{"id":30873,"date":"2007-09-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2007\/09\/10\/million-step-monday-pedometers-camels-and-the-great-wall\/"},"modified":"2007-09-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-10T05:00:00","slug":"million-step-monday-pedometers-camels-and-the-great-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2007\/09\/10\/million-step-monday-pedometers-camels-and-the-great-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Million-step Monday &#8211; Pedometers, camels and the Great Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><TABLE border=\"1\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"center\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/SwartzCamel907.jpg\" border=\"2\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ChinaPedometers.jpg\" border=\"2\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<font face=\"arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\nYes, that is UNMC Director of Business Services Keith Swarts and his pedometer on top of a camel. <\/p>\n<p>The second photo features Swarts, UNMC Vice Chancellor for Business Services Don Leuenberger, right, Jan Leuenberger, far left, and Jayme Nekuda of the Center for Healthy Living, displaying their pedometers at the Great Wall of China.  <\/p>\n<p>The photos were taken during the UNMC party&#8217;s recent trip to China.  <\/p>\n<p>If you have any photos of you and your pedometer in interesting locations, send them to <a href=\"mailto:today@unmc.edu\">today@unmc.edu<\/a> and we&#8217;ll post them in UNMC Today.<br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><I>The following is a list of UNMC employees who have recently reached one of the 250,000-step markers in the 1 Million Step Challenge. 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