Robert Knittel, a former editorial director of William Collins, a London-based publishing company, died June 15 of complications following surgery at the Hospital of Charity in Locarno, Switzerland. He was 69 years old. Born in England, Mr. Knittel graduated from Oxford University. He retired from Collins in 1979.
Check out the calorie counts for these common spring cleaning activities. (All calorie counts are estimates based on a 150-pound person, and will vary with intensity, body composition and weight.) 1. Mopping: Take care of those dusty, dirty floors with an hour of mopping and you'll shed 153 calories. 2. Washing floors: If your floors require a little extra elbow grease, you can shed as many as 187 calories in just 30 minutes.
A 150 pound person can burn around 170 calories per hour doing light cleaning (dusting, straightening up, etc). Tougher jobs like scrubbing and cleaning accumulated dirt and grime can burn up to 190 calories per hour.