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Jay Leno Quotations...

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:56:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: He makes you to laugh, simultaneously making you to think...

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he will eat steak.

Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you are your true friends. The rest aren't bad people; they're just acquaintances.

Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?

I went into a McDonald's yesterday and said, 'I'd like some fries.' The girl at the counter said, 'Would you like some fries with that?'

If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.

Now there are more overweight people in America than average-weight people. So overweight people are now average. Which means you've met your New Year's resolution.

I think high self-esteem is overrated. A little low self-esteem is actually quite good…Maybe you're not the best, so you should work a little harder.

US comedian & television host

Weather alerts boosts lung health..

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:02:42 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

By Jane Elliott
Health reporter, BBC News

A scheme warning people with a lung condition about weather which could have an effect on them has cut hospital admissions for the problem by a fifth.

The Met Office alerts tell people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) when cold weather is due.

More than 8,000 patients from 189 GP practices across the UK are signed up to the scheme.

The British Lung Foundation says users can plan to avoid being out during cold snaps which could harm their health.

COPD is a progressive lung disease that affects over 900,000 people in the UK, causing acute breathlessness meaning everyday life can be very difficult.

Cold air can worsen symptoms by making airways narrower, making it even harder to breathe. Chest infections are also more common in winter.

Deaths due to respiratory disease, like COPD, increase 12 days after a fall in temperature, which causes an increase in colds and breathing problems.

Hooked to smoking at the first puff? Ur genes my dear Watson,ur genes!!!

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:14:28 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Puffing on a first cigarette is a rite of passage for many teenagers, but whether it is enjoyable may be partly down to genetics, researchers suggest.

University of Michigan scientists have identified a gene variant found more often in people who said their first cigarette produced a "buzz".

These people were much more likely to go on to become regular smokers, the journal Addiction reports.

The researchers say the finding may help development of anti-smoking drugs.

A person's decision to smoke for the first time, or carry on smoking, is not thought to be governed solely by his or her genes, but a mixture of genes, environmental factors and social pressures.

It appears that for people who have a certain genetic make-up, the initial physical reaction to smoking can play a significant role in determining what happens next

Genetic data was obtained from 435 volunteers, some of whom were regular smokers, and some who had tried cigarettes but were not currently smokers.

Handsets, laptops taken to the grave

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:53:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: oh huh...

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

More people than ever are asking to be buried or cremated with their mobile phones when they die, say researchers.

The trend, which began in South Africa, has now spread to a number of countries, including Ireland, Australia, Ghana, and the US.

Martin Raymond, director of international trend-spotting think-tank, The Future Laboratory said that this had started off "in the realm of the urban myth", but was fast becoming fact.

He explained that the first cases of people asking to be buried with their phone originated in Cape Town, where some people's belief in witchcraft meant they feared that "they could fall under a spell, be put to sleep and actually be buried.

"In fact, they were asking for the phones to be put into the coffins with them in case they woke up."

"We came across one guy who asked to be buried with his mobile phone and his Blackberry, and also with his laptop."

Some funeral parlours will now arrange for the phone put into the box with the ashes following the cremation.

Writing is a healing process & a special blessing from God!

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:59:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: for the rest of the article, a visit to the site is advised.
by Lalitha V Raman.

Clip Source: www.writinghood.com

Writing is a healing process; long buried experiences, witnessed scenes, controlled emotions, contained fury, unbelievable coincidences, the mysteries and the myths of life, the abundant happiness, admiration for the people and for the places, the pure joy of the life and living…

Writing is a gift from the God: some people are gifted with speech and some are gifted with making handicrafts. Some others are gifted with cooking, gardening and disciplined home making tasks. Some people are gifted with multi-tasking wonderfully well and some others are gifted with abundance of everything. The special people in the world are gifted with writing!

Writing displays the love and the emotions from your heart. It also displays your long accumulated experiences, the witnessed details, the courage against the fear and the prejudices, the “no matter what” persistent attitudes and the “one step at a time” reasoning…the writing is the window to your heart!

Mental risk of Facebook teens...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:54:04 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Children growing up alongside the rise of social networking websites may have a "potentially dangerous" view of the world, says a leading psychiatrist.

Dr Himanshu Tyagi said sites such as Facebook and MySpace may be harmful.

It may be possible that young people who have no experience of a world without online societies put less value on their real world identities

Dr Tyagi said that people born after 1990 did not know a world without the widespread use of the internet.

He warned that the current crop of psychiatrists were perhaps not fully prepared to help young people with internet-related problems.

While social networking sites offered great benefits, he said, there were potential pitfalls.

Diabetes forcing many amputations...

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:26:09 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Around 100 people a week in the UK have a limb amputated as a result of diabetes, a charity has claimed.

Diabetes UK highlighted the statistic to raise awareness of the "life-shattering" impact of the illness.

People with diabetes are 15 times more likely to need a lower limb amputation than people without the condition.

Diabetes, which is on the increase, can also cause heart attacks, strokes, blindness and kidney failure.

This situation is shocking given that most amputations can be prevented with better awareness and management of the condition

Douglas Smallwood
Diabetes UK

People with diabetes are far more likely to develop foot problems, including ulcers, which can get infected and can even lead to gangrene.

More than one in 10 foot ulcers results in an amputation.

Figures suggest that about seven out of 10 people having an amputation will die within five years.

Sex diseases 'double in over-45s'

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:21:02 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Sexually transmitted infections have doubled in under a decade in people over 45 and are now rising faster than in the young, research suggests.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) study said internet dating and erectile dysfunction drugs were partly to blame.

Men were most likely to be affected, with increases in herpes, syphilis, gonorrhoea and genital warts.

The number of sexually transmitted infections is rising in both young and old, despite sexual health campaigns urging people to avoid unsafe sex.

In total, 4,445 infections were detected in older people, with genital warts accounting for almost half of these diagnoses.

Within the over-45 age group, men and people aged 55 to 59 were most likely to have a sexually transmitted infection (STI).

The overall rate of infections more than doubled over the eight-year period from 16.7 per 100,000 population to 36.3 per 100,0000.

This meant a significantly higher increase for older people compared with younger patients.

Why don't some people change, for a change?

Fri, 02 May 2008 11:24:36 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Isn't his first priority to take care of his own country and his own people, rather than trying to 'save the world' all the time?
Hats off to the american people for putting up with the series of such politican jokers...

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush called for $770 million in new U.S. food aid donations and other measures on Thursday as Washington seeks to stave off a food crisis threatening to envelop the developing world.

Bush, expressing concern as skyrocketing world food prices intensify unrest in poor countries from Haiti to Burkina Faso, promised the United States would take a lead in fighting the hunger now gripping a greater swath of the developing world

Administration officials said the $770 million would include $395 million in emergency food aid, $225 million for food vouchers, seeds, or aid purchases in the developing world, and $150 million for development work aimed at food security.

That will help "improve the ability of the developing world to feed itself," said Stephen McMillin, a top budget official.

because it is time to celebrate ur life!

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:40:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Mm...true!

Clip Source: www.authspot.com

When you go to sleep the moment your head hit your pillows,
Know that you are being blessed by the God!
When you are asked for forgiveness by someone,
Understand that you are being honored by the angels!

When you get up late in the morning and curse yourself,
Remember that there are people who have never woken up that morning!

When you squabble with your wife, do make up with her,
People die more out of loneliness than out of poverty in the world!
When you feel hurt, upset with and are irritated by mean people,
Just throw them out of your life! You deserve better friends!

When the warm fire glows in your home in the rain and in the snow
When your home feels cool and nice in the worst of the summer days
When there is someone waiting for you to get home every single night
With water and food kept ready on the table,
Realize that it is time to celebrate your life as you had never celebrated before

Ten Habits of Emotionally Intelligent People

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:37:49 GMT

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Clip Source: webhome.idirect.com

The Ten Habits of Emotionally Intelligent People
Copyright 1999 Steve Hein, The EQ Institute - May be copied for educational uses.

High EQ people:

1. Label their feelings, rather than labeling people or situations.	"I feel impatient." vs "This is ridiculous." "I feel hurt and bitter". vs. "You are an insensitive jerk." "I feel afraid." vs. "You are driving like a idiot."
2. Distinguish between thoughts and feelings.	Thoughts: I feel like...& I feel as if.... & I feel that Feelings: I feel: (feeling word)
3. Take responsibility for their feelings.	"I feel jealous." vs. "You are making me jealous."
4. Use their feelings to help them make decisions.	"How will I feel if I do this?" "How will I feel if I don't"
5. Show respect for other people's feelings.	They ask "How will you feel if I do this?" "How will you feel if I don't."
6. Feel energized, not angry.	They use what others call "anger" to help them feel energized to take productive action.
7. Validate other people's feelings.	They show empathy, understanding, and acceptance of other people's feelings.
8. Practice getting a positive value from their negative emotions.	They ask themselves: "How do I feel?" and "What would help me feel better?" They ask others "How do you feel?" and "What would help you feel better?"
9. Don't advise, command, control, criticize, judge or lecture to others.	They realize it doesn't feel good to be on the receiving end of such behavior, so they avoid it.
10. Avoid people who invalidate them, or don't respect their feelings.	As much as possible, they choose to associate only with other people with high EQ.

Tags: eq, emotional intelligence

Random health facts you never knew...

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:09:36 GMT

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clipper's remarks: may be, you knew some of them...

Clip Source: www.healthranker.com

Motorists who talk on cell phones are more impaired than drunk drivers with blood-alcohol levels exceeding .08!

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour

The word ‘gymnasium’ comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means ‘to exercise naked.’

There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.

Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the morning

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television

It is possible to go blind from smoking too heavily

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do

You are about 1 centimeter taller in the morning than in the evening

During your lifetime, you’ll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that’s the weight of about 6 elephants.

The average American eats at McDonalds more than 1,800 times in their life

There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in rats.

Tags: random, facts, health.

Love them anyway!

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:27:45 GMT

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Clip Source: www.inspirationpeak.com

People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest person with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest person with the smallest mind.
Think big anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack if you help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

Tags: inspiration, inspirational.

People come into your life for a reason

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:35:45 GMT

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clipper's remarks: a season, or for a life time...profoundly inspiring!

Clip Source: www.promiseofgod.com

People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which it is, you will know exactly what to do.

When people come into your life for a SEASON, it is because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They may bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons; those things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person or people involved; and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships, and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

Let His presence settle into your bones,
and allow your soul the freedom to sing,
dance, and to bask in the sun.
It is there for each and every one of you.

Scientists narrow optimism area in brain

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:03:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Having our brains wired to optimism is generally a good thing because "if you were pessimistic about the future you would not be motivated to take a lot of action," Phelps said....read on!

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Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

WASHINGTON - A person's optimism in the future seems to be controlled by a small front part of the mid-brain, according to a study that used brain imaging.

That area deep behind the eyes activates when people think good thoughts about what might happen in the future. The more optimistic a person is, the brighter the area showed up in brain scans, the scientists reported in a small study published online Thursday in the journal Nature.

That same part of the brain, called the rostral anterior cingulate cortex (rACC), seems to malfunction in people suffering depression, said the study co-authors, Elizabeth Phelps of New York University and Tali Sharot of University College London.

The same study also found that people tended to think that happier events were closer in time and more vivid than the bad ones, even if they had no reason to believe it, Phelps said.

Tags: brain, pessimism, optimism, research, brain imaging.