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But unlike many other illnesses that require a team of doctors, the cure is in our own hands--or feet, rather--and all we have to do is take a walk.


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Renowned basketball player Shaquille O’Neal stands out in a crowd — and not just because he is 7’1″ and now reportedly 325 pounds.


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Mobile apps have skyrocketed in popularity and utility since Apple introduced the iPhone App Store in the summer of 2008. Apps now represent 52% of time spent with digital media in the US, according to comScore, up from 40% in early 2013.


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During World War II, the English Channel and North Sea were, understandably, thoroughfares of war.  These bodies of water, together, separated England from mainland Europe, and the United Kingdom took advantage of the terrestrial barriers by building sea forts housed with troops and artillery.


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At WWDC, developers rule. Apple may have previewed iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite to the entire world at its opening keynote, but developers are the only ones who get to check out the beta version of the software until an open beta program kicks off this summer.


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The US National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST) has published a draft of new Guidelines for SSH Key Management. The new guidelines are aimed at government system admins and CIOs but are intended to serve as a general, best-practice standard for the IT industry.


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I started my career in web development and web application development, and I’m glad I did. I use my programming skills on a regular basis in SEO, and especially when performing SEO audits.


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On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Japan; three days later, a second nuke followed. The death toll and destruction from these attacks were both immense.


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Racetrack Playa researcher Richard Norris standing by a trail likely formed more than a decade before this December 16, 2012 photo. Trails can last for years or decades between events. Photo from Richard Norris courtesy of Scripps Oceanography


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Red, Yellow, Green. If you know one thing about driving, it’s that order. Traffic lights generally follow it, as evidenced by the screen shot above. But there’s at least one notable exception — an exception created by a bit of xenophobia.


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At the time of this writing, it is 9:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time in New York City. It’s therefore 6:01 PM in Los Angeles, 7:01 PM in Denver, and 8:01 PM in Chicago. We don’t have to call anyone in those cities to determine that, because about a century ago, the U.S.


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If you don't already have a beach vacation planned, marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols's new book will make you seriously reconsider.


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The hermit set out of camp at midnight, carrying his backpack and his bag of break-in tools, and threaded through the forest, rock to root to rock, every step memorized. Not a boot print left behind.


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Every year, countless numbers of people pass away alone, without family or friends to give them a proper funeral.


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The Jobbiks are small but significant political party in Hungary, holding 43 of the 368 seats in the country’s parliament, called (in English) the National Assembly.


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The Jobbiks are small but significant political party in Hungary, holding 43 of the 368 seats in the country’s parliament, called (in English) the National Assembly.


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If your spouse and children are away from home when disaster strikes, would you be able to communicate with them and help guide them home? Many folks have become far to reliant upon cell phone and the Internet to communicate and reach loves ones quickly in our modern world.


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I have not posted much on this blog for a while. First, I was waiting for AEM6 to come out, then I realized there is lots to learn on the AEM6 front – I finally decided to start a secondary blog that just focuses on learning about AEM6.


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In 2005, former big league slugger Jose Canseco released the book “Juiced,” detailing his account of the use of performance enhancing drugs in baseball. Canseco accused a half-dozen former teammates of using the same drugs he had, naming, among others, Mark McGwire.


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Description:Tree is a recursive directory listing command that produces a depth indented listing of files, which is colorized ala dircolors if the LS_COLORS environment variable is set and output is to tty.


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The exemplary manager is often shown delivering a rousing speech that inspires her troops to achieve ever greater heights. But the truth is a lot less exciting than that.


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We're constantly hearing messages that we're eating too much and not moving around enough. Now researchers suggest that we're actually not eating more than we did 20 years ago, it's that we're much less active.


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I used to believe that outliers were people who performed superhero feats that I could never hope to match and one glance at my Twitter feed was all I required as absolute proof.  Let me show you what I mean.


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Up there with the tenure system, the peer-review process is perhaps one of the most baffling and convoluted aspects of modern academia. What is it, though, and how exactly does the process of peer-review work? How can you make it work for you and why should you bother?


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Aspirin is a bit of a miracle drug. It can be used to treat fever, pain, arthritis, and headaches. It can help stave off ischemia, heart attack, strokes, and some forms of cancer. And it can make wars less painful, too. Yes, wars — or, at least, World War I.


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In what could be a decisive blow to the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) mega trend, the California Court of Appeal ruled late last week that companies must reimburse employees for work-related use of personal cellphones, as described in the National Law Review.


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Beans, the children’s song goes, are the musical fruit — the more you eat, the more you toot. Beans aren’t an actual fruit, of course, but when kids are making up songs about flatulence, rhyming trumps reality.


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An average milk cow produces the equivalent of 350,000 cups of milk over her lifetime, according to the Food Animal Education Network at Purdue University. During the U.S.


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Wayfair Wayfair, the home furnishings e-commerce site, has made official what’s been an obvious goal. That it’s going public. The e-retailer hopes to raise $350 million, but didn’t disclose how many shares it’ll sell or at what price.


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Ever want to dive over 100 feet below the water’s surface, without going outside?  You can — if you’re in Brussels, home of Nemo 33, a 33 meter (108 feet) deep diving pit.


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It is not uncommon for police detectives to, informally at least, employ the assistance of reporters when trying to crack a case. And it is very common for journalists to cover brutal crimes — even if the police would prefer otherwise.


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In 1989, the San Francisco 49ers and Cincinnati Bengals faced off in Super Bowl XXIII in Miami, Florida. Like most Super Bowls, the broadcast of the game reached far and wide. NBC held the broadcast rights to the Super Bowl, and an estimated 81.


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I am always trying to cut and paste bible references into my notes. But, there is almost always extra formatting carried over or it did not come out in the format that I wanted. So, I created the workflow to make it easier for me.


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Work, family and entertainment are the three things taking up the most time in the lives of men today. There is nothing wrong with these three things; in fact, they all have their place of necessity in a man’s life.


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At the end of 2013, the United States Department of Transportation released its monthly ranking of airlines based by on-time performance. It was bad news for Southwest Airlines, which performed poorly, coming in last on the list for two straight months.


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Derek Paravicini was born on July 26, 1979. He is autistic and, due to oxygen therapy received at birth — which was required as he was born at only 25 weeks — is blind and suffers from a variety of learning disabilities. He can, however, hear, which is incredibly important. Why?


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Useful Science is a nonprofit run by 48 grad students and professionals. The authors of this article are Jay Olson from McGill, Kyle Saikaley from the University of Toronto, and Jaan Altosaar from Princeton. Email them at hello@usefulscience.org.


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Ever year, the President of the United States delivers an address to Congress called the State of the Union. Most members of the American legislative and executive branches attend the speech, but not all.


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We were up every morning to watch the sunrise.


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Worst. Thing. Ever. You’ve probably seen or heard someone say that, usually in a half-facetious, half-hyperbolic sense. (Or because you’ve watched the Simpsons.


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The United States entered World War II in December of 1941, and only after Japanese planes bombed the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. Even though the U.S.


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The above crossword puzzle was published in the New York Times on November 5, 1996 — or, in the United States, election day. The clue for 39 Across: “Lead story in tomorrow’s newspaper (!), with 43A.”   The clue for 68 Across: “Title for 39A next year.


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The grey nurse shark, pictured right, survives on a diet of fish, rays, shellfish, and, cannibalistically, other sharks.  That last part is a habit they acquire at an early age — in the womb. Grey nurse sharks have two uteri and, regularly, give birth to two offspring at a time.


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The Markdown Service Tools are a collection of OS X Services designed to make writing Markdown text that much easier. Services work in any Cocoa-based application (which is most of the apps on your Mac). The Services are prefixed with “md” to keep them grouped in your Services menu.


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Most modern web sites and mobile applications use an analytics service to keep track of a user’s actions.  While there are a variety of different providers, Google Analytics and Omniture are probably the best known.


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Fred Flintstone and George Jetson are iconic comic characters from the Hanna-Barbera universe. While Fred is a pre-historic guy with a pet dinosaur and George lives in the year 2062 (and has a flying car!), they’re nonetheless similiar in other ways.


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45 Ultimate Tips For Men. Number 40 Will Help You Go Far In Life.


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Toss the phrase “running around like a chicken with its head cut off” (without quotes) into Google and you’ll get about three million citations.


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The reviews for the Honeywell Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat on Amazon.com are mostly positive and on-topic -- that is, until you scroll down and get to this one: In the words of a fellow reviewer who commented on the post: "Revenge is best served at whatever temperature you see fit.


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In the 1988 movie Coming to America, Eddie Murphy plays the role of Akeem, the crown prince of a made-up African nation called Zamunda, who temporarily moves to Queens, New York, in order to find himself a bride (or, in the eyes of his father the king, played by James Earl Jones, to get it out of


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Legend has it that Juan Ponce de Leon’s exploration of Florida was driven by an irrational search for the Fountain of Youth.  Had he been born a certain type of jellyfish, he’d not have needed the Fountain.


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Every once in a while, your cell phone may do something really annoying — it echoes your voice while on a call. The echo seems like a minor inconvenience but often overwhelms the call, requiring the speaker to hang up and try the call again.


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Flipping through the pictures on my phone, I see it. Photo by Bridgette White My first reaction is shock. Who took this hideous picture of me?


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Local shepherds in the drought-stricken region of Gafsa in the African country of Tunisia recently stumbled upon an incredible and mysterious sight: a beautiful lake, which emerged out of nowhere. Some locals are calling it a miracle. Others are calling it a curse.


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