tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463606023950349502012-04-23T02:18:40.677+07:00There are two things in life that a sage must preserve at every sacrifice, the coats of his stomach and the enamel of his teeth. Some evils admit of consolations, but there are no comforters for dyspepsia and the toothachenaknikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291227594454162695noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446360602395034950.post-73266407068961535642012-02-22T20:01:00.003+07:002012-02-22T20:05:37.690+07:00

Seven Tips for Working for a Younger Boss - As more baby boomers delay retirement and work until older ages, they may find themselves working for a younger boss. A recent Harris Interactive and CareerBuilder survey of 5,231 full-time employees found that 69 percent of workers ages 55 and older currently have a younger manager. The generational differences of this dynamic can create challenges.

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Hong Kong women protest against mainland mothers - Pregnant women and mothers pushing strollers were among more than 1,500 protesters who took to the streets in Hong Kong Sunday to oppose the growing number of mainland Chinese giving birth in the city.Women from mainland China are keen to have babies in Hong Kong -- which has had semi-autonomous status since it ceased to be a British colony in

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Supermodel next generation: Crawford daughter fronts Young Versace - Following on from the launch of Young Versace's first store in Milan last month, the brand has unveiled its new advertising campaign with supermodel Cindy Crawford's 10-year-old daughter Kaia Gerber as the face.Modeling designs adorned with the label's iconic Greek key motif, Gerber was shot by acclaimed fashion photographers

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Tennessee town hopes ghost search can scare up cash - Harriman, Tennessee hopes that ghosts, or rather ghost hunters, can raise enough money to restore an historic and reputedly haunted building.One ghost hunter wants to use the "dark entities" supposedly haunting the 121-year-old Temperance Building, a former jail, to attract both tourists and paranormal enthusiasts to Harriman, which was

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Girls Starting Puberty At Younger Ages - Add one more reason to the long list of reasons to support Michelle Obama's initiative to prevent childhood obesity: it will help reverse the trend of girls starting puberty at younger and younger ages. A new study shows a rapid trending downwards of the average age of girls beginning puberty, and the escalating rates of childhood obesity are being

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Facebook, Google Battle To Be Video-Calling Home Base - Video calling has yet to catch on with the average consumer, despite the wealth of free or low-cost ways to do it.The slow uptake hasn’t deterred tech companies from launching video calling services, however. On Tuesday, Facebook was the latest to unveil its solution: a video chat service that operates within the web browser, powered by

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What Is the Oldest Age You Can Join the Army? - The military protects all American citizens' rights, but serving in the military is not a right. Service is a privilege, which provides higher education opportunities, excellent benefits and travel opportunities. A recruit must meet specific qualifications for the privilege, which include good physical condition, mental strength and commendable

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Australian Scientists Unearth Massive Wombat-Like Fossil — “It was the biggest of them all — the biggest marsupial that ever lived on any continent.”Australian scientists have uncovered the remains of 3-ton marsupial the size of a rhinoceros that lived 2 million years ago.The Daily Telegraph reports that paleontologists in Queensland have unearthed a nearly complete skeleton of the wombat-like

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Only 25 percent of American teens have summer jobs, the lowest percentage on record. Why? Are they lazy? - My teenage summer jobs were typical: lousy and formative. One summer, I scooped ice cream by a dock for $5 an hour plus tips. The next, I bagged groceries, with an August promotion to check-out and the privilege of moistening the leafy vegetables with a spray bottle. These jobs were

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Expulsion Threat for Under-Age Facebook Users -- A NSW school whose students participated in a Facebook site used for cyber-bullying has threatened to expel students under 13 who are using the social networking site.In an email to parents the principal of Northern Beaches Christian School, Stephen Harris, warned that students registered on Facebook and under the social network's age limit of 13

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A Must to Sleep on A Cotton Mat When Menstruating -- Rima Singh, an executive with an Indian outsourcing company, smokes, drinks and dates boyfriends in New Delhi —- but doesn’t tell her parents back home in small-town India.Three years ago, the 24-year-old left what she described as a mundane life full of strict social conventions in the town of Mathura in northern India and headed for the

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Saudi Arabia Bans Filipino, Indonesian Domestic Workers - Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday it would stop granting work permits to domestic workers from Indonesia and the Philippines, following hiring conditions imposed by the Asian countries.The ministry of labor said it would “stop issuing work visas to bring domestic workers from Indonesia and the Philippines, effective from Saturday“ due to “

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Want a Happier Brain? Try Mindfulness - One of the most upbeat people I know is Richard Davidson, a friend since my grad school days, now a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Director of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds.Richie, as everyone calls him, has always been one of those people whose mere presence brings a good feeling. And now, because of his research

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A New Way to Pay Off Credit Card Debt - People are always coming out with quick fixes for tough problems. Take this pill and lose weight. Invest here and make a huge profit, guaranteed. Use this service and cut your debt in half or wipe negative information from your credit reports.These schemes are why the phrase "it's too good to be true" became a cliche, and you're right to doubt them. To

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Cellphone calls alter brain activity – Spending 50 minutes with a cellphone plastered to your ear is enough to change brain cell activity in the part of the brain closest to the antenna.But whether that causes any harm is not clear, scientists at the National Institutes of Health said on Tuesday, adding that the study will likely not settle recurring concerns of a link between cellphones and

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What would you ask E.T. if you had the chance? - A lot of the suggestions, no doubt, were based on assumptions of what aliens who are capable of interstellar travel are like. However I have the idea that there is one question—proposal rather—that most have not thought of.If I were confronted by an alien, I would make a suggestion. "Let's make a deal."Unarguably pure capitalism is the most ethical

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Tips for Selecting College Classes - I've always thought that it's wonderful that many colleges require their incoming freshmen to read a book during the summer. I'm bringing this up because I want to nominate a book for this summer's college reading lists that I think represents the best possible selectionAndrew Roberts, an assistant professor of political science at Northwestern University,

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Are You There God? It's Me, Brain - How our innate theory of mind gives rise to the divine creator - The scientific jury is still out on whether our species is unique among social mammals in being able to conceptualize mental states—other species, such as chimps, dogs, scrub jays and dolphins, may have some modest capacity in this regard. But there's absolutely no question that we're much better

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Why Men Don't Listen to Women - In a recent posting I identified a list of the wrong things to say to someone who is upset. Interestingly, this led to a lot of comments on The Huffington Post, which got me thinking. The first thought I had was, "Why do men find it so hard to validate women?" Before I get into this, I'd like you to think about the research by psychologist John Gottman. Gottman

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The brave new world of making babies - As actress Nicole Kidman becomes the latest star to take delivery from a surrogate mother, the social and moral boundaries of reproduction are becoming increasingly blurred. Laura Donnelly reportsHollywood stars are good at paying tribute to the production teams who helped them create their latest masterpiece. But last week, when actress Nicole Kidman and

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Film 'Matchstick Men' Preps Smokers to Light Up - Many things can trigger a craving for cigarettes in smokers, and Nicolas Cage apparently is one of them. Watching an actor light up onscreen activates the part of the brain that plans hand movements in smokers, a new study finds, just as if the smokers were about to light a cigarette themselves.Regular smokers have a well-trod motor pathway for

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High blood pressure combination pill 'better than one' - A combination of drugs is better than a single one in treating high blood pressure, a UK study has suggested. The study in the Lancet involved 1,200 people and found starting treatment with two drugs gave better and faster results, with fewer side effects. The approach challenges conventional medical practice where

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Fisher offers sage advice to Hilton, Lohan and young Hollywood - Carrie Fisher has penned an open letter to Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Hollywood's young stars, urging them to "stop for a minute to appreciate where you could be".Fisher offers sage advice to Hilton, Lohan and young HollywoodThe Star Wars icon, who has tackled her fair share of problems, is calling on the new wave of

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The more kids, the lower moms' suicide risk - Supporting the theory that parenthood offers a buffer against suicidal behavior, a new study finds that the more children a woman has, the lower her suicide risk.There is a long-standing theory that the historically lower suicide rates seen among married versus unmarried women reflects a "protective effect" of motherhood, rather than advantages

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Rihanna still atop Social 50 chart – Rihanna holds at No. 1 for a third non-consecutive week on the Social 50 chart, which ranks the most active artists on the world's leading social networking sites -- MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and iLike.The ranking uses a formula blending weekly additions of friends/fans/followers along with weekly artist page views and weekly song plays. The final

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