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Shelter dogs from the Santa Barbara County Animal Shelter were paired up with some high schoolers from St. Joseph’s High School Cross-Country team on Thursday, August 4th. Each student was paired with a dog before heading out to complete their run. Their coach, Luis Escobar, said on Facebook ” I am not sure who was more excited and having the most fun…the dogs or the kids. Either way, it was a great time and I am sure we will do it again sometime soon....

Your data is never 100% private or secure in the cloud, no matter what the provider you’re using says. So how can you combat this scary and serious issue? You can start by using your own private cloud service such as the stylish hub in the video below, called Sherlybox. It works like a cloud service, but there is one downside: your data stays on your computer. If you have plenty of space though, you wouldn’t really have to worry about this....

What makes Shortwale unique is that rather than just giving you tools to sort through the clutter, it makes people send you better (and maybe even fewer) emails. On Shortwale, you set up a pre-designed page which you can link to on your blog, website, or social media platforms as your contact form. When people send you messages via the “Send an Email to [Your Name]” section, they get to do the email organizing for you....

Knowledge of Muscle Cramps Evolves For most of the 20th century, Outside Online (a site dedicated to health and fitness), notes that doctors and researchers believed that muscle cramps happen when an athlete’s fluid or electrolyte levels become unbalanced or too low or when an athlete overuses his or her muscles while performing. However, for researchers that came later, that did not explain why cramps could occur when an athlete is at rest or stretching before or after a workout....

“Just do it” is, in a word, simple. It’s everything Nike is (or wants us to think it is) boiled down to its absolute essence. Certainly Nike could rattle off a dozen reasons its shoes are superior to its competitors (and surely its competitors could rattle off the same number of reasons that they’re superior to Nike) but they don’t. “Just do it” speaks for itself. Keep It Simple, Stupid In Chip and Dan Heath’s Made to Stick (“M2S” hereafter), simplicity is the first principle of stickiness....

Getting to Know How Your Brain Works During Distress No one wakes up and wishes for things to go against them. But the unexpected does happen. That’s life! Here is what the brain does when the unexpected happens: you think of what the reaction might be or what this will result in. And your brain goes haywire. It tries to defend you. But it does this job poorly, and now, you have this thing called stress....

Study properly according to your class There are two type of classes in university: technical classes and non-technical classes. You must recognize the category in which each of your classes fall and adopt the appropriate study methods. Non-Technical Classes Largely reading-based, these are classes that involve little or no mathematics. They’re heavy on essays and discussions about theories or concepts. English literature, psychology, and political science are few examples. If one of your classes falls in this category, here’s how you should prepare for your final:...

College opens door for its graduates and can be a path to greater economic security and civic engagement. Most of the fastest growing occupations need more than a high school diploma. A generation ago, America led the world in college graduates. Unfortunately that rank has dropped since. Even after President Obama sought to stir the nations’s competitive spirit with a pledge to retake the lead by 2020, the rank dipped from 12th to 16th in the share of adults age 25-34 holding degrees....

Today we are talking about Self-Care. Self-care is Exactly what it sounds like: taking care of yourself. If you want to be happy and thrive, you need to take care of yourself, mentally and physically. Our lives are getting more chaotic with ever advancing technology, we are already living in a completely different world than we were even 50 years ago. With new pressures we aren’t built to handle things like overexposure, being connected to everyone, huge social circles, overwhelming amounts of information almost instantaneous....

The HEXO+ might be what you’re looking for. The drone-based system comes equipped with a mount for a GO PRO camera and a small tracker. Once in place, the drone can be programmed to follow an individual virtually anywhere. Setting up the drone is very simple, as the product works almost straight out of the box. The HEXO+ isn’t just for adrenaline junkies. It is also for individuals who shoot independent films and camera enthusiasts....

It looks like much of the gold that was brought to China for this year’s Olympics will remain there after the games’ end. Michael Phelps’ legendary 8 gold medals for the US team helped the Americans bring up their count but not nearly enough to keep them in the top spot for winning gold since the fall of the Soviet empire. Even if you discount a few from China for biased judging, they still won this year’s Lycra War....

Texting itself – sometimes texting in itself can be a troublesome thing if a woman thinks you are lacking the confidence to call or meet with them face to face. 2. Childish writing – even if you are busy and trying to be efficient, writing like a small child or with immature slang can end up being a huge turn off. Try to avoid this if at all possible 3....

The always hilarious College Humor have reimagined a load of internet personality types as Greek gods, and it’s pretty funny. Which Gods of the internet do you relate to? Are you a Goddess-Of-Know-It-Alls Or A Sulkin? Click here to see the full collection and remember to hail Listikles for more Lifehacks and don’t be a Commentares! Internet Gods | College Humor Featured photo credit: Internet Gods | College Humor via collegehumor....

1. Be efficient in all that you do You should always be asking yourself “What’s the best way to do this?” Focus on doing everything in the order that makes the most sense. The opposite of this is multi-tasking, which you should avoid. When you multi-task you get distracted and don’t do anything well. In being efficient, you’ll also want to keep it simple. For example, when making dinner focus on doing only that and have a repertoire of meals that are fast....

And so we arrive yet again at the end of another year. 2008 was at best a mixed bag – while the world was electrified by the US election and it’s promise of change, the global economy was shaken to its core as a decade of financial mismanagement and willful blindness finally caught up with us. Gas prices spiked, leading us all to ask some difficult questions about sustainability, efficiency, and consumption – and then plummeted, leaving us feeling somewhat relieved, but baffled by the unpredictability of it all....

Gladwell possesses the rare skill set of being able to dig deep into subjects that deal with human behavior — such as Social Science and Psychology — and to pull away tiny little details that others would’ve probably overlooked, and then tie them into big ideas that affect our lives quite significantly… It’s his attention to detail that resulted in his string of best-selling books and his stellar writing career as one of the world’s leading non-fiction writer....

Here are the 9 most attractive and functional stands for iPad. 1. The Thought Out Stabile 2.0 (~$79.99) And the Stabile comes in black, white, and “Apple” silver to match your iPad. 2. Joule for iPad 1 and 2 ($79.99 – $99.99) If you want to keep in the minimalist tradition of your iPad, then the Joule case is for you. Made of “aircraft grade” aluminum as well as in the USA, the Joule has a very unique 3 position tilt-arm system....

Asparagus Promotes Beautiful Skin A clear, glowing complexion is a necessary part of being truly beautiful….and asparagus can help. Why? It is rich in vitamin E, which is one of the nutrients your skin cells need to help reproduce and keep your skin looking fresh, firm and young-looking. Part of this is the antioxidant power of this vitamin which reduces oxidative stress and slows the aging process. Asparagus Gives Your Strong and Healthy Bones You probably know all about the fact that you need plenty of calcium and Vitamin D in your diet to build strong bones and prevent diseases like osteoporosis, which can increase your risk of fractures later on in life....

The data science team from the happiness app, Happify has found that there was a sharp increase in stress levels of the members who joined their service in 2015 who were in their late 20’s and early 30’s. Here are some examples of the best and worst feelings that happen when you are in your late 20’s: 1. Best feeling: You’ve taken more control of your life compared to your early 20’s....