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What more do you want? William Shatner “It Was A Very Good Year” on The Mike Douglas Show, 1969
PepsiCo is Betting Consumers Want to ‘Snackify’ Drinks
Tropolis
Because healthy food just isn’t cool enough for today’s youth, the folks at PepsiCo will soon be rolling out “snackified,” amped-up — to the extreme! — pureed fruit in the form of something called Tropolis.
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Alzheimer’s Therapy Allows Patient Anything They Want, Even Chocolate
Comforting food improves patients’ behavior and mood because it “sends messages they can still understand.
Margaret Nance was, to put it mildly, a difficult case. Agitated, combative, often reluctant to eat, she would hit staff members and fellow residents at nursing homes, several of which kicked her out. But when Beatitudes nursing home agreed to an urgent plea to accept her, all that changed.
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How Americans Try to Control Their Impulses Through Technology
Apps and devices help the weak of will put on the brakes when texting, spending or driving would be self-destructive.
Dan Nainan can’t trust himself to work at his computer without clicking on distractions, so he uses an Internet-blocking program to shut down his Web access twice a day. “I’m sorry, but try as I might, I could never, ever do this on my own,” said the New York City comedian, who’s struggling to finish a book. “I wish I could, but I just don’t have the discipline.”
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