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Reviewed by Helen Kollias, PhD and Brian St. Pierre, MS, RD At some point in my mid-40s, the scale started climbing. A pound or two turned into five, then 10, then 20. It seemed as if I was doing all the right things: Eating less, moving more, rinse, repeat. Yet, the harder I worked, the less the scale seemed to respond. Had perimenopause destroyed my metabolism? It sure felt like it. However, after asking my doctor to run a series of tests, I learned that my metabolism was, in fact, fine. Instead, like the vast majority of midlife women, the…

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“I just bought a new BPA-free tupperware set.” This comment, coming from my friend Anna, caught me off guard. Anna’s a highly competent law professional. She’s a critical thinker and she fights in the heavyweight division when it comes to cutting through BS. But the Anna I knew was falling into some painful traps that seemed to be bypassing her inner hawk-like skeptic. She’s wanted to lose around 15lbs for some time now and came to me to share how stuck she was feeling in this goal. She brought up an avenue she was exploring: the new BPA-free tupperware set.…

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“I work with coaches and other people who know too much.” Kate Solovieva is a former professor of psychology, a PN master coach, and PN’s director of community engagement. And the above quote has become one of her taglines. Though Coach Kate has coached thousands of “regular” clients, her specialty is coaching other coaches. Through her work as an instructor with PN’s Level 2 Master Health Coaching Certification, a facilitator for PN’s private online coaching communities, and a coach in her own private practice, she gets a front-row view of all the questions and challenges both new and seasoned coaches…

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The UNC Tar Heels officially named former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick as their next head coach.The six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach will follow in the footsteps of his father, Steve, who served as UNC’s running backs coach in the 1950s. He’ll also join his son, Stephen, in the college ranks as he is currently the defensive coordinator at Washington.On Wednesday’s episode of “First Things First,” host Nick Wright discussed how Belichick heading to UNC could impact his legacy as a coach and what it could mean for the Tar Heels.Wright was stunned the 72-year-old Belichick was ready to…

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The New York Jets might be dealing with an opponent even tougher to overcome than their poor play, missed opportunities and ill-timed mistakes.Wide receiver Garrett Wilson suggested last Sunday a losing “gene” might be an explanation for the Jets’ inability to pull out victories after the team dropped to 3-10 with a loss at Miami.On Wednesday, Aaron Rodgers presented another, perhaps more sinister reason.”I mean, it might be something like that,” the quarterback said of Wilson’s theory. “It might be some sort of curse we’ve got to snap as well.”Generations of frustrated Jets fans have half-jokingly insisted there have been…

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Transfer season is in full swing in college football, again, and some standout players are already on the move.The portal officially opened Monday and closes on Dec. 28. Players on teams that compete in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff and later bowl games will be allowed to enter an additional five-day transfer portal window in January after the portal closes.Let’s take a look at the players who are testing the waters and transferring.Boston College QB Thomas Castellanos to Florida StateCastellanos, who announced his intention to hit the transfer portal on Nov. 14, has found a new school. The quarterback told…

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Trae Young had 22 points and 11 assists, De’Andre Hunter and Jalen Johnson outplayed the Knicks frontcourt and the Atlanta Hawks took their surprising NBA Cup run all the way to the semifinals in Las Vegas, beating New York 108-100 on Wednesday night.Hunter scored 24 points and Johnson had 21 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists for the Hawks, who were perhaps the surprise team of the tournament after knocking off the defending champion Celtics in Boston and NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers in group play to reach the knockout stage as the No. 3 seed in the East.Now they will face…

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Jalen Green made two free throws with 3.5 seconds left and the Houston Rockets beat the Golden State Warriors 91-90 on Wednesday night to advance to the NBA Cup semifinals in Las Vegas.Houston snapped a 15-game skid against the Warriors, winning for the first time in the series since Feb. 20, 2020. The Rockets will face Oklahoma City, which beat Dallas in the other West quarterfinal game on Tuesday night, in the semifinals on Saturday.Alperen Sengun led the Rockets with 26 points and 11 rebounds and Jabari Smith Jr. added 15 points.Houston led by 14 before falling behind late to…

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Python is headed toward a likely win of programming language of the year 2024, TIOBE CEO Paul Jansen predicted in the TIOBE Programming Community Index in December. According to the updated rankings: Python grew in popularity from 22.85% in the proprietary ranking system in November to 23.84% in December. In second, C++ rose from 10.64% in November to 10.82% in December, perhaps a sign of recovery after a long slide in popularity starting in February. In third, Java slightly grew in popularity from 9.6% to 9.72%. The TIOBE Programming Community Index shows trends in programming languages based on search engine…

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