#1210

Date:    Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:13:51 -0700

From:    "Watson, Tyler" <watsont@BYUI.EDU>

Subject: Today on the HEDIR

 

Hi Folks,

Well the year is winding down, and for many of us a vacation looms near.  I wrote something a little different on the HEDIR Blog today that doesn’t have the same tone we have had amongst ourselves over the past little while.  Here is a little exerpt….

 

Stories are the way our society chooses to communicate messages to one another.  We use stories to persuade.  We use stories to criticize.  We use stories to romanticize.  I would like to share with you 3 simple stories today. 

Story 1

He was a young boy, 9 or 10.  This boy had everything; a bike, good friends, a nice ball glove and even a paper route.  Life could not really be better.  He led a carefree life of many boyhood adventures including building cave forts in the side of the weed-covered gully not far from his home. 

Christmas approached and with every passing day the wish-list got longer; at the top… his own computer.  With a computer he could …..

Go to http://hedir.hpcareernetwork.com/ to read the rest.  I hope that it will be worth your time and lighten your day.  Please post your comments as well.  That is what makes a community blog enjoyable.

 

Tyler Watson

 

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#1211

Date:    Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:55:58 -0500

From:    Lori Marks <lnmarks@UMD.EDU>

Subject: Early Registration Deadline Next Week for American Academy of Health Behavior Annual Scientific Meeting, March 2009, in Hilton Head

 

Dear Health Professionals:

 

This is a friendly reminder that the early registration deadline for The American Academy of Health Behavior’s 9th Annual Scientific Meeting, March 8-11, 2009 in Hilton Head, South Carolina is December 15.  The registration fee increases after December 15, so please register soon in order to take advantage of this special rate.  You may visit our website at www.aahb.org to register.

 

The conference theme is "Adoption, Adherence, and Maintenance of Health Behavior Change."  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me by email or by phone at 301-405-0056.  We look forward to seeing you in Hilton Head!

 

Lori N. Marks, PhD

Executive Director

The American Academy of Health Behavior

 

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