My Week in Workouts

AngelaRunning, winter running

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My week in workouts saw the return of snowy and downright cold runs later in the week. And it saw the return of searching for vert on the treadmill. It’s climbing season once again! Monday 10 min ARC trainer hills warm up 30 min Stepmill intervals Strength training/core/mobility I’m back up to 30 minutes of […]

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Scientists Grow ‘Yarn’ Out of Human Skin Cells So They Can Literally Stitch People Up

Pierre Van ZylFact Checked, Learn, News + Discoveries

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There’s a good chance that you or someone you know has had to have stitches at some point in their life, whether because of an injury or as part of a surgical procedure. But have you ever stopped to ask yourself what those stitches are made of? Stitches, or sutures, which is their medical term,…

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College Student Turns Her Closet Into An Adorable Bedroom For Her Dog

Pierre Van ZylHome + Garden, Make, Pets

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If you are a pet parent, you would agree that nothing matters more than the happiness and comfort of our pets. At one point or another, a pet parent would be caught doing certain things that might be considered a little…extreme. Whether it’s that expensive sweater or strikingly cute collar, we dote on our pets…

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High School Hosts ‘Adulting Day’ to Teach Students Real-life Basics Before They Graduate

Pierre Van ZylLearn, News + Discoveries, Personal Growth + Development

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Times have changed, and while most parents will always do their best to bring their kids up properly, not many kids these days are being taught how to handle themselves in the real world. Kids formerly learned basic life skills such as cooking cleaning, ironing, plumbing, car maintenance, and even resuscitation skills at home. Nowadays,…

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Humanity Has Killed 83% of All Wild Mammals and Half of All Plants: Study

Pierre Van ZylPlanet

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Biodiversity refers to the variety of life at all levels on Earth, from genes to ecosystems. It includes every living thing, from humans right down to microbes, fungi, and invertebrates. It is essential to the continuation of life on Earth and provides value to humans as a source of food, fuel, and medicine. Crucial activities,…

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People still want plastic bottles, says Coca-Cola

Pierre Van ZylPlanet

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Global plastic pollution has become one of the most critical environmental issues we are facing today. This “miracle material” has made modern life possible, but with a vast majority of these products being used only once before being thrown away, they are now overwhelming our ecosystems, clogging our waterways, and killing our wildlife [1]. The…

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People Are Weirded Out To Discover That Some People Don’t Have An Internal Monologue

Pierre Van ZylLearn, Opinion

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I don’t know about you, but I’d always just assumed that even though people think different (and mostly wrong – do better, everybody) thoughts from myself, everyone sort of thinks in roughly the same way that I do. Well, it turns out that is not the case at all, and I’m far from alone in my mistake. A tweet went…

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The World Has A New Grumpy Cat, And She’s Grumpier Than Ever

Pierre Van ZylPets

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How can anyone tell when she’s happy?  Tardar Sauce will always have a special place in our hearts as the famous Grumpy cat, but it may be time for the throne to be filled again. Meow Meow from Taiwan makes Tardar’s grumpy face look like a happy one. Tardar was the subject of several hilarious…

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Affordable Solar Homes Produce as Much Energy as They Use

Pierre Van ZylHome + Garden, Make

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Being environmentally conscious doesn’t guarantee the money needed to become “green.” Although recycling and choosing to walk instead of driving makes a difference in reducing one’s carbon footprint, many people who desire to use only healthy renewable sources of energy sometimes feel limited due to cost and accessibility. For this neighborhood in Örebro, Sweden, this…

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Photographer Captures One of the Last Female Eagle Hunters of Mongolia

Pierre Van ZylLearn, News + Discoveries

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Among native Mongolians, persons who can train and hunt with eagles are some of the most highly respected in any tribe. Eagle hunting is not the art of shooting down or stoning down eagles. It’s a sacred profession whereby a person uses an eagle as a companion and helper during hunting trips. Eagles are wild…

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Many Women Have the Same Freckle on Their Wrist and It’s Freaking People Out. What’s going on here?

Pierre Van ZylLearn, News + Discoveries

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Everyone has at least a few freckles somewhere on their body. Some people are covered in them, others just have a few here and there. Some people have freckles all the time, some people develop them during the warmer months from sun exposure, only to have them fade away again in the fall. According to…

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Parents Use Social Media To Warn Others of Strep in The Sinuses

Pierre Van Zylparenting

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Usually when we talk about “strep”, we think primarily of strep throat- the painful infection in the back of the throat that typically goes away with a round of antibiotics, rest, and some chicken noodle soup. What most people are unaware of, however, …

The Beauty In You

Pierre Van ZylLearn, Move, Personal Growth + Development

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When we meet someone for the first time, we never know how things are going to play out with them. That first week, while we’re texting, calling and getting to know each other, happy hormones in our brains would make us think everything they do is cute…

China’s Coronavirus did Come from Bats, Study Claims

Pierre Van ZylLearn, News + Discoveries

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Since December 2019, news surrounding the Corona Virus Outbreak has been making headlines and has caused panic around the globe. To date, the virus, which is being called 2019-nCoV, has killed 494 people. It has infected more than 24 600 people in at least 26 countries worldwide, with eleven confirmed cases in the United States…

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Catch the stunning “Firefall” phenomenon at Yosemite this February

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For two weeks in February each year, thousands of tourists flock to Yosemite National Park, California to witness a startling natural phenomenon called the Horsetail Fall, more popularly known as “the winter Firefall [1].” The Firefall occurs when the setting sun casts its light on the Yosemite Fall, a small waterfall tumbling down about 2,000…

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5-year-old boy’s “Up” photoshoot with 90-year-old great-grandparents goes viral

Pierre Van Zylparenting

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Show me any little boy who watched the Pixar Classic, Up and didn’t want to be Russell, and I’ll show you a cave full of real purple unicorns.  Even I wanted to be Russell after seeing the movie. It was a dream come true for 5-year-old Elijah Perman when his mother, part-time photographer Rachel Perman…

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Podcast 218 | Minimalist Fashion

Pierre Van ZylMinimalism, Podcast

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By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus · Follow: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

Joshua and Ryan talk about minimalist fashion, capsule wardrobes, cleaning out your closet, and the pros and cons of trendy clothing with author, blogger, and podcaster Courtney Carver, and they answer the following questions…

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My Week in Workouts

AngelaRunning

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My week in workouts were status quo. Fun but nothing out of the ordinary. I was feeling a little blah later in the week but capped off the weekend feeling a little rejuvenated after a day of skiing and riding. Monday 10 minutes Stepmill 20 minutes Arc Trainer Hill Intervals Strength training Tuesday 6 mile […]

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Every Time You Smoke, this is what You are Actually Consuming

Pierre Van ZylHeal, Health Awareness, Learn

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Cigarette smoking kills more than 480 thousand Americans every year and remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. As of 2018, more than 34 million adults were current smokers, nearly fourteen percent of the population [1]. Maybe you are part of this statistic, or maybe you are one of the millions…

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State leaders pushing to teach all students how to budget money, balance a checkbook in high school

Pierre Van ZylLearn, News + Discoveries, parenting

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When Connecticut State Senator Doug McCrory got his first credit card after college, he maxed it out in just three weeks [1].  Unfortunately, he was not alone. When it comes to debt, Americans have been treading in dangerous waters for many years, but since the economic crisis of 2008, things have only gotten worse. As…

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You can sleep in a see-through ‘Jungle Bubble’ surrounded by rescue elephants

Pierre Van ZylPlanet

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Have you ever dreamt of sleeping under the stars in the jungle? How about lounging over breakfast as you watch a group of elephants peacefully stroll by?  This may sound like something out of a dream, but a resort in Thailand is making it a reality. Jungle Bubbles The Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp and…

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This is the highest-resolution photo of the sun ever taken

Pierre Van ZylLearn, News + Discoveries

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Type “the sun” into Google Images and you will get thousands of beautiful photos of what looks like a bright orange ball of fire against the black backdrop of outer space. Despite the innumerable amount of pictures scientists have taken of our nearest star, there are still many unsolved mysteries as to exactly what the…

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Na’Quisha Lost the Weight, But Found Happiness Beyond the Scale

Pierre Van Zyl

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Na’Quisha tied her weight to her happiness, until she realized self-love is much deeper than physical appearances.
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Na’Quisha Lost the Weight, But Found Happiness Beyond the Scale

Pierre Van Zyl

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Na’Quisha tied her weight to her happiness, until she realized self-love is much deeper than physical appearances.
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