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Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Links to Your World, Tuesday May 4

Bad habits can age you by 12 years, study suggests.

 

Here’s Hoping: Wired writes about “Making Oil in Minutes, Not Millennia.”

 

How rich are you in comparison to the rest of the world?

 

Does it bother you when people condense “a lot” down into one word? This will help. Alot.

 

Study: Drinking, R-rated films linked in middle-schoolers

 

“Just making cellphone calls increases your chances of crashing by four times; sending text messages increases the risk 23 times.” The NYT reports on some apps that can shut down the texting feature of a cell phone when driving.

 

NCAA Tournament Expands To However Many Teams Honestly Feel They Should Be In NCAA Tournament.

 

Building a bridge to a Buddhist heart so Jesus can walk across.

 

“A body of research is emerging that suggests that there's little risk to carrying a few extra pounds. And there may even be some benefit. Indeed, people who are 10-to-15 pounds overweight appear to have no greater risk of dying than those of so-called "normal" weight. Other studies have shown that those who are overweight are no more likely to die from cancer or cardiovascular disease. Also, being a little overweight may help stave off osteoporosis. And it can make you look younger, too.” (WSJ)

 

“While there is no precise count, some experts believe New York is home to as many as 800 languages…. ‘It is the capital of language density in the world,’ said Daniel Kaufman, an adjunct professor of linguistics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. ‘We’re sitting in an endangerment hot spot where we are surrounded by languages that are not going to be around even in 20 or 30 years.’” (NYT)

 

Posts at “Get Anchored” since last Tuesday

“The cross is what separates the Christ of Christianity from every other Jesus”

Song of the Week: Angus and Julia Stone’s “Mango Tree”

“Neighboring Faiths” and the Gospel

Even Mayberry Isn’t Mayberry

10 Ways to Raise a Faith-Sharing Child

LeaderLines: Pray Until 5 Things Are Manifest

Pullman Novelizes the Liberal Scholars’ Distinction Between the “Jesus of Faith” and the “Jesus of History”

Spring Cleaning: A Chance to Ask Why You Have So Much Stuff

Mars and Venus Online

Winning Ways: Where Grace and Truth Meet

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