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Donna Richardson Joyner (born November 3, 1962 [1]) is an American fitness and aerobics instructor, author and ESPN television sports commentator. Widely known for her series of fitness videos, she was appointed in 2006 by President George W. Bush to serve on the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. [2]
Frank Conroy was born on January 15, 1936, in New York, New York, to an American father and a Danish mother.Conroy graduated from Haverford College, and was director of the influential Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa for 18 years, from 1987 until 2005, where he was also F. Wendell Miller Professor.
Body Balance was founded in 2006 by engineer Michael Londo in Las Vegas, Nevada to experiment with products to help his daughter with a breathing disorder. [2] The company began developing red light therapy technologies in 2014. [3] In 2022, the company sold over 100 therapy beds per year for $50,000. [4]
The total length of capillaries in the human body is not 100,000 km. That figure comes from a 1929 book by August Krogh, who used an unrealistically large model person and an inaccurately high density of capillaries. The true number is believed to be between 9,000 and 19,000 km. [302]
The book takes a scientific approach. [1] It cites articles from the following peer-reviewed academic journals: the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, Archives of Internal Medicine, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, The Lancet, Sleep, Diabetes Care, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, and the Journal of Applied Physiology.
Dragonships of Vindras is a fantasy-adventure novel series by American writers Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Hickman has characterized the story as being "a modern fantasy Odyssey". The first book, Bones of the Dragon, was released in hardcover on January 6, 2009. Book Two, titled Secret of the Dragon was released on
A woman demonstrating the ability to balance A waiter balancing wine glasses. Balance in biomechanics, is an ability to maintain the line of gravity (vertical line from centre of mass) of a body within the base of support with minimal postural sway. [1] Sway is the horizontal movement of the centre of gravity even when a person is standing still.
The first book is set during the reign of King Tamaros of Vinnengael, the most powerful Human kingdom. Tamaros is the father of Prince Helmos and his younger half-brother , Prince Dagnarus. The next two novels are set approximately 200 years later and follow Dagnarus in his bid to take over the world as well as the story of his allies and ...