1. About Biorhythms

   A biorhythm is a cyclical phenomena of biological activity.  The
   most important three biorhythms that affect our human body are:
   Physical, Emotional and Intellectual biorhythms.  Each of these
   three biorhythms is a sine wave starting at a zero point of the
   positive phase the moment of birth and fluctuating throughout our
   life.  The physical biorhythm which controls our energy state
   cycles every 23 days.  The emotional biorhythm is a 28-day cycle
   influencing our emotional aspects.  The intellectual biorhythm
   cycles every 33 days and regulates our intellectual performance.

   Each biorhythm has three phases:

   High Days (Positive Phases): The period when a biorhythm curve is
                                above the center line (x-axis). You
                                are at your best during these times.

   Critical Days (Zero Days):   Days when a biorhythm curve crosses
                                the center line (x-axis) and you are
                                in a transitional and unstable stage.

   Low Days (Negative Phases):  The period when a biorhythm curve is
                                bellow the center line (x-axis).


2. Life Cycles Version 2.0

   Life Cycles is an application that you can use to view and query
   the states of biorhythms of physical, emotional and intellectual
   fluctuations for any day or any period, and to search for
   important dates such as dates when all three biorhythms reach
   highest points (Triple High), Double Critical days, or based on
   any other search patterns and search conditions you specify. You
   can use Add/Remove Person dialog box to view biorhythms of more
   than one person at the same time, query biorhythms of all people
   and search for common dates of search results of all people.

   You can enjoy your favorite AVI movie while viewing biorhythms by
   renaming your AVI file to "lifecyc.avi", and put it in the directory
   where Life Cycles files are. The movie is played in the lower right
   corner. This feature is not availble in OS/2 version.

   While you can take advantage of knowing your biorhythms in
   advance and plan for your days, use biorhythms as a guideline
   only.


3. File List

   lifent.exe:       Life Cycles executable file for Windows NT, fully
                     tested under Windows NT 3.51.

   life95.exe:       Life Cycles executable file for Windows 95, not
                     fully tested under Windows 95. Change of mouse
                     cursor in different window areas is not supported.

   lifeos2.exe:      Life Cycles executable file for OS/2 Warp 3.0,
                     fully tested under OS/2 Warp for Windows,
                     OS/2 Warp Full Pack. Help and movie etc. have not
                     been supported.

   lifecyc.hlp:      Life Cycles on-line help file for Windows NT, 95.

   lifecyc.cnt:      Life Cycles help contents file for Windows NT, 95.

   readme.txt:       This file.


4. Installation

   Unzip the lifecyc.zip and copy lifent.exe (or lifeos2.exe or
   life95.exe), lifecyc.hlp, lifecyc.cnt and readme.txt to the
   directory of your choice.


5. Hot Keys and Mouse Actions

   Life Cycles gives you three ways to perform actions: menu items,
   tool bar buttons (for Windows versions only), keyboard and mouse.
   Many actions can be done very easily by a mouse click or a hot key.

   <Ctrl> + <P>    Opens Add/Remove Person dialog box.
   <D>             Opens Go to Date dialog box.
   <T>             Goes to today's date.
   <Ctrl> + <S>    Opens Search for Important Dates dialog box.
   <F3>            Exits application.
   <Right arrow>   Moves curves and dates one day forward.
   <Left arrow>    Moves curves and dates one day backward.
   <Up arrow>      Moves curves and dates one week forward.
   <Down Arrow>    Move curves and dates one week backward.
   <Ins>           Moves curves and dates one month forward.
   <Del>           Moves curves and dates one month backward.
   <PgUp>          Moves curves and dates one year forward.
   <PgDn>          Moves curves and dates one year backward.
   <A>             Toggles on/off auto curve and date moving.
   <Ctrl> + <G>    Toggles on/off grid display.
   *<1>            Displays biorhythms in thin curves.
   *<2>            Displays biorhythms in medium curves.
   *<3>            Displays biorhythms in thick curves.
   *<S>            Stops movie playing in the whole window after Life Cycles starts.

   Note: Functions with * are not available for OS/2 version.


6. Distribution

   Life Cycles for Windows NT, 95 and OS/2 Warp are SHAREWARE. By
   installing the Shareware version(s) of this software the user
   implicitly agrees with the utilization rules described in this
   file and in Life Cycles help topic: Disclaimer. Permission to
   use, copy and distribute this software and documentation without
   fee is hereby granted, provided that the original zip file is
   distributed in its entirety and unmodified form.

   You are specifically prohibited from charging, or requesting
   donations, for any copies of Shareware version of this software,
   however made; and from distributing the software and/or
   documentation with other products (commercial or otherwise)
   without prior written permission.


7. DISCLAIMER

   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
   ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT
   LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
   PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. THE USER MUST ASSUME THE
   ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE SOFTWARE.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR
   OF THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL,
   DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY
   DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
   POSSESSION, USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF THE AUTHOR
   HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.


8. Contact the Author

   Send comments, bugs, suggestions to:
   qianh@sunrise.cse.fau.edu, or qian@acc.fau.edu


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