November 2011
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Bulldogs are significantly more likely than other dogs to suffer from a wide...
– According to Brenda Bonnett, a consulting veterinary epidemiologist, in Can the Bulldog Be Saved? (NYT)
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Paul was one of a kind: a musicians’ drummer who thought about the music, not...
– Keith Jarrett, quoted in Paul Motian Dies at 80 (Jazztimes.com)
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Paul Motian, the legendary drummer whose shadowy, ethereal playing was one of...
– JazzTimes
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viafrank:
The Do Lectures just posted the video from my presentation this past September. It’s a little talk about doing things the long, hard, stupid way, and the opportunity of beginning to think about our work as designers as a gift. It also jumps a bit into the issues that need to be overcome to be able to do so in this new digital context where most of our work now lives.
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There is little evidence that stretching does anything important, but there is...
– Dr. Michael Fredericson Associate Professor, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical School, in The Right Reasons to Stretch Before Exercise (NYT)
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Criminologists studying recidivism have found that felons usually have to stay...
– Felons Finding It Easy to Regain Gun Rights (NYT)
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Quantum theory predicts that empty space should exert a repulsive force, like...
– Studies of Universe’s Expansion Win Physics Nobel (NYT)
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…doctors liked new technology, were paid well to use it and tended to...
– Dr. Joseph P. Broderick Chairman of neurology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
in Study Debunks Operation to Prevent Strokes by DENISE GRADY (NYT)