Exercise FAQs

Will daily walking help me to lose weight?
It can if you walk regularly, walk at a brisk pace, and if you eat a healthy diet.  If you walk irregularly (only when you remember), walk slowly, and eating whatever you want, then no, you will not lose weight.  Remember that not only does walking help you to lose or maintain your weight; it also helps energy levels and cholesterol levels.

Will weight training help me to lose weight?
YES!  If you are afraid that you will look like a buff body builder, no need to fear.  You need to do a lot to look like a body builder.  But for the typical person, weight lifting will help you to lose weight during and after exercise.  Weight lifting helps you to increase your metabolism and with a faster metabolism, you burn off more calories.  When you work out, you need to work out till exhaustion (where you cannot lift weight anymore).  If you finish your workout and are able to go dancing, you did not work out to your full potential.  When you do decide to go weight lifting, you want to make sure to have a pre-workout snack – preferably something with carbs as this is your source of energy for your workout.  You also want to have a post-workout snack as well.  This will help with the recovery of your muscles.  You want to have a protein shake if possible.

Will dancing help me to lose weight?
Yes, with conditions.  If you dance that is high intensity, such as Zumba, then yes.  However, if you already know the motions and your body adapts to the dance and utilizes its momentum to go to the next dance move, then you might not get as good results as when you first started.  Dancing should also be a regular routine (just like walking).  If you are irregular, you won’t lose weight.  Again with dancing, just like walking, you need to be on a healthy diet as well.

Remember:
-With any exercise, make sure you have plenty of water.  2 cups before your exercise, 2 cups after your exercise, and sips of water as needed during your exercise. 
-You start to lose weight if your calories in (eating) is less than your calories out (exercising).

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HON for Free?

Received an email from HON....FREE account for a few days!  Yay...

To kick off the HoNiversary celebration, we are offering 11 days of FREE-to-play. Starting today (Thursday, May 12) at 9 p.m. EST new players will be able to sign up and play at no cost. Grab your friends and get your game HoN. The F2P session ends Sunday, May 22nd at 12 a.m. EST. To join, new players simply need to download the game and register a HoN nickname at:
http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/create_account.php

1 Month Free Trial for Netflix

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You can enjoy a moth of free movies!!   You can watch movies on your computer, or the old fashion way by DVD, or by the wii, PS3, Xbox, or sometime even your phone.

If you are interested, use one of the codes above for a free trial!!

Tips on saving gas

Save on gas
More MPG
less gas
more miles
cheap gas
there are many more ways to to say it.
These are my tips on saving gas...some are easy, some are quite extreme.  I've been reading about how to save gas and was obsessed for a while and I will be passing on my knowledge to you now :)

Some Easy Ways

1. Lighten the Load - You know the stack of books that you've been carrying in your car...take it out.  The more weight your car has to carry, the more gas it uses.  Look through your trunk and the back seat of your car.  Those empty bottles, that half full bottle of coke, that box full of random stuff...take it out!
2. Fill up those tires when you fill up your gas - When you go and fill up for gas, pump those tires full of air (read the max PSI first).  Guess what, air is free in CA (I'm sure other states are free as well).  All you need to do is see the attendant and ask him/her to turn on the air.  Feeling lazy? When you go in for an oil change, ask your friendly mechanic to fill up your tires.  Most places will do so out of courtesy.
3. Ease off the gas pedal - Are you blazing down the freeway at 80+ miles an hour?  Slow down...stop slurping up gas.  Driving 60 mph is much more economical than 80 mph.  I read somewhere that each mile you drive over 60 mph decreases your fuel efficiency by 1% each mile over.  You'll not only save money on gas, but also decrease your chances on getting a hefty priced ticket for speeding.
4. Speed racer status off - When you see that red light turn green, slowly accelerate, don't step on your gas pedal full blast.  Doing so will save you lots of gas.
5. A/C off, windows up - Ideally your A/C off and Windows Up will save you gas.  If possible, windows down over A/C if you are driving local, if you drive 50 mph or more, A/C on over windows down, if you need to.  Locally, windows down will save you more gas if you want to cool down.  If you drive faster than 50 mph, then turn on the A/C and close your windows.  The wind drag of having your windows down is more costly than closing them and turning on your A/C.
6. Don't Idle - Do you warm up your car in the morning.  Guess what? Most new cars do not need to be warmed up.  Just keep it easy for the car in the morning.  Don't overwork your car in the morning.  You waste more gas idling (after all you are going 0 miles per hour/gallon). [I also read that it is a myth that starting your car takes a lot more gas than idling - your car uses about the same amount of gas as when your car is idling for 10 seconds] So, if you are at a drive thru, or that train track with the train, turn off your engine.  But don't do so at red lights...what if your car decides to die on you :P
7. Avoid rough terrain - When you are driving down the highway and you see bumps in the road, or dips, or holes, potholes, etc...avoid them.  Driving on smooth terrain will save you some gas (less resistance).
8. Level one - If you do decide to turn on the heater/air conditioner, leave it on the lowest setting.  The higher you set that thing, the more gas it will eat.

Some Difficult over the top ways

1. Neutral - Yup...you know the downhill area...yeah, neutral your way down the hill.
2. Once in motion, always in motion - This is hard.  Try not to brake! Think about trying to move a boulder.  If it was in motion, would it be easier to keep pushing it.  Now imagine the boulder and it was at a complete stop.  Think how hard it would be to try to move it...but once it is moving it's easy to move.  Same concept with the car.  The car uses more gas to go from a complete stop rather than a rolling one.  So if you see the car ahead of you is slowing down, you should have already eased off the gas and coast (or neutral).  Also, if you see that the next traffic light is red, again, ease off the gas pedal and coast.  Hopefully it will turn green and you can continue on your way...if you stop...meh... a little gas wasted.
3. Neutral out of your parking spot - Yes, like pushing your car when there is no gas.  You push your way out and in your parking spot.  Over the top? Yes! but it does save some drops of gas.  WARNING: This method does not activate your power steering or power braking.  You may lose control of your car so beware.
4.   Drive behind a truck - WARNING: Dangerous.  Driving behind a truck will put you in his blind spot.  Not only that, but you are also pretty blind behind the truck.  You will have less drag and will save gas, but you are also jeopardizing your safety.

If I am missing something, I'll edit.  If you have more ideas, shoot a comment!

New Credit Card Rules

I am a real stickler for credit.  I need to have excellent credit.  And after the rules changed, my credit is okay...but it could be better.  I needed to find out ways to improve my credit score, and take advantage of certain rules.

First rule.  Never go over your credit limit.  Better yet, try not to go over 50% of your credit limit.  Here are some guidelines:
1% - 10% Ideal.  You want to use your credit card to keep it active, but want to show credit companies that you are in control of your credit.  Some drawbacks is that card companies are now looking at your credit utilization and are cutting your credit limit if you do not use enough of it.
11% - 25% Good.
26% - 30% Okay.
75% or over NEVER!  Never, ever do this.  Once credit companies see that you are using more than a third of your credit, they will begin to worry and start closing your cards thinking you are out of control.  This includes balance transfers.  I transferred my balance from one card to another to benefit from a lower APR, but I was also using about 95% of my credit on that one card.  After about a month, card companies started sending me letters saying that they are closing my account.  On that note...

Rule #2
Spread your debt among your cards.  It is better to have a bunch of cards using about 25% of your credit on each card than having it all on one card using 50%.  For example, it is better for you to split your $5,000 debt among 5 cards with a $5000 dollar limit than have it all on one card with a $10,000 limit.

Rule #3
Never be late.  Don't ever send a late payment.  That really hurts your score.

Rule #4
Pay off your debt ASAP.  Carrying a high balance on your cards is also hurtful to your score.

Rule #5
Keep those cards active and open.  You don't want to have credit card companies lowering your credit or closing your credit.  The higher your limit, the higher your score.

Rule #6
Keep that card you got in High School Open!!  No matter how much you hate that card, keep it open.  That card is keeping your score up.  The moment that card closes, it will look like you lost a few years in your credit history.

Easy to find; easy to make recipes - Mole

No. Not the animal.  The name is pronounced Moh-Lay.  This is kind of like a curry.

Ingredients
-A can/glass/container of mole (there are different varieties.  Mild, spicy, green, red... My favorite is the red mole, mild or spicy).  You can find these at a Spanish store like Cardenas, Northgate, Superior.
-Chicken leg quarters or Chicken drumsticks
-Water
-Knorr (Chicken Broth)

Materials Needed
Two Pots (One large, One medium)
Blender

Directions
First, you want to get a large pot of water boiling.  Add some knorr (chicken flavor).  You want to taste it so that it is just over the bland taste.  To the point where you question whether you should add more salt, but it is still sufficient.  Then you want to wash the chicken.  You can peel off the skin if you want, or buy it without skin.  After that, put the chicken into the water (boiling or not) and bring it to a boil.  You want the chicken to be cooked thoroughly.  You can check the internal temperature of the chicken if you'd like, but what I do is I poke the chicken to the bone.  If it bleeds, it still needs more cook time.  If not, your chicken is ready.

In the blender, you want to add some of the chicken broth to the blender (about one to one and a half mole container worth).  Any excess chicken water/broth you want to pour out.  Add the mole and blend.  You want this to be a consistency of spaghetti sauce to tomato soup.  Then you want to transfer it to a pot and boil it.  After it boils you want to put this sauce into the pot with the chicken.  Let it simmer for a while and you are done.  You can serve this over rice, or eat it with bread, or eat it with tortillas.  It is all up to you!

Easy to find; easy to make recipes - Spaghetti

Ingerdients:
Barilla Spaghetti
Prego Sauce (can be any that you like)
Salt
Olive oil
Cooking oil
Garlic
Onion (white or brown)
Mushroom (precut or whole)
Ground beef (1/2 lb)
Optional: Meatballs

Supplies:
2 Pans (one for spaghetti, one for sauce)
Knife for cutting
Cutting board
Cooking spoon (wooden or anything that won't transfer heat)

Preparation and Cooking
Bring a pot of water to boil for the spaghetti.  Add about a teaspoon of olive oil and a little dash of salt (this is going to be thrown away after the spaghetti cooks, so use sparingly.  While the water is coming to a boil, cut mushrooms in slices (like pizza topping).  After, cut the onion (minced).  An easy way to do this is to cut slices (like a checkerboard) but don't cut all the way through, just about half way through the onion.  After that, you can slice the other way, and you will have minced onions every time you slice. (video to come).
Mince the garlic (about 1 tooth).
In another pot add about a tablespoon of cooking oil (I use canola or vegetable oil) and add the ground beef and cook.  When the meat looks cooked, add the minced onion, the prego sauce, and the minced garlic.  The fire should be about medium to medium high (you can judge this by making sure the sauce bubbles, but not violently where sauce gets everywhere.
After that, your water should be boiling.  Add a teaspoon of olive oil, and some salt.  This is to add flavor.  I know some people say it is pointless, but I like to do it.  Add the spaghetti.  Cook according to box directions.  Drain and rinse spaghetti after cooking.
After that, turn off the fire from any pots, serve sauce over spaghetti, add some cheese on top (optional) and enjoy!

Heroes of Newerth - Is it free?

Looking at my analysis of website usage, I see that people are concerned if Heroes of Newerth (HoN) is free.  Well, how do I break this news to you...No.

It used to be free when it was in beta, but now that it is not and it is now a released version, it is not free.  You can buy the released version for $30.00 and play it for life (there is no monthly service charge.  Once you buy it, it is yours to play forever (like starcraft, diablo, or warcraft III (not World of Warcraft))).

BUT!!!!

Every now and then, S2 gives out free days, weeks, weekends.  Make sure you sign up with them here and download a free copy (not playable until you pay, or there is a free week).  They will send emails informing you about free days.

CVS Coupon Valid through 6/13/10

Save $3.00 on your next purchase of $15.00 or more

Rain, Rain, Go away..

Anyone else have this problem?  Whenever I get prepared for the rain, it tends not to rain.  Today, there was a 60% chance of rain, but there is no sign?  I get my umbrella, having to find it out of my closet, which was buried deep inside of it.  Then, clothes in layers (short sleeve, sweater, and jacket) so that I can be warm.  Then what happens?  It is sunny outside, not a cloud in sight...except for the cloud in the distance.  That must be the 60% chance rain cloud.  Grr... Come here so that my preparation was not wasted.

Anyone else have this problem?
Comment =D
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New Traffic Law

Apparently, there is a new traffic law that requires drivers to move over when there is an emergency vehicle on the side.
It's common sense and all drivers should know that when driving and you see an emergency vehicle, pull over to the side (right side).  Now a new rule:
If you see a cop car, paramedic, fire fighter, etc to the side (right side), drivers need to move over to the left to give the emergency vehicles space.  This prevents cops or pulled over vehicles from getting hurt or damaged.  If moving over is not possible, the driver needs to slow down to 20 miles per hour below the posted speed limit.

This used to be common courtesy, but now it is mandatory.  If not, you can get a $50.00 fine.

For more information: http://www.moveoveramerica.com/

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Haiti Relief Fund

From Salvation Army

Dear Caring Friend,
You may not know this, but The Salvation Army has worked in Haiti for 60 years, running schools, children’s homes, hospitals, and nutrition programs, and providing many other important services.
After last week’s devastating earthquake, our work in this impoverished country has never been needed more.

Thanks to generous friends like you, The Salvation Army has already leapt into action to provide life-saving care and God’s comfort for earthquake survivors.
Currently, we’re getting ready to rush more than 44,000 pounds of emergency food rations to people in the worst-hit areas. We’re also working to deliver safe drinking water – critical to helping prevent the spread of disease after a disaster like this. With most hospitals destroyed, medical care is going to be a top priority, too.
I’d like to offer you the opportunity to help us. Your gifts to the Army have always been used in your community. But today, I urge you to look beyond San Diego to our suffering brothers and sisters in Haiti. This truly is their darkest hour. Your love will remind them they are not alone, no matter how great their pain.
Please visit www.sandiego.salvationarmy.org to give a gift today. Your kindness will be a part of our every effort. Your kindness will SAVE LIVES.
Thank you for doing all you can.
And please, keep the people of Haiti in your prayers during this time of overwhelming grief.
God bless you,
Major Linda Markiewicz
To learn more or to donate now, paste the following URL into your browser: www.sandiego.salvationarmy.org

From Red Cross

Hi Friends:

As a volunteer of the Red Cross, I'm asking all of you my friends to kindly help us - The American Red Cross - with your contribution to allow us to provide help and assistance to those affected by the Haiti disaster. Donations could made in increments of $10 dollars by clicking the following link:

https://american.redcross.org/site/Donation2?idb=1933520596&df_id=4437&4437.donation=form1&JServSessionIdr004=g278ntjbh2.app196a

You can also donate $10 to Haiti relief by texting “HAITI” to 90999 or by calling 1-800-RED CROSS

Please click on the following link to see what The American Red Cross is currently doing for Haiti:

http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.1a019a978f421296e81ec89e43181aa0/?vgnextoid=2d576d585ce26210VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD

Update: 1/20/10 @ 10:21 AM

From UCR

Operation Haiti

The PCA of the Campus Health Center and the WELL are asking students to please come out and help with our efforts to aid the disaster victims in Haiti.

We will be out by the bell tower on
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 from 11AM-2PM
collecting donations of monetary, clothing or care package form.

There will also be Bins at the CHC and the WELL
for clothing or care package Drop -Off

Items Needed are:
Shoebox or Zip-lock bags
Clothing
Batteries
Flashlights
Soap
Non-aerosol antiperspirant
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Phone cards
Pocket size tissues
Conditioner
Shampoo
Crackers
Breath mints
Trail mix/snack bars
Boxed munchies
Plastic trash bags
Feminine napkins
Tampons

Anything helps and in this crisis it is important to lend our support

Thank You
Preventive Care Advocates (PCA)

Ken Stewart
______________________________

_____
Ken H. Stewart, DrPH(c), MPH
Preventive Care Specialist
Campus Health Center
University of California, Riverside
http://campushealth.ucr.edu/ (online Appt.)
(0)951-827-2741
(F)951-827-3133
ken.stewart@ucr.edu
___________________________________

Restuarant City Changes

Wow.  There has been a lot of changes in restuarant city.  With these changes, there are different strategies as well!

Some important changes
1. GP (Gourmet Points) are now accumulated even when you are offline.  Before, the only way to get GP was to wait in front of your computer while the game was running.
2. Max coins offline is now calculated.  Before, you would max out at 2000 coins.  Now it is calculated on how much stamina your worker has, how many waiters there are, how many cooks there are, how many games there are, and popularity.  Taking all this into consideration, the amount of coins that you can get changes.  To get the maximum potential of coins, you should have equal amount of cooks as there are waiters, and 50+ popularity.
3. New recipes are now require 4 ingredients to make.
4. Plants can be watered by your neighbors.
5. You can interact in the game.  You can click on dirty dishes to get rid of them, click on dirty toilets to clean them, and click on broken arcades to repair them.
6. Outside lot.  You can now purchase an outside lot for more space.  WARNING: If you block your door, or delete your door to close your restaurant, when you purchase the outside lot, you open new entrance ways.  You have to block the access to the sidewalk in order to stop customers from coming in and lowering your popularity points.
7. There are new awards for interacting with the game (Number of toilets cleaned, number of dishes cleaned...etc.).
8. Themes.  Restaurant city has really taken up some action and created lots of themes.  They pump one out every other week or so.  Maybe it is because of the holiday season, but they are creating many new items and themes.  Some are limited, so get yours as soon as possible.
9. Customers actually walk all the way to the door before entering.  Before they used to just pop out of thin air.
10. New questions for food quiz.
11. Newsletter direct from Restaurant City.  They now mail you with the newest and greatest about restaurant city.
12. The grandpa (I can't recall his name right now).  If you click on him, he gives you prizes that you can share with friends.
13. Friend restaurant quests.  You can now go to your friends restaurant and do quests to earn GP and coins!
Anymore??

Try these links:
Restaurant City page 2
Facebook's Restaurant City

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The power of Bananas

)))(((Taken from an email sent to me)))(((


A professor at CCNY for a physiological psych class told his class about bananas.  He said the expression "going bananas" is from the effects of bananas on the brain.  Read on: 

Never, put your banana in the refrigerator!!! 
This is interesting. 
After reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again.. 

Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.

Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.

But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.. 

Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier. 

PMS: Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood. 

Anemia : High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia. 

Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke. 

Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school ( England ) were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert. 

Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives. 

Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system. 
Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief. 

Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness 

Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation. 

Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system. 


Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs.. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady. 

Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach. 

Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers.. In Thailand , for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature. 

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan. 

Smoking &Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal. 

Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance.. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be re balanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.. 

Strokes: According to research in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%! 

Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!

So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"

Fake Swine Flu Drugs Sold Online

Apparently there are some claims online that products sold online are curing or preventing swine flu.  The FDA announced that these are false.  They can contain Tylenol and not even anything that are proven to cure swine flu.  And if it does contain the drug to cure swine flu, they were not approved by the US.

Heroes of Newerth Closed Beta Key Open Registration

Not sure if it will work for everyone, but HON has released a link for open registration.  You can try your luck
http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/open_create_account.php

If that does not work, try adding yourself to their fan page on facebook and then try it again.

Want a free Heroes of Newerth (HON) closed Betakey?

According to Heroes of Newerth's status update on facebook, they will give instruction today about how to sign up for a betakey.
Direct from their facebook status:

Heroes of Newerth Beta Key Giveaway Winner

About a week ago I had a contest for HoN beta key giveaway and the winner was Darksnow!!

Congratulations Darksnow!!








I've sent you the key via HoN Email.

National Coffee Day 9/29/09

Today is national coffee day!

What is coffee?  It is a fruit, belive it or not.  Coffee harvesters take the coffee seed and roast them (that is what you see in stores).  And after it is roasted and ground, it is ready for you to enjoy!!  They use coffee because of the caffeine content in the seeds.  This is a natural energy booster for humans.  (Just because it is natural (comes from nature) doesn't mean that it is good for you).

Since today is National Coffee Day, no doubt there will be coffee places that give away free coffee so call your local coffee stop and ask if they are offering free coffee.

If you enjoy coffee and would like a wide variety of it, and want to order it online this is a great site.  They have tons of different kinds of coffee, and if you sign up for their email newsletter, they usually give out Friday coupons for over roasted coffee beans (because they want to have the freshest coffee, they are giving away over roaster coffee =D).

Cure for HIV

Did you hear?

They have found the cure for HIV...well sort of...like most.

They claim that 30% of people did not get HIV in a study.  What they did is get 5000 people and half got the meds and half got placebos.  The people selected were high risk for HIV.  Makes you wonder who these people are...who are the high risk individuals?  People who are poor?

Anyway, this is still early and still needs development and it will be years from now that a vaccine will be available.

My Thoughts
It will be a looooong time for waiting.  HIV constantly mutates, so how are they going to develop a vaccine that constantly changes?  Unless they can create a mutating vaccine, and mutates exactly like the HIV virus, it will be a while till we see a vaccine.