BBC News - Over 40% of cancers due to lifestyle, says review

BBC News - Over 40% of cancers due to lifestyle, says review: "Tobacco is the biggest culprit, causing 23% of cases in men and 15.6% in women, says the Cancer Research UK report."

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BBC News - The myth of the eight-hour sleep

BBC News - The myth of the eight-hour sleep: "We often worry about lying awake in the middle of the night - but it could be good for you. A growing body of evidence from both science and history suggests that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural."

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Sex In Marriage: Survey Reveals What Women Want

Sex In Marriage: Survey Reveals What Women Want: "The widely-held notion that women lose interest in sex after marriage has been debunked, according to a recent survey.

The findings, which were released Tuesday by iVillage.com, an online news source for women, suggest that 75 percent of wives said a healthy sex life is important to them."

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Why the world won't forget Steve Jobs - in.com

Why the world won't forget Steve Jobs - in.com: "Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) passed away last year, and the world mourned the loss. However it will be a while before the world forgets this man, nay, this icon, who's forever changed the way we use technology. On his birth anniversary, we pay tribute to Jobs' greatest contributions to the world we live in."

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Why the world won't forget Steve Jobs - in.com

Why the world won't forget Steve Jobs - in.com: "Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) passed away last year, and the world mourned the loss. However it will be a while before the world forgets this man, nay, this icon, who's forever changed the way we use technology. On his birth anniversary, we pay tribute to Jobs' greatest contributions to the world we live in."

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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others

Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.
Albert Einstein
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To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says:
"Leave no stone unturned."
Edward Bulwer Lytton
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If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau

No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The imagination exercises a powerful influence over every act of sense, thought, reason,
-- over every idea.
Latin Proverb

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.
James Russel Lowell


A wise man learns by the mistakes of others,
a fool by his own.
Latin Proverb

When work is a pleasure...

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When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery - Maxim Gorky

The most practical, beautiful, workable philosophy in the world won't work - if you won't.
Zig Ziglar

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Impossible is not a word, its a reason for someone not to try

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Impossible is not a word, its a reason for someone not to try. -Kutless

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Everyone deserves to be called beautiful, even if they are not. -Marilyn Monroe

When Are They Going To Learn?
H. L. Mencken - "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."

Wendy's Mourning Period Is Over
What the world really needs is more love and less paper work. -Pearl Bailey

Now Hiring... Like, RIGHT Now
My plan is to forgive and forget. Forgive myself for being so stupid, and forget you ever existed. -Unknown

BlockBuster Will Not Be Fooled Again
The only thing more shocking than the truth are the lies people tell to cover it up. -Paul Silverio-Benet

Piano-Playing Clam Shucker Wanted
Time does heal all wounds. But even time will leave scars. -Chae Richardson

Pizza Man Needed With MA In S.Y.M.
"The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says 'I'; The leader says 'We'." -H. Gordon Selfridge

Financial "Help" Wanted
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? - TS Eliot

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Are Hiring
"People with goals succeed because they know where they're going." -Earl Nightingale

English As A Dominant Language
The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read." Abraham Lincoln

Non-Skeletor-Looking Cashier Wanted
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. - Bill Gates

Now Hiring Fried Turkeys!
Money is the root of all good. - Mark T. Shirey




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Success is liking yourself

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. @DrMayaAngelou

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"Without justice, our lives have no value. " - Anonymous

An eerie turquoise light spotted over Norway sparked a mystery, with suggestions it could be a missile test. The light was photographed by Jan Petter Jorgensen while he was on his way to work at a salmon factory

"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly." --- Richard Bach

"The beginning is the most important part of the work. --- Plato

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It's never too late -- never too late to start over, never too late to be happy." --- Jane Fonda

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If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun." --- Katharine Hepburn

"Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet." --- Albert Einstein

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"The best minds are not in government. If they were, business would hire them away." --- Ronald Reagan

"The mountain remains unmoved at seeming defeat by the mist." --- Rabindranath Tagore

Hell, there are no rules here--we're trying to accomplish something --- Thomas Edison

"Let us endeavor to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. " --- Mark Twain

Hoddle Grid, the original central business district of Melbourne, Australia

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." -- John Lennon

The price of greatness is responsibility

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, “If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do well matters very much.”

"The smallest of actions is better than the noblest of intentions." From "Who Will Cry When You Die?"

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"If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives."-Vince Lombardi

The price of greatness is responsibility - Winston Churchill

A Hindu holy man bathes his elephant in the river Tawi, on a hot afternoon in Jammu, India

Sehwag, Tendulkar too 'slow' for ODIs? - Rediff Cricket

Sehwag, Tendulkar too 'slow' for ODIs? - Rediff Cricket: "What adds to their woes is the abysmal showing in all departments. While the bowlers were listless in both the above-mentioned matches, conceding 288 and 289 runs respectively, and giving away more than 90 runs in the final ten overs, the batsmen were no better."

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Liquor scam worth Rs. 15,000 crore: ACB

The Hindu : NATIONAL / ANDHRA PRADESH : Liquor scam worth Rs. 15,000 crore: ACB

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) informed a court here on Wednesday that the liquor scam in the State which led to the arrest of over a score of persons, including ten officials of excise and a police inspector, was worth Rs. 15,000 crore. Public prosecutor of ACB Sham Sunder disclosed the value while arguing against bail for five liquor traders who were arrested recently in Yemmiganur of Kurnool district. The bail petition was dismissed by the ACB court.

Top 10: Quotes About Men That Every Man Should Live By - AskMen.com

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Top 10: Quotes About Men That Every Man Should Live By - AskMen.com

#quote You are what you believe yourself to be

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All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today." Indian Proverb

Great Salt Lake at dusk, Salt Lake, Utah

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step - Martin Luther King, Jr.


Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. ~Suzanne Somers

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Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities.They vary in their desire to reach their potential." John Maxwell

"If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere." Frank A Clark

"If you can't fly, run. If you can't run, walk. If you can't walk, crawl. But by all means keep moving." Martin Luther King, Jr.


Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. ~ Henry Ford

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"Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth."
— Mark Twain


"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

"If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything."
— Malcolm X

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
— Albert Einstein

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
— Mother Teresa

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
— Mark Twain


"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people."
— Eleanor Roosevelt


"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
— Thomas A. Edison

"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love."
— Mother Teresa

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."
— George Eliot

"A day without laughter is a day wasted."
— Charlie Chaplin

"It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb."
— Oprah Winfrey

"Learn to value yourself, which means: to fight for your happiness. I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction."
— Ayn Rand


"You are what you believe yourself to be."
— Paulo Coelho (The Witch of Portobello)

Blessed are those ...

People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. " - Edmund Burke

Blessed are those that can give without remembering and take without forgetting – Elizabeth Bibesco

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The power of music: It's a real heart opener
If you didn't catch the white coat and the stethoscope, you might take Dr. Mike Miller for a middle-aged rocker, roaming the halls of the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
For years, Miller, a research cardiologist, has been studying the effects of happiness -- or things that make people happy -- on our hearts. He began his research with laughter, and found watching funny movies and laughing at them could actually open up blood vessels, allowing blood to circulate more freely.

Miller thought, if laughter can do that, why not music? So, he tested the effects of music on the cardiovascular system. "Turns out music may be one of the best de-stressors -- either by playing or even listening to music," said Miller.

The setup was basically the same as with the laughter study: Using high-tech imaging, Miller measured blood vessel size as people listened to music.

The results did not surprise Miller. "The inner lining of the blood vessel relaxed, opened up and produced chemicals that are protective to the heart," he said.

But when participants listened to music they didn't particularly enjoy, Miller said, "the vessels actually began to close up."
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Seven secrets of her desire : Sex & Relationships - MensHealth

Seven secrets of her desire : Sex & Relationships - MensHealth: "Finally you have taken plunge. The big leap of faith. We mean the C word. Commitment. Enjoy the moment, celebrate it. But does long-term commitment kill romantic love, as a recent scientific paper suggested? Does it have to? Or can we rediscover passion?

Look to science for answers. Today, we have pelvic MRIs and thermal imaging of the thighs. We have the new science of sexual psychophysiology to help us become better lovers. Now we can piece together a plan that appeals to both a man's quest for understanding and his need for action. And buddy, if none of this stuff works, at least she'll know you tried."

Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an action, but a habit. ~ Aristotle

A surfer spends Martin Luther King Jr. Day waiting for a wave as a golden sunset streams through a tree amidst warm temperatures at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point



When you think positive, excellent thoughts you will be propelled toward greatness" -Joel Osteen

I take nothing for granted. I now have only good days, or great days." - Lance Armstrong

When faced with a TOUGH CHOICE, pause for a moment... & think what ur MOTHER would say about ur decision ~RH Connelly

He that Jokes... CONFESSES" ~Italian Proverb

SOLITUDE is painful when one is young... but delightful when one is more mature." ~Albert Einstein

You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, & not be paid for it." Oprah



"...Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad." Denis Waitley

Everything yields to diligence - Antiphanes

"Knowing yourself... is the beginning of all WISDOM." ~Aristotle


Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking... & GO IN." ~Napoleon



Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose - Tom Krause

It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning - Henry Ford

Everybody thinks of changing humanity, but nobody thinks of changing himself - Leo Tolstoy



We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls. Winston Churchill

The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Thomas Huxley

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm - Benjamin Disraeli

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It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up - Vince Lombardi


"Never begin the day until it is finished on paper." ~Jim Rohn

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A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business - Henry Ford

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Focus on the critical few... nothing the insignificant many.

-- Mac Anderson

They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning. — Clint Eastwood, actor, director, and producer

Falsely submissive!!
Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year, a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden. — Chinese proverb


Good girls go to heaven. Bad girls go everywhere. — Helen Gurley Brown, editor

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Keep steadily before you the fact that all true success depends at last upon yourself. Theodore T. Hunge

Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. David Ogilvy

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Who aims at excellence will be above mediocrity; who aims at mediocrity will be far short of it. Burmese Saying

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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. Seneca




"A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart." - Johann Wolfgang Goethe

"No great man ever complains of want of opportunities." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"There is more to life than increasing its speed." - Mahatma Gandhi

"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win." - Roger Bannister

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." - William Shakespeare

"The power of imagination makes us infinite." - John Muir

"Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings." - Ralph Blum

"The one certain way for a woman to hold a man is to leave him for religion." - Muriel Spark

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination." - Tommy Lasorda


For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve. Aristotle

“A great leader's courage to fulfil his vision comes from passion, not position.” - John Maxwell

"Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death." – Betty Bender

“The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly” – CB De Mille


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Xenon lights shine over Launch Pad 39A before NASA canceled the first launch attempt for Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-128 due to weather, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA has also cancelled the second launch attempt, scheduled for August 26, because of a faulty liquid hydrogen fill and drain valve.

"The most effective way to manage change is to create it." - Peter Drucker

"People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going." - Earl Nightingale

“The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly” – CB De Mille

"Try not to become a man of success but a man of value." - Albert Einstein

"Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open." - Thomas Dewa