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  • Don’t Ignore The Lockdown’s Other Side Effects

    06/21/2021 4:32:22 AM PDT · by lightman · 6 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | 21 June A,.D. 2021 | Derek Hunter
    Yes, the pandemic does appear to mercifully be coming to an end. How you spent it will have an impact on how you emerge from it. For many of us, working never stopped, but a lot of movement did. For others, they never got a break from anything, as if their life wasn’t impacted at all. And still others ended up in a horrible financial or mental state from which it will take much time and work to emerge. Everyone, one way or another, has been impacted by the last year in a way we will have to deal with,...
  • (The Decline of Western Civilization) Robot Couch Can Drive You to the Fridge and Back

    09/07/2014 1:28:29 PM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 19 replies
    c/net ^ | September 5, 2014 | Lexy Savvides
    Robot Couch Can Drive You to the Fridge and Back With a Raspberry Pi and USB gamepad controller letting you run riot on your sofa, this student project is couched in innovation. Sometimes, getting up off the couch to grab a drink is far too time consuming. What if you could drive the couch to the fridge instead? Well, your dreams of an automated couch have come true. Nine engineering students at the University of New South Wales in Australia have designed a robotic couch that can be controlled using a standard USB gamepad. Featuring a custom-built steel chassis with...
  • Game Changer - Totally video.

    12/13/2008 2:11:12 PM PST · by neverdem · 20 replies · 968+ views
    National Review Online ^ | December 12, 2008 | Robert VerBruggen
    December 12, 2008, 0:30 p.m. Game ChangerTotally video. By Robert VerBruggen Video games are undeniably popular: Over Thanksgiving week alone, Nintendo sold more than 800,000 Wii consoles. This trend could have serious ramifications for society; experts have speculated about consequences ranging from an uptick in childhood obesity to better-developed visuospatial skills. But video games’ effects on our way of life could exceed even these expectations. In Changing the Game, David Edery and Ethan Mollick focus on the world of business, explaining how companies are increasingly turning to games to solve various problems. The book both advises companies on how...
  • British National Health Weighs “Writing Off” Bad Risks

    02/06/2008 2:42:51 PM PST · by John Semmens · 4 replies · 122+ views
    AZCONSERVATIVE ^ | 2 Feb 2008 | John Semmens
    The British National Health Service (NHS) is considering its options for shoring up the financial condition of this socialized medicine system. “The problem is, when the government provides free health care the system gets clogged with malingerers and hypochondriacs,” said Dr. Frank Sayer, a general practitioner in the NHS. “With little or no out-of-pocket cost, people with minor or imagined ailments haven’t much incentive to moderate their demand for service. The vast majority of these patients don’t need to see a doctor. They will get well on their own. But they come to us, using up time and resources.” Dealing...
  • Fred Thompson - Gay Marriage

    09/10/2007 8:59:56 AM PDT · by pissant · 54 replies · 527+ views
    Spark it up ^ | Sept 9, 2007 | Kilo
    Thompson said Friday he will not support a federal gay marriage ban. Thompson thinks the states should decide. Thompson did support the federal Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. What year did Fred catch his Federalist infection? I see a pattern here. Like the recent flip flopping on Laura Ingraham's show about S-27. Like his questionnaire answers on Abortion where he wrote- "Abortions should be legal in all circumstances as long as the procedure is completed within the first trimester of the pregnancy." Fred did vote pro life, but that statement and many others bother me. I prefer a consistent...
  • MLB has deal to keep 'Extra Innings' on cable TV

    04/04/2007 6:51:02 PM PDT · by fkabuckeyesrule · 9 replies · 1,013+ views
    ESPN ^ | April 4, 2007 | AP
    NEW YORK -- Baseball struck a deal to keep its "Extra Innings" package of out-of-market games on cable television, an agreement that likely will allow the sport's new TV network to be available in at least 40 million homes when it launches in 2009. Baseball announced an exclusive $700 million, seven-year agreement with DirecTV on March 8, but during a hearing last week in Washington, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., pressed baseball to resume talks with iN Demand, which is owned by affiliates of Time Warner, Comcast and Cox. While baseball had set a March 31 deadline, the sides kept negotiating...
  • Most Americans not Fit to Join

    03/13/2006 8:19:55 AM PST · by bnelson44 · 63 replies · 1,807+ views
    Associated Press ^ | 3/13/06 | Associated Press
    WASHINGTON - Uncle Sam wants YOU, that famous Army recruiting poster says. But does he really? Not if you're a Ritalin-taking, overweight, Generation Y couch potato - or some combination of the above. As for that fashionable "body art" that the military still calls a tattoo, having one is grounds for rejection, too. With U.S. casualties rising in wars overseas and more opportunities in the civilian work force from an improved U.S. economy, many young people are shunning a career in the armed forces. But recruiting is still a two-way street - and the military, too, doesn't want most people...
  • I'm sleeping on the couch tonight (VANITY)

    10/28/2005 8:03:23 PM PDT · by M203M4 · 72 replies · 1,722+ views
    My place | Oct 28 | Self
    So in the mail today I got the Christmas Victoria Secret catalogue (NO!! *that* is not why, and NO, I didn't do that with it either...). While I'm distracted doing the work I brought home with me on the computer (on a friday no less, already losing some points with the wife), my wife is flipping through the catalogue and walks over to me, points at one of the pictures, and says, "hey, her abs look just like mine!" Now, what followed was obviously a blatant act of war and was pretty darn stupid on my part. Without even looking...
  • Democrats' New Strategy: Almost Winning (Mark Steyn On The Couch Potato Democrats Alert)

    08/07/2005 5:39:34 AM PDT · by goldstategop · 87 replies · 3,500+ views
    Chicago Sun Times ^ | 08/07/05 | Mark Steyn
    The other day an official with a British teachers' union proposed that the concept of "failing" exams should be abolished. Instead of being given a "failing" grade, she said, the pupil would instead be given a "deferred success." Oh, sure, you can scoff. But evidently the system's already being test-piloted in Howard Dean's Democratic Party. That's why the Dems' Congressional Campaign Committee hailed their electoral failure in last week's Ohio special election as a triumphant "deferred success." As their press release put it: "In nearly the biggest political upset in recent history, Democrat Paul Hackett came within just a few...
  • Are Couch Potatoes More Creative?

    05/10/2005 6:18:02 PM PDT · by kingattax · 16 replies · 1,282+ views
    ABC Science Online ^ | May 10, 2005 | Judy Skatssoon
    We're smarter and more creative lying down than standing up, says a researcher who believes this helps to explain Archimedes' eureka moment. Darren Lipnicki from the school of psychology at the Australian National University (ANU) found that people solve anagrams more quickly when they are on their backs than on their feet. He said his research, which will be published in the journal Cognitive Brain Research, relates to how neurotransmitters are released. Lipnicki tested 20 people, who were asked to solve 32 five-letter anagrams, such as 'osien' and 'nodru' while standing and lying down. "I found anagrams were solved more...
  • (Sorry, Texans) Humorous Japan TV Report on HOUSTON Being "Obesity" Capital of USA (Streaming Video)

    01/14/2005 8:36:18 AM PST · by AmericanInTokyo · 31 replies · 1,857+ views
    Japanese TV (FNN) ran a short report yesterday, highlighting the fact that Houston, Texas was voted as the US city with the most obese population.The report runs about one minute. It does not seem to be particularly flattering of poor Houston, nor overweight people living there (some which are profiled by telephoto lens). The way the clip is done is interesting, if not somewhat humorous, and from a Japanese perspective of rare obesity (but wait 'til it comes to cigarette smoking).At any rate, a short peek of how 'some' Americans are viewed and described, from overseas.
  • Hey relax! Scientists say loafing could extend your life

    01/11/2005 11:27:19 AM PST · by Lorianne · 49 replies · 1,300+ views
    Vancouver Sun ^ | January 10, 2005 | Roya Nikkhah
    LONDON -- It is the news that all sloths have been waiting for. Scientists in Germany have found that too much exercise is bad for you, and that doing less could lengthen your life. In a new book called The Joy of Laziness: How to Slow Down and Live Longer, Dr. Peter Axt, retired professor of health science at Fulda University near Frankfurt, and his daughter, Dr. Michaela Axt-Gadermann, a general practioner, say that everybody has a limited amount of "life energy" and that the speed with which it is consumed determines their life span. They argue that high-energy activities,...
  • 600-Pound Woman Dies After Being Surgically Removed From Couch

    08/11/2004 2:49:06 PM PDT · by Calpernia · 206 replies · 5,613+ views
    wftv.com ^ | 5:09 pm EDT August 11, 2004 | wftv.com
    STUART, Fla. -- A dramatic rescue ended tragically in Stuart, Florida, a rescue so difficult firefighters say they have never seen anything like it. It happened late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning at the home of a 600-pound woman who was having trouble breathing. Rescuers went in not knowing how difficult it would be to get her out. 40-year-old Gail Grinds was literally stuck to her couch and had to be removed surgically at the hospital. Authorities estimate she had been on the couch anywhere from two to five years. Martin County Fire amd Rescue crews faced what seemed...
  • NASCAR sofas vroom into the living room

    02/28/2004 10:15:41 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 12 replies · 724+ views
    OC Register ^ | 2/28/04 | Allen Norwood - KR
    <p>HIGH POINT, N.C. – Furniture makers are hoping that NASCAR fans, with their passion for car numbers and sponsor logos, will transfer some of that brand loyalty to their living rooms.</p> <p>For $2,295, you can buy a black leather Jeff Gordon sofa, emblazoned with a big No. 24 - and shooting flames. That's from a High Point company called, appropriately, Racing Furniture, which offers a variety of NASCAR-inspired sofas and chairs.</p>
  • What's On TV This Week (10/12-18/03

    10/12/2003 7:11:54 PM PDT · by P.O.E. · 1 replies · 142+ views
    Yahoo TV ^ | 10/12/2003 | Self
    Now that winter weather is approaching, you might find yourself stuck in the TV room. Fear not! The following is one man’s guide to what’s on. Feel free to add your own. This excludes pay-cable (like HBO, Cinemax, etc.) And you have to allow for regional variations (e.g., differences in time, football game coverage, affiliates, etc.) Includes selected talk shows. All times Eastern.Sunday 9:00AM TVLand – Burns & Allen - Cameo by Ronald Reagan.9:00AM CBS Sunday Morning. - Retrospective on the Pope’s 25th Anniv. 9:15AM AMC – To Catch a Thief – Too bad AMC added commercials, though10:00AM TOON –...
  • Pop a Pill, Get in Shape?

    04/11/2002 11:33:33 AM PDT · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 31 replies · 235+ views
    FOX ^ | 4/11/02
    <p>For many who toil away in gyms to keep their weight down and muscles toned, exercise is more work than fun. But some day, those who identify more with Homer Simpson than Arnold Schwarzenegger may finally be able to lose the sneakers and turn on the tube — and not feel guilty about it.</p>
  • WHO Tells World's Couch Potatoes to Shake a Leg

    04/08/2002 9:09:13 PM PDT · by 2Trievers · 134+ views
    Reuters ^ | April 8 2002
    SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - World Health Organization (news - web sites) Director General Gro Harlem Brundtland delivered an order to couch potatoes across the globe on Friday -- get off the sofa and exercise. Brundtland's message opened events leading up to World Health Day on April 7 from Brazil. The U.N. health agency has declared war on what it calls an "epidemic of inactivity," which it says causes heart problems, obesity, and diabetes. "We have a cure," Brundtland said. "It's physical exercise, 30 minutes per day." "It's taking the kids to school on foot or taking a walk around...