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Though Springsteen’s recording career started as one man’s contract with Columbia Records and would remain one man’s contract, he was still raised under the sign of the Beatles. The being-in-a-band mattered deeply, from the beginning. To Springsteen as to Van Zandt. In 1979, 1980, neither was done with it. Not yet. And, yes, The River would be the high point in trying to make a group sound central to the work of a man under contract as a solo artist. The mission was, on many levels, a shared mission. As a project, The River had purpose, intention, and a target. Mostly.
Deliver Me From Nowhere
Warren Zanes
While eating healthy food can immediately and powerfully stimulate metabolism to burn the right mix of fat and sugar, physical activity can complement it. In fact, fat is burned in muscles, in a complex biochemical process called beta-oxidation. We can influence how much fat and sugar we burn by choosing the appropriate level of intensity during exercise. Food, however, is still the primary regulator of this process, so even if we perform the perfect exercise but consume refined carbohydrates, especially right before working out, the potential fat-burning benefits of the workout may be reduced. But by avoiding sugar, the right exercise can further enhance the fat-burning process, along with providing other health and fitness benefits. Fat-burning takes place in the aerobic muscle fibers throughout the body. This is called the aerobic engine or system. Burning fat calories is easy—best accomplished during slower, lower intensity activities. Aerobic muscles, also called slow-twitch, are fatigue-resistant; unlike power muscles, they allow us to perform at relatively slow paces all day long. So say goodbye to no-pain, no-gain high-intensity anaerobic exercise, which means high sugar-burning and less fat-burning. When it comes to working out, don’t just do it, do it right!
The Overfat Pandemic
Philip Maffetone
If a chain reaction would work in graphite and uranium, Szilard assumed, then a bomb was probable. And if he had managed these conclusions, he further assumed, then so had his counterparts in Nazi Germany. He sought out Pegram in those early July days and tried to convince him of the urgent need for a large-scale experiment to settle the question. The dean resisted the assault: “He took the position that even though the matter appeared to be rather urgent, this being summer and Fermi being away there was really nothing that usefully could be done until the fall.”
Making of the Atomic Bomb
Richard Rhodes
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