A desirable total cholesterol level for adults without heart disease is less than 200 mg/dL. An HDL cholesterol level of 60 mg/dL and above is considered protective against heart disease, while a level less than 50 mg/dL for women or 40 mg/dL for men is considered a major risk factor for heart disease.
kerns and gallowglasses (1.2.16) Terms for Celtic soldiers. Kerns were Irish or Scottish light-armed foot soldiers. A kern would carry a shield of wood and either a sword or bow and arrow. The gallowglass were mercenary armored warriors who served primarily as bodyguards to Celtic chieftains.
Kerning example. Kerning is the adjusting of the fit of adjacent letters so that one fits over the other. xmlroff implements kerning using the kerning information in both TrueType and Type 1 fonts. Kerning is used to improve the look of the page, since moving letters closer together reduces the whitespace between them. Letter pairs that are usually kerned include To and WA, and some fonts have one thousand or more kerning pairs for specific combinations of characters. The example just includes pairs of characters that are typically kerned.