Well, there is a third category detailed in the Quar'an, the People of the Book (Christians and Jews, primarily). These people are not enemies of the Muslims and should not be persecuted nor should conversion be sought (though it is welcomed). According to that writing the safest place in the world for a Israeli Jew to be would be the streets of downtown Tehran. I think Iran's secular authority might disagree, though.
Ultimately the followers of a religion dictate the perception of a religion. Sharia laws and the oppression of women are two things practiced in many Muslim countries that lead to a negative perception of Islam by the West, though if you meet a practicing Muslim in New York or London they would be unlikely to follow Sharia law at all...
To be fair, the bible isn't all sunshine and roses, either. While the moral lessons that Jesus Christ sought to teach are excellent regardless of your religious background or beliefs, very few people truly practice them. Instead we are regaled day after day with Old Testament scripture that persecutes sexual preference or would have us kill a woman for adultery. Apparently not punishing them makes me "wicked". If you are outraged that I would write that, and feel it is unfair that I characterize an entire religion based on what is clearly a minority viewpoint then I congratulate you, for you have gotten my point.
You've made a good post, and I agree that they are not needed nor would I have recommended them to schools who are already facing funding issues. However, I based on what you've written I don't think you're particularly familiar with the Heart Rate Monitors (HRMs) or how they work. The HRMs won't abdicate legal responsibility since, for the most part, they don't have the method to detect irregularities in the heart. At best, they will easily tell the user (or teacher in this case) the exact health of their pupil and give them an empirical method of measuring their physical progress over the course of the school term (no more gym teachers pets).
What the HRM can do is give Physical Health Educators the tools they need to make sure that every student is sweating and working at a level appropriate for them. Thus, someone who has an ectomorph body top will exert themselves to the appropriate body type while someone who has an endomorph body type will also work to an appropriate aerobic level, even though those levels might be different. Also, kids whose health is poor will have an opportunity to use this info and get in better shape, whereas making them keep up with the rest of the class would not since they aren't physically capable of doing so and thus they exercise they get would not be aerobic, but anaerobic as you've indicated.
I agree about the military has a pretty good method of keeping the pace and ensuring aerobic exercise. However, the military gets to cheat where schools can not; the military has minimum fitness requirements to join. Unless schools want to institute a "remedial fitness" class (which may not be a bad idea, but they already have enough funding issues...) I can't seem them incorporating singing while they run.
Now, it sounds like you're pretty serious about aerobic exercise, as I am. If you haven't tried out an HRM I highly recommend it to you. When I'm running it is an invaluable tool for my pacing to keep me from pushing myself right into that anaerobic zone (which I won't notice for a while).
Manual measurement is totally valid, but you have to stop to do it. When I'm running a 6 mile circuit, I don't really want to stop and glancing at a HRM readout is as easy as reading a watch. In that way, I can keep my heart in the zone and get my full run in without stopping at inconvenient intervals to measure my heart rate and lose my pacing while I'm at it. From experience I know my natural pace will cause my heart rate to rise outside of the aerobic zone I want it in, so I have to work to keep my pace slower and the HRM is perfect for that.
The good news is that it can be used for both. "Keep your heart rate in Zone 2, for you Timmy that is 130 to 150 beats per minute. Johnny, stop right there. Take deep breaths. Your heart rate was pushing 200 beats per minute! I want you to stick to walking!"
We learned to take our pulse in grade school. After that, for me at least, there was nothing new in regards to that.
As an adult, whenever I work out I take a heart rate monitor with me. Martial arts, archery, weight lifting, or running I like to know where I'm at. If I'm running I can back my pace down a bit to keep it at good and safe exercise levels, the same is true of martial arts.
When it comes to weight lifting, I can rest up until my heart rate is back to a lower exertion level between sets. And believe me, when you start moving big weights your heart rate will go up in leaps and bounds during the exercise.
Looking back, for football or other team sports I wish we had been able to use an HRM. It would have provided me the info I needed later in life to avoid putting on a lot of the weight I did (though I've subsequently lost it) since I could have used that info to figure out approximately how many calories I was burning.
Thank you for that. I've been enjoying the game quite a bit, but the comic-book look and feel (which I enjoyed for the first couple of gaming sessions) is no longer as interesting to me. I'll be changing that up tonight!
I agree with that. In the Hero Games (PvP for CO) I've seen some truly phenomenal melee characters who rip right in to the other team, and if you don't have your block up you'll be nearly dead before you've hit that button. That said, the ranged characters and support characters all serve their purpose and if you get a mix of the three you'll find a team that is difficult to pin down, let alone stop.
A, perfect reasoning. And the person so slandered is at their own cost to recoup their shattered life, sue, etc. While the slanderous little jackass that wrote it has no consequences.
Creating the slander was the act of the writer. They bear the responsibility for the subsequent actions and should be punished accordingly. The people who acted on the slander are also responsible for their own actions, and should also be punished. They also have the option of seeking damages from the slanderer for misleading them.
I once read that their military has one gun for every eight "fighting" troops currently. While I doubt this is true, looking at the numbers the CIA gives for their army it appears unlikely that the US would be outgunned, even if the US would be out-manned.
However, their nukes will certainly annihilate us even as ours annihilate them, so war really isn't a viable proposition.
All the more reason to fund missile defense systems. The one Boeing (and partners) has been working on is still in test, and over budget, but a 75% hit ratio is a good starting point. Now we need to deploy the damn thing on the West Coast, Hawaii, and Alaska.
Destroy their ability to create an overwhelming first strike and you've already prevented a war... now we just have to compete economically.
Not at all. California has a major industry in agriculture and raw materials. We'll just have to do it in a way that meets EPA standards. While businesses will bitch, they won't have the excuse that foreign competition is driving them out of business since that foreign competition has willingly stopped exporting. Frankly, on this issue I'd like to see tariffs on rare earth metals to keep the business in house just in case the Chinese change their mind later and once again dump materials to drive our industry out of business.
While we're at it, lets get steel production going again. I know Michigan and Pennsylvania could use the industry...
You realize that you got a -1 for using the term "loony leftist" not because of the content of your statement. Next time be more careful, censorship does exist on slashdot.
If I put "loony leftist" in a statement I would expect moderation to kick it down. If I put "fascist neo-con" I would expect the same. While a statement may have valid points, sophomoric name calling is a perfectly legitimate reason to mod someone down.
My point is that while it is true that eating more = weight gain, why is it that people are eating so much more today?
Well, the short answer is that food is more readily available, is highly processed with additives and sweeteners (such as the High Fructose Corn Syrup you mentioned). Moreover, the more processed the food the less expensive it becomes. Moreover, you're getting more calories in the same volume of food (volume being what is generally what we use to determine if you're full).
Lets take Mac & Cheese as an example. A box of craft mac and cheese is 410 calories prepared for 1/3 of the box (1 cup of volume, ~2 oz by dry weight).
For the same weight of food (2 oz dry) you can make a dish at home using low fat milk, low fat cheddar cheese, and whole wheat pasta for a significant reduction in calories and an increase in the quality of the food. Hell, even skipping those changes a traditional home cooked mac and cheese recipe comes in at a whopping 232 calories for a 2 oz (dry) serving. Note the calorie information on that site is for 6 servings of ~5.5 oz each, not the 2oz serving that Kraft uses.
Because a great deal of scientific research and studies support it. Studies of bird populations splitting into two distinct species, etc. The theory also explains fossil records and the ascent of [i]Homo Sapiens[/i] from [i]Homo Habilis[/i]. Additionally, if someone finds new evidence that can be tested independently the theory will be changed or discarded as appropriate.
ID has no falsifiable evidence, and therefore should not be taught in schools outside of a religious studies class (at best, since ID, in theory, doesn't actually belong to a religion). It certainly isn't science.
Not really. It is directly correlated if and only if you're in average shape. Spend a lot of time working our or exercising to build muscle mass and your BMI goes through the roof while your body fat percentage is going down.
Change that to be "anyone with a body fat percentage greater than X" and I'll agree with it. BMI is great for tracking large numbers of people, it is not worthwhile for the individual.
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Well, there is a third category detailed in the Quar'an, the People of the Book (Christians and Jews, primarily). These people are not enemies of the Muslims and should not be persecuted nor should conversion be sought (though it is welcomed). According to that writing the safest place in the world for a Israeli Jew to be would be the streets of downtown Tehran. I think Iran's secular authority might disagree, though.
Ultimately the followers of a religion dictate the perception of a religion. Sharia laws and the oppression of women are two things practiced in many Muslim countries that lead to a negative perception of Islam by the West, though if you meet a practicing Muslim in New York or London they would be unlikely to follow Sharia law at all...
To be fair, the bible isn't all sunshine and roses, either. While the moral lessons that Jesus Christ sought to teach are excellent regardless of your religious background or beliefs, very few people truly practice them. Instead we are regaled day after day with Old Testament scripture that persecutes sexual preference or would have us kill a woman for adultery. Apparently not punishing them makes me "wicked". If you are outraged that I would write that, and feel it is unfair that I characterize an entire religion based on what is clearly a minority viewpoint then I congratulate you, for you have gotten my point.
How a person expresses himself in casual conversation still show you whether he's a retard or intelligent.
Yes. Yes it can. Of course, it is just as likely to demonstrate that someone made a simple typo.
Glen Beck, is that you?
Laura,
You've made a good post, and I agree that they are not needed nor would I have recommended them to schools who are already facing funding issues. However, I based on what you've written I don't think you're particularly familiar with the Heart Rate Monitors (HRMs) or how they work. The HRMs won't abdicate legal responsibility since, for the most part, they don't have the method to detect irregularities in the heart. At best, they will easily tell the user (or teacher in this case) the exact health of their pupil and give them an empirical method of measuring their physical progress over the course of the school term (no more gym teachers pets).
What the HRM can do is give Physical Health Educators the tools they need to make sure that every student is sweating and working at a level appropriate for them. Thus, someone who has an ectomorph body top will exert themselves to the appropriate body type while someone who has an endomorph body type will also work to an appropriate aerobic level, even though those levels might be different. Also, kids whose health is poor will have an opportunity to use this info and get in better shape, whereas making them keep up with the rest of the class would not since they aren't physically capable of doing so and thus they exercise they get would not be aerobic, but anaerobic as you've indicated.
I agree about the military has a pretty good method of keeping the pace and ensuring aerobic exercise. However, the military gets to cheat where schools can not; the military has minimum fitness requirements to join. Unless schools want to institute a "remedial fitness" class (which may not be a bad idea, but they already have enough funding issues...) I can't seem them incorporating singing while they run.
Now, it sounds like you're pretty serious about aerobic exercise, as I am. If you haven't tried out an HRM I highly recommend it to you. When I'm running it is an invaluable tool for my pacing to keep me from pushing myself right into that anaerobic zone (which I won't notice for a while).
Manual measurement is totally valid, but you have to stop to do it. When I'm running a 6 mile circuit, I don't really want to stop and glancing at a HRM readout is as easy as reading a watch. In that way, I can keep my heart in the zone and get my full run in without stopping at inconvenient intervals to measure my heart rate and lose my pacing while I'm at it. From experience I know my natural pace will cause my heart rate to rise outside of the aerobic zone I want it in, so I have to work to keep my pace slower and the HRM is perfect for that.
The good news is that it can be used for both. "Keep your heart rate in Zone 2, for you Timmy that is 130 to 150 beats per minute. Johnny, stop right there. Take deep breaths. Your heart rate was pushing 200 beats per minute! I want you to stick to walking!"
We learned to take our pulse in grade school. After that, for me at least, there was nothing new in regards to that.
As an adult, whenever I work out I take a heart rate monitor with me. Martial arts, archery, weight lifting, or running I like to know where I'm at. If I'm running I can back my pace down a bit to keep it at good and safe exercise levels, the same is true of martial arts.
When it comes to weight lifting, I can rest up until my heart rate is back to a lower exertion level between sets. And believe me, when you start moving big weights your heart rate will go up in leaps and bounds during the exercise.
Looking back, for football or other team sports I wish we had been able to use an HRM. It would have provided me the info I needed later in life to avoid putting on a lot of the weight I did (though I've subsequently lost it) since I could have used that info to figure out approximately how many calories I was burning.
Thank you for that. I've been enjoying the game quite a bit, but the comic-book look and feel (which I enjoyed for the first couple of gaming sessions) is no longer as interesting to me. I'll be changing that up tonight!
I agree with that. In the Hero Games (PvP for CO) I've seen some truly phenomenal melee characters who rip right in to the other team, and if you don't have your block up you'll be nearly dead before you've hit that button. That said, the ranged characters and support characters all serve their purpose and if you get a mix of the three you'll find a team that is difficult to pin down, let alone stop.
Only in America. In New Zealand they're just really influential businesses.
Junkyard Wars: The MMO? That isn't a bad idea. Make people design and build things that have real world physics behind them.
A, perfect reasoning. And the person so slandered is at their own cost to recoup their shattered life, sue, etc. While the slanderous little jackass that wrote it has no consequences.
Creating the slander was the act of the writer. They bear the responsibility for the subsequent actions and should be punished accordingly. The people who acted on the slander are also responsible for their own actions, and should also be punished. They also have the option of seeking damages from the slanderer for misleading them.
It isn't, but why let that stop anyone from saying it is?
Well, current estimates of military strength beg to differ.
I once read that their military has one gun for every eight "fighting" troops currently. While I doubt this is true, looking at the numbers the CIA gives for their army it appears unlikely that the US would be outgunned, even if the US would be out-manned.
However, their nukes will certainly annihilate us even as ours annihilate them, so war really isn't a viable proposition.
All the more reason to fund missile defense systems. The one Boeing (and partners) has been working on is still in test, and over budget, but a 75% hit ratio is a good starting point. Now we need to deploy the damn thing on the West Coast, Hawaii, and Alaska.
Destroy their ability to create an overwhelming first strike and you've already prevented a war... now we just have to compete economically.
Well, don't tell me we're involved in a land war in Asia! Oh, yeah, Afghanistan...
Not at all. California has a major industry in agriculture and raw materials. We'll just have to do it in a way that meets EPA standards. While businesses will bitch, they won't have the excuse that foreign competition is driving them out of business since that foreign competition has willingly stopped exporting. Frankly, on this issue I'd like to see tariffs on rare earth metals to keep the business in house just in case the Chinese change their mind later and once again dump materials to drive our industry out of business.
While we're at it, lets get steel production going again. I know Michigan and Pennsylvania could use the industry...
You realize that you got a -1 for using the term "loony leftist" not because of the content of your statement. Next time be more careful, censorship does exist on slashdot.
If I put "loony leftist" in a statement I would expect moderation to kick it down. If I put "fascist neo-con" I would expect the same. While a statement may have valid points, sophomoric name calling is a perfectly legitimate reason to mod someone down.
My point is that while it is true that eating more = weight gain, why is it that people are eating so much more today?
Well, the short answer is that food is more readily available, is highly processed with additives and sweeteners (such as the High Fructose Corn Syrup you mentioned). Moreover, the more processed the food the less expensive it becomes. Moreover, you're getting more calories in the same volume of food (volume being what is generally what we use to determine if you're full).
Lets take Mac & Cheese as an example. A box of craft mac and cheese is 410 calories prepared for 1/3 of the box (1 cup of volume, ~2 oz by dry weight).
For the same weight of food (2 oz dry) you can make a dish at home using low fat milk, low fat cheddar cheese, and whole wheat pasta for a significant reduction in calories and an increase in the quality of the food. Hell, even skipping those changes a traditional home cooked mac and cheese recipe comes in at a whopping 232 calories for a 2 oz (dry) serving. Note the calorie information on that site is for 6 servings of ~5.5 oz each, not the 2oz serving that Kraft uses.
Sorry, I forgot to provide a reference for easy verification.
http://autos.yahoo.com/2009_toyota_prius_4_door_liftback-specs/
Do you really think this would have ended better in a Prius?
Given the weight of a Prius (2932 lbs and old ones are heavier) and its lower center of gravity than most SUVs, yes.
Because a great deal of scientific research and studies support it. Studies of bird populations splitting into two distinct species, etc. The theory also explains fossil records and the ascent of [i]Homo Sapiens[/i] from [i]Homo Habilis[/i]. Additionally, if someone finds new evidence that can be tested independently the theory will be changed or discarded as appropriate.
ID has no falsifiable evidence, and therefore should not be taught in schools outside of a religious studies class (at best, since ID, in theory, doesn't actually belong to a religion). It certainly isn't science.
Of course it is a pseudo-science. Why do you think Xenu supports it?
Not really. It is directly correlated if and only if you're in average shape. Spend a lot of time working our or exercising to build muscle mass and your BMI goes through the roof while your body fat percentage is going down.
Change that to be "anyone with a body fat percentage greater than X" and I'll agree with it. BMI is great for tracking large numbers of people, it is not worthwhile for the individual.