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☆ Resistance training key to long-term health, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Melanie Radzicki Mcmanus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Strength training, whether performed with weights, bands, machines or your own body weight, is important for your long-term health. In the same study, nearly 60% of participants said they did no strength training at all. Exercise researcher Dr. Tommy Lundberg, author of “The Physiology of Resistance Training,” says strength training is most important for people older than age 65. CNN: Why is strength training important for good health? Resistance training is the only means to effectively maintain or even increase your muscle mass.

Persons: Martin Puddy, Tommy Lundberg, ”, Eva Malm, Tommy Lundberg Lundberg, Lundberg, Darrin Klimek, it’s, It’s, Melanie Radzicki McManus Organizations: CNN, US Centers for Disease Control, American, of Preventive, National Health, Karolinska Institute, Resistance, Bank, Getty Locations: Solna, Sweden

☆ How This Climate Activist Justifies Political Violence
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

Photo illustration by Bráulio Amado Talk How This Climate Activist Justifies Political ViolenceWith the 2021 publication of his unsettling book, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” Andreas Malm established himself as a leading thinker of climate radicalism. I have engaged in as much militant climate activism as I have had access to in my activist communities and contexts. Like I said, I’ve participated in things that I can’t tell you about because they’ve been illegal and they’ve been militant. I can’t tell you what things I have done, but the things that I do and that any other climate activist should be doing cannot be an individual project. This goes for political violence too, unless you’re a pacifist and you reject every form of political violence — that’s a reasonably coherent philosophical position.

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People who claimed the power to control nature and the energy resources around them saw the environment as a tool to be used for progress, historians say. Over hundreds of years, that impulse has remade the planet's climate, too — and brought its inhabitants to the brink of catastrophe. Tapping nature for its resources drove progress and productivity for some, but it's also been a major driver of emissions and environmental degradation. By the mid-19th century, steam power was adopted in manufacturing, cotton mills, steam ships and locomotives around the world, turning coal into a global trade. Centuries later, the United Kingdom has nearly weaned itself off coal, with weeks or months at a stretch where the national grid gets no coal power.

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☆ The Newest High-End Amenity: Houses That Come With Horses
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Sarah Maslin Nir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Malm said he was once married to a horse therapist, but he did not buy the property because he is interested in playing polo. The horses appealed as a “hook” for a future buyer, once he first enjoys his vacation home. “It is an amenity that people aspire to, a lifestyle,” Mr. Malm said. On weekends, the stables, also designed by Mr. Joy, host exhibition polo matches exclusively for residents and guests. There is a library of loaner riding boots and helmets and professional players to teach lessons.

Persons: Malm, Mr, Enrique Olvera, Joy, sipping Organizations: Staff Locations: Mexico City, Argentine

☆ This Swedish startup wants to be the Ikea of EVs with tiny, flat-pack cars that cost $11,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Swedish startup Luvly is working on tiny electric cars for urban environments. The Luvly O, its first car, will cost around $10,700 and offer 60 miles of range. Luvly plans to flat-pack car parts and ship them to "microfactories" near where customers live. The Swedish startup is looking to sell customers on tiny urban EVs that are kinder to the planet and contribute less to congestion than buzzy models like, say, a Ford F-150 Lightning or Tesla Model Y. The idea is to flat-pack each car's parts — much like an Ikea Malm, Kallax, or Billy — and then assemble them at "microfactories" close to customers, cutting down on shipping emissions and costs.

☆ ‘He Acts Swiftly.’ An Investor’s 5-Year, Nearly $100 Million Buying Spree on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( E.B. Solomont | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Seven miles off the coast of Cape Cod, Brahmin culture runs deep on Martha’s Vineyard, a moneyed enclave where those with means don’t flaunt it and flashy real-estate deals are rare. But over the past few years, local investor David Malm has quietly amassed close to $100 million worth of luxury real estate on the island and in neighboring island Nantucket where his purchases have ranged from small waterfront cottages to grand homes with expansive views.

☆ Investor Pays $19.9 Million for Nantucket Home
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( E.B. Solomont | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Be the first to know about the biggest and best luxury home sales and listings by signing up for our Mansion Deals email alert. Private-equity investor David Malm has added another home to his Massachusetts real-estate portfolio, paying $19.9 million for a property on Nantucket, according to Nantucket Land Bank records.

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