For New Year's resolution-ists, new eating and exercise plans have either proven their worth or fizzled out by now. The desperate search for the perfect path to health continues for many, be they a competitive athlete reaching for a personal record, or just someone looking to cut back on their daily frappuccinos from Starbucks.Unfortunately, magazine and book publishers, authors, health clubs, food marketing agencies, and personal trainers have figured out how to turn the public's hyper-focus on health into a pretty penny.
As a result, supermarket stocks of high-priced "health food" items have multiplied, virtually every magazine in the checkout aisles makes some claim about weight-loss magic and bookstores give best-selling diet books a special table all to themselves.The definitions of popular diets are easily digestible: vegetarians avoid meat, vegans avoid all animal products —including eggs, milk, cheese and even honey for the hard-core—, raw-ists can't eat anything that has been heated above about 115 degrees Fahrenheit, and people following the Paleolithic diet avoid anything that presumably wasn't available to members of a hunter-gatherer society.
Inundated with all of these different options, what's a health-conscious but critically-minded Hopkins student to do? Credible, data-driven information about any of these highly-advertised diets is usually difficult to find; even for those who do have access to academic research in health and nutrition, the science can be difficult to interpret. Ann McDermott, an associate professor of human nutrition at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, encounters this issue on a daily basis.
2013年2月28日 星期四
2013年2月26日 星期二
Appling animal shelter ordered to close
Columbia County's largest private animal rescue group is being shut down after the Georgia Department of Agriculture revoked its operating license.Happy Tails Rescue, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary,Animatronic Paraceratherium, has until late March to find homes for the 38 dogs housed at the rescue's Appling facility, said Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Mary Katherin Yearta.
"We issued a stop order to them, and right now they have 30 days to find homes for the animals," Yearta said. "The case is still open, Fiberglass Animals Mammoth-Display Item,and we are still in the process of working with them."The action resulted from violations Happy Tails failed to correct, Yearta said."It's like a witch hunt," contended Barbara Gleitsmann, who operates Happy Tails adjacent to her home. "They are just relentless."
Agriculture inspectors have been visiting the property since last summer, alleging different minor violations each time, she said."Every time they come around, they find something else," Gleitsmann said, including complaining about cobwebs, rust on cages and improper lighting.She insisted that none of the allegations involved treatment of the animals at the shelter.Yearta said she couldn't discuss the findings while the case is under review.
"We issued a stop order to them, and right now they have 30 days to find homes for the animals," Yearta said. "The case is still open, Fiberglass Animals Mammoth-Display Item,and we are still in the process of working with them."The action resulted from violations Happy Tails failed to correct, Yearta said."It's like a witch hunt," contended Barbara Gleitsmann, who operates Happy Tails adjacent to her home. "They are just relentless."
Agriculture inspectors have been visiting the property since last summer, alleging different minor violations each time, she said."Every time they come around, they find something else," Gleitsmann said, including complaining about cobwebs, rust on cages and improper lighting.She insisted that none of the allegations involved treatment of the animals at the shelter.Yearta said she couldn't discuss the findings while the case is under review.
2013年2月20日 星期三
Dallas Animal Shelter showing improvements
The vibe at Wednesday morning's Dallas Animal Shelter briefing was as warm and fuzzy at times as the kitten and dog photos in the City Council presentation. That hasn't been the case in recent years.Previously, talk of the shelter might have turned to alienated staff, the indictment of a top shelter official, inadequate animal care or the dismal euthanasia rate. Today, the numbers at least appear to be moving in the right direction.
The shelter set a record for numbers of adoptions (4,771) for the 2011-12 fiscal year – 2,000 more than a year earlier. The shelter took in about 1,000 fewer animals than the previous year, but calls for service have been steadyDallas' live release rate increased from 28.4 percent to 33.9 percent, which is another record for the shelter. That number includes adoptions, returns to owners and animals taken in by private groups.
If you flip that number, that still mean that nearly two-thirds of the animals are euthanized, but that's a significant improvement. That live release rate was as low as 19 percent in 2007-08.That rate was even better in December when it increased to 53.6 percent and 677 animals were adopted, both new records.Council member Delia Jasso praised animal services manager Jody Jones, the Dallas Animal Services Commission and others who have worked to turn around the shelter in the past few year. Jasso helped organize the Dallas Loves Animals advisory committee to promote responsible pet ownership.
The shelter set a record for numbers of adoptions (4,771) for the 2011-12 fiscal year – 2,000 more than a year earlier. The shelter took in about 1,000 fewer animals than the previous year, but calls for service have been steadyDallas' live release rate increased from 28.4 percent to 33.9 percent, which is another record for the shelter. That number includes adoptions, returns to owners and animals taken in by private groups.
If you flip that number, that still mean that nearly two-thirds of the animals are euthanized, but that's a significant improvement. That live release rate was as low as 19 percent in 2007-08.That rate was even better in December when it increased to 53.6 percent and 677 animals were adopted, both new records.Council member Delia Jasso praised animal services manager Jody Jones, the Dallas Animal Services Commission and others who have worked to turn around the shelter in the past few year. Jasso helped organize the Dallas Loves Animals advisory committee to promote responsible pet ownership.
2013年2月18日 星期一
The discipline of traditional archery
Traditional archery is an acquired taste. It requires a sense of discipline to develop a reasonable level of skill, but It is because of this degree of difficulty that some of us find it so compelling.Traditional archery includes a separate and distinct division called primitive archery. Traditional archery may encompass laminated bows made of wood, bamboo, fiberglass or combinations of wood and any one or more of the other components. These bows are either longbows or recurves. Primitive bows are usually selfbows that may be longbows or recurves. Selfbows are bows made from a single piece of wood.
There are many woods that make serviceable bows. Some of these are osage orange, hickory, yew, China Entertainment Dinosaur models,black locust, and a number of others. The trick is to fashion these bows in a manner to incorporate the qualities of a good bow with lots of cast. A primitive bow can be fashioned with an axe, a rasp and sandpaper. Of course, modern tools such as a band saw can speed up the operation.
Archery has become a topic of conversation and an interest of many due to being brought to the forefront by the media in movies such as The Hunger Games,Artificial Parasaurolophus-Dinosaurs Model. In addition, a kid's movie Braves has enlisted the interest of many young kids in archery. These are by no means the only movies or media to jump on the archery bandwagon. It seems to be a hot subject today.
There are many woods that make serviceable bows. Some of these are osage orange, hickory, yew, China Entertainment Dinosaur models,black locust, and a number of others. The trick is to fashion these bows in a manner to incorporate the qualities of a good bow with lots of cast. A primitive bow can be fashioned with an axe, a rasp and sandpaper. Of course, modern tools such as a band saw can speed up the operation.
Archery has become a topic of conversation and an interest of many due to being brought to the forefront by the media in movies such as The Hunger Games,Artificial Parasaurolophus-Dinosaurs Model. In addition, a kid's movie Braves has enlisted the interest of many young kids in archery. These are by no means the only movies or media to jump on the archery bandwagon. It seems to be a hot subject today.
2013年2月6日 星期三
Fiberglass Planters Ideal Way to Add Beauty To Our Residential Spaces
Planting trees, shrubs, flourishingplants etc, on the ground they take a lot of space and often times can be boring to look at. Thanks to container gardening that allows you to maximize your space. This is as well the best alternative to make your garden more eye- catching and enticing. You can pick from the usual pots made of either terra cotta or plastic, to customized windowboxes. Homeowners or residential owners prefer residential planters to embellish their interior and exterior areas.
But before you make a choice, always check its advantages and disadvantages. Example, pots made of terra cotta may not be fairly blown away on a breezy day but it eats up much water. Thus, you need to water the plants more often or otherwise your plants will wilt. Pots made of plastic on the other hand, tends to snap over time. Consequently, rubbing off the soil from the container and maintaining your plant hydrated will be a challenge since there is nothing in the container will hold the water.
Fiberglass planters are flexible and you can create countless designs out of them. You can design them in assorted styles and make them look like other materials. The good example would be the vintage cast stone that are most recognize because they are not as big as the real ones and the value is cheaper. In addition, these planters can be made to look like they are made of wood, terra cotta and modern composite materials. Fiberglass is even now gaining more distinction because they can resist time and weather and it easily relocate from one place to another.
2013年2月5日 星期二
Sphere gives lessons in weather, astronomy, more at Science Museum
The South Florida Science Museum has the world in its hands.Crews have installed Science on a Sphere, a 6-foot globe developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in the museum. Dinosaur Fossil Replica Landscape-Triceratops Skeleton,Using four projectors and a set of computers, the 200-pound suspended fiberglass globe synchronizes and blends animated images of topography, climate change, ocean temperature, animal migration patterns and more from environmental data gathered from across the world.
One program, Whirling Weather, was developed to teach school children about hurricanes through more than 300 sets of interactive data. Some illustrate features of the sun and the planets in our solar system."People will soon be able to walk up to the Science on a Sphere and select their own preferred program from a menu at the kiosk. It might be hurricanes, Simulation dinosaur replica suppliers,it might be Venus," said Palm Beacher Lewis Crampton, the Science Museum's chief executive officer. Museum staff will guide guests through half the programs, while recorded audio will accompany others, Crampton said.
Tyler Saavedra visited the museum Tuesday with his sixth-grade class at Franklin Academy, a charter school in Pembroke Pines."I think it was very interesting," Saavedra said. "I learned a lot. Some of the words I didn't understand but it was cool how they showed Earth and Mercury and all that."The sphere debuted Saturday. Exhibit designer Anthony Luadi plans to add comfortable built-in seating, instructive signs and graphic wall art to the circular space.A $240,000 grant from the Quantum Foundation of West Palm Beach paid for the sphere, the only such NOAA educational globe at a museum in South Florida.
One program, Whirling Weather, was developed to teach school children about hurricanes through more than 300 sets of interactive data. Some illustrate features of the sun and the planets in our solar system."People will soon be able to walk up to the Science on a Sphere and select their own preferred program from a menu at the kiosk. It might be hurricanes, Simulation dinosaur replica suppliers,it might be Venus," said Palm Beacher Lewis Crampton, the Science Museum's chief executive officer. Museum staff will guide guests through half the programs, while recorded audio will accompany others, Crampton said.
Tyler Saavedra visited the museum Tuesday with his sixth-grade class at Franklin Academy, a charter school in Pembroke Pines."I think it was very interesting," Saavedra said. "I learned a lot. Some of the words I didn't understand but it was cool how they showed Earth and Mercury and all that."The sphere debuted Saturday. Exhibit designer Anthony Luadi plans to add comfortable built-in seating, instructive signs and graphic wall art to the circular space.A $240,000 grant from the Quantum Foundation of West Palm Beach paid for the sphere, the only such NOAA educational globe at a museum in South Florida.
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