Showing posts with label Fitness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fitness. Show all posts
Friday, March 6, 2020
3/6/2020: Frozen Bird Tells About the Last Ice Age - PE credit doing yard work for the elderly and people with disabilities
Today's Article: Frozen Bird Tells About the Last Ice Age
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
2/7/2017: When Our Memories Are Both Vivid and Wrong - The Basketball Team That Never Takes a Bad Shot
Today's Article: When Our Memories Are Both Vivid and Wrong
From: Wall Street Journal
Readability Score: 10.5
Our ‘flashbulb memories’ of shocking events like the Challenger disaster or 9/11 seem sharp but are almost always inaccurate
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Today's Alternate Article: The Basketball Team That Never Takes a Bad Shot
Readability Score: 8.9
Monday, January 30, 2017
1/30/2017: The Country Where Unwanted Food Is Selling Out - Usain Bolt to Lose Olympic Gold after Teammate Caught Doping
Today's Article: The Country Where Unwanted Food Is Selling Out
From: BBC
Readability Score: 11.0
Like many countries, Denmark has a problem with food waste.
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Today's Alternate Article: Usain Bolt to Lose Olympic Gold after Teammate Caught Doping
Readability Score: 9.1
From: BBC
Readability Score: 11.0
Like many countries, Denmark has a problem with food waste.
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http://www.izzit.org/events/index.php
Today's Alternate Article: Usain Bolt to Lose Olympic Gold after Teammate Caught Doping
Readability Score: 9.1
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
1/4/2017: Talking Toys Could Be Spying on Your Children - 80-Year-Old Twins Complete Appalachian Trail
Today's Article: Talking Toys Could Be Spying on Your Children
From: AOL
Readability Score: 15.4
The talking doll "My Friend Cayla" is doing way more than just entertaining children — it's also recording their conversations.
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Today's Alternate Article: 80-Year-Old Twins Complete Appalachian Trail
Readability Score: 7.8
From: AOL
Readability Score: 15.4
The talking doll "My Friend Cayla" is doing way more than just entertaining children — it's also recording their conversations.
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http://www.izzit.org/events/index.php
Today's Alternate Article: 80-Year-Old Twins Complete Appalachian Trail
Readability Score: 7.8
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
11/23/2016: The Viruses That May Save Humanity - Slowly, but Surely McDonald's Is Shifting to Table Service
Today's Article: The Viruses That May Save Humanity
From: BBC
Readability Score: 14.2
One day in the future, a dose of a “ninja virus” might just save your life.
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Today's Alternate Article: Slowly, but Surely McDonald's Is Shifting to Table Service
Readability Score: 9.7
From: BBC
Readability Score: 14.2
One day in the future, a dose of a “ninja virus” might just save your life.
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http://www.izzit.org/events/index.php
Today's Alternate Article: Slowly, but Surely McDonald's Is Shifting to Table Service
Readability Score: 9.7
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
5/3/2016: Never-Published Study Could Have Reshaped American Diet - Girl, 12, Accidentally Runs Half Marathon
Today's Article: Never-Published Study Could Have Reshaped American Diet (13.3)
From: Washington Post
This study 40 years ago could have reshaped the American diet. But it was never fully published.
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From: Washington Post
This study 40 years ago could have reshaped the American diet. But it was never fully published.
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Today's Alternate Article: Girl, 12, Accidentally Runs Half Marathon (8.1)
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016
1/19/2016: Why Employers' Incentives For Weight Loss Fall Flat With Workers - 'Sesame Street' Gets New Upscale Look for HBO Premiere
Today's Article: Why Employers' Incentives For Weight Loss Fall Flat With Workers (12.1)
From: NPR
Promising workers lower health insurance premiums for losing weight did nothing to help them take off the pounds...
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From: NPR
Promising workers lower health insurance premiums for losing weight did nothing to help them take off the pounds...
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Today's Alternate Article: ‘Sesame Street’ Gets New Upscale Look for HBO Premiere (8.8)
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