tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10367499111066420912012-01-31T21:22:37.949+07:00There's lots of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy itnaknikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291227594454162695noreply@blogger.comBlogger1011100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036749911106642091.post-16494984674189943992012-01-31T21:20:00.000+07:002012-01-31T21:22:37.962+07:00

UK Teen Eats Chicken Nuggets for 15 Years, Nothing Else - We all may be guilty of overindulging in our favorite food every now and then. But it seems like one British teen has taken her single food addiction to a whole new level.Stacey Irvine, 17, of Castle Vale, Birmingham, loves eating McDonald's Chicken McNuggets. So much so, in fact, that it's been her main-choice meal for the past 15 years,

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Testicular zap 'may stop sperm' - A dose of ultrasound to the testicles can stop the production of sperm, according to researchers investigating a new form of contraception.A study on rats published in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology showed that sound waves could be used to reduce sperm counts to levels that would cause infertility in humans.Researchers described ultrasound as a "promising

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Activists Send Hundreds of Tacos to Conn. Mayor - The office of East Haven's mayor was blasted with prank phone calls and a delivery of hundreds of tacos Thursday after his now-famous quip that he would address accusations of anti-Latino bias by eating tacos, a remark that left emotions raw in the town's large Hispanic community.Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. has apologized several times but resisted

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Australian PM dragged to safety through a crowd of Aboriginal protesters after being ambushed in restaurant - She and opposition leader Tony Abbott were handing out medals on Australia Day - Crowd angered by criticism of Aboriginal Tent Embassy - centre of fight for sovereigntyAustralian Prime Minister Julia Gillard clung to her bodyguard as she was dragged to safety through a crowd of angry

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Kodak replaces chief restructuring officer - Eastman Kodak Co replaced its chief restructuring officer on Monday in a surprise move coming just days after it filed for bankruptcy protection.James Mesterharm, who works for the consultancy firm AlixPartners and was chief restructuring officer for Parmalat USA during the dairy company's bankruptcy, will replace Dominic DiNapoli of FTI Consulting Inc

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Trouble In Paradise? How To Tell If Divorce Is On The Horizon - You've probably all heard the saying that "marriage is work," but if it's too much work and there are tell-tale signs of trouble in paradise, it behooves you to be smart and protect yourself should divorce loom on the horizon.In my many years as a divorce attorney, I have seen everything that could go wrong in a relationship and lead

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Row over Indonesia atheist Facebook post - An Indonesian man who said that God did not exist in a posting on a Facebook page for atheists could face jail.Civil servant Alexander Aan, 31, is now in protective police custody after he was attacked by an angry mob.He may also lose his job over his posting on the social networking site.Atheism is a violation of Indonesian law under the founding

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SOPA: What if Google, Facebook and Twitter Went Offline in Protest? - Can you imagine a world without Google or Facebook? If plans to protest the potential passing of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) come to fruition, you won’t need to; those sites, along with many other well-known online destinations, will go temporarily offline as a taste of what we could expect from a post-SOPA

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UK survey finds science misconduct "alive and well" - More than one in 10 British-based scientists or doctors have witnessed colleagues intentionally altering or fabricating data during their research, according to a survey by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on Thursday.The survey, which collated more than 2,700 responses, also found that 6 percent of scientists said they were aware of possible

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UN Soldiers Brought Deadly Superbug to Americas - Compelling new scientific evidence suggests United Nations peacekeepers have carried a virulent strain of cholera -- a super bug -- into the Western Hemisphere for the first time.The vicious form of cholera has already killed 7,000 people in Haiti, where it surfaced in a remote village in October 2010. Leading researchers from Harvard Medical

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Find Time For Creativity With a Second Job - It's no secret that job security is a thing of the past. Taking on part-time work – especially in a creative area you've always wanted to pursue – is one way to earn extra income and begin exploring new work opportunities before it becomes a necessity, says Scott Belsky, CEO and founder of Behance, a New York-based company that develops products and

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Ten Habits to Help Advance Your Career - It's easy to find articles full of advice for job seekers, but what about career advancement for those who are already employed? Since companies have cut back staff, many employees are stuck doing the work of three people these days. How can I possibly focus on my career advancement when I'm suffering from so much workplace stress?Seven Habits of Highly

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The Beginning of the End of the 9-to-5 Workday? - The traditional eight-hour workday may soon be the exception rather than the rule. New evidence shows that we're reaching a tipping point in terms of workplace flexibility, with businesses seeing the wisdom of allowing employees -- young employees especially -- to work odd hours, telecommute, and otherwise tweak the usual 9-to-5 grind.One of the

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River in China turns red -- Earlier this week, the Jian River that runs through the city of Luoyang, Henan province in northern China, turned bloody red. Local media started receiving panicky phone calls from citizens on Tuesday morning saying that the water of the Jian River near their neighborhood has become blood-like overnight. The eerie sheen on the river lasted for nearly two days before

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Hard-line Indonesian police shave punkers' mohawks — Police in Indonesia's most conservative province raided a punk-rock concert and detained 65 fans, buzzing off their spiky mohawks and stripping away body piercings because of the perceived threat to Islamic values.Dog-collar necklaces and chains also were taken from the youths before they were thrown in pools of water for "spiritual" cleansing,

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US teen cigarette, alcohol use falls - Cigarette and alcohol use by US teenagers are at their lowest point since the mid-1970s, but marijuana use remains steady, according to the findings of a national survey released Wednesday.Some 18.7 percent of grade 12 high school students, typically aged 17 or 18, reported smoking cigarettes in the latest Monitoring the Future, well down from a peak of 36.5

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Break up without violence - Here's what you should keep in mind to avoid any sort of bodily harm when ending a long-term relationshipBreak up without violence- While you may have come to terms with the idea of breaking up with your girlfriend/ boyfriend, they may need some time to get used to the situation. So ensure that there's some privacy when you are breaking up. You wouldn't want to be a

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Are These Google Satellite Images Exposing America's Secrets? -- Google has been accused of compromising U.S. national security - by allowing aerial shots of secret military bases to be viewed by the general public through its online Maps computer program.The search engine giant has come under fire after web users found once again that they can search for military bases, and then zoom in to see

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Library janitor finds 'unassuming' wooden box and discovers treasure hoard of ancient Roman coins worth 'millions' - Find described as 'real bonanza' for library - Janitor promoted to curator after discovery - Coins belonged to prince-bishops in 19th centuryA library janitor made a historic discovery after unearthing a collection of Ancient Roman coins which could be worth 'millions'.Custodian

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Rare golden 'doubloon' which was one of America's first dollar coins sells for $7.4million - Special golden doubloon one of only seven ever made - 1787 coin thought to be first ever struck by the U.S. Rarity: The 1787 doubloon is stamped with Ephraim Brasher's unique 'EB' hallmark and is one of only seven ever made An incredibly rare 200-year-old golden 'doubloon' has sold for $7.4million, the

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Australian sentenced to 500 lashes in Saudi Arabia - An Australian man has been sentenced to 500 lashes and a year in jail by a court in Saudi Arabia after being found guilty of blasphemy, Canberra said on Wednesday.Reports said Mansor Almaribe, 45, was detained in the city of Medina on November 14 while making the hajj pilgrimage and accused of insulting companions of the prophet

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Montana blogger is not journalist - A federal judge in Oregon has ruled that a Montana woman sued for defamation was not a journalist when she posted online that an Oregon lawyer acted criminally during a bankruptcy case, a decision with implications for bloggers around the country.Crystal L. Cox, a blogger from Eureka, Mont., was sued for defamation by attorney Kevin Padrick when she posted

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Try a simulated sunrise clock instead of a shrieking alarm clock to wake up more naturallyPrep Hair Before BedIf your fine strands tend to look greasy the minute you open your eyes, "use a dry shampoo preventively," says N.Y.C. hairstylist Ryan Trygstad. Spray roots until hair feels chalky. "The powder will suck up oils as they're produced," he says. "Come morning, you won't have to degrease or

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Woman suspected of cooking husband Pakistani woman suspected of killing, cooking husband -- A Pakistani woman is being held on suspicion of killing her husband, cutting him up and trying to cook the pieces, Karachi police said Friday.Zainab Bibi, 32, was arrested in connection with the murder Tuesday of her husband Ahmad Abbas, police said.Her 22-year-old nephew, Zaheer Ahmed, is accused of

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Can Weight Loss Reset Health Risks in Heavy Kids? - Overweight children who shed their excess pounds in adulthood don't face a higher risk of obesity-related health problems, an analysis of four studies involving children and adults in the United States, Australia and Finland has concluded.The findings don't prove weight loss in itself will eliminate the extra risks, but they mean overweight or

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Teen Sex May Affect Brain Development, Study Suggests - The uproar that followed a November episode of Fox's "Glee" in which two teen couples had sex for the first time may have some scientific legs. New research shows sex during the adolescent years could affect mood and brain development into adulthood. The study, which was carried out on hamsters, reveals how social experiences during

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People climb onto chairs and tables to avoid themselves from snakes scattered in an office room in Basti, southeast of Lucknow, India, on Wednesday. (AP)Indian farmers dump bags of snakes in tax office - Two farmers fed up with bribery demands emptied three bags filled with slithering snakes in a busy tax office in northern India, an official said Wednesday.The 40 or so snakes of different

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EcomNets to Open Green Data Center 11-11-11 in the City of Danville - EcomNets’ cloud hosting infrastructure takes another big step forward this week with the Cloud Computing platform launch of our Danville Green Data Center.EcomNets’ cloud hosting infrastructure takes another big step forward this week with the Cloud Computing platform launch of our Danville Green Data Center, scheduled for

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Graffiti as art in order-conscious Singapore - In an industrial park near Singapore’s harbour, a group of people spray-paint a wall with the bright colours and rebellious swirls of graffiti.Under other circumstances, their action would lead to prompt arrest. But the “taggers” are artists taking part in a performance highlighting the urban art form. Graffiti is seriously frowned upon in Singapore.

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Get the hot new 'tomboy' hairstyle - Man, do we love this boyish look! - This season's hottest catwalk hair gives girls a slice of the tomboy action with wispy quiffs, city slicker tight and smart ponytails and messy bed-head styles. Celebrity hair stylist and our favourite Aussie, Liz Taw tends to the tresses of Dannii Minogue, Natalie Imbruglia (yep her of shiny hair gorgeousness) and

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The 10-year-old Mexican who gave birth - Authorities are investigating whether the young girl was raped in a case that, unfortunately, isn't unique in recent yearsA 10-year-old Mexican girl recently gave birth to a baby boy after a life-threatening, 31-week pregnancy. Sadly, there have been several similar cases in the last two years. Here, a brief guide:A crying newborn in a Texas operating room

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Did Israel actually plan to expel most of its Arabs in 1948? Or not? - The most basic question about Israeli democracy has existed from before its birth: What would be the status of Arabs in a Jewish state? The answer is riddled with contradictions.On the surface, the partition of Palestine approved by the United Nations in November 1947 offered a straightforward way to deal with two national

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Smooth Desert Boulders May Be Quakes’ Work - Across the Atacama Desert in Chile are thousands of peculiar boulders that look as if they were rubbed smooth across their midsections.How did it happen? Normally rocks become smooth by rubbing against one another in a body of water, but the Atacama is one of the driest places on the planet. Now a team led by Jay Quade, a University of Arizona

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Dear Wall Street occupiers: Letters to protesters — Bette Snyder is nourishing the Wall Street protesters from her kitchen in northwestern Ohio.For the past three weeks, the 69-year-old woman has sent the occupiers of Zuccotti Park tins of home-baked cookies and messages of support."Here are some cookies for the demonstrators," she wrote in a note accompanying one of the tins. "I will keep

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Day After Day, Her Voice Takes Listeners to the Stars — On a clear, cool night in the early 1960s, a father drove his young, pajama-clad daughter to one of the T-head piers on Corpus Christi Bay to marvel at an object in the sky.The girl who peered up at the sky was Sandy Wood, and this year marked her 20th anniversary as the voice of the nationally syndicated radio program “StarDate.” Speaking

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Storing the Stuff of Dreams ( 3 ) - Inspection was also engineered to be a pleasant experience. Clients could wait in that handsome lobby while their Portovault unit was taken down to a heated room in the basement. There, they could rummage through their things in comfort. “No hunting around in a cold warehouse,” an ad promised.New York’s wealthiest may have lived “simply” with comparison to

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Storing the Stuff of Dreams ( 2 ) - Things began to change with the development of luxury apartment buildings in the 1910s. “Grander people were moving into some of the grander buildings,” said Mosette Broderick, an architectural historian at New York University. “It was becoming acceptable to live in an apartment house.” Grand as the new apartment palaces were, they did not have the space for

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Storing the Stuff of Dreams ( 1 ) - Storing the Stuff of Dreams - IT sounds like something out of a dime novel, or maybe a Nicolas Cage film. Behind the mute facade of a largely windowless neo-Gothic tower lies an ingenious system of steel vaults traveling on rails. Within those armored containers, which have been in continuous use since the Jazz Age, are stored some of New York City’s most

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Crop scientists now fret about heat not just water - Crop scientists in the United States, the world's largest food exporter, are pondering an odd question: could the danger of global warming really be the heat?For years, as scientists have assembled data on climate change and pointed with concern at melting glaciers and other visible changes in the life-giving water cycle, the impact on seasonal

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'Doomsday' Comet Elenin Is Dead, NASA Says - The wimpy comet Elenin, which vaulted into the public spotlight as a so-called harbinger of doom, has met its own demise, and its remains won't be back for 12,000 years, NASA scientists say.The comet made a swing through the inner solar system in recent months, coming closest to Earth on Oct. 16, but by that time all that was left were crumbs. The

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Hawaii astronomer captures image of forming planet — Astronomers have captured the first direct image of a planet being born.Adam Kraus, of the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy, said the planet is being formed out of dust and gas circling a 2-milion-year-old star about 450 light years from Earth.The planet itself, based on scientific models of how planets form, is estimated to have

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What Happened to Columbus Day? - In the old days, we had the day off - In Manhattan this morning, it was 70 degrees and sunny, and a fresh breeze rustled the elm trees in the park as the Explainer hustled to the office. It’s bad enough having to work on a perfect autumn day. But it’s downright galling when that perfect day also happens to be a federal holiday. When did Columbus Day become just

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I Don't Have To Celebrate Columbus - "In fourteen hundred ninety two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." So starts the grade school rhyme that condensed Christopher Columbus' first voyage from Europe to the "New World." Columbus was not the first person to discover the Americas. Native Americans had been in the New World for millennia before Columbus was born. He was not even the first European to

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Columbus Controversy - As the classroom rhyme goes, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and discovered America. But there is more to the story of the explorer we celebrate with a federal holiday on the second Monday of every OctoberAs historians have continued to learn and write more about the real life of Christopher Columbus, controversy has arisen over the validity of honoring

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Origins of Columbus Day - Columbus Day is a U.S. holiday that commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World on October 12, 1492. It was unofficially celebrated in a number of cities and states as early as the 18th century but did not become a federal holiday until the 1937. For many, the holiday is a way of both honoring Columbus' achievements and celebrating Italian-American

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Celebrating Tradition with Feminism - Located on the edge of Rawdah Street, Nawal’s boutique is filled with pastel shades of allurement. The boutique captures the quality of being mysteriously attractive and draws you in, and the pastel theme imbibes a soft cultural approach to her designs.Having been in the industry since 2000, Nawal conceived the idea of her signature fashion line in her final

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Scientists, Marketers Are Biggest Coffee Cravers at Work - A new survey shows how coffee is fueling the American work force.Nearly half of the U.S. workers surveyed said they are less productive without their daily cup of joe. In particular, scientists and lab technicians are heavily reliant on their coffee, followed by marketing and public relations professionals, based on the results of a

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A New World Architecture – Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism, the world is facing another stark choice between two fundamentally different forms of organization: international capitalism and state capitalism. The former, represented by the United States, has broken down, and the latter, represented by China, is on the rise. Following the path of least

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Are You Prepared for a Natural Disaster? - No matter where you live, we are all susceptible to a natural disaster. It could be a fire, a tornado, a blizzard or even something more treacherous like a tsunami or hurricane. No matter what the disaster is there is nothing that you or I can do to stop it. All we can do is be prepared.When preparing for any natural disaster, its best to keep it to the

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Side Effects of Omega-3 Supplements - Omega-3 fatty acids play a crucial role in brain function and development. The best way to obtain these nutrients is through food, particularly marine-based foods such as salmon, halibut and tuna. If seafood isn't a regular part of your diet, you can get your omega-3s from supplements. Though supplements are generally safe, they pose risks in rare cases. If

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A day in the life of Lu Hao, the four-year-old toddler who weighs nine-and-a-half STONE - As he struggles to haul his massive bulk from the ground, it is clear four-year-old Lu Hao is no ordinary toddler.The obese Chinese child's parents told last week how their son - who is five times the size of children his age - eats a staggering three bowls of rice for dinner each day.And as these

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The Gadget Hound bids farewell - Four years, 3,000+ posts, and more gadgets than you could shake a stick at — it's been a great run.And just think: when I first started blogging as Yahoo!'s resident Gadget Hound back in March of 2007, there were no Kindles, iPod Touches, Android phones, and yes, no tweets (well, not unless you count those from sparrows). Google was already huge, but Facebook

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Sexual Confidence - According to the American Psychological Association, 30-40% of women are somewhat unhappy with their appearance, while another 45% experience anxiety or depression due to dissatisfaction with their appearance. In other words, millions of women experience feelings of low self esteem and lack confidence about how they look -- and this has to affect how they feel about themselves

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Ancient Cannibals Crafted Cups From Human Skulls - It seems as though ancient cannibals had a "waste not, want not" attitude, suggests the discovery of Ice Age cups made from human skulls — what may be the earliest ones known, scientists say.Human skulls have been made into macabre cups and bowls for thousands of years. For instance, in the fifth century B.C., ancient Greek historian Herodotus

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Kayaking in New Zealand: A classic way to experience nature - It’s amazing how much you can fit into a double-seated kayak. Despite an apparent exiguity, the hull can actually hold up to 400 liters, enough to store food, beverages, and the camping gear required for a three-day sea kayaking trip along the Abel Tasman National Park coastline. Provided you pack with care.So the first

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Fresh air is vital for your health - Who would be without air conditioning in the hot, humid summer? But now that the weather is cooling it is time to open the windows and get out and get some real fresh air. Indoor air quality is generally poorer than outdoor. Studies have shown that the people exposed to air conditioning are more susceptible to colds, ‘flu, headaches and

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Young kids and computers -Parents grapple with how much online time is too much for very young children.There have been plenty of research and philosophizing about preteens' and teenagers' use of computers. But very young children are also logging time with the mouse and keyboard, and parents are grappling with how much is too much.A 2006 study by the Kaiser Family Foundation that examined media

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Hollywood-Style Special Effects Give Girl New Ear – Elise never let her friends see what was left of her ear.She'd carefully style her long hair into a one-sided ponytail, or swelter under a swim cap for hours at meets, to cover the molten lump from a severe burn as a toddler in her native China.But as a teenager, the North Carolina girl expressed her desire to be whole again with a simple

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Seven Things Your Teeth Say About Your Health - Some messages coming out of your mouth bypass the vocal chords. Turns out that your teeth, gums, and surrounding tissues also have plenty to say -- about your overall health."Your mouth is connected to the rest of your body," says Anthony Iacopino, dean of the University of Manitoba Faculty of Dentistry and a spokesperson for the American Dental

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Facebook Declares 'Zero Tolerance' for Data Brokers - On Facebook's Developers blog, the world's largest social networking company declared "zero tolerance" for data brokers, after a recent Wall St. Journal investigation revealed that some Facebook application developers have been selling Facebook users' information to data brokering firms.Facebook has responded to this news by banning the

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Pornography hasn't changed their perception of women or their relationship - All men watch porn, scientists find - Scientists at the University of Montreal launched a search for men who had never looked at pornography - but couldn't find any.Researchers were conducting a study comparing the views of men in their 20s who had never been exposed to pornography with regular users.But their project

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How Half of Women over 55 Log on to Facebook - They have traditionally been the preserve of teenagers, who go online to share pictures of wild nights out with friends. But social networking sites are a guilty pleasure shared by astonishingly high numbers of ‘silver surfers’, research has found.Almost half of female internet users over 55 regularly log on to sites like Facebook and Twitter.

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Outrage, remorse after Rutgers student's death - The death of a Rutgers University freshman stirred outrage and remorse among classmates who said they wished they could have stopped the teen from jumping off a bridge after secret video of his sexual encounter with a man was streamed online.Tyler Clementi, 18, jumped off the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River last week. His body was

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How long can the Higgs boson keep hiding? - For 50 years, physicists have been hunting for the missing piece in the puzzle of the universe. At last, says Graham Farmelo, a sighting may not be too far away . How detecting the Higgs boson in the LHC would look. Finding the elusive last piece of the puzzle may not be far away, says Graham FarmeloWhen will it show its face? Since

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A Scientist Takes On Gravity. It’s hard to imagine a more fundamental and ubiquitous aspect of life on the Earth than gravity, from the moment you first took a step and fell on your diapered bottom to the slow terminal sagging of flesh and dreams.AFLOAT The astrophysicist Stephen Hawking goes weightless in a special jetBut what if it’s all an illusion, a sort of cosmic frill, or a side effect of

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In Ordinary Lives, U.S. Sees the Work of Russian Agents — They had lived for more than a decade in American cities and suburbs from Seattle to New York, where they seemed to be ordinary couples working ordinary jobs, chatting to the neighbors about schools and apologizing for noisy teenagers.MONTCLAIR, N.J. F.B.I. agents arrested Richard and Cynthia Murphy at their suburban home on Sunday

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One sneeze can give 150 people a cold within five minutes. A single sneeze by a commuter on a packed bus or train can give up to 150 fellow passengers a cold in just five minutes, scientists discovered.People who travel to work on public transport are almost twice as likely to catch colds as those who work from home, new research has found.Without the use of a handkerchief or tissue, a typical

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How to Wow Him in One Date. After a single dinner, dating columnist Jake thinks he may have found The Girl. How on earth did he fall so hard, so fast?Two weeks after my latest breakup (I ended things with the 22-year-old I talked about in a recent column), I kept thinking how I never stick with things for long. I had the creeping suspicion that my heart was a steely machine that pumped

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When a Friend Becomes Your Boss (or Vice Versa) . With demanding work schedules and long commutes, it's no wonder that many workers make friends with their co-workers. But these friendships can be jolted by workplace changes, including promotions. When you become your friend's manager -- or your friend becomes yours -- it changes not only your working relationship but also your

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Are you a secret night binger?. Do you often wake up in the middle of the night and head straight for the fridge? Do you skip breakfast because you're so busy and see eating as a nuisance? If this sounds all too familiar, you could be suffering from little-known condition Night Eating Syndrome (NES). Although most people in Britain have never heard of it, research shows that 1.5 per cent of the

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Alien Plants Get New Twist in World of 'Avatar'. The film "Avatar" takes viewers to a fictional moon, where the plants glow, shoot poison leaf tips and communicate. None of this fits exactly with our definition of "plant," but one botanist has pieced together an ecological back-story for how plants may have evolved on this strange world.The moon Pandora is depicted as a lush rainforest that may

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What Men Want From Women. Actually, it’s pretty simple. Deep inside the heart of every man is a secret wish to be trusted. How many times have men said to their wives, “If you would just trust me.” Many men wonder why it seems so difficult for their wives to do something so seemingly simple. The answer stems from the physiological differences between the sexes.It begins at birth when little boys

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Women, say no when you want to. Women should be able to say no and reject an unwanted marriage proposal, a gender and culture studies expert says. “The ability to reject a proposal or the pressure to get married is one of the most empowering decision a woman can make, I think, but in reality a very hard one too,” says University of Indonesia’s Manneke Budiman.Waiting for a proposal: A worker

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7 Breakup Tips For A Broken Relationship. When a relationship is on its last leg and a breakup is inevitable, who ends it? Recognizing that her habits have become annoying instead of cute is just the start. Her rude cell phone calls mid-meal, the way she thinks she's always right and her complete lack of respect for your opinion should all be sending you a clear message.Relationships often go bad

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Moon Tourism by 2020, Entrepreneurs Predict. Leading space entrepreneurs said they are ready, willing and able to fill the U.S. spaceflight gap after NASA retires its space shuttles this year. They confidently predicted that commercial spaceships could fly both cargo and humans into low-Earth orbit for lower cost and by about 2014, or at least sooner than NASA's original plan

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Why can't I lose weight?. According to a report by Mintel, at least one in six women is trying to lose weight. If you're losing the battle perhaps it's because of one of the reasons below: 1. Your upbringing Weight problems may be linked to whether you were breast or bottle-fed. According to German research, breastfed babies are less likely to be overweight as they get older. This could be

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Rev up your sex life in winters. With the party season on full swing and the winter chill taking a toll on a couple's love life, finding new ways to spark up this lull is of utmost importance. While it becomes hard for couples to keep up the pace of their sexual interaction, they often blame it on the frosty weather and fatigued minds and bodies as a justification for their 'not-tonight-honey'

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Helicopter Parents on the Job Search. If you are a parent of a young adult, you could be earning a nickname you've never heard of: "helicopter parent." These parents tend to "hover" over their Generation Y child's life more fully than any generation before. As technology has evolved, cell phones and PDAs have enabled a far greater level of parental vigilance. University of Georgia professor

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Sepuluh Hal Tentang Propaganda. 1 - Menyajikan fakta (kebenaran) bukan berarti terlepas dari yang namanya propaganda; propaganda berkembang pesat dalam menyajikan berbagai jenis kebenaran, termasuk fakta yang hanya mengandung setengah kebenaran, fakta yg sama sekali tidak benar, fakta yang terbatas, lepas dari konteks kebenaran itu sendiri. Propaganda modern yang paling efektif adalah ketika

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Finding Work After the Military. Men and women who leave the military might put dangerous missions behind them, but they face a host of other challenges when they return to civilian life. In addition to adapting to a comparatively calm daily routine and dealing with other effects of service, military leavers have to find work with a new employer.With 23.7 million veterans in the country and 11.1

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Ten Things that Scream, "Don't Hire Me!". You just don't get it. You've applied to numerous jobs, been to countless interviews and made several new contacts in your network -- yet here you are -- still sitting on the unemployment list. What gives?Well ... have you ever stopped to consider that what gives might in fact be ... you? It's a hard concept that most job seekers have trouble wrapping

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Unseen Jobs. In the book "The World Without Us," Alan Weisman hypothesizes what would happen to Earth if humans suddenly disappeared. We would leave behind skyscrapers, roads and pollution. Two days after human disappearance, Weisman speculates, the New York subways would flood because no crew would be underground pumping water out of the tunnels. Skyscrapers would eventually crumble to the

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Unconventional Places to Expand your Network. Update résumé. Write cover letter. Post résumé online. Apply for jobs. Wait to hear from potential employers. Repeat.Such was the process back in the days when job seeking was a simple process -- simpler than it is now, anyway. Unfortunately, in today's ultracompetitive job market, job seekers can't afford to be ordinary. As a result, they are turning

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The mystery of MS and its prevalence in Canada. Canada has one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis in the world, according to an international survey.The 2008 Atlas of Multiple Sclerosis showed MS strikes 133 people out of every 100,000 in Canada, the fifth highest rate among countries surveyed between 2004 and 2005. Prevalence was higher in the United States, Germany, Norway and

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Public banking available to all. Keri Noonan, an expectant mother in Brantford, Ont., first heard about umbilical cord blood banks from a work colleague who had used a private bank when her baby was born. When the topic came up again in her prenatal class, she began investigating to see if cord blood banking was something she wanted for her family. From pamphlets in her midwife's office, Noonan

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Hypothermia: more than just chilled to the bone. Maybe you came across the Dec. 17, 2008 issue of the British Medical Journal and read the article that debunked the myth that you lose more heat through your head than from any other part of your body. Maybe that got you thinking, "I don't need to wear that hat mom's always trying to make me wear."Well, it's always good to heed mom's advice

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Good cups, bad cups?. Coffee has long been considered a beverage that provides a pleasant pick-me-up when sipped in moderation. Too much, however, and you might find yourself irritable, nauseous, twitchy — or, in worst-case scenarios, suffering from an irregular heartbeat, breathing difficulties and convulsions. Researchers have also examined the possibility caffeine may cause health problems

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Organ donations up, but demand outstrips supply. The number of organs donated each year in Canada has risen in the past decade but hasn't kept pace with demand, according to a new report. The Canadian Institute for Health Information released a report Tuesday on organ donor activity from 1998 to 2008.More than two-thirds of the increase in organ donations over the decade under study came from the

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Bacteria prefer prime real estate. Microbes on the human body are picky about where they live. The 100 trillion microbes that reside in and on our bodies are distributed into distinct neighborhoods, according to new research.Sampling 27 different internal and external sites across the body, researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder have developed the most detailed atlas of human

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Lack of exercise may not explain teen obesity – Most U.S. teenagers are not as active as they should be, but a lack of exercise does not seem to account for rising rates of teen obesity, a new study finds.Using government survey data collected between 1991 and 2007, researchers found that in recent years, U.S. teens have averaged more time in gym class and less time in front of the TV.Moreover,

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News Corp throws down the Google gauntlet. The war of words between the news media industry and Google makes for a great spectacle, and this week did not disappoint. According to a report in the Silicon Alley Insider blog, Associated Press CEO Tom Curley is meeting with Google on Friday to press for the creation of a “news registry.” Here’s SAI on the AP’s move: It hopes such a registry would

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Google Chrome OS coming next week…maybe. It’s been four months since Google dropped a bombshell with its announcement that it is getting into the PC operating system game, in a direct challenge to Microsoft and Apple. Now the world may get the first glimpse of Chrome OS, the PC operating system as envisioned by the folks in Mountain View, California. According to a report in TechCrunch citing “a

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Top Rupert Murdoch adviser learns meaning of ‘deadline’. Top Rupert Murdoch adviser Gary Ginsberg is leaving News Corp after 11 years, the company said on Monday. It must have hit New York Times reporter Tim Arango’s e-mail inbox first (his writeup appeared about five minutes before I got the press release). Here is what he wrote about Ginsberg, 47, the second senior executive to leave News Corp

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U.S. Army suicides set to hit new high in 2009 - Suicides in the U.S. Army will hit a new high this year, a top general said on Tuesday in a disclosure likely to increase concerns about stress on U.S. forces ahead of an expected buildup in Afghanistan.The findings, released as President Barack Obama inches toward a decision to send up to 40,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, show the number of

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New Zealand tops Denmark as world's least corrupt nation - New Zealand was on Wednesday named the world's least corrupt nation out of a list of 180 countries, unseating Denmark after a year in which the global recession and ongoing conflicts proved challenging. The annual index by Transparency International ranked 180 countries on a scale of zero to 10 according to 13 independent surveys,

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First U.S. marijuana cafe opens in Portland - The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug. The Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon, is the first to give certified medical marijuana users a place to get hold of the drug and smoke it -- as long as they are out of public view --

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U.S. to end war on medical marijuana in legal states. In a sharp policy shift, the Obama administration told federal attorneys not to prosecute patients who use marijuana for medical reasons or dispensaries in states where it has been legalized. A Justice Department official said the formal guidelines were issued Monday to reflect President Barack Obama's views. The Bush administration had

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In Amazon, a frustrated search for cancer cures. The task of harvesting the secrets of Brazil's vast Amazon rain forest that could help in the battle against cancer largely falls to Osmar Barbosa Ferreira and a big pair of clippers. In jungle so dense it all but blocks out the sun, the lithe 46-year-old shimmies up a thin tree helped by a harness, a strap between his feet, and the

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Sex infections still growing in U.S. American squeamishness about talking about sex has helped keep common sexually transmitted infections far too common, especially among vulnerable teens, U.S. researchers reported Monday. Latest statistics on chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis show the three highly treatable infections continue to spread in the United States. "Chlamydia and

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