NJ Causes Mental Breakdowns? This Guy’s Lawsuit Says YesSource: gothamist.comA top manager at Elie Tahari is now suing the design house for $2 million after they banished him to New Jersey, a move that he claims caused him to have a mental breakdown. A…
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Ann Coulter: Radiation Is ‘Good For You’
Ann Coulter: Radiation Is ‘Good For You’Source: www.huffingtonpost.comAnn Coulter appeared on Thursday’s “O’Reilly Factor” to advance an argument that she made in a column this week: that radiation is “good for you.”There has been a high degree of conc…
Is Fitness All in the Genes?
Is Fitness All in the Genes?Source: well.blogs.nytimes.comGenes appear to play a role in why some people who work out get fit, while others who do the same exercise routine barely budge in their fitness levels.    Couldnt agree more !   Â
In Brooklyn, a Prefabricated Tower May Rise in Atlantic Yards
In Brooklyn, a Prefabricated Tower May Rise in Atlantic YardsSource: www.nytimes.comThe 34-story building, with roughly 400 apartments, would comprise more than 900 modules that would be hauled to Atlantic Yards, lifted into place by crane and bolted t…
Bipartisan backlash follows state rep’s ‘joke’ on shooting immigrants
Bipartisan backlash follows state rep’s ‘joke’ on shooting immigrantsSource: www.cnn.comA Kansas state lawmaker was silent Thursday regarding a controversial remark he made suggesting that unauthorized immigrants should be shot.    Jackass of the W…
Dilnaz boga wins AFP prize for work in Kashmir | Parsi Khabar
Dilnaz boga wins AFP prize for work in Kashmir | Parsi KhabarSource: parsikhabar.netDilnaz Boga, an Indian photojournalist and reporter, has won the Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize for her courageous work in Indian-administered Kashmir,
Le Corbusier’s Indian masterpiece Chandigarh is stripped for parts
Le Corbusier’s Indian masterpiece Chandigarh is stripped for partsSource: www.guardian.co.ukGroup rallies to rescue city built as monument to modernity from neglect and plunder
The Ascension of Peter Zumthor
The Ascension of Peter ZumthorSource: www.nytimes.comOver lunch in Los Angeles some months ago, with the actor Tobey Maguire and his wife, Jennifer Meyer, Peter Zumthor was imperious, charming and a little reserved, as usual. The Swiss architect was in…
Glenn Beck: Japan earthquake might be a ‘message from God’
Glenn Beck: Japan earthquake might be a ‘message from God’Source: www.dailymail.co.ukReferring to the 9.0 magnitude quake on his Fox news show today Beck said: ‘What God does is God’s business. But I’ll tell you this…there’s a message being sent.’Â Â…
The “symbolical†cricketer: Sachin Tendulkar
The “symbolical†cricketer: Sachin TendulkarSource: www.mikemarqusee.comIn the case of Sachin Tendulkar, that representative, “symbolical†function has been exponentially compounded. I like to imagine him roaring around a late night Mumbai in o…