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The Gatekeepers, by Jacques Steinberg
A great book all about college admissions; Steinberg details the College Admissions process after being granted unrestricted access to observer the process @ Wesleyan University.
Speedo Pro Backpack
This backpack is the overwhelming favorite of swimmers I see--but are there worthy competitors or alternatives?
Speedo backpack
Speedo makes ten backpacks--from mesh bags to $180 Triathlon Backpacks--but the one I see most frequently @ meets is the Speedo Pro Backpack. Is the Speedo Pro really the best, or is it just the most popular? Is there a worthy alternative to the Speedo Pro?
Kevin Kelly
Year 2009: Current Passions
I spend most of my time these days writing my next book. It is about "what technology wants." I'm posting my thoughts in-progress on The Technium. I solicit comments there, which in turn influence my ideas. It is a wonderful way to craft a book. Writing in public is more work, but it makes the book better. The final draft is due to be delivered in October 2009, and will most likely be published by Viking/Penguin sometime in 2010.
In order to finish this book on deadline, I've drastically cut down on travels and speaking, but when I do, I am represented by Monitor Talent.
In addition to The Technium I post to 9 other blogs, detailed below. All these bits are consolidated into one uber-blog I call my Lifestream. Anything that I write on any blog will be posted in this stream. (Anything written by other authors on my blogs will not be posted here.) This is an easy way to keep up with what I am working on, thinking about, conjuring with.
I am exploring Twitter. My handle is kevin2kelly in case you want to follow.
My blog postings:
Cool Tools – One new tool recommendation per day
Current Trends – Occasional cultural and technological trends
Street Use – Visual glimpses of how people actually use technology
True Films – Rave reviews of must-see documentaries and non-fiction films
The Quantified Self – Self-monitoring methods for self-knowledge
Asia Grace – My on-going love affair with Asia
Geek Dad – Summaries of projects completed by nerdy dads
Long Views – Reports on efforts to encourage long-term thinking
Kevin Kelly – Recent writings, appearances, presentations, mentions, interviews, and sightings
Metropolitan Swimming LSC
METROPOLITAN SWIMMING, INC.
19 Mount Rainier Avenue
Farmingville, New York, 11738
631-736-6422
email address: offmetswim@optonline.net
General Chair: Bob Vializ
Registrations/Permanent Office: Barry Roffer
Eating to Fuel Exercise - Well Blog - NYTimes.com
No matter what kind of exercise you do – whether it’s a run, gym workout or bike ride – you need food and water to fuel the effort and help you recover.
But what’s the best time to eat before and after exercise? Should we sip water or gulp it during a workout? For answers, I spoke with Leslie Bonci, director of sports nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and a certified specialist in sports dietetics. She’s also the author of a new book, “Sports Nutrition for Coaches” (Human Kinetics Publishers, July 2009). Here’s our conversation.
fireboat.org - Historic Fireboat John J. Harvey - Life Saver, National Treasure
Built in 1931, MV John J. Harvey, at 130 ft and 268 net tons, is among the most powerful fireboats ever in service. She has five 600 HP diesel engines, and has capacity to pump 18,000 gallons of water a minute. Her pumps are powerful -- enough so that when she and the George Washington Bridge were both brand new, she shot water over the bridge's roadway. She was retired by the New York City Fire Department in 1994 and bought at auction by her current owners in 1999. She was placed on The National Register of Historic Places in June 2000.
Up (2009)
Up (2009)
Away We Go (2009)
Away We Go (2009)
Chéri (2009)
Chéri (2009)
Moon (2009)
Moon (2009)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Public Enemies (2009)
Public Enemies (2009)
On a Mission to Mark Places of Long-Forgotten Historic Moments - NYTimes.com
A Historian Is on a Quest to Locate Lost Events
By SAM ROBERTS
Published: June 29, 2009
Forlornly unidentified and altogether forgotten, these sites have been literally lost to history.
On Avenue of the Americas, there is a block where the first cellphone call was completed in 1973; on West 125th Street, where the old Blumstein’s department store stood, nothing marks the place where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed in 1958.
Then there is the spot on Fifth Avenue where Winston Churchill, crossing against the light, was struck by a car in 1931 and nearly killed.
Substance Thought to Cause Heart Disease Doesn’t, Study Finds - NYTimes.com
Protein Thought to Cause Heart Disease Doesn’t, Study Finds
By GINA KOLATA
Published: June 30, 2009
A blood protein that only a short time ago was thought to be more important than cholesterol in heart disease now appears to be little more than a bystander.
The substance, C-reactive protein, or CRP, a marker of inflammation in the body, is unquestionably associated with heart disease. Multiple studies have found that the more CRP in a person’s blood, the greater the likelihood of heart disease.
But in a paper to be published Wednesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers analyzing genetic data from more than 100,000 people conclude that their study “argues against” the notion that the protein causes heart disease.
Personal Health - Paying a Price for Loving Red Meat - NYTimes.com
Paying a Price for Loving Red Meat
By JANE E. BRODY
Published: April 27, 2009
There was a time when red meat was a luxury for ordinary Americans, or was at least something special: cooking a roast for Sunday dinner, ordering a steak at a restaurant. Not anymore. Meat consumption has more than doubled in the United States in the last 50 years.
Now a new study of more than 500,000 Americans has provided the best evidence yet that our affinity for red meat has exacted a hefty price on our health and limited our longevity.
The study found that, other things being equal, the men and women who consumed the most red and processed meat were likely to die sooner, especially from one of our two leading killers, heart disease and cancer, than people who consumed much smaller amounts of these foods.
Results of the decade-long study were published in the March 23 issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine. The study, directed by Rashmi Sinha, a nutritional epidemiologist at the National Cancer Institute, involved 322,263 men and 223,390 women ages 50 to 71 who participated in the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study. Each participant completed detailed questionnaires about diet and other habits and characteristics, including smoking, exercise, alcohol consumption, education, use of supplements, weight and family history of cancer.
Cases - The ‘Luck’ Factor in Health and Love - NYTimes.com
CASES
In Matters of the Heart, Luck Can Make All the Difference
By JAY NEUGEBOREN
Published: February 9, 2009
For the past 10 years I’ve celebrated Valentine’s Day two days early, because it was on Feb. 12, 1999, that my life — and my heart — was given back to me.
Although I had no conventional risk factors or symptoms, it turned out that two of my three major coronary arteries were 100 percent blocked, the third 90 percent. And so it was that three months short of my 61st birthday, I underwent a six-and-a-half-hour quintuple-bypass operation at Yale University Hospital.
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