January 2009
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Coffee Linked to Lower Dementia Risk - NYTimes.com →
The new study, published this month in The Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, is unusual in that more than 70 percent of the original group of 2,000 people randomly selected for tracking were available for re-examination 21 years later.
How to Stop Accumulating Books - wikiHow →
like i’m going to try. well, maybe next week…
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Two Sides of a Border - One Violent, One Peaceful... →
Experts say many factors have kept violence at bay in El Paso, from a high concentration of law enforcement officials because of border operations to fear of the death penalty in Texas.
But some have other theories. Mayor Cook, for one, thinks the problems in Juárez began when a Mexican crackdown on drug dealers backfired. The operation smashed the drug-distribution network on the Mexican...
The country's new robots.txt file →
so loving this outcome from monday oop ack, er tuesday.
“The internet is the greatest generation gap since rock and roll.”
– Bruce Schneier (Filed under “recently reminded that …”) (via heather-rivers)
HCL 10.5.2 - OSx86 →
This is a component level hardware compatibility list. We want to keep it as accurate as possible, but please, do not entirely rely on this list when buying hardware. Add which parts you have working in the categories listed below, or create a new category. Please keep alphabetical order inside the categories. The categories themselves are ordered by popularity. Please list any caveats or problems...
Paul's complete guide to installing OSX Leopard on... →
directions on turning the MSI wind U100 (he uses a knock-off of the wind) into a 10 inch mac netbook.
“In his legal opinions, Chief Justice Roberts has altered quotations to conform...”
– Op-Ed Contributor - Oaf of Office - NYTimes.com
Graffiti - Sag Harbor - On Long Island, an Illegal... →
All of the townspeople asked about the artist rallied behind the mural. “It’s a beautiful piece of art,” said Rino Salsedo, 51, whose son, Nicholas, was a close friend of Corporal Haerter. “It’s respect not only for a fallen soldier, but for all the boys that are over there.”
Gordon M. Grant for The New York Times IN MEMORIAM Around the time last year that the Route 114 bridge connecting...
The 20 Healthiest Foods for Under $1 →
1. Oats High in fiber and complex carbohydrates, oats have also been shown to lower cholesterol. And they sure are cheap—a dollar will buy you more than a week’s worth of hearty breakfasts.
Serving suggestions: Sprinkle with nuts and fruit in the morning, make oatmeal cookies for dessert.
2. Eggs You can get about a half dozen of eggs for a dollar, making them one of the cheapest and most...
Arts, Briefly - Spidey Goes to Washington -... →
The six-page story, written by Zeb Wells and illustrated by Todd Nauck and Frank D’Armata, finds the wall-crawler in Washington, where he uncovers a plot to undermine the incoming president. Mr. Obama has previously stated that he is a comic book fan, and a Spider-Man fan in particular. The story will be part of Amazing Spider-Man No. 583 and arrives in stores on Wednesday. Another comic book...
“This trend is only expected to continue. A massive lot in west El Paso has been...”
– KVIA.com - Juarez’s wealthiest flee to El Paso, spark housing boom
“The historical fictions encourage a limited independence and emphasize...”
– Marketing American Girlhood - Volume 23 No. 2 - Winter 2008/2009 - Rethinking Schools Online
All the Presidents' Literature - WSJ.com →
Rare is the leader who can actually write well, but those who do offer a window into their governing style. Jonathan Raban on the best presidential writers, and what Barack Obama’s memoirs say about how he’ll lead.
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Reid on Critical Reading Assignments →
This page lists several kinds of short assignments that may help students read a particular assignment more carefully so that they are better prepared to participate in a discussion or begin a longer written analysis of a piece of writing.
It can be important to help students learn to be critically active before, during, and after the time they spend reading a text. While assignments like these...
“Online stealing is on the rise. Last Friday’s twice-weekly letter was...”
– The problem with stealing
this is why we quote with tumblr.
The 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating - Well Blog -... →
Maybe you should be eating more beets, left, or chopped cabbage. (Credit: Evan Sung for The New York Times, left
(This post was originally published on June 30, 2008, and recently appeared on The New York Times’s list of Top 10 most-viewed stories for 2008.)
Nutritionist and author Jonny Bowden has created several lists of healthful foods people should be eating but aren’t. But some of his...
Apple Drops Anticopying Measures in iTunes -... →
The power of Amazon.com
Beginning this week, three of the four major music labels — Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group — will begin selling music through iTunes without digital rights management software, or D.R.M., which controls the copying and use of digital files. The fourth, EMI, was already doing so.
“Calderón must, and will, keep the pressure on the cartels, but look, let’s...”
– Drug-related violence in Mexico expected to escalate in 2009 | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Mexico News
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“Carrillo, who says she has snapped photos all her life, was first turned on to...”
– Alcatraz unlocks First Fridays | thecalifornian.com | The Salinas Californian
“This beautifully illustrated coffee table tome suggests that the scrapbook is an...”
– Jessica Helfand, “Scrapbooks: An American History” | Salon Life
From “Scrapbooks: An American History” A young girl’s scrapbook circa 1930.
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“‘I said to the cameraman: `Which one of you is going to do the...”
– U.S. citizen got the scoop: an interview with Fidel Castro - Americas - MiamiHerald.com
“A one-time resident of this city who had been bitter over its transformation...”
– The Associated Press: Man accused of leaving Colo. bombs kills himself