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With their 2007 album “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga,” Britt Daniel and Spoon came dangerously close to being thrust from the not-quite-popular middle ground they had inhabited for at least a decade. 2002’s “Kill the Moonlight” was a critical favorite and 2005’s “Gimme Fiction” was the album that launched a thousand soundtracks, but “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga” was, perhaps inadvertently, tailor-made for success in 2007 (The stripped-down rock...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spoon | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...even with changes in structure and a couple new studio tricks, the songs on “Transference” succeed first and foremost because they are Spoon songs: crisp, tightly crafted, and catchy. Already with an unfathomable five great albums under their belt, the band continues to hone and perfect. “Who Makes Your Money” is the sleek slow-burner Daniel has been trying to write for years, with its midway shift from bass to guitar creating the album’s sublime peak. Even the least thrilling tracks on “Transference?...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spoon | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...study published in this month's Annals of Internal Medicine, Cornell University researchers asked 195 university students to pour out 1 tsp. (5 ml) of cold medicine into kitchen spoons of various sizes. Consistently, the subjects botched the job, pouring out an average of 8% too little or 12% too much, depending on spoon size. Using a medium-size tablespoon they erred on the side of caution and tended to underdose. Using a large tablespoon, they overcompensated and overdosed. That is where the real danger lies. (See the most common hospital mishaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Spoonful of Medicine: Too Often the Wrong Dose | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

...days. So it really adds up to the point of ineffectiveness or even danger." Increasing numbers of over-the-counter medications come with dosing cups, but many people lose them, don't like them or don't know how to use them and simply feel more comfortable with a spoon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Spoonful of Medicine: Too Often the Wrong Dose | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

...about how our perceptions work - or fail to work. It's well established that smaller plates can help people pile on less food and taller glasses may make even skilled bartenders pour more alcohol. Similarly, 5 ml on a teaspoon pretty much covers the entire surface area of the spoon and thus looks like a lot to us. But the same 5 ml on a large spoon somehow appears to be less, and as a result we add more. (See how to prevent illness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Spoonful of Medicine: Too Often the Wrong Dose | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

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