Month: April 2007

The main function of the heart is to deliver oxygen-rich blood to every cell in the body.

Welcome to “Brains!“, Slate’s special issue on mind science and the state of neuro-culture.

The next 11-year cycle of solar storms will most likely start next March and peak in late 2011 or mid-2012 – up to a year later than expected – according to a forecast issued today by NOAA’s Space Environment Center in coordination with an international panel of solar experts.

“By giving a long-term outlook, we’re advancing a new field-space climate-that’s still in its infancy,” said retired Air Force Brig. Gen. David L. Johnson, director of NOAA’s National Weather Service. “Issuing a cycle prediction of the onset this far in advance lies on the very edge of what we know about the Sun.”

Panelists discuss how the Segway personal transporter has revolutionized American life.

I think one might have crashed in Haiti.

Parkour is the art of moving through your environment using only your body and the surroundings to propel yourself. ~ The goal is to overcome obstacles quickly and efficiently, without using extraneous movement. ~ If the intention is to get somewhere using the most effective movements with the least loss of momentum, then it could probably be considered Parkour.

Parkour is not acrobatics, tricking, stunts, recklessness, or jumping off high objects for no reason.

Free Running has grown to be descriptive of a sort of “cousin” activity to Parkour – Free Running is more expressive and creative in nature, with moves such as acrobatics, flips, and spins added for flair, creativity, or just because someone wants to.

Parkour was created in Lisses, a medium prosperous suburb of Paris, in the early nineteen-nineties, by a reserved and restless teen-age boy named David Belle. His father, Raymond, who died in 1999, was an acrobat and a hero fireman.

Answers

Things people actually said in court, word for word.

It’s easy! Choose a theme, personalize your board and in moments your very own unique “My Monopoly” board is created.

I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting.

Although my ideas are in the earliest stages of development, they are, in my mind, worth investigating.

Stop Global Warming

Laurie David

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