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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![[Picture of The Oliver Family]](http://clippednews.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/olivers.jpg "The Olivers")
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…)
