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#1. Why Low-Carb Diets are Terrible for Athletes: Part 2
I used to think I could cut it on a diet largely devoid of starchy carbs, yeh not so much. It worked for a bit I felt but then it got to the point where it was hard to push through mostly through soccer.

#2. Chris Rodda: We’re Not at War With Islam, But Let’s Do Everything We Can to Make it Look Like We Are
The war versus terrorism, for the benefit of the Americans involved should NOT to be made out as a conflict of religions, yet the Americans found a way to incorporate this right after Osama’s death.

#3. Positive effects of depression
It appears as though all that pessimism and being a “Debbie Downer” has real world implications in assessing situations.

#4. An Introduction to Fish Farming
Fish has often been held on this pedestal of health. But as over-fishing becomes a concern and fish farming becomes increasingly popular, what to know about the fish you’re most likely consuming and the diminished health benefits.

#5. Athletes Looking To Meat As Performance Enhancer
On the topic of food supply, grass fed and finished beef has a higher degree of Omega-3 fatty acids which result in less inflammation, so if you can afford it, it’s worth checking out.

#6. Study gives clues to how obesity spreads socially
Apparently if you have fat friends, it makes it ok to be fat?

#7. 10 Unconventional Upper Body Exercises for Strength and Size
If you need to switch it up in the gym… some new exercises to try out. A lot of focus on breaking through sticking points.

#8. The Secret Footballer: When referees attack. Or just use your nickname
Being a ref is never an easy job especially the English Premier League, but The Secret Footballer gives his two cents on the good/bad traits of particular refs.

#9. Tom Murphy: 5 More Myths About International Aid
One thing not touched upon according to one of my Twitter peeps, war and weapons.

#10. Michael F. Jacobson: Coca-Cola’s Anniversary: Why I’m Not Celebrating
The vilification of High Fructose Corn Syrup continues and well, Coca-Cola is a main proponent of that as it celebrates its 125th birthday.

#11. 5 Reasons Why Shooting With a Rangefinder Will Make You a Better Street Photographer
Doing the judgement manually sounds tough but essentially a by-product of experience.

#12. The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries
How lack of proper compensation is creating a deficit of talent amongst American teachers.

#13. Genetics vs. Hard Work: Round 5
Highlights Myostatin, “known as growth differentiation factor 8, is a transforming growth factor (TGF) beta gene responsible for the inhibition of muscle growth.” That means if you can turn it off, you can get jacked by looking at weights… just like black people lol.

#14. A Eulogy for Online Poker
Poker is largely banned in the US now… time for the poker grinders in the US to find a new job and some are resorting to minimum wage.

#15. Apple’s Slow and Careful Crisis Management Doesn’t Always Work
Slow and steady in this day in age just doesn’t work in all cases.

#16. Hey, Mothers: Saturated Fat and “Bad” Cholesterol; Off the Hook
Just as fat was deemed bad for you, cholesterol is now being mentioned as something that is necessarily a sentence to your death bed. I will happily eat 6 eggs a day if I want to even more guilt free.

#17. China Leads Push to Go Green
You have to really pride China for pushing green. Albeit I think it’s more cause of foresight and the ability to develop the green market for monetary purposes that makes it such a priority as of late. But taking the time to invest in something never seemed to be the strong suit of Chinese people.

#18. Stay N Alive: Twitter and Facebook Both Quietly Kill RSS, Completely
I still 100% stand behind RSS, I find it a good way to organize the stuff I need to see based on a certain context. I use RSS to keep tabs on content, while I can see it not being useful for Twitter and Facebook.

#19. Easily Distracted People May Have Too Much Brain
No, not too much oral sex…

#20. What you should know about iTunes’ 56-page legal terms
If you buy something off iTunes, technically you should own it right? Apparently not… you’re merely renting it.

#21. Lost Art of Cursive Writing – Laments and Shrugs
A generation is growing up unable to read and write with cursive… I find it sad. It’s losing a great degree of intimacy in some part. I like knowing that not everything is perfect and that there’s a degree of personality behind communication.

#22. Net Worth, Self-Worth and How We Look at Money
“The Klontz study asked 422 people about 72 money-related beliefs and then analyzed correlations among the answers. This produced four broad categories that Mr. Klontz called “money scripts”: money avoidance, money worship, money status and money vigilance.”

#23. Science of Running: The most important information you will ever read about Running Form: Passive vs. Active
When looking into physical technique, it’s not as simple as just copying a particular (stylized) movement. There are lots of factors that go in on a passive level.

#24. How Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space
How Yuri Gagarin charmed his way into becoming the very first man in space.

#25. How To Say No
How to say no to projects and other stuff that is most likely to your detriment.

#26. Science of Running: How to spot bad science and fads- Determining whether an idea is worthwhile