Breakfast. Take it. Or leave it.

One of the things that horrifies my friends is that I don’t eat breakfast. I’m just not hungry in the morning. A cup of coffee, and that’s all I need until lunch. I’ve been that way for decades. This means that I’m subjected to periodic lectures on how breakfast is “the most important meal of the day”. Yeah, that’s a myth. It’s also the topic of this week’s Healthcare Triage.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/rti9/breakfast-take-it-or-leave-it

Google is designing the seats, interior moldings, and even the lighting inside its self-driving car

Will Google's self-driving car come with Corinthian leather bucket seats, fuzzy upholstery, or moon roofs? It's still early, as the robo-cars are currently just prototypes, but Google is already hard at work trying to answer some of those questions, judging by a recent job posting. The company is seeking an Automotive Interiors Engineering Lead who can weigh in on industrial design concepts and define all the car's "interior systems."
Read more: http://snapzu.com/Apolatia/google-is-designing-the-seats-interior-moldings-and-even-the-lighting-inside-its-self-driving-car

90-Year-Old Woman Chooses Epic Road Trip With Family Over Cancer Treatment

She told her doc, “I’m 90-years-old, I’m hitting the road”
Read more: http://snapzu.com/CatLady/90-year-old-woman-chooses-epic-road-trip-with-family-over-cancer-treatment

Tokyo students develop architectural 3D-printing pen

A group of University of Tokyo students overseen by Kengo Kuma have developed a 3D-printing pen that can be used to create complex architectural structures
Read more: http://snapzu.com/CatLady/tokyo-students-develop-architectural-3d-printing-pen

Till death do us pasta: Weddings legalised for NZ spaghetti church

New Zealanders can now tie the noodle knot in a legally recognised wedding ceremony featuring swords, noodles and pasta.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/kxh/till-death-do-us-pasta-weddings-legalised-for-nz-spaghetti-church

In a Crazy Coincidence a Mother Born on a Leap Year Gives Birth on a Leap Year

In an extraordinary coincidence a mother born on a leap year gives birth on a leap year.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/jcscher/in-a-crazy-coincidence-a-mother-born-on-a-leap-year-gives-birth-on-a-leap-year

Robert Mugabe holds $1m birthday party in drought-hit Zimbabwe

President Robert Mugabe has come under fire for holding a lavish $1 million birthday party to celebrate his 92nd birthday in a drought-stricken town in Zimbabwe. Opponents said the event was "an affront to ordinary Zimbabweans" at a time when more than a quarter of the population are in need of food aid. Mugabe's birthday bashes have become an annual pilgrimage for loyalists but the decision to hold this year's party in Masvingo...
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Means To An End

Chapter 2, Page 4
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The Stunning Beauty of Braided Rivers

Most rivers flow in one broad channel of water, but some rivers split into lots of small channels that continually split and join each other to give a braided appearance. These are called braided rivers.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/FivesandSevens/the-stunning-beauty-of-braided-rivers

Download All 36 of Jan Vermeer’s Beautifully Rare Paintings (Most in High Resolution)

Imagine the scene: you uncover a painting stored away in the closet of an elderly relative's home, coated in a blanket of dust so thick you can hardly make out anything but more dust underneath. You slide it out, begin to carefully brush it off, and find two piercing eyes peering out at you.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/FivesandSevens/download-all-36-of-jan-vermeers-beautifully-rare-paintings-most-in-stunning-high-resolution

Gardening and the Secret of Happiness

Botanist and nature writer Robin Wall Kimmerer, who has written beautifully about the art of attentiveness to life at all scales, examines the revelations of the garden in "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants" — an unusual and richly rewarding book blending botany, Native American mythology, natural history, and philosophy.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/gladsdotter/gardening-and-the-secret-of-happiness

Life in Technicolor—One month wearing EnChroma’s color blindness-fixing glasses

By blocking wavelengths, glasses create a new world complete with grass, traffic lights.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/nanno/life-in-technicolorone-month-wearing-enchromas-color-blindness-fixing-glasses

'The bad $50s are rampant right now': Counterfeiting on the rise

Organised crime syndicates are flooding Australia with counterfeit $50 banknotes, costing businesses and consumers millions of dollars. More than 33,000 fake $50 notes were removed from circulation in 2014-15, triple the number detected just two years ago, government figures show. But this likely represents only a fraction of the amount of bogus money flowing through the economy amid a massive spike in the number of...
Read more: http://snapzu.com/roxxy/the-bad-50s-are-rampant-right-now-counterfeiting-on-the-rise

Why Do We Teach Girls That It’s Cute to Be Scared?

Fear becomes a go-to feminine trait, something girls are expected to feel and express at will. By the time a girl reaches her tweens no one bats an eye when she screams at the sight of an insect. When girls become women, this fear manifests as deference and timid decision making.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/rti9/why-do-we-teach-girls-that-its-cute-to-be-scared

Jobs don't need to be lousy

There doesn't need to be sub-standard jobs in order for there to be enough jobs to go around.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/kxh/jobs-dont-need-to-be-lousy

Tungurahua Volcano

The Tungurahua volcano spews fumes and lava in Huambalo, Ecuador, Feb. 27, 2016.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/jcscher/tungurahua-volcano

The 6 Most Unique Co-Working Spaces in the World

Why work in a coffee shop when you can freelance while traveling the world?
Read more: http://snapzu.com/sjvn/the-6-most-unique-co-working-spaces-in-the-world-the-freelancer-by-contently

25 Things About Life I Wish I Had Known 10 Years Ago

We might learn things quickly, but we often forget things at the same rate—and sometimes we need to remind ourselves of the things we’ve learned.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/Appaloosa/25-things-about-life-i-wish-i-had-known-10-years-ago

Saudi man gets 10 years, 2,000 lashes over atheist tweets

A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison and 2,000 lashes for expressing his atheism in hundreds of Twitter posts. Al-Watan online daily said Saturday that religious police in charge of monitoring social networks found more than 600 tweets denying the existence of God, ridiculing Quranic verses, accusing all prophets of lies and saying their teachings fueled hostilities.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/lexi6/saudi-man-gets-10-years-2000-lashes-over-atheist-tweets

Embarrassed Americans underreport credit card debt by $415 billion

It’s not uncommon to fudge some of life’s most sensitive numbers, such as age or weight. But according to a NerdWallet study, consumers aren’t just fibbing a little when it comes to their credit card balances. In fact, government data show them reporting a total of $415 billion less than they actually owe. As of December 2013, lenders reported about $683 billion in outstanding credit card debt, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/zyery/embarrassed-americans-underreport-credit-card-debt-by-415-billion

Flower Sack Dresses From the Flour Mills

In times gone by, amidst widespread poverty, the Flour Mills realized that some women were using sacks to make clothes for their children. In response, the Flour Mills started using flowered fabric…
Read more: http://snapzu.com/CatLady/flower-sack-dresses-from-the-flour-mills

The Unintentional Last Words of 13 Famous Writers

Including James Baldwin, Lou Reed, Nora Ephron, and David Foster Wallace.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/FivesandSevens/the-unintentional-last-words-of-13-famous-writers

Books Coming Out this Week of February 2016

Look for new books by John Feinstein, Shirley MacLaine and Clive Cussler.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/jcscher/books-coming-out-this-week-of-february-2016

Hope Cemetery Barre, Vermont

Large cemetery known as the museum of granite sculpture
Read more: http://snapzu.com/nanno/hope-cemetery-barre-vermont

The best African American figure skater in history is now bankrupt and living in a trailer

Debi Thomas, the best African American figure skater in the history of the sport, couldn’t find her figure skates. She looked around the darkened trailer, perched along a river in a town so broke even the bars have closed, and sighed. The mobile home where she lives with her fiance and his two young boys was cluttered with dishes, stacks of documents, a Christmas tree still standing weeks past the holiday.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/capoti/the-best-african-american-figure-skater-in-history-is-now-bankrupt-and-living-in-a-trailer

U.S. Duty-Free Limit for Online Shopping Puts Canada in the Shade

Americans are now allowed to spend more than 40 times as much as their northern neighbours without paying duty on products shipped from abroad as a result of a law signed by President Barack Obama last week.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/jcscher/us-duty-free-limit-for-online-shopping-puts-canada-in-the-shade

Winter Beauty

A winter scene adjacent a frozen lake on a foggy morning. Pic by Ian McGregor
Read more: http://snapzu.com/jcscher/winter-beauty

'Welcome to My Cave.' Abandoned Packard Factory's Lone Resident Braces for New Neighbours

A developer keen to lift Detroit aims to transform one of Motown's legendary automotive plants from an abandoned factory to a mixed-use urban space. But amid the renewal, what's to become of the man who has lived there alone for the past nine years?
Read more: http://snapzu.com/jcscher/welcome-to-my-cave-abandoned-packard-factorys-lone-resident-braces-for-new-neighbours

Food Law and Policy Clinic releases short film on food waste in America

Every year, 40% of the food produced in the United States goes uneaten, leading to 160 billion pounds of wasted food. The Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC), in partnership with Racing Horse Productions, has released a short film, “EXPIRED? Food Waste in America,” that explores how the variety of date labels on food products contributes to food waste in America. The film profiles the effects of a Montana state law that...
Read more: http://snapzu.com/robmonk/food-law-and-policy-clinic-releases-short-film-on-food-waste-in-america

Hand-Painted Maps of Area Codes, Housing Prices, and More That Make the Mundane Beautiful

Paula Scher is an award-winning New York City–based graphic designer whose decades of work include creating the Citibank logo and executing commissions for high-profile clients, including Microsoft, Bloomberg, the Museum of Modern Art, Tiffany & Co., the High Line, and the Metropolitan Opera. But for many years she has pursued a side passion: hand-painting vibrant, sprawling, unapologetically subjective maps of the world that offer a painterly twist on the visualization of data.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/gladsdotter/hand-painted-maps-of-area-codes-housing-prices-and-more-that-make-the-mundane-beautiful

Royal square crochet earrings

With pattern link
Read more: http://snapzu.com/Qukatt/royal-square-crochet-earrings

This travel site finds you an authentic home-cooked meal abroad

Wouldn’t it be cool to travel the world like a TV chef like Anthony Bourdain? Now, thanks to the sharing economy, and sites like Traveling Spoon, you, too, can travel like an irreverent chef.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/nanno/this-travel-site-finds-you-an-authentic-home-cooked-meal-abroad

Life after the Ashley Madison affair

It’s six months since hackers leaked the names of 30 million people who had used the infidelity website Ashley Madison. Resignations, divorces and suicides followed. Tom Lamont sifts through the wreckage
Read more: http://snapzu.com/jenjen1352/life-after-the-ashley-madison-affair

Oscar-Worthy Cocktails Inspired by This Year’s Best Picture Nominees

The 88th Oscars ceremony will honor the best films of 2015 this Sunday. We’ll drink to that!
Read more: http://snapzu.com/Appaloosa/oscar-worthy-cocktails-inspired-by-this-years-best-picture-nominees

Apple lawyer Ted Olson says creating unlock tool would lead to an ‘Orwellian’ society

Following the revelation that Apple’s top lawyer Bruce Sewell will testify before Congress this coming week over encryption, another attorney for the company has sat down with CNN to discuss the ongoing case. In the interview, current Apple lawyer and former United States solicitor general Ted Olson discussed how what the government is asking Apple to do is “limitless.” Olson explained that if the tool that the government wants...
Read more: http://snapzu.com/geoleo/apple-lawyer-ted-olson-says-creating-unlock-tool-would-lead-to-an-orwellian-society

17 Recipes That Will Make You Want to Add an Egg to Everything

#PutAnEggOnIt
Read more: http://snapzu.com/chunkymonkey/17-recipes-that-will-make-you-want-to-add-an-egg-to-everything

The Life Project: what makes some people happy, healthy and successful – and others not?

The factors that most affect our life chances are revealed as the first group of British babies followed in a remarkable cradle-to-grave study turns 70. By Helen Pearson
Read more: http://snapzu.com/gladsdotter/the-life-project-what-makes-some-people-happy-healthy-and-successful-and-others-not

Step aboard a former Disney Imagineer's $83m flying palace

With the lavishly furnished Skyacht One private jet, designer Eddie Sotto evokes Captain Nemo's Nautilus.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/Cobbydaler/step-aboard-a-former-disney-imagineers-83m-flying-palace

Seikei University library may be the world’s coolest with its “floating” meeting rooms

Located in Tokyo’s Kichijoji-Kitamachi neighborhood, Seikei University's new library includes glass-domed rooms within a five-story atrium.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/gladsdotter/seikei-university-library-may-be-the-worlds-coolest-with-its-floating-meeting-rooms

Wittgenstein, bewitched

Tim Crane reviews Ian Ground and F. A. Flowers III's "Portraits of Wittgenstein."
Read more: http://snapzu.com/AdelleChattre/wittgenstein-bewitched

Images of Change

Muir Glacier melt, Alaska
Read more: http://snapzu.com/jcscher/images-of-change

The Apple Case Will Grope Its Way Into Your Future

To understand what’s at stake in the battle between Apple and the F.B.I. over cracking open a terrorist’s smartphone, it helps to be able to predict the future of the tech industry. For that, here’s one bet you’ll never lose money on: Digital technology always grows hungrier for more personal information, and we users nearly always accede to its demands. Today’s smartphones hold a lot of personal data — your correspondence, your photos, your location, your dignity.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/aj0690/the-apple-case-will-grope-its-way-into-your-future

Design and Science

Can design advance science, and can science advance design?
Read more: http://snapzu.com/imokruok/design-and-science

Tea Is for Tibet

Tibetan butter tea is traditionally made of tea, yak butter and salt. The tea maker boils tea leaves in water for several hours to make a very strong brew before skimming it into a cylinder of fresh yak butter and salt. After shaking the cylinder, the tea maker pours the liquid into clay teapots or jars to be served. The liquor has the consistency of thick oil.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/gladsdotter/tea-is-for-tibet

Atheist Debates - Minimal facts apologetics approach

The "Minimal Facts" approach isn't a method designed to find the truth, it's a method designed to bolster confidence in the proposed (read: preferred) explanation.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/spaceghoti/atheist-debates-minimal-facts-apologetics-approach

Decline of Pollinators Poses Threat to World Food Supply, Report Says

Many pollinator species are facing extinction, including some 16 percent of vertebrates like birds and bats, according to the document. By John Schwartz.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/AdelleChattre/decline-of-pollinators-poses-threat-to-world-food-supply-report-says

The U.S. has Gone F&*%ing Mad

On December 2, 2015, an absolute tragedy occurred. 14 Americans were killed and 22 were seriously injured in a mass shooting in San Bernardino. Which of the following would you attribute responsibility for what happened: Let me give you a hint. It’s not the one that comes in five flavors... By James Allworth. (Feb. 22)
Read more: http://snapzu.com/AdelleChattre/the-us-has-gone-fing-mad

Los Ambulantes

The first exhibition in New York since 1981 of Ann Parker's important series, Los Ambulantes, capturing the itinerant photographers of Guatemala, will open March 4 at Deborah Bell Photographs. Ann’s goal was to document a folk tradition—these photographers with their customers, something that is now lost to changing times.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/gladsdotter/los-ambulantes

Keeping Up With The Joneses' Latest Medical Procedure

Having reached the average life expectancy for an American male, Dr. Schumann's father is acutely interested in his buddies' illnesses and treatments. Call it "medical me-tooism."
Read more: http://snapzu.com/nanno/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-latest-medical-procedure

Master of reality: on Henry James' non-fiction

James elevated the novel to a higher plane – but 100 years after his death, it’s his suprising memoirs and essays that are enjoying a revival.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/gladsdotter/master-of-reality-on-henry-james-non-fiction