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Atlanta
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24.6 |
76.2 |
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Charleston
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27.6 |
81.6 |
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Charlotte
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24.5 |
76.1 |
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Columbia
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26.6 |
79.8 |
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Dallas
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26.1 |
79.0 |
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Miami
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27.4 |
81.3 |
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Nashville
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24.2 |
75.5 |
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| Mushrooms Turned into Green Packaging |
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Date: 29-07-2010
In addition to tomatoes and peppers, your next garden could grow packaging materials.
A new product made out of agricultural waste and mushroom roots is now showing up in shipped products across the country. The composite material, called Mycobond™, requires just one-eighth the energy to produce and generates one-tenth the carbon dioxide of traditional foam packing material.
Now Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute undergraduates Gavin McIntyre and Eben Bayer are developing a new, less energy-intensive method to sterilize the agricultural waste, killing spores that could otherwise compete with the mushrooms.
Instead of steam heat, the new sterilization method will involve cinnamon-bark oil, thyme oil, oregano oil and lemongrass oil.
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| Fewer parents to cut back-to-school budget |
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Date: 27-07-2010
Fewer parents plan to cut their back-to-school budgets, but they will count on smartphones and social networking to find the best bargains during the second biggest shopping season of the year, according to a Deloitte survey released on Tuesday.
"Retailers may be encouraged that fewer consumers are planning to pare back this year, although they may find that shoppers continue to be deliberate in their purchases," said Alison Paul, Deloitte's retail sector leader in the United States.
In the online survey, 28 percent of 1,050 parents of school-age children said they were planning to spend more this year on back-to-school clothing and supplies, while 17 percent said they would spend less.
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| Obese kids' feet found to be flatter and fatter |
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Date: 26-07-2010
It's known that obese children tend to have "flatter" feet than their normal-weight peers, but it has been unclear whether that reflects a potential problem in the foot's bone structure or simply extra fat padding. A new study suggests that it's both.
In general, people with "flat feet" have a lowered arch at the inside of the foot, such that if they wet their feet and stood on a flat surface, they would leave a complete footprint.
All babies and toddlers have flat feet, with the arch developing during childhood; obese children are more likely than their thinner peers to retain a flat foot -- as measured by footprint in studies -- and it has been assumed that this is because their extra weight creates a "fallen" arch.
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| Tennessee promoting new moonshine-NASCAR trail |
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Date: 25-06-2010
Tennessee tourism officials see gold in them there hills where moonshine stills once bubbled and bootleggers hauled illegal whiskey in fast cars. They are trying to lure free-spending visitors to retrace the mountain roads where "white lightning" helped give birth to NASCAR.
The newly dubbed White Lightning Trail traverses a network of roadways that span hundreds of miles across nine counties in northeast Tennessee.
Tourism officials who launched the promotion in Knoxville were quick — even a bit defensive — in saying the trail name is "not about promoting moonshine."
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| The Worst Burgers in America 2010 |
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Date: 22-06-2010
Ground meat and bun, maybe a slice of cheese. Ideally there’s a pile of produce as well, but if not, so be it. The perfect burger doesn't benefit from frilly accoutrements. Those “upscale” burger places that insist on embellishing with onion rings, gourmet cheeses, and herb-infused mayonnaise? They’re just showing off, like painting flames on a muscle car. The key to quality is in simplicity, and that’s what the best burgers have in common.
Today’s restaurants have lost touch with that ideal. Instead of concentrating on better ingredients to win your business, they’re doubling up on beef paddies and stuffing in more high-fat topping. A 2002 study looked at restaurant portion sizes and found that they far exceeded what they should be: Hamburgers were 112 percent oversize! (Pasta was inflated 480 percent, muffins 333 percent.)
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| 12 Things We'd Tell Our Bosses if We Could |
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Date: 21-06-2010
As employees, we are told to be diligent, to follow through, to be "self-starters," to have a good attitude, to be flexible and patient and dependable and loyal and respectful. We're told there is no "I" in "team." We're told, "You should just be grateful you have a job." But surely bosses have obligations to us just as we do to them. And surely one of the biggest of those obligations is to seek out their employees' point of view.
Of course, not all employees feel free to say what they're actually thinking. You know who you are! That's why in today's column, the employees of the world get to speak up. What would you say to your boss if you could say absolutely anything at all? This is your chance, people.
Here are a dozen to get you warmed up:
1. "Give me the tools I need to do a good job." If you're unsure, ask me. But, basically, time, materials, information, maybe even a little authority--these are what I need to succeed.
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| 4 Foods Besides Brown Rice That Help Prevent or Manage Type 2 Diabetes |
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Date: 15-06-2010
Healthy eating plays a major role in diabetes prevention and management, as demonstrated by a new study published online by the Archives of Internal Medicine, suggesting that choosing brown rice over white rice may help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. But selecting the right type of rice isn't the only food choice you can make to help avoid the disease. To ward off diabetes—or keep it in check if you've already been diagnosed—consider adding these foods to your diet:
Nuts
Nuts help dampen hunger and provide healthy fats, magnesium, and fiber. Peanuts and other varieties are thought to help reduce the risk of heart disease and help improve cholesterol levels. Some research suggests that eating nuts may reduce the risk of diabetes.
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| Drug companies share data to speed brain research |
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Date: 12-06-2010
In an unusual step, a dozen competing drug companies have agreed to share data on thousands of Alzheimer's patients in hopes that the extra information will spark new ideas for treatments.
The database being announced Friday covers 4,000 patients and counting. It was created in consultation with government regulators and the National Institutes of Health.
The effort may sound wonky, but attempt after attempt to create new Alzheimer's medications — ones that might help before too much of a person's memory is destroyed — have failed.
In pooling resources from clinical trials, scientists can hunt trends that may suggest what to study next.
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