Random links
- For Athletes, the Time of an Event Can Affect Performance
- "What really matters, they say, is whether the time of an event is in sync with an athlete’s body clock. The most extreme example involves people who naturally go to bed late and wake up late. Even trying as hard as they can, they are as much as 26 percent slower when they sprint in the morning as in the evening. Individuals, like runners or cyclists, and people playing team sports, like soccer or football, would be affected."
- The School That Killed the Word 'Mr.'
- "Under a new university policy, CUNY staffers are instructed to omit Mr. and Ms. from “all types of correspondence” with students and prospective students ... The policy went into effect for the Spring 2015 semester at the Manhattan public university as part of an 'ongoing effort to ensure a respectful, welcoming, and gender-inclusive learning environment.'"
- Kim Jong-un Says N.Korean Poverty Keeps Him Up at Night
- Not what I'd expect from what apparently was the state media agency: "North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in unusually frank remarks last week said North Koreans 'never enjoyed an abundant life' and added he 'cannot sleep' when he thinks about their suffering."
- J.K. Rowling Is ‘Unnerved’ by Everyone’s Crushes on Draco Malfoy
- Her words: "Draco remains a person of dubious morality in the seven published books, and I have often had cause to remark on how unnerved I have been by the number of girls who fell for this particular fictional character ... All this has left me in the unenviable position of pouring cold common sense on ardent readers’ daydreams, as I told them, rather severely, that Draco was not concealing a heart of gold under all that sneering and prejudice"