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This article in today's New York Times talk about an interesting approach to the national obesity epidemic. By CHRISTOPHER CHABRIS and DANIEL SIMONS OBESITY is a problem everywhere, with significant consequences for personal health and public spending. People weigh more than ever — but why? If we can find the causes of obesity, [...]
Gingered Chicken Meatball Soup
Recipe courtesy Better Homes and Gardens Ingredients 2 teaspoons canola oil, 1/4 cup finely chopped onions, 8 cloves garlic, minced, 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger, 2 egg whites, 3/4 cup panko, 1/4 cup finely chopped red sweet pepper, 3 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce, 1 pound uncooked chicken breast, 1/2 [...]
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Gay Marriage polls show public ahead of pols
Columbia Students Go Nuts for Nutella / The Mom Vivant
From MSN.com: Sticky-fingered students: Nutella theft hits Columbia The Ivy League university's student newspaper says $5,000 in the chocolate-hazelnut spread disappears each week. By Jason Notte Thu 2:52 PM Students who haven't had sugary cereal since grade school and were raised on grain-and-fruit blends buckle in the face of ubiquitous Cocoa Puffs [...]
Hearty Tacos
From Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest magazine 8 6 inch corn tortillas, 1 teaspoon vegetable oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt, non-stick cooking spray, 2 tablespoons chopped green pepper, 4 eggs, lightly beaten, 2 egg whites, 5 tablespoons salsa, 1/2 cup canned reduced sodium black beans, drained and rinsed, 1/4 cup [...]
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg says, “The blunt truth is that men still run the world.”
Photo and article from Vanity Fair: Sheryl Sandberg is one of those people who attract more attention than they want. If she were a man, no one would think twice about her career: McKinsey consultant, chief of staff to U.S. Treasury secretary Larry Summers, head of one of Google’s biggest [...]
Putting the dog in your down dog / The Mom Vivant
Photo courtesy: Los Angeles Times Pup-lates? That's right. The Zoom Room in L.A. is now offering pilates, on the same kind of equipment Joseph Pilates invented to help recovering war veterans regain stability, for your dog. Mary MacVean of the Los Angeles Times writes that the studio is now [...]
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The Silver Lining on Gun Control: A Bi-Partison effort to help the Mentally Ill
By Robert Koenig, Beacon Washington correspondent WASHINGTON – While efforts to restrict assault weapons have grabbed the headlines, a quieter campaign is gaining support on Capitol Hill to try to curb gun violence by bolstering mental health services at the community level. On Thursday, Oscar-nominated David O. Russell – director of [...]