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Smoking, drinking teens are the unhappiest of all.... and fruit and veg is the secret to a good life
Teenagers who smoke, drink alcohol and eat junk food are significantly more likely to be unhappy than their clean- living counterparts, a study has found.
About 5,000 children were questioned on their appearance, family, friends, school and life as a whole, and had their happiness levels rated.
Researchers discovered that those who never drank alcohol were between four and six times more likely to have higher levels of happiness than those who did, while those who shunned cigarettes were about five times more likely to have high happiness scores than young smokers.
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Fruit extract can help you lose weight, lower cholesterol and prevent diabetes
Pakistani government has now stepped forward to take a greater control over Internet by imposing harsh censorship. In a tender published on the Website of Information and Communications Technology Ministry’s Research and Development Fund the local government has asked for proposal from interested national and international parties dealing with the “development, deployment and operation of a national-level URL filtering and blocking system.”
Pakistan has reserved $10 million to work with interested company(ies) on Internet filtering technology.
The online proposal reads “The system would have a central database of undesirable URL’s that would be loaded on the
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Pakistan Sends Call For Proposals To Filter Internet AccessFruit extract loved by tea drinkers for the aromatic flavour it lends to Earl Grey tea could help you lose weight, lower cholesterol and protect against diabetes. The bergamot orange, grown in the Mediterranean, is being hailed as ‘nature’s statin’. It contains chemicals called citrus polyphenols that appear to block production of blood fats, boost metabolism and prevent cholesterol absorption in the gut. Doctors who gave the extract to heart patients and diabetics claim dramatic benefits. Some of their patients have avoided taking statins, which may have side-effects.Read More |
25,000,000,000!
Apple has announced that there has been 25 billion downloads from the App Store to date. The countdown to 25,000,000,000 apps began on February 17th when Apple said it would give away a $10K gift card to the person who downloaded the app — or filed a claim in its non-purchase form — that broke the record .
A notice on Apple’s website acknowledges the record being broken. It notes that a winner will be revealed on the homepage later
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Study: Older People Sleep Better
A new study from the Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology at the University of Pennsylvania has found that aging is not a factor in poor sleep. The study surveyed more than 150,000 Americans about the quality of their sleep and found that the quality actually improves over time. The fewest complaints of poor sleep came from people in their 80's. It was a popular belief that older adults wake up more frequently in the night than young adults This old notion has now been turned on its head.
First of all, the researchers found that health problems and depressions were associated with poor sleep. Also, women reported more sleep disturbances and daytime tiredness than men.
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Moshi Monsters signs Sony Music record deal
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Moshi Monsters, the popular British children’s gaming website run from east London’s so-called "Silicon Roundabout", has signed a record deal with Sony Music as it seeks to become a major children’s brand. Mind Candy, the company behind the game played by 60m children aged between six and 12, has signed an agreement with the record label to release a series of albums. The debut 12-track album, Moshi Monsters, Music Rox, features songs from popular characters such as Dr Strangeglove, Big Bad Bill and Sweettooth. Despite the multitude of | mechanisms that pathogens .Jason Perry, head of Moshi Music and a former producer for McFly and The Pussycat Dolls, told The Sunday Telegraph: “Moshi Monsters has never released an album before so this is a big opportunity. The thinking behind it is that we don’t want the company to just be a computer brand. We want to turn it into the number one children’s brand.” Sony will handle the production, sales and distribution aspects of Moshi Monster’s forthcoming music releases. The first CD will go on sale in shops and be available on iTunes from April 2. Read Post |
University of Saskatchewan to Decrease Expenses in Light of Budget Pressures |
AUSTRALIA Critics Counter Website Allowing University Indicator Comparisons |
Trinity College Dublin Students Win Entrepreneurship Prize for Innovative Technology
Students from Trinity College Dublin’s School of Computer Science and Statistics have won the first-ever upStart entrepreneurship programme. The competition, organised by Citi, saw master’s students from TCD and Queen’s University Belfast universities create their own start-up business for a new technology product or service. Each business plan had to provide a real market prospect and teams competed with each other to win the opportunity for virtual funding from Citi for their business. The winning entries were Happy Swap, a consumer exchange website for goods created by students from Trinity College Dublin, and Woogie Tap, an interactive tag for downloading information instantaneously, created by students from Queen’s University Belfast. Pictured at the upStart awards at Citi’s offices in Belfast were (left to right back row), Nathan O’Reilly, Citi, Dr Peter Middleton, Queen’s University Belfast, Prof. Siobhán Read More
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Fullbright Award Recipient Case Nafziger '12 Will Teach In South Korea |
The University Of Auckland's Students Get a Kick-Start in Engineering |
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Pensive By Sarah Mahmood
We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.
Pensive: Listen First!Carlos Castaneda |
Greatest losses of 2011!
Earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan, floods in Thailand and a series of severe storms in the U.S. resulted in the highest-ever catastrophe economic losses in a year this year.
Total economic losses to society, which include insured and uninsured losses, reached an estimated $350 billion, up from $226 billion in 2010.
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Forgery for benefits leads a Greek policeman to jail |
Mountaineers intend to reach the K2 summit for the first time in winters A 16-member expedition team lead by Viktor Kozlov will attempt to climb K2 in winters. If this epic adventure is successful, it would be the first ever summit by any team on K2 in winter. The mountain has a history of killing one out of four climbers under normal weather conditions.
Earlier two expeditions to climb the mountain in winters have failed while In 2010, an expedition involving three climbers from Italy and Russia successfully reached the summit of Gasherbrum II during the winter season.
The team, a blend of engineers, scientists, guides and experienced mountaineers, is considered to be the toughest team in the mountaineering world and has a list of achievements.
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SS Member Gets Sentenced At 90 |
Paris Museum Gets Rights To Bronte Manuscript
A Paris museum has won a bid to an unpublished manuscript by Charlotte Bronte at an auction of £690,850, outbidding the Bronte Parsonage Museum located at the author's hometown.
The work, which dates back to 1830, sheds important light on Bronte's literary development, representing "her first burst of creativity" and "provides a rare and intimate insight into one of history's great literary minds," according to Dr. Philip Errington director of books and manuscripts at Sotheby's.
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Pakistan upgrades air defences on Afghan border
Official says steps taken to avert air incursions from Afghanistan and to respond to any future air strikes.
Comments (31) Blast in Karachi leaves 3 Rangers personnel dead
Memogate: Husain Haqqani submits reply to Supreme Court
Haqqani's application challenging the court order on a probe returned after Registrar raises objection.
Comments (7) Zardari says he's fine, vows to return soon
Sources say Zardari likely suffered a transient ischemic attack (TIA).
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Pakistan
Sindh
Explosives were planted near Safoora Chowrangi in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area.
Punjab
Tankers blew up as one driver's attempt to remove obstacle from his air lock caused sparks.
Balochistan
Four sitting ministers also under probe.
KP & FATA
Local activists and Taliban militants have been active in the province and have been blamed for such violence in past.
Opinion
Selective memory and ‘kutti’ diplomacy
By staying away from the Bonn conference we showed that we are unsure of ourselves & our place in the world.
Comments (31) Contributors
Apology
We regret the inadvertent publication of the article titled “Shia-Sunni reconciliation” by Saleem Ali.
Four myths about Kerry-Lugar-Berman
KLB, though troubled, is well-intentioned. The least we can do is better understand it.
Time to make new friends?
Most Pakistanis are sick of the Americans and would like the government to cut the umbilical cord.
Withstanding the pressure economically
A slowing world demand & domestic economic difficulties are impacting exports, while import bill continues to rise.
Fed on lies — for how long?
Nobody, either in or outside Pakistan, take official denials seriously, rightfully accuse state of being duplicitous.
What the US and Pakistan must do now
They must reassess their core interests, shed brinkmanship and make ‘small’ compromises.
Running with the hare
US has started seeing Pakistan as an enemy & is engaging with it while still keeping up the facade of being an ally.
Bonn minus Pakistan
The Bonn conference would have provided Pakistan an opportunity to explain its position on Afghanistan to the world.
Deconstructing the SC order on the memo
The question SC ought to have addressed: whether SC could order a probe while Parliament had already seized the matter
Endgame dangers
If Russia close NDN & Pakistan continues its own blockade, US capacity to wage war in Afghanistan will be undermined.
Life & Style
Veena Malik concedes to shooting 'topless' for FHM, but not 'nude'
Veena Malik insists her picture is 'morphed' since her shoot was 'topless', but not 'nude'.
Comments (101) Sim Sim Hamara: Rafi Peer’s magnum opus
Sports
Hafeez, Umar put Pakistan on top
Mohammad Hafeez and Taufeeq Umar cracked unbeaten half-centuries to put Pakistan in command.
Comments Confidence the ingredient behind my success: Afridi
Former captain eyes series-win against England next month
Hockey: Too late, Pakistan end losing streak
Greenshirts beat Korea 6-2, in with a chance to finish 5th.
Well done Saeed and Hafeez
The rise of both these bowlers is good for the national team’s fortunes.
Cricket: A Test of patience for in-form Pakistan
Bangladesh take on the tourists in five-day format after 8 years.
Football: No more champions stuff
United, City rue Champions League ouster, look ahead to Europa League.
Business
Back to square one: Cabinet rejects gas load management plan
Petroleum Ministry asked to take all stakeholders on board and submit a revised arrangement.
Comments Pakistan's Market
World
US drone penetrated 250 km: Iran protest
Footage shows aircraft being examined by 2 Tehran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, in charge of country's air defences.
Comments (9) Mumbai attacks probe: Pakistan members on judicial panel notified
Pakistan issues notification for appointment of members to preside over the judicial commission in Mumbai.
Pakistan upgrades air defences on Afghan border
Official says steps taken to avert air incursions from Afghanistan and to respond to any future air strikes.
Britain's Charles in plea for Pakistan flood victims
Suniya Qureshi, ED British Pakistan Foundation says Charles was 'highlighting plight of 187 million people.
Hospital fire kills at least 40 in eastern India
Authorities believe fire started in early hours in basement where flammable materials were stored.
UAE poll: Muslims from poorer states positive on West
Pakistan, India listed at the bottom of the index.
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Let’s play by the rules
If we want democracy in Pakistan we as individuals should play by the rules too.
Veena Malik vs FHM
After reading FHM’s petition, the best thing Veena Malik can do now, is to admit it if she has indeed done the shoot.
Veena Malik vs FHM (II)
Let’s face it, Veena is a fantastic looking girl — and she is smart.
Don’t credit the Raj, please
Please do not credit the Raj for everything. This is a genuine Brahui story.
Tips for female drivers
I would suggest that female drivers should consider learning ‘evasive driving’ techniques.
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Teenagers who smoke, drink alcohol and eat junk food are significantly more likely to be unhappy than their clean- living counterparts, a study has found.
About 5,000 children were questioned on their appearance, family, friends, school and life as a whole, and had their happiness levels rated.
Researchers discovered that those who never drank alcohol were between four and six times more likely to have higher levels of happiness than those who did, while those who shunned cigarettes were about five times more likely to have high happiness scores than young smokers.
Pakistani government has now stepped forward to take a greater control over Internet by imposing harsh censorship. In a tender published on the Website of Information and Communications Technology Ministry’s Research and Development Fund the local government has asked for proposal from interested national and international parties dealing with the “development, deployment and operation of a national-level URL filtering and blocking system.”
Pakistan has reserved $10 million to work with interested company(ies) on Internet filtering technology.
The online proposal reads “The system would have a central database of undesirable URL’s that would be loaded on the

A new study from the Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology at the University of Pennsylvania has found that aging is not a factor in poor sleep. The study surveyed more than 150,000 Americans about the quality of their sleep and found that the quality actually improves over time. The fewest complaints of poor sleep came from people in their 80's. It was a popular belief that older adults wake up more frequently in the night than young adults This old notion has now been turned on its head.
First of all, the researchers found that health problems and depressions were associated with poor sleep. Also, women reported more sleep disturbances and daytime tiredness than men.
Students from Trinity College Dublin’s School of Computer Science and Statistics have won the first-ever upStart entrepreneurship programme. The competition, organised by Citi, saw master’s students from TCD and Queen’s University Belfast universities create their own start-up business for a new technology product or service. Each business plan had to provide a real market prospect and teams competed with each other to win the opportunity for virtual funding from Citi for their business. The winning entries were Happy Swap, a consumer exchange website for goods created by students from Trinity College Dublin, and Woogie Tap, an interactive tag for downloading information instantaneously, created by students from Queen’s University Belfast. Pictured at the upStart awards at Citi’s offices in Belfast were (left to right back row), Nathan O’Reilly, Citi, Dr Peter Middleton, Queen’s University Belfast, Prof. Siobhán
Earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan, floods in Thailand and a series of severe storms in the U.S. resulted in the highest-ever catastrophe economic losses in a year this year.
Total economic losses to society, which include insured and uninsured losses, reached an estimated $350 billion, up from $226 billion in 2010.
A 16-member expedition team lead by Viktor Kozlov will attempt to climb K2 in winters. If this epic adventure is successful, it would be the first ever summit by any team on K2 in winter. The mountain has a history of killing one out of four climbers under normal weather conditions.
Earlier two expeditions to climb the mountain in winters have failed while In 2010, an expedition involving three climbers from Italy and Russia successfully reached the summit of Gasherbrum II during the winter season.
The team, a blend of engineers, scientists, guides and experienced mountaineers, is considered to be the toughest team in the mountaineering world and has a list of achievements.
Comment & Debate
Veena Malik concedes to shooting ‘topless’ for FHM, but not ‘nude’
Sonia ChughtaiAgents of change: Girls armed with education fight for their rights
Well wisher :)Veena Malik concedes to shooting ‘topless’ for FHM, but not ‘nude’
Sajid‘Imran Khan following in Bhutto’s footsteps,’ says Shah Mahmood Qureshi
ShayanIs technology killing old joys like letter writing?
The Only Normal Person Here.Zardari says he’s fine, vows to return soon
PakistaniRocket Fire: 42 NATO tankers, containers torched in Quetta
Meekal AhmedWithstanding the pressure economically
Zaid HamidUS drone penetrated 250 km: Iran protest
Meekal AhmedSelective memory and ‘kutti’ diplomacy
Umer