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Scientists at the University of Michigan, led by Dr. Robert Brook, found that the quality of air you breathe can immediately increase your blood pressure, and cause unhealthy changes in your blood vessels that last for hours and perhaps even days. The study measured the effect of air pollution in healthy people in two cities - Ann Arbor, Mich., and Toronto - where participants were exposed in the lab to the same amount of particulates and ozone that would be found near a local highway. People who breathed in polluted air registered higher blood-pressure readings a short time after exposure, compared...
...Dr. Knill said that he started this Web site in 2006 just for fun as a movie collector. "I love movies," said Dr. Knill, who grew up in a Swiss village on the Rhine River near Zurich. "My place is filled with books and movies. We have stacked them on the floors...
...Dr. Knill's collection has transformed into much more than a just-for-fun Web site. At least 100 public high school teachers across the country have contacted Dr. Knill, who started teaching at Harvard in 2000, to let him know that they have used his movie clips in class, sometimes using them for class assignments and projects. Some of these teachers (and even a few high school students) write to Dr. Knill to send him suggestions for other movie clips...
...have noticed people from the venerable soft drink brand Dr. Pepper out in the Square this weekend giving away free cans of their new cherry Dr. Pepper and Diet Dr. Pepper drinks. FlyBy chatted them up before they took off Monday, and they said they'd be back near the corner of Dunster St. and Mass. Ave. on Wednesday starting at 11 a.m. No word on whether they'll be back later in the week, though, so clear your schedule. Free drinks > that course you're shopping...
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