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Red Meat Study: Eat a burger, lose 37 minutes of life
A new study from Harvard links red meat consumption to health problems and higher mortality. Although the negative health stuff has been known for some time, this study is more authoritative in terms...
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Answers = good data + reasonable thinking
It’s always frustrating to make a case that you are thinking clearly where others are not, but I do think it’s reasonable to suggest that most political arguments are NOT valid because they fail the...
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Eadweard J. Muybridge Google Doodle
Don’t miss today’s Google Doodle featuring an awesome animation inspired by the work of Eadweard J. Muybridge, a photographer whose innovative work was some of the earliest in the transition to modern...
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Ankle Sprains and Basketball Study – Braces work for “virgin ankles” as well...
A new study of ankle bracing suggests that you probably should be wearing one during active sports like basketball or tennis even if you have NOT had an ankle injury:...
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Retirement Information at Retire USA
Retire USA is growing as a helpful source of retirement information for the USA. As always the challenges of creating and maintaining a large website were underestimated, but I think the final...
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Retirement Blogs
In addition to our own Retirement blog at Retire USA, here’s a list of some other retirement oriented blogs you can find online: My Retirement Blog http://www.myretirementblog.com/ Boomers Retirement...
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2010 Census Data for Oregon
I’m in the process of working with the 2010 Census Data, trying to find ways to bring that amazing content into our Online Highways Travel site at OHWY.com. Below is the state profile which should...
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Google Doodle Contest Winner is ….
Google is showcasing the winner of a huge national competition in which kids submitted over 100,000 doodles for review. The winner is a pirate theme that graces Google.com today. The winner is...
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What is YOUR life worth? In Dollars that is. $600,000 to $13.5 Million...
I’m bumping up this old post about the value of life in dollars because it’s a VERY interesting topic, and I’ll try to update this with more information eventually since there must be new studies....
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American Idol 2012 is Jessica Sanchez or Phillip Phillips ?
Like much of the West Coast I’m waiting for tonight’s results on American Idol, but most of America ALREADY KNOWS the winner! I’m not sure who will win – the incredible Jessica Sanchez with...
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Top Ten Retirement States? Well, eleven actually… plus my personal favorite,...
Retire USA keeps on growing, mostly thanks to some great posts by our many retirement bloggers and guests at the website. Our goal is to become one of the top online sources of retirement information...
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Grameen Foundation and Grameen Bank – doing global good 24/7
The Grameen Bank and Grameen Foundation have been two of my favorite “do good” projects for some time. Today I had a chance to talk about their amazing work with Alex Counts, the President of the...
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Retire USA blogging team adds National Retirement Expert Debbie Grovum
We are really pleased to have Debbie Grovum join our amazing group of retirement bloggers over at Retire USA. ————————— DEBBIE GROVUM NAMED FEATURED BLOGGER ON NATIONAL RETIREMENT WEBSITE (SARASOTA,...
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Alan Turing Google Doodle honors Computing Pioneer
Check out the most complicated Google Doodle of all time here, where the Google Doodle of the day celebrates the birthday of computer science pioneer Alan Turing. Turing is reasonably considered a...
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Obamacare Overview
Obamacare has not been high on my priority list even though it should be, because like many middle class Americans it’s going to change the way I buy and use health care. I’d almost apologize for not...
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What happened to all my old clever ranting blog stuff?
I sure miss blogging here at JoeDuck, where I used to rant, rave, or just observe the world. That’s what makes blogging so much fun but I’ve let other things get in the way of that too much lately....
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Cool vs Effective – Rant of the Day
Hey, I’m into cool stuff as much as the next person. Some would say I’m into cool stuff even more than the *average Joe* since I spend a lot of time writing about technology and ideas, attending tech...
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Colorado Shooting and the Ongoing Gun Control Debates
The Colorado theater shooting spree last night will no doubt get us all buzzing again about the relative merits of changing the laws about guns. I’m not holding my breath on solutions because in my...
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Yosemite!
Tomorrow we’re off to hike in Yosemite National Park, one of my favorite places in the world. We’ll camp in Little Yosemite Valley and hike up Half Dome via the cables that make it a lot safer than …...
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Yosemite Hiking – Half Dome Hike Death Risk Calculation
Hurray ! My family and friends just survived a top ten dangerous hike in the most dangerous National Park in America!...
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