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Morning sex can keep you hale and hearty

Sun, 04 May 2008 06:14:44 GMT

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Morning sex can keep you hale and hearty

A steamy sex session in the morning can keep you in good health, say researchers.

According to a research from Queen's University in Belfast, a good morning session at least three times a week, decreases the risk of heart attack or stroke by half and a regular session improves circulation, thereby reducing blood pressure.

According to a study in New Scientist, a steamy session twice a week enhances IgA, an antibody that provides protection against microbes that multiply in body secretions,

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Stress In the Workplace

Thu, 08 May 2008 17:17:34 GMT

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Clip Source: health.discovery.com

In today's economic upheavals, workplace stress is on everyone's mind. Downsizing, layoffs, mergers and bankruptcies have cost hundreds of thousands of workers their jobs and cause uncomfortable, stressful situations in the workplace. Millions more workers have been shifted to unfamiliar tasks within their companies and wonder how much longer they will be employed, causing a great deal of stress in the workplace for everyone.

Adding to the pressures that workers face are new bosses, computer surveillance of production, fewer health and retirement benefits, and the feeling they have to work longer and harder just to maintain their current economic status. Workers at every level are experiencing increased tension and uncertainty — and, they're updating their resumes.

“ Loss of a job affects every part of life, from what time you get up in the morning, to whom you see and what you can afford to do. Until the transition is made to a new position, stress is chronic. ”

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Meet The Sexiest Women In The World

Thu, 08 May 2008 17:25:56 GMT

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Meet The Sexiest Women In The World

Transformers star Megan Fox has been named the Sexiest Woman in the World by FHM magazine. The 21-year-old grabbed the title from Jessica Alba, topping the poll of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World for 2008, reports News.com.au.

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Few Details on Immigrants Who Died in Custody

Mon, 05 May 2008 15:01:28 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Far more than in the criminal justice system, immigration detainees and their families lack basic ways to get information, even when things go wrong.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Few Details on Immigrants Who Died in Custody

Word spread quickly inside the windowless walls of the Elizabeth Detention Center, an immigration jail in New Jersey: A detainee had fallen, injured his head and become incoherent. Guards had put him in solitary confinement, and late that night, an ambulance had taken him away more dead than alive.

But outside, for five days, no official notified the family of the detainee, Boubacar Bah, a 52-year-old tailor from Guinea who had overstayed a tourist visa. When frantic relatives located him at University Hospital in Newark on Feb. 5, 2007, he was in a coma after emergency surgery for a skull fracture and multiple brain hemorrhages. He died there four months later without ever waking up, leaving family members on two continents trying to find out why.

Boubacar Bah, shown on a trip to Washington, died after being injured in a privately run immigration jail.

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Jenny, the world's oldest gorilla,

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:51:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Nice Pictures

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Tea-time: Jenny has a reputation for being bossy with her keepers at Dallas zoo

Tasty treat: Jenny the gorilla carts off her birthday cake this morning as she turned 55

Pictured: Jenny, the world's oldest gorilla, celebrates her 55th birthday

The world's oldest gorilla celebrated her 55th birthday today with a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf-wrapped treats.

Jenny's caretakers at the Dallas Zoo say she's having a few joint issues and her eyesight isn't what it used to be but she still looks good for an old ape.

"It's a special milestone for us," said Todd Bowsher, curator of the zoo's Wilds of Africa exhibit. "It signifies that we've made great strides in veterinary care, nutrition and animal husbandry."

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Protect yourself from heat stroke

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:34:35 GMT

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Clip Source: www.doctorndtv.com

Protect yourself from heat stroke

Drink lots of fluids through the day.

Wear light-coloured, loose-fitting clothing in hot weather.

Avoid dark coloured clothes as they absorb more heat.

Cover your head.

Limit exposure to the hot sun and wear a broad rimmed hat if working in the sun.

Avoid strenuous activity in hot or humid weather.

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The lightning storm that engulfed an erupting volcano

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:42:22 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Amazing pictures: The lightning storm that engulfed an erupting volcano

Few sights in nature can compare to the sheer magnificence of a volcano erupting in full flow. But while scenes of molten lava are relatively commonplace, this otherworldly picture of Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile shows a truly spectacular, and devastating, volcanic phenomenon. As clouds of toxic ash and dust tower into the sky, they ionise the air ...
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After Cyclone Hunger, Misery in Myanmar

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:38:27 GMT

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After Cyclone Hunger, Misery in Myanmar

Corpses float in the salt water that has swamped the Irrawaddy Delta.

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Forbidden Love Between Siblings

Tue, 06 May 2008 16:34:46 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Love is blind.

Clip Source: abcnews.go.com

Forbidden Love Between Siblings

Half brother and sister insist there is nothing taboo about their relationship.

Danielle Heaney and Nick Cameron are in love.

But their love is taboo. They're half brother and sister.

"I think it would be lovely to grow old together," Cameron, 28, said at the apartment they share in Scotland. "Definitely," Heaney, 22, added, as he kissed her affectionately on the forehead.

There is a name for this: genetic sexual attraction. In Scotland, as in the United States, it's illegal. And Heaney and Cameron have been charged with incest.

"There have been times before the court case came up when I've said, 'Look, we've got to stop this,'" Cameron said. "We never could."

They were sentenced to nine months' probation and banned from any contact.

But the bond remained and they are now back together. The courts allow them to live together, but not sleep together.

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The fascinating facts (and common myths) about our brains

Tue, 06 May 2008 16:25:41 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Revealed: The fascinating facts (and common myths) about our brains

There are many myths about our brains — and as many amazing facts, as revealed in a fascinating new book by SANDRA AAMODT and SAM WANG, two leading neuroscientists.

FACT: You can't tickle yourself

FACT: Looking at a photograph is harder than playing chess

MYTH: You only ever use about 10 per cent of your brain

FACT: Yawns wake up the brain

MYTH: Blind people hear better

FACT: Computer games help you multi-task

MYTH: A bigger brain makes you more intelligent

FACT: Exercise helps keep your brain fit

FACT: Your brain uses less power than a fridge light

MYTH: Listening to Mozart makes babies brainier

FACT: Stupid tunes are hard to forget

Revealed: The fascinating facts (and common myths) about our brains
There are as many myths about our brains as there are amazing facts. Here, some of the most surprising secrets of our grey matter are unmasked

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Breast milk boosts IQ

Tue, 06 May 2008 16:11:49 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Breast milk boosts IQ: Up to 8 points separate babies fed by their mothers and those on formula

Breast-fed babies grow into more intelligent children, with IQs up to eight points higher than those who are bottle-fed, scientists claim.

A study showed long-term breastfeeding aids brain development in addition to its already recognised advantages such as resistance to infections, allergies and asthma.

Brain boost: A breast-fed baby is likely to be more intelligent than those fed with formula

Researchers studied 14,000 children for more than six years and found those who were breast-fed did significantly better in IQ tests.

At six-and-a-half, exclusively breast-fed children scored 5.9 points higher on average in tests of overall intelligence.

They also scored 7.5 points higher in tests of verbal intelligence and 2.9 points in non-verbal intelligence tests.

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Husband 'murdered wife before killing himself'

Mon, 05 May 2008 18:10:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I strongly feel when a relationship gets sour, it is better to surgically separate it.

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Husband 'murdered wife before killing himself' after she confessed on Facebook she was leaving him

A husband is believed to have murdered his wife before killing himself after she told friends on Facebook they were splitting up, it emerged yesterday.

Tracey Grinhaff's body was found in a shed in the back garden of the family home she shared with her husband, Gary, and their two young daughters, aged 14 and four.

An hour later, officers discovered the body of Mr Grinhaff, 41, an electrical engineer, in woodland nearby.

Tracey Grinhaff is said to have posted a message on Facebook saying she was splitting from husband Gary

Tributes have been paid to the mother of two

Tracey's body was found in the back garden of their semi detached

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Act of Kindness

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:46:28 GMT

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Clip Source: www.wisdomquotes.com

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Albert Schweitzer:

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The world's most intelligent fish; Pictured

Mon, 05 May 2008 15:44:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Mind boggling.

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

The world's most intelligent fish

Introducing the world's most intelligent fish - he can play football, basketball and even limbo dance under a bar.

Comet the goldfish has been trained by his owner to perform the astonishing range of aquatic activities on demand.

And that's not all - watery genius can also play fetch with a hoop, slalom around a series of poles and push a rugby ball over a set of posts.

Watch the world's most intelligent fish in action below ...

Swam dunk: Comet prepares to shoot a hoop

Catch of the day: Comet's owner used a training technique called positive reinforcement to teach the fish tricks

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Nice try: Comet has been trained to push a miniature rugby ball over a set of posts

Gold ring: Comet's owner adapted training methods previously used on dolphins

Flat fish: Comet limbers up for a spot of sub-aqua limbo

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Chocolate and sex can boost brain

Mon, 05 May 2008 15:33:12 GMT

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Clip Source: www.rediff.com

Chocolate and sex can boost brain: Study

Forget crosswords. If you really want to boost your brain power, eat dark chocolate, consume cold meat and have plenty of sex, if possible every day.

A team of international researchers has carried out a study and found that while dark chocolate and plenty of cold meat for breakfast boost grey matter, sex keeps the brain fit in later life, the Daily Mail reported.

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