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Houston is too lonely. Let’s fix that.
A recent study of over 5,000 Harris County residents shows that feelings of isolation and loneliness are widespread across our region. Michael Paulsen/Chronicle As a teenager growing up in a working-class neighborhood in southeast Houston, Mireya Corona would sometimes sneak into her local YMCA when the front desk staff was distracted taking a call or helping a member.
YMCA CEO: We’re working to tackle loneliness — and want more Houston leaders to join us | Kinder Institute for Urban Research
By Stephen Ives Ives is president and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Houston, which serves nearly 400,000 members and program participants annually across the region. In 2023, then-U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared loneliness a public health crisis, urging organizations like the YMCA to step forward.
Accuracy of the Apple Watch Series 9 for Measures of Energy Expenditure and Heart Rate at Rest and During Exercise: Impact of Skin Pigmentation
1. Introduction “Exercise is medicine” is an expression that physicians, health professionals, and educators promote [1]. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines physical activity as “any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure” [2]. Continuing regular physical activity can help individuals prevent and manage diseases such as obesity, stroke, cancer, heart disease, and hypertension and improve their mental health and overall quality of life [3].
Feed Intake and Growth Performance of Vietnamese Yellow Calves Fed Silages from Intercropped Maize-Soybean and Guinea Grass
2. Materials and Methods 2.1. Silage and Rice Straw Preparation In August 2021, three types of silage were prepared: Guinea grass, maize–soybean and soybean. Guinea grass was cut at 50 days old after its previous harvest. Maize–soybean was sown as an intercrop, while soybean was sown as a monocrop in May 2021, and both crops were simultaneously harvested at 90 days old. For the maize–soybean intercrop, soybean was sown in four rows with two rows of maize in between.
An Analysis of the Impact of Religious Affiliation and Strength of Religiosity on Sexual Health Practices of Sexually Active Female College Students
1. Introduction Religion has been a central part of the way individuals live their lives since humans became civilized. Today, across the world, 31% of people practice Christianity, 24% practice Islam, and 15% practice Hinduism [1]. Religion is a central part of our society and its pillars help shape the way we live our lives. In the United States, church and state are separate, yet the choices of citizens, such as family planning, are often shaped by religion.
The Anti-Capitalist Origins of the Monopoly Man
The new PBS documentary Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History tells the story of how a board game intended to warn Americans about inequality ended up teaching them how to be good little capitalists. “Nationalism,” the new issue of Jacobin is out now. Subscribe today and get a yearlong print and digital subscription.
The Anti-Capitalist Origins of the Monopoly Man
Interview by Ed Rampell “The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas.” Theoreticians have applied Marx and Engels’s concept to analyses of literature, theater, cinema, academia, punditry, and more. But who would have thought that the same framework could also be brought to bear on the most popular board game in history?
“Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History” ~ News Chat with Dave ~ Matt Reviews "80 for Brady"
Main Street “Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History” ~ News Chat with Dave ~ Matt Reviews "80 for Brady" pp Ways To Subscribe Google Apple Spotify Friday, February 17, 2023 – “Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History” is a new documentary from American Experience.He shares an update during our weekly news chat.~~~ Matt Olien reviews “80 for Brady,” and remembers Raquel Welch.It’s called the real story behind America's most popular game – an untold tale of theft, obsession, and corporate double-dealing.
Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History | American Experience | PBS
Ver la película con subtítulos en español For generations, Monopoly has been America’s favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and — for better or worse — the impulses that make our free-market society tick. But behind the myth of the game’s creation is an untold tale of theft, obsession and corporate double-dealing.
This paper is only available as a PDF. To read, Please Download here. Abstract The role of nitric oxide (NO) as a modulator of functional sympatholysis has been debated in the literature, but the preponderance of evidence suggests that the magnitude of NO-mediated dilation is restrained by sympathetic vasoconstriction.
Sealab | American Experience | PBS
Narrator: In the spring of 1964, Scott Carpenter was preparing for a new mission. The second American to orbit the earth, he had become one of the most famous men of his day. Now, he would be embarking on another, equally dangerous undertaking. This time, Carpenter would not be an Astronaut but an “Aquanaut,” venturing into the deepest parts of the ocean, a vast and forbidding domain every bit as daunting as outer space.
The Great War | American Experience | PBS
Narrator: 2 AM, September 26, 1918. Already the Great War was by far the most destructive conflict in human history. Nine million soldiers were dead, and six million civilians. President Woodrow Wilson had committed his country to this struggle in the belief that the United States could lead the world to a better future. But if Wilson was to shape the peace, American troops would have to play a decisive role in winning the war.
The Bookshelf: Celebrate the constitution with lessons from history
Last week marked Constitution Week, which celebrates the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. Miss out on this historical commemoration? Then get caught up with these books on one of our nation’s founding documents.An in-depth look at the entire text of the U. S. Constitution, annotated with detailed explanations of its terms and contents.
Effects of a combined protein and antioxidant supplement on recovery of muscle function and soreness following eccentric exercise
The purpose of this study was to determine if a combined protein and antioxidant supplement (PRO + AO) was more effective than either protein (PRO) or carbohydrate control (CHO) alone in restoring muscle soreness and muscle function following fatiguing eccentric contractions (ECC) during the acute 24 h phase.
The Great War | American Experience | PBS
Part 2 Narrator: On the evening of April 2nd, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson and his wife Edith left the Capitol and headed to the White House. Only moments earlier, Wilson had asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany. A. Scott Berg, Writer: It was the greatest applause Wilson had heard in his years in office. After the speech, he and his wife go back to the White House. Wilson goes into his office. And he puts his head down on the table and he weeps.
Exercise performance and physiological responses: the potential role of redox imbalance
AbstractIncreases in oxidative stress or decreases in antioxidant capacity, or redox imbalance, are known to alter physiological function and has been suggested to influence performance. To date, no study has sought to manipulate this balance in the same participants and observe the impact on physiological function and performance.
The Big Burn | American Experience | PBS
part01 In the summer of 1910, the largest fire in American history raged in the Northern Rockies. In the spring of 1905, the first group of fresh-faced graduates of Yale’s Forestry School began to arrive in the bawdy frontier towns of the West. These first employees of the Forest Service were given the monumental task of managing the newly created national forests in the Northern Rockies. Nothing could have prepared them for the severity of the drought there in 1910.
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