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Top 10 Cool Facts About Sleep

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:49:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Sleep is not a simple process. Many parts of the brain control it and influence its different stages. Here is a list of 10 very interesting facts to learn more about sleep.

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1. It's impossible to tell if someone is really awake without close medical supervision. People can take cat naps with their eyes open without even being aware of it.

2. Dreams, once thought to occur only during REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, also occur (but to a lesser extent) in non-REM sleep phases. It's possible there may not be a single moment of our sleep when we are actually dreamless.

3. REM dreams are characterised by bizarre plots, but non-REM dreams are repetitive and thought-like, with little imagery - obsessively returning to a suspicion you left your mobile phone somewhere, for example.

4. Humans sleep on average around three hours less than other primates like chimps, rhesus monkeys, squirrel monkeys and baboons, all of whom sleep for 10 hours.

5. Ducks at risk of attack by predators are able to balance the need for sleep and survival, keeping one half of the brain awake while the other slips into sleep mode.

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How to Prepare For a Great Speech

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:48:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Have you just found out you need to give a speech? And you're feeling a little nervous about it? Here's a step-by-step guide to help you prepare a speech on any topic.

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What is the purpose of your speech? To inform? To persuade? To entertain? Once you know the general purpose of your speech you can begin to prepare for your speech.

Anyone can talk for five minutes. The problem is leaning how to stop at five minutes and still have given a complete speech. Before we begin, let's outline four essential steps for preparation which are explained in details below:

1. Where to Start?

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Court Finds Bear Guilty Of Stealing Honey

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:46:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Don't you just love a true news story that seems so bizarre that it couldn't possibly be true, well this is just one of those stories.

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Now don't laugh, this is a serious story.

A court in Macedonia has ordered the government to pay a $3,500 fine to a local bee-keeper over a bear that had been stealing his honey.

The beekeeper took the bear to court in Macedonia after spending a year trying to protect his bees and their honey from the hungry beast. The sweet-toothed bear didn't show up at court, but he was still found guilty of theft and criminal damage.

Since the bear was obviously unable to pay damages, is a protected species and has no owner, the state has to pay $3,500 for the damage to the owner Zoran Kiseloski. So, after the year-long case of the bear vs the beekeeper ended in the beekeeper's favour.

Kiseloski explained to the media:

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