NTU to establish Singapore as Asian hub in complexity science research

Public release date: 27-Feb-2012
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Asia will receive a boost in the field of complexity science through a dedicated programme by Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

NTU's Complexity Programme aims to concentrate talent and resources in Singapore to become the Asian hub in the global network of scientific institutes that focus on complexity science and its applications through genuine interdisciplinary collaboration.

Complexity science refers to the scientific study of complex systems systems with many parts that interact to produce global behaviour that cannot be explained in terms of interactions between the individual constituent elements. It is inherently interdisciplinary and it involves and affects all scientific disciplines. Complex systems include ecosystems, cities, brains, the internet, and many more.

The knowledge and its applications, that complexity science is expected to deliver is crucial to providing solutions to the grand challenges confronting humanity, such as urbanisation, sustainability, poverty, energy, water, health, climate, security, innovation and the impact of technology.

The programme, a culmination of the university's on-going efforts in interdisciplinary research in complexity science, is now seeing its first major conference, titled, 'More is Different', with 350 local and international participants attending.

The three-day conference, held from 27 to 29 Feb 2012 at the Nanyang Executive Centre, NTU, will see various speakers touching on topics such as the rise and evolution of economics; the organisation of biological systems without a centralised command structure; understanding brain functions; and geodesy changes in the Earth's shape and gravity field.

Professor Bertil Andersson, NTU President, said NTU is already addressing the world's grand challenges in its five peaks of excellence: Sustainable Earth the 'Mount Everest' of peaks, followed by Future Healthcare, New Media, New Silk Road, and Innovation Asia.

"NTU's Complexity Programme will add further scientific depth to these efforts, while using some of its problems to provide focus for its research. It will provide new insights in ways governance can adapt itself to the ever-changing ways in which our complex world creates new challenges."

The Complexity Programme at NTU seeks to focus on themes such as governance, cities, neuroscience (human brain), innovation, and ecosystem change and society.

Director of the Complexity Programme, Mr Jan Vasbinder, said: "It is my strong conviction that a new and undefined science like complexity can only make real steps forward if scientists, who generate new, risky ideas and concepts, get opportunities to explore them. There is a definite role for government and industry to support the ideas that show the most promise of leading to applications that are relevant to them."

The three-day conference will see a distinguished list of speakers. They include:

• Professor Brian Arthur, one of the founders of the Santa Fe Institute, a top research institute for complexity studies in the world
• Professor Sydney Brenner, the 2002 Nobel Laureate in Physiology/Medicine
• Professor Yehuda Cohen, renowned microbiologist from NTU's Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE)
• Professor Stephen Lansing, famed anthropologist from the University of Arizona
• Professor Will Steffen, climate change expert from the Australian National University
• Professor Atsushi Iriki, neuroscientist from the Riken Brain Science Institute, Japan
• Geoffrey West, world famous for his work on scaling in biology and is the past president of the Santa Fe Institute

NTU's involvement in complexity studies dates back to 2008, when it first held an Advanced Workshop on Complexity to celebrate the 80th Birthday of Professor John Holland (University of Michigan), a pioneer in complex systems and nonlinear science and the 'father' of genetic algorithms. This was soon followed by more complexity workshops held regularly at NTU.

NTU's Complexity Programme picked up steam in August 2011, leading to the formation of a small but active complexity community of talented and bright faculty from the various schools and research institutes, including the Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS), Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management (ICRM) and S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS).

As part of this complexity conference, four separate seminars will also be given by invited speakers that same week, targeted at researchers, academics and students in Singapore who specialise in the related areas.

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Media contact:

Lester Kok
Assistant Manager
Corporate Communications Office
Nanyang Technological University
Tel: 6790 6804; Mobile: 9741 5593
Email: lesterkok@ntu.edu.sg

About Nanyang Technological University

A research-intensive public university, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has 33,500 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the colleges of Engineering, Business, Science, and Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences. In 2013, NTU will enrol the first batch of students at its new medical school, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, which is set up jointly with Imperial College London.

NTU is also home to four world-class autonomous institutes the National Institute of Education, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Earth Observatory of Singapore, and Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering and various leading research centres such as the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI) and Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N).

A fast-growing university with an international outlook, NTU is putting its global stamp on Five Peaks of Excellence: Sustainable Earth, Future Healthcare, New Media, New Silk Road, and Innovation Asia.

Besides the main Yunnan Garden campus, NTU also has a satellite campus in Singapore's science and tech hub, one-north, and is setting up a third campus in Novena, Singapore's medical district.

For more information, visit www.ntu.edu.sg.

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Contact: Lester Kok
lesterkok@ntu.edu.sg
65-679-06804
Nanyang Technological University

Asia will receive a boost in the field of complexity science through a dedicated programme by Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

NTU's Complexity Programme aims to concentrate talent and resources in Singapore to become the Asian hub in the global network of scientific institutes that focus on complexity science and its applications through genuine interdisciplinary collaboration.

Complexity science refers to the scientific study of complex systems systems with many parts that interact to produce global behaviour that cannot be explained in terms of interactions between the individual constituent elements. It is inherently interdisciplinary and it involves and affects all scientific disciplines. Complex systems include ecosystems, cities, brains, the internet, and many more.

The knowledge and its applications, that complexity science is expected to deliver is crucial to providing solutions to the grand challenges confronting humanity, such as urbanisation, sustainability, poverty, energy, water, health, climate, security, innovation and the impact of technology.

The programme, a culmination of the university's on-going efforts in interdisciplinary research in complexity science, is now seeing its first major conference, titled, 'More is Different', with 350 local and international participants attending.

The three-day conference, held from 27 to 29 Feb 2012 at the Nanyang Executive Centre, NTU, will see various speakers touching on topics such as the rise and evolution of economics; the organisation of biological systems without a centralised command structure; understanding brain functions; and geodesy changes in the Earth's shape and gravity field.

Professor Bertil Andersson, NTU President, said NTU is already addressing the world's grand challenges in its five peaks of excellence: Sustainable Earth the 'Mount Everest' of peaks, followed by Future Healthcare, New Media, New Silk Road, and Innovation Asia.

"NTU's Complexity Programme will add further scientific depth to these efforts, while using some of its problems to provide focus for its research. It will provide new insights in ways governance can adapt itself to the ever-changing ways in which our complex world creates new challenges."

The Complexity Programme at NTU seeks to focus on themes such as governance, cities, neuroscience (human brain), innovation, and ecosystem change and society.

Director of the Complexity Programme, Mr Jan Vasbinder, said: "It is my strong conviction that a new and undefined science like complexity can only make real steps forward if scientists, who generate new, risky ideas and concepts, get opportunities to explore them. There is a definite role for government and industry to support the ideas that show the most promise of leading to applications that are relevant to them."

The three-day conference will see a distinguished list of speakers. They include:

• Professor Brian Arthur, one of the founders of the Santa Fe Institute, a top research institute for complexity studies in the world
• Professor Sydney Brenner, the 2002 Nobel Laureate in Physiology/Medicine
• Professor Yehuda Cohen, renowned microbiologist from NTU's Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE)
• Professor Stephen Lansing, famed anthropologist from the University of Arizona
• Professor Will Steffen, climate change expert from the Australian National University
• Professor Atsushi Iriki, neuroscientist from the Riken Brain Science Institute, Japan
• Geoffrey West, world famous for his work on scaling in biology and is the past president of the Santa Fe Institute

NTU's involvement in complexity studies dates back to 2008, when it first held an Advanced Workshop on Complexity to celebrate the 80th Birthday of Professor John Holland (University of Michigan), a pioneer in complex systems and nonlinear science and the 'father' of genetic algorithms. This was soon followed by more complexity workshops held regularly at NTU.

NTU's Complexity Programme picked up steam in August 2011, leading to the formation of a small but active complexity community of talented and bright faculty from the various schools and research institutes, including the Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS), Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management (ICRM) and S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS).

As part of this complexity conference, four separate seminars will also be given by invited speakers that same week, targeted at researchers, academics and students in Singapore who specialise in the related areas.

###

Media contact:

Lester Kok
Assistant Manager
Corporate Communications Office
Nanyang Technological University
Tel: 6790 6804; Mobile: 9741 5593
Email: lesterkok@ntu.edu.sg

About Nanyang Technological University

A research-intensive public university, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has 33,500 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the colleges of Engineering, Business, Science, and Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences. In 2013, NTU will enrol the first batch of students at its new medical school, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, which is set up jointly with Imperial College London.

NTU is also home to four world-class autonomous institutes the National Institute of Education, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Earth Observatory of Singapore, and Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering and various leading research centres such as the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI) and Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N).

A fast-growing university with an international outlook, NTU is putting its global stamp on Five Peaks of Excellence: Sustainable Earth, Future Healthcare, New Media, New Silk Road, and Innovation Asia.

Besides the main Yunnan Garden campus, NTU also has a satellite campus in Singapore's science and tech hub, one-north, and is setting up a third campus in Novena, Singapore's medical district.

For more information, visit www.ntu.edu.sg.

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Denmark Online Gaming Laws

Denmark didn't fight too hard for their gaming monopoly

Gaming laws across the planet are in a constant state of change as governments and private businesses hustle to grab revenues wherever they can. To help our readers keep up with these developments, CAP is taking a closer look at the current state of iGaming in a number of key markets including Germany and South Korea. This week we?re looking at Denmark which is being held up as an example of how gaming liberalization should work.

In Denmark gambling is divided into two categories, games of skill and games of chance. Games of skill such as poker and roulette (yes, that?s not a game of skill) are run by private companies licensed by bureaucrats. Games of chance, like Bingo, Lotteries and sports betting, are run by a company called Dansk Spil, which is 80 percent owned by the government.

When Internet gambling first emerged, Dansk Spil extended their gaming power to control that market, too. The move was intended to keep a lid on problem gambling and daily player limits were set at around ?670 ($890 USD). To keep a tight lid on workarounds, the Danish Feds tightly regulated banking transactions

Not surprisingly, this didn?t sit well with European Union regulators. But what happened next strayed off the standard EU script of governments fighting to protect their gaming monopolies. In early 2011 Denmark went ahead and started opening gaming markets.

But this isn?t a Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale so things didn?t work out quite so easily.

Land Casinos Not Happy

While government officials embraced gaming liberalization, Danish land casinos weren?t quite as happy about the arrangement. Under the proposed liberalization scheme, land based casinos would pay as much as 75 percent taxes on gross revenue while Internet casinos were paying only around 20 percent.

The casinos took their case to the EU claiming that the lower tax rate amounted to state aid, but their claim was denied. EU regulators declared the tax structure to be in the spirit of liberalization and open markets.

The ruling was a big hit with igaming companies. In a statement to the press, Remote Gaming Association president Clive Hawkswood said, ?In essence, land-based operations compete within physical national boundaries, whereas online companies are part of a highly-competitive international environment, and fiscal policy should be set accordingly.?

European lottery trade groups were less enthusiastic, suggesting that it would lead to increased gambling addiction.

Moving Ahead

Despite the complaints of land based casino operators, international gaming companies are lining up to apply for Danish gaming licenses and are expected to be up and running in 2012.

Are you planning on marketing your sites to Danish players? Share your tips and tricks on our General Discussion Forum.

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Source: http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.com/blog/online-gambling-update-denmark/

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The Approaching Real Estate Litigation Standard in ... - Patience Law

Whenever filing a case for specific performance for your sale of a home or any other real property agreement, buyers typically employ the common legal technique of contemporaneously taking a discover of lis pendens (lis pendens will be Latin for ?pending litigation?) with the Local Recorder?s Office. This lis places every other buyer on notice that the actual title towards the property is associated with real estate lawsuits. Moreover, a pendens prevents every other buyer from acquiring any interest in the property superior to that of the original consumer. Additionally, as a practical issue, because title insurance companies will not insure title to a residence against which a pendens is registered, a property with a lis pendens cannot be distributed.

After a lis will be recorded, the fundamental question a seller normally asks will be ?How soon may i remove the lis versus my residence so that I will sell it to another buyer?? After informing the seller in which pursuant to A.Third.S. ? 33-420(T) the seller will be entitled to a prompt reading on the quality of the pendens, the other question inquired by the vendor is ?What must be proved at this hearing to be able to invalidate the pendens??

The Az Court regarding Appeals within Evergreen Western, Inc. versus. Boyd, 167 Ariz. 614, 810 G.2d 612 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1991), set up a ?groundless? regular for invalidating a pendens before solution of the specific performance suit (which may previous years). Put simply, the seller trying to invalidate the lis holds the burden regarding proof to create that the claim upon which the actual lis pendens is based will be ?groundless? (i.electronic., frivolous or perhaps totally with no merit). This ?groundless? standard promulgated by the Court regarding Appeals within Evergreen Western establishes the cheapest possible threshold for invalidating a lis pendens prior to solution of the specific performance suit.

In 92 our nearby jurisdiction regarding California set up a much more challenging standard that better protects sellers. California?s regular requires the tryout court to produce a threshold query into regardless of whether ?the claimant features? established with a preponderance from the evidence the actual probable quality of the real property claim.? Cal. Civ. Proc. Code ? 405.32 (stress added). Put simply, unless the buyer will probably dominate at tryout, the lis pendens will probably be ruled broken and the vendor will be instantly entitled to offer the real residence while the suit proceeds to be able to resolution.

In summary, requiring a great inquiry in the buyer?s main facts and also legal situation, to determine whether or not the buyer?s claim for lis pendens features at least a ?probable? chance of succeeding at tryout, is an excellent principle. A lis pendens really should not be used as a weapon by simply buyers to be able to tie up components and extort snack bars from sellers. Accordingly, the actual Arizona Court of Is attractive or the Az legislature will with any luck , modify Time tested West?s ruling in the future and set up a higher regular, requiring a buyer to be able to prove the actual probable quality of a lis pendens at the start of the lawsuits.

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What You Need To Know About Personal Finance

February 25, 2012 Francisco Personal Finance,

If you know how to do improvements to your home, you shouldn?t hire a professional. Many home improvement stores offer classes that can teach you how to complete a project, or you can look at books or online videos to learn how to make your desired improvements.

You can always go online to look at your checking account if you have a hard time balancing your checkbook. There are many software packages and Internet resources to help you track spending, monitor income, work out interest, and even plan out your budget and savings for the month.

Large fees should be a sign for you to stay away. Brokers that deal with long term investments charge fees for using their services. These fees will take away from the money that you earn because they are paid before you get your earnings. Steer clear of brokers who charge exorbitant commissions for their services or pile on lots of account management charges.

To make sure that your credit card payments are paid in a timely manner, try setting up automatic payments through your bank. When you can?t completely get rid of your credit card debt, making regular monthly payments will improve your credit history. If you have an automatic debit set up, you do need not be concerned about the payment being late and if you have extra money you can always add that to the payment.

You are not saving money if you are skipping the necessary maintenance on your home or vehicle. By fixing these things now, you are preventing future problems. Taking excellent care of your possessions will save you money over time.

If your employer offers flexible spending accounts, take advantage of it. The money you set aside is deducted before taxes, so you save money.

Losing the family home can be devastating. That said, if your mortgage is killing your finances, it?s probably time to look into a cheaper place. You don?t want to go through eviction because you can?t afford your housing. A smart person will act instead of react.

A credit score of 740 or more will make your mortgage application process a lot easier. Scores at that level will help you secure better interest rates. You will have to spend time repairing your credit score. You should avoid applying for a mortgage if your credit score is still low, unless you absolutely have to.

There is never a time that is too late to start organizing personal finances. By doing this, you will be much more prepared at 60 than if you didn?t start at all. Starting to organize your finances can only be good for you.

Try to eat in the restaurants that are frequented by the local people in order to eat economically when you visit foreign countries. Hotel restaurants should only be your last resort. Do some online research, or ask around, and find some great local places to eat. Not only will the food be tastier, but probably less expensive, too.

This article has probably given you a few interesting pointers that will enable you to manage your finances like an expert. Fixing your finances will take a bit of time and effort and might require you to change a little. In the end, you will be happier and less stressed. You might be surprised by how good repairing your credit makes you feel.

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Wiley-Blackwell launches 2 interdisciplinary review titles in developmental and membrane biology

Public release date: 24-Feb-2012
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WIREs Developmental Biology and WIREs Membrane Transport and Signaling join the award-winning interdisciplinary portfolio

Hoboken, NJ February 24, 2012; Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has launched two new interdisciplinary review publications: WIREs Developmental Biology and WIREs Membrane Transport and Signaling.

WIREs Developmental Biology will focus on how single cells and fertilized eggs produce a complex, fully patterned adult organism. Edited by John C. Gerhart (University of California, Berkeley), Gail R. Martin (University of California, San Francisco) and Eric F. Wieschaus (Princeton University), this new resource is published in partnership with the Society for Developmental Biology(SDB).

WIREs Membrane Transport and Signaling will explore the regulated transport of molecules through cell membranes and the transmission of extracellular signals by cellular receptors. Both are essential processes for cell survival and cell-cell communication. The publication is edited by Alexej Verkhratsky (The University of Manchester) and Maiken Nedergaard (Center for Translational Neuromedicine, University of Rochester).

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews, known as WIREs, are unique hybrids of encyclopedias and journals which emphasise the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in research and education.

Each title provides authoritative, encyclopaedic coverage of diverse scientific fields with high-quality reviews commissioned from international expert contributors. Each review article is fully citable and qualifies for abstracting, indexing and ISI ranking.

The WIREs model is built around four article types:

• Overviews provide broad, relatively non-technical treatment of a core issue.
• Advanced Reviews are aimed at researchers and advanced students, surveying the literature in a fashion similar to a standard review journal.
• Opinions express a particular view on a topic that is under current debate.
• Focus Articles are more technical in nature, homing in on specific examples and implementations of research.

"Developmental biology is intrinsically interdisciplinary, combining embryology, cell biology, genetics, physiology, evolutionary biology, and more. Our affiliation with WIREs will help advance the SDB mission to foster excellence in research and education through communication of key advances in the field," said Ida Chow, Executive Officer of the Society for Developmental Biology.

"We have had a very positive response to the WIREs publishing model from the scientific community," said Sean Pidgeon, Wiley-Blackwell Vice President and Publisher of Life Science Review and Reference Works. "The launch of these two new titles will powerfully reinforce the role of the WIREs in promoting interdisciplinary communication and collaboration."

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WIREs Developmental Biology and WIREs Membrane Transport and Signaling join the award-winning interdisciplinary portfolio

Hoboken, NJ February 24, 2012; Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has launched two new interdisciplinary review publications: WIREs Developmental Biology and WIREs Membrane Transport and Signaling.

WIREs Developmental Biology will focus on how single cells and fertilized eggs produce a complex, fully patterned adult organism. Edited by John C. Gerhart (University of California, Berkeley), Gail R. Martin (University of California, San Francisco) and Eric F. Wieschaus (Princeton University), this new resource is published in partnership with the Society for Developmental Biology(SDB).

WIREs Membrane Transport and Signaling will explore the regulated transport of molecules through cell membranes and the transmission of extracellular signals by cellular receptors. Both are essential processes for cell survival and cell-cell communication. The publication is edited by Alexej Verkhratsky (The University of Manchester) and Maiken Nedergaard (Center for Translational Neuromedicine, University of Rochester).

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews, known as WIREs, are unique hybrids of encyclopedias and journals which emphasise the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in research and education.

Each title provides authoritative, encyclopaedic coverage of diverse scientific fields with high-quality reviews commissioned from international expert contributors. Each review article is fully citable and qualifies for abstracting, indexing and ISI ranking.

The WIREs model is built around four article types:

• Overviews provide broad, relatively non-technical treatment of a core issue.
• Advanced Reviews are aimed at researchers and advanced students, surveying the literature in a fashion similar to a standard review journal.
• Opinions express a particular view on a topic that is under current debate.
• Focus Articles are more technical in nature, homing in on specific examples and implementations of research.

"Developmental biology is intrinsically interdisciplinary, combining embryology, cell biology, genetics, physiology, evolutionary biology, and more. Our affiliation with WIREs will help advance the SDB mission to foster excellence in research and education through communication of key advances in the field," said Ida Chow, Executive Officer of the Society for Developmental Biology.

"We have had a very positive response to the WIREs publishing model from the scientific community," said Sean Pidgeon, Wiley-Blackwell Vice President and Publisher of Life Science Review and Reference Works. "The launch of these two new titles will powerfully reinforce the role of the WIREs in promoting interdisciplinary communication and collaboration."

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Access to both WIREs titles is free for the first two years. Register here: http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-406102.html

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Potential Cover Materials and Safety Considerations for a Heated ...

You have assorted options for a heated space for cold weather use. You can get a tent that is intended to be heated via a stove or an open fire. Or you can create your own shelter, using a combination of natural and modern materials ? as is the case with a tarp tipi ? or you can create one entirely from nature?s own materials. The second ability is especially handy in a survival situation.

Heated tents are often built to be used with a stove and thus have a chimney that transports smoke and waste gases outside the tent. This implies a clean, smoke-free and very warm space. These can be in the shape of a cone as in a tipi, chum or lavvu or the classic frontier A-frame shape.

Alternatively an open fire can be had, either on the ground as is the typical way of old or in a firebox or on a fire-grate. The latter also prohibits damages to the ground, which can sometimes be helpful if it?s an issue or safety concern at the site on which you have pitched. This sort of arrangement is restricted to conical formed shelters such as tipi, lavvu or chum. This shape of shelter is well suited to smoke rising above where you are sitting and good central ventilation out of an an opening at the apex.

Canvas makes and very good outer covering for a heated space. But if you don?t wish to get a canvas covering you can use a heavy builders? tarpaulin.

Sometimes people fret about the risks of having a fire within a tent, whether it is open or within a firebox or even inside a stove. Actually you need to be careful of burns and damaging clothing with each set-up. Each set-up also has some specific risk factors that are worth consideration.

Unlike tent nylon, a builders tarp is hard to ignite and for it to melt on a structure of the size we?re talking about the fire inside would need to be exceedingly massive indeed ? much bigger than would be acceptable for anybody to remain inside the shelter. This sort of structure doesn?t need a large fire to keep it warm and there is a very tiny chance of setting fire to the outer material.

Canvas will also pose a fire risk if you get it hot enough and for heated tents of a conical shape or A-frame based structure, you have to be careful, particularly when using stoves and chimneys. When winter camping you typically have to maintain a 60 degree difference between the inside temperature of a tent at floor level and the background temperature outside. This means an air temperature at the ridgeline of an A-frame tent of almost 50-60 degrees Celsius.

The cooker will be very hot and the chimney will be also. Where this passes near to the canvas, care must be taken and with modern canvas tents there is regularly a square of non-flammable material where the chimney passes thru. This , however , is the most effective way to heat a tent, particularly if the stove has a chimney damper to keep heat from escaping out of the chimney pointlessly.

For a conical shelter like a tipi, chum or lavvu, with a little fire inside, I think the fire risk is the same whether you are using canvas or a heavy builders ? tarp ? i.e. Very small. Either way you should have a knife to hand to cut your way straight out of the side of the shelter in the event of fire.

A bigger concern with having a fire in any enclosed space is carbon monoxide poisoning. Whether or not you are using plastic, canvas or any other material, you should usually ensure that ventilation is more than adequate at all times.

Additionally, you can build a tipi-shaped shelter of a relatively small size that is snug for the number of people but still have a fire inside. This is despite thatching it with naturally occurring materials such as brush from coniferous trees that could, in other circumstances, be used as firewood. If this is done well, it creates a perfect space within which to have a fire to keep cosy. While the risk of setting fire to the shelter is greater than with a canvas or plastic covering, it is still a not a huge risk.

But before we get too carried away with worries over the dangers of the shelter itself, it?s worth keeping things in perspective: A bigger risk for a group stuck in the wilderness would be NOT building such a shelter and being at grave risk to hypothermia.

Paul Kirtley teaches bushcraft and survival skills. He?s passionate about nature, the great outdoors and remote travel. This is something that comes across clearly on his bushcraft courses.

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Congress moves toward ending payroll tax cut fight (AP)

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Getting Online Help For Web Hosting

Building a web site is not an easy task and sometimes you will be required to seek some help online in order to get your website working. There are so many web hosting companies online offering various services and therefore you will never lack someone to help. There are those companies that offer their services for free and those that you will have to pay in order to get their services. The free web hosts offer limited services so they are not the best. Be careful when choosing sites that will help you in developing your website because some sites charge money yet they give bad information.

If you are building an online business then a reliable web host provider is the single most important thing for you. Before choosing a web hosting service for your business you must take the following consideration. First is the location. Choose a hosting server in your target market area. If you want your customers to come from the US for example, get a list of companies which are in the US. Secondly consider the disk quota. Each hosting company has its own different packages for space quota and you have to keep your data needs in mind when choosing a package for the purposes of hosting your website. Thirdly consider the bandwidth.

There is the need for you to know the bandwidth quota you need to have each month. In order to have an idea of the bandwidth quota that you need to have each month, the data transferred to the visitors system when they visit a page will help you. If you have a new website 200 to 500 MB per month data transfer is sufficient for you. Fourthly consider the FTP access. This is an important aspect of web hosting because you will have to upload contents for your website, edit and delete stuff. FTP access will allow you to modify your website when you want to.

You will also have to do price comparison. The internet offers you reviews and information about the different web hosting companies. These sources of information are important when it comes to comparing prices and in enabling you find a company that fits your budget needs. Lastly, look at the back ups and security. You must protect your website in order to make the most out of it. For ecommerce websites, security is something that you cannot overlook and you must pay utmost attention to it. Hostgator is one of the companies offering good web hosting services. They have coupons which you can use to enjoy some discounts when you purchase hosting plans from them. Some of the coupon codes you can use include HOSTGATORFREETRIAL to get a one cent hosting plan, Hostgator VPS virtual private server, Hostgator dedicated server all of them having a discount of up to 25%. Hostgator.com has so more information about web hosting.

Hostgator has so many articles providing information about web hosting and you will never go wrong with them. Their hosting forum is a great resource and it has over 38,000 members who are willing to help and support you on any of the company services. There is no doubt that hostgator is a leading force in web hosting services and a person who is starting a website can take advantage of their hostgator coupons which are always available online. Hostgator is not only affordable but their services are among the best. Their web building tools and web design which are usually accompanied by your standard business account is of very high quality. They offer three web hosting services which are; the baby plan, hatching plan and the business plan. They have free tools for beginners/starters or an individual who is lost in terms of the technical aspect of building a website. You can decide to host your website on your own server but you must pay particular attention to the following; software expenses, hardware expenses and labor expenses. The other alternative is to rent a server from an Internet Service Provider and most of the internet service providers have fast connections to the internet, powerful hardwares, security and stability.

A great way to get quick answers for your web hosting questions is through chat support. This can help you solve your problems quickly and some of the webs hosting companies have chat technicians who will readily help you at any time of the day or night. You can also send an email if you feel you have a more complicated issue to solve. Most web hosters have a support team and if you send your email you will receive an email confirming that they have received your email and that they are working on the issue. In order to know the reputation of a web hosting company you can do a Google blog search for the web hosting provider, look them up on the face book or twitter then see the comments of its customers about the company.

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Rick Santorum Contraception Stance Remains Out Of Step With ...

WASHINGTON ? Most Americans don't share Rick Santorum's absolutist take on abortion. He's out of step on women in combat. He questions the values of the two-thirds of mothers who work. He's even troubled by something as commonplace as birth control ? for married couples.

Even among a Republican presidential field anxious to please religious conservatives, Santorum's ideas stand out.

A Catholic father of seven whose kids are home-schooled, Santorum may seem to wear his conservatism as comfortably as his sweater vests. But he's walked a careful path, keeping the more provocative opinions that helped sink his re-election to the Senate in 2006 mostly out of his presidential campaign.

That is until he leaped to the top of the polls, alongside Mitt Romney.

Now Santorum's record on social issues is getting a closer look. On several matters, he's outside the Republican mainstream. And if he becomes the GOP nominee, some of his ideas would likely be surprising, even puzzling, to general election voters.

BIRTH CONTROL

_ Santorum: Says he wouldn't try to take away the pill or condoms. But he believes states should be free to ban them if they want. He argues that the Supreme Court erred when it ruled in 1965 that Americans have a right to privacy that includes the use of contraceptives.

Birth control, even within marriage, violates his beliefs as a Catholic. Last year Santorum told the Christian blog Caffeinated Thoughts that as president he would warn the nation about "the dangers of contraception" and the permissive culture it encourages. "Many of Christian faith have said, `Well, that's OK. Contraception is OK,'" he said. "It's not OK. It's a license to do things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be. ... If it's not for purposes of procreation, then you diminish this very special bond between men and women."

Santorum said Friday on "CBS This Morning" that as a senator he had supported federal funding of birth control services but he also wants to promote abstinence "as a healthier alternative."

_ Catholics: Despite the church's teachings, 84 percent of U.S. Catholics believe a person who uses artificial birth control can still be a good Catholic, according to a CBS News poll. And 89 percent of Catholic women favor expanding access to birth control for those who can't afford it, the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute found.

_ All Americans: Almost everyone uses it. Three-fourths of U.S. women have taken the pill, the CBS News poll says, and other studies show virtually all sexually active women have used some type of birth control. A mere 8 percent of Americans think birth control is morally wrong, according to a Pew Research Center poll this month. Four in 10 say it's not even a moral issue these days.

WORKING WOMEN

_ Santorum: His 2005 book, "It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good," suggests parents in two-income families aren't doing what's best for the kids. Too often, he writes, both parents work when the family could get by on one salary: "For some parents, the purported need to provide things for their children simply provides a convenient rationalization for pursuing a gratifying career outside the home." He described it as a sad situation created by "radical feminists" who undermined the traditional family by "convincing women that professional accomplishments are the key to happiness."

Santorum's unsuccessful re-election bid took a hit from a rival's TV ad featuring a working mother challenging the senator "to come to my house at the end of the month when we're doing our bills and tell me how we can live on one income." Santorum recently tried to deflect questions about the book by saying that his wife, who left her nursing career to care for their children, helped write that section because she felt her decision to become a stay-at-home mom wasn't valued by society. He predicted a Santorum administration would have "plenty of working moms."

_ All Americans: Two-thirds of married mothers with husbands are working or looking for jobs, according to the Labor Department. Like Santorum, most Americans don't think it's best for children when moms work full time; they're divided over whether staying at home or working part time is ideal. But more moms are working for economic reasons than personal satisfaction. Half of full-time working mothers would rather work part time, and a third would prefer to stay home, according to a 2009 Pew Research Center poll. About 1 in 10 of the moms working full-time says it's an ideal situation.

WOMEN IN COMBAT

_ Santorum: Spoke out against women in combat when the Pentagon announced plans to allow them to serve closer to the front. He says he worries that fighting men will be distracted by their "natural instinct" to protect women. He also says the differences in physical abilities between men and women aren't being taken into account.

_ Republicans: Six in 10 would allow women to serve in units that engage in close combat; about a third are opposed, a Quinnipiac University poll last year found.

_ All Americans: Slightly more favorable toward women in combat than Republicans.

GAYS IN THE MILITARY

_ Santorum: Wants to reinstate the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that banned openly gay service members. In a GOP debate in Florida, Santorum said lifting the ban was social engineering and that "sexual activity has absolutely no place in the military." He added: "Keep it to yourself whether you're a heterosexual or a homosexual."

_ Republicans: Santorum's party is divided on the issue. A CBS News poll gave a 48-41 edge to supporters of gays serving in the military. Republicans who felt strongly about the issue were twice as likely to support gays in the military than to oppose them, however.

_ All Americans: An overwhelming number ? 68 percent ? favor allowing gays to serve openly, the same poll found.

ABORTION

_ Santorum: Favors amending the Constitution to ban abortion. He says that human life begins at conception and doctors who perform abortions should be charged as criminals. In his book, he compared women who have abortions to 19th-century slaveholders, writing that "unlike abortion today, in most states even the slaveholder did not have the unlimited right to kill his slave." In the past, Santorum supported allowing abortions in cases of rape or incest, but he now says no to those exceptions.

_ Republicans: Although united in the belief that abortion should be illegal in most cases ? two-thirds say so ? an overwhelming majority of Republicans are willing to make some exceptions. Only a fifth say abortion should always be illegal, according to AP-GfK polling in August.

_ All Americans: Even less likely to say there should be no abortions at all ? 16 percent support a total ban. About half of Americans want abortion to be legal in most cases, and almost as many say it should be mostly illegal.

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Air guns give us a shot at sizing up quake faults

Teasing out just what is happening below the Earth's shifty surface during an earthquake is no simple feat, but scientists have found a new tool that may help get a clearer picture of the minute movements of seismic faults.

Air guns shot at a lake can help illuminate how faults and other subterranean structures near a lake can subtly deform over time, a group of researchers in China has found using a new seismic station they've developed.

Traditional seismic stations monitor ground motion passively. This new method is a more active one that employs air guns that shoot acoustic waves that can help seismic instruments get a clearer picture of the Earth's interior, acting somewhat like a strobe light in the dark.

The new station, called the Binchuan Transmitting Seismic Station, was deployed in April 2011 at the northern section of Red River Fault in Binchuan, located in China's Yunnan province, where it intersects another major fault, the Chenghai Fault. The region is home to more than 3 million people and faces great seismic hazards, prone as it is to earthquakes exceeding magnitude 7.

The air gun was immersed in Lake Dayindian, a 494-acre (2 square kilometers) reservoir.

The ground-shaking induced by each one of the air gun shots is estimated to be equivalent to that of a magnitude-0.5 earthquake. Nevertheless, the air pulses appear environmentally friendly, and do not seem to have any visible effects on fish in the lake or nearby buildings, dams or power lines.

The station works in concert with an array of permanent and portable seismic stations that spans an area of 3,860 square miles (10,000 sq km).

Preliminary results with 111 test shots fired over six nights suggest the station "provides an unprecedented opportunity to monitor the subsurface changes of the fault zone," said researcher Baoshan Wang at the China Earthquake Administration's Institute of Geophysics in Beijing.

It should help monitor the evolution of the crust beneath an approximately 300-mile-long (500 km) section of the Red River Fault, as well as other faults nearby.

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The researchers now propose firing the array once every week for at least the next three years to continuously monitor deformation of these faults. It could also help analyze other seismological problems, such as how seismic waves propagate in complex areas of the Earth's crust.

"The next step is we are trying to develop a similar system that is more portable, which will help us to monitor the subsurface at any place we want," Wang said.

The scientists detailed their findings in the Jan. 31 issue of the journal Eos.

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Washington gov signs gay marriage bill into law

Gov. Chris Gregoire, seated, is surrounded by legislators and supporters as she signs into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Olympia, Wash. Gregoire handed gay rights advocates in Washington state a major victory with her signature, making it the seventh in the nation to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. The law takes effect June 7, but opponents are already mounting challenges on multiple fronts. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Gov. Chris Gregoire, seated, is surrounded by legislators and supporters as she signs into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Olympia, Wash. Gregoire handed gay rights advocates in Washington state a major victory with her signature, making it the seventh in the nation to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. The law takes effect June 7, but opponents are already mounting challenges on multiple fronts. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Elizabeth Scallon, left, and Shena Lee, listen to a toast at the Wild Rose in Seattle as part of a statewide toast celebrating Washington allowing same-sex couples to marry Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Bars throughout Seattle and the rest of the state celebrated Gregoire's signing of the bill legalizing gay-marriage earlier in the day. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Erika Schultz) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; SEATTLEPI.COM OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

Gov. Chris Gregoire smiles toward her daughter as she thanks her for her support before signing into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Olympia, Wash. Gregoire handed gay rights advocates in Washington state a major victory with her signature, making it the seventh in the nation to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. The law takes effect June 7, but opponents are already mounting challenges on multiple fronts. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Supporters cheer as Gov. Chris Gregoire speaks before signing into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Olympia, Wash. Gregoire handed gay rights advocates in Washington state a major victory with her signature, making it the seventh in the nation to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. It's a historic moment, but same-sex couples can't walk down the aisle just yet. The law takes effect June 7, but opponents are already mounting challenges on multiple fronts. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Joseph Backholm, the executive director of the Family Policy Institute of Washington, files a referendum that seeks to overturn the same-sex marriage bill that was signed into law by Gov. Chris Gregoire on Monday, Feb. 13 in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/The Herald, Sarah Weiser)

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) ? Gov. Chris Gregoire signed into law a measure that makes Washington state the seventh to legalize same-sex marriage, but opponents almost immediately filed a referendum to challenge the new law, meaning voters likely will have the final say.

Gregoire signed the bill Monday, saying it was "a day historians will mark as a milestone for equal rights, a day when we did what was right, we did what was just, and we did what was fair."

The law takes effect June 7, but opponents on multiple fronts already are preparing to fight.

A group called Preserve Marriage Washington filed Referendum 73 Monday afternoon. If they collect the more than 120,577 valid voter signatures needed by June 6, the law will be put on hold pending the outcome of a November vote. Separately, an initiative was filed at the beginning of the legislative session that opponents of gay marriage say could also lead to the new law being overturned.

"I think in the end, people are going to preserve marriage," said Joe Fuiten, senior pastor at Cedar Park Church in Bothell who is involved in the referendum effort.

The Washington, D.C.-based National Organization for Marriage, which was involved in ballot measures that overturned same-sex marriage in California and Maine, has promised to work with Preserve Marriage Washington to qualify the referendum to overturn the new law.

A campaign has already formed to fight any challenge to the new law. "Washington United for Marriage," a coalition of gay marriage supporters, formed in November to lobby the Legislature to pass the measure and to run a campaign against any referendum challenging it.

Gay marriage supporters said that while they are ready for a campaign battle, they are allowing themselves to celebrate first.

"You have to relish this moment," said 31-year-old Bret Tiderman of Seattle, who attended Monday's bill signing.

The state reception room at the Capitol was packed with hundreds of gay rights supporters and at least 40 lawmakers from the House and Senate to watch Gregoire sign the bill Monday. Gregoire was greeted with loud cheers.

"No matter what the future holds, nothing will take this moment in history away from us," Sen. Ed Murray, a Seattle Democrat who is gay and has sponsored gay rights legislation for years, told the cheering crowd.

Meanwhile, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who opposes gay marriage, was in town speaking with conservative voters. Santorum also met with Republican lawmakers at the Capitol Monday afternoon.

Santorum said he encouraged gay-marriage opponents "to continue the fight."

"There are ebbs and flows in every battle, and this is not the final word," he said.

Gregoire's signature comes nearly a week after a federal appeals court declared California's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, saying it was a violation of the civil rights of gay and lesbian couples.

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave gay marriage opponents time to appeal the 2-1 decision against Proposition 8 before ordering the state to allow same-sex weddings to resume. The judges also said the decision only applies to California, even though the court has jurisdiction in nine Western states.

Washington state has had domestic partnership laws since 2007, and in 2009 passed an "everything but marriage" expansion of that law, which was ultimately upheld by voters after a referendum challenge.

Gay marriage is legal in New York, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Washington, D.C.

Same-sex marriage also has the backing of several prominent Pacific Northwest businesses, including Microsoft Corp., Nike Inc. and Starbucks Corp.

The New Jersey Senate advanced a gay marriage bill Monday, and a vote is expected in the New Jersey Assembly on Thursday. Gov. Chris Christie, who is pushing for a public vote on the issue, says he'll veto the bill if it comes to his desk.

Legislative committees in Maryland heard testimony on gay marriage last week, and Maine could see a gay marriage proposal on the November ballot.

Proposed amendments to ban gay marriage will be on the ballots in North Carolina in May and in Minnesota in November.

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The gay marriage bill is Senate Bill 6239.

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Early Friendships Are Important, Especially for Boys | Psychology ...

When your son in kindergarten makes a new friend in school, this little buddy may likely be more than just a fun playmate. This early friendship can enhance your child's social skills and even protect against behavioral problems in later grades.

According to researchers at the University of Illinois, early high-quality friendships offer many social and behavioral benefits in later years. High-quality friendships typically involve sharing, turn taking, cooperation, and low levels of hostility. Researchers found that this type of friendship - while important for all children - is especially meaningful for boys.

In a longitudinal study from kindergarten through third grade, results revealed that boys with no close friendships in kindergarten, and boys with low or moderate quality friendships, tended to display more behavioral problems in the first and third grades.? Overall, girls were observed to have good social skills in the first and third grade regardless of the quality of their kindergarten friendships. The results of this study were published in a recent issue of the journal Infant and Child Development.

Friendships Matter

Peer relationships become increasingly important in children's lives as they grow. Kindergarten offers a wealth of opportunities for boys and girls to learn how to relate to friends in positive ways. When young children learn to get along with others, resolve conflicts, and enjoy each other's company, these experiences lay the foundation for positive relationships later in life.

What You Can Do

How can you help your kindergartner enjoy high-quality friendships? Here are some suggestions:

?Start at home. You are your child's first and most influential teacher. When you model positive interactions with others - in your home and your community - your son or daughter will learn valuable lessons about how to treat people with kindness, respect, and compassion.

?Take the initiative. As your child grows, he'll be much more likely to choose his own friends! However, during the early years, you have plenty of influence in terms of organizing play dates and inviting friends to come over. Make an effort to help your child develop friendships at this age. ?

?Offer guidance. When you host a play date, make sure you're available to help the children take turns, get along, and resolve conflicts peacefully and effectively. Strike a healthy balance so that you're not hovering or stepping in to solve every minor disagreement. Instead, keep a watchful eye on the play date so you can offer tips and strategies to help the kids get along and work through conflicts when indicated.??? ?

?Seek additional support. If you have concerns about your child's ability to make and keep friendships, or have other concerns about his mood or behavior, seek professional guidance.

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Growing Healthy And Fit As A Result Of Pilates Training | Articles ...

Pilates is a great method to get fit. It is a series of exercises that concentrate on core strength, pliability and body awareness. The beauty of this form of workout is that it can be done at your residence or at a health and fitness center. This makes it more simple to adapt to your routine and allows you more possibility to develop a healthy and balanced, fit way of living. A part of being healthy is being fit. It can be difficult, however, to know which health and fitness assistance to follow. There may be times you feel like giving up, but continue on. Following the tips you review here will definitely enable you to strengthen your way of living and wellness. Set aside a time in your everyday schedule for a limited working out. If your schedule is full of activities, however none of them combine fitness, then you are rejecting several options to get in more desirable shape.

Use little breaks during the day get your blood flowing. If you desire to find train, it is best to drop some of your excess weight before you start. The moment you have reached your ideal weight and fat levels, spot training will produce a favorable outcome. Begin slowly by just providing a couple of minutes of workout occasionally such as walking. You can make use of this to aid you establish really good patterns that can be added to in time. It also helps begin your day on the right foot. Do not get concerned. Even seek biking for a physical fitness choice. Riding a bike to work is not simply fun yet likewise saves money and enhances your physical fitness level. If you are close to your workplace, your half-hour bicycle commute are able to burn up calories both to and from work. Work on enhancing your thighs to better shield your knees. One injury typical to folks that participate in games is a ligament tear behind the knee. Include enhancing workouts for your quadriceps and hamstrings if you want to safeguard your knees. Both leg curls and leg extensions enhance your hamstrings and quads.

Your age determines the volume of time you should hold your stretches. Individuals under 40 should hold their stretches for around 30 seconds. However, people over the age of 40 should be holding stretches for about 60 seconds. Ensuring that you stretch correctly is important if you prefer to protect your muscles from trauma. You must feature some form of stretching into every physical fitness program. Be sure to spend sufficient time stretching before you exercise and again after you are done. Failure to do so can easily make you more susceptible to injuries. Stretching will certainly provide you muscles a possibility to unwind and prepare.

The greatest way to incorporate workout into your day is to keep your body moving at all times. While you are watching TV, stand up and do a couple activities instead of sitting on the couch. Attempt to walk in place on commercial breaks. You are able to also do some small weight training as you are sitting and taking it easy. There is constantly time to squeeze in a workout. Do not forget to stretch your muscles out between each set. You must stretch your target muscle groups for about half a moment at a time. Stretching between sets can increase strength. In addition, stretching additionally slashes the possibility of trauma. Speak with your doctor if you experience fatigue or joint pain. Keep a diary of your workouts so you are able to log any sort of issues. When your work out is completed you ought to feel energized, not rundown or exhausted. Cardiovascular activities like power walking, swimming, running and cycling are essential to a really good training session routine. Consider additionally including strength training, which involves utilizing free weights or weight machines. It constructs muscle mass.

The following info provides you with a method that tennis and racquetball players discovered that assists them improve their forearm strength. Place a large piece of news print on a table or flat surface. Take your dominant hand, and simply crumple up the paper four about 30 seconds. Repeat the crumpling workout two times then switch hands, finally switch over to your dominant hand for 2 more repetitions. You must constantly execute a set order by having your workout deal. You ought to start off with dumbbells, and then to barbells, conserving machines for the end. Smaller sized muscles that can be collaborated with dumbbells have a tendency to languish sooner than large muscle groups. The moment your muscles tire out, it is sensible to switch over from dumbbells to machines so that you can actually push yourself hard on the last couple sets.

Contrasting understandings on the concept of fitness can make the procedure unnecessarily complicated. There are dos and don?ts when it comes to physical fitness, and necessary things to take into account before embarking on a health and fitness routine. Try the assistance presented and find a more fit and happier you.

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