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...work hard, so I reward myself by splurging...
...Healthful High Dr. Sanjay Gupta's perceptive article about the benefits of exercise didn't mention the euphoric aftermath of a workout [March 3]. As an octogenarian with more than 50 years' experience doing daily exercise, this feel-good effect never fails to reward. It is not just a satisfaction of accomplishment and knowledge that it's good for your health, but it's also a corporeal euphoria: you simply feel better physically right afterward. A 1-m by 2-m floor space is sufficient for the 20-min. routine of calisthenics I developed years ago. The human animal evolved...
...problem solvers" around the world - they are science Ph.D.s in Russia and engineers in India and amateur inventors in America. InnoCentive posts "challenges" it receives from client companies - the pharma giant Eli Lilly is a customer - on its website, and the solvers go to work, with a cash reward at stake for the right answer. Not only does the InnoCentive method save on costs by allowing companies to outsource some of their R and D, but it also mines a sprawling network of experts from a diverse array of fields, raising the chance that someone might come up with...
...role, seeing 17 minutes of play to spell Evan Harris and Dan McGeary, who sat with four fouls each. “Cem is a guy that can give us [interior help] but he’s also a guy who has practiced really well and we wanted to reward that,” Amaker said. “He’s earned [playing time] in practice and we’ve been pleased with his efforts.” Despite the increased presence in the post, Harvard still couldn’t stop Baumann and Nwachukwu from scoring...
...hand and seen firsthand requires effort on the part of both the artist and the observer. Often, it’s only without manipulation by technology that some real meaning can emerge.The real thing feels better. It might require more work, but there’s always more reward. I’m just glad Kurt Cobain isn’t around to play “Guitar Hero” with you, because he would have beaten you and your roommates, then destroyed your entire living room.—Columnist Andrew F. Nunnelly can be reached at nunnelly@fas.harvard.edu...