The New (Ab)Normal. Portion sizes have been growing. So have we. The average restaurant meal today is more than four times larger than in the 1950s. And adults are, on average, 26 pounds heavier. If we want to eat healthy, there are things we can do for ourselves and our community: Order the smaller meals on the menu, split a meal with a friend, or, eat half and take the rest home. We can also ask the managers at our favorite restaurants to offer smaller meals. Read Text Equivalent Read Text Equivalent Copy the code below to embed this infographic into your site. About The New (Ab)normal The great American road trip is an essential part of most summers. And it wouldn't be complete without ... Continue reading →
Council Members Call for Letter Grades on Subway Stations Updated May 23, 2012 8:46pm The MTA is attempting to clean up the 8th St. subway station by removing its trash cans. (Flickr/peyri) CITY HALL — Inspired by the city’s restaurant letter grades, City Council members proposed a new grading system for subway stations Wednesday that would slap stations with failing grades for problems including graffiti, garbage, pooling water on tracks and rats.“I’m suggesting we post a sign on each station. A, B, C, D,” said Queens City Councilman Peter Koo, who proposed the idea during a council hearing on the MTA’s budget Wednesday, where council members voiced frustration about upcominng fare hikes and recent service cuts.Bronx City Councilman James Vacca, chair of the council’s Transportation ... Continue reading →
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Geek-chic 'Ray Bans' outclass Google Goggles - and record EVERYTHING they seePrototype glasses created on 3D printerGlasses record video to share via Facebook, YouTube and TwitterAlso has 'magic' button which turns them into sunglasses By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 07:08 EST, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 08:32 EST, 23 May 2012 Recording video is about to get worryingly easy - with a new pair of techno-glasses that record video and stills, but look like ordinary specs.Google's much-hyped Project Glass goggles - modelled by CEO Larry Page yesterday - are bulky and distinctly dorky.Vergence Labs product is stylish - styled after Clark Kent, its makers say - and 'stealthy', as the video-recording specs look just like ordinary glasses. Le geek, c'est chic? The glasses are designed to ... Continue reading →
Dubai Panorama (credit: Stephen Wiltshire)How can we explain “acquired savants” — people with extraordinary talent who’ve miraculously developed artistic, musical, or mathematical abilities as a result of a brain injury, or temporarily from a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) session — since they weren’t born with the talent and didn’t learn it later?For example, how is it that somebody like Derek Amato (video below), who’d never demonstrated any musical talent before hitting his head at the bottom of a pool, could suddenly handle jazz and classical pieces of astounding complexity without training?Darold A. Treffert, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and consultant for the movie Rain Man, speculates that it could be the result of what he calls “genetic ... Continue reading →
Published: May 22, 2012 Different Faces at CUNY The end of open admissions in 2000 and the recent recession have led to significant shifts in competitiveness and demographics at the City University of New York’s top five four-year colleges. Related Article » Test Scores There are more freshmen with high SAT scores, and fewer with scores below 1,000. Demographics More than one-third of freshmen are Asian. Other groups, particularly blacks, have lost ground. Continue reading →
I have no desire to live with my children. Neither do most of my boomer pals. Having spent our adult years roaming the country as standard-bearers of the new mobile society -- changing jobs, buying three or four homes over the years, choosing the weather as the basis for putting down roots -- we're not likely to be near our children anyway. For the most part, we tossed aside the idea of living and dying in the same town, the same house, with our children close by, and our aging relatives taking up the guest rooms. So traveling to see our children and grandchildren is a given for most boomers. For our aging parents, if we still have them, assisted living and nursing homes have ... Continue reading →
