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Before You Start
Before you use Tag-Connect you must:
- Decide which version of Tag-Connect is best for your application. Read Which Tag-Connect for information on the two versions and other related products.
- Put the Tag-Connect footprint on your PCB: You can download the appropriate decal from our Decal Libraries for Common Layout CAD Packages. If we don't yet have a decal for your CAD package, PDFs of the footprint designs are also available. Read the 'Design Considerations' below for information which will help you position the Tag-Connect footprint on your PCB.
Design Considerations
Position of the Tag-Connect Footprint on the PCB
Take the following into consideration when planning the location of the Tag-Connect on your PCB
- There are no restrictions on the location of the Tag-Connect footprint, provided you have sufficient area available. Tag-Connect may be positioned close to the CPU. Unlike a conventional modular jack connector, Tag-Connect does not have to be placed near the edge of the PCB.
- Because the Tag-Connect occupies no volume on the board, it may be positioned on the underneath of the board to save even more space.
Warning - Pay Attention to the Solder 'Paste-Mask' Layer
CAE/CAD packages usually assume that pads with no through holes are for surface mounted components and solder paste is deposited on them by default!
Obviously this is inappropriate for Tag-Connect because Tag-Connect's Pogo pins 'mate' with the PCB pads but are not soldered into position. Solder paste would therefore inhibit good electrical connection.
To resolve this, edit the pad-stack in your CAE/CAD software, show the paste-mask layer and set the pad size to zero for that layer.
Because prototype boards are often hand-soldered, there is a danger this problem does not become apparent before production runs commence.
Using the TC2030-MCP-NL (No Leg) version for Debugging
It may be desirable to use the TC2030-MCP-NL version of Tag-Connect for debugging because of its extremely small footprint. Maintaining a stable, secure connection for an extended period requires that you have a method of holding the Tag-Connect cable in position. The options are:
- One option will be to use the TC2030-CLIP when it is released. See Latest News for details on new Tag-Connect products. The TC2030-CLIP grips the alignment pins from behind the board thus providing a connection durable enough for debugging and development.
- Another option uses Millimax sockets which can be pushed onto the three locating pins to hold the connector to the board.
- For a robust, semi-permanent debugging connection, solder the alignment pins to pads on the PCB. Use of a flux designed for soldering to stainless steel will greatly help. For example, Superior No 71 Stainless Steel Solder Flux Paste from www.ccis.com.
Using Tag-Connect Cables
Inserting the TC2030-MCP
- Hold the connector by its flexible plastic lugs between your thumb and index finger
- Orient the connector so that the back two locating pins are aligned with the footprint and offer it into position ready to insert.
- Squeeze the two sides of the connector together between your thumb and index finger and gently insert into position. Do not use excessive force
Removing the TC2030-MCP
- Hold the side of the connector by its sides as close to the surface of the PCB as possible.
- Squeeze the sides of the connector together and withdraw it from the footprint.
Inserting the TC2030-MCP-NL
- Orient the connector so that the back two locating pins are aligned with the footprint and gently push it into position.
- Maintain gentle pressure against the spring-loaded connection pins to maintain good contact. See 'Design Considerations' above for methods of holding the TC2030-MCP-NL in position.
No more bulky and costly RJ12 connectors. No more ad-hoc creating of your own one-off cables. Just use Tag-Connect: a standard, off-the-shelf solution!


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Clearwater Music & Arts Festival Bringing Live Entertainment, Arts, Food and More to Downtown Clearwater Memorial Day Weekend
CLEARWATER, Fla. – The city of Clearwater has teamed up with Outlaw Nation, a free online music station, to bring southern rock and real country to downtown Clearwater during Memorial Day weekend. The inaugural Clearwater Music & Arts Festival will take place at Coachman Park May 25-26 and will feature live music, more than 50 visual art displays and exhibits, a Kid's Zone that will include face painting, slides, games and many more activities. Visitors will also be treated to classic car and motorcycle displays, a food truck rally with Generation Food Truck and a spectacular Saturday night fireworks show. This event is free.
This festival showcases the uniqueness of Clearwater's artistic and music scene. Visitors will enjoy a day full of national recording artists performing in an intimate setting while also reveling in the many different displays of arts that represent the heritage and culture of the Tampa Bay area. Many food and beverage options will also be available at the festival to enhance the event experience.
Scheduled Performances:
Saturday, May 25
- Soul Circus Cowboys (SoulCircusCowboys.com)
- The Plott Hounds (ThePlottHounds.com)
- Jessica Meuse (JessicaMeuse.com)
- The Curt Towne Band (TheCurtTowneBand.com)
- Jacob Bryant (JacobBryantMusic.com)
Sunday, May 26
- Jake Bartley Band (TheJakeBartleyBand.com)
- Preachervan
- The Wilson Brothers (TheWilsonVan.com)
- Stone Senate (StoneSenate.com)
- Swon Brothers (SwonBrothers.com)
For more information, visit clearwaterartsfestival.com.

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Tofino Surf
Tofino Surfing is one of the top attractions on the West Coast.
Rent a Surfboard, Bodyboard or SUP from a Tofino Surf Shop or take a Surf Lesson from a Tofino Surf School.
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Long Beach Surf Shop
Long Beach Surf Shop Tofino/Ucluelet Your Friendly Neighbourhood Surf Shop. At Long Beach we try to help all levels of surfers from first-timers to old souls and everyone in between. We have the biggest selection of Surfboard rental gear in the Tofino Ucluelet area and amazing rates to match. No attitude just friendly quick service. Hundreds.....Click for more info
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Tuff City Skate Park
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Long Beach Surf Shop - Ucluelet
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GM Shankland Headlines 2019 Summer Camps!
We are thrilled to announce that for the 2nd straight year, GM Sam Shankland will headline our G & T Summer Training Camps!
We are thrilled to announce that the 2018 US Champion, GM Sam Shankland will headline our 2019 G & T Summer Camp schedule. We will kick off our summer programming with GM Sam Shankland leading the way July 8th - 12th.
GM Shankland will be on sight the entire week providing daily themed lectures, giving group post-mortem game review, providing his personal insights on his journey to becoming the US Champion and also interacting with campers during sports / social activities including bug-house and blitz play.
About GM Sam Shankland:
Samuel L. Shankland is an American chess grandmaster and the current U.S. Chess Champion.
Shankland learned to play chess at the age of 6 and played in his first tournament at the age of 10. He was California State Champion in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012, and Champion of State Champions in 2009. He won bronze at the 2008 World U18 Championship, and was US Junior Champion in 2010.[2] He earned his international master title in 2008 and his grandmaster title in 2011.
Shankland surpassed a FIDE rating of 2600 in 2012, and entered the world's top 100 players in 2014. As a member of the United States team, he won the gold medal for the best individual performance on the reserve board at the 41st Chess Olympiad. He also was part of the team at the 42nd Chess Olympiad, where the United States won team gold for the first time in forty years. In 2018, he won the U.S. Chess Championship, simultaneously breaching the 2700 barrier for the first time in his career.
About G & T Chess:
Over the years G & T Chess has helped develop many of NYC's top scholastic players. Through their weekly Quads and select intensive camps, G & T Chess has built a vibrant community of like minded and like-skilled high performing NYC competitors.
Through the support of this community, access to world class coaches and the introduction of fun and innovative leaning techniques G & T Chess continues to deliver the very best in competitive scholastic chess education & training.
Our G & T Summer Training Camps provide a perfect combination of USCF rated match play, group analysis, individual coaching opportunities, daily themed lectures, social play and much more.
You may register for a single day, a full week or the entire summer.
G & T Summer Training Camp Featuring GM Sam Shankland (July 8th - 12th)
Our G & T Summer Camps will be held at PS 33 (CHELSEA PREP, 281 9th Ave.)
Two Daily Skill Groups:
1500 +
Approximate Schedule:
9:00 - 9:30 - Settle in / social play
9:30 - 10:15 - Opening lecture and training positions w/ GM Shankland
10:15 - 11:30/12:00 - (U 1500 USCF) Daily Rated USCF matches (G45, D5)
10: 15 - 11:45 - (1500 + USCF ) Group post-mortem (starting day 2) game review, interactive group discussions and daily themed lectures. (Led by GM Shankland)
11:30/12:00 - Individual post-mortem game review with G & T Camp coaches.
11:30/12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch, sports, park play/gym play, free play, bughouse, blitz.
1:00 - 3:00 - (U 1500 USCF) Group post-mortem game review, interactive group discussions and daily themed lectures. (Led by GM Shankland)
1:00 - 3:00 - USCF Rated matches (1500 + USCF)
3:00 - 4:00 - Daily blitz, bug-house, social play with GM Shankland. (blitz rated & unrated opportunities)
4:00 - 5:00 PM - Snacks, free play, park play/gym play, pick-up.
* Campers who register for either our 4 or 8 week summer package can include the GM Shankland week as part of their summer camp dates.


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Free Plugin Brings Facebook-Style Live Notifications to BuddyPress
The big news over this past weekend is that Brajesh Singh of BuddyDEV has released an exciting new plugin for BuddyPress that allows your site to display live notifications for new updates. The best part is that you can download this plugin absolutely free!
BuddyPress Live Notification shows new notifications to your users in real time, the exact same way that Facebook does. Check out a screenshot:
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Current Features of BuddyPress Live Notification:
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- The notification can be anything (like adding friend/receiving message/groups request/friend request or anything which BuddyPress considers as notification). It is exactly same as Facebook Notification.
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VCU's Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Services honored the School of Medicine's Priyam Vyas with the University Leadership Award for his commitment to improving lives in Richmond and abroad.
"Priyam is the type of student that makes VCU School of Medicine proud," said Chris Woleben, M.D., the School of Medicine's Associate Dean of Student Affairs and graduate of the medical school's Class of 1997. "Starting in his undergraduate experience and continuing into medical school, Priyam has actively been involved in a variety of student activities while frequently assuming leadership positions."
Vyas came to Richmond as a VCU freshman in 2006. By virtue of his acceptance into the university's Guaranteed Admittance program, he looked forward to his eventual acceptance into the medical school if he maintained his GPA and met other program criteria for health care and volunteer experience.
As an undergraduate student, Vyas studied the Richmond Ambulance Authority and worked to replicate the system in Gujarat, India, a city that had no previous ambulance service. He applied his knowledge and received government funding in India. Thanks to Vyas' efforts, Gujarat now has three ambulances.
Now a member of the Class of 2014, Vyas has served as the graduate representative on the Board of Visitors and as president of both the medical school's ENT Student Interest Group and the David Hume Surgical Society. In those student organizations, he has worked to inform his peers about their chosen specialties by connecting them with alumni.
Vyas said that because his medical training connects him closely with many people, it gives him a unique perspective on leadership.
"I feel like doctors are in a unique position to lead, because we connect with people on such a personal level," Vyas said. "We have insight into people's lives. We know them truly inside and out, and I believe we'll make the best leaders because we can represent people best."


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I wrote about this in a recent blog post and so I thought it prudent to do a follow-up piece regarding the chances of El Niño making an appearance during the next few months.
Well, they say a picture is worth a thousand words…
Just looking at the most recent subsurface anomalies chart that was updated on June 2, we see that there is virtually no warm pool left in the tropical Pacific west of about 150 degrees longitude. The only positive anomaly, or warmer than normal area, is in the eastern Pacific and even here we're talking about only a degree C at the most. To break it down in to simple terms: no El Niño anytime soon, if at all in 2017.
What does this mean for the Atlantic season? It means that we are likely to see less of the hurricane-inhibiting wind shear across the Caribbean and tropical Atlantic. That, in turn, should result in a busier season than we have seen in quite some time. It's no guarantee as there are certainly other factors at play but the lack of El Niño is often seen as a significant enhancing signal for Atlantic hurricane activity.
We will get a new set of ensemble model plots from the ECMWF, which is often regarded as the model of choice, that will give us an update on its "thoughts" for the coming months. That model was quite aggressive in developing an El Niño going all the way back to the early winter months. We'll see if it has seen the light, so to speak, and has backed off like other modeling has in recent weeks. I'll keep an eye out for that new data and will include in during a future video discussion, so be on the lookout for that.
In summary, I think it is safe to say that El Niño will not be a factor this season and that, in and of itself, is reason enough to take the 2017 Atlantic hurricane quite seriously. We should be doing so any season but perhaps this time around, there may be more to it than normal. Time will tell.
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I've decided I'm just going to go through Create A Critter 2 booklet and just use all the Christmas image cut outs!! Takes some of the thinking out for me!
Card Base: Stampin Up Retired 2007 Cranberry Crisp (Yes, I still have some!) 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" (folded)
Card front: Recollections 'Naughty or Nice' 4" X 5 1/4" (I LOVE this paper pad!)
Other Cardstock / Paper: SU Chocolate Chip, Confetti White, more from 'Naughty or Nice' pad
Ink: Cranberry Crisp
Stamps: CTMH Holiday Wishes, Pink by Design 'Go Green'
Accessories: Cricut & Art Philosphy and Create A Critter 2 cartridges, Cuttlebug & Square Lattice embossing folder, SU Ribbon Originals Alpine, Modern label punch


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(If you did the math and can't figure out why a two-week trip caused a six-week blog hiatus, I also had a few other things on the go such as graduating, moving, buying our first house and preparing for a new job. No big deal. )
There are lots of posts to come from the trip, but I'd like to start with a brief overview.
We travelled to Wallonia (in Belgium):
Bohemia (Czech Republic):
And Bavaria (Germany):
We sampled fine food:
and fine beverages:
We spent a lot of time in train stations:
And on trains:
And through the whole trip, we kept a journal (the old fashioned way - pen and paper)...
...so we'd remember all the things we wanted to blog about once back home! There's lots more to come...


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There are plenty of companies in the Minneapolis area who design and market Internet sites, but we approach Internet marketing differently. I provide the topics, which change from time to time; they're timely and relevant, and represent cutting-edge concerns like big data, Cloud computing, and the Internet of things. Likewise, you or your web designer should know something about SEO because how your site is designed can enhance or limit your site traffic, and in the vast majority of cases, SEO should be a significant part of your Internet marketing strategy.
Internet Marketing for Smart People is a free 20-part course and ongoing email newsletter, delivered conveniently to your inbox. The first product and company that I joined up with as an affiliate I discovered on a Review Site of Internet related home businesses and jobs.
Online marketing is not a perfect service, but the traditional marketing is not perfect either. Learn how to grow your email marketing lists and run focused, targeted campaigns. The course is a continuation of MBA 520 Accounting and Financial Analysis and focuses on effective business decisions using quantitative and qualitative data, microeconomic and macroeconomic variables, and internal financial priorities.
Take a blank word processor document or even a pen and pencil and write down all the words you can think of that apply to your Internet marketing niche. Here are a couple of things to keep in mind as you analyze your internet marketing strategy. At IMI, we have the ability to incorporate Affiliate Marketing into any integrated digital marketing campaign in order to push product sales and drive revenue.
SEO has proven to be one of the most cost-effective forms of marketing available. You will have quite a lot of brand new strategies to learn initially although Solo advertisings can be a rapidly marketing technique. Our Internet marketing solutions have satisfied mid-sized businesses, non-profits, and major corporations all over the country with a focus on the Minneapolis, Minnesota area.


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We all want to age gracefully, but that can be challenging as the years roll by and menopause approaches. When we start to sleep less, let stress get the better of us, and find our hormones out of whack, what can we do to feel better?
The Fine Line founder Sue Cowie chats with Elissa Goodman about natural remedies for easing the imbalances in our bodies as we age. Goodman, who is an L.A.-based holistic nutritionist, recommends a number of products we've incorporated into our own wellness regimens.
Goodman says that the mineral magnesium works wonders for improving rest — and we can personally attest to that! Additionally, she suggests vervain and valerian root oils for those suffering sleep disturbances.
And for those with an overactive mind: white chestnut oil.
Adrenal fatigue is top of mind for many women these days, and during menopause it's especially important to support the adrenal glands, Goodman says. Two tools in her toolbox: the herb ashwagandha and Tulsi Tea, a tea made from the holy basil plant, which is also a natural remedy for infection.
And finally, Goodman says she uses walnut oil. It is known as a "link breaker" and is helpful for people in transitions, including those traveling through time zones — which, funnily enough, seems like a metaphor for menopause to us!


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Tough law sees acid conviction rate triple in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Few have much faith in the Pakistani courts, but campaigners say the conviction rate for acid attacks has tripled since tough new penalties were signed into law in late 2011.
Dozens of people, mostly women, but also men and children, are disfigured every year by one of the most brutal forms of domestic violence in a country where women are often treated as second-class citizens.
Campaigners have praised the government, which will this month become the first in Pakistan to complete a full-term in office, for passing legislation in support of human rights, even if immense challenges remain in implementation.
Parliament outlawed domestic violence last year. In 2011, it introduced a minimum sentence of 14 years in jail and a fine of one million rupees ($10,000) for those found guilty of throwing acid.
Statistics are patchy but Valerie Khan Yusufzai, chair of the Pakistan branch of the Acid Survivors Foundation, says the conviction rate rose from an average of six percent before the amendment to 18 percent in 2012.
Lawyer Sikander Naeem said: "It has become much easier to get a conviction because the Supreme Court has (also) taken a special interest in such matters. The statement of a victim alone is sufficient for the conviction of any accused."
But victims, left with horrendous injuries and often blind, say the penalties are still too light.
Sidra Javed was attacked in June 2011 for spurning the advances of a son of her boss at a factory, where she earns $46 a month making water dispensers. Her family sacrificed almost everything to get her attacker jailed in July 2012.
"I was very relieved and happy for my father that his efforts paid off given everything he did. But when I think about how I'm living, how disfigured I am, I think it (the punishment) should have been much worse." Her father repairs television sets, but distracted by the case and with Pakistan gripped by crippling power cuts his business dried up.
"Sometimes there wasn't even enough money for one meal a day," she says.
Now 15 years old, clumps of her hair are burnt to the scalp. Half her arm, her chest and her leg are burnt. There are splash burns on her feet.
She is blind in her right eye and partially sighted in the left.
She has had six operations, needs reconstruction work on her lips and ears, and requires a hair transplant.
Javed hates meeting new people, despises talking about the attack and feels weak if she exerts herself too much. Apart from travelling for medical treatment, she never leaves home in the eastern city of Lahore.
Lawyers and campaigners admit challenges remain.
Naeem wants a special court set up to deal specifically with acid crimes, to make the legal process easier and he says compensation needs to be paid more quickly to help the victims get treatment.
Awareness can be another problem.
Last December, a couple who confessed to murdering their 15-year-old daughter with acid in Pakistan-administered Kashmir later insisted she committed suicide and with no witnesses or evidence, the judge released them on bail.
Pakistan's leading human rights group said nearly 1,000 women and girls were murdered in 2011 after being accused of bringing shame on their families.
It was extreme family pressure that ultimately led Naziran Bibi, a mother of two, to accept an out of court settlement for $4,000 in 2009.
Her tale underlines the difficulties faced by many victims, particularly those who are poorly educated in rural areas and who are dependent on relatives and terrified of their husband's families taking away their children.
She grew up in Bahawalpur in southern Punjab, said to be a recruiting ground for extremist militant groups, and was sold into marriage when she was 13 years old.
Her husband died, leaving her with two daughters under two. Bibi's abusive in-laws forced her to marry their other son, who already had a wife.
"His first wife was really angry. She never lost an opportunity to insult me and threatened to throw acid at me, to ruin me," she told AFP, her face swathed in bandages after an operation to rebuild her eyelids.
"Then three months after we got married, at 2:00 am while I was asleep, she threw acid at me, on my face, neck, chest half my stomach and my left arm," she said.
Bibi, now 26, was left blind. Her face was destroyed.
Her husband refused to register his wife as the culprit and her in-laws demanded she settle out of court. So did her brother. Eventually she settled.
"I didn't want to at all, but one of my sisters is also married to my in-laws and they threatened to ruin her life. My life was already ruined, but her's shouldn't have to be as well.
"And when I realised that the real perpetrator wouldn't even be going to jail, I didn't want to carry on so I got the 400,000 rupees and bought a plot for myself and now I've got a little grocery shop," she added.
Today, she sends her daughters to school and is still on speaking terms with her husband, but has never again spoken to his first wife.
"If I could see I wouldn't have (spoken to her husband), but they need a father and it's important to have a man in the house sometimes," she said.
But does she wish the new law had come into effect in time for her?
"The only punishment that can make this OK is if acid is thrown at them," she said.


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Charlottesville, Virginia is like a good little New England town that tumbled down past the Mason-Dixon line while nobody was looking: It's as adored for its irreverence as it is for its good looks. It's tiny—its population hovers under 50,000—but somehow feels limitless, the edges of town bleeding into the University of Virginia grounds and then on into the surrounding horse country quickly and seamlessly.
There's so much to do in Charlottesville that one of the hardest parts of being a student there, as I was, is checking off your entire bucket list. This leads many a graduate of the University of Virginia to stick around after matriculating or to return, sooner than expected. Whatever you're looking for in a getaway (history, nature, food, music, secrets?), Charlottesville has it, and fall is the very best time to go.
Here are 10 reasons to visit Charlottesville, and exactly where to go when you do.
You can't go to Charlottesville without noticing the Blue Ridge mountains, which peer over the tops of buildings in all directions, and it is important to see them up close. Running along the crest of those peaks, Skyline Drive is the area's most popular drag to get a look at all that golden Virginia foliage this time of year, and with 4 entrances, you don't have to commit to all 100 miles of it. Note: It's one big winding bear crossing, so heed the 35 mile per hour speed limit and don't miss a thing.
Less adventurous vista-seekers can simply exit Charlottesville via Barracks Road, which quickly gives way to fences and pastures and becomes Garth Road—known for rolling horse farms, vineyards, and view after view of the aforementioned mountain ranges. The more adventurous, on the other hand, should do the necessary sleuthing to find one of two secret entrances to the now-abandoned Blue Ridge Tunnel, located right outside of town. You can't go through it anymore, but the entrance is ghostly and beautiful, the site of many late nights with budding hipsters, beer, and fiddles.
Maybe there are other Spanish restaurants in Virginia, but anyone who's ever been to Mas knows it's the only one that matters. Located at a fork in the road in Belmont (the Brooklyn of Charlottesville with its scrappy-but-burgeoning food scene and shabby-chic housing options), Mas is far and away the best restaurant in the city. Yes, I'm biased (I used to wait tables there), but you will be too once you taste the unfussy, excellent food—from a hunk of tortilla española to marinated anchovies, charred carne asada, and manchego-and-serrano bocadillos. The wait is reliably long (there are no reservations), but the drinks flow freely, the kitchen's open until 2 A.M. The food is always, always worth the wait.
If you can't handle the wait or the loud music, the only other place I go for dinner is C&O, which is an all-American sort of eatery in an old, seemingly storied brick building off the Downtown Mall. Their late night menu, featuring mac & cheese and creme brulée, is tops.
If you only know one thing about Charlottesville, it probably has something to do with Thomas Jefferson. His plantation, Monticello, is just outside of town (tours of the house and historic gardens are available daily, year-round), and he founded the University of Virginia there in 1819. The original campus, characterized by a temple-like "Rotunda," two long rows of tiny dorms and pavilions, and a grassy front yard known as "The Lawn" is called The Academical Village—and you should go see it.
A UNESCO World Heritage site, the Lawn is very pretty for a stroll or a picnic; the buildings were designed in the Neo-Classical style, so students could learn about European architectural history in person, and those original dorm rooms are now home to some of the most decorated upperclassmen. Out back, there are meticulous gardens where you can get comfortable with a book or a lover, serpentine brick walls, and archway after columned archway.
I wouldn't say that pizza is something Charlottesville's known for, but it should be. There are a few institutions you should know about, first and foremost being Christian's with locations on the Corner (that's the strip of restaurants and bars right by campus) and the Downtown Mall (a pedestrian wonderland of brick facades, eateries, coffee shops, and outdoor seating). Their pizza is crunchy-crusted and is offered in all kinds of combinations by the slice.
Crozet Pizza is another longstanding favorite, family-operated since 1977 (go to their original outpost outside of town, which has all the ambiance). Rounding out the pizza scene is newcomer Lampo, a Neopolitan-style pizzeria now cranking out slippery-middled, crackly-crusted pies. They even imported a special oven from Italy and lowered it into the new building with a crane, which made the local news. Everyone loves it.
Pippin Hill, which considers itself a "boutique vineyard," is new (it wasn't around when I was in school there), but didn't take long to become the hardest place to book a wedding—because do you see those views? For just as much ambiance and a dose of youthful raucousness on any given Saturday during the school year, go to King Family Vineyards. Their orangey-pink Crosé, named for the town of Crozet, is the epitome of easy drinking, and the Viognier, king of Virginia grapes, delivers. If you'd need more options, try Veritas, Keswick, Jefferson, or Barboursville.
I don't know enough about the world to understand how this became *a thing*, but many of Charlottesville's gas stations are also top-notch places to get a meal. Back in the day, there was even a high-end filling station called Fuel, which was so fancy you could only go when your parents were in town. Nowadays, the standout gas station restaurants are the Bellair Exxon, which is adjacent to the interstate on-ramp (where all good gas stations live) and features a great selection of sandwiches named for historical neighborhoods nearby, and the Brownsville Shell, for fried chicken.
Best of all, on your drive to the mountains is Hunt Country Market, which serves "take and bake" dinners and fresh, hot specials like Roast Pork and Lamb Curry in aluminum tins—all cooked out of a bitty kitchen in the adorably unassuming establishment pictured above.
In such a nerdy town (accost any passerby for no less than three Thomas Jefferson facts), it's no surprise that the bookstores slay. Daedalus Bookshop is something of a hoarder's dream, with books on every inch of every wall going up and down the stairs and nooks for cozying up unnoticed; Blue Whale Books is like an antique shop for readers, with rare books and maps and a strange orderlieness; New Dominion Bookshop is for collegiate types, with all the bestsellers, tall white ceilings, and librarians who wear bowties.
Located just east of downtown, Belmont is the smart place to move right when you graduate, as the housing is still relatively cheap and there's so much (so suddenly) going on. Mas was the first big restuarant to be a draw here, and recent years have seen the opening of the Local, with its seasonally-inspired menu and buzzy back deck, an Italian place (Tavola), a little barbecue joint (Belmont BBQ), and the coffee shop La Taza.
If Belmont is a young, eager graduate, Crozet, on the other side of town, is your favorite grandpa. The drive there from downtown Charlottesville features landscape after quintessentially-Virginian landscape, all ruby leaves and faded mountain ranges, and many well-to-do families live on estates in the area. Downtown Crozet is hardly prim, however, a little four-way stop with Crozet Pizza, Green House Coffee, and Three Notched Grill holding down the fort.
Lest you forget this is the South, head directly to Bluegrass Grill for a huge, steaming biscuit (with a side of eggs) on your first morning in town. There might be a wait, but you can grab a coffee at Mudhouse instead of tapping your foot. It's pretty ramshackle as far as decor goes, with strange plastic fabric tablecloths and a pastel mural of...mermaids (?). If you prefer more of a classic diner vibe, head down West Main to Blue Moon Diner. There are swively bar seats, dishes like "Hogwaller Hash," and if you stay until dinnertime, you'll catch entertainment like local string bands and C.L.A.W competitions (that's Charlottesville Ladies Arm Wrestling, of course).
And if you must have a bagel, there is Bodo's, where they're boiled, never toasted, and so good you should go ahead and order two.
For being thought of as such a quaint, orderly little town, Charlottesville can make some noise. There are a few large venues to note, like the Downtown Pavilion (which is outdoors and right off the Downtown Mall) and John Paul Jones Arena, which draw as many big acts as Nashville can generate, but the best music venues in this city are—no surprise—the littler ones. The Jefferson (obviously), checks off the historical requirement, a restored theater that recently re-opened to the public, and across the mall is Miller's, a very divey bar where bands cram into the back corner and play between pulls of whiskey (Dave Matthews is from Charlottesville and got his start playing here—one of many important local facts).
But best of all, especially in jeans-and-sweater weather, is The Garage, a single-car garage that belongs to a downtown Anglican church, restored by a group of crazy young people me and my friends in 2008, which hosts any band who stops through town who is cool enough to have heard of it. Listeners sit on the grassy hill of a park across the street, and the Garage glows from within.
What are your favorite places in Charlottesville? Tell us in the comments!
Lawn photo by Nataliekrovetz (via Flickr); Skyline Drive photo by Mrs. Gemstone (via Flickr); Blue Ridge Tunnel photo by Photo Moe Photography (via Flickr); Mas Tapas photo by Andrea Hubbell; C&O photo by C&O; Monticello photo by mbell1975 (via Flickr); UVa photo by James Marshall (via Flickr); Lampo pizza photos by David Liebovitz; Pippin Hill photo by Jen Fariello; Hunt Country Market by Hunt Country Market; bookstore photo by Britanny B (via Yelp)
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Yesterday I attended a creative networking meet up, tagged #CounterPointLagos organized by Qudus Aderemi Onikeku and the YK Projects team. An event featuring an array of brilliant, creative Individuals doing great stuff, all assembled in the heart of Lagos. These are filmmakers, writers, poets, dancers, photographers, artists, musicians etc. The idea of counterpoint is to create a punctual meeting place, an evening centered on presentations, discussions, and encounters. Aside Being a space for ideas and networking, it is mostly a collaborative space, Where both artists and non-artists create a triangular blend of Creativity, Exchange and Recommendation.
This covers various kinds of creative expressions, from music to dance, spoken word, poetry, storytelling, theater, visual art, architecture, fashion, literature, technology, new media, design and putting spotlight on other unusual ideas by non-creative in other domains.
It was an exciting event, informal and a relaxed atmosphere. I actually did meet an e-friend of over two years – Okechukwu ofili (@ofilispeaks) – for the first time. I also met a lot of other Amazing guys like Qudus and Haji, The Amazing singer, Nneka, Filmakers Tunde Kelani and Kunle afolayan and a host of other brilliant people. I took some photo shots as well.. so if you must
thief use them, I'm sure wouldn't hurt to credit the photographer.( me sef na smartphone photographer).
Back to the event. The discussion of the evening was centered on the Value of Art. Various Issues that came up revolved around the government's attitude towards the industry, lack of proper and defined structure, poor infrastructure, frustrations faced by artists, piracy and a host of other challenges the creative industry in Nigeria face. The joke of the day for me was when the Popular Film maker, Tunde Kelani said that people often say to the creative guys "Yes, I know you write, you dance, you make films,…. But what do you do gan gan?" ..(meaning what exactly do you do for a living?).. we laughed it off, but in there lies a serious dilemma most creative people face.
Some of the questions that came up where:
How can you define, follow and succeed in a particular art?
Is passion and determination really enough?
How can you confidently say, I am a writer… I am a photographer or..i am a dancer to your parents, and it isn't immediately traced to the village?
Are the artists and entertainment front runners today, who are largely supported by the media and clothed in overwhelming glamour delivering real value? Or Are the really talented guys poorly represented in the media and shaded away by all the glamour?
How can trained business managers effectively collaborate with artists for a mutual and profitable relationship?
As expected, they were lots of interesting contributions and insights. I remember a lady who said that the true value of art is the opportunity given to an individual to truly express himself the way he is, not the way he ought to be.
Your turn: In your own unique words, What is the true Value of Art?


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Doctrinal Beliefs
We Believe:
- In the Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ, His Baptism, His works, His Teachings, His Crucifixion, His Resurrection, His Ascension and the Efficacy of his Shed Blood.
- In the Divine Trinity of the Godhead – Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
- In the Depravity of the HUMAN Race, the Plan of Redemption, Justification, the New Birth repentance and restitution.
- In Entire Sanctification as a definite experience of a Christian and the manifestation of the fruits of the Spirit in a sanctified life.
- In the Baptism of the Holy Spirit with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues as the disciples had on the day of Pentecost, as the spirit gives utterance, accompanied by the gift of the Spirit.
- In New Testament standard of gifts, offerings and tithes, in no divorce and remarriage, in divine healing and present day miracles, in Civil Government and those in Authority.
- In the Resurrection of the Body, in the Second Coming of Christ, in the Great Tribulation, in the Millennial Reign of Christ, in the Great White Throne Judgment, the New Heaven and the New Earth.
Doctrines – Concise Format
1. The Holy Bible
The Bible is given by divine inspiration for "doctrine, reproof, correction and instruction in righteousness". We believe that the 39 books of the Old Testament and 27 books of the New Testament are infallible and accurate. We believe that the Holy Scriptures in errantly reveal the will of God concerning all things necessary to our salvation, so that whatever is not contained therein nor may be proved thereby is not to be enjoined as an article of faith,. (II Timothy 3: 16 17; II peter 1: 20, 21; Revelation. 22: 18 – 19).
2. The Godhead
The Godhead consists of three Persons in one – Father, Son and the Holy Ghost. These three are one but are separate, distinct Persons, possessing separate, distinct and recognizable personalities and qualities, perfectly united in one. They are not three names for one Person. (Matthew 3: 16, 17; II Corinthians 13: 14; Matthew 28: 19, 20).
3. Virgin Birth Of Jesus
The virgin birth of Jesus, the only begotten Son of God. The crucifixion, death, burial and bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ – Isaiah 7: 14; Matthew 1: 1&25; Romans 1: 4; I Corinthians 15: 3, 4.
4. Total Depravity, Sinfulness and guilt of all men
The fall of man through Adam and Eve has subjected him to God's wrath and condemnation Man became a sinner by nature and by choice. Romans 5: 12 – 17; Psalm 51:5; Job 14: 4; Romans 3:23; Mark 7:21-23; Ephesians 2: 1-3.
5. Repentance
This is a change of mind and will which is brought about as a result of Godly sorrow for sin with a renunciation of sin. Acts 3:19;20:21 II Corinthians 7:10; Proverbs 28:13; Isaiah 55:7; Ezekiel 18:21-23; Mark 1:15; Luke 24:46,47.
6. Restitution
The Scriptures teach that wrongs committed against our fellowmen for which we can make amendments must be put right so as to maintain a conscience void of offence toward God and man. Those include restoring stolen items, paying back debts, restoring where one has defrauded, making confessions to the offended and apologizing to those slandered. Gen. 20: 1-8; 14-18; Exodus. 18:21;22:3; Lev. 6:1-7; Num. 5:6-8; II Sam. 12: 1-6; Proverbs. 6:31; Ezek. 33: 14-16; Matthew,. 5:23, 24; Luke 19: 8, 9; Acts 23: 1-5; 24:16.
7. Justification
Justification means "to be declared righteous before God". It is the act of God's grace by which we receive remission of sins and stand before God as though we had never sinned. Acts 13:39; Romans 3:25,26; 5:1, I Corinthians. 6:11; Gal. 3:24; John 1:12,13 3;3 II Corinthians 5:17; Titus 3:5; I Peter 1:23; Acts 10: 43.
8. Water Baptism
This is a sign of believer's death, burial and resurrection together with Christ. Water baptism is essential in order "to fulfill all righteousness" after repenting from sin. One immersion (not three) "in the name of the father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost", as Jesus commanded. Mathew. 28:19; 3:13-17; Mark 16: 15,16; Acts 2:38, 8: 38, 39; 19: 1-6; Romans 6: 4.,5; Colo 3:13.
9. The Lord's Supper
I Corinthians. 11:23-26; Luke 22; 17-20; Mathew. 26: 26-29.
10. Entire Sanctification
This is the act of God's grace by which we are made holy. It is not a progressive act but a definite experience wrought by the blood of Jesus through faith, and subsequent to salvation and the new birth. The original sin (inbred sin) still continues to exist after regeneration, though suppressed, until crucified (eradicate) and destroyed through sanctification. The practice of true holiness is essential as enjoined in the scriptures. Luke 1:74, 75; John 17: 15 – 17; I Thessalonians. 4:3,7, 8; 5:22-24; Ephesians. 5:25-27; Heb. 2:11; 10:10, 14: 13: 11,12; Titus 2:11 – 14; I John 1:7; Heb. 12:14; I Pet. 1:14 – 16.
11. Baptism In The Holy Ghost
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is the enduement of Power from on High upon the clean, sanctified life. When one receives this gift of the Holy Spirit, it is accompanied by the initial evidence of speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. Matthew. 3:11; 1:8; Luke 3:16;24: 49; John 1:30-33; 7:37-39; 14:16,17,26; 16: 12-15 Acts 1: 5-8; Mark 16: 17; Acts 2:1-18; 10:44-46; 19: 1-6.
We believe that diversities of the gifts of the spirit are still in operation today. I Corinthians 12:1-31; 14: 1-40.
12. Redemption, Healing And Health
In the atonement, healing of sickness and disease as well as continual health are God's provisions for his people. Sickness is the work of the devil and Jesus "was manifested to destroy the works of the devil" I John 3:8; III John 2; Isaiah 53: 4,5 Matthew. 8:17; Mark 16: 18; James 5: 14 – 16; Luke 13: 16; Acts 10: 38; Exodus. 15:26; Deut. 7:15; Psalm 103: 1-5; Proverbs. 4:20-22. Providential means and agencies, when deemed necessary should not be refused. I Tim. 5:23.
13. Personal Evangelism
The Word of God abundantly teaches that the Great Commission is a God-ordained task of the Church of Christ. Every Christian is given the commandment to go and preach the gospel by Jesus Christ. This commandment must be obeyed whether by personal evangelism or mass – evangelism. Matthew 28:3; Ezek. 3:17-21. None is exempted from this God-given ministry. All saved souls are to be involved wholeheartedly.
14. Marriage
Marriage is a divine institution. It is binding for life. God forbids polygamy. Monogamy is God's perfect will for man and it is the uniform teaching to the Bible. It is contrary for a believer to contract marriage with an unbelievers. Under the New Testament law, the law of Christ, no one has a right to divorce and marry again while the first companion lives. Proverbs 31: 10-21; Deut. 7:1-4; Joshua 23: 11 – 13; II Corinthians 6: 14-18; Ephesians. 5: 31-33; Romans 7: 2, 3: Matthew 5:31-32; 19: 3-9; Mal. 2: 14, 15.
15. The Rapture
The Rapture (commonly referred to as the first phase or stage of the SECOND COMING OF CHRIST) is the catching away from the earth, of all living saints and all who died in the Lord. The Rapture will take place before the Great Tribulation and can happen any time from now. "In a twinkling of an eye" Without a moment's warning, "the trumpet shall sound" "and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the airs and so shall we ever be with the Lord" – John 14:1-3; Luke 21:34-36; I Corinthians 15:51-58; I Thessalonians 4:13-18 5:4-9; 2 Thessalonians 2: 5-7; is waiting for. It is the catching away of all true believers in Christ to meet the Lord in the air (I Thessalonians 4:16): Christ, at the end of His first advent, was in like manner taken up in the air to go and prepare a place for His own. The parting promise from God was that Jesus will return in like manner to receive His 'Bride' to be with forever (Acts 1:9-11; John 14:1-3).
16. Resurrection Of The Dead
This is clearly taught in the Bible that the bodies of the just and of the unjust shall be raised to live and unite with their spirits. Every individual who has ever lived will be resurrected some to honour and glory and others to everlasting shame and contempt. Job 19:25-27; Ps. 71:20; Isaiah. 26:19; Daniel. 12:2; Phil 3:8-11; Revelation 20:4-6,12,13.
17. The Great Tribulation
This is known as the time Jacob's Trouble, which will occur after the Rapture and will be a time of terrible suffering on earth. Matthew 24:21, 22, 29; 13:1-10; Revelation 9:16; Isaiah 26:20 21; mark 13:19; Jeremiah 30:7; Daniel 8:23-25; Malachi 4:1. The Marriage Supper of the Lamb will take place while the Tribulation continues on earth. Revelation 19: 1-10.
18. Second coming of Christ
There will be two appearances under on coming: First is the catching away from the earth of all living saints and those who died in the Lord to meet the Lord in the Air. (John 14: 1-3; I Corinthians 15:51-58; I Thessalonians. 4:13-18) and the second is the coming to execute judgment upon the ungodly. The latter will be just as literal and visible as His going away. (Acts 1:9-11; I Thessalonians 1:7-11; Jude 14, 15; Zechariah 14:3,4).
19. Christ Millennial Reign
Christ's Millennial Reign is the 1,000 years' literal reign of Jesus on earth, which will be ushered in by the coming of Jesus back to earth with ten thousands of His saints. At this time, He will judge the nations that dwell upon the face of the earth. Jude 14, 15; I Thessalonians. 1:7-10. During this time the devil will be bound. Revelation 20:2,3. It will be a reign of peace and blessing Isaiah. 11:6-9; 65:25; Hosea 2:18; Zech 14:9-20; Isaiah 2:2-4.
20. The Great white throne judgment
The Holy Bible teaches that this earth which has been polluted by sin shall pass away after the White Throne Judgment and God will create a new heaven and a new earth, in which righteousness shall dwell. Nothing unclean will be found there except they whose names are written "in the Lamb's Book of Life". Matthew 24:35; Isaiah 66:22; Psalm 102:25, 26; II Peter 3:12,13; Isaiah 65: 17; Revelation 21: 1-7; 22: 1-5.
22. Hell Fire
The word of God teaches that hell is eternal as heaven. Matthew 25:41-46. The wicked shall be cast into a burning hell, a lake of fire burning with brimstone forever and ever. Revelation 14:14:10,11: Luke 16: 24; Mark 9:43, 44.


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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Repost: Black Like Me, in honor of Brazil's Black Consciousness Day (20 Nov)
I originally posted this essay in May of 2009, as I was wrapping up my fourth year in Colombia, specifically in the Caribbean port city of Barranquilla. I now live in Brazil, a country with half of its 190 million … Continue reading
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Feliz Na Vida: Sou Vai-Vai
Vai-Vai was my first. In January of 2006, during my first trip to São Paulo, I became washed in the downpour of sound and energy that is the open-air rehearsal of the Vai-Vai Samba School. I fell in love with … Continue reading
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Global Juke Joint: Subway Sounds (Classic Lounge Edition)
Next time you're on the train… Berlin: U8 to Hermannstraße Buenos Aires: Línea C to Constitución London: Piccadilly Line to Cockfosters New York: 2 Train – Uptown & The Bronx Tokyo: Ginza Line to Shibuya
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5 Ways Volunteering Improves Health
1. Life Lessons
There are countless lessons you learn as a volunteer and every experience is different. It could be something straightforward, like how to build a house or grow a successful garden. It might be learning how to eat healthy on a shoestring budget from someone on a fixed income who has been denied food stamps.
If you listen carefully during your volunteering, you will also find other life lessons. For example, you'll learn to help in the way someone is asking for help, rather than helping in a way you believe they need help or in the way you would like to be helped yourself, if you were in their situation. You may even come across a situation that teaches you how to create boundaries and limitations, allowing you to give without draining yourself or your resources. These are life lessons that you get to carry forward into the rest of your life.
2. A Sense of Purpose
Volunteering is a fabulous way to raise your spirit, because it gives the giver a sense of purpose, something to wake up for in the morning. Someone else is benefiting from your willingness to help.
3. Gives Hope
Volunteering also raises the spirit of the receiver, because whether it is a cat or a human, it sure does feel awesome to know someone cares about YOU and is taking time to stop all else in their busy world and say, "You are important."
4. Internal Reward
Do you know that feeling you get when you eat a piece of chocolate cake or whatever your special treat food is? You get that same feeling when you volunteer, except you get to burn calories and have a happy heart without all the thoughts of should's and shouldn'ts that often come with cake.
5. Changes the lives of people, animals, and planet
Can you picture one of those days? You know the kind. It feels like everything in the world is pushing down on you and then you drop your lunch on the floor … the straw that broke the camel's back. Volunteering is like taking a pitchfork and removing the pounds of straw that are sucking the breath out of life, giving the receiver a way to reset. Whether you are helping a person, an animal or the planet, you can rest assured, the good you did is going to get paid forward!
2 Ways To Take Action Today
1. Join the challenge
Sign-up to join the Healthy in the Triangle Volunteer Challenge. We'll be launching the challenge once we collect a sufficient number of prizes from sponsors. Once we do, we will email you an updated list of prizes, along with the challenge start date. Everyone who volunteers at least 10 hours during the challenge will be entered to win cool prizes. You can volunteer for any organization you like or spend time helping out a neighbor in need.
Click here to join the challenge
2. Sponsor a prize for volunteers
You can also volunteer to sponsor prizes for the Volunteer Challenge, creating inspiration and additional motivation to encourage other folks to go out and do good things. It can be BIG or it can be small. Either way, it helps to spur folks into action. (Ideas: A book, gift card, game, or if you are a business owner, something that represents your business.)
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Combining the theory of traditional Chinese medicine with modern methods of Diagnosis and treatment, the department provides all kinds of medical services for diseases treatment & prevention, rehabilitation, and health regulation. It fully expresses the traditional Chinese medicine essence of holistic conception and treatment application by signs & symptoms differentiation.
The department has several national level and provincial level prominent TCM physicians, they have accumulated abundant experience in preventing and treating respiratory diseases, elementary diseases and cardiovascular diseases, such as asthma, chronic Bronchitis, coronary heart disease, hyperlipemia, chronic atrophic gastritis, pyloric infection caused by helico-bacterium, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, chronic diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, hepatitis and its related diseases. The department is also renowned for its TCM-based treatment of senile diseases. There is a research group specialized in the study of treating Senile Diseases by means of TCM which has made great progress in treating disorders such as chronic exhaustion syndrome, coronary heart disease, Sequelae of Strokes, senile osteoporosis and more.
Researcher of Advisory Committee of People's Government of Zhejiang Province, Health Consultant Expert of CPC Center Government, the only TCM doctor in Zhejiang Province specifically invited by Health Board of CPC center government, consultant of Cadre's Health of Zhejiang Health Committee, member of Professional Board of National Febrile Diseases Committee, Chairman of Geriatric Profession Committee of Zhejiang, member of council of Zhejiang Chinese Medicine Academy, editorial board member of Zhejiang Journal of Chinese Medicine, head of TCM Internal Medicine Teaching & Research Dept of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University.
Dr. Chen Yi has devoted himself in clinical Chinese medicine for 50 years, treated over 700,000 patients. He is proficient in classic Chinese medicine, had accumulated abundant clinical experience, especially in treating internal difficult and complicate cases, gastro-intestinal disease, CHD, hypertension, diabetics, Bi Syndrome, liver & gall ballades disorders, lung & bronchial diseases, refractory insomnia etc, it has been achieved marvelous effectiveness. He is also skilled in health regulation for post-chemotherapy, post radial therapy, has profound attainments in health preservation & disease prevention, and health restoration by winter paste.
Dr. Chen has been in dominating and participating in 15 clinical research projects from national, provincial and other different ministries, over 50 literatures have been published in national and provincial Chinese medical journals, edited 10 works. Meanwhile, he is also an excellent tutor, had cultivated and instructed hundreds of academic successors personally.
Dr. Xia has been working on clinical internal medicine and clinical teaching for couple of decades, has profound theoretical basis and rich clinical experience. Based on the experience inherited from his family and the experience learned from other famous TCM experts, he establishes his own unique techniques in syndrome differentiation, treatments for fever, cough, asthma, gastritis, insomnia, headache, vertigo, migraine, night sweat, coronary heart disease, as well as cholecystitis, constipation, cervical spondylosis, pain in waist and lower extremities, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, menopausal syndrome, acne, chloasma, urticaria etc, and also using paste prescription for regulating physical constitution and health preservation.
Dr. Xia is in charging and participating over 10 research projects, and also publishing more than 40 academic papers, well know in Zhejiang Province for his famous treatments and outstanding medical achievement.
Based on the theories of different notable schools of TCM, and combined with latest achievements of modern evidence-based medicine and researches, Dr. Jin established his unique and effective TCM treatment program. He also had formulated several treatment protocols for difficult?miscellaneous?diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, insomnia, anxiety, depression, metabolic syndrome (obesity, hyperlipidaemia, hypertension, diabetes), immune system disease and allergic disease, Sjogren syndrome, asthma, autoimmune hepatitis, chronic urticaria, allergic rhinitis, chronic nephritis, stroke sequelae, myocarditis sequelae, and tumor prevention and rehabilitation. He is in charging and participating numbers of provincial tasks, and published dozens of medical academic papers on national journal.
Dr. Jin is an associate professor of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University. And he has rich experiences in teaching for domestic master students and foreign TCM students from United States, Australia, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Israel, and students come from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
Dr. Long Huizhen, Associate Chief Physician of Chinese Medicine, Associate Professor, professional committee member of Internal Medicine Branch of Zhejiang Association of Chinese Medicine, professional committee member of Spleen Gastric Disease Branch of Zhejiang Association of Chinese Medicine, Chinese Medicine Committee Member of Teaching Guiding Committee of Undergraduate of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University.
Dr. Long has engaged in clinical internal medicine and clinical teaching over thirty years, had gained rich clinical and teaching experience. She is skilled in treating internal common and difficult diseases, especially in spleen gastric disease, chronic cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, cough, insomnia, recurrent oral ulceration, migraine, vertigo, coronary heart disease, and cervical spondylosis, pain in waist and lower extremities, geriatric disease, menopausal syndrome, chloasma, cancer etc. Dr. Long is also good at using paste prescription in regulating physical constitution and chronic diseases, enjoys high reputation for her excellent effectiveness. She also has in charging and participating 8 research projects, and had published more than 10 academic literatures.
Through over 20 years' TCM clinic experience, Dr. Ge is not only skilled in chronic atrophic gastritis, chronic diarrhea, insomnia, acne, menstrual disorder, menopausal syndrome, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, but also good at treating metabolic disorder diseases, like diabetes, gout, hyperlipidemia.
She is in directing and participating 6 provincial and bureau level research subjects, one of her research achievements has awarded Second Prize of Science & Technology Dept of Zhejiang Province. She has published one monograph and 10 literatures on distinguished journals.


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Istanbul, Turkey
I went to school. Then I went to school some more. Apparently, that wasn't enough so I went to school again. In school, I've learned stuff. Then I started my own tech company and it turns out that I had to forget pretty much everything I've learned in school and learn some new stuff instead.
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Top 5 Favourite Japanese Recipes to Make at Home
Japan is famous for sushi because it's so beautiful and delicious. But there's a lot more to Japanese food. Though the country is compact, the regions vary in both tradition and culinary delights. It has a culinary tradition that somehow manages to bring fashion and family together for amazing traditional dishes that blow you away in both flavour and aesthetics. So we have 5 easy Japanese recipes to help you discover Japanese cuisine right in your own kitchen.
#5 – Miso Broth
Miso is a fermented soy bean product that is used to flavour soups and sauces. On its own, it's incredibly salty and somewhat yeasty, but it brings a powerful umami note to dishes. This miso broth makes a great snack on its own, as a side like you might find on the edge of a Japanese meal, or you can add your favourite vegetables and seafood for something more hearty. I suggest nori and enoki mushrooms.
#4 – Baked Tofu with Ginger
Soy forms the basis of many Japanese dishes, whether it's as miso, natto, edamame, or soy sauce. Another soy product, tofu, is probably the second most familiar, after soy sauce. It comes in different textures and preparations making it incredibly versatile. For a healthy spin, you can try this baked version. It's full of wonderful aromatics and makes a great vegetarian option or appetiser.


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Look! Rare Photos of the "Polynesian" Interior of the Luau
Look what my pal Bonnie Daws Kourvelas has turned up — some rare interior shots of the Luau, the Polynesian-themed restaurant that stood on Poplar across from East High School. Bonnie, who atte... Read more
Take a Look at Union and Cleveland in 1949
A few days ago I received an interesting query from reader Cynthia Raleigh: "During the process of scanning my family's old photographs, I came across a collection of my Dad's photos taken whil... Read more
"Let's Do Some Kissing / Let's Do Some Loving" — Clarence Saunders' Crazy Advertising For His New Keedoozle Stores
Flipping through the pages of the Memphis Press-Scimitar on a Friday afternoon in 1939, readers were probably surprised at the headline they encountered here: "Let's Do Some Kissing, Let's Do Some ... Read more
Hugo Dixon Wartime Diaries Now Archived on Shelby County Register Website
My regular readers already know how fond I am of the Shelby County Register of Deeds website. Oh, sure, it contains plenty of great information about deeds. But it also features an entirely separat... Read more
Lost Memphis: El Capitan Club
Regular readers of this blog — mainly mental patients and state prisoners these days, judging from the letters I receive — know that I have a peculiar fascination with the old clubs and discos that... Read more


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Expression of leptin and adiponectin in the rat oviduct
Archanco M., Gómez-Ambrosi J., Tena-Sempere M., Frühbeck G., Burrell M.A.
Department of Histology and Pathology, University of Navarra, c/Irunlarrea 1, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.
Revisão:Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
Data: 1/Out/2007Área de Obesidade Endocrinologia e Nutrição [ES]
In mammals, the oviduct is an important source of factors that play key roles in reproductive and developmental events. The major components of oviduct fluid are oviduct-specific glycoproteins, but other proteins are synthesized and secreted by the oviduct epithelium.
Leptin and adiponectin are two hormones originally identified in adipocytes that play a critical role not only in the control of energy balance and metabolism but also in diverse functions such as reproduction. This study investigates the presence and distribution of leptin and adiponectin in the rat oviduct through a combination of immunohistochemistry and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction techniques. Using both techniques, it has been detected that the oviduct of cycling rats expresses leptin and adiponectin. Immunoreactivity for both adipokines appears in the apical region of the secretory epithelial cells, only in the isthmus and ampulla. The immunostain is stronger in the isthmus and changes throughout the estrous cycle in the ampulla, increasing from proestrous to estrous.
The results presented here are a further contribution to the identification of leptin and adiponectin produced and secreted by the oviduct epithelium, which must be taken into account for a better understanding of the reproductive events that take place in this organ.
CITAÇÃO DO ARTIGO J Histochem Cytochem. 2007 Oct;55(10):1027-37
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The first full weekend in NBA Free Agency came away with a few surprises. Dwight Howard turned down the bright lights of Hollywood for the slower pace of Houston when he chose the Rockets over his former squad, the Los Angeles Lakers.
Atlanta's Josh Smith decided to play for the Chicago Bulls' long-time nemesis, the Detroit Pistons, and Springfield native Andre Iguodala saw an offer rescinded by the Sacramento Kings, only to latch on with the upstart Golden State Warriors.
Closer to home, former Bulls sharpshooter Kyle Korver agreed to a multi-year deal to keep him in Atlanta with the aforementioned Hawks. Korver signed a four-year contract worth $24 million. It was rumored that Korver would sign with the Brooklyn Nets, but he decided to take more years and more money as Brooklyn offered a three-year contract worth just under $10 million.
Korver also turned down a three-year deal worth $21 million from the Milwaukee Bucks. He averaged 10.9 points while shooting 46 percent from the field, 46 percent from the three-point line and 86 percent from the free-throw line last season with the Hawks.
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I'll Be Waiting
It's been so long since I've seen your face
Yet I know soon I'll have your embrace
I'll be waiting
Waiting just for you
Life keeps afloat and my love grows and grows
You are the lightin'
I'll be wating
Waiting just for you
Oh, it's been a long, long time by
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Rhythm deep, to know the earth
Keep waiting, waiting
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I was so thrilled and honoured when the lovely Kellie Winnell from Give A Girl A... asked me to be a Guest Designer with her stamps. I used the 'You are the Best' set
To create my layout I used the April APOCD Kit (there is 1 left in the store here)
In my layout I used the banner/bunting stamps, the star, the arrows, 'my happy place' and the 'you are the best stamp'.
Layout title: Always so content
Close up of the exclusive Cherry Flair from the kit and the awesome arrows and 'my happy place' stamp.
Close up detail of the banner/bunting stamps cut out from the patterned paper and the teal stars I have stamped, LOVE LOVE LOVE the star stamp! So subtle on this layout but awesome at the same time
Close up of my gorgeous girl, but also the 'you are the best' stamp
A close up of the title work and also more of the banner/bunting stamps layered.
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April 'A Piece of Cake Designs' scrapbooking kit
Papers: Studio Calico, Jillibean Soup
Alphabet: Jillibean Soup
Embellishments; Jillibean Soup stickers, Studio Calico Chipboard Stars, Flowers, Camera washi tape
Other: Give a Girl A... 'You are the Best' stamp set, sewing machine and white thread, ek success binding edge punch, black and green archival ink, Studio Calico 2 Step mask, Studio Calico Mister Huey ink.
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The Four Hour Work Week
In The Tim Ferris show, Author of The Four Hour Work Week Tim Ferris interviews people who have been successful in their own fields and dissects down to the tactical level what has made them successful. From athletes, to actors to successful entrepreneurs, Tim uncovers what makes each of them tick and provides useful tips that you may be able to use in your own life. Warning; not all the suggestions are conventional and many are controversial.
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We believe that in order to grow you need to read, listen and have different experiences. This podcast will enable you to do just that. Follow Robin Ince and Professor Brian Cox as they provide a cheeky exploration of science, nature, maths physics, biology and the human condition.
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In order to know where we are going I believe its important to have an understanding of where we've come from. Dan Carlin's Hardcore Histories provides a different perspective on some of the significant historical events that have shaped modern day society.
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Beverly Dale
Beverly Dale is a Mississippian who was a happy and transient career Army brat in her youth. She has degrees in microbiology and biology from the University of Southern Mississippi and the University of Akron, and received her PhD in microbiology in 1983 from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Dallas (Southwestern Medical School). She retired from the health sciences industry in 2005 after a thirteen year tenure at Roche Molecular Systems in Pleasanton, CA, where a favorite customer and colleague was Bonnie Baskin, a Minnesota Yankee. At Roche Beverly was involved in both R&D and marketing/business development activities. Her work in the development and commercialization of HIV diagnostic tests during the turn-around in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the mid to late 1990's stands as one of her most satisfying professional experiences.
Since her retirement, Beverly has been involved in philanthropy, social advocacy, and politics in California, Texas, and Mississippi. She has served as a member of The University of Southern Mississippi Foundation Board of Directors from 2004-2010 and 2012-2015. Her primary interests at USM include (1) support of the very excellent and nationally regarded Dale Center for the Study of War and Society, (2) enhancement of USM programs in entrepreneurship and economic development, (3) mentoring of USM students, and (4) promotion of racial reconciliation and equity. She is a Founder and former Board member of Salix Pharmaceuticals (Palo Alto and Raleigh) and former Board Member of the ODC Dance Company in San Francisco.
Beverly is committed to progress for women and girls worldwide. She supports the Clinton Foundation's "No Ceilings" Initiative that aims to "accelerate full participation for women and girls in the 21st century." She is the West Coast Chairperson for the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders Endowment Campaign. The Ann Richards School in Austin, TX is a public/private initiative (6th – 12th grade) that specializes in STEM education and boasts 100% college acceptance for the first three graduating classes, many of these girls first in their family to attend college. Her other primary philanthropic interests include the Girl Scouts of America, and various arts organizations in Austin, including Ballet Austin, The Contemporary Austin, and the Blanton Museum.
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This question is further to my last one The correct way to configure JAAS in WildFly? The login is working correctly and I'm now trying to use @RolesAllowed to secure my EJB:
public class TestEjb {
private SessionContext sc;
public String doAdmin() {
System.out.println("Name: " + sc.getCallerPrincipal());
System.out.println("Is admin? " + sc.isCallerInRole("admin"));
return "admin";
Ideally, the doAdmin method can only be called if the user has the admin role. However, it can be invoked by any user. The strange thing is that the injected SessionContext correctly identifies the user:
11:50:48,755 INFO [stdout] (default task-12) Name: abc
11:50:48,755 INFO [stdout] (default task-12) Is admin? false
I guess I may miss some configurations in my web app. Can anyone help me resolve it?
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Exercise and Low Carb Diets Make Poor Partners
Over the last twenty five years the most common questioned asked me by frustrated exercisers, has been what exercise routine will get me the body I desire? My answer is always the same. They need to start exercising better judgement and learn that exercise alone will not solve their body composition problem. I believe the number one reason for starting an exercise program is weight reduction, even before fitness and health concerns. Exercise by itself is a poor weight manager and it increases the need for better nutritional requirements. I believe I would receive very little disagreement that a combination of nutrition and exercise is the answer to improvement in weight loss ( fat loss ), fitness and health risk concerns. With obesity reaching epidemic rates and the drop out rate of most health clubs' remaining high this article intent is to lay the foundation why exercise and low carbohydrate diet's are poor partners.
Over the last three decades I have seen extreme changes in the macro nutrients ( proteins, carbohydrates and fats ) combinations in our quests for the ideal body. Everything from high carbohydrate, low fat, high protein, to the current low carbohydrate craze has bombarded us, though the failure rates in managing our weight continue to rise. The problem lies in our bodies ability to adapt to change, especially extreme change. If your goal is to lose fat you must provide your muscle enough quality fuel without being over fueled. This is especially true if your goal to lose fat includes exercise. The secret is not found in elimination of macro nutrients, but in management of them. Understanding how to fuel your muscles prior to exercise sessions and replacing fuel after workouts is critical or your body will break down muscle for fuel.
Understanding how our muscles use the calories we eat as fuel for muscle contraction is the first step in knowing what to do and not to do. A basic nutritional knowledge tells us that proteins repair and rebuild cells, carbohydrates energize cells and fats provide hormonal foundation for cells.
When we lack balance in protein, carbohydrates and fats are bodies adjust and can use all three as a source of fuel for muscle contraction and cellular energy. Though energy is needed for all cellular function, the focus of this article is muscle contraction and body composition. All muscle contraction derives energy from adenosine triphosphate or ATP. The primary source of ATP comes from glucose, which is stored in the muscles and liver as glycogen ( glucose and water ). Muscle contraction during anaerobic activity ( resistance training ) can use glycogen directly to form ATP. The process is anaerobic glycolysis, meaning it can use the glucose as energy with very little oxygen ( 90% glucose, 5% oxygen and 5% fatty acid ).
Our muscles only store enough ATP for short periods of muscle contraction, when depleted leads to muscle failure. The rest period between weight training sets allows additional ATP to be produced. During early stages of aerobic exercise, ATP is again created primarily from glucose until the heart and lungs provide enough oxygen to the muscles to allow fatty acids to be used to create ATP. So there you have it during resistance training and the beginning stages aerobic training the primary source of fuel is glucose.
This supports my claim that low carb diets and exercise make poor partners. To uncover why, we need to quickly look at the concept behind low carb diets and how they work. Any diet that provides 100 grams or less of carbohydrate daily. This article classifies as low carb diet's. This will quickly deplete the glycogen stores in the muscle and liver. This by itself is testimony that our muscle's primary source of fuel is glucose. Fatty acids stored in the adipose tissue ( fat cells ) are now released into the blood and processed by the liver and some are turned into glucose ( gluconegenesis ) and some remain fatty acids and both provide ATP for muscle contraction. One of the by products of this process is ketone bodies which can provide energy to brain and nervous system. The problem gluconegenesis ( non glucose turned into glucose ) provides fuel to the muscle less efficiently than glycogenesis ( glucose ). The end result is increased muscle fatigue, decreased muscle power, which leads to poor athletic performance.
A recent study performed at the University of Connecticut showed that exercisers who switched from a balanced diet ( proteins, carbohydrates and fats ) to a low carb diet experience the following drop's in athletic performance. There was a 7 - 9 percent drop in muscle power and 6 percent drop in VO2 max of cardiovascular performance. Another factor to consider is the recuperation of muscle between workouts is decreased on low carb diets. So why would someone go on a low carb diet, especially when exercising? Because the initial weight loss that comes from the glycogen depletion is believed to be fat loss. We have become so focused on weight loss, that any weight loss is seen as good. As identified earlier in this article glycogen is a mixture of glucose and water and the majority are stored where? You guessed it, the muscle. A large percentage of the initial weight loss is coming from muscle loss.
I don't think any exerciser's desire is to have smaller muscles as a result of their exercising. The goal of exercise should be to improve body composition, the percentage or ratio of muscle to body fat. This can only be accomplished by losing fat without the loss of muscle tissue. Maintaining muscle mass is vital to sustainable weight control. The following steps will protect your muscles as your losing fat, while reaching your ideal weight and ideal body composition.
FAT LOSS COACH Keys to losing FAT without losing MUSCLE
1. Cycle fat burning days with recovery days.
The secret to losing fat without losing muscle starts with not being too aggressive or extreme with your reduction of carbohydrates. You need carbohydrate management, not carbohydrate elimination. Over the last 12 years, with more than 10,000 clients I've found by reducing carbohydrates by 20% of daily needs and within 48 hours replenishing the glycogen in the muscle by eating 100% of daily carbohydrate requirements, allows for fat loss, without muscle loss. In essence you have two fat burning days, then a recovery day. By doing this you'll have the best of both worlds. You will experience fat loss that averages between 1-2 pounds weekly, while muscles are being well fed. You never drastically deplete the glycogen stores in the muscle so athletic performance is not affected like on a low carb diet.
2. Exercise on days where you are receiving more carbohydrates.
Exercising on days where muscle are getting more carbohydrates for fuel and taking days off from exercise when you are being aggressive about fat loss. One of the most difficult thoughts for exercisers to accept is that most of the results from exercise come when we are not exercising. They come after we exercise and in direct response to how the muscles receive nutrition after exercise.
3. Exercise 1.5 - 2 hours after eating when blood sugar levels and insulin levels are slowly declining.
As insulin levels increase in response to a rise in blood sugar after a meal, the cells are in an anabolic state ( receiving nutrients ). Insulin is the hormone that feeds are cells. As blood sugar levels drop, insulin levels drop and the pancreas produces the hormone glucagon and nutrients stored in the fat cells are released to the blood and used for energy. The management of this blood sugar rise and drop is important. If blood sugar levels go to high insulin feeds the muscle cells and deposits excess into fat cells. If insulin levels go too low, the muscle cells are being under fed. A slow rise in blood sugar provides good nutrition to the muscles and a slow drop allows glucagon to take from the fat cells. Timing your exercise to this blood sugar decline allows the muscles to receive from the fat cells more effectively. It is important to never exercise without having at least one meal left in your day so that muscles can recuperate from exercise.
Final Thoughts
Long term success managing weight starts with the right approach. If you are overweight, the real problem is that you have too much body fat for how much muscle you possess. A body composition solution is needed, not just a weight loss diet. Your goal should be to lose fat without losing muscle or sacrificing your health in the process. To maintain your results your eating habits must develop life long character. Low carbohydrate diets provide initial weight loss, but at the high cost of losingmuscle and reducing metabolism. They are inadequate sources of fuel to support exercise activity, which is vital in maintaining good health. The risks to your health long term makes low carbohydrate diet's poor solutions for life long weight management.
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Fast Weight Loss for Special Occasions
Losing weight quickly is not advisable as most of the loss will be muscle tissue and water; you put on the weight slowly (usually over years) so normally you should take it off slowly and then you will know that the majority of the loss will be body fat.But you have a problem here and the clock is ticking so you will have to diet pretty hard to meet your target weight loss.
Stress Eating & Unbearable Cravings
It's common to respond to stress by distracting yourself with your favorite comfort foods. Here are some ideas for healthier ways to cope when you're under pressure:1.
Diet Preparaton -- The Impact of Sleep and Stress
When you have started a diet in the past, how much sincere and attentive focus did you give to preparing for your diet? Isn't it true that usually you are getting the food together a particular diet requires, buying yet another tread mill (or hauling out the old one covered in dust from the last diet), getting another gym membership, planning that last big blowout gluttonous meal you're going to eat because you are going to have to starve for the next eight weeks. The above really isn't an exaggeration.
Weight Loss Myths
Every regime has its supply of useless folk lore and half-truths that gets passed on down the line from person to person. But I'd put weight loss up against any of them for what has to be the most time wasting and even the most dangerous myths out there.
Teenage Weight Loss -- How Teenagers Can Safely Lose Weight
Teenagers with body mass indices between 25 and 30 require immediate medical attention. The internal stress caused from so much weight almost guarantees the premature development of medical problems such as diabetes, heart disease, cancers, and stroke.
Calculate Your BMI - Do You Need to Lose Weight?
There are a few different ways to determine if you are overweight. Underwater weighing, computerized topography and measurement of skin folds with calipers can be the most accurate ways to measure fat.
Weight Loss: Why Do 98% of People Fail on a Diet and How to Avoid this Easily
Everybody knows that 98% of dieters fail. But do you know exactly why does this happen?To understand this, let's probe a little deeper into the working of your own body.
Secrets of Gastric Bypass Surgery: Lose Weight Without Surgery
There's more to gastric bypass than surgery and rapid massive weight loss. Patients who undergo weight loss surgery (WLS) sign-up for a lifetime of rigid behaviors to guarantee their long-term success.
10 Tips for Dining Out
There is no doubt about it; Americans are eating in restaurants more often than ever before. In 1970 Americans spent just 26% of their food dollars on restaurant meals.
Close Kept Secrets to Weight Loss Lesson #12
Are you just exploding with the presence of light all around you? Isn't it awesome when you take time out for yourself, how amazing you feel? Just keep believing in yourself and the miracles will keep happening. The right people will show up and the right opportunities will show up.
The Right Diet Pill - Where Do You Begin?
The right diet pill should be carefully considered when deciding how much weight you are looking to lose. More importantly, it is necessary to consider how you will keep the weight off once your targeted weight is achieved.
Weight Loss: Where to find Hidden Calories
If you have been eating as usual and the pounds seem to be creeping on - you could be a victim of hidden calories.When we are busy, stressed or focused on something else we reach for convenient snacks that are usually high in fat.
Ultimate Weight Loss: Fight Fat and Win
As if you needed another reason to hit the snooze button, recent study concluded that your odds of being overweight are 24% lower for each additional hour you sleep. That's great and all, but what are those of us who work 50 hours a week on top of training and watching reruns on TV supposed to do with such findings?Now there are different ways you can lose weight while you sleep.
Excess Weight - Is It Going To Kill You?
For many years, the experts, including our government have been telling Americans that obesity is a leading cause of preventable deaths. For example, as recently as January, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) ranked obesity as the second leading cause of preventable death, and estimated that about 365,000 Americans died as the result of obesity every year.
Keen To Be Lean? - Some Metabolic Musings
Metabolism is the process by which your body changes food into living tissue and changes living tissue into energy and waste products. Metabolic Rate is the speed at which the body uses energy (burns calories.
How to Find Your Ideal Body Weight Part II
Body Mass Index (BMI)Body Mass Index is an accurate indicator of surplus body fat than kilos or pounds. It is a mathematical ratio of height to weight that can be linked with body composition (or body fat percentage) and with indices of health risk.
The Cheapest Way To Stop Eating Junk Food and Start Finding Your Ideal Weight Again
Your health is your responsibility. As a human being, you have the choice to put in your stomach whatever you want.
Weight Loss and Dieting Secrets - What You DONT Want to Know!
Some of you will not like what I have to say, even though it is the truth. And that may be where the problem of American's health problems lies.
Feeling Tired? Cant Lose Weight? Tap Into Protein Power!
You're always hungry right? The last thing you have time for is to plan meals ahead. Don't despair, you body was designed to be refueled continually.
Benefits Of Exercise Videos For Weight Loss
I asked my sister to come to my gym with a guest pass. She replied something to the effect of "I am in no shape to go to the gym".
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