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TL;DR: Goplus treadmills are up to 22% off at Amazon as of Aug. 24. (But hurry, these deals of the day will go fast.)

When the pandemic first hit the U.S., we saw a huge increase in home gym equipment sales because no one was able to go to the actual gym anymore. While dumbbells have experienced a months-long shortage, other exercise equipment like treadmills have been able to consistently stay in stock.

We've even seen some decent discounts on treadmills over the last couple months, and as of Aug. 24, there's a whole slew of Goplus treadmills on sale for Amazon's deal of the day. Here are a few of the treadmills included in the sale:

If you're working from home, this is a super cool treadmill to get. It functions as a standard treadmill with handles for gripping and heart rate monitoring, but you can also fold the bar down to convert it into an under-desk treadmill. This means you can get your steps in any time of the day. The machine features a 2.25 horsepower motor that stays relatively quiet. It's lightweight and easy to move about the house and it's decked out with features like Bluetooth speakers and a remote control.

Maybe you already have a treadmill, but you've always dreamed of working at a treadmill desk. This option is for you. It sits under a standing desk (not included) and is slim enough to be stored under the couch or bed and out of the way. The machine reaches up to 4 mph, so it's best for walking or jogging and it comes with a remote that allows you to control your speed and exercise programs.

Opt for a heftier piece of equipment here with a more standard folding treadmill this one does not go under a desk. It has a built-in Bluetooth speaker and a nice LED display. While it is a bit bulky, this treadmill folds up nicely for easy storage.

This is another standard treadmill suitable for walking, jogging, and running it goes up to 7.5 mph. The LCD display shows you metrics including time, distance, calories, speed, pulse, and incline. This folding treadmill has 12 workout programs built in to help you reach your fitness goals.

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So, I'd be lying if I said I was keeping up with that well-thought-out workout plan I came up with at the beginning of stay-at-home orders. I've become a little too comfortable with doing the, well, bare minimum to keep me semi in shape.

That was until a good friend of mine (who also happens to be a health coach) recommended I check out Nike's latest drop of insanely cute new arrivals. Within seconds of scrolling the site, my motivation to get myself on my mat and logged into that Zoom pilates class I've been RSVPing "maybe" to for months skyrocketed. Now, I can't wait to show off my chic leggings, bright sports bras, and (my personal favorite) fresh sneakers to all my friends onlineand on a side note, I'm super impressed by how many Nike items come in a really inclusive range of sizing. Looking for a little inspiration yourself? I got you.

Nike Tennis Tank ($60)

Nike T-Shirt ($40)

Nike Short-Sleeve Top ($35)

Nike Tank ($30)

Nike Light-Support Sports Bra ($35)

Nike Light-Support Twisted Keyhole Sports Bra ($35)

Nike Medium-Support Sports Bra ($60)

Nike Medium-Support 1-Piece Pad Pocket Sports Bra ($50)

Nike Mid-Rise Cropped Tights ($85)

Nike Infinalon 7/8 Tights ($90)

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Nike Mid-Rise Crops ($50)

Nike Air Force 1 Sage Low ($100)

Nike Air Max 270 React ($160)

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EDWARDSVILLE Keep your head in the game. Its a common sports phrase that points to the importance of mental focus in competition.

As many athletics organizations had to limit or place in-person training on hold amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the St. Louis Scott Gallagher Soccer Club (SLSG) used the opportunity to strengthen players mental training. This summer, they partnered with Southern Illinois University Edwardsvilles Exercise and Sport Psychology graduate program to pair mental performance coaches with athletes.

Mental performance coaches work with individuals to help them handle the challenges they experience as athletes, said Lindsay Ross-Stewart, PhD, graduate program director and sport psychology consultant for the SIUE Cougars. People often think about sport psychology skills as being something for elite athletes, but skills such as how to handle ones emotions, dealing with pressure, staying focused and being confident are incredibly important for youth athletes, as well.

Seven graduate students were each matched with a SLSG youth team, meeting four times to teach topics on what is sport psychology, goal setting, dealing with stressors and confidence building techniques.

One of the unique outcomes of everyone being at home was that coaches and teams were looking for ways to use that time to gain a mental edge, since they couldnt physically practice, Ross-Stewart explained. The coaches learned the mental techniques that were taught to their athletes, so they can refer to them all season.

We are grateful for the opportunity that the SIUE staff and students provided for our membership, said St. Louis Scott Gallagher Illinois Program Director Shawn Hewitt. Allowing the players to meet virtually to talk through topics that directly impact them proved to be a valuable resource to aid in the players development. Discussing these topics also helped elevate our coaches understanding of the mental side of the athlete and team encounters on and off the field. We look forward to working with Dr. Lindsay Ross-Stewart and her students this upcoming year.

This was a great opportunity for our players to focus on a different aspect of their game, added SLSG Illinois ECNL Director Laura Heffington. As we were limited to virtual meetings and training, the ability to have our players working directly with graduate students on mental strength was a huge asset. The exercises that our players went through are not only tools that can be valuable to sport, but also assets in school and other stressful areas of their lives.

Participating SIUE graduate students emphasize the value of such professional interaction with youth athletes, as they prepare for careers as sport psychologists.

I utilized videos and goal sheets, and challenged them to discuss and be open about their experiences, despite it being a group Zoom session, recalled Savana Robinson, of Des Moines, Iowa. The girls were consistently engaged and never skipped a beat on wanting to delve into techniques to better nervousness, stress or motivation. The competitive nature of Gallagher has made the girls realize the importance of mental strength in sport, which is unique to find at such a young age.

Graduate student Harben Branco Filho, of Brazil, came to the U.S. at age 17 to play soccer and pursue his education. As a mental performance coach, he was able to gain applied experience that combined his passions for sport and psychology, with the added privilege of helping others.

We explored the topics of motivation, confidence and dealing with anxiety, Filho said. Such topics can be complex even for adults, so one of the major focuses was to tailor the information according to the athletes own reality. We must be sensible and creative to adapt the complex information we learn to everyday language that these young people are able to understand and apply to their lives.

This experience was crucial to help me draw connections from the classroom material to the real world, he added.

Every experience I get to work with athletes on improving their mental skills is a big stride in my growth as a consultant, agreed graduate student Courtney Kendrick, of Jonesboro.

Athletes have to train their mind like they train their body, she explained. Oftentimes, youth athletes are in the developing stages, and this means that they are easily influenced and still learning their way. If we, as coaches and consultants, include mental training skills into practice and the team program, we can shape and improve these skills, setting these young athletes up for success.

Other graduate students serving as mental performance coaches were Landon Braun, of Jefferson, Iowa, Alyssa Lowe, of Mt. Zion, Cameren Pryor, of Raleigh, N.C., and Maira Ogata Negri, of Brazil.

Ross-Stewart mentored the students throughout the trainings. She hopes to continue this partnership in the future online, or in-person when circumstances become safe to do so.

By preparing the next generation of leaders in a knowledge-based economy, SIUEs Graduate School fulfills the regions demand for highly trained professionals. Graduate school offerings include arts and sciences, business, education, engineering, nursing and interdisciplinary opportunities. SIUE professors provide students with a unique integration of theoretical education and hands-on research experiences. Students can obtain graduate certificates or pursue masters degrees, and be part of a supportive learning and rich intellectual environment that is tailored to the needs of adult learners. The Graduate School raises the visibility of research at SIUE, which ranks highest among its Illinois Board of Higher Education peers in total research and development expenditures, according to the National Science Foundation. Doctoral programs are available in the Schools of Education (EdD) and Nursing (DNP). The School of Engineering and the Department of Historical Studies feature cooperative doctoral programs (PhD), and the College of Arts and Sciences features an Environmental Resources and Policy cooperative PhD.

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August 24, 2020

LUMBERTON The chairs of the two major political parties in Robeson County are encouraging voters to cast their ballots via absentee voting this election cycle, however, one believes past events open the process to error.

The State Board of Elections has predicted a significant increase in voting by absentee ballot because of health and safety concerns posed by COVID-19. The Board recently released information reflecting the expected increase.

County election boards in North Carolina received absentee ballot requests from 9,953 Democrats, 9,643 Republicans and 7,223 unaffiliated voters by Aug. 23, 2016, according to the state Board. The Board has received requests from 156,960 Democratic, 44,867 Republican and 93,275 unaffiliated voters as of Aug. 18 for the 2020 general election on Nov. 3.

Anyone who cannot vote at a polling site on Election Day should request an absentee ballot and certainly mail it in, said Phillip Stephens, Robeson County Republican Party chairman.

We hope it wouldnt delay results, but obviously that may be the reality, Stephens said.

Past events have cast a shadow of uncertainty when it comes to voting by absentee ballots, he said.

[A]s evidenced by the 9th Congressional race affair in Bladen County, it was absentee ballot irregularities that forced a special election, Stephens said.

During the 2018 race, Mark Harris, a Baptist minister, got the most votes, but an investigation soon began into allegations revolving around McCrae Dowless, who was hired for Harris campaign in Bladen County. Witnesses told state election officials that Dowless gathered hundreds of absentee ballots from Bladen County voters with the help of his assistants. Dowless workers testified at a state Board hearing that they were directed to collect blank or incomplete ballots, forge signatures on them and even fill in votes for candidates.

Still, Stephens believes votes cast by absentee ballots are more secure than votes cast by mail when it comes to voter identification.

Unlike absentee voting, there are fewer safeguards, Stephens said. Proof of residency, signature verification and registration verification are a few of the safeguards that are lowered when ballots are mailed at random.

Whereas requested absentees at least have some measure of integrity protection. Duplicate registrations, inaccurate voter rolls, ballot harvesting and lost ballots are always problematic when random mailings occur.

Robeson County Democratic Party Chairperson Pearlean Revels said she has complete confidence in the absentee ballot process and views it as the better option when considering the uncertainty posed by COVID-19.

I support it very highly, Revels said. The coronavirus has gotten people a little uneasy about getting out.

Absentee has been around for ages. Right now, I dont understand what the issues are, unless its about the post office.

She has confidence in the county Board of Elections office and believes that this years election will be carried out the way it needs to be carried out, Revels said.

Robeson County BOE Director Tina Bledsoe has said the office has hired additional staff and bought letter folding equipment to reduce the time needed to send ballots by mail.

Despite the pandemic, both parties have resumed get-out-the-vote drives.

I think Republicans and Democrats have both been creative in get-out-the-vote efforts this year, Stephens said. I know weve used vital media, like Zoom meetings and such, quite a bit.

Revels said the Democratic Party has held several get-out-the-vote drives, not only registering voters but encouraging them to vote using the absentee ballot process. One group has been out in Fairmont daily, she said.

We do talk to people and emphasize the absentee voting, Revels said. We will help them and assist them. The most important thing is to make sure you get out and vote.

The state Elections Board recently released guidelines for students at colleges and universities who choose to vote by mail during the pandemic, and are directing them to request that their ballots be sent to an address where they know they will receive it.

We want to ensure all eligible voters have the information they need to successfully cast their ballot in this important election during these unique times, said Karen Brinson Bell, state Board executive director.

Further guidelines for students include:

If you are temporarily living away or displaced from the residence where you are registered to vote and you intend to return later, then you are not considered to have lost your place of residence. It can remain your residential address for voting.

If you are registered to vote at your campus address and have not requested an absentee ballot, you may request a ballot and have it sent to an address of your choosing. This is the best option for students who are registered to vote at their campus address and know they will be leaving their campus address for the remainder of the semester.

If you are registered to vote at your campus address and unsure if you are leaving campus, please wait until you know your housing situation before requesting a ballot.

Students who have already requested a ballot but must leave campus because of COVID-19 or for any other reason may submit a new request to have their ballot sent to a different address. The first request will not be fulfilled. Students or others who submit a new form can make a note on the new form, such as Updated or Changed to alert county elections workers that it is an updated request. They can also email or contact their county board office to ensure the ballot is sent to the updated address.

However, if you have abandoned your place of residence and intend to stay at your new address indefinitely, then you should register at your new residential address.

If you will be away from your residential or mailing address, be sure to include the address where you want your ballot to be sent on your absentee ballot request. If you have moved within your county, you may use the request form to update your residential address and/or mailing address.

An online absentee ballot request portal will be available on the State Board of Elections website, NCSBE.gov, by Sept. 1, according to the state Board. This will allow all registered voters to request a ballot online. Beginning Sept. 4, county boards of election will begin to send ballots to voters who request them.

The deadline to request an absentee ballot is Oct. 27. However, election officials strongly encourage voters to request a ballot before then to ensure absentee ballot return deadlines can be met.

As always, all voters may vote in person during the early voting period, October 15-31, or on Election Day, which is Nov. 3.

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Sports enthusiasts of all ages are set to be blown away. 360 Shooter is a new multi-sport training tool that allows players to practice and play MULTIPLE SPORTS, including but not limited to basketball, football, soccer, baseball, lacrosse, frisbee, hockey, and more. The father-son duo is currently running an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds for their enthusiastic project.

Coach Don Loperena, current high school student Reid Narciso, and Randy Narciso (Reids father) are on a mission to help youths, athletes, coaches, and families improve their overall health and exercise programs by playing and practicing multiple sports on their new 360 Shooter goal. 360 Shooter is a new goal that doesnt have a backboard, offers a 360-degree playing area, and supports multiple sports including but not limited to basketball, baseball, football, lacrosse, hockey, and soccer. Until things get back to normal, 360 Shooter can help everyone be more active and play more sports, reducing the stress levels for everyone, said Coach Don Loperena, Co-Founder of 360 Shooter. We want all students and athletes to get outside and play. We launched our Indiegogo campaign on 8/24, in loving memory of Kobe Bryant.

Childrens lives have been turned upside down by the novel Coronavirus that started in March 2020. With school campuses being closed, playdates being canceled, and youth sports and recreation activities halted, childrens routines are anything but routine. Students are being forced to spend hours and hours online via remote learning, with limited time spent outside. This is impacting the mental and emotional state of our youths. 360 Shooter looks to encourage sports play by allowing youths and athletes the ability to practice and play MULTIPLE SPORTS, including but not limited to basketball, football, soccer, baseball, lacrosse, frisbee, hockey, and more.

The coach and father-son duo came together in March 2020, right when the home lockdown restrictions were enforced. Coach Don has coached Reid in several basketball camps and clinics and worked with Randy in other entrepreneurial projects. Reid, an avid basketball player, was getting tired of staying indoors. Reid simply wanted to practice his shooting in preparation for the upcoming high school basketball season, where Reid plays basketball for Notre Dame High School. All of the sporting goods stores were closed and online shipping times were over 4 weeks, said Reid Narciso. I asked my dad to buy a new goal, but instead of buying a portable goal, we designed the initial prototype of 360 Shooter. I calculated all of the angles and lengths of the poles since I was taking Geometry at the time. I never thought I would ever use the Pythagorean Theorem in real life, but I used it multiple times to get exact measurements of the 360 Shooter.

The 360 Shooter team originally planned to submit an application to Shark Tank but decided against that option as they would have to give up significant equity in the company. Instead, they launched an Indiegogo campaign on 8/24, in memory of Kobe Bryant. With your support and backing, we believe we can reach our Indiegogo campaign goal and bring the 360 Shooter to market, said Randy Narciso. If we hit our campaign goal of $150,000, we will donate a percentage of our profits to the MambaONThree fund, which was established in honor and support of the seven other victims involved in the tragedy that occurred on January 26, 2020.

The 360 Shooter is built on a triangular steel base that holds 3 x aluminum telescoping poles in place. A basketball rim is mounted on top of the poles, allowing a user to adjust the rim height from 7 feet to 10 feet. One unique feature of the product is the industrial-strength clamping system that keeps the rim stable and sturdy. It only takes a few minutes for a user to set up the 360 Shooter and another few minutes to break it down and pack it in the trunk of a car. My school needs 5 of these units. We can not only play basketball but with the flexible net options, but also play multiple sports including whiffle ball, frisbee, hockey, lacrosse, and other sports, said Don Loperena. Storage is a huge issue for PE teachers. We can bring multiple units out and set them up so easily. When we are done, we can break them down and store them in a compact area.

360 Shooter can transform gyms and facilities by simply adding multiple units for students and athletes to enjoy. More goals, equals more shots, equals more repetitions, equals more productivity. With 360 Shooter, you can play hoops and other sports anywhere you go. You can setup the goal and nets on any surface, whether it be indoors on the hardwood or outdoors on concrete, asphalt, grass, artificial grass, sand, and dirt. The 360 Shooter is perfect for family fun, get-togethers, camping trips, parties, picnics, and beach trips.

For more information on the product, the Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, and to pre-order, be sure to visithttps://www.indiegogo.com/projects/360-shooter-nothin-but-net#/ and https://www.360shooter.net.

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently unveiled a Better Health campaign to combat obesity. The announcement was prompted by Johnsons bout with COVID-19, which included a stint in intensive care in April. Johnson is convinced that his reported Body Mass Index of 36 (30 is considered obese) was responsible for the severity of his infection and is now on a mission to slim down the United Kingdom.

Johnsons proposed interventions include banning junk food advertising before 9 P.M. to reduce the likelihood that children would be exposed to such ads, preventing stores from selling unhealthy snacks at entrances and checkouts, barring buy one get one free promotions on unhealthy foods, and requiring restaurants with over 250 employees to post calorie counts. Other measures include encouraging doctors to prescribe cycling (Johnsons favored mode of transportation) and facilitating access to weight-loss programs.

Critics of Johnsons anti-obesity measures rightly charge that they are incomplete because they focus on personal responsibility rather than attacking the root causes of obesitypoverty and inequality. Others have pointed out in the past that calorie counts in restaurants have negligible effects on consumer behavior.

As a researcher and educator on the history and politics of obesity, I would also caution that Johnson and lawmakers from other countries who might follow in his footsteps should tread carefully. Weight is a delicate issue, and mishandling wars on fat or obesity could impair, rather than improve, the physical and mental health of people with obesity.

This is not to say we should ignore links between obesity and COVID-19. There is mounting evidence that, obesity is the most significant risk factor in serious cases of COVID-19, possibly second only to age. Studies of populations in China, Italy, the United States, France and Britain have shown that people with obesity may double their risk of being hospitalized or dying from COVID-19, and that relationships between weight and COVID-19 are particularly pronounced among younger people and men.

Forty-two percent of American adults are classified as obese.

There are a number of explanations as to why obesity can aggravate COVID-19 infections. Scientists have found that COVID-19 often enters the body through an enzyme called ACE2, and that people with fat tissue have more ACE2 receptors and are therefore more susceptible to infection and higher viral loads.

Once infected with COVID-19, some doctors have proposed that because fat tissue compresses the diaphragm and lungs, those with obesity experience greater difficulty breathing. Another popular theory is that obesity may interfere with the proper functioning of immune cells and trigger an excessive immune response called a cytokine storm, resulting in potentially life-threatening inflammation and organ failure. Some researchers have also suggested that irregular levels of hormones associated with obesity, like glucose-regulating adiponectin and weight-regulating leptin, compromise immune responses to the virus.

As researchers continue to investigate links between obesity and COVID-19, countries and public health organizations would be well advised to devote renewed attention to obesity. In doing so, public health initiatives must learn from the mistakes of previous campaigns that stigmatized people with obesity as lazy, weak-willed and gluttons for junk food.

In 2012, both Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (Georgia largest pediatric health care system) and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota launched controversial ad campaigns that critics have justly characterized as fat shaming. One Georgia poster featured four overweight children, with captions such as, Big bones didnt make me this way. Big meals did. Meanwhile, the Minnesota ads targeted parents. One of its commercials featured a large man at a fast food outlet carrying a tray of burgers, hot dogs, fries, onion rings and sugary beverages. As the man blithely walked toward his booth, he overheard his overweight son in competition with another boy over whose father could eat the most. He suddenly felt ashamed.

I fear that these types of misguided ads and anti-obesity campaigns might resurface in the COVID-19 era, and that the pandemic will provide added ammunition to the notion that people with obesity are social and medical scourges. Overweight children may be subjected to more bullying by peers if there are internet ads, commercials, posters and billboards stigmatizing people with obesity and their alleged diet and exercise habits.

Among adults, anonymous commentators of news stories about COVID-19 are already posting that peoples fates are the result of poor lifestyle habits, a claim reminiscent of the 1980s and early 1990s when anti-gay voices maintained that people died of AIDS because of the homosexual lifestyle. Furthermore, stigmatizing people for their weight would be inimical to the current reckoning with racial injustice, as African American women and Latino children are the most disproportionately affected by obesity in the United States.

To those who insist that blunt messaging is necessary to underscore the gravity of obesity just as sensationalistic anti-tobacco ads were needed to drive home the dangers of smoking, public health research has shown that not only is stigma ineffective, it can induce people with obesity to gain rather than shed, pounds.

Studies have found that both children and adults subjected to weight-based bullying or discrimination are more likely to seek solace in binge-eating, to develop eating disorders and to be discouraged from exercise due to anxieties about their bodies being on display. Stigmatizing people for their weight could also impair mental health and create added stress, which could result in elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol and increased heart rate, blood pressure, and weight.

To avoid these consequences, campaigns to reduce obesity should focus on the positive aspects of maintaining healthy diet and exercise habits. And because lower-income Americans and racial minorities are more likely to live in neighborhoods with comparatively fewer supermarkets and green spaces, public policy interventions should also ensure access to affordable healthy foods and spaces that facilitate exercise and recreation. Such interventions align with the consensus among obesity experts that weight is the function of the interaction between genes and the environment.

Finally, it is imperative that anti-obesity initiatives also include an educational component in which the public and even health care providers are informed about the effects of weight bias. Rebecca M. Puhl and Chelsea A. Heuer, leaders in this area of research, point to studies revealing that health professionals sometimes regard patients with obesity as lazy, lacking in self-discipline, dishonest, unintelligent, annoying, and noncompliant with treatment, and that medical appointments with heavier patients are shorter than those with thinner patients.

Patients with obesity perceive these slights, reporting that health care providers do not take them seriously, erroneously assume that their weight is responsible for all their ailments, and condescend to them about losing weight. Hospital gowns, examination tables and medical equipment that are not designed for larger bodies exacerbate the embarrassment and indignities they experience. As a result, patients with obesity may forgo subsequent medical care, including lifesaving cancer screenings.

On the surface, at least, Boris Johnson seems to have come to appreciate the importance of approaching obesity with more compassion. In 2004, he wrote a newspaper column headlined Face It: Its All Your Own Fat Fault. Now, he reassures the British public that his anti-obesity program is not meant to be excessively bossy or nannying, adding: We want this one to be really sympathetic to people, to understand the difficulties that people face with their weight, and just to be helpful.

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Whether 2020 is bringing out your minimalist side or your wildest fashion instincts, we're all in thisand our face maskstogether. Here are the biggest fits of the week coming to you from remote beaches, city rooftops, and, of course, the NBA bubble.

Leon Bridges

Bridges's smooth voice and workwear stylings are the only way to start this week.

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Ronson and this DB dinner suit almost makes us excited for another season of staying in.

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Important transmission from across the pond: It's almost barn-coat season.

G-Eazy

A simple but excellent fall fit. (Notice the animal-print companion on the rack.)

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A perfect outfit for the last days of summer: oversized everything, a gold watch, and a backwards cap.

Jeremy O. Harris

A matching shorts set and a blanket fashioned into a cape looks as tremendous as it feels.

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This entire crew has enviable style, but special honors go to Diddy for being front and center in those tie-dye shorts.

Kyle Kuzma

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Megan Rapinoe

The Loewe T-shirt. The Jordans. The rich-lady accessories. Megan Rapinoe is a legend in more ways than one.

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LIVINGSTON, NJ The Livingston Public School District is following in the footsteps of several of its Essex County neighbors and starting the school year remotely amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In a recent letter to the community, Superintendent Matthew Block elaborated on why officials have decided to opt for all-virtual instruction when students return to class on Sept. 8.

See the district's full reopen plan here.

One of the big reasons for the delayed return to classrooms involves an irreplaceable resource, Block said: the district's teachers.

His full statement follows below.

"Beginning with the release of The Road Back this past June, we have planned for every aspect of the reopening of schools. Guidance has shifted throughout the summer, most recently through a new executive order issued by Gov. Phil Murphy this past Wednesday, and new safety and health guidance from the Department of Health, which was released this past Thursday.

"On July 24, the Department of Education set out supplemental guidelines for school districts requiring that an all-virtual option for learning be offered for all students. This revised guidance underscored the need to consider the personal circumstances of each member of our school community, understanding that certain individuals may have increased risk factors and personal circumstances that would cause them to choose not to return to school for in-person schooling. The Road Back also guides school districts to work with staff members whose return to in-person learning may be similarly impacted. We have learned over the summer that a number of staff members throughout the district have health and family related issues that would enhance their risk and impede their ability to return to school in person. As of today, nearly 150 of our educators have indicated that they may need to take a leave of absence if we return to in-person learning. We have used a thorough process to sort through these requests, and our school physician has reviewed each submitted medical document.

"Last Wednesday, the governor issued an executive order allowing districts to open the school year remotely if there are specific concerns that would negatively impact the opening of school facilities. Since that order was released, multiple neighboring districts have announced that they will open the school year with remote learning. This trend has led to an increase in the number of our staff who are requesting child care leaves, which they are entitled to under federal law. A number of our staff members live in these surrounding communities.

"The educators who have indicated they cannot return in person have years of experience, valuable content expertise, and knowledge of our curriculum and programs. In the current education job market, we simply cannot replace them. Livingston has developed its outstanding reputation based on the quality of the educational program that is provided for students. The people who are on the front line of that work are our teachers. In order to fulfill our mission, and provide our students with the best education possible, we need to engage our educators with our students. In addition to providing instruction, teachers contribute to supervision and safety in our schools. As a result, the potential loss of so many of our staff members presents both educational and safety challenges.

"In line with the governor's executive order, we believe that we would not be able to deliver our educational program effectively, or provide proper supervision and social distancing for our students with so many of our staff members not able to be present in our schools. It is simply not possible to overcome our significant staffing issues in time for the opening of the school year.

"Therefore, we will be submitting a plan to the county superintendent specifying that the Livingston Public Schools will be starting the school year with full remote learning on Sept. 8. We will remain in a full remote format until we are able to effectively engage our teachers and establish a setting that allows for in-person learning for students. Our 'full-remote' learning plan will be posted to our website tomorrow and can be reviewed by members of our community. I will be briefly highlighting the plan in a few minutes. Please know that our fullremote learning plan has been reworked over this summer and outlines a revised and reimagined remote learning experience. The structure of our day will include a set schedule and increased synchronous interaction between students and teachers. By beginning the year virtually, we put the health and safety of our staff, students, and families as a top priority, and keep our talented educators connected with our students. It allows us to phase in to an even greater extent.

"We will work to bring our students back to our school facilities as soon as we feel we can do so safely with appropriate staffing for each grade level. It is our hope that, before the end of September, we can undergo this process beginning with some of our special education programs and our youngest elementary school grade levels. We ultimately want to bring all grade levels back for in-person learning. Based on our current circumstances, this will be most challenging at the secondary level.

"For all grades, we will make every effort to provide virtual and in-person extracurricular activities and orientation programs to connect our students with their schools and teachers. Our principals are currently looking for ways to bring groups of students to our school facilities to connect with staff, pick up materials, visit their schools, and socially connect with their peers. We will also focus our energy over the coming weeks on making the remote learning experience the best that it can be for our students and families, including targeted training for our staff.

"We know that this pandemic has created an extremely difficult time for many in our community. We also understand that beginning the school year in an all-remote format will present some additional challenges to parents and families. We will continue to work with the West Essex YMCA and the JCC of Metrowest to help families find opportunities for childcare for those parents who must return to work.

"When I arrived in Livingston a little over a year ago, I quickly discovered that this is a community that highly values education and provides our schools with tremendous support. The challenges of the past year have reinforced that, with strong partnerships between our schools and families, there is nothing we cannot overcome. Our team is anxious to face this most recent challenge, and to exceed expectations of remote learning to deliver the best educational experience possible for our students. We all want to have our students back in school, and we will continue working to get them back, but September 8th is quickly approaching and we need to move forward.

"We cannot allow the present situation to undermine the strong connection between schools and families that has defined the success of the Livingston Public Schools for so many years. While this has been a long and exhausting crisis already, it will end, and we will be back together in our school facilities at some point in the future. Through this adversity, we must overcome the difficulties this struggle presents and work to strengthen our collective efforts to educate and support Livingston's children during this difficult time.

"We remain committed to our important work to help all learn, create, contribute, and grow in the healthiest and safest way possible."

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A research group led by Jack Dekkers, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Animal Science at Iowa State University, has received a grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to further genetic improvement of livestock by integrating biological models of growth that have been developed by animal nutritionists.

The $500,000, two-year grant for Dekkers and his team will support the project, Integration of Biological Models in Genomic Evaluation: Pig-Growth-Model Whole Genome Prediction (PGM-WGP),as part of a national USDA initiative for Research in Tools and Resources for Animal Breeding, Genetics and Genomics Research.

Genomic evaluation and selection are used to improve the rate of genetic gain by identifying the animals with the best genetics for traits of economic importance. Using these animals for breeding future generations results in a more profitable final product, increased value of by-products and more. However, existing genomic evaluation models often fail to predict how the progeny of an animal will perform when they are exposed to diverse environmental conditions.

This research will take an existing genomic model and integrate it with models of growth that have been developed and used to formulate diets for pigs. This will allow breeders to better predict the genetics of an animal that underpin an animals ability to grow under different environmental conditions, including temperature, humidity, diets and disease.

"The idea to incorporate a biological growth model into genomic evaluation of pigs is based on similar work that has been conducted by scientists at Corteva, formerly Pioneer, who have successfully integrated crop-growth models into genomic evaluation to predict the performance of corn hybrids under normal versus drought conditions," said Dekkers.

Co-director Nick Sero, assistant professor of animal breeding, agreed, The integration of biological models with genomic models is expected to have a significant impact on genetic improvement for different environments in the swine industry.

To develop the model, the team will use in-depth data on feed intake, body weights and body composition on pigs from several lines from a commercial breeding company. The resulting model will be validated using this data to demonstrate its ability to improve prediction.

This project is being directed by Dekkers and will be co-directed by Sero and Andrea Doeschl-Wilson, reader and group leader of the Mathematical Modeling Group and Deputy Head of Genetics and Genomics Division of the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh.

Other team members include Iowa State faculty Rohan Fernando, professor of animal breeding, Jayasooriya Ranga Appuhamy, assistant professor of animal nutrition, along with a post-doctoral fellow and a PhD student who will be appointed to help conduct the research. Another collaborator is Jaap van Milgen, senior researcher and deputy-head of the INRAe-Agrocampus West Research Unit and developer of the INRA-Porc growth nutrition model. Several industry partners are also involved to supply insight, provide access to data and help facilitate model validation.

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It is essential to drink low carb drinks for the keto diet to work. It is easy for us to forget about nutrients in drinks, carbohydrates hidden in drinks may mean the diet is not effective.

Of course, one of the healthiest drinks to sip on is water. It contains no calories, so sugar, and is essential for healthy body function.

Aside from water though, there are still a lot of drinks you can enjoy on the plan.

This includes hot and cold drinks.

So what drinks can you eat on the keto diet? And what drinks should you avoid?

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Coffee

Black coffee without cow's milk or sugar is a good keto option.

The caffeine can help with weight loss too and aid those going through the transition to keto craving sugar.

Diet fizzy drinks

Diet fizzy drinks made with certain sweeteners such as stevia or erythritol are good for keto and cause less subsequent sugar cravings than those with aspartame.

Tea

Black and green tea are good options for the keto diet.

The drinks are thought to be positive for weight in themselves. They speed up the metabolism and decrease appetite.

They also have limited carbs, as long as you don't add sugar.

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Sparkling water

Sparkling water is good the keto diet, while also giving the feel of a fizzy drink.

Spirits

If in search of an alcoholic fix, lots of spirits are low carb. These include:

Low carb beer

It is possible to find low carb beers on the market for those on the keto.

Some options are:

Drinks to avoid on the keto diet

Drinks to avoid on the keto are essentially any drinks with sugar in.

The list includes wine, as well as fruit juices.

What are the best keto breakfasts?

Eating when you wake up can help boost your metabolism which will help your body to burn more calories throughout the day.

Eggs are a great keto breakfast that can help support weight loss.

Research suggests that eggs boost metabolic activity and increase feelings of fullness.

Avocados are also a good option.

Due to their high content of healthy fats, avocados make a great addition to a ketogenic diet.

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