A new study has revealed that young adults, particularly women, who maintained high levels of moderate and vigorous activity over a period of 20 years experienced smaller gains in weight and waist circumference during the transition from young adulthood to middle age, compared to individuals with lower activity levels. Arlene L. Hankinson, of the Feinberg [...]
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Regular exercise may prevent middle-age weight gain
December 15th, 2010 |
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Sex, race and where you live impact risk of developing high blood pressure
December 7th, 2010 |
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A new study claims that sex, race and the place of residence influences incidence of high blood pressure. “Where you live, your race, and your gender strongly influence your risk of developing high blood pressure as you move from young adulthood into middle age — and hypertension is a major risk factor for heart disease [...]
Lilith Fair Tour 2010 Scraps 10 More Dates
July 2nd, 2010 |
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Lady rockers are the latest victims of a weak concert season in North America.Organizers of the all-female Lilith Fair Festival Tour, co-founded by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan in 1997, cancelled almost one-third of the scheduled shows on Thursday. The lineup will vary as the tour proceeds, with artists such as Emmylou Harris, Carly Simon, Mary [...]
Oil Might Keep Leaking for Months After Relief Wells are Drilled
June 5th, 2010 |
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Many technical experts have said that the first attempts to complete the relief well in August could miss entirely on the first try, as it is difficult to intersect the blown-out well at the precise location and angle needed.As PBS notes:Several expert…
Professor of Mechanical Engineering Estimates that 4 Million Gallons of Oil are Leaking Every Day
May 19th, 2010 |
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As I wrote on May 2nd: The Gulf oil spill is much worse than originally believed. As the Christian Science Monitor writes: It’s now likely that the actual amount of the oil spill dwarfs the Coast Guard’s figure of 5,000 barrels, or 210,000 gall…
Scientists are Finding Enormous Oil Plumes in the Deep Waters of the Gulf … Including One as Large as 10 Miles Long, 3 Miles Wide and 300 Feet Thick
May 16th, 2010 |
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As bad as the photos of the oil on the water in Gulf are, the size of the oil spill cannot be understood until you consider what is under the surface.As the Christian Science Monitor notes:The oil that can be seen from the surface is apparently just a …
Oil Spill: Here’s the Inside Scoop
May 2nd, 2010 |
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The Gulf oil spill is much worse than originally believed.As the Christian Science Monitor writes:It’s now likely that the actual amount of the oil spill dwarfs the Coast Guard’s figure of 5,000 barrels, or 210,000 gallons, a day.
Independent scientis…
Oil Spill Much Worse Than We’ve Been Told: “Official Estimates for the Flow of Oil … May be Just a Drop in the Bucket”
May 2nd, 2010 |
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As a story in the Christian Science Monitor shows, the Gulf oil spill is much worse than we’ve been told: It’s now likely that the actual amount of the oil spill dwarfs the Coast Guard’s figure of 5,000 barrels, or 210,000 gallons, a day.Independent sc…
10 Best Places for Technology Jobs in 2009
September 18th, 2009 |
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The U.S. News World Reports The 10 Best Places for Tech Jobs factors in the following criteria for making the list: number of opportunities relative to education, geography of job openings in a broad range of tech-specific job categories, supply and demand ratios, salary, and cost of living. It’s not surprising to see Boston, San Francisco and Seattle on this list, but Houston, Phoenix and Huntsville, Ala.? Now there are some nontraditional places for technology work. Why is that? Let’s find out.
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Leahy To GOP: “Stop The Racial Politics” On Sotomayor
July 19th, 2009 |
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The two top officials on the Senate Judiciary Committee left niceties at the door when they held a joint appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday.
Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) accused the Republican Party of playing “racial politics…
Billings Slay Suspects Didn’t Expect Cameras
July 16th, 2009 |
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PENSACOLA, Fla. — The accomplice assigned to turn off surveillance cameras before an elaborate, deadly break-in at a sprawling Florida Panhandle home never did, but the seven people accused in the crime apparently did not know that, auth…
Sotomayor Challenge Blows Up in Sessions’ Face
July 14th, 2009 |
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Ouch!
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.), seeking to discredit Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s judicial philosophy, cited her 2001 “wise Latina” speech, and contrasted the view that ethnicity and sex influence judging with that of Judge Miriam Cedarbaum, …
Ahmed Rehab: The Islam-Basher and the Librarian Kerkuffle
July 14th, 2009 |
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A controversy erupted last week in Chicago after it was publicly revealed that a noted anti-Islam blogger had been invited to an American Library Association panel.