Dr. John Ivy, lead researcher on the studies and chair of The University of Texas at Austin College of Education’s Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, and his team, recently conducted a study where they
After riding a bike for 90 minutes at moderate intensity, then for 10 minutes of high intensity intervals, 10 trained cyclists had significantly more power and rode faster (reduced their ride time by an average of six minutes)…
And
low-fat chocolate milk drinkers built more muscle and shaved off more fat during training, ending up with a three-pound lean muscle advantage after four and a half weeks of training as compared to study participants who consumed a carbohydrate drink.
I’m a big fan of low-fat chocolate milk, and not such a big fan of the gym…so I’m going to test this study out. I’m all for creative motivation.
I am constantly surprised at the stupidity of people who hold important positions and their Internet use. On the one hand, they’ve reached great heights using their intellect. Yet, with said intellect, they fail to recognize how the Internet truly works. When you write something on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, AIM, Gchat, and email… it’s not like writing something using pen and paper. There’s no magical white-out or eraser, and you certainly can’t shred it. No, ladies and gents…it’s there for good.
In March 2009, msnbc relayed a story about a would-be Cisco employee (“theconnor”) who tweeted: “Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work.”
Before the work day ended, Web sleuths revealed “theconnor’s” true identity… And thanks to Google Cache, the deleted content of “theconnor’s” homepage resurfaced on CiscoFatty.com, a Web site erected to commemorate this cautionary tale.
Rep. Anthony Weiner is by no means a pioneer in using Twitter in a scandalous way…but he’s definitely up there on the “we thought you’d know better” list. Here are some additional politician twitter scandals and a compilation of the top 10 Twitter related firings.
Note to the wise…if you don’t want to get in trouble for your words…air out your thoughts vocally to a friend. Since we’re in the Internet age, I feel it necessary to point out that by “vocally”, I don’t mean using Google Voice, Skype or a cell phone…while it may be a rare concept, I mean old school face-to-face.
The Oracle has spoken… with his thoughts on social-networking IPOs:
“Most of them will be overpriced,” [Warren] Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said… ”It’s extremely difficult to value social- networking-site companies… Some will be huge winners, which will make up for the rest.” Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 3/25/11
But that hasn’t stopped a parade of social-networking companies from preparing themselves to go public.
Renren Inc., China’s equivalent to Facebook, went public on May 4th. It’s the first social-networking site to do so.
Not to be the bearer of bad news, but as of end-of-day/closing bell Wednesday (May 11th), RENN‘s stock stood at $13.49. That’s lower than the initial price.
What does this mean for Facebook, which is planning to go public next year? And don’t forget LinkedIn, which is planning to join RENN with its own stock – LNKD – later this month.
On March 10, 2000, the dot-com bubble burst…is the social-networking IPO bubble going to burst in late 2011/early 2012?
In 2010, chief executives at some of the nation’s largest companies earned an average of $11.4 million in total pay — 343 times more than a typical American worker, according to the AFL-CIO.
Airbnb, a Couchsurfing-like website for properties, has partnered with an event company in the tiny but gorgeous principality of Liechtenstein to offer, well, the country itself for rent.
What’s the price tag?
Renting Liechtenstein, which sports also great skiing, magnificent castles and offshore banks, will set you back about $70,000 a night, but, understandably, the minimum stay is two nights.
Click on the shirt to brush up on your Liechtenstein knowledge. (Wikipedia)
The red-headed clown, McDonald’s mascot for decades, will star in several new commercials advertising Happy Meals, encouraging children to visit the HappyMeal.com website, where they can upload pictures of themselves to be integrated into Ronald McDonald videos, a McDonald’s Corp. representative said Friday.
It will be interesting to see if McDonald’s can bring the children of this great tech age, to love the mascot that we all grew up with.
The idea to instill demand directly in children, who will then pressure their parents, clearly works, Mr. Hanft [chief executive of marketing firm Hanft Projects] said. “But the problem with creating these little armies of kids is that you turn the parents against the brand,” he added.
his plan to introduce legislation that would ban toys from being included in unhealthy meals at fast food restaurants.
His proposed bill
would prohibit restaurants from distributing toys or other knickknacks geared toward children in meals that have more than 500 calories, 600 milligrams of sodium and 35 percent of calories from fat, excluding nuts, seeds and nut butters.
According to data compiled by Comrie’s office, McDonald’s Happy Meal contains 1,090 calories, Burger King’s Kid’s Meal contains 1,460 calories, Wendy’s kid’s portion meal contains 1,080 calories and KFC’s Kid Meal contains 680 calories.
McDonald’s said the hiring blitz would increase its U.S. workforce by 7.7 percent to 700,000 — which is no different from prior summer staff increases.
So what have we learned from all of this? Just like any business in the marketplace, every company (established or not) has to revamp its marketing once-in-a-while (Ronald), and spend money (hire people), in order to compete and stay top-of-mind.
(Note: I tried to find a copy of the commercial online to no avail…so instead I leave you with one from the 80’s).
I don’t know about you, but I received at least 5 different emails, from various companies that have my email address on file, alerting me of said breach. But…not to worry, only my email address has been compromised, or so they say.
What I want to know is…why are all of these prominent companies working with just one email marketing company? In a worst-case scenario situation, coincidentally oddly similar to this one… wouldn’t it be wiser to not hold so many ‘eggs in one basket”? So that if a breach were to occur, the accounts would be limited in number…rather than the possibly millions affected. Also, most curious, how did this happen?
I’m all for eco-friendly…but maybe it’s time we revert back to pen and paper.
First, a brief history…namely because I was interested in learning the origins of April Fool’s Day.
The modern custom may have originated in France when the Gregorian calendar, which moved New Year’s Day from March 25 to January 1, was adopted in 1582. Those who continued to celebrate the end of New Year Week on April 1 were referred to as fools. – Encyclopedia Britannica
Fantastic. Now that we’re all caught up…
One of my favorite April Fool’s jokes of 2011 was Gmail Motion – ‘control Gmail with your body’.
I don’t know about you, but when I go to the supermarket, I get overwhelmed with all of the labels associated with fish – organic, wild-caught, farmed. I’ve even seen salmon that says that it’s dyed pink or red. Um…really??
Key to the Gulf Wild program is a fish-tracking component that allows the buyer to “find my fish.” Each Gulf Wild fish is marked with a sequentially numbered gill tag just minutes after it is brought on board. When the catch reaches shore, the tag number is electronically recorded with the unique credentials of its fish. The information is made public via myGulfWild.com, where wholesalers, retailers and consumers can enter their tag number and confirm the species, where it was caught and information about the vessel and its captain.
Amazing, huh?
Also:
In addition, as a way to address concerns stemming from the oil spill, an independent international testing lab will routinely sample Gulf Wild seafood for oil-based contaminants.
The people have spoken…their concerns over the oil spill, coupled with an increased media focus on green/sustainability…have been heard.
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