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habit restricts man

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:23:40 GMT

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Cellphone Tracking Study Shows We’re Creatures of Habit

New research that makes creative use of sensitive location-tracking data from 100,000 cellphones in Europe suggests that most people can be found in one of just a few locations at any time, and that they do not generally go far from home.

“Individuals display significant regularity, because they return to a few highly frequented locations, such as home or work,” the researchers found.

That might seem like science and mountains of data being marshaled to prove the obvious. But the researchers say their work, which also shows that people exhibit similar patterns whether they travel long distances or short ones, could open new frontiers in fields like disease tracking and urban planning.

Tags: habit, nature, cell phone

Adults toy with toys

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:35:35 GMT

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Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Skyscraper of steel toy parts sparkles in New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A million pieces of stainless steel toy parts assembled into a nearly seven-story model skyscraper glimmered under the hot sun in New York on Tuesday, in American artist Chris Burden's latest project.

The 16,000-pound (7,250-kg) "poetic interpretation" of the 30 Rock Building at Rockefeller Center was made of replicated Erector set pieces from the toy created by A.C. Gilbert in 1912, Burden said.

"He was inspired by the buildings to build this toy system and I used this toy system to build a building," Burden said.

Reuters Photo: People walk past artist Chris Burden's 65-foot tall skyscraper sculpture, constructed out of toy parts,...

Tags: toys, toy waste, building

extended suffering

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:35:55 GMT

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Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

U.S. life expectancy tops 78 for the first time

Federal report cites decline in heart disease, other major causes of death

ATLANTA - For the first time, U.S. life expectancy has surpassed 78 years, the government reported Wednesday, although the United States continues to lag behind about 30 other countries in estimated life span.

The increase is due mainly to falling mortality rates in almost all the leading causes of death, federal health officials said. The average life expectancy for babies born in 2006 was about four months greater than for children born in 2005.

Japan has the longest life expectancy — 83 years for children born in 2006, according to World Health Organization data. Switzerland and Australia were also near the top of the list.

Wed., June. 11, 2008

Stress and its symptoms

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:32:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Stress should be emotionally approached rather than allopathically.

Clip Source: avialblah.blogspot.com

Stress—its surface level symptoms

Stress may affect us temporarily or permanently. It depends on how deep a person gets involved emotionally.

Dispossession, (to live without the use of things which we think we can not do without) is one way of training ourselves to be dispassionate and ready to meet adverse conditions.

But Stress is basically an emotion and ambition related problem. Everyone gets into stress now and then. So there is no escape from getting stressed. The escape lies with our attitude. Avoid the seven sins and one can live happily

We have no right to ask when sorrow comes, "Why did this happen to me?" unless we ask the same question for every moment of happiness that comes our way. —Unknown

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Tags: stress, distress, depression.

undetected smoke

Thu, 22 May 2008 16:09:11 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Study Finds Big Social Factor in Quitting Smoking

By GINA KOLATA

Published: May 22, 2008

For years, smokers have been exhorted to take the initiative and quit: use a nicotine patch, chew nicotine gum, take a prescription medication that can help, call a help line, just say no. But a new study finds that stopping is seldom an individual decision.

Smokers tend to quit in groups, the study finds, which means smoking cessation programs should work best if they focus on groups rather than individuals. It also means that people may help many more than just themselves by quitting: quitting can have a ripple effect prompting an entire social network to break the habit.

Bonifacio Torres enjoys a cigarette alone in New York, but many smokers find they give up smoking as part of a group.

Tags: smoking, cancer, heart

Shameless togehter

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:32:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Unhloy come together

Clip Source: www.telegraphindia.com

BSY trains sights on Gowda flock

SANJAY K. JHA

BJP leaders said despite breaching the southern barrier, the party was dogged by a sense of insecurity as it had not won a simple majority on its own.

New Delhi, June 6: The BJP, buoyed by the trust vote victory in Karnataka today, has decided to play a new game: split H.D. Deve Gowda’s flock and beef up its bench strength.

BS Yedyurappa with HD Kumaraswamy at the former chief minister’s residence in Bangalore on Wednesday. (Bangalore News Photo)

The party had fallen short of three seats in the House of 224 and had to seek the support of six Independents to make the magic number. Five of them have been made ministers but the BJP is not confident about how committed they are.

Tags: bangalore, bjo

tips to remain young

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:03:07 GMT

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Clip Source: health.yahoo.com

Dr. Mao's Secrets of Longevity

5 Healthiest Anti-Aging Snacks Posted Mon, Jun 09, 2008, 2:24 am PDT

Snacking often gets a bad rap, but if you make intelligent choices about what you eat, you can actually benefit your health and longevity. Read on to find out how!

1. Nuts and Seeds Keep You Young

2. An Apple a Day for Heart Health

By Dr. Maoshing Ni Provided by:

Tags: aging, anti-aging

escapism

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:34:08 GMT

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Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Google Co-Founder Spends $5 Million For Seat In Space

KNTV-TV

Wed., June. 11, 2008

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - The company that sends wealthy tourists to the International Space Station has said that Google co-founder Sergey Brin has paid $5 million to reserve a seat on a future flight.

Space Adventures made the announcement Wednesday in Manhattan.

Company officials also say they have struck a deal with the Russian space agency to launch the first entirely private Soyuz flight to the space station in 2011. Two seats will be available.

Bear this

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:17:01 GMT

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Clip Source: www.forbes.com

Lehman's Bear Necessity

06.09.08, 10:14 AM ET

The rumors were right--Lehman Brothers lost more money than expected and now has to raise more money than it initially thought.

Tear Sheet Chart News

The brokerage said early Monday that it lost $2.8 billion in the period and $2.3 billion for the first half of its fiscal year, wiping out its profits for the comparable six months last year. It plans to raise $6 billion of capital in common and preferred stock.

Tags: investment

need based eating

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:45:08 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nosle.com

Give us this day our daily bread

God is great, God is good. Let us thank him for our food. By his hand, we are fed, Give us, Lord, our daily bread. Amen

-Gayle1223

Gluttony is one of the Seven Sins.

Food is a necessity and it should get ingested into the body through eating it. Though this is a normal activity, it is being discussed at length at all times. There is a saying that it is through the stomach one gets into another's heart. Every community has its own specials from prayers to food. One's eating habit is also cause and relief to one's stress.

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking, if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. - Voltaire

Wasting food is the eighth sin

Tags: eat, food, health, exercise

to school or to beijing?

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:28:08 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Olympic Hopeful Is Facing Some Tough Choices

The Stanford swimmer Ben Wildman-Tobriner won the 50-meter freestyle at the world championships last year in Australia.

Published: June 8, 2008

By KAREN CROUSE

PALO ALTO, Calif. — At last year’s world championships in Australia, nobody was faster than Ben Wildman-Tobriner, who won the 50-meter freestyle. So why is it that he spends his days at the pool feeling as if he is not moving at all?

Blame life’s crazy crosscurrents. Aspiring to be a doctor and an Olympian, Wildman-Tobriner is being pulled by two powerful desires: medical school and a medal.

His challenge this month is to avoid being dragged under by deadlines. June is when he is supposed to decide whether to enroll in classes this fall. It is also when the cut-down process starts for selecting the United States swim team that will compete in the Beijing Games.

Tags: swiming, palo alto, olympic 2008

The missing link

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:43:38 GMT

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Clip Source: www.livescience.com

Missing East Coast Lighthouse Found in California

By The Associated Press

WELLFLEET, Mass. (AP) — Local historians for decades thought the 30-foot tall lighthouse that once overlooked Wellfleet Harbor had been taken down and destroyed in 1925.

A lighthouse at Point Montara is shown in Montara, Calif., Wednesday, June 4, 2008. According to lighthouse researchers, this lighthouse was first erected in 1881 overlooking Wellfleet Harbor in Wellfleet, Mass. and had been moved by the Coast Guard from Wellfleet to Yerba Buena, Calif., and eventually to Point Montara. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Turns out, it had just been moved to the California coast.

The fate of the cast-iron tower was uncovered last year by lighthouse researchers and reported by Colleen MacNeney in this month's edition of Lighthouse Digest.

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infosys billions

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:09:59 GMT

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Clip Source: www.moneycontrol.com

Learn entrepreneurship the Infosys way!

2008-06-06 20:52:22 Source : News Bulletins/CNBC-TV18
(Interview Transcript)

, from its Nasdaq listing to its USD 1 billion in profits, makes headline news. But the story that still fires the imagination is the genesis and how it all started in a 10x10 room 27 years ago. NR Narayanamurthy is the man who started Infosys.

Excerpts from CNBC-TV18’s exclusive interview with NR Narayanamurthy:

Q: One of the reasons that compelled you to start Infosys in 1981 was that you wanted to experiment with your version of the enterprise, entrepreneurship, capitalism and it was your rejection of Leftism, socialism and economic system. Take us through why that intellectual premise occurred.

Secondly, it is not the responsibility of the government to create an environment where there is incentive for more and more people to become entrepreneurs.

Bookies book profit

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:21:55 GMT

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Clip Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Chennai bookies bet Rs 300 cr on final

2 Jun 2008, 0344 hrs IST,A Selvaraj,TNN

CHENNAI: Nearly Rs 2,500 crore was up for grabs on Sunday as the IPL final between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals kept bookies across the country on their toes.

"For bookmakers in Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Agra (the major centres for betting), this was a mega event. Nearly Rs 2,500 crore was at stake, with almost Rs 300 crore from Chennai. It is estimated that a total of Rs 20,000 crore was wagered during the 44 days of IPL matches," a cricket broker told The Times Of India.

Speculation was high for Rajasthan Royals after their 12 victories in the Twenty-20 matches played in the Indian Premier Leagues, but Chennai Super Kings emerged as favourites for bookmakers across India after their stunning victory in the semi-final against Kings Punjab XI.

Tags: cricket, ipl, india

Herbal treatment for blood cancer

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:50:56 GMT

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Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

Teen Refused Chemo, Beat Cancer With 'Alternative' Therapies

Friday, June 06, 2008

FLOYD, Va. — Starchild Abraham Cherrix has plenty of reason to celebrate his 18th birthday Friday.

His case led to a state law named after him that gives Virginia teenagers and their parents the right to refuse doctor-recommended treatments for life-threatening ailments.

Cherrix completed radiation treatments last year. He has also used alternative herbal treatments.

Starchild Abraham Cherrix, seen here at age 17, won a court battle against Va. officials who tried to force him to undergo chemo.

His latest blood results show no indication of the Hodgkin's disease he's battled since 2005, and for the first time in two years he doesn't have to report those results to the Accomack County court.

Tags: blood cancer, cancer, herbal, alternative medicine