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BANISH YOUR PINS AND NEEDLES
If your hand falls asleep while you're driving or sitting in an odd position, rock your head from side to side. It'll painlessly banish your pins and needles in less than a minute, says Dr. DeStefano. A tingly hand or arm is often the result of compression in the bundle of nerves in your neck; loosening your neck muscles releases the pressure. Compressed nerves lower in the body govern the feet, so don't let your sleeping dogs lie. Stand up and walk around.
Scott Parker
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STAY UNDERWATER LONGER
If you're dying to retrieve that quarter from the bottom of the pool, take several short breaths first -- essentially, hyperventilate. When you're underwater, it's not a lack of oxygen that makes you desperate for a breath; it's the buildup of carbon dioxide, which makes your blood acidic, which signals your brain that something' ain't right. "When you hyperventilate, the influx of oxygen lowers blood acidity," says Jonathan Armbruster, Ph.D., an associate professor of biology at Auburn University. "This tricks your brain into thinking it has more oxygen." It'll buy you up to 10 seconds.
Scott Parker
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BEST TIME TO MEMORIZE THINGS
"If you're giving a speech the next day, review it before falling asleep," says Candi Heimgartner, an instructor of biological sciences at the University of Idaho. Since most memory consolidation happens during sleep, anything you read right before bed is more likely to be encoded as long-term memory.
Scott Parker
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ARE THEY MARRIED OR JUST DATING?
If you see a couple eating in a restaurant and the man is doing most of the talking while the woman nods her head a lot, they are just recently dating, just friends, or even co-workers. If SHE does the talking and HE does the NODDING, then they are married or a long-term couple, at least.
Doug, Retired, Missoula, MT, USA
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WORK RATING
You can have it cheap, fast, or good. Pick any two.
Don Quaintance, Acupuncturist, Danbury, CT, USA
(2) Contributions from this contributor since (2009-01-19)
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NORMAL HOME APPRECIATION RATE
Houses traditionally appreciate at the rate of inflation plus maybe another point per year.
Scott Parker
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LEAVING THE HELICOPTER
Never walk uphill away from the helicoper landing.
Mark Tillinghast, Programmer, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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THE WEIGHT ON THE CENTER BEAM OF A STRUC
The weight on the center beam is 2X the weight on each of the outside parallel walls. (If each side of the beam is the same distance to the outside wall).
Dick Gehring, Consultant, NY
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PHONY SNAKE
When in a presence with a coral snake. Red and black you're okay Jack. Red and yellow, you're a dead fellow. The snake with a red and black pattern is a false coral snake.
Dominic Duya, Student, San Jose, California, U.S.
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GIFTS OF THE GHETTO
The gifts of the Ghetto are small, but if you have cockroaches, you probably don't have ants; if you have mice you don't see any roaches; if you have rats, you don't have mice.
Gary Wheeler, AIA, LEED AP, Architect, Modesto, CA, US
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DAYLIGHTING
To promote good mood amongst the occupants, a space should have between 10 and about 15 percent of its floor area in window area for natural lighting. Somewhat less for large commercial spaces.
Gary Wheeler, AIA, LEED AP, Architect, Modesto, CA, US
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