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According to a comprehensive study done this year by the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Australia claimed the highest national per capita rate of adult obesity, overtaking the United States. This begs the question: what has fueled the transformation of skinny, marsupial-enthusiast surfers with great accents into unappealing couch potatoes? My very scientific answer: great television. I can’t help but think that, in a country with more outdoor adventures than even the guy from “Man vs. Wild” can handle, there must be something compelling keeping Aussies indoors and clutching sweaty...
...computers to know when to interrupt them with important information. “Interrupting at the wrong time is costly but not interrupting at the right time is also costly,” she said. Scott D. Kominers ’09, a Mathematics concentrator and self-described economics enthusiast, said that Grosz’ studies are useful in many disciplines. “Having computers is helpful, but they can get in the way,” he said, adding that in the economy, wasted seconds can cause thousands of dollars in losses. Grosz said that a movement...
...computer enthusiast who wants to Google Google couldn't find a more dedicated guide than Stross, the New York Times' "Digital Domain" columnist. A true Internet scholar (there are 57 pages of footnotes), he both marvels at and takes issue with life in the Googleplex and the unrivaled (unbridled?) ambition of the young enterprise. Stross's access to the company pays off nicely for both Google's fans and people who read books on paper...
...memory of minor details, like the soundtrack, which fits perfectly with a number of scenes in the movie. The way Instant Messenger graphics pop up like a thought bubble next to Ian while he’s online is clever. Seth Green is great as the random Amish car enthusiast, and Fall Out Boy makes a surprise appearance. Even the humor works best when not located front-and-center: a rack of guacamole donuts behind Ian at Señor Donut draws a smile, but a scene in which Ian talks to a toddler while dressed like a donut with...
...safe to say that the sharp sense of disappointment expressed by Cameron isn't uncommon. "The past eight years have been dominated by the troika of Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney, who have become increasingly unpopular in Europe," says Brooks Newmark, an American-born Conservative MP. He's an enthusiast for John McCain, who has cultivated close links with British Conservatives and addressed their conference in 2006. Newmark admits, however, that grassroots Tories tend to favor Barack Obama because of British disenchantment with the Bush administration. "If you want a candidate who symbolizes change, Obama is the natural choice," he says...