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...celebs, Web videos are a double-edged sword: they can be tools for self-promotion or a means of mortification. For Bill Murray, the Net has supplied a bit of both recently. Funnyordie.com the folks behind Will Ferrell's The Landlord, just premiered FCU: Fact Checkers Unit, in which two overzealous magazine researchers stop at nothing to verify that Murray, playing his deadpan self, likes to drink milk. Also available online is Drunk Bill Murray Almost Fights a Guy, Break.com's blurry, 41-sec. clip of a fella who looks and sounds like Murray caught cranky on a New Orleans...
...When Petraeus offered the good news that he soon would order a 2,000-Marine unit home, Senator Biden, the Delaware Democrat at the helm of the foreign relations session, noted that the unit was simply coming to the end of its scheduled combat tour. "They are scheduled to come out," Petraeus conceded, "but I could have easily requested an extension of them...
...More than 60% of Japanese households are now equipped with washlets, and the unit available in the public bathrooms of the Tokyo Midtown pales in comparison to those that grace many Japanese homes and hotels. For just $5,000, Japan's largest toilet maker, Toto, offers the deluxe Neorest 600. It boasts, among other functions, five cleansing modes (front, rear, pulsating, oscillating and soft), a lid that automatically opens and closes, an air purifier, a massage option, an air-drier with adjustable temperature settings and an automatic flush. Most functions can be operated by a wireless remote control linked...
...because it was a randomized controlled trial—six [schools] received the intervention and seven got the usual education—we’d expect that would help make them very similar.” According to Maria F. Bettencourt, who directs the Nutrition and Physical Activity Unit at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the state is expanding similar obesity prevention programs in its public schools. “114 schools across the state in different communities have implemented Healthy Choices, which is a version of 5-2-1-Go!” Bettencourt said...
Beautiful weather graced the one-day Central Series One, held at Tufts University on Saturday. After the eight races, both of Harvard’s teams were at the top of the standings—the B-division unit took first with a 27-point total and the A-division team was right behind, totaling 40 points...