik
Convulsive Beauty
On Jan Obornik's Oeuvre
By Michael Stoeber
At the end of his novel Nadja (1928), André Breton, spokesman for the Surrealists, declared: "Beauty will be convulsive or will not be at all." Breton's proclamation would prove to be visionary. Even though the attribute convulsive had not previously been associated with the aesthetic canon, it emerged in twentieth-century art and established a tradition within which Jan Obornik's work can also be apprehended. For the Surrealists, convulsive beauty meant a complex reality. They initially identified it in the seizures of the female patients diagnosed with histeria by the Parisian neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot, Sigmund Freud's teacher. These patients werenot only treated with the aid of hypnosis, but with electroshocks as well. The Surrealists were particularly captivated by Charcot's young and beautiful Augustine. They regarded her bouts of hysteria as images of an unfettered emotional force testifying to an internal reality that turns outward with eruptive power. In the energy released they not only saw the longing a woman embodies to be someone else, but also an allegory for the artistic act itself. It no longer exhausted itself in the mere imitation of reality. Convulsive beauty is poetic radiance and sudden enlightenment: A vibrant, Dionysian clarity that also exists in the sexual act- hymnic, bursting, transforming.
For the Surrealists, eroticism and violence, beauty and pain not only enter into a close alliance in suffering and in the treatment of hysterics. "The simplest Surrealist act consists, revolver in hand, of going down into the street and firing haphazardly, as much as one can, into the crowd." The fantasy of violence that André Breton lends expression to in this sentence finds its most famous artistic pendant in a scene in the film An Andalusian Dog in which a razor blade slices through a human eye. Like hysteria, the Surrealists regarded sex and violence as nothing more than a means of revolting against individual role assignments and the societal status quo. In Jan Obornik's art, these motifs exist as a kind of undercurrent. They prime his works more than they define them in their ontology. They emerge more in commentary, in the artist's verbal reflections on his works than in the works themselves. For instance, when, in conversation, he makes reference to his having been strongly influenced by the splatter movies of the sixties and seventies as well as by films by David Lynch or Matthew Barney's sculptures. Francis Bacon might also be mentioned in this context, even though the artist does not do so himself. In the painter's representational paintings, one sees a deformation of the human body and a reduction to its essential existence as a creature, which is also present in Obornik's sculptures, without, however, being strictly associated with the motif of forsakenness and an existence without meaning and salvation.
This is precisely what makes Jan Obornik's art so full of innuendo, indeed, so polyvalent. The viewer associates in numerous directions, ultimately only to withdraw into his or her reminiscences and focus on the singular status of the works. The gaze inward recalls the Surrealists. An internal reality that in this case is not only metaphorically but also quite concretely turned outward. It is primarily the works made of polyurethane foam that bring this to mind. Obornik squeezes the substance directly out of the spray can and uses it to create biogenic and organic sculptures. These sometimes seem to represent sections of the inside of the body, for example organ, a reddish lump of flesh from which pale tentacles in the form of all possible kinds of tubes made of transparent plastic protrude. In contrast, when the artist paints the objects with flesh-colored acrylic and applies animal hair to them—as is the case of bodynuggets, a title he chose to be analogous to Patricia Piccinini's Carnuggets—hybrid body shapes and functions come to mind. The simulation is as irritating as it is perfect. Because our brains function in this way in their quest for meaning, we almost involuntarily associate blood and flesh, organs and extensions with skin and hair. Their fragmentation and removal from a physically intact context as well as our inability to unequivocally assign Obornik's sculptures to specific organs tends to make our flesh creep. Disassociation and fragmentation bring to mind David Lynch's daydreams and games of deception, the detached ear in a luscious front yard in Blue Velvet. It symbolizes the forcible invasion of the uncanny and horror into the innocent idyll of a safe American middle-class world.
The dubious form of the organs simultanously triggers memories of a number of experiments on humans, from the medieval homunculus and Frankenstein's experiments to biomorphing, which also appears in the sculptures by the Chapman brothers. Obornik's works—whether extensions, fingerfood, or settlement—seem to completely reduce us to a utility value. The human being becomes a disposable materialistic quantity. While looking at these objects, one is no longer capable of thinking of classic ideals of humanity, integrity, identity, and individuality (Goethe: "The greatest happiness of humanity is the personality"), indeed, of metaphysics and transcendence. This is especially the case when, as in settlement, various organs are lying together in a kind of pan, as if they were to be eaten shortly in a cannibalistic ritual despite their green underlay. The numerous sculptures that Obornik has shrink-wrapped as products thwart apprehension. Not only has he formally combined a synthetic material, polyurethane, with another one, transparent foil, in an aesthetically appealing way, but he also steers our view in completely different directions. A sanitary reality appears out from behind the horror of fragmentation and the sadistic experiment that has to some extent already long since become reality. The human being as a cyborg, as a cybernetic organism, a hybrid comprised of living organism and machine. This concept is used to describe human beings whose organs have been permanently substituted by artificial components. What sounds like science fiction has already become reality if one bears in mind that people have access to pacemakers, prosthetic limbs, or cochlea and retina implants.
Behind this concept a notion emerges of the human being optimistically described by Sigmund Freud as a kind of "prosthetic God". However, the fascination with and fear of what is scientifically and technologically possible balance each other out. This is in effect no different than the sculptures by Matthew Barney, whom Obornik also refers to as a source of inspiration. Work by this American artist continues to be an encrypted response to the genetic and technical manipulations present-day human beings are subjected to—between recent brain research, the constant pressure to perform, and the decay of social values. The private mythology of biomorphic transformation and the artistic activity between scientific precision and fantastic imagination, medical intelligence and aesthetic refinement (also characteristic of Matthew Barney) fuel Jan Obornik's so very different works as well. However, as different as they are, certain similarities in the preparation of the works can be observed. Despite the fact that both Barney´s and Obornik´s sculptures often appear surreal, neither of the artists has anything to do with the Surrealists' écriture automatique, the semiconscious, dreamful approach to production these so valued because they held the dream and the unconscious in such high regard as creative forces. In contrast, Barney and Obornik are firmly rooted in the Cartesian spirit. Wide awake. Their phantasmagorias are always based on precise consideration and preliminary drawings carried out with architectural accuracy.
That Obornik plans his work is most clearly evident in the sculptures made of rigid foam, also a material one can buy from the local building center. While polyurethane is used as a sealing compound, rigid foam is used for the manufacture of insulating plates. The artist uses these feather-light plates like other artists do stone or wood in order to cut or mill works out of them. Thus, they literally correspond with the concept of sculpture, as the polyurethane works do with plasticity. The one is formed substractively, the other additively. Obornik's sculptures are marked by their informality; one discovers echoes of constructive stylistic elements in them; however, not as a longing for the redeeming potential of the right angle. The artist has nothing in common with the ultimate forms and formulae of Concrete Art or the Bauhaus, but rather more with Isa Genzken's Fuck the Bauhaus series. His Promethean pictorial fantasies can be attributed to transformation and metamorphosis, to hybrids, to female and male energy fluxes. The work multifunctional body could not be more characteristic for the latter; the title speaks volumes. The facture of the sculpture TAE-connection whose bright red contact points distinguish it from the pale blue of the rest of the object is equally as constructive as it is narrative—, by the way,. Its character is ambivalent, at the same time controlling, probing and monitoring, as if it was seeking to communicate. As a moving sculpture it belongs to the artist's multifunctional objects which synaesthetically address different of the viewer's senses simultaneously.
Contact points and interfaces emerge as a constant motif in Jan Obornik's oeuvre. They, too, are ambivalent. On the one hand, they are places where the hybrid character of a work most clearly articulates itself; where human being and machine come together and connect to become a cyborg. On the other hand the sites, where they are incapable of making a connection and seem to search for contact, constitute eloquent symbols expressing a longing for contact and communication that either remains unfulfilled or has yet to be fulfilled. Plug is typical of an extended contact waiting for a connection. The extensions are riddled with electric cables and magnets. Connection device aims for link-up. And of course the ear trumpet is prepared for reception, while lecker! is longing for oral contact. Other works of a more installation-lke character focus on the establishment of contact and communication in large-scale arrangements. Jan Obornik borrowed the term "collective isolation" from the book Spheres III by the philosopher Peter Sloterdijk as the title of his works. For the artist, the foam that serves the thinker as an extensive metaphor has become the genuine substance of his creation. For both of them, it is conceptual image as well as allegory. But as pessimistic as the term and the title may appear, they are not meant that bleak, neither in Sloterdijk's view of the world nor in Obornik's oeuvre. For the philosopher, the titillating self-disintegration of the foam symbolizes the fleetingness and fragility of values and assumptions in modernity. His "Theory of Cofragile Systems" ensues from the foamology obtained thereby. Co-fragile at the very least! Jan Obornik pins his hopes on the prefix.


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Sutlej sŭt´lĕj [key], longest of the five rivers of the Punjab , c.900 mi (1,450 km) long, rising in the Kailas Range, SW Tibet region of China, and flowing generally west, meandering through the Himalayas in India, then onto the Punjab plain where it receives the Beas River and forms part of the India-Pakistan border continuing into Pakistan, it is joined by the Chenab River (which received the Jhelum and Ravi rivers). The combined stream, the Panjnad, channels the collected waters of all five rivers of the Punjab into the Indus River. The Sutlej is extensively used for irrigation many large canals branch from it. Bhakra Dam (750 ft/229 m) in Punjab state, N India, impounds water for irrigation and power production (450,000-kW capacity). Until the Sikh Wars in the 1840s, the Sutlej was the border between the Sikh and British spheres of influence.
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Valhalla Golf Club has a front nine that is links-style, while its back nine is more traditional. The signature hole is #13, a 350-yard, par 4, requiring a tee shot to a small landing area, then an approach shot over water to an island green.
"Golf Digest" rated this as the "Best in State" course for the years 1995 through 1998, and also rated it 51st best out of "America's 100 Greatest Courses" for 1995-96, and 61st in 1997-98. In addition, "GOLFWEEK" chose it 40th among "America's 100 Best Modern Courses" for 1997, 63rd for 1998 and 52nd for 1999. The PGA Championship was held here in 1996. The 6,345-yard men's tee also has a ladies' course rating of 75.2 and slope of 135.


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When Pimienta (Luis Sandrini) is chosen to take care of his wealthy brother's teenagers while the brother goes off to Europe with his mistress, the hot-tempered Pimienta has no end of trouble from the teens. The oldest boy hates college, and his young niece fears she might be pregnant. Pimienta falls in love with the female doctor who cares for his niece, and the irascible uncle changes into a love-struck lout.
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Makeover Your Life (20 weeks)
This five-month intensive Makeover Your Life program is intended only for those who are ready to experience life-altering shifts and radical transformation! Where are you stuck? Unhealthy habits, toxic relationships, negative self-talk, and limiting beliefs … or maybe all of the above? Do you hate your job, your body, or your relationships? Do you crave a life of inspiration, love, self-acceptance, and fun? Then this program is for you! Custom tailored to your specific needs, this program uses a combination of Hypnotherapy, Life Coaching, and Reiki, all of which lead to a complete makeover of your life.
What's included:
- Consultation prior to start of program to determine specific goals and desired results
- 10 two-hour in-office sessions (every other week)
- 10 30-minute coaching sessions to be done by phone or via Skype (every other week)
- Support via email between sessions for the duration of the program
- Weekly inner exploration and self-discovery assignments
Why Makeover Your Life?
Seattle Healing Owner Laura Richer tells her own Life Makeover story:
Five years ago, I realized that I needed makeover my life. It wasn't a realization that happened all at once; in fact, I really fought against it every step of the way. Although I knew I was struggling mentally, emotionally, and physically, and that the life I had created had become very uncomfortable to me, I just didn't see how I was going to make it happen. I was married to a man who I loved very much, but I knew that our relationship was no longer benefiting either of us. I was very clear on the fact that I hated my corporate job, but I really didn't know what I could do next. I was suffering from all of the symptoms of an undiagnosed auto-immune disease, and I lived in a city that did not feel like home at all. My life was a mess!
I felt like a failure, and I had no idea what to do next. How was I going to change EVERY single aspect of my life? It seemed daunting and terrifying. But I did it. I gave myself a life makeover. And I'm not talking about a makeup counter life makeover; it was more like an FBI witness protection program makeover. Five years ago, I could not have even imagined what my life would look like today. And if I were to run into my 35-year-old self, I don't think I would recognize her. She was really scared and very defeated.
What a difference five years can make. Since that time, I have found a career that I love, and I've enrolled in graduate school, which was a long-time goal of mine. I look forward to the work I do every day. I live in the city that is home to me—there is no place I would rather be than the Pacific Northwest. I have been able take necessary steps to regain my health, and I enjoy wonderful, fulfilling, deep, connected relationships with my friends, family, co-workers, and clients that are life-giving and satisfying.
This story is why I developed my Life Makeover program. I know how absolutely terrifying it can be when there is an aspect of your life that you know you want to change—and really, it must change because you are so uncomfortable—but you have no clue how you will change because it seems impossible.
Maybe you're like me, and everything needs to shift. Or maybe it's one particular aspect of your life that isn't working. It could be your health or weight, personal and professional relationships, or career. Whatever it is, if you're ready for some deep soul-searching and inner work with a professional, then this is the right program for you! My journey of transformation has led me straight to you. I know that major change is possible, and I want to support you in creating a life that you absolutely love.
This 20-week program incorporates the tools and techniques that I have learned as hypnotherapist, life coach, and Reiki practitioner, mixed with some of the wisdom from my own trial and errors that I gained along the way. It is a program that is tailored to your personal needs and will focus on your specific goals. Regardless of your purpose, the focus is facilitating big transformation.
PLEASE NOTE: This program is only for clients who want to do a complete 180. There will be laughter, letting go, deep work, and unconditional loving support. On the other side is you AMPLIFIED; I promise that you will never think of life in the same way again!


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Class Cabinets
The groups that do their best to make your class its best
As in most four-year degree schools, Houghton College consists of four classes. To make the student body government as seamless and efficient as possible, each class has it's own governing structure under the umbrella of the SGA. The class cabinets function as the officers of their respective classes and bring student government to a more personal level. Each class cabinet has a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Historian, Male Chaplain, Female Chaplain, Male Social Chair, and Female Social Chair. Each position is up for election every year, with the esception of the Historian, who serves a four-year term. Each class cabinet has a link bellow where you can view a photo of the cabinet, the names and positions of the members, and the respective class constitutions.