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Jan
10
What is your new years resolution? Every year, millions of people commit themselves to some sort of lifestyle-improvement plan for the upcoming year. Resolutions can include getting out of debt, finding a new (better) job, and working harder for better grades. The most popular new years resolution is (of course) to get fit, including exercise more, quit smoking, drink less alcohol, or eat better. The library has tons of resources to help you keep your new years resolutions and improve your life.
Here’s a “taste” as to what books and eBooks you can check out:
–Natural foods cookbook by Beatrice Trum Hunter (find in the library: TX715 .H899)
–Exercise: A Program You Can Live With published by Harvard Health Publications (an eBook)
–Essentials of strength training and conditioning with Editors: Thomas R. Baechle, Roger W. Earle (REF GV711.5 .E88 2008)
–Nutrition : concepts and controversies by Frances Sizer Webb (REF QP141 .S5365 2008)
–Healthy Eating: A Guide to the New Nutrition published by Harvard Health Publications (an eBook)
–101 Championship Baseball Drills by Glenn Cecchini (eBook)
Databases are great also. Ever wonder if a Nintendo Wii actually works as a good form of exercise? SportsDiscus Full Text, a comprehensive database covering the topics of physical fitness, sports medicine, physical education, kinesiology, training, nutrition, and much more, can help you answer that question. A keyword search for “Wii and exercise” came up with 34 results. One article by the American Council of Exercise’s (ACE’s) study on the health advantages of playing Wii Sport. The study concluded that by playing Wii Sport calories were “expended due to increased heart rate, oxygen intake and exertion. The energy expenditure per 30 minutes included 216 for boxing, 159 for tennis and 135 for bowling. However, chief science officer Cedric X. Bryant concludes that there is no replace for the real sport.” However, many studies also mention that playing active video games can play a role in maintaining or losing body weight. Basically: some exercise is better than no exercise.
Don’t be part of the 88% of people whose new years resolutions end in failure. Let the Pearson Library provide you with resources to help you achieve your new years resolution to get fit and live healthy.
Sep
30
What if you were told that you can’t read the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling because it displays too much violence and is therefore unsuitable to the age group? What about Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series because it is sexually explicit and displays a specific religious viewpoint? And the most ridiculous: What about dictionaries because they are not age appropriate? All of these books and thousands more have been challenged (in other words, someone wants to ban them) or banned from schools, bookstores, and libraries since Banned Books Week started in 1982. The reason for most of the challenges: too sexual or too violent, profanity, offensive portrayals of racial or religious group, and positive portrayals of homosexually. No book is safe as challenges have happened to books from all kinds of genres, contemporary to classics, in every state, and every kind of community. In the case of the dictionaries — Merriam Webster dictionaries were banned in California elementary schools in January 2010 because it defined oral sex, and district representatives felt “it’s just not age appropriate.”
Celebrate your freedom to read during Banned Books Week and throughout the year! Check out the display at the Pearson Library to see what other books have been banned. Look at the Huffington’s Post for their list of the 12 most surprising banned books, and stand up for your right to read whatever you’d like!