June 2012
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Why is Bitter Food Healthy? →
Less than 8% of the calories we consume are from bitter foods. But perhaps we need to increase that percentage. It turns out that the bitter taste is an expression of the antioxidants that are so healthy for us:
- flavonoids in cranberries and kale - polyphenols in red wine - catechin in unsweetened cocoa - caffeine in coffee and tea
Bitter is the most sensitive of tastes and is definitely...
May 2012
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À côté de la prétention de tout individu à s’affirmer comme sujet, qui est...
– Simone de Beauvoir
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malgosia bela: the dancer
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Vous savez, l’amour et l’amitié, ça marche avec l’admiration.
– François Truffaut via Antoine Doinel
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By Jaime Rubiano and Jason Last. Starring the Belgian model Hanne Gaby Odiele.
They work longer hours, face economic insecurity and suffer worse health. Now...
– Lagging at school, the butt of cruel jokes: are males the new Second Sex? | Society | The Observer
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Je ne suis pas belle, je suis vivante, c’est tout.
– Jacques Prévert via Arletty
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Croire au miracle, avec ignorance ou conviction.
– Céline Curiol
April 2012
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Ilse Crawford x Georg Jensen
The Interior Designer’s Collaboration with the Danish Design House Captured in a Painterly Film
Those at the top of the pecking order have the least stressful and most healthy...
– Low social status is bad for your health. Biologists are starting to understand why. (via theeconomist)
STICKING TO WHITE IN ARGENTINA | More Intelligent... →
Tim Atkin escapes the beef in Buenos Aires and finds that Oviedo has first-class fish, and a cellar to match…
For a rising generation of aspiring professionals, the twenties and early...
– Why Are So Many Americans Single? : The New Yorker
Fascinating article…
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Digital news is broken. Actually, news itself is broken. Almost all news...
– Andy Rutledge | Design View [h/t: Shane]
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March 2012
13 posts
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So good!
L’argent n’a de valeur que s’il peut acheter la liberté.
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Is anyone proud of Rush Limbaugh—even anyone in his own party? Before answering,...
– Close Read: Has Limbaugh Identified the G.O.P.’s Woman Problem? : The New Yorker
Once a mark of the cultured, language-learning is in retreat among English...
– WHICH IS THE BEST LANGUAGE TO LEARN? | More Intelligent Life
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Kasia Struss: Angel Heart, by Hugh Lippe
February 2012
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