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...Next to me are always the same group of regulars—a movie mogul type complete with Oakleys and a leathery tan, a young Asian girl sporting the world’s largest variety of UCLA shirts, a woman in her 80s after “a passion fruit iced tea and a bagel, extra cream cheese” and two Mexican construction workers on their mid-morning break...
...while not clearly harmful or beneficial, tilted more to the bad side, as did eggs and meat--all foods that are consumed sparingly in traditional Mediterranean diets. Vegetables, legumes, nuts (in moderation) lean to the good side, with the greatest benefit coming from the consumption of large quantities of fruit. As you might expect, the NEJM study also showed that a Mediterranean diet did not eliminate the unsalutary effects of smoking or overeating...
...globe, Western Union serves as the main link to the global economy. About 100 miles south of Mexico City, in a valley framed by towering pre-Columbian ruins, sits Coatetelco, population 15,000, which has a beauty parlor but no bank. A few people grow maize, chilies and fruit, but remittances--mostly from agricultural or construction workers in Georgia and the Carolinas--account for a staggering 90% of the villagers' incomes. Patricio, 49, who stopped working in the U.S. three years ago, says sending money to Coatetelco has become more convenient and less expensive since his return...
...caffeinated "fruit flavor blast" version of the classic is an unfortunate shade of Hulk green, making it look more like mouthwash than soda. Even if you can get past the color, it has an overly sweet, candy-like taste...
...Chance One-armed bandits often seem to have more than one leg up on Lady Luck. Now British advocacy group FairPlay says it has proof. It used an emulator, which "borrows" a gambling machine's programming code and plays it on a computer, to test the honesty of fruit machines. The program let FairPlay run through games backward to see what would happen if gamblers made different choices. The result? "All the common British machines we tested cheat," says spokesman Stuart Campbell. When the machine gives players a number and offers a chance to "gamble" on whether the next number...