Monthly Archives: January 2014

Laughter and Humor is Good for Your Heart

Laughter and Humor is Good for Your Heart

Laughter, along with an active sense of humor, may help protect you against a heart attack, according to a new study by cardiologists at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. The study, which is the first to indicate that laughter may help prevent heart disease, was presented at the American Heart Association’s 73rd Scientific Sessions on November 15 …

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Hendrik Helmer : Man has 2cm cockroach removed from ear

Hendrik Helmer Man has 2cm cockroach removed from ear

Hendrik Helmer went through excruciating pain after a larger than average cockroach pushed its way into his ear. In Australia, he checked into a medical center after his attempts of getting it out with a vacuum cleaner did not go as planned. “I was hoping it wasn’t a poisonous spider. I was hoping it didn’t bite me,” Helmer told 105.7 …

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Over 8000 turtles Hidden in Suitcases

Over 8000 turtles Hidden in Suitcases

More than 8,000 turtles being smuggled out of Indonesia were intercepted this week by officials, according to an AFP report. The turtles were found hidden in suitcases thought to be destined for Singapore and China, where the reptiles are sold as exotic pets and occasionally end up in food markets. Friday officials at Jakarta’s main airport discovered nearly 3,000 of …

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BMW i3 unveils smartwatch app at CES 2014 (VIDEO)

BMW i3 unveils smartwatch app at CES 2014

Everything is smart at CES – watches, glasses, shoes, gloves – so it’s not surprising to find intelligent cars. BMW unveiled the i3, a concept electric vehicle, that communicates with a smartwatch, specifically, the Samsung Galaxy Gear. In addition to displaying the car’s vitals, including battery status and driving range, the smartwatch can be used to navigate.

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Game Of Thrones season 4 start date : April 6!

Game Of Thrones season 4 start date

It has been confirmed by HBO that the fourth season of Game of Thrones will start screening in the US on Sunday, 6 April. The first trailer for which will be shown on the channel this Sunday, 12 January before the premiere of new drama True Detective, and presumably will appear online soon after.

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Niagara Falls frozen in time amid Arctic chill (VIDEO)

Frozen Niagara Falls

The ‘polar vortex’ hitting the U.S. with insanely-low temperatures has also offered the opportunity for some incredible photos — and now we’ve got some from Niagara Falls. At the falls, where the temperature has been hovering in the low teens, Reuters photographer Aaron Harris took these shots of a partially frozen area of the U.S. side on Wednesday.

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Mary Willingham : counselor receives death threats after report on athlete literacy

Mary Willingham receives death threats for saying some UNC

A university learning specialist has received death threats and hateful messages after she exposed shockingly low academic levels among revenue athletes the University of North Carolina. Mary Willingham found that between eight and ten per cent of college’s football and basketball players had a reading level of a third grader. By studying eight years of test scores from University of …

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Planetary Resources: the new asteroids mining project backed by James Cameron (VIDEO)

Planetary Resources: the new asteroids mining project backed by James Cameron

Planetary Resources, a company founded by several space entrepreneurs and backed by such high-profile names as James Cameron, Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt, plans to begin prospecting for natural resources like water or precious metals in near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) by 2022. Co-founder Peter Diamandis claims that “everything we hold of value on Earth — metals, minerals, energy, real estate, water …

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Juan James Rodriguez Streaks in Front of Obama for $1 Million

Juan James Rodriguez Streaks in Front of Obama for $1 Million

If billionaire Alki David is an honest man, the man who streaked in front of Barack Obama at the president’s rally today in Philadelphia will be paid $1 million for his stunt. The man who performed today’s stunt, which captured the attention of the Drudge Report, is 24-year-old Juan James Rodriguez, THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned.

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