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  • College study says students from Ireland indulge in drinking more than others College study says students from Ireland indulge in drinking more than others

    A study of students from different countries has confirmed that Irish people really drink more than other nationalities. In the University College Dublin survey, one in seven of the Irish students questioned admitted they downed at least two drinks a day. Students also drank more if they went to a same-sex school. The study surveyed 3,500 students at the college. Surprisingly family ...

  • WICB president meets regional dignitaries

    The president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron has described a series of meetings he has been having with Caribbean prime ministers as "crucial" to the development of the sport in the region. Cameron's comments follow his latest round of meetings in which talks were held with St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves in Kingstown and Prime Minister of ...

  • Gene mutations linked to severe obesity

    Increasingly research is revealing that not only lifestyle factors, but genetics also play an important role in determining an individual's susceptibility to obesity. Identifying the mutations that underlie the fraction of obese patients with monogenic obesity can help us to understand complex processes like metabolic rate, eating behavior, growth, and fat storage. In a new study, two ...

  • Protests wont interfere with Confederations Cup

    Brazil will not allow anti-government protests to mar the Confederations Cup being hosted here, Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo said. Rebelo said Monday that Brazil must show the world that it is a democratic country but also that it can guarantee the order needed to undertake such events, reports Xinhua. "We will not allow any of these protests to get in the way of the events we have committed to ...

  • Henry Cavill reveals secrets to getting Superman shape

    Henry Cavill has given fans a peek into the grilling fitness regime he undertook to transform his body from "Fat Cavill" to Man of Steel. He claimed that in order get into Superman shape he ate 5,000 calories and worked out for two and a half hours a day, News.com.au. reported. Cavill gives credit for his toned body to his trainer Mark ...

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Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises is a superior genre exercise, a film that takes the broad parameters of the gangster film and reworks them into something that feels invigorating and new. The story is set in the dark world of expatriate Russian mobsters li ... ...

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  • Delicious recipes for breakfast

    I'm a huge fan of breakfast, but I also like to sleep as long as possible.As a result, most weekdays all I have time for - after getting the kids out the door for school and walking the dog - is a quick bowl of cereal instead of the slow-cooked, chewy steel-cut oats I hanker for this time of year. Sure, it's the most important meal of the day, but who's got 40 minutes to make ...

  • Dont let perfectionism ruin work goals

    Remember how your parents and teachers always told you to do your very best?They were right. But some of us took that advice too far.The result is perfectionism, the belief that we have to do everything perfectly at work and in our private life or we will be "unworthy" or a "bad person."Perfectionism is born of insecurity and a need for complete control. At work it can be ...

  • Finding their Zen in sports

    "Many spectators were curious. Some said that monks should stay in the temple to study Zen (a school of Buddhism) and meditate, wondering why we appeared," recalls Yan ...

  • Motherlode Blog The Home-Cooked Challenge Taking Time Now to Save Time Later

    $403.39 worth of better choices. My point is that it did take time. It’s silly to pretend that it didn’t. Buying the same things I would normally buy would have been faster. Skipping the Sunday meal planning would have freed up that hour -- which I would surely have then spent staring into the fridge and cabinet during the week, trying to figure out what to cook, but it would have ...

  • Top cop wants booze ad ban during TV sport

    AUSTRALIA'S alcohol industry is raising a "one-fingered salute" to society by continuing to push its product onto youngsters, Western Australia's top cop Karl O'Callaghan ...

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