July 2011
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“Greed is partly wanting re-runs instead of being alive to new good things.”
– Anne Herbert, Peace and Love and Noticing the Details
Jul 29th
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The Big Veg: 50 Vegetarian (Or Vegan) Things to... →
Herbivores, rejoice! You can now work your way down one of our must-eat lists without running into a single piece of meat. The Big Veg is our leafy opus of the 50 best vegetarian and *vegan dishes in SF.
Jul 27th
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Jul 23rd
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Jul 17th
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Jul 17th
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Jul 15th
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“REVOLUTION BEGINS WITH CHANGES IN THE INDIVIDUAL”
– Twitter / @jennyholzer
Jul 14th
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Caring for Your Introvert - The Atlantic →
This is a much-loved, much-forwarded article. If you are an introvert, send this article to all the extraverts you know. If you are an extravert, read this and pay attention — the introverts in your life will thank you. Science has learned a good deal in recent years about the habits and requirements of introverts. It has even learned, by means of brain scans, that introverts process...
Jul 14th
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Jul 14th
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Jul 14th
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Why the News of the World scandal matters to you...
From Tiger Beatdown. To the general public, all of this might seem very domestically British, very distant and while certainly a political misfortune, a series of events that hold little weight for the rest of us, non British residents. Except that our every day lives, no matter where we are, what our socio economic background is, are shaped by this scandal. Because you see, News Corp is...
Jul 13th
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Jul 13th
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The Lost Art of Handbalancing →
Jul 12th
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Jul 11th
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Dan John on tonic and phasic muscles
By Dan John on T-Nation. Years ago, Doctor Vladimir Janda, a Czechoslovakian neurologist and exercise physiologist, began discussing the muscles necessary for posture. To simplify, Janda separated muscles into two groups: Tonic, which tend to shorten when tired (or old!) and Phasic, which tend to weaken under stress (or age, I dare say). A simple chart: Muscles That Get Tighter...
Jul 10th
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“The difference between ‘getting it’ and not, I think, is in how deeply one is...”
– ICBS Everywhere › On Sexism, Objectification, and Power
Jul 7th
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How the Meat Industry Turned Abuse into a Business... →
Jul 6th
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Jul 1st
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