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POWERING YOUR BODY
Your body runs on about the same energy as a 100-watt bulb. About a quarter of the energy goes to your muscles including your heart. Another quarter goes to the liver and spleen. Only about one-fifth is consumed by the brain.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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WRITING A COMPUTER PROGRAM
In most computer programs, 10 percent of the program accounts for 90 percent of the processing time. Finding and rewriting this part of the program so that it runs fast is always cost effective.
Phil A. Schrodt, Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
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WATCHING YOUR HEART WHEN YOU WAKE
Keep tabs on your resting heart beat first thing in the morning. An increase of seven beats per minute or more is a sign of overtraining.
Ned Frederick, writer, quoting track coach Dick Brown, Exeter, New Hampshire
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TRAINING YOUR VOICE
Practice outdoors as often as possible. The open spaces will encourage the production of overtones, which will add health to your voice.
Stephen Unsino, poet, Eastchester, New York
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GETTING SOMETHING FIXED
Items that originally cost less than $50 are rarely worth repairing. It's usually cheaper to buy new ones.
Glamour, quoted in Bottom Line Personal
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BURNING CALORIES
For every kilometer (6/10ths of a mile) you run, you burn one calorie per kilogram of your body weight. Swimming a kilometer requires about four calories per kilogram of body weight. Cycling a kilometer requires about one-third calorie per kilogram.
Ned Frederick, writer, Exeter, New Hampshire
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RUNNING A RACE
Watch your pace closely for the first half of a race and try not to cut more than five seconds per mile off the pace you hope to run. Every second more than five you cut from your mile pace in the first half of a race will cost you one to two seconds per mile in the second half of the race.
Jim Crissman, veterinary pathologist, Midland, Michigan
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GIVING A SPEECH
When you're giving a speech, target the modal level of intelligence of your audience (the intelligence level of the greatest number of listeners).
R. W. Ramage, Cheshire, Great Britain
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FORTY PLUS
After the age of forty, by the time you get used to how old you are, you're five years older.
steve, retired, glendale, utah, usa
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PREDICTING CHILD'S FINAL ADULT HEIGHT
A child's final adult height will be approximately double their height on their 2nd birthday!!
Edward Blackman, Physician, Monroe Township, NJ, USA
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MAKING A MOVIE
Only 1 in 50 published novels gets optioned as a movie, and only 1 in 200 gets made into a movie.
Anonymous
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