Archive for March, 2010

GOOGLE’S OUTAGES IN CHINA–THE END?

Posted on March 31, 2010 by

on Tuesday of this week, Google’s search engine site in China stopped working. Users in China received error messages for Google searches. Google also said that its mobile services were being partially blocked and that the Chinese government was definitely behind it. Beijing has expressed anger at Google for refusing to censors the site. Is […]

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How failures can result in wins–super Wired Article

Posted on March 28, 2010 by

There is a superb article in the December 15 Wired Magazine which talks about how professional failures can result in long term success. The author interviews actor Alex Baldwin who, beginning in 1991 lost the role of Jack Ryan in Tom Clancy’s novels including Clear and Present Danger. Now an actor on the Tv sitcom […]

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Magnesium supplement boosts brainpower

Posted on March 28, 2010 by

New research has revealed that increasing magnesium improves both learning and memory. It was published in the most recent issue of Neuron and suggests that inadequate magnesium may impair cognitive function.As it is difficult to boost brain magnesium levels with traditional oral supplements, a new compound magnesium-L-threonate (MgT) has been developed for use. Further performance […]

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YOGA REDUCES CYTOKINE LEVELS WHICH PROMOTE INFLAMMATION

Posted on March 21, 2010 by

Regularly practicing yoga lowers a number of compounds in the blood and reduces inflmmation of both normal aging and stress, according to a major new study done at Ohio State. Women who regularly practice yoga lower the cytokine interleukin-6(IL6) which is an important part of the body’s imflammatory response and has been heavily implicated in […]

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STUDY FINDS ONE IN FOUR TOO TIRED FOR SEX

Posted on March 9, 2010 by

About one in four Americans married or living with someone say they are so sleep deprived that they are too tired to have sex, according to a new study by the National Sleep Foundation. Scientists say what couples do before bed time has a critical role in whether they engage in sex. TV is not […]

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Bioshock 2 video game and what it says about the future

Posted on March 8, 2010 by

I am a video game lover. Not an addict-yet, a lover. For those who have seen SHUTTER ISLAND the world inside my head is like that inside the head of Leonardo DiCaprio. Worth seeing. I dream of games which will, by their sheer brilliance and capacity to understand societal dilemmas, lift us from our downward […]

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What happens if political gridlock kills healthcare

Posted on March 8, 2010 by

Few have projected the details of what will occur if the current healthcare initiatives are stalemated in Washington. There has been some general talk of costly overruns for Medicare and a significant increase in interest rates as well as a depressed stock market but these hallmarks really don’t mean much. I would like someone to […]

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