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Today I'm going to share some information with you I've been collecting.


There is no sound to this video, but if you haven't seen this yet, it's pretty ingenious. They already have something similar to this in New York and I bet it is coming to other cities soon. I don't know if I'd like this or not - what do you think about it?

http://www.woehr.de/de/projekte/madrid_m710/index.htm



Some weather related information about the cities we live in.

Top 10 cities with Least weather variety Based on temperature variation, precipitation, wind, severe weather

1. San Francisco, California

2. San Diego, California

3. Los Angeles, California

4. Santa Barbara, California

5. Eureka, California

6. Long Beach, California

7. Honolulu, Hawaii

8. Santa Maria, California

9. San Luis Obispo, California

10. Kahului, Hawaii

10 hottest cities Average annual temperature, F
1. Key West, Florida	77.7
2. Miami, Florida	75.6
3. W Palm Beach, Florida	74.6
4. Ft. Myers, Florida	73.9
5. Yuma, Florida	73.9
6. Brownsville, Texas	73.6
7. Orlando, Florida	72.4
8. Vero Beach, Florida	72.4
9. Corpus Christi, Texas	72.1
10. Tampa, Florida	72.0

10 coldest cities

Average annual temperature, F
1. International Falls, Minnesota	36.4
2. Duluth, Minnesota	38.2
3. Caribou, Maine	38.9
4. Marquette, Michigan	39.2
5. Sault Ste Marie, Michigan	39.7
6. Fargo, North Dakota	40.5
7. Williston, North Dakota	40.8
8. Alamosa, Colorado	41.2
9. Bismarck, North Dakota	41.3
10. St. Cloud, Minnesota	41.4

I know there are other things - like the snowiest - hurricanes - tornadoes - etc., but are you living in the perfect temperature place for you? Where would you want to live - if money was no problem? I think I would take southern California - not LA, but like San Diego or around there.



Angela sent me a list of the worst drinks in America - they may taste good, but look at the calories! Have you ever had one?

1. Worst Beverage in America
Cold Stone PB&C (Gotta Have It size, 24 fl oz)
2,010 calories
131 g fat (68 g saturated)
153 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 30 Chewy Chips Ahoy Cookies
In terms of saturated fat, drinking this Cold Stone catastrophe is like
slurping up 68 strips of bacon. Health experts recommend capping
your saturated fat intake at about 20 grams per day, yet this
beverage packs more than three times that into a cup the size of a
Chipotle burrito. But here’s what’s worse: No regular shake at Cold
Stone, no matter what the size, has fewer than 1,000 calories. If
you must drink your ice cream, make it one of the creamery’s
“Sinless” options. Otherwise you’d better plan on buying some
bigger pants on the way home.

2. Worst Smoothie
Smoothie King Peanut Power Plus Grape (large, 40 fl oz)
1,498 calories
44 g fat (8 g saturated)
214 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 20 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
If Smoothie King wants someone to blame for landing this high on our
worst beverages roundup (and truth be told, its entire menu is riddled
with contenders), the chain should point the smoothie straw at
whichever executive came up with the cup-sizing structure. Sending
someone out the door with a 40-ounce cup should be a criminal offense.
Who really needs a third of a gallon of sweetened peanut butter blended
with grape juice, milk, and bananas? Sugar-and-fat-loaded smoothies
like this should be served from 12-ounce cups, not mini kegs.

3. Worst Drive-Thru Shake
McDonald’s Triple Thick Chocolate Shake (large, 32 fl oz)
1,160 calories
27 g fat (16 g saturated, 2 g trans)
168 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 13 McDonald’s Baked Hot Apple Pies
There are very few milk shakes in America worthy of your
hard-earned calories, but few will punish you as thoroughly as
this Mickey D’s drive-thru disaster. Not only does it have more
than half your day’s caloric and saturated fat allotment and
more sugar than you’d find in Willy Wonka’s candy lab, but
Ronald even finds a way to sneak in a full day of cholesterolspiking
trans fat. The scariest part about this drink is that it’s
most likely America’s most popular milk shake.

4. Worst Hot Chocolate
Starbucks White Hot Chocolate with Whipped Cream
(venti, 20 fl oz)
520 calories
16 g fat (11 g saturated)
75 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 9 Strawberry Rice Krispie Treats
See that stack of Rice Krispie Treats? It’s just three treats shy of
two full boxes. Unless you were a contestant on Fear Factor—
and there was a sizeable monetary prize on the line—you’d
never even consider noshing down that much sugar at once. But
here’s what’s interesting: While that stack is the sugar
counterpart to this atrocity from Starbucks, it still has 40 percent
less saturated fat. Makes us wonder what’s going on in the hot
chocolate. Stick to beverages with single-flavor profiles instead of
pile-on recipes like this and you’ll fare better every time.

5. Worst Mocha
Starbucks Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha with Whipped Cream (venti, 20 fl oz)
660 calories
22 g fat (15 g saturated)
95 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 8½ scoops Edy’s Slow Churned Rich
and Creamy Coffee Ice Cream
Hopefully this will dispel any lingering fragments of the
“health halo” that still exists in coffee shops—that misguided
belief that espresso-based beverages can’t do much
damage. In this 20-ounce cup, Starbucks manages to pack
in more calories and saturated fat than two slices of deepdish
sausage and pepperoni pizza from Domino’s. That
makes it the equivalent of dinner and dessert disguised as a
cup of coffee. If you want a treat, look to Starbucks’ supply
of sugar-free syrups; if you want a caffeine buzz, stick to the
regular joe, an Americano, or a cappuccino.

Okay I have been guilty of getting the hot chocolate at Star Bucks!



Good habits are as easy to form as bad ones. - Tim McCarver




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