Tuesday, October 31, 2006

ö Periodically Look Up At the Ceiling  How To Keep Good Posture When In Front Of A Computer Today we are spending more time at computers, an activity through which people's bad posture can affect their overall health. Posture ranks at the top of the list when talking about good health. It is as important as eating right, exercising, getting a good night's sleep and avoiding harmful substances. Unnatural alignment of the body can cause head, shoulder, neck and back pain, and compromise neurological, digestive, respiratory and cardiovascular functioning. [...] 9. Periodically Look Up At the Ceiling to Give Your Posture Muscles a Break more  Very good article, I actually moved my keyboard (still not great), mouse and monitor, and had never thought to look at the ceiling. One thing he got wrong (and admitted it) was the right height for your monitor. So I went looking for a better depiction, and found one on another excellent page at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. permanent link #     ^ TOP ^  what is this place?

ö RepugliGas - "keep more money in your wallet"  Conspiracy Theories Abound as Oil Prices Fluctuate - washingtonpost.com In mid-May with gasoline prices at $2.95 a gallon and rising, 15 percent of Americans listed high fuel prices as their top concern, outstripping terrorism. And much of the public seemed ready to vent its wrath on President Bush and the Republican-led Congress. By early September, though, with the nationwide average at $2.73 a gallon and falling, only 5 percent of those polled said that the price of gas was the single most important issue, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. Since then, the price of gasoline has fallen even further, now down about 70 cents a gallon from its peak in August -- with only a month before the elections. Coincidence? more  Meanwhile, Exxon's July to September quarterly profit was just $10.49 billion, 2nd-biggest in U.S. history. And Dubya's out there stumping for the election: "want to keep more money in your wallet? Vote Republican". What's wrong with this picture? The graph is snapped from GasBuddy.com. permanent link #     ^ TOP ^  what is this place?