THE PLANT-BASED DIETITIAN

PlantbasedDietitian.com showcases the philosophy of Julieanna Hever, the most enthusiastic, cheery and fun person we’ve heard on the topic of eating more fruits and veggies. Mommy was right all along; we knew it.

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90 YEAR-OLD FINDS HER DREAM JOB DESIGNING TECH

Barbara Knickerbocker-Beskind is a 92 year-old woman who re-started her career at the age of 90.

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WHAT OPIOIDS AND HEROIN DO TO YOUR APPEARANCE OVER TIME

“What Opioids and Heroin Do To Your Appearance Over Time:”  See some shocking pictures of sores and aging that took place after just a few years of heavy drug use. According to Rehabs.com, showing these pictures is one of the most effective ways to discourage drug use.

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THE DIRTY SECRETS OF FLYING

“Dirty Secrets of Flying:” What flight attendants and pilots admit about flying. For instance, always spread a cloth on your tray.

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AT&T PRETENDERS

A reader was recently scammed by someone pretending to be an AT&T technician. Here’s how he got there:

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COOL GADGETS FROM CES

Here are some cool gadgets from the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. As with all CES products, they’re expected out by the end of the year, but you never know for sure.  Here are the coolest of the cool. ili wearable translator from iamili.com. It’s the size of a small flip phone and when you speak into it, it translates between English, Chinese and Japanese. A short video on the company’s website is fun. A handsome young guy with big dimples takes the device to the streets of Japan. He makes comments in English to pretty girls and the gadget speaks them aloud in Japanese. Often, he says he would like to kiss them. Most run away, but […]

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CARING FOR A SICK CHILD

Joy had a friend of a friend whose baby had such a high temperature it went deaf. The $25 “TempTraq” is designed to prevent these horror stories.

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PERSONALIZING GMAIL

A few people send us email in a larger font. It’s easy on the eyes. But how do you make that your regular size?

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100 ARCADE GAMES FROM THE OLD DAYS

This Spring, thanks to Atari, 100 arcade games from the old days will be available for playing online through the website Steampowered.com. The games include Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command, Tempest and Warlord. We got a wee bit excited when we read that many of these classic games are already available on Atari’s “Flashback” console, now out in version 6. But when we checked the reviews on Amazon, nearly half the reviewers give it only one star. The machine gets confused if your hand actions are too animated and the joystick is difficult to use. Missile Command is described as virtually unplayable. Some kids like it because they didn’t know how these games worked in the old days. And by the […]

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GOOGLE SEARCH TIPS

Tips on Web searching have been around as long as the Web itself. But all you really need to know is this:  Start typing whatever is on your mind. The more specific you get, the better. For instance, we Googled “British pronunciation of pasta.” If we’d Googled “British pronunciations,” it would have taken a long time to find what we want. (Incidentally, the British pronounce “pasta” to rhyme with “fast-a.”) Don’t bother with the complicated search tips you read from time to time. They involve colons, minus signs and other unnecessary symbols. Just type in your query. This works especially well when someone sends you an extremely outrageous political quote. Take the first sentence, copy and paste into a search […]

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