Posts Tagged ‘x57r’

Miracle meal or rotten swindle? The truth about superfoods | New Scientist

September 1, 2016

Miracle meal or rotten swindle? The truth about #superfoods
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23130850-100-miracle-meal-or-rotten-swindle-the-truth-about-superfoods/ Praises kale & blueberries; pans quinoa & baobab

Paint and Switch? Did Alec Baldwin Pay $190,000 for the Wrong Picture? – The New York Times

August 14, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/arts/paint-and-switch-did-alec-baldwin-pay-190000-for-the-wrong-picture.html?_r=0

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Still, he told Ms. Boone in a recent email, he did not want to hurt Mr. Bleckner. “I’m less worried about you, Mary,” he wrote, “as you are more of an armadillo and I’m sure you have been blasting your way out of corners like this on more than one occasion.”

Ms. Boone wrote back to say that she was working to get him the work he wanted.

“I am not an Armadillo however,” she added.
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ParkWhiz: Guaranteed Parking | Find and Book Parking Anywhere

August 12, 2016

http://www.parkwhiz.com/

List of Mad Men episodes – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

July 23, 2016

last Mad Men epidsode currently is season 7, #14 (“Person to Person”) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mad_Men_episodes

Just five sunburns increase your cancer risk – Health News – NHS Choices

July 22, 2016

Just 5 #sunburns [when young] increase your #cancer risk, by 80% for
melanoma http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/06June/Pages/Just-five-sunburns-increases-your-cancer-risk.aspx As determined from surveys of nurses

Obama After Dark: The Precious Hours Alone – NYTimes.com

July 4, 2016

Obama After Dark
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/us/politics/obama-after-dark-the-precious-hours-alone.html Interesting tidbits: 2a-7a #sleep, quiet time post-dinner, Times on sofa w/ iPad, Fri movie night

quiet time after dinner on sofa or easy chair

Top 10 baby names in the US since 1880 – Visual Cinnamon

June 21, 2016

Great viz

http://www.visualcinnamon.com/babynamesus

A Whole New Ball Game – The New Yorker

May 23, 2016

A Whole New Ball Game
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/16/sphero-teaches-kids-to-code Describes the lucky confluence of @sphero robots, #STEM education & @Disney entertainment

Manhattan’s M66 Bus Gets ‘Pokey Award’ – WSJ

December 22, 2015

M66 Bus Gets Pokey Award http://www.wsj.com/articles/manhattans-m66-bus-gets-pokey-award-1450193429 Averages 3.1 mph, which is the most "preferred" human walking speed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preferred_walking_speed

Cutting Sugar Improves Children’s Health in Just 10 Days

December 14, 2015

Cutting sugar [in #diet w same kcal] improves [kid's] health in…10 days [LDL down 10; DBP, 5; triglycerides, 33] http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/cutting-sugar-improves-childrens-health-in-just-10-days

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“On average, the subjects’ LDL cholesterol, the kind implicated in heart disease, fell by 10 points. Their diastolic blood pressure fell five points. Their triglycerides, a type of fat that travels in the blood and contributes to heart disease, dropped 33 points. And their fasting blood sugar and insulin levels – indicators of their diabetes risk – likewise markedly improved.”

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