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Science (05 Mar, 2007)
Happiness Might Appear Before Fortunate Events Occur, Study Says

A recent study on human happiness reveals that our adaptation to major life events is not the only factor to influence our well-being. Those who will have their life run in a more balanced way are predominantly inclined to feel happy long before the fortunate occurrence in their life.

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3 votes

//3 Aug 01, 2008 08:28 AM | posted by: Unknown

Our inherent inclination to adapt does play a significant role in our subjective feeling of happiness.I believe the conditioning ones mind since childhood with an inclination to think positively does help.Parents take the hint.

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//2 Apr 14, 2008 05:35 AM | posted by: snsuresh [InfoTOT]

may be but this is final?

9 votes

//1 Jan 08, 2008 01:12 AM | posted by: mike

absolutely true!!!!

Offbeat (15 Aug, 2007)
Postal Clerk in Britain Wins Record Jackpot

A British clerical assistant will be officially declared as the biggest-ever winner in Britain, having won the record jackpot of over 35 million pounds ...
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//1 Oct 07, 2008 08:07 AM | posted by: sharaeff [InfoBIG]

It's really interesting to know how the life of this woman changed. Many people imagine themselves with a winning ticket. But what would we really do in case it happened??Did you think about it?? Very often the biggest fortune turns into the biggest unfortune. People are either afraid to spend this money or spend it on trifles or get burned. By the way does anyone know how high the taxes in Britain are??

Politics (24 Aug, 2007)
Forced Adoption Doesn't Give Parents Any Chance

More than 100 children in UK were adopted too quickly to give their parents a possibility to preserve their family ...
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//15 Aug 27, 2009 01:03 PM | posted by: pete

//14,i have had this done to me i am looking for a lop hole to get them back any help out here

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//13 Jul 11, 2009 05:30 AM | posted by: Umar Rahman

Legislation in this country of FORCED ADOPTION has to be abolished, as well as corrupt experts and lawyers and certain JUDGES.

What do you think ?

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//12 Jun 19, 2009 02:10 AM | posted by: Unknown

My children have recently become subject to placement orders to be adopted because they "may suffer emotional harm" with the help of www.forced-adoption.com i now know how to fight it and get my girls back before an adoption happens!

Current Events (25 Sep, 2007)
50 plus workers become more valuable

Many countries are at risk of having considerable lack of skilled workers and increased labor costs if they won't persuade older workers to stay and work beyond retirement age. ...
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Technology (01 Nov, 2007)
Most Spam comes from the USA, says SophosLabs

According to experts from the web-security company SophosLabs, most spam origins in the USA, whereas the North American continent leads the continents' list of spam origin. ...
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//2 May 09, 2008 01:04 PM | posted by: ???

I hate sophos

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//1 Apr 15, 2008 06:16 AM | posted by: snsuresh [InfoTOT]

usa always on top?

Health & Fitness (22 May, 2008)
Number of Alcohol Related Illnesses Doubled in the UK

Royal British Healthcare Organization claimed that in the UK the number of people, who have been treated from illnesses caused by alcohol consumption, has doubled during the last 10 years. ...
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Science (23 Jul, 2008)
Biofilm Bacteria Protect Themselves With Chemical Weapons

According to the researchers from the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, they were able to discover the strategies that biofilm bacteria use. ...
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4 votes

//8 Sep 16, 2009 02:45 AM | posted by: ann

hi. Can I ask for more information about this one? I need this for my term paper in chemistry. I am a Chemical Engineering student. I badly needed the information tomorrow.

2 votes

//7 Jun 09, 2009 12:59 AM | posted by: shreef

if

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//6 Jan 27, 2009 04:38 AM | posted by: abby

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Offbeat (31 Jul, 2008)
Hacker Broke Into Pentagon System Searching for Aliens

The court refused a British hacker in his appeal against being extradited to the United States where he is accused of breaking into the computer systems of Pentagon, US army, navy and NASA. ...
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//14 Jul 27, 2009 07:01 AM | posted by: alien19_90--89

I'm hack pentagon on windows 95 without i-net

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//13 Jul 24, 2009 08:49 PM | posted by: tengkorak

hahaha.....................

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//12 Jan 27, 2009 09:11 PM | posted by: Sa

You are mean. Do you like suck

Current Events (31 Jul, 2008)
Lamborghini Sent for Oil Check from Qatar to London - a 6,500 Miles Trip

An Arab decided to send his £190,000 ($378,000) black and gold Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 (the same model Batman drove in "The Dark Night") for oil check from Qatar to London. ...
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//4 Aug 04, 2008 04:47 PM | posted by: Steve D

If you own a Lamborghini, you don't exactly take it to the garage on the corner for its service. Of course your going to want to get it serviced at the proper dealer. If that means flying it across the world, who can blame him. I'd do the same thing. Sadly I don't have one.

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//3 Aug 03, 2008 11:19 PM | posted by: Indo

Spent fuel anyone?

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//2 Aug 03, 2008 09:13 PM | posted by: Steve

Also just because he shipped his car doesn't mean there was a means of pollution, or even increased pollution.

Current Events (25 Aug, 2008)
2008 Olympic Games in Beijing - One World, One Dream, Two Live Legends

The 29th Olympic Games in Beijing have come to an end and what an Olympiad it was: lots of new names, a whole basket of Olympic and world records. ...
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1 votes

//1 Oct 02, 2008 04:18 AM | posted by: sharaeff [InfoBIG]

Olympic Games in Beijing left just positive impressions despite all politic provocations. It was a real “endurance test” for China which she passed with honor and great responsibility. It proved that sport is a means of uniting people. Splendid performance of the athletes made people forget their disagreements and enjoy this spectacular event.

Health & Fitness (28 Aug, 2008)
Youngsters Undergo Plastic Surgery to Avoid Bullying

According to Douglas McGeorge, a plastic surgeon, girls as young as 14 are willing to undergo a plastic surgery so they won't be bullied at school. ...
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//1 Sep 17, 2008 01:28 PM | posted by: summer_rain [InfoSLAVE]

I think the problem with bulling youngsters because of their appearance should not be solved like this. Usually the affected youngsters are the ones that feel weak and who are not self-confident about themselves. Nobody is perfect, not even the bullies. The difference between the bullies and the bullied is that the bullies don't pay attention to their own "defects" as bullied do. So it's more like a psychological problem. And, moreover, why change oneself for the sake of other people???...
Of course it's a different thing when the defects are really serious. One should know how to make a difference between them...

Offbeat (01 Sep, 2008)
Documentary Shows Hardline Muslim Preachers Calling to Kill

In one of the most influential mosques in Great Britain, Regent's Park Mosque, women preachers were filmed calling for Muslims to kill gays and adulterers. One of the preachers at the London Central Mosque called to kill those who switched from Islam into another religion. ...
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Science (04 Sep, 2008)
Average Daily Dose of Peace for a Person is 63 Minutes

Because of endless news and entertainment on television, Internet and radio, people only have an hour of freedom each day. The media researchers M-Lab discovered that 1 in 3 adults do not dispose of even one hour of rest while 1 in 5 have not more than 30 minutes of media-free time. ...
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1 votes

//1 Oct 06, 2008 08:44 AM | posted by: sharaeff [InfoBIG]

Unfortunately, the tempo of modern life is so fast, that we often forget what we're living for. Even 30 minutes of rest are spent on TV or computer. We live with our thoughts about the future and forget about the present. So life is a kind of sweet illusion that we create by ourselves. We assign great importance to our daily routine and find excuses in the lack of time. But 63 minutes- is it really so much??

Science (12 Sep, 2008)
One in Ten Schoolchildren Believes in Creationism

One of the leading scientists in Great Britain stated that creationism should be taught in science lessons in order to reduce the uncertainty among the increasing number of children who were taught to reject the theory of evolution. ...
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//2 Jan 31, 2009 11:03 AM | posted by: snsuresh [InfoTOT]

o discuss this topic, I would like to first mention that I am a Theist of the Christian persuasion in the interest of transparency. That said, I would like to see some facets of my faith taught in school rooms, though not necessarily the science room. (I am an American and I can only suppose that British schools use separate rooms for different studies as we do here and will operate under this assumption unless otherwise corrected.) It seems to me that a large part of this debate stems from the fact that we don't really make a worthwhile attempt to understand one another in a cross cultural manner.

An Atheist or people of secular thought should make attempts to understand at least the major religious faiths in their community just as much as a hard lined fundamentalist should make an attempt to understand secular thought. We have to live next to each other and the only way I can see us being good, conscientious neighbors is to actually know something about the person across the hall.

I will clarify that I do not with to see even my own faith taught as science and fully agree that creationism is not a scientific theory. (Though I would say I subscribe to something of a hybrid of creationism and scientific theory.) I also do not think that these teachings of faith based information should be done in an evangelical sense. That is, not as a means to convert the masses, rather to act as an informational cultural liaison of sorts.

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//1 Sep 18, 2008 08:21 AM | posted by: JaiGuru [InfoTOT]

To discuss this topic, I would like to first mention that I am a Theist of the Christian persuasion in the interest of transparency. That said, I would like to see some facets of my faith taught in school rooms, though not necessarily the science room. (I am an American and I can only suppose that British schools use separate rooms for different studies as we do here and will operate under this assumption unless otherwise corrected.) It seems to me that a large part of this debate stems from the fact that we don't really make a worthwhile attempt to understand one another in a cross cultural manner.

An Atheist or people of secular thought should make attempts to understand at least the major religious faiths in their community just as much as a hard lined fundamentalist should make an attempt to understand secular thought. We have to live next to each other and the only way I can see us being good, conscientious neighbors is to actually know something about the person across the hall.

I will clarify that I do not with to see even my own faith taught as science and fully agree that creationism is not a scientific theory. (Though I would say I subscribe to something of a hybrid of creationism and scientific theory.) I also do not think that these teachings of faith based information should be done in an evangelical sense. That is, not as a means to convert the masses, rather to act as an informational cultural liaison of sorts.

Environment (23 Sep, 2008)
Planet Enters the Ecological Debt Earlier Than Ever

Today the world marks a day when people start living in ecological debt, meaning that they have already used all the natural resources that Earth can provide in a calendar year, the Global Footprint Network reports. ...
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