World’s Oldest blogger passed away
Posted on July 14, 2008
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Olive Riley,world’s oldest blogger has passed away this Saturday in a nursing home in Woy Woy, Australia at the age of 108. Riley began blogging February last year. She had posted more than 70 entries on her blog. Her posts can be still read in her blog Life of Riley . She had a sizable international audience on her blog. She was born on October 20, 1899 and will be buried later this week on the NSW Central Coast.
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Peer Pressure To Be Slim
Posted on July 14, 2008
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Teenage girls identify themselves according to the peer groups that they belong to. A study done in University of Miami proved that girls’ own definition of normal body weight and their perception of what others consider normal body weight depend on the peer group that they are in.
Dangerous weight control behaviours such as excessive dieting and can lead to serious long-term health implications. Teen girls identifying with athletic peers are less concerned about their weight while girls identifying with non-conformist peers are more concerned about their weight and appearance. Latter group tends to practice dangerous weight losing techniques.
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Miss USA slips and falls at Miss Universe 2008
Posted on July 14, 2008
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At the 2008 Miss Universe competition Sunday in Vietnam, Miss USA Crystle Stewart from Texas slipped and FELL,just as Miss USA Rachel Smith did last year. Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza was crowned Miss Universe 2008.
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Omega-3 More Important to Girls
Posted on July 14, 2008
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Association between higher consumption of Omega-3 fats and intelligence is backed up by several research findings. A new study at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania and University of California raises question that this link is stronger in girls than boys. Comparison of consumption of the omega-3 fatty acids with cognitive test scores in 4000 children revealed that omega-3s accounted for twice as much of the improvement in girls as boys. Omega-3 fats are predominantly supplied in the diet from oily fish, walnuts, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, canola oil and soy.
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How To:
Posted on July 14, 2008
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- How to find healthy food.
- How to prepare for a pet emergency.
- How to Compete and Win the War for Talent.
- How to Travel Light With Web Working Gadgets.
- How to Let Your Blog Go.
- How to avoid a visa hassle on your trip.
- How to avoid Inheritance battles.
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Identity Crisis Faced By The Facebook Generation
Posted on July 12, 2008
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According to a warning given to the Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, this generation who use internet for everything and who have never known a world unless they surf on-line are growing up with a dangerous view of the world and their own identity. They are going through major identity crisis. People who born after 1990 have grown up in a world dominated by online social networks such as Facebook and MySpace. Many of these youngsters use Internet as the main medium to communicate. Their relationships are quickly disposed at the click of a mouse. Because of the online social networking, people find the real world boring and unstimulating. Because of this online mess, youngsters are going through the stages of vulnerable to impulsive to suicide.
Chat room communication reduced sensory experience; person’s expression/body language/ voice/tone aren’t there; and this can shape one’s perceptions of the interaction differently. Online session changes the perception to a dream-like state, and this unnatural blending of mind with the other person leads to entirely different meaning to friendships and relationships.
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Secret Sex Lives of Female Chimps
Posted on July 11, 2008
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Female chimpanzees desire to have sex with as many males as possible. They keep their mouths shut about it, to increases their chances of luring the top chimps. Scientists at the University of St Andrews explored what the copulation calls of female chimpanzees mean. They have concluded that female chimps sometimes keep quiet during sex to prevent other females from intruding, so other female rivals don’t know what they’ve been up to.
Female Chimps produce more copulation calls when high-ranking males were around to attract them. By having sex with more males causes confusion among the male chimpanzees as to which one sired the offspring. Therefore, the males are less likely to kill any babies that might be theirs.
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Amazing Power of Yoga
Posted on July 11, 2008
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Yoga is being used as mental health tool by many psychotherapists. Some of the physical poses can lead to unexpected emotional breakthroughs such as urge to weep. The recognition of the body, mind and spirit are important in the cure of trauma victims. The Walter Reed Army Medical Center is now practicing Yoga to help soldiers to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Yoga’s also been used for a wide range of situations, including sexual abuse, domestic and family violence, chronic pain, depression, relationship issues, anxiety, grief and eating disorders. It can help cure diseases ranging from asthma, insomnia, heart disease, stress and weight loss.
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Build your Own Search Service:BOSS by Yahoo
Posted on July 10, 2008
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Yahoo! Inc. today introduced a new open Web services platform, Yahoo! Search BOSS(Build Your Own Search Service). The platform allows third parties a deeper level of access to Yahoo! Search Technology. The platform gives the flexibility to re-rank and control the presentation of Web search results. Yahoo says monetization capability will be added soon to the platform. BOSS is available to any company that wants to participate in the program. Google also offers a similar service called Google Custom Search.
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Do You Want To Get Better Golf Scores?
Posted on July 10, 2008
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New study proved that better golfers are more likely to see the golf hole as larger than other people. When they play well the hole looks as big as a bucket or basketball hoop, and when they do not play well they view hole looks like a dime.
When players look at the hole, the hole is going to be the center of their vision where there are more photoreceptors, and this means players are more likely to see it clearly, which will help them putt better.
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Iran Test fired Long range Missiles.
Posted on July 9, 2008
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Iran warned the United States and Israel it was ready to retaliate for any attack on their country,following the test fire of nine long range missiles. Iranian officials have said the missiles could reach targets 2,000 km away. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has insisted his country had no intention of attacking Israel. Crude Oil prise rose $2 to around $138 a barrel. Iran is the world’s fourth largest oil producer. The French, German and Italian governments expressed concern at the missile tests.
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Fish’s Ears
Posted on July 9, 2008
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Although we don’t see ears of fishes, they do have ear parts inside their heads. According to the National Wildlife Federation, fishes can pick up sounds in the water through their bodies and in the ear.
They also can sense movement in the water with the lateral lines. Interestingly, sharks have the ability to sense electricity, and genes that contribute to this sense is responsible for the head and facial features in humans. Therefore sharks and humans come down to a common ancestor back in time. Our ears evolved from fish gills.
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