#also studying college for free ej

[deetherusalka]

extremely funny to me that if I told average USA citizens about random trips and experiences I've got the privilege of live through as random European, they would think I'm from extremely rich background but my both parents are literally blue collar workers and I live in concrete ghetto in eastern europe

[madlyn5ever]

Okay but theoretically if HSMTMTS season 4 is set around fall 2020 then does that mean that Ashlyn and Maddox are now college/ out of HS gfs?

Like Imagine Maddox is still working as a P.A. For Quinn and Ashlyn is studying acting at whatever the big Salt Lake college is and they have a dog and EJ is now working as a T.A. for Miss Jenn or another teacher at East High and Emmy’s in senior year now so she’s still doing musicals with Miss Jenn.

Ricky and Gina are obviously headliners for Quinn’s projects because after Mack left who else was gonna play Romeo? But Quinn likes their chemistry. Ricky still claims to have never seen a musical despite now having been in three.

And seb and Carlos are now making long distance work, off and on, because Carlos got sort of Scouted for his choreo skills and went from helping smaller theatre companies with their choreo to working with Broadway shows, so sometimes when Carlos is really busy with a project Seb will travel back to salt lake to help with his families farm and visit.

(I didn’t give Seb a Job because I can’t think of what he’d do. He’s just too like “sweet boy oblivious” and I don’t know what to do with him. But he has a good time for sure.)

Kourtney and Jet are planning to move in together after Kourtney graduates from Louis (Lewis?), but until then they do weekend visits when they can, sometimes to Lewis , sometimes to salt lake, and Jet perpetually follows Maddox and Ashlyn around bc he doesn’t know what to do with himself without Kourtney. They pretend to be annoyed but they secretly find it hilarious and endearing.

Big Red and Antoine got together officially after Big Red gets him to admit he’s not French to the rest of the Drama Dept. and that he’s sorry for causing trouble. Big red and Carlos also become friends again in the same way they were before after Seb and Carlos get back together, and it has a lot to do with how fond he actually is of Big Red bc he knows he’s not a bad guy. (I need this to be more than a HC because I still cannot believe they ruined his and sebs characters like that for the drama.)

During the Summers Maddox works at Shallow Lake as a full fledged counselor alongside Dewey wood because she just loves camp so much and she’s still Dewey’s favorite camper. Val helps when she can but she’s got a full job as a psychologist and doesn’t have the same flexibility as Maddox does with Quinn. EJ is a counselor too bc he gets time off in the summers being a teachers assistant and all. He spends his summers following Maddox around when he gets free time and missing Val when she’s not there. Maddox gets having feelings for Val but if she hears “Val used to call me EJ” one more time-

EJ and Val are still going strong and EJ is making plans to propose to her once his teaching Job is finally sorted out and he isn’t just a trainee anymore. (This is just cause EJ needs a win.)

(Also, when Maddox is away at camp, Jet and Ashlyn hang out. They usually do movie nights which consist of Ashlyn sharing her favorites, and Jet sharing his. Jet really likes Spider-Man, Night At The Museum, and Fantastic Mr. Fox. Ashlyn likes Grease, anything with Bette Midler in it, and the Spiderwick movies.) (they also watch baking shows together and yell at the screen when the contestants mess up their bakes when times running out)

Miss Jenn and Mr.Mazzara are the IT teacher couple at East High. This goes on for a about a year before Principle Gutierrez says that they either need to be married or someone has to quit bc it’s not in accordance with the schools policy. They have a small gathering that ends with Karaoke at the bowling alley. All of the Drama kids attend, and they finally meet Miss Jenns mother from all of her increasingly concerning stories.

Ricky’s mom and dad get back together, and they squash the divorce stuff. They are now happier than ever. (Ricky also might need a win idk)

Nini has a thriving music career. She’s just as successful as Olivia is irl.

Oh! And Natalie Bagley is ruling the world or something. That feels like something she would do. Maybe she’s president.

[aredpainting]

The Dissection of Teenager Teenager by Sun Yuan and Peng Yu: Experience versus Innocence

EJS, UNLV

UNDER SUPERVISION OF DR DAVID GRUBER

2022

Abstract Popular American media controls the narrative of how we age. When we are young, we are curious, free and impartial to the reality of the world. And as we grow older, we are illustrated as static, subservient and somber. This essay identifies the following methods to explain the physical and emotional interspace between the elderly and the youth: the vernacular method and metaphor criticism. By utilizing these two methods, we can digest why the distance exists, and why it is crucial for our society to move past these dated ideals. First, with the vernacular method, we will understand the common interpretation of the elderly and the youth. With a foundational understanding of what it means to be an experienced elder versus an innocent youth, this essay outlines the metaphoric implications of a ‘stone head’ and a ‘boxed child’. Further, this study analyzes why Sun Yuan and Peng Yu’s Teenager Teenager is a social commentary of how society categorizes separation, communication, power and culture. We will discuss the greater implications of Teenager Teenager and its role in our community. Finally, this essay will reveal how we evolve from a dilapidated perspective of how we treat our elderly and our youth. Introduction

We face our parents across the dining room table. We see ourselves in their eyes, and they see themselves in ours. In American society, it’s essential for our wide-eyed wonder to stay within our youth. Before our pre-frontal cortexes were able to form, we were expected to choose our political parties and vote for a presidential candidate, decide whether we’ll be shuffled into college or lose ourselves in an endless cycle of part-time jobs after high school, and on top of that, we shouldered the burden of being an adult at the age of eighteen. And as we evolve, society expects us to neglect our naivety and welcome worldly responsibilities. There is a physical and emotional distance between our younger selves and the version we will become. In the following paper, I argue that Teenager Teenager by Sun Yuan and Peng Yu connect the differing values between the elderly and the youth. I find that the meaning behind Teenager Teenager is to showcase the youth’s bountiful curiosity while the elderly are depicted as observant, dormant ‘stone heads’. There is a clear dissonance between innocence and experience in these phases of life, and the brittle connection that bridges them is in dire need of re-ignition. I will analyze two rhetorical methods to expand the disconnect between these two age groups. Respectively, I will use the vernacular method to build a foundational understanding of the concept of innocence and experience, and then I will utilize metaphor criticism to grasp the bigger picture. This study will highlight how we can encourage the reconnection between the youth and elderly; it will also reveal what this implies for our society.

Methods

Before we begin our analysis, we must understand the two presented rhetorical methods. Vernacular method A vernacular is not a tangible thing. Instead, it is the reaction, the response and the language of a community. Cara Finnegan, the mind who developed “Image Vernaculars” writes that we’re inclined to understand another individual when we use our own ��vernaculars” to make sense of an image (Finnegan, 2008). She emphasizes that vernaculars are the “tacit topoi of argument” and that it’s crucial that we’re aware our social competency to grasp our own vernacular and our peers. Finnegan wants us to be creative in our interpretations, as there is no wrong way to interpret a piece. The vernacular method is a way that helps us assess and decide the function of an image. It helps us uncover the imbedded layers of a piece.   When an author uses the vernacular method, there are four steps. The author first reviews a situation, then they explore what others say about their situation; they make common interpretations. Then they add their own comment, they compare and contrast and choose the best interpretation.

Metaphor criticism Metaphors are also not tangible, but we use them in our every day life. A metaphor is a type of figurative language that allows us to say exactly what we mean, without truly saying it. A common metaphor is, “You have a heart of gold”. A heart of gold is not realistic, but we connect this phrase to someone who is genuine and kind. These types of metaphors are called dead metaphors; we use them so often the meaning is engraved to our mind. However, when we dissect complicated metaphors, we can separate the metaphor as the vehicle and the tenor. The vehicle is the description, and the tenor is what is described. The key to an impenetrable metaphor is to create ground; we want our audience to have enough knowledge so they’re able to make their own assumptions. Without ground, we would be comparing a thumb tack to a small nail. Similarly, a metaphor needs tension. If there is too much tension, the audience cannot make a connection. They would compare a thumb tack to an axe: these two items have no correlation. In order to dissect a metaphor, we identify the vehicles and the tenor. Then we unpack the ground, and the tension. Finally, we explain how the metaphor acts rhetorically and if this metaphor aligns with our interpretation.

Analysis Vernacular method In Teenager Teenager by Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, we observe a gathering in a familial living room. The adults sit next to one another on the couch, all within reasonable distance from one another. Instead of their regular human heads, they are replaced with stones. The children roam the floor, hidden in a box with four peep holes. Occasionally, children outside of the exhibit play around the boxes and the stone heads. From this exhibit, we watch the children play around the floor, oblivious to the world around them and only aware beyond the four peep holes. The adults lounge with indifference. Before I interpret the scene, I will identify what the stones, boxes, and the peep-holes symbolize. The stones symbolize stability, wisdom and time. On the contrary, they can also symbolize denseness, stubbornness and ignorance. The boxes symbolize protection and shelter, but they can also depict isolation and inexperience. Similarly, the peep-holes force the audience to understand that the children within the boxes look at the world with limited lens. I believe that Teenager Teenager forces the audience to digest the separation between two generations. The elderly, immovable and aloof, do not interact with the life inside the boxes. They choose to sit still, perhaps weighed down by the weight of their stone heads — a comment that emphasizes the burden of adulthood. Meanwhile, the children continue to play their games, unbeknownst to the world around them and to the heaviness of responsibility. Then we look at the children who play around the exhibit. Yuan and Yu did not hire these children to be apart of their exhibit; instead, the children are free to run around the boxes, and they are encouraged to play their games because people believe they are truly apart of the exhibit. Their freedom and existence outside of the box symbolize the connection between the elderly and the youth. These children take the stone heads and their boxed kids into perspective; instead of isolation or the burden of the world on their shoulders, they are liberated. They are free to be children. They are free to enjoy art. They are free to enjoy one another’s company. With all our symbols identified, we can compare and contrast similar exhibits that showcase innocence versus experience. In Oscar-Claude Monet’s Madame Monet and Child created in 1875, Monet paints his wife and baby in a beautiful garden. Because of his Impressionist style, the audience is consumed with a mirage of colors; from pastel pinks, to passionate vermillion and shades of emerald, a sense of serenity and calm captivates the viewer. At the center piece, Madame Monet knits peacefully while her daughter scribbles in a small notebook. The stark contrast between Teenager Teenager and Madame Monet and Child establishes what an aloof family looks like, versus a nurturing one. By using the vernacular method, I conclude that the best interpretation for Teenager Teenager is a wealthy, impassive family, accustomed to distance and separation. The stone heads are the adults of the family; they are dressed in rich fabrics. Their accessories scream wealth, while their children are caged in simple boxes. By using their experience as adults, they shelter their children from the harshness of the world. They neglect the children’s needs, despite their pure intentions, and keep them from experiencing a world where they feel burdened. They want to keep their children from feeling responsibility and reality. Meanwhile, the children are oblivious to the invisible force that holds them within the box. To them, the box is all that they know; the box is safety. And through the peep-holes the stone heads provide, they see all that they need to see. They see their siblings, and through their peripheral, they can play their games. The children’s innocence is reserved because of the box. They will never know the truth of the world. Metaphor criticism Sun Yuan and Peng Yu create an interesting narrative in Teenager Teenager. Through the vernacular method, we are able to understand the common interpretation of the symbols used in this exhibit. But as we delve deeper into Teenager Teenager, the vehicle and the tenor become exposed. There are two sets of vehicles and tenors in this exhibit. The first set are the adults. The vehicle revealed is the stone, and the tenor are the stone heads. When we think of stone, we think of weight. Like the metaphor, “You’re my rock,” the stones hold something in place. In Teenager Teenager, the adults are weighed down by the stone. Without context of Sun Yuan and Peng Yu’s work, the viewer may find it difficult to understand what the stones represent. The adults are weighed down by the pressure of life. When we look at their body language, none of the adults look remotely comfortable; one of the stone head woman sprawls along a couch. She seems completely disinterested in her environment. As we explore more of the stone heads’ body language, we should consider the substantial space between their bodies. None of the adults look interested in the children, and they share no interest in one another. The pressure of life absorbs any life they have, and it weighs — nearly sinks — them into their sitting position. The second set are the children. The vehicle is the boxes, and the tenor is children and wonder. The implication here is the weightless child. The children are not weighed down by the stones. Instead, they float throughout the exhibit. By being weightless, they are free to wonder; they are able to move beyond the pressure of life and continue in ignorant bliss. However, the second interpretation that could be made about the children is that they are imprisoned. By implying the children are imprisoned, we can take a closer look at how the box is constructed. The design itself is simple, except for the tape that wraps around its perimeters. The juxtaposition that lays between the weighed adult and the weightless child are the differences in material; similar to my approach through the vernacular method, the audience sees the opulence in how the adults are dressed, versus the cheap bindings over the cardboard box. Akin to a prison cell, the tape represents steel bars meant to hold the inmate; the peep-holes that allow the children to see glimpses of the outside world are callbacks to the limited perspective inmates face when they are in the system. In both of these metaphorical sets, both the adult and the child are weighed down by different systems.

Discussion

Based on a study conducted by Jenny Padilla, Susan McHale, Michael Rovine, Kimberly Updegraff and Adriana Umaña-Taylor called “Parent–Youth Differences in Familism Values from Adolescence into Young Adulthood: Developmental Course and Links with Parent–Youth Conflict," they discover that a parents’ view on familial values directly impacts their children’s perception on dyadic relationships. Familial values is defined as “…family support, solidarity and loyalty” (Padilla, et al. 2016).  Their goal for the study is summarized by their curiosity in family dynamics; they wished to uncover how an individual parent could influence their child’s view on family support, and if this could increase relationship quality. To an extent, they find this hypothesis to be correct. The development of family values may increase or decrease how a child views their relationship with their parents. In another study named, “Changing times,
changing perspectives: Reconciling ‘transition’ and ‘cultural’ perspectives on youth and young adulthood” by Andy Furlong, Dan Woodman and Johanna Wyn explore the ways sociology can help the youth advance as a generation. They focus on the different lives of young people in different locations over time. There is a distinct separation between youth and emerging adulthood. They write that, “To ignore or sideline youth culture results in a one-dimensional picture of young lives in which the active way that young people negotiate constraint and opportunity is portrayed as marginal to the process of social reproduction” (Furlong, et al. 2011). Furlong and other contributing authors acknowledge the inequality that youth studies face, but they also advocate for change.

In relation to Teenager Teenager, I believe these two studies generate an underrated conversation we dismiss in academic and social circles. In a society dominated by authoritative figures, the youth’s voice is lost among the elderly. The youth is continuously silenced because of their lack of experience in the real world. Even in their homes, their connection to their families is distilled because of the belief that the youth is just too innocent to grasp the straws of reality. We learn from a young age how to survive in this world; from how our parents raise our familial values and how we navigate through society with only our instincts, it is crucial that we form solidarity. But how can we form strong bonds when the bonds we view in our childhood are through a limited lens? We watch our childhood through rose-colored lens; or in Yuan and Yu’s case, we watch our childhood pass us in an isolated box. I think the bigger picture of this exhibit is to dismantle the relationship of power between the elderly and the youth. The gimmick of experience versus innocence is another form of control poured onto us by a capitalistic society. By designing a society where one individual holds all the power and the other holds none, we are doomed to repeat the cycle of Teenager Teenager. I believe that if society continues to play along to the power dynamic of the elderly versus the innocent, we will eventually become stone heads and limit our children into boxes. I promote a dynamic where adults extend their wisdom to the youth, rather than see them as liabilities or hinderances.

Conclusion

In Teenager Teenager by Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, an exhibit of stone head adults and boxed children capture the attention of on-goers and art critics. Yuan and Yu are revolutionists in the contemporary art sphere; they are champions of social awareness and force their audience to contemplate the systems of life. The conversation they invented in Teenager Teenager bridges two timelines of life, the elderly and the youth. The topic that dances around the academic sphere is of experience versus innocence; but the truth is, the dynamic is unhealthy and unfulfilling. In this essay, I covered two rhetorical methods that summarized why Teenager Teenager is able to persuade our pathos into understanding the dire bond that is deteriorating between our elderly and our youth. I find that the meaning behind Teenager Teenager is to showcase the youth’s bountiful curiosity while the elderly are depicted as observant, dormant ‘stone heads’. The key to avoiding an unfruitful life is genuine, real human connection between our elderly and our youth.

References

Finnegan, C. A. (2008). Recognizing Lincoln: Image Vernaculars in Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture. In L. C. Olson, C. A. Finnegan, & D. S. Hope (Eds.), Visual Rhetoric: A Reader in Communication and American Culture SAGE Publishing. Furlong, Woodman, D., & Wyn, J. (2011). Changing times, changing perspectives: reconciling 'transition' and 'cultural' perspectives on youth and young adulthood [Paper in special issue: Youth: Identities, Transitions, Cultures. Geldens, Paula; Lincoln, Sian and Hodkinson, Paul (eds)]. Journal of Sociology (Melbourne, Vic.), 47(4), 355–370. https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783311420787 Padilla, McHale, S. M., Rovine, M. J., Updegraff, K. A., & Umaña-Taylor, A. J. (2016). Parent–Youth Differences in Familism Values from Adolescence into Young Adulthood: Developmental Course and Links with Parent–Youth Conflict. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45(12), 2417–2430. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-016-0518-y

[portwellbabes]

what the hsmtmts characters would do after their senior year of hs !!

nini - she would not go on to college and instead continue writing songs with jamie, she is a low-key artist at first but becomes a popular public figure within 2-3 years🙌🏼

ricky - to be honest i don’t know!! i don’t think he knows yet either so he’d probably go to community college for two years to figure his life and career out. tbh he would not have a career in theatre, though he would continue playing guitar and writing songs as a hobby🎸

ej - oh he would find his calling in directing/producing!! a film studies major with a minor in neurobiology because my man is an overachiever with a 4.3 gpa so OF COURSE he’s a STEM minor. in my head, he interns with corbin as an assistant director for an upcoming project 🎞🎥

gina - dance major PERIOD (i really don’t need to explain this) she wouldn’t go onto broadway, but instead pursue acting on sitcoms and become a hollywood icon. she would also do modeling for a while before her big break 🌟

ashlyn - i would assume she’d be a music theory major? definitely something songwriting related though, she would write songs and musicals in her free time at college and join a baking club😉

big red - he’d do community college or a state college with a business/sales degree while working the pizza shop for a couple years but later go on to do an MBA🍕

kourtney - OH she’d be a social justice major with an emphasis on women studies because she’s an ACTIVIST queen who would fight for feminism💘

carlos - definitely some sort of dance program, but he’d focus on choreo instead of performing; he’d also dream of directing a musical someday and would definitely ask ej for advice later on🕺

seb - sebastian PIANO GOD matthew-smith would go on to be a theater arts major in Juilliard FS and become a broadway legend (he gives off very jordan fisher energy) oh and he’d stay close to carlos! 🎹

maddox - biochemistry or biotechnology major because she seems really smart and driven (plus she’s a natural techie!) and she gives off very STEM vibes i should know LOL. yeah i honestly don’t see her with a career in theatre 🧬

jet - tbh this dude would be a communications major or something idk LOL nothing too intense; he would do the bare minimum and live his life out in college while taking a bunch of elective classes to find his calling🍾

this is just what i thought our wildcats would do post-graduation based on the people i’ve met in college. lmk if you agree/disagree!!

[pucksnsticksnhockeyboys]

summertime mindset - pt. 6

stargazing & sexile

masterlist for summertime mindset

Timing is hard to get right and summer doesn’t last forever. You and Tyson learn the hard way.

word count: 1.9k

note from the writer: enjoy darlings this is really soft and lowkey a filler.

SUMMERTIME

You loved your family, you really, truly, did. But you were also twenty and being trapped under the same roof as them when you were used to having the freedom of your dorm and friends’ apartments while at college made everything feel a bit too suffocating.

It was late at night, and you were lamenting this to Tyson while you were curled up in bed and he was at his own house. You were about ready to give up and try to go to sleep, but then Tyson sent you a text and told you to meet him out front.

You tugged on a sweatshirt and exchanged your sleep shorts for leggings, slipping into your shoes before sneaking down and out of the house. Tyson was already waiting for you at the end of the driveway in his car, and he waved you over with his trademark grin.

“Where are we going?” You asked, though not knowing wasn’t stopping you from opening the passenger door and sliding inside. Tyson met you halfway over the center console for a kiss before he let you buckle up and he shifted the car into gear.

“It’s a surprise.” You chuckled at him, shaking your head in mirth. Turning in your seat, you admired how he looked in the low light.

“You expect me to just get in a car with you without knowing where you’re taking me? At eleven at night?” You teased, and it was his turn to shake his head.

“We’re going for a drive, you said you had to get out of the house.” Tyson explained. Your heart soared at the gesture, and if you weren’t constricted by the seat belt and conscious of Tyson’s less than perfect driving skills you would have leaned over and given him a kiss. Instead, you pecked his shoulder before unplugging his phone from the aux and playing your music. It was a rule between the two of you, passenger picks music. Still, he playfully scoffed as he watched you.

“Oh please, you kidnap me, I get to choose the music.” You huffed with a smile. Tyson chuckled, reaching over to thread his fingers with yours and set your conjoined hands on your thigh. You tugged, bringing his hand to your lips so you could kiss the back of his before leaning back into your seat.

This was undoubtedly one of your favorite moments of the summer so far. The windows were cracked and though it was night, the air that was blowing into the car was nice and cooled your skin that had been warmed from being in the sun all day. Your music was quietly playing and perfectly suited for the atmosphere of a late-night drive with Tyson.

He was your favorite part of the whole scenario, no contest. He was singing under his breath as he drove through the streets, occasionally stealing glances at you with a softness in his eyes that had you melting even more so into your seat. You were so distracted by him that you didn’t even realize he had driven to an open field until the car was in park.

When you shot him a confused look, he simply shrugged his shoulders and squeezed your hand before climbing out of the car. You followed his actions, your confusion only growing when he opened the back of the car and pulled out a picnic blanket and what looked suspiciously like the comforter off of his bed. It was only once he laid the picnic blanket down and laid down that you realized that he was taking you stargazing.

As soon as you laid down beside him he started to pull the comforter over both of your legs, only pausing to focus on the sweet kiss you gave him. You both pulled away grinning like fools, and there was a fondness in his eyes that you had never seen before that had you leaning in for another peck.

“Surprise.” He teased, laying back and folding one hand behind his head and the other moving around you to pull you into his side. You chuckled, snuggling into his side as your gaze studied the stars above you.

The view in the sky was beautiful, but the man lying beside you, running his fingers up and down your arm absentmindedly, was stunning.

PRESENT

You should have expected it, really, when your roommate texted you and said not to come back to the apartment for a while since she was having some guy over. The text had come in the middle of you getting dinner with some coworkers, so you were doing the most to stall going back.

Which was how you found yourself sitting in your car in your building’s parking garage, Tyson’s contact pulled up and the number about to be dialed.

You had tried to get a hold of Jon, you had made up since he stormed out of your apartment, but he wasn’t answering, and you really just needed to see if someone was willing to hangout. When you finally dialed Tyson’s number, it didn’t take long for him to pick up.

“Hey, what’s up?” His voice was cheerful, and you could hear people in the background of his line, but they were growing fainter, so you assumed that he was going somewhere quieter.

“Nothing really, I was just calling you to see if you were busy.” From the noises on the other end of the line, you knew he was doing something, but that didn’t stop you from being hopeful. “I’m sexiled from my apartment for the foreseeable future.”

“I mean, I’m just having dinner at Gabe’s and I’m sure he wouldn’t mind if you came over.” You bit your lip at the offer, but as much as you wanted to take him up on it, it wasn’t his place to invite you over. You had met the captain and his wife a few times, and you really liked them, but you were in no way close enough to just show up at their house and crash a dinner party.

“I don’t want to intrude.” You replied, shaking your head despite the fact that he couldn’t see you. There was some shuffling on his end of the line, and you heard the people talking in the background get louder. Someone, JT, you think, asked who Tyson was on the phone with and he responded with your name.

“Landy come tell her she wouldn’t be intruding if she came over!” He yelled into the line, loud enough to have you pulling your phone from your ear. There was some more shuffling, and it sounded like a wrestling match for Tyson’s phone. Your suspicions were proven correct when the voice that spoke next decidedly did not belong to your brunette friend.

“I promise you’re invited.” Gabe told you, and you could just picture the shit eating grin he was most likely wearing as you heard Tyson complain about wanting his phone back. “You’re more welcome than Josty, if I’m being honest.” You chuckled at this, especially since you could hear Tyson let out an offended ‘Hey!’ from wherever he was on the other end of the line. You let out a defeated sigh, putting your key in the engine and twisting to turn your car on.

“What’s the address?”

Twenty minutes later you found yourself in an expensive neighborhood you would typically have no business being in. You were in awe of the large houses, probably as a result of the one too many HGTV shows you’ve watched. You texted Tyson that you had arrived and by the time you were walking up the driveway the front door opened, and he greeted you with a beaming smile and a wave.

You were swept into his arms the moment you were close enough, the familiar feeling enough to make you forget about your stressful day and how you really needed to look into finding a new apartment. Inside the house, you were met with the usual suspects: EJ, JT, Sam, Nate, Cale, Andre, and Mikko, plus any accompanying significant others. And, of course, the hosts, little baby Linnea catching your eye from the moment you entered the living room where everyone had gathered.

“Why are you dressed so fancy?” Sam teased as soon as you entered the room. You rolled your eyes, making your way to Mel, who was already asking if you wanted to hold her daughter.

“This isn’t fancy, they’re my work clothes.” You reasoned, gesturing towards your simple slacks and blouse. To be fair, it was more dressed up than the jeans and t-shirts he was used to seeing you in. “I had a late meeting, and then I grabbed dinner with some coworkers.”

“Tyson told us you got sexiled.” EJ grinned, and you hushed him, covering Linnea’s ears with your free hand as you kept her curled into you with the other. “What? She won’t remember this!”

“Yeah, but Cale will.” You chirped, sinking into the couch next to Tyson. His arm was resting on the back of the couch behind you but dropped around your shoulders as soon as you settled. The guys all laughed as you teased the rookie for his innocence, and Cale took the chirp in stride.

“I know that’s my baby, but you guys look like the cutest little family. You guys are so good together.” Mel commented and you felt your blood run cold. Part of you hoped she was talking about Andre and Mikko, who were sharing a loveseat on the opposite side of the room, but you knew your luck wasn’t that good.

“I, uh, have a boyfriend, actually. That’s not Tyson.” You coughed out after a moment of silence. Mel started sputtering out apologies, and the boys broke out in loud and obnoxious laughter. Beside you, Tyson chuckled, his heart clearly not in it but you elected to ignore it. That was a bit too much for you to unpack at the moment, especially in a room full of people.

“Gabe didn’t tell me.” Mel swatted her husband’s shoulder as she spoke, who in return raised his hands as proclaiming his innocence. You waved her off as best you could while still bouncing Linnea in your arms, but she shot you one last sorrowful look before thankfully Nate piped up with a story about something embarrassing that happened at practice that drew everyone’s attention off of you.

“Sorry if they made you uncomfortable.” Tyson whispered so only you could hear. You glanced at him out of the corner of your eye, spotting an unreadable look on his face. You smiled at him, a little too forced for reasons you couldn’t quite place, before turning back to the blue-eyed baby blinking up at you from your arms.

“Don’t worry about it. We always were told we made a cute couple, even back then.” You told him without really thinking. You tensed after you spoke, you never really talked about your past relationship and you weren’t sure what had coerced you into doing so just then. Tyson didn’t respond at first, and you risked a glance at him to see he was smiling faintly, that still unreadable look in his eyes that you couldn’t place. He leaned back into his seat, arm tightening over your shoulders just a tad bit more.

“Yeah, we got that a lot, didn’t we?”

[idolapps]

into the new world - girls' generation

OOC INFO

NAME/ALIAS, PRONOUNS, TIMEZONE: EJ, female, est

RESERVATION: pristin

MEMBER PROFILE

FACECLAIM: kim mingyu (seventeen)

NAME/STAGENAME: lee taehyun

BIRTHDATE/AGE: april 6, 1994 / age 22

COMPANY/POSITION: leader, main rapper, lead dancer of 360°Z 

HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 185 cm/68 kg

TRAINING PERIOD/JOINING YEAR: training period: 3 years

INTERESTING FACTS: His fans adore him for his “tsundere” character. Having attended an elite boarding school in the States where he studied Mandarin for 6 years, Taehyun is highly skilled in English and Chinese. He’s also a skilled basketball player. He knows how to play piano and guitar, and although these skills are rarely used in performance, he finds them useful in composing.  

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: 

(+) RAP&DANCE – taehyun’s capacity as a rapper and dancer certainly satisfies and mostly exceeds industry standards and beyond. having first developed both skills as self-taught endeavors, his flow, style, rhythm, and choreography are individually unique and distinctly natural. although his deep register and long, lean frame were birth-given virtues, the intensive training he underwent through his time at galaxy has refined and polished his skills in these areas.

(+) COMPOSITION – besides writing his own lyrics, taehyun has produced many of his own beats, mixtapes, and songs throughout his musical career. from being a teenager pursuing a hobby, an underground artist vying for recognition, and a galaxy trainee striving to stand out, he now regularly contributes to his group’s releases to whatever extent he may. in fact, composition and producing are areas in which he seeks to improve his skills the most, especially as his career progresses.

(+) PROFESSIONALISM – despite having debuted not too long ago, taehyun is exceptionally professional, a great advantage for someone in the entertainment industry. he’s very good at maintaining a positive public image, as he regularly monitors and keenly perceives what fans, the media, and the public want from him. furthermore, he has a knack for picking up social cues and reading people, seemingly always knowing the right thing to do and say at any given time – useful for interviews, variety shows, and extricating himself from tricky situations. though he denies it, he is a bit of a perfectionist and will do a quality job with whatever is assigned to him.

  (–) VOCALS – singing has never been his standout talent, and he acknowledges it. sure, he can do the rapper-singing thing (e.g. drake), but that’s about it. he’ll gladly leave the singing to the vocals.

(–) COLD REALIST – simply put, lee taehyun is a perfect example of a boy who grew up too fast. perhaps you can blame his past, but he’s a cynic and harsh realist. some have labelled his insensitivity to others’ emotions as a symptom of some sort of psychopath, but trust me, he knows and understands very well how you’re feeling. he just doesn’t see why he should cater his behavior to your emotions and whims. there won’t be any “dreams come true!” or “I want to inspire people through my music!” cheese coming out of this mouth. he didn’t cry a single tear after his debut showcase, and although it’s been less than a year, he’s already over the rookie’s honeymoon phase of his career. he’s not heartless or mean – just a hard, cold realist. the world’s not all fluff and kittens, so should he pretend that it is?

(–) EGO-DRIVEN – though he doesn’t quite own up to it yet, lee taehyun is a creature of his ego. by nature, he’s not a bragger or show-off (probably because he’s self-confident anyways), but he does secretly enjoy when his ego is fed. he keeps it to himself, but he does have a habit of judging people against his own standards. at worst, he can be rather stubborn, overly competitive, and reckless in pursuit of something if it catches his attention. in his defense, he’s been rather successful with anything he’s wanted thus far, at least to what meets the eye. and for the demons he does truly struggle against, he shoves them under his ego to be dealt with later. after all, right now he’s young, talented, attractive, leader of one of the most popular groups in the industry, with thousands of fangirls screaming his name. he’s unbound and unobligated, and the future only promises further treasures – or at least so it seems.

  BIO/PERSONALITY:

Born in April 6th of 1994, Lee Taehyun grew up in a family that owned one of Korea’s most prominent conglomerate corporations. As expected, his early childhood was without a visible care in the world, golden spoon in hand, reporters and cameras shoved in his face. Designer clothes, top chefs, expensive private tutors, and trips around the globe – yet it wasn’t until age 12 that he learned who he truly was, what he truly was. Summoned to his father’s office one evening, he left as Lee Taehyun, of course the son of CEO Lee Hyunbae, but not of his wife. A bastard son, born to a woman he’d never met or seen, raised with siblings from another womb. It all made sense now, how different his “mother’s” gaze towards him was so starkly contrasting, depending on whether his father was in the room. After all, there he was – a living, breathing, talking reminder of her husband’s infidelity. But perhaps most importantly, there he was – a gigantic threat to the value of the family company stock.

Within the next month, he was shipped off to an elite boarding school in the States for the purposes of receiving an “elite education,” but it was clear to him that he was being shoved away for hiding across the ocean, away from nosy newspaper reporters and competitors who wished to see his father’s company stock falter. The moment he learned what his identity truly was, he was removed from his entire life as he knew it. However, he was compliant throughout middle and high school. Lee Taehyun became that one guy whom everyone envied but couldn’t bring themselves to hate – low effort, high grades, star athlete, had his fair share of adolescent “fun”, but never got caught. He was a real typical golden boy, but behind the scenes, he struggled with his own demons and fumbled with the mysteries he never had the chance to answer. He found solace in music (particularly hip-hop and rap) and dance, and increasingly so, he found himself in the school’s recording and studios, up late at night writing lyrics by the moonlight. Upon graduating from high school, he was shocked to be immediately pulled back to Korea to enroll in college, since his older half-brother was proving himself rather incapable of becoming heir. Again, his father whispered him false promises, that a Korean college degree would mean better “business connections.” But this time, Lee Taehyun wanted none of it. If his father, his family, or anyone at all thought they could push him away and call him as they wanted, they were in for an unpleasant surprise.

Reluctantly so, he enrolled in college, but his true energy was spent in Seoul’s underground hip-hop scene, as he started making ripples in the rap game and joined a dance crew. About a year in, he was casted by Galaxy Entertainment, though he had never had the slightest interest in an entertainment career, yet alone an idol career. He stuffed the scout’s business card away in his pile of books, but as the pressure for him to keep up his grades and intern in the office grew stronger, the more and more appealing the offer became. After all, the trainee contract provided him a place to stay, allowance for food, and the opportunity to deliver a vicious slap in the face of his father. He called in for an audition as a sign of rebellion and signed the contract as a declaration of secession. The day he moved into the trainee dorms was the last day he’d spoken to a family member to this very day.

Trainee life for him was strange to say the least. He’d grown up mostly emotionally alone and was accustomed to making unilateral decisions, not around dozens of other trainees whose desperation and stress he found draining. He hadn’t lived in Korea for the past 9 years, and he didn’t dare to tell anyone about his familial background. Furthermore, he was a rather intimidating character at first impression – towering height, tanned complexion, deep voice, sharp features. He was far from the super friendly, talkative, or welcoming type. He hated sucking up, hated the whole hierarchy of “seniors” and “juniors” – in his world, skill and ability were the only measures of status. Yet by some lucky strike, he managed to find some friends and colleagues amidst the crowds of peers he found mostly mundane and plain. Most importantly, it turned out that he was rather good at what an idol needed to do – rapping, dancing, composing. And most of all, surviving. After three years, the debut came, and although he couldn’t quite consider it a dream come true, it was a promising start.

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Taehyun is generally cool, but not necessarily cold. His mannerisms are suave and charming, smooth talker and sharp tongue. He’s not your typical ray of sunshine, but knows when to smile and how to do it convincingly – but don’t expect much cuteness from him whatsoever. Off-camera, he’s reportedly not the most easily approachable. It’s not like he’s hostile or socially awkward by any means, but people often say he seems mature or serious for his age, and his towering height and dark eyes don’t help his cause. However, initiate interaction and he’s talented at holding a conversation, a little blunt, a little teasing, likes to keep people guessing of his true intentions. His closest friends get to see the more free-spirited, romantic side of him, but this is very rare. He’s slow to trust others, but gain his trust, and he’ll pay back with a strong sense of loyalty and justice. He’s not too outwardly friendly or warm, but still seems to know a lot of faces within the industry. He prefers to keep his public and private life separate, and it is generally hard to read beyond his placid façade.

Within his group, his general mantra as a leader is “you do you,” but the moment any of his members do anything to jeopardize the group’s success or test his patience, he’ll serve justice where it is due. He’s definitely not the warm and caring type of leader upfront, and when he takes care of others, it’s generally more subtle and behind the scenes. Admittedly, he can get a little hot-headed and cutthroat in rehearsal or training – he believes in “work hard, play hard.” Occasionally, he can be coldhearted and demoralizing, but only he’s allowed to do that to his members. He won’t tolerate anyone else disrespecting his group.

Regarding trainees, he’s probably indifferent. Chances are, he has no idea who you are – he doesn’t really strive to be a role model or a popular, caring senior. He generally won’t treat you any differently for being a trainee, and for god sake, he doesn’t want you to suck up to him, though he won’t tolerate disrespect. He has no specific expectations, but if you’re sincere, hard-working, and talented, then he’ll probably treat you well enough.

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Are Fit People Happier?

Love it or despise it, making routine exercise a practice is known to advertise ideal health and wellness Minimum amount of exercise for reduced death as well as expanded life span: a potential mate research. Wen CP, Wai JP, Tsai MK, Yang YC, Cheng TY, Lee MC, Chan HT, Tsao CK, Tsai SP, Wu X. Institute of Populace Scientific research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan. Lancet. 2011 Oct 1, 378( 9798):1244 -53. . While lots of individuals grimace at the thought of sweat, spandex, as well as sit-ups, exercise may be a prescription for more than simply keeping the medical professional away. Some study suggests there's a web link between bodily health and fitness and happiness. Yet the concern continues to be: Can we exercise ourselves pleased?

A Prescription for Happiness - Why It Matters

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Happiness is a pretty subjective idea. Yet researchers think joy relates to genetics and a range of environmental elements like earnings, marriage standing, religious beliefs, as well as education and learning. And also one substantial predictor of individual joy is bodily wellness. The ability to ward off sickness as well as condition, maintain a hormonal balance, and also manage anxiety all add to self-satisfaction. That's one factor individuals who exercise could be happier compared to the rest people - workout promotes the production of disease-fighting proteins understood as antibodies, which destroy unwanted invaders like germs and also infections Voluntary bodily activity prevents stress-induced behavioral depression and also anti-KLH antibody reductions. Moraska, A., Fleshner, M. University of Colorado at Rock, Department of Kinesiology and also Applied Physiology, Stone, CO. American Journal of Physiology 2001,281( 2): R484-9. The effect of preseason training on mucosal resistance in male basketball gamers. Azarbayjani, M., Nikbakht, H., Rasaee, M.J. Department of Athletics, Science as well as Study Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. The Journal of Sports Medication and Fitness 2011,51( 4):701 -7. . So folks who stay literally energetic are normally better furnished to battle illness as well as tension, an essential component of happiness.

During workout, the brain additionally launches endorphins, chemicals known to generate feelings of euphoria, typically related to a 'runner's high.' Endorphins trigger the release of sex hormonal agents, such as norepinephrine, which improve mood and create a feeling of wellness Effects of workout as well as physical task on anxiety. Dinas PC, Koutedakis Y, Flouris AD. Division of Sporting activity and Workout Science, College of Thessaly, TEFAA Karies, Trikala 42100, Greece. Ir J Med Sci. 2011 Jun, 180( 2):319 -25. Endorphins: the basis of pleasure? C H Hawkes. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1992 April, 55( 4): 247-250. . Exercise could also increase joy levels by aiding to reduce stress. When we exercise, our bodies burn the tension hormonal agent cortisol. Way too much anxiety, and high cortisol levels, can enhance feelings of uneasiness and anxiousness while lowering inspiration and immune function.

It's unclear that a specific quantity of workout could assure happiness, or also a short-term high. Some researchers say simply Thirty Minutes of moderate-intensity workout can help in reducing depression and anger. Sadly, also physical fitness fans aren't guaranteed trouble-free living.

Sweaty and Smiling - The Answer/Debate

Exercise could contribute to happiness, yet it's not the only cause of a grinning face. While bodily activity is among the aspects that have the largest impact on our feeling of wellness, it's additionally crucial to have a feeling of belonging and also function, financial safety and security, and favorable social interactions.

Plus it's possible that pleased individuals have the tendency to exercise even more compared to others which exercising does not necessarily make them happy. In the instance of anxiety, it's additionally vague whether bodily inactivity creates negative sensations or the other way around Testing origin in the organization between normal workout as well as symptoms of stress and anxiety and also anxiety. De Moor MH, Boomsma DI, Stubbe JH, Willemsen G, de Geus EJ. Division of Biological Psychology, VU College Amsterdam, van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008 Aug, 65( 8):897 -905. . Clinically depressed individuals frequently drop into a cycle where they avoid exercise, after that really feel blue, and afterwards really don't intend to exercise, as well as it could be hard to find motivation to burst out of that cycle.

There are also certain circumstances when workout can add to sadness, like when it comes to workout addiction. In feedback to exercise the body releases chemicals that stimulate the mind's benefit facility, as well as individuals can start to crave the enjoyable feeling related to the chemicals. Some athletes to proceed to exercise regardless of injury, fatigue, or also the risk of a heart attack Potential damaging cardio impacts from extreme endurance exercise. O'Keefe JH, Patil HR, Lavie CJ, Magalski A, Vogel RA, McCullough PA. Mid America Heart Institute of St Luke's Medical facility of Kansas City, MO, UNITED STATE. Mayo Clin Proc. 2012 Jun, 87( 6):587 -95. .

Whether joy is amongst the several benefits of workout, it's probably worth taking a jog around the block or a spin on the bike. If absolutely nothing else, the adjustment of landscapes could be simply the state of mind boost we need.

The Takeaway

Working out normally maintains us healthy and balanced, minimizes anxiety, and also even gives a temporary high. Yet bear in mind exercise isn't really a cure-all for more severe concerns like depression.

This article has read and also accepted by Greatist Experts Jen Cassetty and Sherry Pagoto.

Do you discover exercising gives you a mood boost? Let us know in the remarks below.

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What The Body Mass Index (BMI) Tells You — And What It Doesn’t

Think back to the last time you went to your doctor or healthcare provider. Odds are if they checked your body weight and height, they also calculated your Body Mass Index (BMI).

BMI, an estimate of a person’s body fat, is used to predict a person’s risk for chronic disease. BMI is calculated by measuring a person’s weight relative to their height, and is highly regarded by medical professionals as a good indicator of a person’s likelihood of developing diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease.

Why use BMI?

BMI is widely used by many healthcare providers and researchers because it is a simple and noninvasive way to collect information about overall health (and can be administered by asking for self-reported information over the phone). More importantly, many studies have found it to be valid and reliable indicator to use when assessing population-wide health and disease risk. This is hugely helpful when looking at population risk because it can help guide public health campaigns and educate health professionals on strategies for diagnosis and treatment.

However, BMI becomes less useful when it comes to assessing the risk of an individual.

Let’s look at some of the limitations:

BMI doesn’t care if you can deadlift 200 pounds.

BMI is a measure of your relative weight. In the fitness industry, for example, BMI is often thought to provide an inaccurate or incomplete picture of an active individual’s health, because it doesn’t take into account a lot of factors, such as body composition, age, and sex.1,2 Those factors, along with ethnicity, can all influence your body weight.3,4,5 BMI also doesn’t take into account weight differences among the body’s tissues such as muscle, bone, organs, stored water and fat. When assessing someone’s body composition, we typically break the overall value into fat mass and fat-free mass. Fat-free mass contributes to overall health, along with essential fat (a component of fat mass necessary for survival and health), whereas an excessive amount of non-essential fat negatively contributes to health.

People who strength train consistently tend to have a greater amount of lean muscle mass than people who don’t strength train. Yet, with BMI all weight — fat mass and lean mass — is created equal. Of course, higher amounts of physical activity and lean muscle mass are protective for health and longevity, so take this into consideration when assessing your BMI value.

BMI can’t identify types of body fat.

Not only do high amounts of excess body fat matter, but also where and how you carry your body fat makes a difference to your health risk. Body fat that is right under the surface of the skin that you can pinch is called subcutaneous fat. This type of body fat poses a lower risk of disease than visceral fat, that is, fat carried in and around the organs.6,7

My grandfather was a good ol’ Irishman. In honor of his Irish heritage he liked to drink beer and joke that he had Dunlap’s disease (where his belly had “done lapped over his belt!”). I don’t know if that is a classic Irish joke, but the truth is I couldn’t have pinched my grandfather’s belly, because his fat was much deeper than the surface of the skin. Fat that is stored around the organs is more metabolically active. It releases fatty acids, inflammatory agents, and hormones that lead to higher LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, blood glucose, and blood pressure.

Thin doesn’t necessarily mean healthy.

Another problem with BMI is that it assumes if you’re not overweight, you’re not at risk. This simply isn’t true. Thin individuals who lack of muscle mass and carry excess body fat are at just as much risk for chronic disease complications as their obese counterparts, especially when the excess fat is carried in and around the organs.8,9 Yet, by BMI standards these individuals would not be considered at risk for chronic disease.

Better Tools If You’re Concerned About Health

If you’re concerned about better understanding your body fat and risk for disease, it is possible to use additional tools to obtain more information and gain greater insight.

Body Composition Testing

BMI is only an estimate of body fat.10 There is no direct way of measuring body fat, short of doing a cadaver analysis (at which point, I might add, the human associated with that body no longer cares, and modern day science has a whole list of other diseases it would like to use that cadaver for to advance treatment).

Thankfully there are a lot of convenient and inexpensive options for measuring body fat including skinfold calipers, bioelectrical impedance and the Bod Pod (air displacement plethysmography).2,11 Many of these options are available in fitness facilities and university settings. Recommended body fat percentages for women for overall health are between 21 and 32 percent, and between 10 and 22 percent for men.

If you are concerned and want to gain more information about your visceral and subcutaneous fat, consider a bone densitometry scan (DXA). These scans are more expensive and may be more challenging to find and schedule, but they are considered the gold standard for measuring body fat because of the associated accuracy and reliability.

Waist Measurement

If you want to skip the expense of a DXA scan, a simple measure of health risk is waist circumference. A waist circumference greater than 35 inches for women and greater than 40 inches for men is considered as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all-cause mortality.9,12,13 To measure your waist circumference, simply place a cloth tape measure around the smallest part of the waist while standing relaxed.

Look beyond BMI to get a better assessment of overall health risk.

BMI has great utility in measuring health and disease risk in populations at large, but when it comes to your personal health, BMI may or may not matter given other health behaviors and where you carry your body fat. Excess body weight and obesity don’t typically show up by themselves. Most of the time excess weight is accompanied by other negative health behaviors such as poor diet, smoking, being sedentary, and high stress. By including regular strength training and a healthy diet, you can reduce excess body fat and overall risk for disease, regardless of what happens to BMI.

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Duren DL, Sherwood RJ, Czerwinski SA, Lee M, Choh AC, Siervogel RM, Chumlea WC, Body Composition Methods: Comparisons and Interpretation. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2008 Nov; 2(6):1139–1146. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769821/

Heymsfield SB, Peterson CM, Thomas DM, Heo M, Schuna JM. Why are there race/ethnic differences in adult body mass index–adiposity relationships? A quantitative critical review. Obes Rev. 2016 Mar; 17(3): 262–275. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4968570/

“Ethnic Differences in BMI and Disease Risk” Obesity Prevention Source. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/ethnic-differences-in-bmi-and-disease-risk/

Carpenter CL, Yan E, Chen S, et al. Body fat and body-mass index among a multiethnic sample of college-age men and women. J Obes. 2013;2013:790654 https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jobe/2013/790654/

Després JP. Cardiovascular disease under the influence of excess visceral fat. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2007 Jun;6(2):51-9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17667865

Salazar MR, Carbajal HA, Espeche WG, Aizpurúa M, Maciel PM, Reaven GM. Identification of cardiometabolic risk: visceral adiposity index versus triglyceride/HDL cholesterol ratio. Am J Med. 2014 Feb;127(2):152-7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24462013

Britton KA, Massaro JM, Murabito JM, Kreger BE, Hoffmann U, Fox CS. Body fat distribution, incident cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all-cause mortality. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Sep 3;62(10):921-5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23850922

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Padwal R, Leslie WD, Lix LM, Majumdar SR. Relationship Among Body Fat Percentage, Body Mass Index, and All-Cause Mortality: A Cohort Study. Ann Intern Med. 2016;164:532-541. http://annals.org/aim/article/2499472/relationship-among-body-fat-percentage-body-mass-index-all-cause

Hames KC, Anthony SJ, Thornton JC, Gallagher D, Goodpaster BH. Body composition analyses by air displacement plethysmography in adults ranging from normal weight to extremely obese. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md). 2014;22(4):1078-1084. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3972070/

de Koning L, Merchant AT, Pogue J, Anand SS. Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio as predictors of cardiovascular events: meta-regression analysis of prospective studies. Eur Heart J. 2007 Apr;28(7):850-6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17403720

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LearnToProgram Media is a leading publisher of web, mobile, and game development courses that are used by over 500,000 people in 65 countries. LearnToProgram’s valuable network of technical resources includes content on YouTube, iTunes, and Roku, as well as books, free tutorials, and online courses. With a mission of “teaching the world to code” LearnToProgram instructors are teachers first and technical experts second. Their primary skill is relating complex technical information to nontechnical people learning web, mobile and game development. The entirely online, self-paced sales model allows students to learn at their own pace. With over 40 courses on the market, LearnToProgram offers students flexible programs in web development, mobile application development and game development. Currently the company’s most popular online courses include Become a Certified Web Developer and 10 Apps in 10 Weeks. The company is based outside of Hartford, Connecticut.

Zeke started coding at age ten and hasn’t stopped since! It all began with HTML and CSS and grew to the server side when Zeke was taught PHP by his mentors. He further honed his skills throughout high school with freelance work. Zeke studied chemistry and biology at Hampshire College, where he also acted as a teaching assistant in computer science courses and aided CS professors with research. In his final years as an undergrad, Zeke taught two courses in web development under the supervision of faculty. After college Zeke co-founded trext.me, a software company that makes texting large groups systematic and easy for companies. Currently, Zeke continues to teach private students and classes. He has been hired as an adjunct professor at Hampshire and will be teaching web development there in the spring.

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