Joss Stone: Music To be Free or Live 2009-11-03
Posted by clype in Articles of Interest, Humanities, Money.Tags: copyright, downloads, file-sharing, itunes, joss stone, lily allen, mp3, music, pop, riaa, royalty, torrent
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The 22-year-old soul singer Joss Stone — who recorded her new album ‘Colour Me Free” in her mother’s live music bar ‘Mama Stone’s’ in just a week — believes music should be shared for free whenever possible, (more…)
Biological Clock Affected by Weather 2009-10-20
Posted by clype in Health, Science, Scotland.Tags: biological clock, body clock, jetlag, sad, sleep, weather
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Our internal body clocks are shaped by the weather as well as by the seasons, scientists have discovered. (more…)
UK Has Poorest Quality of Life 2009-10-12
Posted by clype in Articles of Interest, Europe, Health, Money.Tags: quality of life, Statistics, UK, UN, UNDP
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According to the UN, the UK has been ranked the 21st best place in the world to live prior to the recession, and a recent uswitch report puts the UK as having the worst quality of life in Europe.
The report highlights the long hours, bad weather, low life expectancy and high price of many consumer goods in Britain. (more…)
Fingers Lost in Art Class Tragedy 2009-10-12
Posted by clype in Health, Humanities.Tags: art, burns, giles, health and safety, HSE, plaster of paris, school accident, tragedy
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Giles Visual Arts School has been ordered to pay 19 000 GBP after a 16-year-old girl lost most of her fingers when she put her hands in a bucket of ‘plaster of Paris’ during a school art lesson.
The teenager was attempting to make a sculpture of her own hands during a lesson in 2007-01 when the horrific accident happened, Boston Magistrates’ Court in Lincolnshire was told. (more…)
More Like The Olivers 2009-10-06
Posted by clype in Articles of Interest, Statistics.Tags: aspirational, keeping up with the Olivers, role models
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Jamie and Jools Oliver and their brood have been named the family to which most parents of young children aspire, ahead of the Obamas and Beckhams. (more…)
Bad Acne Cured In One Week 2009-09-29
Posted by clype in Health.Tags: acne, pimples, pizza face, plooks, spots, teenage
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I am a seventeen-year-old who had terrible and repulsive acne for the past 3 years, and literally got rid of it in one week by putting a clean towel over my pillowcase every day.
Bear with me here! Because I struggled with acne for so long, it’s hard to not make such a long post, because of how passionate about the topic I’ve grown. I know I may seem a bit loony, but all I want to do through this post is try to help someone. (more…)
Drums Ban For Collins 2009-09-11
Posted by clype in Articles of Interest, Health, Humanities.Tags: drumming, genesis, music, percussion, phil collins
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Former ‘Genesis‘ rocker Phil Collins will never play the drums again — after years of performing left him with an agonising spinal injury. (more…)
Lazy Glasgow 2009-09-10
Posted by clype in Glasgow, Health, Scotland, Statistics.Tags: Lazy Glaswegians
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Lazy Brits would rather watch a television programme they do not like than get out of their chair to change channels.
A survey by Nuffield Health has been finding out our slobbish habits with some shocking results.
Around one in six people said if their remote control was broken, they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up. (more…)
Naughty Names 2009-09-10
Posted by clype in Articles of Interest, Intolerance, Statistics.Tags: Names
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Teachers often identify naughty pupils simply by looking at names in the class register, it was claimed.
Youngsters called Callum, Chelsea, Connor and (more…)
Myths On Contraception in UK 2009-09-05
Posted by clype in Health, Statistics.Tags: bizarre, contraception, infertility, myths, the pill
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New research has revealed some bizarre myths about contraception methods believed by women in Britain, involving bread, chicken skin and garlic.
The on-line survey of 1000 women aged 18 to 50 unearthed a number of misconceptions about (more…)
