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Will she live longer because of this beer? (istockphoto) (CBS) Drink up... that is if you want to live a few years longer. That's the highly unusual conclusion of a new study which suggests that non-drinkers die sooner than heavy drinkers. Moderate drinkers fair the best. The paper, which appears in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, took a ...

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// JourneyWoman blogger Evelyn Hannon asked her loyal readers to share their best travel tips for jet setting on a tight budget. She then compiled this amazingly useful list of resourceful tricks to seeing the world without going into debt. See some of her money-saving suggestions below: Fly mid-week. Tuesdays and Wednesdays offer the best fares, ...

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(Credit: CBS) It could be the world's unhealthiest snack. The ultimate in fast-food indulgence is cooked up, not by a restaurant chain, but by a minor-league baseball club, reports CBS News correspondent Cynthia Bowers. Despite having a charming ballpark just outside St. Louis, the Gateway Grizzlies will likely never be renowned for their brand of ...

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Seems to be a cycle fest on Yanko Design today, the second installment comes in the shape of the Lunartic Cycle. A bike that’s got a really unique combination of different wheel sizes, a toothed belt drive and hub less rear wheel! The USP being the gyroscopic effect of a large wheel aiding speed and ...

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11 Creative Traffic Lights

August 19, 2010

Crossing the streets of Prague. (Link) In Berlin traffic lights are really funny! (Link) Someone put black tape over the “Don’t Walk” fingers, turning the signal into flashing “rock on” hand sign. Corner of Lafayette + Houston, NYC. (Link) A traffic light designed for horses, in the streets of London, England. (Link) Traffic light in [...]

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Hair Dryer With a Ferrari Engine

August 17, 2010
This Hair Dryer Has a Ferrari Engine Inside

The new Conair BaByliss Pro Volare hairdryer packs an “engine” built with Ferrari’s team using real Ferrari parts. I’m hoping that if I use the Volare my hair will just ooze Italian sex appeal. Apparently, the Volare is the first hair dryer to use a ball bearing design, which is supposed to keep things running [...]

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New York’s Coolest Graffiti

August 10, 2010

Some of New York’s Coolest Graffiti on the walls and surrounding areas in the city that never sleeps. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. [Credit: BuzzFeed]

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Design – Mister Tastee’s Tricycle

August 5, 2010

This right here is a solar powered cooling machine. It’s a cooling container that cyclists can use to store chilled products, made to work independent of any service supply. “The hotter the day, the cooler the ice cream.” Solar panels imbedded in a membrane, connected to solar charge regulators, using wires situated within the panels, [...]

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14-Wheeled Skateboard

August 4, 2010

Industrial designers Mike Simonian and Pieter Schouten made this skateboard in order to add the flexibility of snowboarding movements to skateboarding: The Flowlab Skateboard allows you to surf without waves and ride without snow. Years of experimentation resulted in the geometry that allows a device with no moving parts to simulate the fluid motion of [...]

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HealthCare – Facts in a Picture

July 31, 2010
The Story Behind Health Care

It’s one of the most talked about topics roaming Washington today. Learn about Health Care, the facts, the cost, who it impacts and what it means to you. Via: Online Schools

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