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...Donald who withheld his rent from his landlord because repairs were not made to his home. The details of the story were left ambiguous enough that Donald could easily be perceived as a justifiably aggrieved tenant - or merely a jerk. While they read, different students were asked to extend either the index finger or the middle finger - though to keep the test free of the subtle influence of language, the term "middle finger" was never actually used. Instead, the students were shown a diagram in which each finger was labeled alphabetically - digit...
...thumbs-up gesture worked just the other way. When the researchers repeated the experiment, this time with 74 other students who were asked to raise either the thumb or the index finger, Donald's good-conduct marks went way up. Those results, however, were not uniform across the entire group. Women were much more positively affected by raising their thumbs than men were - a difference that did not emerge in the middle finger study. This was not entirely surprising to the researchers...
...analysis of 811 obese patients from Massachusetts and Louisiana, participants were randomly assigned to one of four heart-healthy diets: low fat or high fat, with either average or high levels of protein. All four regimens also included high amounts of whole grains, fruits and vegetables and substituted saturated fat, found in foods such as butter and meat, with unsaturated fat, found in vegetable oil and nuts. The participants were encouraged to exercise 90 minutes a week. (See the top 10 food trends...
...study asked its participants—who were each assigned to a diet that emphasized either proteins, carbohydrates, or fat—to cut their calorie intake by 750 calories a day and were asked to exercise each week. Regardless of which diet they were on, all participants lost weight...
...He’s left-footed and he’s extremely fast.”Fucito was employed in a variety of positions playing for Harvard, and his versatility could prove a very useful asset for the Sounders. Fucito can certainly play up front—either on his own or just behind a target man like Akpan—and his incredible speed also allows him to be very effective on the left wing.“He is one of the best guys I’ve seen in one-one-one situations with defenders...