I read a lot. I write a lot.
Subsequently, I think a lot about what I read & write
Now these notes are going live on the world wide web.
I like to think of it as 'plunging' the cr** out of news media, gathering facts and making occassional predictions (that are correct 97.8% of the time)
Every other week, new research claims one food is better than another, or that some ingredient yields incredible new health benefits. Couple that with a few old wives’ tales passed down from your parents, and each time you fire up your stove or sit down to eat a healthy meal, it can be difficult…
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2 Billion views a day
3rd most visited website (Alexa)
Localized in 23 countries across 24 different languages
15 The average number of minutes people spend on the site each day
24 Hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute
45 Million home page impressions every day
70% of YouTube traffic comes from outside the U.S.
100 Years of video scanned by copyright managent technology, Content ID, every day
1700 Years it would take you to watch the hundreds of millions of videos on YouTubehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/D9N16Bjyeyc/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
It’s been exactly 30 days since the earth starting throwing up on itself. 210,000 gal per day x 30 days = 6,300,000 gallons of oil guestimated to have entired the gulf of Mexico; equivalent of 150,000 barrels of oil.
“Here’s the breakdown, by liters, of the water needed to make that latte:
0.1 for the water itself
2.5 to make the plastic lid
5.5 to make the paper cup and sleeve
7.5 to grow the sugar
49.5 to feed the cows that make the milk
143 to grow the coffee”
Source: How much water is in a latte? - Beyond Green - MIT Sloan Management Review
Marcie Dickson’s article “More of the Sound and the Fury on the BP Oil Spill” -May 4, 2010
-SOURCE: “MORE OF THE SOUND AND THE FURY ON THE BP OIL SPILL” by Marcie Dickson
The above pros are summarized from Dr. Thomas Lee’s Harvard Business Review article “Good News for Coffee Addicts” the below is an excerpt from the cons….
For all that, a word of warning is in order. The average cup of coffee serves up about 100 milligrams of caffeine, and a large specialty coffee can deliver five times that much. If you aren’t used to caffeine, it can make you jittery, boost your blood pressure, and dehydrate you. But the biggest health hazard is the extra stuff that drinkers add to coffee. Taken black, coffee is a nearly calorie-free beverage brimming with antioxidants and other phytonutrients. Add cream, sugar, whipped cream, and flavorings, and it turns into a fat- and calorie-laden dessert, which can add pounds that offset any possible health benefits. For example, a 16-ounce Mint Mocha Chip Frappuccino with chocolate whipped cream contains 470 calories. Tucked into this beverage are 12 grams of saturated fat—nearly a day’s worth—and 58 grams (that’s 14 teaspoons) of sugar.
Read: Tim Bray Throws His Hat Into The Android Ring Because He Hates The iPhone
100,000 suppliers will soon be subjected to Walmart’s new green Rating system. These suppliers products will be judged and rated according to what Walmart considers their ‘green friendliness’ rating (ex-are the vegetables grown using pesticides? = 10 points)
A company known for ‘aggressive expansion’ and ‘ruthless efficiency’ will enforce these green standards on suppliers by 2012. CNBC Originals reports, if they aren’t compliant with Walmart’s environmental standards by then, they’ll be ‘cut off.’
Side stat: US LOCATIONS (Walmart) = 4200 | Worldwide Locations = 3700
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Sources referenced: CNBC Originals (aired late 2009 on CNBC)
