The Connecticut soccer team has been at the forefront of using heart rate monitors to create optimal conditioning for its players.
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Heart Rate Monitors Fine-Tune Soccer Players’ Fitness
Perched on a peak in the heart of Libya’s Nafusa Mountains, the ancient town of Kabaw was bathed in floodlight, rocked by music blaring from gigantic speakers and overwhelmed by thousands of people dancing in its steep streets. As the party ebbed and flowed up the steps of a castle, around a mosque with a steeple and down the sides of the mountain, the revelers waved the red, black and green flag of Libya’s revolutionaries. But they also flaunted another flag, with green, blue and yellow stripes and a curious red symbol. Read full article > >
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An exuberant awakening for Libya’s Berbers
Perched on a peak in the heart of Libya’s Nafusa Mountains, the ancient town of Kabaw was bathed in floodlight, rocked by music blaring from gigantic speakers and overwhelmed by thousands of people dancing in its steep streets. As the party ebbed and flowed up the steps of a castle, around a mosque with a steeple and down the sides of the mountain, the revelers waved the red, black and green flag of Libya’s revolutionaries. But they also flaunted another flag, with green, blue and yellow stripes and a curious red symbol. Read full article > >
A new study also showed that the cancer risk was modest and must be weighed against heart benefits.
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Well Blog: A Few Drinks a Week May Raise Breast Cancer Risk
A powerful body which is at the heart of the government’s controversial NHS reforms in England begins work on Monday.
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New NHS Board ‘will compare’ GPs
For relations with ‘Ruby the Heart Stealer.’
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Berlusconi on U.S. Trafficking Report
Sponsors of memorials in the nation’s capital can be susceptible to “monument-itis,” defined as the compulsion to erect huge, costly memorials commemorating America’s historic figures and events. But monument-itis also can lead to excessive consumption of public acreage. This especially is a problem in the heart of Washington, where the supply of available federal park land is dwindling. Read full article > >
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Sizing up great memorials
The trial of two Pakistan cricketers accused of being involved in a betting scam shows the “rampant corruption at the heart of international cricket”, prosecutors say.
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Cricket ‘corruption’ trial starts
The resilience of Metro riders — both area residents and visitors — was put to the test on Saturday as the system ran Red Line trains on just one track through the heart of the District. “It’s kind of ridiculous, actually,” said one rider on the platform at Metro Center. “We’ve been waiting a half-hour, maybe,” added Mindy Carter of Charlottesville. Read full article > >
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Metro’s single-tracking tests riders
NOTE: Megan Buerger, of The Post’s Local Living section, uncovered this heart-wrenching tale of a young Northern Virginia woman’s struggle to overcome the sudden loss of her husband during a popular relay race. Holly Mitchell was never a runner. Though young, healthy and fit, endurance was not her strong suit. Neither was distance. Runner’s high? Dream on. Read full article > >
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One year after tragedy, Fairfax wife runs relay again
The World Shakespeare Festival is the “trump card” putting “art at the heart of the Olympics”, the head of the Cultural Olympiad says.
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Shakespeare tops London festival
I have been awarded a golden ticket to the heart of Silicon Valley: the Thiel Fellowship. The catch? For two years, I cannot be enrolled as a full-time student at an academic institution. For me, that’s not an issue; I believe higher education is broken.
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Opinion: College is a waste of time
Researchers use tricky means to accomplish what was thought to be an impossible experiment that gets at the heart of quantum mechanics.
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Team ‘sneaks around’ quantum rule
Car manufacturer Ford is developing a car seat for older drivers that keeps a check on their heart.
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Car seat for ‘the older driver’
Surprising results suggest that raising patients’ good cholesterol did not seem to matter against heart disease.
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Study Questions Treatment Used in Heart Disease
