Lava Mae: Creating Showers on Wheels for the Homeless (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsf7B2QTYM1ManeZ8M9X7TIlAHLOY9x5TW8gXwXt1PoOkfREXqBHb-gjrKsK3O5eiIRcqvnT_yfleZj8l8pGclONSa24Yt0bh_qlYRVrEsgRzlGi7S8Hj3NFqcK6vstfm_06OhaNH3yaw/s1600/HT_san_francisco_homeless_showers_lava_mae_sk_131115_16x9_608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsf7B2QTYM1ManeZ8M9X7TIlAHLOY9x5TW8gXwXt1PoOkfREXqBHb-gjrKsK3O5eiIRcqvnT_yfleZj8l8pGclONSa24Yt0bh_qlYRVrEsgRzlGi7S8Hj3NFqcK6vstfm_06OhaNH3yaw/s320/HT_san_francisco_homeless_showers_lava_mae_sk_131115_16x9_608.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">San Francisco, unofficially dubbed one of the homeless capitals of the U.S., counts nearly 6,500 homeless people in 2013, according to recent city numbers, with 4,300 people living on the street.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Among the many problems the homeless face is little or no access to showers. San Francisco only has about 16 to 20 shower stalls to accommodate them.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But Doniece Sandoval has made it her mission to change that.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Homelessness is something you can’t really miss in San Francisco,” the 51-year-old former marketing executive told ABC News.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">She started Lava Mae, a sort of showers on wheels, a new project that aims to turn decommissioned city buses into shower stations for the homeless.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“One day I passed a woman in the street and she was very dirty and basically crying, and I heard her say that she would never be clean. There’s obviously a lot of layers to that but I was wondering what her opportunities were to actually get clean,” Sandoval said.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">She also said the gentrification of her San Francisco neighborhood had pushed people, including her neighbor, onto the street.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“His name was Mr. Earl and he was a Vietnam vet – a lovely man. At the time I would walk my daughter and he’d stop and chat with us. About two years ago he was evicted and ended up on the street. The last time we saw him was about six months ago. He was just in really bad shape,” she said. “We just realized that this shouldn’t be happening. These are human beings.”</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sandoval was inspired to ditch her marketing career and start Lava Mae. The project has already been welcomed with open arms in the city.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has donated one bus for the cause and is willing to donate three more in the future if the project succeeds. Sandoval hopes the first bus will be able to hit the road in March.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Public Utilities Commission has also agreed to let the buses plug into fire hydrants around the city if Lava Mae pays for the water.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">One of Lava Mae’s biggest supporters is Bevan Dufty, the director of Housing Opportunity, Partnerships & Engagement under the mayor of San Francisco.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“For people who are unhoused, access to showers is very difficult.  Shower buses are something that could potentially be deployed in response to an emergency, so it is relevant to all San Franciscans,” Dufty said. “Doniece has done an incredible job as a citizen who cares about helping the poor.  We are very excited to see Lava Mae become real next year.”</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Each bus will have two shower stations and Sandoval expects that by 2015, they’ll be able to provide 2000 showers a week.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The project is currently $80,000 short of its first year’s budget of $365,000 and is run on donations. Lava Mae has a fiscal sponsorship through the nonprofit ZERO 1, The Art and Technology Network, but hopes to apply for its own nonprofit status next year.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">To learn more about Lava Mae, visit the website at <a href="http://www.lavamae.org/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); color: #2e538f; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.lavamae.org/</a>.</div></div>

Lava Mae: Creating Showers on Wheels for the Homeless (BLOG)

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How Personal Wellness Coaching Can Change Your Life

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Tara Daniels</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>When a person is serious about achieving their personal goals, they often times will get help to do so. They will do this by getting personal wellness coaching from an experienced wellness coach who has a proven track record. Often times, it takes a person a while to realize that they cannot do it alone. When that time comes, that help will be there waiting for them.<br /> <br /> Losing weight and maintaining it is a very popular reason people hire a personal wellness coach. Some people may only need help in helping them stick to an exercise program they are trying to complete. Others may want to get that body builder look and want to increase their strength. It really does not matter what a person's goal is. Their coach will do everything that they can to help them reach that goal.<br /> <br /> Sticking to a diet and working out will not only help a person look good, they will also feel good. By eating healthy and participating in a regular exercise program a person will have life long health benefits. A coach will make sure that their client achieves these goals.<br /> <br /> If a person is close by, a coach will work with them in person. If they are too far away, the personal coaching will be done by other means such as the telephone and Internet. Much of the discussion will be about a clients personal feelings and what needs to be done to reach their goals. The coach will motivate their client through motivation and other strategies they use in their line of work.<br /> <br /> Most questions will be asked during the very beginning of the program. This is because the coach will want to know exactly what their client's mind set is. Everyone is different and a coach must know how a person is to see what the best strategy is to work with them. They'll want to know why a person waited as long as they have to get serious about reaching their goals and will want to know how committed a person is in reaching those goals.<br /> <br /> Whenever a week goes by, the coach will point out the great things that a person did the previous week. Motivation and praising is very important to help someone achieve their goals. They will also bring up any difficulties that a person had during the week and will work out a strategy to help overcome those difficulties.<br /> <br /> These coaches are experts and will sometimes have to use scientific methods to help a person out. Even if a person is taking baby steps toward their goal, the coach will make sure that the goals are reached. They are going to see to it that their client lives the healthiest life possible.<br /> <br /> <A href="http://www.impacthealthyedge.com">Personal wellness coaching</A> will put anyone on the right track to a healthy lifestyle. They will learn what to, and how to, prioritize things in their life. This will lead to the living a life that is beneficial to their well being.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>When you are looking for effective <a href="http://www.impacthealthyedge.com/weight-loss-colorado-springs.html">personal wellness coaching</a>, visit the web pages online today. You can see details at http://www.impacthealthyedge.com/weight-loss-colorado-springs.html now.</div><br /> </div><br />

How Personal Wellness Coaching Can Change Your Life

By Tara Daniels When a person is serious about achieving their personal goals, they often times will get help to do so. They will do this ...

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How the Grinch Steals Christmas: He Tracks Your Kid Online (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0V8Mr5DDBVRRWPFTfh_M15B6Opls0KhhUnrtwhSQbiz_HPKFvKNoKPrAa1NruO0QT5AtDimevXFf2UIjqCHLVSlW7j32CxXIZTtwzsghxWP-7p6tfXpUSTp78IG9x9x2vs3DDBLcqkI/s1600/GTY_teenager_computer_facebook_sk_131219_16x9t_608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0V8Mr5DDBVRRWPFTfh_M15B6Opls0KhhUnrtwhSQbiz_HPKFvKNoKPrAa1NruO0QT5AtDimevXFf2UIjqCHLVSlW7j32CxXIZTtwzsghxWP-7p6tfXpUSTp78IG9x9x2vs3DDBLcqkI/s320/GTY_teenager_computer_facebook_sk_131219_16x9t_608.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, 'arial sans-serif'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">In Dr. Seuss' timeless tale, the Grinch had to wait until all of Whoville was asleep, tie his dog to a sled and slink down a few too-tight chimneys in order to steal Christmas from the Whos. In 2013, all a savvy criminal needs to do is follow your kids on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Vine, Foursquare, Google+ and/or Snapchat to figure out when the coast is clear.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, 'arial sans-serif'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">There have been enough publicized cases (and <a href="http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7Ojv/farmers-insurance-the-more-you-know" style="color: #2e538f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">even one insurance commercial</a>) for most adults to know that publishing the details of your comings and goings for the world's perusal (and approval) can lead to more than just the jealousy of a few frenemies. Yet hardly a day goes by that you can't log into one of those services and see your "friends" talking about airport delays, creating their own vacation trip hashtags or Instagramming pictures of where they are – thereby letting the world at large know where they aren't.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, 'arial sans-serif'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">And if adults can't resist, you know teenagers can't.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, 'arial sans-serif'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">With Facebook's new rules allowing children under 18 to publish publicly-visible updates to the world, let alone myriad other social media services that allow your kids to brag to the virtual world about their IRL-activities, it doesn't matter how circumspect you think you are being about your holiday travel plans if you don't educate your kids to do the same.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, 'arial sans-serif'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">So how do you get your kid to be a little more private in public? As anyone who has ever parented a teenager knows, an outright ban isn't going to work – and any kid who is savvy with their privacy settings can lock you out even as they broadcast to the world. So here are some starting points for that conversation.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, 'arial sans-serif'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">-ABCNews</div></div>

How the Grinch Steals Christmas: He Tracks Your Kid Online (BLOG)

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Sales Reveal Americans’ Love of Diet Beverages Going Flat (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuovqtsn7VNkasM2eD-Rf2AkOOrOm94fA4Z2WeIhaddmelnNg-pFDPCIq0DiPLuJux5elUBwvHKOGnY7-eNrDbCZCVjHWukaEqdZ_r6BU746_lKmxfLoPt0g536A_ueMuwHoAjYi4I8M/s1600/111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuovqtsn7VNkasM2eD-Rf2AkOOrOm94fA4Z2WeIhaddmelnNg-pFDPCIq0DiPLuJux5elUBwvHKOGnY7-eNrDbCZCVjHWukaEqdZ_r6BU746_lKmxfLoPt0g536A_ueMuwHoAjYi4I8M/s320/111.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In the ’80s and ’90s, diet soft drinks lent new fizz to the soda wars.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Advertisements featuring the world’s most famous athletes and sexiest supermodels touted beverages that offered great taste and fewer calories. America was hooked.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But new sales figures now suggest that America’s love affair with diet soda may have lost its pop.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“We used to say, ‘I’m drinking diet. It’s fine.’ But these days it’s becoming a little bit of a guilty confession in my office,” said nutritionist Rachel Bell, author of “Eat to Lose, Eat to Win.”</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nowadays, she said, clients are more apt to say: “I eat generally OK but I have to confess I drink diet soda.”</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong>For nine straight years, sales of carbonated beverages have been dropping.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For the last three years, the dropoff in diet soda sales has been steeper than for regular soft drinks — zero and low-calorie beverages have been down nearly 7 percent in the last year, while regular, full-calorie soda has been down a little more than 2 percent, according to <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/12/beer-diet-soda-sales-in-mystery-decline/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); color: #2e538f; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Wells Fargo research</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio found that test subjects who drank two or more diet soft drinks a day saw their waist lines grow five times faster than those who did not drink diet soda.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In August, Coca-Cola published its first ad defending diet sodas, specifically those containing sugar substitutes such as aspartame as sales of diet sodas plummeted and people turned to flavored water.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The company was on a campaign to re-assure people that artificial sweeteners are safe even though<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/w_DietAndFitness/sweet-nothings-artificial-sweeteners-splenda-equal-sweetn-low/story?id=16548908" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); color: #2e538f; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">the Food and Drug Administration reviewed more than 200 studies</a> (some industry funded) on aspartame in 2007 and found no reason to issue warnings or pull it from the market.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Our industry believes in the soft-drink business and sees opportunity for continued innovation and growth,” said the American Beverage Association.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The beverages seeing the biggest growth these days are energy drinks, as well as good, old-fashioned water.</div><div><br /></div></div>

Sales Reveal Americans’ Love of Diet Beverages Going Flat (BLOG)

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Why Opt For The Personal Trainer Lafayette

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Patricia Neill</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>A professional fitness trainer is a benefit to have no matter what your present level of workout is. They will be able to guide you on the most appropriate routes that is going to lead you to your chosen fitness goal, while at the same time ensuring that you never put yourself in harm's way.<br /> <br /> Many people have chosen to have a personal trainer Lafayette for many various reasons, one of which includes the fact that Lafayette is a city that is teeming with workout opportunities like state of the art fitness centers and workout clubs. Here are some of the other more common reasons:<br /> <br /> Top Reasons To Have Your Very Own Personal Trainer Lafayette<br /> <br /> 1. You Will Never Be Put In Deliberate Danger.<br /> <br /> A professional personal trainer Lafayette is well-trained in the art of helping people become physically fit. As this also includes being aware of the dangers involved when it comes to exercising, any personal trainer worth his salt would also be careful in the limits of the human body. While he or she may encourage you to do better and reach higher levels, he or she will never force you to do activities that are inherently dangerous.<br /> <br /> 2. You Will Find It Harder To Get Bored.<br /> <br /> Boredom is one of the main killers of the passion for exercise. While it is all too easy to start off your newly planned exercise regimen, eventually the monotony and lack of change will wear you down. A personal trainer Lafayette aids to combat this dreadful experience by using his or her vast knowledge and experience. A varied routine not only keeps you interested but also makes sure that your body is working out properly.<br /> <br /> 3. You Will Reach Your Goals Quicker.<br /> <br /> The combination of useful information, advice and constant help are undoubtedly factors that help increase your speed towards becoming physically fit. A person alone may still achieve the same results. However, it has been found more often than not that it takes much longer, particularly if said person is untrained in the world of exercise. While it is generally cheaper, most people prefer to take advantage of having their own fitness trainer to guide them and make sure that they stay safe.<br /> <br /> 4. You Will Have Access To A Variety Of Tips And Useful Information.<br /> <br /> Another perk in having your own personal trainer Lafayette is that you will be able to have someone who is knowledgeable about exercising to help you decide in what you want to achieve and how you want to achieve it. Some people find themselves more inclined to research on their own. However, it takes a lot of time and effort to find the information being searched for, and as each fact tends to have many different opinions, it is all too easy to become confused on what to do. Your personal trainer will be able to help you sort through the mess of information and give you straight pieces of advice that are easy to follow.<br /> <br /> So these are the leading reasons why you should hire a personal trainer Lafayette. If ever you're in need of workout advice, be sure to get in touch with one.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Becoming in good shape with the aid of <a href="http://www.theperfectworkout.com/personal-trainer-lafayette/">Personal Trainer Cupertino</a> not just boosts your own physique but furthermore your health as well. The advantages that you can get from <a href="http://www.theperfectworkout.com/personal-trainer-cupertino/">Personal Trainer Lafayette</a> are limitless.</div><br /> </div><br />

Why Opt For The Personal Trainer Lafayette

By Patricia Neill A professional fitness trainer is a benefit to have no matter what your present level of workout is. They will be able t...

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Is Cardio Better Before Weights Or Afterwards?

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Russ Howe</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Should you do cardio before or after weights? This is a question on the lips of many gym members around the world who are trying to figure out how to lose weight. Yet despite the conclusive proof which is already available, it remains something which confuses most people.<br /> <br /> Today you will discover the facts behind the answer to this question. <br /> <br /> Conflicting information is everywhere, particularly on the gym floor. What works for one person might not work for the next person and this causes confusion. Most people falsely believe that doing aerobic activity after a training session is a superior way to increase fat loss and lean muscle growth. Today you will discover the answer based upon scientific research, rather than gym opinions.<br /> <br /> Pre workout aerobic activity certainly sounds better when you consider hitting the gym with your legs already zapped from cardio, of course, but the latest scientific research on the subject puts a whole different spin on this topic.<br /> <br /> When there is conclusive scientific evidence on a subject available, you have no reason to follow myths or train with a trial and error approach. During cardiovascular exercise and resistance training, the human body increases the release of two very significant enzymes which can make or break your results to a certain degree. The first of those is m-TOR, which we will be looking at first.<br /> <br /> You may have seen that name, m-TOR, plastered across the pages of muscle building magazines in the past. That's because it is the enzyme your body releases in increased volume following a tough workout. It is the enzyme which is considered the 'key' to 'turning on' the post workout muscle building recovery phase. So if you are trying to build lean muscle in the gym (and who isn't?) then it makes sense to take increased m-TOR release very, very seriously. Ideally, you want to be in a state of increased m-TOR release for as long as possible after each and every workout.<br /> <br /> When you do cardiovascular activity the body releases an enzyme called AMPK instead. This helps the body adapt to aerobic exercise.<br /> <br /> Here is the real kicker - AMPK release blunts m-TOR release significantly!<br /> <br /> So now you should be beginning to see that the last thing you should be doing following a hard resistance training session is jumping on an upright cycle and peddling for an hour! In doing so, your body will be forcing itself to wipe out much of the increased m-TOR release you caused by training with weights.<br /> <br /> Further studies have since gone on to reveal that pre workout cardiovascular activity does not zap your muscles of strength either. It impacts only the muscles which are involved during the cardio itself, so for example a bike would impact your legs. To get full benefit from increased m-TOR, common sense would decree that you should be avoiding post workout cardio and to avoid ruining your ability with weights on leg days simply drop cardio from your routine here.<br /> <br /> Learning how to lose weight can be a confusing path, with many conflicting opinions often causing confusion along the way. The next time somebody asks should you do cardio before or after weights, you can help the with the latest scientific research rather than gym myths.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Author blog: Russ Howe PTI is a famously sought-after <a href="http://www.russhowepti.com">south shields personal trainer</a> featured by fitness tv. Read his full guide on the differences of performing <a href="http://www.russhowepti.com/should-you-do-cardio-before-or-after-weights">cardio before or after weights</a> for a complete guide to this subject.</div><br /> </div><br />

Is Cardio Better Before Weights Or Afterwards?

By Russ Howe Should you do cardio before or after weights? This is a question on the lips of many gym members around the world who are try...

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Begin Your Anti-Aging Regimen Early To Age Gracefully And Beautifully

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Getting A Great Sports Personal Trainer San Jose

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Dee C. Williams</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Getting a personal trainer San Jose isn't that hard. The web is full of details about various personal trainers, training centers and gyms that provide personal training. But because there are a lot of personal trainers from the city, you should make sure that you are employing the best one for you.<br /> <br /> Because not all personal trainers offer the same kind of training and don't have a similar expertise as someone else does, you have to make sure that you are hiring the one that can present you with the correct training that you need so that you can achieve your primary goal in an safe and effective way.<br /> <br /> Finding the Right Sports Personal Trainer<br /> <br /> Below are great tips regarding how to find the best personal trainer San Jose that will best suit your requirements and your goals.<br /> <br /> * Right Kind of Certifications<br /> <br /> When hiring the best sports trainer, you need to think about the certifications that the preferred personal fitness trainer has. Because this will indicate the line of expertise that your trainer specializes in, you will be able to find out whether your chosen personal fitness trainer fits your needs.<br /> <br /> A few of the certifications that you would like your chosen personal fitness trainer to have are certification from the American Council on Exercise or ACE and National Academy of Sports Medicine or NASM. This will make sure that your preferred personal trainer San Jose has truly undergone training and seminars that are specifically built for sports trainers.<br /> <br /> * Can Customize Workout Programs for you<br /> <br /> You should also take note of the approach of the personal fitness trainer that you would like to employ to the trainings that she or he gives to their clients. Customized trainings and workout programs should not be out of the question for any sports fitness trainer. Because customized workout and diet programs are some of the most important things about personal training, your chosen personal fitness trainer should be able to provide it for you.<br /> <br /> Knowing how to produce a customized workout and diet plan will even enable you to determine whether your personal trainer San Jose is very knowledgeable in his type of work.<br /> <br /> * Should Have a Background in Sports<br /> <br /> Your selected personal trainer should also be quite familiar with sports and should have played the type of sport that she or he focuses on. This can make sure that he or she knows what he is doing and knows the sport well. After all, nobody wants to become trained by someone who's bad in the sport.<br /> <br /> It is ideal to select a personal trainer who plays or have played the sport that you want to improve on to ensure that they might provide you with insights, techniques and strategies which you can use to enhance your game play. Having an experienced personal fitness trainer on your chosen sport will also allow you to have a common passion with your trainer, which will make your professional relationship better and make your trainings easier and much more enjoyable for the two of you.<br /> <br /> Fitness instructors shouldn't only learn things from academies as well as training centers. They should also have desire for the sport that they're teaching their customers so that they can efficiently implement the techniques and the knowledge that they have learned and developed to increase the service quality that they provide for their customers.<br /> <br /> So, when selecting a sports personal trainer San Jose, make sure that you are going for someone who is not only knowledgeable but can also be enthusiastic about your selected sport and also the things that are based on the game that you want to improve on.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Getting in great shape with the help of <a href="http://www.theperfectworkout.com/personal-trainer-san-jose/">blog url</a> not only enhances your own entire body but also your health as well. The benefits that you can obtain from <a href="https://plus.google.com/106004061680121716759/about?gl=US&hl=en-US">visit the site</a> are countless.</div><br /> </div><br />

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<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Jill Tsai</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>The proper attitude is a must for anything you do. The running of a diet tips and weight loss information website is no different if you want it to be successful. Are you ready for the highs and lows that accompany having a website? Things can be easier for you if you keep these points in mind.<br /> <br /> Having powerful and interesting titles that draw the attention of your target audience makes your visitors want to explore all that you have to offer them. These enticements can make them stay on your site longer and increase the chances that they will purchase your products or services.<br /> <br /> It's not 1995 anymore - get rid of that visitor counter widget on your site! Visitor counters these days look very amateurish and don't serve any purpose whatsoever. If you need to get your traffic numbers, you should be using a comprehensive service like Google Analytics, which will tell you not just the number, but information about your visitors as well.<br /> <br /> You can gain additional exposure to the brand and business while ridding yourself of old inventory with online auctions. Buyers will see the brand and what you offer even if there is not a lot of direct business or money made.<br /> <br /> Another popular type of contest are review contests. These contests will help you increase your search rankings. For this contest people need to write about the contest to get an entry. Links that you get will give you traffic from Google juice and new visitors. It is important that you have a good prize to motivate people to write about your contest remember this before you begin.<br /> <br /> Put a competition on your diet tips and weight loss information website, for example, you can run re-tweet contest and people can re-tweet your URL to take entry in the contest of random prizes draw, or you can give prize to those for best comments on post, etc. This will indulge the people very much and also provide entertainment to them.<br /> <br /> Many of the search algorithms used by large engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing are biased toward older, more established diet tips and weight loss information websites. It can be hard to break through with a brand new site. If you have the opportunity, consider buying an old site with a strong link profile and rebuilding it.<br /> <br /> Descriptive link text will make it very easy for your visitors to anticipate the content that they are going to be able to access through that link. Also, the better a link describes it's content, the better search engines will be able to accurately portray them on searches.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Searching for ways to enhance your insight regarding the information presented above? Just submit <a href='http://www.bestfatreduceblog.com/'>where to buy phen375</a> when searching online. You can find some fantastic helpful suggestions about <a href='http://www.bestfatreduceblog.com/benefits-of-phen375-to-people-suffering-from-obesity'>metabolic booster</a>.</div><br /> </div><br />

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France: It's not sexting, it's textopornographie (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQy43deGAT4BQmgG8D7m_COva48m-z1-MJ_3r9vdBYqGc8nqvaQswlkyzFABFcY62YOpmpJB89nqL_LouyT9lYw3JrCqXk_Y89M67LXvi7YoKN35B8WiH20Lq2NOz_yfKZem4YmknkQhk/s1600/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQy43deGAT4BQmgG8D7m_COva48m-z1-MJ_3r9vdBYqGc8nqvaQswlkyzFABFcY62YOpmpJB89nqL_LouyT9lYw3JrCqXk_Y89M67LXvi7YoKN35B8WiH20Lq2NOz_yfKZem4YmknkQhk/s1600/0.jpg" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387736704652_3399" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">PARIS (AP) — France, a nation with a centuries-old reputation for seduction, now has a word for sexting.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387736704652_3428" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">If you want to send sexually explicit photos or text messages to your lover in France, it's called "textopornographie." That's the term recently chosen by the Academie Francaise, the respected institution that watches over the French language and regularly invents French terms for English or other expressions that have gone global.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387736704652_3255" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The academy's Sophie Tonolo, a dictionary editor, says it was approached by the Justice Ministry for a proper term for sexting because the phenomenon often comes up in legal cases.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387736704652_3436" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">It was one of many words published this month in a government legal database. It may not end up in the dictionary however, Tonolo said, if the phenomenon fades.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387736704652_3436" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">-AP</div></div>

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A Beginner's Help Guide To Treadmills

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Tessie Bingham</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>The Need For Exercise<br /> <br /> Today's times are becoming more contemporary and high-tech every second, but the same cannot be said for health in general. If you want your well being to peak to desirable levels, though, then you need to exercise. Even in these fast-paced times, you can add health and fitness into your daily life by acquiring a treadmill. A good resource where you can get some introductory info on exercising is a <a href="http://workoutmaverick.edicy.co/exercise-machines">treadmill review</a>.<br /> <br /> How Treadmills Do The Job<br /> <br /> Hopping on a treadmill-even when you are simply walking or running-can make wonders for your body and total condition. The treadmill focuses primarily on cardiovascular workouts as opposed to other machines, and these help lower your calorie count. 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Obesity As Disease?

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Cody Bergeron</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>The American Medical Association (AMA) confirmed last week that it will join the World Health Organization in recognizing obesity as a disease. Before the vote, the AMA's Council on Science and Public Health said that the new distinction "could result in greater investments by government and the private sector to develop and reimburse obesity treatments."<br /> <br /> The number of obese persons is rising constantly through the past decades. Obesity rates have doubled among adults in the last twenty years and tripled among children in a single generation. The most recent statistics is reporting that 66% of American adults are overweight or obese, with 1 in 3 adults meeting the criteria for obesity.<br /> <br /> Obesity has been related to many common diseases such as heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes. There is no distinct reason for obesity. Medical illnesses and drug treatments can also result in obesity. Occurrence of obesity is found to be more common among those of lower socioeconomic and certain minority populations.<br /> <br /> Treatment of obesity is very challenging. Most diet plans are not effective and lack long-term success. Countless weight loss drugs have been removed from the market because of their substantial adverse effects.<br /> <br /> Bariatric surgery has shown some success in management of obesity in the past years, and the number of individuals undergoing this type of surgery has increased almost 50% from 2000 to 2005.<br /> <br /> According to research studies, obesity associated health expenditures were estimated to be $147 billion in 2008.<br /> <br /> In middle-age men, treatment of common obesity-related disorders stroke, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and high blood cholesterol levels resulted in roughly $9,000 to $17,000 higher costs compared to normal-weight adults.<br /> <br /> Children who are overweight or obese have markedly higher odds of staying overweight or obese into adulthood.<br /> <br /> Globally, an estimated 43 million children under age 5 were overweight or obese in 2010, a 60 percent increase since 1990.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>You may also want reading the following wonderful article written by Dr. Daneschvar. He is an expert in disease prevention. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/m6fhmm8">Banning Sodas in NYC, Oversimplifying Obesity Management</a></div><br /> </div><br />

Obesity As Disease?

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Exhibit A: Reality TV Footage Becomes a Legal Tool (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDdzqC0eE_swA5ueB42GlWSwtw3ByHicYZhuRpoNNbkyHnNDyubLG-OGka7rrePHcVxz7ZkyO_r5GSytTmeBcc7GMhVDX_s-9QVbJ1eyw9_G_ncbArEaYDbJD6gGD6IHvQmyVSmTxNLM/s1600/22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDdzqC0eE_swA5ueB42GlWSwtw3ByHicYZhuRpoNNbkyHnNDyubLG-OGka7rrePHcVxz7ZkyO_r5GSytTmeBcc7GMhVDX_s-9QVbJ1eyw9_G_ncbArEaYDbJD6gGD6IHvQmyVSmTxNLM/s1600/22.jpg" /></a></div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">They invite camera crews into their homes in the hopes of high ratings, endorsement deals and a taste of fame. Yet for some reality television stars, their notoriety brings some unexpected grief from tax collectors or pricey court cases.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">That's the predicament Oscar-nominated actor Ryan O'Neal found himself in, spending several weeks in a Los Angeles courtroom as he defended himself against allegations that he didn't own one of his most cherished possessions: an Andy Warhol portrait of longtime lover Farrah Fawcett.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Some of the evidence used against him was footage shot by a reality TV crew for her series "Chasing Farrah," and other projects where O'Neal and Fawcett allowed cameras into their private lives.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">The portrait is his, a jury said Thursday. But even he had to question aloud one day toward the end of the trial how much it was all costing him. (His attorney says a lot).</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">With families such as the Kardashians and those on the "Real Housewives" shows opening up their homes in cities across the country, lawyers to the stars see reality television crews as a weapon that can be used against their clients.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">O'Neal's troubles began when a disgruntled producer of Fawcett's show convinced her alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin, that the Warhol portrait didn't belong to the actor. But TV footage — even just a few fleeting frames — can also be used by tax collectors, bankruptcy trustees and others to wreak havoc, said Bradford Cohen, an attorney who specializes in celebrity tax and estate issues at Venable LLP.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">"It's a really dumb idea," Cohen said of allowing film crews into one's home. He said he regularly advises celebrity clients not to do reality television, citing instances where tax officials have opened cases based on what they've seen on TV.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">"It just provokes inquiry," Cohen said. "If it doesn't add up, it just arouses their suspicion."</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">When federal officials indicted Teresa and Joe Giudice, stars of Bravo's reality series "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," they noted the couple's salary from the network and accused them of hiding assets in a bankruptcy filing after the show's first season aired. Most of the charges related to loan applications the couple submitted before the show.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Cohen and other lawyers see the footage of what the University of Texas lawyers saw in "Chasing Farrah"— as evidence.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">"Reality shows are especially dangerous because you don't know what context is going to be put around them." said Laura Zwicker, a partner at Greenberg Glusker who specializes in setting up high-value trusts and estates.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">"From my perspective as an estate planner, the risk is not that somebody is going to see items but is going to make comments about their value that the IRS is going to come back and stick you with."</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">But veteran reality television producer Jason Carbone said the benefits outweigh any potential risks.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">"It makes no sense to me," said Carbone, who's CEO and founder of production company Good Clean Fun. His company's credits include "Run's House" featuring rapper Reverend Run and "Tia & Tamera," with actresses Tia and Tamera Mowry.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Carbone said whether to show off what's in someone's home is just one of many considerations that go into planning a reality series. He said he's worked in homes where some areas are off limits, or he suggests valuables get moved so they aren't damaged.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">As for attorneys who tell their clients not to do reality TV, Carbone said, "I would say get rid of your attorneys."</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Reality TV is a genre where both up-and-coming stars and A-listers have seen success, Carbone said. In the right hands, "They should conceivably make your life better by the time your show is over."</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">While audiences love the shows, courts have to deal with the footage on a case-by-case basis. In O'Neal's trial, a judge initially blocked university lawyers from playing the sound on a video clip in which Fawcett said she was considering selling one of two Warhol portraits of her. After other evidence about Fawcett's comments to friends was introduced, the jury did hear the actress' remarks.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">O'Neal's attorneys also used footage from Fawcett's show in their case, playing scenes in which the actress and O'Neal danced and kissed. The footage challenged the contention that the pair weren't close in the early 2000s.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Reality shows aren't the only media projects lawyers can scour for information. Documentaries, photo shoots and memoirs are other visual sources and increasingly only a click away.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">The University of Texas' lawyers also used passages from O'Neal's 2012 memoir "Both of Us" and photos from a Vanity Fair magazine piece that showed Warhol artwork in Fawcett's condominium.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">———</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Anthony McCartney can be reached at http://twitter.com/mccartneyAP</div></div>

Exhibit A: Reality TV Footage Becomes a Legal Tool (BLOG)

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Interesting Ideas And Techniques For Achieving Exercise And Fitness

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Bill Citronaxia</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>If you are unfamiliar with fitness or perhaps a seasoned athlete, you can benefit from great advice. Understanding the way your system works means that you can help it become as fit as possible. If you wish to have better results then you definitely should use the tips in this article and make use of them.<br /> <br /> Do you think that you are currently too busy to be fit? Split up your workout. Do not improve the time you workout, but try and break it right into a half. Rather than getting an hour's worth of running in at once, try half before work and half later inside the day. If seeing the gym is part of your own routine, do that once during the day and then use another exercise for the second a part of your entire day.<br /> <br /> You ought to plan on no more than an hour or so of weight training. Moreover, your muscle mass set out to weaken after an hour of continuous weight lifting. Ensure your weight lifting routine lasts no more than a single hour.<br /> <br /> The regularity of your own workouts be determined by exactly what you are actually attempting to achieve. Training less often will allow you to achieve larger, stronger muscles. If you would like lower your fat, boost the intensity and level of your training session.<br /> <br /> Good knee health is determined by strong thighs. Individuals who play a great deal of sports are prone to a physical injury that involves tearing the ligament found behind the kneecap. Work with your hamstrings and quads to shield your knees. Try performing leg curls and extensions.<br /> <br /> Should you make an effort to build more muscle mass, lift heavier weights using fewer reps. Start by choosing a muscles. Make sure you do a pair of reps using light weights. Try lots of reps of light weights to acquire your blood and muscles ready. Use heavier weights for your forthcoming set: do only 8 reps. Add another five pounds and do your third set.<br /> <br /> Volleyball requires good contact skills, so be sure to work with them. You are able to play foosball to do this. Foosball requires a great deal of hand-eye coordination, and improving your foosball skill will carryover into boosting your volleyball prowess. When you work with these skills, you will not only win a foosball game, furthermore you will be a far greater volleyball player.<br /> <br /> It may be challenging to get into condition, and also it might be fun. Incorporate some of these tips into the regimen. You should look at keeping fit and healthy as something that is a lifestyle that needs attention every day. Do more exercise often, and you will begin to begin to see the results.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Study much more about fitness recommendations and tricks for instance <a href="http://www.sharpefit.com/p90x-vs-insanity">is p90x better than insanity</a> more than at John's fitness page. Although you happen to be there, make sure you choose up a copy of the Cost-free fitness video course to jumpstart your fat loss good results.</div><br /> </div><br />

Interesting Ideas And Techniques For Achieving Exercise And Fitness

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Pamela Anderson again became a blonde

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizYQHAljpkfqn1gsaZMKlu8tpUz8aSzfZwbHB5wJOJ_X-1kmGWIyiALFqDSnJvnIOhFe0ILJYa-ooy5Mq0h5kW5FMZMhL-xbQNjseE3ArkKFqH7PwTigd9l_jXAJ_OmOxOpEd3gLRSz6Q/s1600/Pamela+Anderson+again+became+a+blonde.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizYQHAljpkfqn1gsaZMKlu8tpUz8aSzfZwbHB5wJOJ_X-1kmGWIyiALFqDSnJvnIOhFe0ILJYa-ooy5Mq0h5kW5FMZMhL-xbQNjseE3ArkKFqH7PwTigd9l_jXAJ_OmOxOpEd3gLRSz6Q/s1600/Pamela+Anderson+again+became+a+blonde.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Pamela%20Anderson" target="_blank">Pamela Anderson</a></b> continues to change: not so long ago a star "Baywatch" suddenly changed her long hair for a haircut "as a boy," and then said goodbye with a hint of blond long become her trademark. However long Pam did not have - the other day she again appeared in public with the usual hair color for us. <br /> <br /> Photographers managed to take some pictures of the star, when she came to one of Malibu supermarket to buy food and other necessities for house. <br /> <br /> this day not just Anderson was in a good mood - she beamed. For its release star chose a comfortable form-fitting white dress, high suede boots and a light scarf, which she wrapped around the neck, and thus completed the image. <br /> <br /> And, of course, it should be noted that the figure of 46-year-old Pamela the envy of every girl: Hollywood beauty watching their diet and regular exercise.<br /><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- boton --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:90px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8441125172513237" data-ad-slot="4392536701"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24NVGWUluzQlX_kNGSmfS8auoosw7SB4gJEORHTXe3ThmzS6jnp3zqE4jT1jpFwpdzp089cQ-c-DcDs1bT0dm_lRWvbwFvuPglYivtqFfdxWvjX4fZgRdauDuGtgroviGUM4y3wJW4_M/s1600/Pamela+Anderson+again+became+a+blonde-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24NVGWUluzQlX_kNGSmfS8auoosw7SB4gJEORHTXe3ThmzS6jnp3zqE4jT1jpFwpdzp089cQ-c-DcDs1bT0dm_lRWvbwFvuPglYivtqFfdxWvjX4fZgRdauDuGtgroviGUM4y3wJW4_M/s1600/Pamela+Anderson+again+became+a+blonde-1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUGIW90Loblxt9obcLSkm0szNHU5sp6xdMO4zYz1tPHPRXSgudeWS03QIPZW207eXP-zIN_P36yYK4rkxE9rI60hDOkeUhczzjrzvt-rm1bkkrMhrHLh2IJLcH-8LzlyDVEdvtCepY28/s1600/Pamela+Anderson+again+became+a+blonde-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUGIW90Loblxt9obcLSkm0szNHU5sp6xdMO4zYz1tPHPRXSgudeWS03QIPZW207eXP-zIN_P36yYK4rkxE9rI60hDOkeUhczzjrzvt-rm1bkkrMhrHLh2IJLcH-8LzlyDVEdvtCepY28/s1600/Pamela+Anderson+again+became+a+blonde-2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroza1S1RI6lJPdw1OsVl8kiK6cVsCMoOwNW8Og46wtomAFQUeEhjo3hXUCa4dFf4Q4R3br6vuzIBO45wwB2SC3PLm3pzvhCAtSrXR9RcuhJlUCAIDJQiS2Vc7Qj1-cUaNm61Ev1io2UY/s1600/Pamela+Anderson+again+became+a+blonde-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroza1S1RI6lJPdw1OsVl8kiK6cVsCMoOwNW8Og46wtomAFQUeEhjo3hXUCa4dFf4Q4R3br6vuzIBO45wwB2SC3PLm3pzvhCAtSrXR9RcuhJlUCAIDJQiS2Vc7Qj1-cUaNm61Ev1io2UY/s1600/Pamela+Anderson+again+became+a+blonde-3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7dzoiRjU9ULJmEXOf-OC0iYryGwTKIsv-pn_RqL0k1xDwdY0UCjKx9j6f2QIq6P-ZyomG0TSA9et6IHydO8kQ1uen2tihLSH-m9ro4hyphenhyphenHdIXvIYZ34QZZishQMoURVH7thEpsNIs55s/s1600/Pamela+Anderson+again+became+a+blonde-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7dzoiRjU9ULJmEXOf-OC0iYryGwTKIsv-pn_RqL0k1xDwdY0UCjKx9j6f2QIq6P-ZyomG0TSA9et6IHydO8kQ1uen2tihLSH-m9ro4hyphenhyphenHdIXvIYZ34QZZishQMoURVH7thEpsNIs55s/s1600/Pamela+Anderson+again+became+a+blonde-4.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVzS6VqPntxQfasAafsNEo_LY7FQhm44uQGc53ct5A9A765zHT-qASb_m_Gb7Vd9rftje1FufD9hEZgcfIgYeX7Y50Dyp8nbp-MXqxrzzg0pPoQDQ2BbJsTNnkJG8rhC39elmhxLzO_I/s1600/Pamela+Anderson+again+became+a+blonde-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVzS6VqPntxQfasAafsNEo_LY7FQhm44uQGc53ct5A9A765zHT-qASb_m_Gb7Vd9rftje1FufD9hEZgcfIgYeX7Y50Dyp8nbp-MXqxrzzg0pPoQDQ2BbJsTNnkJG8rhC39elmhxLzO_I/s1600/Pamela+Anderson+again+became+a+blonde-5.jpg" /></a></div><br /><center><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* video */ google_ad_slot = "9278264705"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script></center><br />

Pamela Anderson again became a blonde

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Pregnant Teresa Palmer married

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit0F3uYrj_lgWGR1HmD989xtVIWifLlU75Bk57ZZzdqRiu3hY2sa_1AYeVCEwuidtMI8NDHXW0hGFruhJjtQidhAXRs5oS0fDJ8uqKnOME2SBYyYgs9-2OBdFxpfV-xTPcQ835BUDlkIw/s1600/Pregnant+Teresa+Palmer+married.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit0F3uYrj_lgWGR1HmD989xtVIWifLlU75Bk57ZZzdqRiu3hY2sa_1AYeVCEwuidtMI8NDHXW0hGFruhJjtQidhAXRs5oS0fDJ8uqKnOME2SBYyYgs9-2OBdFxpfV-xTPcQ835BUDlkIw/s1600/Pregnant+Teresa+Palmer+married.jpg" /></a></div><br /><i><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Teresa%20Palmer" target="_blank">Teresa Palmer</a></i>, known for her roles in the films "The warmth of our bodies", "2:37", "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and "I - the fourth", on Sunday married. According to press reports, the Australian actress and her fiance Mark Webber were married in Mexico. The wedding took place in the family circle. <br /> <br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script> <br /> 27-year-old Palmer is now expecting a baby, and how to eyewitnesses, she proudly displayed her belly during a wedding ceremony. <br /> <br /> Insiders told that lovers hurry to triumph, because the actress really wanted to get married before the baby is born. Last weekend, Palmer celebrated her baby shower at a restaurant, where she delivered a gift from Jessica Alba - a "cake" of diapers. <br /> <br /> Teresa and Mark began dating in September 2012. This summer, the actress announced that she was pregnant. <br /> <br /> Earlier Palmer attributed novels with Russell Brand, Liam Hemsworth and Adam Brody.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFoMsFUUj1Z7_NU_K_hx4OYLBGFNXQK6K-oIyh8vPpb75g5hS32a_k1Wlus35NTwGxuBePOn3oe5fZB-4h0ozqt6MFUBFBCsoZbIrP9Hayx_PvhmEzpEBWfQF_M6W0spsuVlq1U9OkXo/s1600/Teresa+Palmer+and+Mark+Webber.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFoMsFUUj1Z7_NU_K_hx4OYLBGFNXQK6K-oIyh8vPpb75g5hS32a_k1Wlus35NTwGxuBePOn3oe5fZB-4h0ozqt6MFUBFBCsoZbIrP9Hayx_PvhmEzpEBWfQF_M6W0spsuVlq1U9OkXo/s1600/Teresa+Palmer+and+Mark+Webber.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teresa Palmer and Mark Webber</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><center><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* video */ google_ad_slot = "9278264705"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script></center><br />

Pregnant Teresa Palmer married

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Hope Tolokonnikova was set free

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEb8pen_fwBBpkP_9TyBVFwBSa-0oTgK5H-UvuUPnzicBP3M4gg31tzWor1LPWIqxT6lvh_Rzd8RsaBXCiZN61IXYi5bePI_CKGbsgVCQr7j88bKLkBc78mgzXlfRtqcHzF-KBLNUaNPw/s1600/Hope+Tolokonnikova+was+set+free.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEb8pen_fwBBpkP_9TyBVFwBSa-0oTgK5H-UvuUPnzicBP3M4gg31tzWor1LPWIqxT6lvh_Rzd8RsaBXCiZN61IXYi5bePI_CKGbsgVCQr7j88bKLkBc78mgzXlfRtqcHzF-KBLNUaNPw/s1600/Hope+Tolokonnikova+was+set+free.jpg" /></a></div><br />Participant punk band <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/12/mary-alekhine-was-released.html" target="_blank">Pussy Riot Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was set free</a> after his Minded Mary Alekhine, a difference of a few hours. Told husband Peter Hope Verzilov tweeted art group "War". <br /> <br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /> Senior Assistant Attorney Krasnoyarsk Territory Elena Pymonenko noted that Tolokonnikova amnestied not only as the mother of the minor, but also because the article itself "hooliganism" came under massive release. <br /> <br /> Currently Hope has left the hospital in Krasnoyarsk, where she was transferred from prison in Saransk because hunger strike. Maria Alekhine said that he was going to go from Nizhny Novgorod to Krasnoyarsk to personally meet the "Oatmeal": <br /> <br /> So, I'm flying there. <br /> <br /> Maria Alekhine got your hands on the release of documents and leave the territory of the correctional institution Nizhny Novgorod, just a few hours ago. In a short time spent at liberty girl managed to give several interviews and held a press conference.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvtNEpbkm3KSZufSZqAbJgtnzEh-Zus1quwPDP__dQ_0qsF34GwbRsiPMyJAgyLh8xtbeTAoRa-ZDXnQoOSGYBYAMobYbNWA23bdFrppYoTdB6jJ6KbR2mGB4fSzD4ADtm-6JbLw_DQo/s1600/Shot+from+a+news+release.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvtNEpbkm3KSZufSZqAbJgtnzEh-Zus1quwPDP__dQ_0qsF34GwbRsiPMyJAgyLh8xtbeTAoRa-ZDXnQoOSGYBYAMobYbNWA23bdFrppYoTdB6jJ6KbR2mGB4fSzD4ADtm-6JbLw_DQo/s1600/Shot+from+a+news+release.jpg" /></a></div><br /><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- boton --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:90px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8441125172513237" data-ad-slot="4392536701"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br />

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NYC expands smoking ban to include e-cigarettes (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd47yiZtPysFjcvDn5_Gp0Qywl4LE0R9gBAYURVUcJV4y-b45ocBMlAyeAY7GRm5qqCjFLmpJXDp5TNqXeeQGvqYu7Ezv764nspjf-zpy8NTaAZG2WgfGWutcX2iakv9pYnQZW5DV_X2w/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd47yiZtPysFjcvDn5_Gp0Qywl4LE0R9gBAYURVUcJV4y-b45ocBMlAyeAY7GRm5qqCjFLmpJXDp5TNqXeeQGvqYu7Ezv764nspjf-zpy8NTaAZG2WgfGWutcX2iakv9pYnQZW5DV_X2w/s320/11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387736704652_1114" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">NEW YORK (AP) — Years after being exiled to New York City's sidewalks by a ban on smoking in indoor public places, some smokers relished electronic cigarettes as a way to come in from the cold.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387736704652_1605" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to sign the measure before leaving office in a few days. The ban would take effect in four months.Now they're down to their last few puffs after the City Council voted 43-8 Thursday to expand the ban to include the devices.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387736704652_1616" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Also Thursday, the council paved the way for an eventual ban on plastic foam containers and approved the creation of a website that will help the public track federal dollars budgeted for Superstorm Sandy-related damages. The flurry of activity — more than two dozen introductions and resolutions were passed — came on the council's last legislative session of the year.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387736704652_1621" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Speaker Christine Quinn said before the vote on e-cigarettes that scientists can't say yet whether the nicotine inhalers, which are tobacco-free but still deliver a vaporized dose of nicotine vapor, are truly safe.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387736704652_1626" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">She said allowing the devices in places where cigarettes are now banned also could "renormalize" smoking and undermine the public perception that the habit is now acceptable only outdoors or in private.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387736704652_1631" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"We don't want a step backward with that," she said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The vote came amid sharp disagreement within public health circles over how to treat e-cigarettes.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Manufacturers say the vapor they emit is harmless, and most scientists agree that regular smokers who switch to e-cigarettes are lowering their health risk substantially.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The devices, though, aren't heavily regulated. And experts say consumers can't yet be sure whether they are safe either for users or people exposed to second-hand vapor puffs.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Like regular cigarettes, the nicotine in e-cigarettes is also highly addictive. People who use them may be unable to quit, even if they want to. That has raised concerns that a new generation of young people could gravitate toward e-cigarettes and wind up hooked for life or even switch to tobacco cigarettes.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Food and Drug Administration has said it intends to regulate e-cigarettes as tobacco products but has yet to issue any rules, leaving manufacturers free to advertise while regular cigarette ads are banned.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Several states, including New Jersey, Arkansas, Utah and North Dakota, have already expanded their indoor smoking bans to include e-cigarettes. Other bans have been proposed in several big cities. About half of the states restrict sales to minors.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">At a City Council hearing earlier this month, city Health Commissioner Thomas Farley urged the council to approve a ban, saying the city couldn't risk rolling back the progress it has made driving down smoking rates.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The American Lung Association and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids agreed. Other public health advocates did not. They said that in a nation where roughly 1 in 5 adults are hooked on indisputably deadly cigarettes, safer alternatives should be embraced, not discouraged, even if science hasn't rendered a final verdict.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">E-cigarette manufacturers say they don't believe their products will be used as a gateway drug to cigarettes, and they have criticized New York's proposed ban as a rush to judgment.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"Companies like us want to be responsible, but when you have municipalities prematurely judge what should be and what shouldn't be, based not on the science, I think it does the public a disservice," said Miguel Martin, president of e-cigarette brand Logic.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">While the measure's advocates say e-cigarettes resemble tobacco smokes enough to confuse restaurateurs trying to enforce smoking laws and send a message of social acceptability, manufacturers say that reasoning is muddled.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"That's like saying we shouldn't be able to sell water because it looks like vodka," Martin said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The foam bill allows lawmakers to ban the product — technically called expanded polystyrene foam — if after a yearlong study the commissioner of the Sanitation Department finds the material can't be recycled effectively. It takes a long time to break down in landfills, and there's debate over how readily it can be recycled once it's soiled by food.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387736704652_1643" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">An online database to track the use of Sandy funds already exists and is operated by the Bloomberg administration. Thursday's bill will update the website, creating a searchable, interactive online tool that allows users to look-up by zip code information about how federal Sandy dollars are being spent.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387736704652_1636" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">___</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387736704652_1651" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Associated Press writers David B. Caruso and Jennifer Peltz contributed to this report.</div></div>

NYC expands smoking ban to include e-cigarettes (BLOG)

NEW YORK (AP) — Years after being exiled to New York City's sidewalks by a ban on smoking in indoor public places, some smokers relished...

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