Archive for February 7th, 2008
Euros Accepted Instead of Dollar In New York City
In the latest example that the U.S. dollar just ain’t what it used to be, some shops in New York City have begun accepting euros and other foreign currency as payment for merchandise.
“We had decided that money is money and we’ll take it and just do the exchange whenever we can [...]
Weight Training As Good As Running To Burn Fat
Lifting weights ‘good as running’
Weight training could be as effective as endurance exercises like running when it comes to burning fat and warding off diabetes, a study suggests. American scientists created mice which carried a gene that, when switched on, gave them muscles similar to those produced by weight training.
When the gene [...]
