Month: December 2014

The future of the newsletter and email

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J In “The return of the newsletter,” Wired UK notes today that with better spam filters and other tools, non-stop overload from Facebook and Twitter, and the death of RSS, newsletters are “making something of a comeback.” The article mentions KurzweilAI News and nine other newsletters, including mini-AIR, the newsletter of the hilarious Annals of Improbable Research magazine, noted […]

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Thoughts on tonight’s Mad Ants OT loss – Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (blog)

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Thoughts on tonight’s Mad Ants OT loss
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (blog)
The Mad Ants‘ 90-87 loss to the Oklahoma City Blue in overtime leaves you a lot to think about. Not the least of which is how do you treat the NBA-contracted players? Noah Vonleh and Bruno Caboclo combined for 1 for 14 shooting and two points. Let’s …

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Dire warning on fire ants overstated – Toronto Star

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Dire warning on fire ants overstated
Toronto Star
The fact that an introduced ant can assist the spread of seeds for both native and exotic plants is neither surprising nor scary, and this won’t lead to any ecological “meltdown” in any literal sense. And both native and introduced ants can sting and …

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Hornets Recall Noah Vonleh from Fort Wayne Mad Ants – NBA.com (blog)

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Hornets Recall Noah Vonleh from Fort Wayne Mad Ants
NBA.com (blog)
December 31, 2014 – Charlotte Hornets General Manager Rich Cho announced today that the team has recalled forward Noah Vonleh from its NBA D-League affiliate, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. Vonleh will rejoin the team for tonight’s game against the …
Ants coach questions move as win vanishes
Austin Spurs, ant mascot chase bat in hilarious video
Mad Ants let big lead slip away again
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#4: Mind-to-mind thought talking possible by 2030, scientist says

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Today we enjoy basic conversations with our smart phone, desktop PC, games console, TV and soon, our car; but voice recognition, many believe, should not be viewed as an endgame technology. Although directing electronics with voice and gestures may be considered state-of-the-art today, we will soon be controlling entertainment and communications equipment not by talking or waving; but just by thinking!

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Lack of daily physical activity linked to vascular dysfunction

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J University of Missouri School of Medicine researchers have found that reducing daily physical activity for even a few days leads to decreases in the function of the inner lining of blood vessels in the legs of young, healthy subjects, causing vascular dysfunction that can have prolonged effects. Paul Fadel, associate professor of medical pharmacology and […]

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Lack of daily physical activity linked to vascular dysfunction

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J University of Missouri School of Medicine researchers have found that reducing daily physical activity for even a few days leads to decreases in the function of the inner lining of blood vessels in the legs of young, healthy subjects, causing vascular dysfunction that can have prolonged effects. Paul Fadel, associate professor of medical pharmacology and […]

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