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"Everywhere you look, physical play—what some might call “roughhousing”—is being marginalized. Gym classes are getting shorter. Recess periods are being eliminated. Some new schools don’t even have playgrounds. Is it any wonder children retreat to “virtual horseplay” via video games? But Drs. Anthony T. DeBenedet and Lawrence J. Cohen are here to shake things up—literally! With The Art of Roughhousing, they show how rough-and-tumble play can nurture close connections, solve behavior problems, boost confidence, and more. Drawing inspiration from gymnastics, martial arts, ballet, traditional sports, and even animal behavior, the authors present dozens of illustrated activities for children and parents to enjoy together—everything from the “Sumo Dead Lift” to the “Rogue Dumbo.” These delightful games are fun, free, and contain many surprising health benefits for parents. So put down those electronic games and get ready to rumble!" - Harold from Bookmarklet

"This old video of Jon Stewart interviewing George Carlin is making waves on Reddit and we just had to share. The interview is from 1997, years before Stewart got the Daily Show gig. The late comic legend shares some of his thoughts on show business, success and more. Stewart shows that he's always been a terrific interviewer and that he has great taste in leather jackets. But perhaps the best moment comes around 9:45 as segment is ending. Carlin tells Stewart, "You are going to show us a lot, and I look forward to it."" - Harold from Bookmarklet

Oh purple loosestrife and English ivy, how I despise thee with the fury of a thousand suns. You too, tamarisk and arundo and yellow starthistle. - Hookuh Tinypants

When I moved into my place last summer, I was clueless as to what all of the plants were in the "perennial garden" that comprised much of the backyard. In fact, I didn't know it was a "perennial" garden until I re-read the real estate listing and it said so. I think I have a steep learning curve ahead of me to find out what I have, and how to care for the variety of things growing back... more... - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

"Starbucks and Apple have long had a partnership to give away iTunes Store and App Store content to Starbucks customers, with the "Pick of the Week" program using physical cards with redemption codes on the back to allow users to download their free content. As noted by CNET, Starbucks has now gone mobile with the Pick of the Week program, allowing users to access each week's selection directly from the Starbucks iOS app without needing to type in a lengthy redemption code." - Harold from Bookmarklet

"Now, starting tomorrow, Starbucks customers wishing to download the company's curated mobile app and e-book selections can do so with just a click, no card required, from the inbox of the Starbucks mobile application on iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, or by accessing the Starbucks Digital Network, the company's free in-store W-Fi network." - Harold

"Official YouTube Channel for Tim Minchin. Pianist, singer, songwriter, actor, comedian and wannabe rockstar." - Harold from Bookmarklet

<3 - Maitani

We just discovered Minchin today thanks to a New Yorker article I read. We had actually heard his "Storm" poem in an animated video about a couple of years ago, but I didn't make the connection until "Storm" was mentioned at the very end of the article. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

"Heavy crude oil flowing like a river through a central Arkansas neighborhood could keep residents away for several more days as crews work to clean it up. The oil began spilling into the Mayflower, Arkansas, subdivision Friday from a 2- or 3-inch gash in the Pegasus pipeline, which carries Canadian crude from Patoka, Illinois, to Nederland, Texas, according to a state transportation engineer. The cause of the leak was undetermined, he told CNN affiliate KARK in Little Rock." - Harold from Bookmarklet

Nice. The verdigris probably makes it easier to see the features than if it had stayed a dark bronze. - Spidra Webster

Yeah, I think it does, although the streakiness is also kind of distracting. - John (bird whisperer)

From the post: "[...] A new study of preschool-aged children published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, a sister publication of the British Medical Journal, finds that low-fat milk was associated with higher weight. [...] 'We were quite surprised' by the findings, Dr. Mark DeBoer told me in an email. He and his co-author, Dr. Rebecca Scharf, both of the University of Virginia, had hypothesized just the opposite. But they found the relationship between skim-milk drinkers and higher body weights held up across all racial/ethnic and socioeconomic groups. DeBoer says their data also show that low-fat milk did not restrain weight gain in preschoolers over time. [...] 'This is speculative,' says DeBoer, but if you feel fuller after drinking whole-fat milk, 'it may be protective if the other food options are high in calories.' In other words, if whole-fat milk saves a kid from eating an extra cookie or a second serving of mashed potatoes, he or she may end up eating fewer calories overall." - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from Bookmarklet

My brain wants glucose! ;) - Amit Patel

Directed by Goro Miyazaki, written by Hayao Miyazaki & Keiko Niwa. "The setting is Yokohama in 1963, and the filmmakers lovingly bring to life the bustling seaside town, with its misty harbor, sun-drenched gardens, shops and markets, and some of the most mouthwatering Japanese home-cooking set to film. The story centers on an innocent romance beginning to bud between Umi and Shun, two high school kids caught up in the changing times. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics - and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. While the children work together to save a dilapidated Meiji-era club house from demolition, their tentative relationship begins to blossom. But -- in an unexpected twist that parallels what the country itself is facing -- a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart." - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from Bookmarklet

Yea the Lost Voices. - Shevonne from iPhone

"Growing up sucks. Jungle gyms are replaced by cubicles and healthy almonds replace gobs of Gushers. Or something like that. One of the worst things about growing up is that you never seem to have any time left over for yourself. For anything. Including video games, which are sometimes the first thing to go when it's time to make compromises." - Harold from Bookmarklet

"Astronomy grad student James Davenport loves maps, data, and coffee. He brought them all together last fall in a project he calls “The United States of Starbucks.” Analyzing the locations of Starbucks in the lower 48 states, Davenport, who studies populations of stars at the University of Washington, turned up some interesting facts about Seattle’s biggest local brew. Among them: 80 percent of Americans live within 20 miles of a Starbucks. And while you can’t avoid passing a Starbucks in Seattle," - Harold from Bookmarklet

"you can be a whopping 140 miles away from one in a remote point in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park." - Harold

That's a bit like prehistoric dragonflies that had an extra little set of winglets. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

"Bees could hold the key to preventing HIV transmission. Researchers have discovered that bee venom kills the virus while leaving body cells unharmed, which could lead to an anti-HIV vaginal gel and other treatments. Scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that melittin, a toxin found in bee venom, physically destroys the HIV virus, a breakthrough that could potentially lead to drugs that are immune to HIV resistance. The study was published Thursday in the journal Antiviral Therapy." - Harold from Bookmarklet

Mermaid Stoney Batter?!? I'm afraid to ask what that's supposed to be. - Victor Ganata

Alex, Harold and I studied the photo, and it looks like all those blue signs are font descriptions (Clearview and Highway C) and sign sizes, so it's like a set of samples for people who need to get street signs. It still looks really weird, though, and that road name is wacky. Okay, what do we win, Morton? ;) - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

"Superman's powers of flight and super-speed can't impress everyone." - Harold from Bookmarklet

"You've probably spent years of your life decoding The Matrix. You've probably debated between taking the red or blue pill 'til your brain hurt. You've been down the rabbit hole for so long that that you don't believe anything Morpheus says anymore." - Harold from Bookmarklet

also, in that photo Hugo Weaving looks a little bit like a young Steve Howe of Yes with short hair. - Hieronymous Boob

"Less than a decade after Washington endorsed a fraudulent case for invading Iraq, similarly misinformed and politically motivated claims are pushing America toward war with Iran. Today the stakes are even higher: such a war could break the back of America's strained superpower status. Challenging the daily clamor of U.S. saber rattling, Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett argue that America should renounce thirty years of failed strategy and engage with Iran—just as Nixon revolutionized U.S. foreign policy by going to Beijing and realigning relations with China." - Harold from Bookmarklet

"Former analysts in both the Bush and Clinton administrations, the Leveretts offer a uniquely informed account of Iran as it actually is today, not as many have caricatured it or wished it to be. They show that Iran's political order is not on the verge of collapse, that most Iranians still support the Islamic Republic, and that Iran's regional influence makes it critical to progress in... more... - Harold

Please tell me it's for a lawn service. - LB: #TeamMonique from Android

LB just won. I want to be an LBntrepreneur. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

"For most animals, the rules of anatomy are pretty straightforward: head and brain at the very top and legs at the bottom. But a 520 million-year-old fossil animal recently discovered in southern China breaks both of these rules." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"Called a fuxianhuiid, this common ancestor of modern arthropods—insects, spiders, and sea creatures like lobsters—has some pretty bizarre traits—its legs are under its mouth, and its spine extends far above its brain." - imabonehead

"M'lady Mary! Please take William with you if you are to attend the garden party. While you are skilled with your katana, it is quite dark and the shamblers number far too many for you to attend to by yourself." "Mama! When, I beg, will you begin treating me as an adult? I am ten times more adept at swordplay than William, or Thomas, or any of the servants. I shall be quite fine by myself, I dare say." - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

(Art from "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Graphic Novel," illustration by Cliff Richards, http://www.amazon.com/Pride-P...) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"I believe I'll take the double barreled Remington today, Mr. Bates." "Very good m'lord." "Stop at once, m'lord! Confound it! There's still blood and cranial matter along the barrel. I will have it replaced immediately." "No need, Mr. Carson, it is of no concern. I'm quite aware of how difficult it is to clean it entirely -- and it will no doubt become equally soiled after today's... more... - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone

I dunno... 300 million seems kinda excessive. - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ from Android

"Solar energy in a suitcase is an invention saving lives around the world in places that lack reliable electricity. Dr. Laura Stachel discovered several years ago that many women and babies were dying during childbirth simply because there wasn't adequate light to treat them. So she and her husband came up with a portable solar energy kit to provide light and power when necessary. Since 2009, their nonprofit, We Care Solar, has given out nearly 250 free kits to medical facilities in Africa, Asia and South America." - Harold from Bookmarklet

" "Right now, C.E.O.'s are saying, 'I don't really need to hire because of the productivity gains of the last few years,'" said Robert E. Moritz, chairman of the accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers. " - meanwhile, workers sure aren't getting paid any increased wages for their productivity gains. - Andrew C (✓)

None of this reasoning seems any different than the past 100 years. What's changed? - Amit Patel

Diminished power of organized labor comes to mind... - Andrew C (✓)

She's beautiful! - Yolanda

Congratulations! <3 - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart from Android

Two out of two signposts agree. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

If you're following the blue route, go left. But if you're following the red route, go left. - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ