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Kindle Wireless Reading Device (6″ Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation)

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Paper-Like Display: Reads like real paper without glare, even in bright sunlight

Carry Your Library: Holds up to 1,500 books

Longer Battery Life: Now read for up to 1 week on a single charge with wireless on, a significant improvement from the previous battery life of 4 days

Built-In PDF Reader: Your Kindle can now display PDF documents natively. Native PDF support allows you to carry and read all of your personal and professional documents on the go.

Read-to-Me: With the experimental Text-to-Speech feature, Kindle can read newspapers, magazines, blogs, and books out loud to you, unless the book’s rights holder made the feature unavailable

Free Book Samples: Download and read first chapters for free before you decide to buy

Large Selection: Over 390,000 books, including 101 of 112 New York Times® Best Sellers, plus U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, and blogs. For non-U.S. customers, content availability and pricing will vary. Check your country.

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No rabbits, mice or frogs died or were harmed in the writing of this blog. This was not always the case in pregnancy tests. In fact, the history of pregnancy tests involves barley, wheat, wine, urine and sacrificial mice, rabbits and frogs. Sounds like a bad party.

It all started in ancient Egypt. An Egyptian woman would urinate on wheat and barley seeds to determine if she was pregnant. If barley seeds germinated, paint the room blue, while germinating wheat would bring out the pink. I assume no one ate the bread.

The Middle Ages would have some lucky person mix a woman’s urine with wine and study the urine for smell, clarity, consistency and taste. What a hang over! I’m sure people were lining up for that job.

Things were a little fuzzy from this point on, but in the 20th century some genius discovered the human chorionic gonadotropin hormone. Since no one could say that, they called it hCG for short. Significant amounts of hCG were found in pregnant women, so a test could be developed that would react with this hormone.

During a late night in a lab after some wine chasers, someone thought that injecting urine from a pregnant woman with this hcg into young rabbits, mice or frogs would be a good idea, since that would determine if a woman was pregnant or not. The unfortunate by-product of this was that the rabbit, mouse or frog would have to be sacrificed to see if the hCG would stimulate the animals ovaries.

After protests from the forest animals, new tests were developed that would allow a urine sample to be mailed off to a lab to determine pregnancy. Today, testing is often accomplished with a home pregnancy test.

It is now safe to eat the bread, drink the wine, and watch the animals frolic in the forest.

Records, LP (Long Playing Record), vinyl record, vinyl or album are all names for the flat disc with a spiral groove that became popular in the 1900’s until they were replaced by digital media in the late 1980’s. They finally left the main markets in 1990 when CDs took the lead in sales. Records are now back and are becoming increasingly popular again.

LPs can contain a total of 60 minutes of music, but most hold less. They are made of vinyl plastic that allows for greater flexibility and color combinations on the record itself. Vinyl records come in all genre of music from jazz, blues, rock, classical and many more. Several progressive modern artists as well as older groups are releasing new music vinyl records.

What does the future hold for LPs? Only time will tell, but one thing is for sure. That warm fuzzy sound that a music vinyl record can produce
is back.

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Fat, sometimes called Adipose Tissue, is all over our bodies. Most people look at fat as a nuisance or hindrance to their “perfect” body image. Fat,however, does have important functions for our bodies. It protects essential organs, stores fuel and energy for emergencies, helps regulate and control chemicals throughout the body that manage brain function, the immune system and metabolism.

While fat does have its benefits, it also can have a negative effect on our bodies if we accumulate too much. Problems can include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, joint pain and high blood sugar to name a few. These can lead to stroke, heart disease, a lower quality of life style and diabetes.

How can you safely lose weight?  Be wary of diets that restrict you too much. For example, low fat, low calorie and low carb diets can actually cause your body to slow down its fat burning process, take away your energy and may even be harmful to your health.

What diet works? Look for a diet that offers variety, a support group or online help and encouragement to guide you and one that does not look at food as the enemy. To be successful, create a regular exercise program like walking, don’t compare yourself to others, don’t set goals that are unrealistic and above all be patient.

Also, remember to always consult your doctor before starting your diet and exercise program.

You can do it! Hang in there! Tomorrow is a new and bright day.