Some Benefits Of Hot Foods

All the Reasons Your Hot Sauce Obsession Is Good for You

It could save your prostate

• About 14% of men will get prostate cancer at some point in their lives. If you’ve never been one for statistics, use a dash of chili oil to avoid becoming one. Capsaicin attacks prostate cancer cells on multiple fronts at almost every stage of cellular growth, and while studies have been limited on humans (rats don’t whine as much), they’ve shown some promising results. Your ass might be on fire in a couple hours, but capsaicin might actually be saving it.

It helps burn fat

• Not a fan of working up a sweat at the gym? Try working it up on your plate. Not only does capsaicin scald your tongue, but it might also scorch your fat at the same time. On one hand, the painful effect of capsaicin helps reduce your food intake. It takes a lot longer to get through a pound of chicken wings when each bite feels like the seventh circle of hell. Slower eating gives your brain time to realize that you’re full, which is basically natural portion control. At the same time, capsaicin revs up your body temperature and metabolism, increasing the amount of calories you burn while eating. That means that eating hot wings definitely, 100% will help you lose weight.

It keeps blood pressure under control

• High blood pressure leads to some nasty complications, including heart attacks and strokes. Blood pressure management usually involves lame advice like "eat less bacon" or "make more kale smoothies." More hot sauce is the one blood pressure prescription that actually doesn’t suck. Recent studies have demonstrated that capsaicin lowers blood pressure through a variety of mechanisms. Texas Pete might make your mouth freak out, but your blood vessels are relaxed and healthier for it.

Complete list (Thrillist.com)

Sugar Helps Make It Tasty, But Also Really Bad For You

23 Restaurant Foods With Crazy-High Amounts of Sugar

10. Applebee’s Riblets Platter with Honey BBQ Sauce

• Nutrition: 1,100 calories, 51 g fat (17 g saturated), 104 g carbs, 4 g fiber, 92 g sugar, 68 g protein
• Yes, honey is an added sugar, no matter what Winnie the Pooh says. In fact, 82 grams of the sugar in this platter comes from the sauce.

18. Chili’s Crispy Honey Chipotle Crispers with BBQ Sauce

• Nutrition: 1,410 calories, 51 g fat (9 g saturated), 189 g carbs, 9 g fiber, 63 g sugar, 56 g protein
• With the word “crisp” in the title twice, you’d think fat would be your biggest worry, but Chili’s manages to pack 52 grams of sugar into the actual Crisper itself--before even adding on the BBQ Sauce.

22. Applebee’s Grilled Shrimp ‘N Spinach Salad

• Nutrition: 1,000 calories, 66 g fat (10 g saturated), 67 g carbs, 12 g fiber, 50 g sugar, 44 g protein
• Eating this food is like getting caught speeding on a road with no posted speed limit signs. Everything sure looks free and clear, and just check out those health words: Grilled! Spinach! Salad! A great example of how sugar sneaks up on us even when we think we’re eating healthy.

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Sound Advice From A Wealthy & Eccentric Person

Here's Mark Cuban's advice for whoever wins the $1.4 billion Powerball lottery

• [The first thing you should do is] hire a tax attorney.
• Don’t take the lump sum. You don’t want to blow it all in one spot.
• If you weren’t happy yesterday, you won’t be happy tomorrow. It’s money. It’s not happiness.
• If you were happy yesterday, you are going to be a lot happier tomorrow. It’s money. Life gets easier when you don’t have to worry about the bills.
• Tell all your friends and relatives no. They will ask. Tell them no. If you are close to them, you already know who needs help and what they need. Feel free to help SOME, but talk to your accountant before you do anything and remember this, no one needs $1 million for anything. No one needs $100,000 for anything. Anyone who asks is not your friend. You don’t become a smart investor when you win the lottery. Don’t make investments. You can put it in the bank and live comfortably. Forever. You will sleep a lot better knowing you won’t lose money.

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NHL Power Rankings: Desert dogs stalking the leaders - SI.com

4. Los Angeles Kings

• Looks like Anze Kopitar has put his slow start behind him. With a four-point effort against the Red Wings on Monday night he now has three goals and 15 points in the nine games he’s played since Christmas. Last week: 2-0-1

15. Anaheim Ducks

• Has any player hurt his team with ill-conceived passes more often this season than Ryan Getzlaf? The captain had another vapor-lock moment on Sunday, handing the puck to Detroit’s Riley Sheahan for the deciding goal in 2–1 loss to the Wings. His poor decisions have led directly to at least three OT losses as well this season. Last week: 1-2-0

20. San Jose Sharks

• Coach Pete DeBoer said on Friday that he was looking for more production. His team delivered, scoring 12 times in wins over Toronto and Calgary. Defenseman Brent Burns is on a tear, with six goals and 11 points to show for a scoring streak that stands at seven games. Last week: 2-1-0

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Some Hallowed NHL Team Records

Five NHL team records that may never be matched

Consecutive games with a point

The mark stands at 35 games, set by the Philadelphia Flyers from Oct. 14, 1979, to Jan. 6, 1980. During that stretch the Flyers won 25 games and tied 10, taking 60 of a potential 70 points in the process. Since then a few teams have put together impressive streaks. The Chicago Blackhawks have come the closest, starting the 2012-13 season with at least a point in 24 straight games, but that's not even 70 percent of the way to the mark set by the Flyers, who lost in the Stanley Cup Final that season.

Fewest home losses (minimum 70-game schedule)

The Montreal Canadiens lost one of the 40 games they played at the Montreal Forum during the 1976-77 season, going 33-1-6 to take 72 of a possible 80 points during the regular season. They then won 12 of 14 playoff games to claim the Stanley Cup.

Since the start of the 2005-06 season no team has lost fewer than four home games in regulation during a full 82-game season; that was accomplished by the 2006-07 Detroit Red Wings. Those Red Wings, however, lost another eight games in overtime or the shootout to finish 29-4-8 in 41 games at Joe Louis Arena, taking 66 of a possible 82 points, or 80.4 percent of the home points available. The 1976-77 Canadiens claimed 90 percent of the home points available.

Most points in a season

Again, the star-studded Canadiens of 1976-77 are responsible for setting the standard with 132 points. Not only did they lose once at home, they only lost eight times all season (60-8-12), and had a points percentage of .825. They finished 20 points better than their closest competitor (Philadelphia) and had a plus-219 goal differential.

Since that season four teams have topped 120 points. Detroit came closest with 131 points in 1995-96. The closest since then were the 2005-06 Red Wings, who had 124 points.

Most goals in a season

The Edmonton Oilers scored 446 in the 80-game 1983-84 season. In fact, the dynastic Oilers of the 1980s are the only teams to break the 400-goal mark, doing it five straight seasons between 1981-82 and 1985-86. But that 1983-84 team, which featured eight 20-goal scorers led by the 87 scored by Wayne Gretzky, was the most prolific of them all.

Since 2005-06 three teams have topped 300 goals, topped by the 2009-10 Washington Capitals scoring 318, or 128 short of the Edmonton total.

Worst points percentage in a season

The 1974-75 Washington Capitals went 8-67-5 for 21 points in 80 games, a point percentage of .131, during their first NHL season. It was a trying time for a team that went through three different coaches and was outscored by 265 goals. It also is a mark of futility unlikely ever to be broached again.

Expansion rules have changed dramatically since the Capitals entered the League and the result has been much more competitive first-year franchises during the past three decades. The 1992-93 Ottawa Senators came closest to breaking this record, going 10-70-4 for 24 points, or a .143 points percentage. Since then seven teams have entered the League and six have compiled first-year points percentages of .384 or better.

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Sorry, But The High Tops Are A No No

This Week's Hero? Jordan. Zeros? Rickie Fowler's High-Tops

Zeros

1. Rickie Fowler's high-tops. Michelle Wie is ultra-stylish, but I'm not sure dudes on the PGA Tour should be taking fashion cues from her.

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A Damn Fine Need

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A Nice Positive Remix

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The 2016 Detroit Auto Show Is A Mix Of SEMA, CES & Car Show

2. Dodge Viper Challenge

• Blurring the lines between reality and make believe, the Dodge Viper Challenger allows auto show visitors to step inside a Dodge Viper that is actually a full-scale video game controller. Complete with sounds and motion, this is as close as you can get to actually racing a Viper.

3. Ford Super Duty Off-Road Simulator

• To show just how capable Ford’s new F-150 Super Duty is in the virtual world, a simulator complete with terrain replicating hydraulics awaits you in Ford’s massive display in Detroit. It takes drivers around a test course complete with water crossings, muddy ruts and steep inclines.

9. Ford Lego

• Are you a fan of Lego? Why not head over the Ford booth and play with some small interlocking plastic bricks? There are even a few replicas of Ford vehicles like the F-150 and Mustang.

Complete list (Road&Track.com)

The 'Current' Fastest Import Uses A Suprising Power Plant

The GT86 is often criticised for being a bit slow. No such problem here. This 2JZ-swapped Toyota runs an incredible 5.774sec quarter mile at 247mph, making it 'the fastest import in the world!'

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The Car Looks Ok But It's N/A & Not Boosted

How Akio Got His Groove Back

With the debut of the ​2017 Lexus LC500​ at the Detroit Auto Show, Toyota Motor Company President and CEO Akio Toyoda showed us the kind of leader he really is.

The man is many things. Yet as the man stepped onto the stage at the NAIAS yesterday, he chose to describe himself as the "master driver" for the Lexus brand. A brief video montage flashed by, showing Akio Toyoda donning his Nomex suit and helmet to drive a variety of dedicated race cars and Lexus prototypes. Then it was time for the man to speak. Which he did, in English that was correct and conversational, on a subject that was dear to his heart.

Detroit press conferences are typically opportunities for chief executives and company spokespeople to recount their successes in terms ranging from the merely boastful to the unpleasantly hubristic. Yet Toyoda, at the helm of the world's most successful car company by right of both birth and demonstrated ability, chose to exhibit humility and remorse. He said nothing about the staggering success of the Lexus brand in the United States and its growing reputation in the global market. He failed to mention the fact that the two core products of Lexus—the LS sedan and the RX crossover—have essentially reshaped the luxury-car business in their own images. Instead, the man talked about emotion.

Opening a folded sheet of paper, Mr. Toyoda read a few comments that were critical of Lexus and its ability to emotionally connect with its customers. "Boring to drive," he read, then he looked up at the audience in a manner that was apologetic, rather than challenging. What other CEO of an automotive company would forthrightly reiterate the chief criticism of his products like that? Even his choice of reading from a sheet of paper, rather than the teleprompters, meant something. It was meant to convey that he had read, and understood, that criticism. That he had accepted it.

Having accepted the criticism, the master driver of the Lexus brand proceeded to refute it. First, there was a typically concept-looking concept, a four-door sedan/fuel-cell thing that looked no more or less likely than any other concept car debuting at this or any other show. The audience clapped politely but nothing more. It didn't matter. It was only prologue to what would come next.

The production-ready 2017 Lexus LC500 that rolled onto the stage, to somewhat fevered applause from the standing-room-only crowd, is as important for what it is not as for what it is. This is what it is not: A hybrid. A four-door compromise "coupe". Turbocharged. Supercharged. Small-displacement. Modestly sized. Sensible. Socially responsible.

No, the LC500 is exactly the car for which we'd hoped. Big and bold. Beautifully proportioned yet unashamedly Japanese in its shape and the detailing of the greenhouse and interior. It is a pure and proper coupe, powered by the mighty titanium-valved five-liter Lexus V8 that we already know (and love) from the RC-F. This is an era where even Porsche feels compelled to greenwash every new-vehicle introduction by talking about environmental responsibility and CO2 emissions, but Toyoda chose instead to play a thunderous recording of the LC500's V8 changing gears at redline. Not a word was spoken about the environment or about the responsible usage of dwindling resources. Akio Toyoda stood before his glasspack-voiced crimson monster with perfect confidence, knowing that, as the world's foremost manufacturer of hybrid vehicles, Toyota cannot possibly be shamed out for this singular indulgence.

(Road&Track.com)

This Would Not Be Able To Happen Today

Delivering the Hope Diamond

On November 8, 1958, an employee of Harry Winston’s New York City jewelry store mailed an ordinary looking package at the mail city post office. The package was anything but ordinary. It held one of the most famous gems in America, the Hope Diamond. The employee paid $145.29 to mail the package. Postage accounted for only $2.44 of the total cost. The rest was for insurance totaling $1 million. This valuable gem traveled safe and sound to the museum through the US mail.

In Washington, the package was delivered by local letter carrier James G. Todd. He picked it up at the Washington, D.C. city post office, which today houses the National Postal Museum. It was a short trip to the Natural History Museum from here. There, Leonard Carmichael, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, brought Todd into the Gem Hall where reporters and cameras watched as Todd plucked the valuable package from his mail satchel and presented it to Secretary Carmichael.

Of course, much of the intrigue of the Hope Diamond comes from its alleged curse. At the donation ceremony Mrs. Winston scoffed at the idea of a curse, noting that her family had held the gem without any ill effects. Carrier Todd had cause to question just how powerful the curse was. Within a single year after delivering the stone to the Smithsonian, Todd suffered a crushed leg and head wound in two separate automobile accidents, his wife died of a heart attack, his dog strangled on his leash, and Todd’s Seat Pleasant, Maryland, home was partially destroyed by fire.

When reached by a Washington Post reporter who asked if he attributed his misfortune to having delivered the Hope Diamond, Todd replied, “I don’t believe any of that stuff.” He went on to say that it was all in one’s attitude. Referring to the fire he said: “Perhaps I’m actually having good luck. Thank God all four children were outside instead of in those rooms.” Todd added a thought. “If the hex is supposed to affect the owners, then the public should be having the bad luck.”

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No Surprise That Beach Blvd Is Listed Multiple Times

Orange County's 13 Most Dangerous Intersections 

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