Sep 25, 2008 -
If the thought of clowns wasn’t already enough to scare the pants off some people, 21 clowns are dropping theirs for a 2009 Naked Clown Calendar.
Graduates of the San Francisco Circus Center’s Clown Conservatory are getting naked for the calendar to help raise money for the Judy Finelli Fund, a non-profit organization that works with the MS Foundation of Florida to do advocacy and research for multiple sclerosis. It also will provide scholarships to people with MS who want to do circus arts.
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May 23, 2008 -
Eva Mendes may have checked herself into rehab in January to prepare for a new movie, in which she plays a Spanish drug lord.
The 30-year-old actress entered Utah’s Cirque Lodge to “proactively” attend “to some personal issues”, her representative explained at the time.
The move shocked Hollywood, until Mendes landed a role alongside Josh Hartnett and Ben Kingsley in Queen of the South, which follows her character Teresa Mendoza, who flees Mexico for Spain when her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered.
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Dec 04, 2007 -
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The only surviving copy of the 500-year-old map that first used the name America goes on permanent display this month at the Library of Congress, but even as it prepares for its debut, the 1507 Waldseemuller map remains a puzzle for researchers.
Why did the mapmaker name the territory America and then change his mind later? How was he able to draw South America so accurately?
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Nov 24, 2009 -
Metaphor: Smart Men Make Passes at Women with Glasses
An Interview with Christine B. Whelan, author of 'Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women'
Meet Christine Whelan—an attractive, 29-year-old woman with a doctorate from Oxford University. When I spoke with her she happened to be single, having been dumped two years earlier by a man who told her she was intellectually intimidating.
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Nov 23, 2009 -
Even if skin care products usually do not give nutrients deep into the actual living cells under the superficial layers of the skin, the Vitamin E in several products is actually beneficial. Researchers have found that by using antioxidants to the skin, free radical damage that would usually happen through exposure to sunlight, can be avoided or at least lessened. Vitamin E is a well known component in many skin care creams of Netalab.The scientist proved that the protective effects of Vitamin E from that time of UV exposure were seen 2-3 days later.
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Nov 23, 2009 -
No matter what your skin type, winter dryness doesn't discriminate: It can occur anywhere on the body, from the top of your head to the soles of your feet. The result of cold temperatures, whipping winds, and indoor heating, "winter dryness is also one of the main reasons that skin often looks older than its years," says Katie Rodan, M.D., adjunct clinical associate professor of dermatology at Stanford University School of Medicine. But you don't have to spend another season letting dryness and inflammation age you.
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Nov 21, 2009 -
Chances are that if you’ve been in a relationship, and you’re a woman, you’ve probably faked an orgasm. But did you know that men fake them too?
The research that brings us this important sexual discovery was conducted at the University of Kansas on 180 male and 101 female college students.
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Nov 21, 2009 -
Autism is a disorder of neural development that is characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism involves many parts of the brain; how this occurs is not well understood.
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Nov 21, 2009 -
BAGHDAD — In its largest reconstruction effort since the Marshall Plan, the United States government has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, building tens of thousands of hospitals, water treatment plants, electricity substations, schools and bridges.
But there are growing concerns among American officials that Iraq will not be able to adequately maintain the facilities once the Americans have left, potentially wasting hundreds of millions of dollars and jeopardizing Iraq’s ability to provide basic services to its people.
The projects run the gamut — from a cutting-edge, $270 million water treatment plant in Nasiriya that works at a fraction of its intended capacity because it is too sophisticated for Iraqi workers to operate, to a farmers’ market that farmers cannot decide how to share, to a large American hospital closed immediately after it was handed over to Iraq because the government was unable to supply it with equipment, a medical staff or electricity.
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Nov 21, 2009 -
According to researchers, there's a magic number—and it's 40 percent. In a slightly hilarious study, scientists from the University of Leeds found that showing 40 percent of your skin attracts the most men. Exactly how did they nail down this figure?
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