David spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother 50 pounds a week. But most of his spare time is spent working. “Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years...
but in fact it is. The metabolic demand of keeping fat cells alive is negligible,* and every other tissue or fluid is heavier and more expensive to maintain. The yellow marrow in the shafts of your long bones is made of fat, and your body will not use that ...
Fat of the land 肥沃之地 Not long ago the world’s main worry was that people had too little to eat. Malnourishment remains a serious concern in some regions: some 16% of the world’s children, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, were underweight in 2010. But 20 years earlier...
Yet it was not this alone that made him gloomy and morose. Inexperienced though he was, he had still a strong sense of the danger of Sibyl's position. This young dandy who was making love to her could mean her no good. He was a gentleman, and he hated him for that, hated him th...
For each pound of weight that your body carries, it takes about 12 calories to keep it alive. If you weigh 150 pounds, you need about 1 800 calories per day to keep yourself alive, if you eat more than 1,800 calories per day, the extra ones turns into fat. Let's say that you ...
It's not just table sugar, some sweets manufacturers have moved production out of the U.S. because of high sugar prices. From the NY Times: "At the Ferrara Pan Candy Company, confectioners of everything from gummy bears to red hots, rail cars used to deliver three million pounds of suga...
followed by a quick trip to Chicago. I saw so many friends everywhere – and sadly gained a few pounds, with so many great meals and not enough gym time. I will need to work those off soon. And for those who are interested, we are going to make some of the speeches from the SIC...
Endlessly satisfying the green-fingered, the plain curious or those eager to discover botanical interests in central London, this delightful walled garden was founded by the Apothecaries’ Society in the 17th century and is one of the oldest botanical gardens in London. ...
We woke at 3:30 a.m. to load the van and head to the airport. We weren’t too sure if the 18-20 bags loaded on the top would stay in position until we got to the airport, but it did. Once there, were found we were way overweight. The international flight allowed 70 pounds pe...
And so LIBOR came into existence as something that was every day around lunchtime in London, a group of the world biggest banks would estimate how much it costs them to borrow money from each other and you know, you could do it in different currencies so in pounds sterling and dollars and...