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5020
Cooking
BREAD ROLLS
You can get four nice big rolls for every cup of flour in your bread recipe.
Ann, CA
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Antiques
SPOTTING REAL ANTIQUITIES
The less complex or well executed, the more recent the object is. This is especially true for Thai brass.
Thomas W. Neumann, anthropological archaeologist, wildlife ecologist, and field crew crisis manager
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Exercise
CARRYING EXTRA WEIGHT
Carrying a one-pound weight in each hand while walking boosts your energy expenditure by about 1 percent. Carrying the same weights on your feet boosts your energy expenditure by 2 percent.
Ned Frederick, writer, Exeter, New Hampshire
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Energy
SOLAR ENERGY
The maximum amount of solar energy available is one horsepower per square yard, or one kilowatt per square meter.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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925
Computers
SPENDING MONEY ON COMPUTERS
Average users of personal computers will spend as much on software as they did on the original machine. Sophisticated users will spend as much on additional hardware as they spent on the original machine, and twice as much on software.
Phil A. Schrodt, Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
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Health
INCREASING YOUR AEROBIC FITNESS
To increase your aerobic fitness, get your heart rate above your target rate for at least 90 minutes a week.
Ned Frederick, writer, Exeter, New Hampshire
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Music
BUYING A STEREO
Your system will sound like your speakers. The speakers should cost at least as much as the two next-most-expensive components put together.
Jeff Brown, astronomer, Bloomington, Indiana
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Durability
KEEPING YOURSELF IN SHOES
If you switch back and forth between three pairs of shoes, they will last as long as five pairs worn out one pair at a time.
Joe Cosentini, shoe store owner, Ithaca, New York
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Dieting
DECIDING WHAT TO EAT
If you can't figure out what you want to eat, you're not hungry.
Andrea Frankel, computer scientist, engineer, holistic health practitioner, San Diego, California
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2205
Running
RUNNING A RACE
You won't have endurance for a race longer than one-third of your average weekly training mileage.
Tom Werner, management consultant, Athens, Georgia
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2461
Speaking
TALKING TO REPORTERS
When explaining a technical point to a reporter, talk as if you're addressing an attentive seven-year-old and avoid analogies.
Jeff Brown, astronomer, Bloomington, Indiana
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