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Why be Spiritual?

By Guest PostJune 21, 2010Culture, Healthgod, Health, religion, spirituality, worship, yoga

Before we delve into why one should be spiritual, we should understand what is meant by being spiritual.

‘Spending Time in Nature Makes People Feel More Alive’

By Guest PostJune 20, 20101 commentHealth, Naturebrick-and-mortar box, fuel for the soul, Germany, journal of environmental psychology, Nature, netta Weinstein, professor of psychology, psychologist, richard ryan, university of hamburg, university of rochester

Feeling sluggish? The solution may require getting outside the box – that big brick-and-mortar box called a building. 🙂

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Mediterranean-Style Diet Improves Heart Function

By Guest PostJune 19, 2010Healthamerican heart association journal, cardiovascular disease, circulation: cardiovascular quality and outcomes, coronary artery disease, electrocardiogram, emory twins, heart rate variability, heart study, holter monitor, hrv, indiana university in Bloomington, jun dai, mediterranean-style diet, non-hispanic, western-type diet

A study of twins shows that even with genes that put them at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, eating a Mediterranean-style diet can improve heart function, according to research reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.

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Top 7 Reasons to Try Office 2010

By Guest PostJune 18, 2010Technologyexcel, Facebook, linkedIn, microsoft office 2010, MySpace, office 2010, onenote, outlook, powerpoint, ribbon, skydrive, social connector, web apps in windows live, windows live

At the office, at home, at school, or on the go, customers tell us their lives never stop moving. So we’ve listened and responded with Microsoft Office 2010, which delivers simple and timesaving tools that help you keep up with your busy schedule, no matter where you are.

With Office 2010, you can express ideas, solve problems, connect with others and create amazing work in ways that will surprise you.

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How a Summer Internship—or a Weekend Lecture—Can Change a Life

By Guest PostJune 17, 2010Educationarpa-e, arun majumdar, berkeley campus, berkeley lab, center for science and engineering education, csee, department of energy’s advanced research projects agenc, emily chen, janet sheung, julie chao, lab physicist, larry pezzaglia, mark alper, MIT, nano*high program, robert cahn, roy kaltschmidt, susan brady, university of ilinois, urbana-champaign

Emily Chen still vividly remembers the lecture on gecko feet. She was an eighth grader attending Berkeley Lab’s Nano*High program to hear materials scientist Arun Majumdar explain how what he was learning about gecko feet might translate into a new adhesive product based on carbon nanotubes.

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Rare Carnivorous Plant on Top 10 List of Newly Discovered Species

By Guest PostJune 17, 2010Naturealastair robinson, arizona state university, biodiversity, botanical journal of the linnean society, botanical journal of the linnean society of london, carl Linnaeus, carnivorous plant, dioscorea orangeana, entomologist, international institute for species exploration, kew botanist, madagascan yam, mike fay, nepenthes attenboroughii, paul wilkin, Philippines, pitcher plants, quentin wheeler, school of life sciences, sir david attenborough, taxon experts, taxonomy, vaughan southgate

Nepenthes attenboroughii, named after Sir David Attenborough, honorary Fellow of the Linnean Society, has been ranked number 1

Each year The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University names the Top 10 new species described in the previous calendar year.

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Microsoft Office 2010 Now Available for Consumers Worldwide

By Guest PostJune 16, 20103 commentsTechnologyamazon acer, asus, best buy, click-to-run, comscore tech metrix, dell, fnac, harvey norman, hp, lenovo, Microsoft, microsoft corp., microsoft office 2010, microsoft office beta program, microsoft project 2010, microsoft visio 2010, office 2010, office home and business 2010, office home and student 2010, office professional 2010, one note 2010, pc world, product key card, Samsung, sony, stephen elop, Technology

*Millions of beta users help Microsoft deliver the best experience for getting things done across the PC, phone and browser.*

NEW YORK — Today (June 15, 2010), Microsoft Corp. announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010. Consumers can now purchase Office 2010 at more than 35,000 retail stores across the globe, such as Best Buy, Fnac, Harvey Norman and PC World; through online retailers, including Amazon.com; and direct from Microsoft at Office.com.

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Online ads can get too close for comfort says new study

By Guest PostJune 16, 2010Technologyavi goldfarb, catherine tucker, google adsense, marketing science, MIT, pop-up graphics, rotman school of management, sloan school of business, university of toronto, web advertising

Trying to have an impact in the brave new world of web advertising?

You could match an ad to a web page’s content – such as putting a car ad on an auto consumer website. Or, you could make it stand out with eye-catching pop-up graphics and video.

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*Nepenthes attenboroughii, named after Sir David Attenborough, honorary Fellow of the Linnean Society, has been ranked number 1*

Nepenthes attenboroughii, named after Sir David Attenborough, honorary Fellow of the Linnean Society, has been ranked number 1