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7 Important Fitness Tips For Web Workers

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“Web working and fitness usually don’t go hand in hand. In fact, fitness is probably the last thing on a web worker’s mind.

In front of a computer all day and constantly working on new projects, a web worker doesn’t have the time to keep fit. As a result, their weight increases,mental stress levels increase, and frankly, overall health goes down the tubes.”

Continue at source: http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/10/7-important-fitness-tips-for-web.html

23andme a Social Genome Service for the masses

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The service is simple. They send you a kit. You provide a saliva sample and send it back for analysis. But the result is an amazing insight into yourself, your health, and your ancestry. Details from their web site are below: for more info visit: http://www.23andme.com

A high-density, custom genome scan.

Our customers submit a small saliva sample that is processed using a custom DNA chip. The resulting data is then presented on a secure website using interactive tools that offer information about ancestry, inherited traits and disease risk.

Hundreds of insights into your genetics,
with regular updates.

We help you understand how your genetics influences more than 80 diseases, health-related conditions and traits. We also help you explore your family relationships and ancestrywith the information in your DNA. And as new discoveries are made, we update your account with the latest findings.

Innovative sharing and comparison features.

23andMe is the leader in giving you secure, simple options toshare your genetic information with family and friends. You can also post stories and questions for other members of the 23andMe community. Other tools show you how you fit into the 23andMe customer database–and the whole human gene pool.

An opportunity to drive the future of research.

For the first time, anyone can help advance research by participating in our research program, 23andWe. Through online surveys that simultaneously collect scientific data and enhance the experience for our customers, 23andWe is designed to reveal the genetic basis of disease and contribute to making personalized medicine a reality.

Secure, permanent web-based access.

The safety of your data is our priority. Your personalized 23andMe web account provides secure and easy access to your information, with multiple levels of encryption and security protocols protecting your personal data.

Stanford Offers free online courses

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Stanford has followed MIT (previously posted here just search) and is now offering a wide variety of engineering courses that include computer science, and artificial intelligence. See below  for their original announcement:

Welcome to Stanford Engineering Everywhere (SEE)


For the first time in its history, Stanford is offering some of its most popular engineering classes free of charge to students and educators around the world. Stanford Engineering Everywhere (SEE) expands the Stanford experience to students and educators online. A computer and an Internet connection is all you need. View lecture videos, access reading lists and other course handouts, take quizzes and tests, and communicate with other SEE students, all at your convenience.
This fall, SEE launches its programming by offering one of Stanford’s most popular sequences: the three-course Introduction to Computer Science taken by the majority of Stanford’s undergraduates and seven more advanced courses in artificial intelligence and electrical engineering.
Stanford Engineering Everywhere offers:
  • Anytime and anywhere access to complete lecture videos via streaming or downloaded media.
  • Full course materials including syllabi, handouts, homework, and exams.
  • Online social networking with fellow SEE students.
  • Support for PCs, Macs and mobile computing devices.

Stanford encourages fellow educators to use Stanford Engineering course materials in their own classrooms. A Creative Commons license allows for free and open use, reuse, adaptation and redistribution of Stanford Engineering Everywhere material.

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one hundred push ups

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“If you’re serious about increasing your strength, follow this six week training program and you’ll soon be on your way to completing 100 consecutive push ups!

Think there’s no way you could do this? I think you can! All you need is a good plan, plenty of discipline and about 30 minutes a week to achive this goal!

No doubt some of you can already do 50 consecutive push ups, but let’s face it, you’re in a big minority. Most of you reading this won’t even be able to manage 20 pushups. Actually, I’m sure many of you can’t even do 10″.

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