Does Loneliness Reduce the Benefits of Exercise? Luke White With Valentine’s Day around the corner, this seems the proper moment to ask whether being in a relationship changes how you exercise and, perhaps even more intriguing, whether relationships affect how exercise changes you. That latter possibility was memorably raised in an elegant series of experiments conducted not long ago at Princeton University. The researchers were trying to replicate earlier work in which the brains of mice given free access to running wheels subsequently fizzed with new brain cells, a process known as neurogenesis, and the mice performed better on rodent intelligence tests than those without access to wheels. To the Princeton researchers’ surprise, when they performed the same study with rats, “which are a little closer, physiologically, to humans,” said Alexis Stranahan, the lead author of the Princeton study, running did not lead to neurogenesis. Why and how isolation affects exercise and neurogenesis remain somewhat mysterious, said Dr.
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Codrops Registering a Private Company | SME Toolkit South Africa Provided by Business Partners Ltd, South Africa's leading investor in SMEs When you're setting up your business, one of the first decisions you'll have to make is what kind of legal entity to register. Each business entity has its own pros and cons, so don't make the decision in a hurry or without having all your facts. If yours is a medium-sized enterprise, you may think about registering a Private Company. If your business venture has a number of shareholders/owners, with a potentially high annual turnover, a Private Company (Pty, Ltd) may be your best option. It must be legally registered, with a minimum of one shareholder (maximum 50) and have a Managing Director. One of the most attractive features of a Private Company, is that the law sees it as it's own legal entity, so shareholders can not be held personally liable for any debt the company might incur during the course of doing business, or should the business fail.
Wii Shall Overcome Illustration: Marcos ChinIn February 2010, Jane McGonigal completed another level in her quest to become America's new guru of gaming. She delivered a talk at TED, the annual California conference that's an obligatory stop for anyone peddling a Big Idea, from Al Gore to Bill Gates to David Byrne. McGonigal's was that video games can fix the planet's toughest problems. It's a bold, appealing proposition: Game-addled kids, who spend an average of more than 10,000 hours fiddling with consoles and controllers before they turn 21, could wind up stopping climate change with their PlayStations! It should come as no surprise that gamers, techies, and Silicon Valley types have been thrilled to have a much-maligned pastime elevated to an altruistic pursuit—and by an exuberant, un-geeky blonde, no less. McGonigal's new book, Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, is sure to amplify the buzz.
Boycott Monsanto – A Simple List of Companies to Avoid – April 2, 2013Posted in: Featured, GMOs In light of the recent public anger over the Monsanto Protection Act, here’s a simple, printable list of companies that use Monsanto products. By avoiding products made by companies on this list, you can help ensure your money isn’t going to Monsanto and also watch out for the health of your family and yourself. If you wish to print, simply click on the list and choose “Print” from your browser’s menu (or press CTRL+P/CMD+P). Original list from the Ascending Star Seed blog
Writing a Partnership Agreement | SME Toolkit South Africa Adapted from content excerpted from the American Express® OPEN Small Business Network When you're in a partnership, it's highly advisable to have a formal, written partnership agreement. While it is not required by law, a partnership agreement can give you a framework for defining each partner's obligations, and settling the conflicts, disagreements and other difficult-to-resolve issues that naturally occur in nearly every business relationship. Ultimately, it will help ensure the long-term well-being of your business. Create your written partnership agreement with the assumption that anything that can go wrong with your partnership will. You can save money by drafting your own version of the key parts of your agreement, then taking it to your firm's attorney to be reviewed, clarified, modified and finalized. Below are some of the key areas you will want to cover in your written partnership agreement: Basics What is the name of the partnership? Responsibilities, performance and remuneration
Full-Service Gyms Feel a Bit Flabby - Skin Deep Brandon Thibodeaux for The New York Times Matthew Knowles on a treadmill in Dallas. Solo exercisers pose a challenge to many gyms. It used to feel worthwhile to commit to an annual membership at an everything-and-the-kitchen sink gym featuring high-spirited classes, top-of-the-line cardio machines, weights — and perhaps a shot at striking up a conversation with Ms. But these days, the idea of a full-service gym is as stale as yesterday’s sweat-soaked towel. For all their ads promising to stir motivation, gyms have failed to do so. Blame the gym’s now-ubiquitous flat-screen TVs and the fact that iPods are de rigueur, said Jonathan Fields, a marketing consultant in Manhattan who has helped found personal-training gyms and studios. Kitchen-sink gyms also face pressure from operations like Planet Fitness, a chain founded in 1992 that offers Cybex treadmills and weight machines, but which does not have Zumba classes or perks like towels — and charges $10 a month. Mr.
Millions worldwide to march against Monsanto &a... Companies and Intellectual Property Commission Wine critic Mike Steinberger tries a '47 Petrus in awkward company. - By Mike Steinberger I published a lengthy investigative piece last June about the fraud scandal roiling the fine-wine world. At the center of the story was a New York-based retailer called Royal Wine Merchants, which appeared to have served as a conduit for Hardy Rodenstock, a German pop-music-promoter-turned-wine dealer who is suspected of flooding the market with counterfeit old Bordeaux. Focusing on one wine in particular, the 1921 Château Pétrus, the piece documented the links between Rodenstock and Royal and also showed how the allegations against Royal dragged the critic Robert Parker into the controversy. (For an update on the major players mentioned in the June article, click .) After the article ran, I exchanged e-mails with a friend of mine named Wilfred Jaeger, a Bay Area wine collector (he co-owns a restaurant in San Francisco called RN74, one of the city's premier wine hangouts, and also owns parts of two vineyards in Burgundy). I was wrestling, too, with my own conflicted feelings.
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