January 2012
Rocks Found in Morocco Came From Mars : Discovery... →
It’s All in the Execution: Why to Oppose the Stop... →
Making Light of a Dark Day: 6 SOPA Memes Worth... →
Train Your Brain to Focus - Paul Hammerness, MD,... →
HowStuffWorks "How SOPA Works" →
Stop SOPA: What A Blacked Out Internet Looks Like →
An Infographic Visualization Of SOPA On The Day Of... →
Changing the Conversation on SOPA/PIPA |... →
Arfa Karim, World's Youngest Microsoft Certified... →
What is SOPA? - Mike Zapler and Kim Hart -... →
Why’s it such a big deal?
What’s happening now on the Web, the bills’ backers say, is nothing short of rampant unpoliced theft of American goods. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, so-called “rogue” sites draw hundreds of millions of clicks a year — at a huge toll to the American economy. The business lobby cites research by brand protection firm MarkMonitor estimating that illegal...
Voices: On the Jan. 16 GOP Debate | Racialicious -... →
Poachers Have Already Killed Eleven African Rhinos... →
It’s been just a little over two weeks since the new year began, but it’s already shaping up to be another deadly year for South Africa’s imperiled rhinos. In just the last half-month alone, poachers have claimed the lives of at least eleven rhinos for the purpose of removing their horns — with eight found dead in just one day — putting 2012 on track to be one of...
Amazing Map Shows the United States' Tree... →
Go Green: 10 Useful Compost Products & Tips | The... →
Internet Addiction Shows Up In the Brain - Forbes →
“Do you feel nervous, temperamental, depressed, or sensitive when trying to reduce or quit Internet use?” “Have you taken the risk of losing a significant relationship, job, educational or career opportunity because of the Internet?” “Have you lied to your family members, therapist, or others to hide the truth of your involvement with the Internet?” “Do you use the Internet as a way of...
Genetically modified foods: Ari Laux's alarmism in... →
Can your body “absorb information” from lab-engineered fruits and vegetables?
Were you among the thousands who saw last week’s Atlantic piece on “The Very Real Danger of Genetically Modified Foods”? Food writer Ari LeVaux sought to use recent research findings on the biology of digesting plant materials to argue for an overhaul of regulations for genetically modified (GM)...
Ranch at Live Oak Malibu | Luxury Weight Loss... →
Stunning Infographic Says Bill Gates Is Better... →
5 Phone Apps for Healthy Green Eating : TreeHugger →
Watch31 Days Of Oscar, 2012 — (Movie Promo)
TCM’s original promo for 2012 31 Days Of Oscar programming, February 1st through March 2nd. http://www.tcm.com/
31 Days of Oscar on TCM starts February 1st! →
Click to download PDF schedule of Oscar Winning Movies on Turner Classic Movie Channel.
New study shows architecture, arts degrees yield... →
Recent college graduates with bachelor’s degrees in the arts, humanities and architecture experienced significantly higher rates of joblessness, according to a study being released Wednesday by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce.
Among recent college graduates, those with the highest rates of unemployment had undergraduate degrees in architecture (13.9 percent),...
International prize for Arabic fiction shortlist... →
“Intellectuals, writers and journalists have always stirred people and reflected what they saw in the world around them,” she said, “but this is not enough. It is up to the people living with these conditions to change them.”
Internet addiction changes brain similar to... →
Did Lost End the ‘Golden Era’ of Television? --... →
Tumblr In 2012: More Original Content, Less F***... →
In a recent jobs posting, Tumblr advertised for in-house editorial staff who would be responsible for both creating original content and promoting interesting blog posts created by the service’s massive user base. The advertisement, which called for staff to help “tell the stories of the millions of creative Tumblr users to the world,” was later taken offline. Tumblr’s Mark...
Cesarean Nation: Why do nearly half of Chinese... →
The cautionary tale of how China came to have the world’s highest C-section rate.
The CW Orders Cult Pilot the WB Rejected Six Years... →
Better late than never. -Farida
Meditative Retreats From Tech to Unwind |... →
Cell Phones Alter Brain
Metabolism
/DISCOVER... →
Lead author Nora Volkow, a psychiatrist at the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health, recruited 47 healthy volunteers and used positron emission tomography (PET) scans to measure glucose metabolism in the brain while cell phones were placed over the right or left ear.
She found that 50-minute cell phone calls increased metabolism in the regions closest to...
New You in 2012 | Lifescript.com →
3. Catch more zzz’s. Why it works : People who sleep fewer than seven hours per night are more likely to gain excess weight, according to a 2008 study by Laval University in Canada. Other research agrees. Adults who regularly slept for only five hours a night increased their levels of the hunger-inducing hormone ghrelin by 14.9% and lowered their levels of appetite-suppressing leptin by...
Seven Principles of Clean Eating - Cooking Light →
With each move, the clean eating concept became more refined and developed. Here are the seven core principles of today:
1. Choose whole, natural foods and seek to eliminate or minimize processed foods. Processed foods are anything in a box, bag, can, or package, and although there are always a few exceptions to the rule (like a bag of fresh green beans),...
NBC’s Bob Greenblatt on Community and the... →
Pentagon Probing Possible Release of Classified... →
Cat survives gassing twice; refuses to die |... →
Check out the news video.
After 30 days at the animal shelter, the cat had not been adopted, so shelter workers put her down using a gas chamber. When the cat didn’t die, workers put her down again. This time she had no vital signs, and her body was placed in a bag and put in a cooler. A shelter employee later opened the cooler and heard her meowing in the bag. She had vomited on herself...
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7 L.A. Juice Bars to Visit for Post-Holiday Detox... →
The Real Effects of Technology on Your Health |... →
Effects of Technology on Health #1: Failing Memory You drive while talking on the cell phone, text while listening in on a conference call, surf your iPad while watching TV. Multi-tasking is the new normal, and though it feels like we’re more efficient, studies show it has the opposite effect. “Your performance level drops if you stop one activity to pick up another,” says Gazzaley, who...
To Do Well In Life, You Have To 'Read Well' : NPR →
Author Walter Dean Myers is the nation’s latest ambassador for young people’s literature. The two-year post is something like a youth version of poet laureate. As a young man in Harlem, Myers hid his books so no one would know he liked to read. David Greene talks to Myers about his appointment and what he wants to accomplish.
Laugh Your Way to a Better Mood | Lifescript.com →
3. Humor relieves stress. “Laughing releases brain chemicals that counter production of the stress hormone cortisol,” Banov explains. Managing stress helps people with depression control symptoms and reduce anxiety.
Food Blogga: Forget Food Trends. What Will YOU Be... →
3. Leafy Greens including Kale, Red Kale, Mustard Greens, Swiss Chard, Collards, Turnip Greens, and Spinach. You see them at the market, pick them u[, wonder what to do with them, then put them back. Don’t! Saute them with olive oil and garlic; add them to soups, stews, pastas, and grain dishes; eat them raw in salads. On average, 1 cup of cooked leafy greens without salt ranges...
