The Web address you entered is not a functioning page on our site. Go to Amazon.in's Home Page19 pics of dads who said they didn't want a dog Fort Hays State University > About FHSU > Academic Divisions > College of Health and Life Sciences > Department of Health and Human Performance > Zody Research, Statistics, Motor Learning, Adventure Education Advising Specialization: Graduate, Undergraduate, Teaching K-12, Health Promotion Physiology of Exercise, Introduction to Physical Education, Motor Learning, Statistics, Research, Adventure Education General Information:E-Mail: jzody@fhsu.eduPhone: (785) 628-4370Office: CH 139N News • Public Affairs / February 10, 2016Indiana Democrats Challenge Todd Young's Ballot PetitionsBrandon SmithIndiana Democrats have filed a challenge to U.S. Rep. Todd Young's placement on the Republican primary ballot for U.S. Senate.file photo INDIANAPOLIS -- State Democrats filed a challenge Wednesday to U.S. Rep. Todd Young’s place on the ballot for the U.S. Senate Republican primary.
Senate candidates need 500 signatures from registered voters in each congressional district in order to appear on the primary ballot. Clerks in the three northwest Indiana counties that make up the first district certified 501 signatures for Young. But, State Democratic Party Chair John Zody says his staff did several counts of the ballot petitions and found only 498 signatures -- which would leave Young two short. Zody insists the challenge he’s filing with the State Election Division isn’t a political maneuver. “We have to ask these questions. When it’s that close, you have to look at…this is state law, this is a race for the United States Senate and someone possibly not having done and met the minimum requirements required for this race,” Zody said. The Young campaign calls the challenge “blatant political gamesmanship.” Spokesman Cam Savage says they’re not concerned. “We think there are actually more valid signatures than the state’s indicating at the moment, so we’re very confident that we’ll be on the ballot,” Savage said.
Indiana Public Broadcasting, as well as several other Statehouse media organizations, conducted independent counts of Young’s ballot petitions – and found 497 valid signatures, one less than the Democrats’ count and three less than Young needs. The difference in the counts appears to be signatures counted twice. The Indiana Election Commission could rule on the challenge at its next scheduled meeting, Feb. 19. Related NewsPublic Affairs / February 17, 2017Statehouse Update: Roads Bill, Vetoes, Study Committee On Guns Read MorePublic Affairs / February 17, 2017Holcomb On East Chicago Lead Problems: 'We Have To Get This Right' Read MorePublic Affairs / February 16, 2017An Indiana Mayor On The Way Forward For Democrats Read More 90.1 FM and HD1Weekend All Things Considered5:00 pm - 6:00 pmListen90.1 FM HD2Bonjour Chanson5:00 pm - 6:00 pmListen Can a Smartphone Really Replace Your Camera? The Best Pens for Your EDC The Sexy, Mind-Bending Supercars of the '70s
The 25 Best Places to Travel in 2017 By now, we’re all vaguely aware that sitting all day will kill us. It’s like smoking or drinking or any other unpopular cause before it — we understand, but we don’t really want to acknowledge it. Doesn’t matter what the science says (things like people who sit all day are 54 percent more likely to die of a heart attack than people who don’t), we’re still not listening. How could we, anyway? Most of us work jobs that require us to stay perched for eight hours a day, often more. Well, we’re not here to tell you to quit. We’re not even here to compel feelings of guilt or to condone alternative lifestyles. We’re here to offer the most practical solution we can think of: a good desk chair. If you’re going to be sitting all day — and unless you want to creep your coworkers out by being the weird guy with a standing desk peeking over his cubicle wall — you might as well have a good place to sit. Not all desk chairs are created equal.
Some — the best — have particularly heightened ergonomic benefits. These include the usual lumbar supports and breathable mesh seats, but as the prices get bigger so do the benefits: think customized size and suspension, extra supports, aesthetics for any office. These 13 great desk chairs might not be the cure for sitting down all day, but they’re a pretty good start. The Office Star is nothing if not a good value. Sure, its base price of $400 is still a little more than you’ll pay for something from IKEA, but what price can you really put on your health? (Also, the chair — and therefore, your health — are currently on sale.) This chair is fully adjustable — up-and-down, side-to-side, a few other ways you didn’t know existed — and even better, it comes with mesh siding for increased breathability (and decreased back sweat). The Alera Elusion could be misconstrued as another simple office chair — that is until you sit in it. The mesh back panel offers supreme comfort and allows for great breathability.
The seat cushion features a waterfall edge designed to eliminate pressure on the legs. The Elusion is also infinitely adjustable and even offers forward tilt. This is not a good looking chair. But it’s $200, which is dirt cheap for a chair that won’t slowly kill you. The lumbar support offers ergonomic comfort and the mesh back makes it an airy, breathable option. Plus, because IKEAs are nearly everywhere, you can take it for a test drive before you commit — a very big selling point considering how much you’re about to use it. The Sayl Chair is Herman Miller’s attempt at an affordable desk chair — which means it’s a huge cut above most other desk chairs in its price range. It was designed by Yves Behar and comes in a few striking colors; it’s made right here in America; it’s cradle to cradle certified (so that the whole thing is more or less recyclable). But because it sits decidedly lower on the spectrum compared to other Herman Miller models, it lacks a lot of the adjustments and customizable features you might expect from the brand.
The strength of Soma’s signature chair is the back. The tall, weirdly shaped spine is manufactured to reduce upper back, neck and shoulder tension while still supporting the lower back; that is, this chair is all about improving your posture. On the downside, it’s not nearly as attractive as some of the other options on this list. Knoll is the undisputed leader in office furniture, in part because they invest so much in design and research. The ReGeneration is un update on the classic Generation chair, which was originally designed by Formway Design, a New Zealand-based firm that took inspiration from the bridges of architect Santiago Calatrava. The result is a chair that curves and flexes to support its load, offering more or less support depending on how you’re sitting: the chair is said to adjust to 270 degrees of posture. Plus, the whole thing clocks in at less than 30 pounds and is environmentally friendly, using corn- and soy-based materials wherever possible. All that comes at a cost, of course — especially if you want add-ons like a lumbar support or aluminum base.
Niels Diffrient was one of America’s best industrial designers, a pioneer in ergonomic design whose Freedom and Liberty chairs are almost iconic. The World Chair is not his masterpiece, but it is a lighter, more approachable evolution on his previous designs. It’s Humanscale’s first-ever mesh chair, and they made it count: the whole thing weighs just 25 pounds and is made from 97 percent recycled material. Plus, it’s completely self-adjusting, which means you can sit back and recline without making any mechanical adjustments. The Chair Against Which All Chairs Are Measured The Aeron is the chair against which all other chairs are measured. First released in 1994, its status is still more or less unchallenged, even by the valiant contenders on this list. In fact, the Aeron is so iconic it has a permanent place in the Museum of Modern Art. The chair has no straight lines because, well, neither does the human body. And it’s mesh — one of the first chairs to employ the breathable ergonomic material.
It’s made out of recyclable materials and is itself 94 percent recyclable. And then there’s the best part: because the Aeron has been around for 20 years and is no longer the top-end model, it’s relatively affordable at $929. The Steelcase Leap is one of the most popular desk chairs in the world. Designed in 1999, the Leap is the culmination of four years of intensive research on how the back is impacted by long sitting sessions. The result of all that research is the LiveBack system, a method by which the seat and back of the chair adjust independently, allowing for complete support. Add that it’s 98 percent recyclable and blanket-wrapped for domestic delivery (instead of boxed, to reduce shipping costs) and you have an explanation for its popularity. Did we expect that the only chair ever to be endorsed by the American Physical Therapy Association would be exciting? No, we expected it to put function over form at every turn. That’s almost entirely true in this case.
It wants to look good — Haworth even commissioned upscale German design shop Ito Design to help — but the result is rather bland. Instead, focus on the science behind the chair, especially the asymmetrical adjustment system designed in conjunction with the Human Performance Institute at the University of Michigan that lets sitters target problem areas and conform the chair to their natural body shapes. The Acuity hits a sweet spot missed by a lot of chairs on this list: it’s both ergonomically sound and aesthetically excellent. This adherence to the tenets of good design resulted in a few cool features, like controls on the side that eliminate the need for cumbersome and hard-to-reach levers. And the leather jacket, which can be placed over the mesh body, dresses it up for the office (even if that makes it a bit warmer to sit on). There’s not a lot of recline, but then again, everyone always told us to sit up straight anyway. If Gordon Gecko was a real person, this would be his office chair.