neophyteblogger

31 year old from mumbai, india. fond of history, trekking, reading, fantasizing. love to read and do stuff related to anything and everything except the job whose deadline is today.

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Man auctions off his life, sale price disappoints

News – A man who put his life up for auction on eBay found it wasn't worth quite as much as he thought when he settled for around A$100,000 ($96,000) less than his target price.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 01:20am

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Hundreds throng church to see 'miracle' picture

Religion – Serpentine queues were seen outside St Micheal's church at Mahim where blood has been seen on a portrait of Jesus Christ since Friday night.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 29, 2008 02:38am

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Athletes doping with Viagra

Sports – Athletes looking for a performance boost are increasingly turning to a little blue pill more usually taken for its off-the-field benefits: Viagra.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 29, 2008 01:39am

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Anti-ageing on a plate

Health & Fitness – Food can be your greatest ally when it comes to living longer and livelier. We've known this for thousands of years: the Greek physician, Hippocrates, said more than 2 000 years ago: "Let food be your medicine." But somewhere along the way we lost the way: junk food, saturated fats, refined grains, hormones and antibiotics in foodstuffs.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 28, 2008 02:57am

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Sick and tired of everything

Women – Whether patients are young and trendy, with a toddler on the hip and in the prime of life, or old and grey, most tell the same story: "Doctor, I'm tired, exhausted, worn out, finished!"

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Submitted and Voted for on June 28, 2008 02:53am

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Sudden Hearing Loss Could Indicate Future Stroke

Health & Fitness – Preliminary research culled from a national medical insurance records database in Taiwan suggests that sudden loss of hearing might be an early sign of vulnerability to stroke, foreshadowing an actual cerebrovascular event by as much as two years.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 28, 2008 01:46am

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Call for fuel pricing change

Money – Pretoria - The way in which fuel prices are determined in SA should be changed, the SA Communist Party said on Thursday.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 26, 2008 10:38am

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The truth about one-night stands

Love & Personals – The sexual and feminist revolutions were supposed to free women to enjoy casual sex just as men always had. Yet according to Prof Anne Campbell from Durham University in the UK, the negative feelings reported by women after one-night stands suggest that they are not well adapted to fleeting sexual encounters.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 26, 2008 10:31am

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It's Email, But At A Snail's Pace

News – Bournemouth University Research Fellows Vicki Isley and Paul Smith are using live snails to send emails as part of a 'slow art' project aimed at encouraging people to explore notions of time.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 26, 2008 10:27am

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Hurried Doctor Visits May Leave Patients Feeling Forgetful

Health & Fitness – Have you ever been whisked through a doctor's visit, and afterward were unable to remember what the doctor said?

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Submitted and Voted for on June 26, 2008 10:26am

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Better Tools Needed For Assessing Infant Pain

Health & Fitness – Currently used pain assessment tools may be underestimating the pain response in infants according to a study published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine this week.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 25, 2008 07:47am

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Men Share Their Creative Work Online More Than Women

News – A Northwestern University study finds that men are more likely to share their creative work online than women despite the fact that women and men engage in creative activities at essentially equal rates.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 25, 2008 07:42am

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Certain Anticancer Agents Could Be Harmful To Patients With Heart Disease

Health & Fitness – A set of promising new anticancer agents could have unforeseen risks in individuals with heart disease,

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Submitted and Voted for on June 25, 2008 07:38am

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8 Super Cool Baby Gadgets

Gadgets & Tech – There are gadgets for all of us adults so gadget makers very kindly have come up with a whole range of gadgets are sure to appeal to the kid within us who will then make us reach out to our wallet and buy the cool stuff for the real kid who may or may not be impressed by it.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 20, 2008 10:16am

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Dog Sterilization 101

Pets – Pet owners, particularly dog owners who often have a number of questions regarding the sterilization of their beloved dogs, can read this piece. It will attempt to educate on the various aspects of dog sterilization.

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