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► 31 January 2014 : You're not sure exactly what you want, but you can tell that it's coming. Of course, you have to work hard to make it real, but that's never stopped you before. Move forward at least a little today. A wave of altruism will soon wash over you -- you're a sucker for good causes and underdogs. If you're asked to make a donation, buy something whose proceeds will benefit a nonprofit or contribute your time to a charity, you'll be only too happy to do it. Just be sure the person who sees your soft heart -- and checkbook -- doesn't take advantage of you.
► 1 February 2014 : You need to deal with something big and spooky and real -- so get on with it! Your energy is a bit diffuse, but that actually makes it easier to handle this phase of your life. The heavens have arranged for some major-league changes. Happily, this time, you'll actually be able to appreciate the outcome. The steps along the way might not be great fun, especially if you have to say goodbye to someone or something, but the ends will definitely justify the means. Fortunately, you've never been afraid of hard work -- or extra work -- so you'll come through this transition with flying colors.
► 2 February 2014 : This is not the best time to start off in new directions -- so either slow down or make sure that you're putting off whatever plans you had made for today. Things should snap back into place tomorrow! You really couldn't be feeling any better, and for a variety of reasons. Don't worry about that wonderfully blissful feeling going anywhere, either. You're all set for a nice, long, happy roll, so enjoy it. Your only responsibility right now is to make sure everyone around you feels just as good, which really shouldn't be a problem. After all, this kind of thing is contagious.
► 1 February 2014 : You need to deal with something big and spooky and real -- so get on with it! Your energy is a bit diffuse, but that actually makes it easier to handle this phase of your life. The heavens have arranged for some major-league changes. Happily, this time, you'll actually be able to appreciate the outcome. The steps along the way might not be great fun, especially if you have to say goodbye to someone or something, but the ends will definitely justify the means. Fortunately, you've never been afraid of hard work -- or extra work -- so you'll come through this transition with flying colors.
► 2 February 2014 : This is not the best time to start off in new directions -- so either slow down or make sure that you're putting off whatever plans you had made for today. Things should snap back into place tomorrow! You really couldn't be feeling any better, and for a variety of reasons. Don't worry about that wonderfully blissful feeling going anywhere, either. You're all set for a nice, long, happy roll, so enjoy it. Your only responsibility right now is to make sure everyone around you feels just as good, which really shouldn't be a problem. After all, this kind of thing is contagious.
► CNN MONEY 30 January 2014 : Hackers attack Yahoo Mail accounts || ► NBC NEWS 31 January 2014 : Yahoo Mail resets passwords after hackers attack
■ CBC Ca 30 January 2014 : Doc Zone: Crime and punishment in Vladimir Putin's Russia
■ THE ECONOMIST 1 February 2014 : The triumph of Vladimir Putin
■ THE ECONOMIST 1 February 2014 : Putin's Russia - Sochi or bust
■ INDEPENDENT 28 January 2014 : Valerie Trierweiler: 'If Francois Hollande hadn't been President, perhaps we would have still been together'Do not be weak, dear Valerie. A man does not have to be president to be called as a good man. Hollande is a jerk, he became the president just by chance. Even if he becomes a poor man in the world, he is still a jerk. So, forget the old frog. You deserve to get a better man than Hollande. Mmmm... Vladimir Putin, maybe? ... but please, do not disturb Alain Soral, okay? eehhee ...
■ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 29 January 2014 : Valerie Trierweiler returns to Paris, blaming Palace officials for split with Hollande
■ DAILY MAIL 29 January 2014 : Trierweiler says it was like 'falling from a skyscraper' when she was told of French president Hollande’s affair as her humanitarian trip to India ends
■ DAILY MAIL 28 January 2014 : Jilted Valerie Trierweiler blames the 'low-blows and betrayals' in the Elysee Palace for her break-up with Hollande and says she would have dated him even if he wasn't president
■ INDEPENDENT 25 January 2014 : Valerie Trierweiler: Five Facts About The Former French First Lady
► Congressman MICHAEL GRIMM
■ NATIONAL POST 29 January 2014 : Michael Grimm threatens to throw reporter off balcony for asking about campaign finances
■ BBC 29 January 2014 : NY congressman Michael Grimm apologises to reporter
■ NY TIMES 29 January 2014 : After 'I'll Break You in Half', Grimm Apologizes
■ POLITICO 30 January 2014 : Dust-up could hurt Michael Grimm's reelection
► E ONLINE 30 January 2014 : Michelle Obama Reveals Her Workout Routine, Valentine's Day Plans With Barack and Dishes on Sasha and Malia's Dating Life
► SPACE 30 January 2014
■ On Mars, NASA's Curiosity Rover Seeks Smoother Road to Reduce Wheel Damage
■ NASA Moon Probe Spotted by Robotic Lunar Sibling (Photos)
► GUARDIAN 31 January 2014 : Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito lose Meredith Kercher murder appeal
► TELEGRAPH 30 January 2014 : Fear not a factor in half of all nightmares, study finds || ► SCIENCE DAILY 28 January 2014 : Study analyzes content of nightmares, bad dreams
I dreamed Alain Soral and I slept side by side. He hugged me tightly and asked, "Do you really love me? How do I know it is true?"
I did not answer his question. One thing just enough to answer a lot of questions at the time: making love. Ohhh ..., he was very cool during the activity: sex with me. Well, it was a beautiful dream. Multiple orgasm. Mmm ... how do you feel it in French language? I felt so cool because he made me so. I thanked him as we finished the activity with a balanced score : sex = love = beautiful.
And the nightmares came when I was awake: kept it secret from my partner.
Do I really like him? I like Khodorkovsky, you know? Every night before bed I wished my dream could take me to him, but unfortunately my dream did not want him, but Alain Soral. And during busy to want both at once, or even did not have to want them both, I felt my partner was just kind of my underwear : when being used, I was not aware of its existence. But when I was not wearing it, I felt very panicky. I really need you, dahling ... shananananaa...
Hello,
I will not do much advance schmilblick encouraging you Mr. Soral in your journalistic work and humanist. It takes courage to speak out against such centrifugal forces. Thank you for making me discover the infrékentables. I tried to convey your sensitivity around me, and I was able to measure ambient resistance, in this environment, usually rather receptive. We must try to understand, it takes a real level, but more level will, as a volunteer with oneself, an effort of pure intellectualization. So, if I insist a little, asked me if I did not , of course, the diseased brain. So that's why I thought the term of "guru". Would I left bamboozled by Alain Soral?
In fact, if I came to try to understand your message, is that I already had doubts about the successive government stories. So much the worse, as only to be woken as much as it is by an intelligence. Respect, Mr. Soral, I am a self-taught politics, but I started very young and I was desperate to hear in our country, a real consistency.
Consistency is already allowing small minds which I belong, to detect the authenticity if a proposed alternative that can seduce us all completely, of course.
Stick in the maze of cross fictions that are offered to your sagacity.
Congratulations. And thank you.
I will not do much advance schmilblick encouraging you Mr. Soral in your journalistic work and humanist. It takes courage to speak out against such centrifugal forces. Thank you for making me discover the infrékentables. I tried to convey your sensitivity around me, and I was able to measure ambient resistance, in this environment, usually rather receptive. We must try to understand, it takes a real level, but more level will, as a volunteer with oneself, an effort of pure intellectualization. So, if I insist a little, asked me if I did not , of course, the diseased brain. So that's why I thought the term of "guru". Would I left bamboozled by Alain Soral?
In fact, if I came to try to understand your message, is that I already had doubts about the successive government stories. So much the worse, as only to be woken as much as it is by an intelligence. Respect, Mr. Soral, I am a self-taught politics, but I started very young and I was desperate to hear in our country, a real consistency.
Consistency is already allowing small minds which I belong, to detect the authenticity if a proposed alternative that can seduce us all completely, of course.
Stick in the maze of cross fictions that are offered to your sagacity.
Congratulations. And thank you.
What the hell are you writing, hm? 
► XINHUA 30 January 2014 : Japan commends breakthrough in stem cell research || ► JAPAN TIMES 30 January 2014 : Cell reprogramming advances
► BLOOMBERG
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■ 1 February 2014 : Russia's Lavrov Pushes Back on Missile-Treaty Breach Allegations
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► NY DAILY NEWS 30 January 2014 : Beyonce college course offered at Rutgers University || ► DAILY MAIL 1 February 2014 : Putting his diamonds in the sky! Jay-Z lifts up the two special ladies in his life, Beyonce Knowles and baby Blue Ivy, in an adorable Instagram
► SPACE
■ 28 January 2014 : Could HD Cameras On Space Station Help Save Planet Earth?
■ 27 January 2014 : Strange, Hypervelocity Stars Get Ejected from Milky Way
► BILLBOARD 31 January 2014 : Katy Perry Hits 50 Million Twitter Followers || ► TELEGRAPH 1February 2014 : Russell Brand enjoys broccoli binge with Jemima Khan
► DAILY MAIL 30 January 2014 : Flowers and chocolate? No, thanks! 78% of women want BOTOX for Valentine's Day
► DAILY MAIL 28 January 2014 : Dying for a drink? Regular alcohol raises the risk of skin cancer by 55 per cent, claims study || ► WEBMD 29 January 2014 : Alcohol increases skin cancer risk || ► NCBI 31 October 2013 : Alcohol consumption and risk of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer in the Women's Health Initiative.
► SCIENCEMAG
■ 23 January 2014 : ScienceShot: Pupils Predict the Future
■ 23 January 2014 : ScienceShot: Dogs Follow the Leader
► SCIENCE DAILY
■ 30 January 2014 : To hear without being heard: First nonreciprocal acoustic circulator created
■ 31 January 2014 : Teaching young wolves new tricks: Wolves are considerably better imitators than dogs
■ 30 January 2014 : Revealing how the brain recognizes speech sounds
■ 30 January 2014 : Worry on the brain: Researchers find new area linked to anxiety
■ 28 January 2014 : Caffeine use disorder: Widespread health problem that needs more attention
■ 27 January 2014 : How did we get four limbs? Because we have a belly
► LIVE SCIENCE
■ 26 January 2014 : 7,000-Year-Old Human Bones Suggest New Date for Light-Skin Gene
■ 29 January 2014 : Flying Snake Morphs into UFO Shape to Glide
■ 22 November 2010 : Flying Snakes' Secret Revealed
► SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN 20 February 2013 : Ultrafast Stars Discovered Racing through the Galaxy || ► SCIENCE DAILY 9 January 2014 : Surprising new class of 'hypervelocity stars' discovered escaping the galaxy || ► SCI - NEWS 9 January 2014 : Astronomers Discover New Type of Hypervelocity Stars
► UNIVERSE TODAY 14 May 2013 : How to Plant a Garden on Mars — With a Robot | ► SPACE 8 May 2013 : Farming on Mars: NASA Ponders Food Supply for 2030s Mission
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► EDUCATION : The Reason NASA Never Returned To The Moon (Full Documentary). Have you ever wondered why we haven't returned to the moon again? The truth is that NASA is hiding a very dark secret from us. Published on Nov 23, 2013 by KateΓLailt
► Syria peace talks end first round in deadlock
► Obama's actions: the power of taking small steps - By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON - Frustrated by congressional gridlock, President Barack Obama has turned to the "pen and the phone" to provoke a "year of action" with a flurry of executive orders, directives, meetings and reviews to get his presidency back on track after the difficulties he encountered last year.
* Republicans, eyeing elections, paper over divisions
* Obama considering Citi's Sheets for senior Treasury post
► Ukraine opposition lobbies West for help - By Stephen Brown and Alexandra Hudson
MUNICH - The Ukrainian opposition urged Europe and the United States to demand a halt to violence they blame on President Viktor Yanukovich.
* Video: 'They have crucified me'
► Talks end, no plan for Syria government's return - By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA - A contentious week-long first round of Syrian peace talks ended with no progress towards ending the civil war and the government delegation unable to say whether it will return for the next round in 10 days.
* Video: Delays in aid, chemical weapons draw criticism in Syria
► Thai vote starts peacefully, but political paralysis looms - By Martin Petty
BANGKOK - Thailand went to the polls under heavy security in an election that could push the divided country deeper into political turmoil and leave the winner paralyzed for months by street protests, legal challenges and legislative limbo.
* Factbox: Thailand's election in numbers
* How Thaksin's meddling sparked a new Thai crisis for PM sister
* Thai polling stations might have to close if trouble on election day
► U.S. denies it sought direct negotiations with Syria in Geneva 01 Feb 2014
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT - Washington denied claims by Syria's foreign minister on Saturday that American diplomats had sought to negotiate directly with their Syrian counterparts at last week's 'Geneva 2' peace conference in Switzerland.
► China says Japan's 'hype' on air defence zone spreads tension
► Ukraine parliament adopts amnesty law, opposition does not vote || ► Ukraine opposition refuses to abandon protest after amnesty
► Syria foes focus on 'terrorism' as talks resume
One pearl? Not two? Where the other one? I steal it? Oh, I'd love to. And I've done it in my most sinful thoughts : Stealing a pearl to be worn in my right ear and painted by the magic hand of a painter, and named the painting as A pearl Thief Girl. Yes. I am a big fan of pearls.
► Europe's largest Comic Book Festival opens in France
► Italian court finds Amanda Knox guilty of murder || ► Kercher family 'still seeking truth' after Knox verdict
► The shadowy world of sex trafficking on US shores
Do never act haphazardly on reporters, stupid!
► Raw: Brahimi Says No Progress in Syria Talks
► Olympics Put Gay Rights in Russia in Spotlight
► Calif. Water Director: This Is a Current Crisis
► Raw: Violence in Bangkok on Eve of Elections
► Christie Booed at Super Bowl Ceremony
► NEWS
■ Insight: After Syria, al Qaeda expanding in Lebanon
■ Ukraine army urges Yanukovych to take 'urgent steps' to ease crisis
■ US says Syria 'dragging its feet' on chemical weapons
■ Ukraine's Yanukovich goes on sick leave in midst of political crisis
■ Russian prosecutors launch inquiry about top independent TV station over a poll about WW II
■ Scarlett Johansson, Oxfam charity part ways in dispute over Israeli settlements in West Bank
■ Britain and France set to clash over EU reform at summit
■ Russia: 2 suspects arrested in suicide bombing
■ More Snowden leaks - and this time Al Qaeda is the surveillance target
■ Ukraine opposition set for talks with John Kerry
■ Syria talks end with accusations, next round uncertain
■ What Obama still hasn't figured out about being president
■ Smells like team spirit at the House Republicans' annual retreat
■ Radicals a wild card in Ukraine's protests
■ Protests over Russian anti-gay law focus on Sochi
Too often to protest is drab, you know! If they are proud they do not protest but smile. So, it's a lie when they say they are proud to be gays. They are stressed and do not have a sense of pride in their own self.
► FINANCE : And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to… Edward Snowden!
► HEALTH : Antioxidants Speed Up Lung Cancer Growth, Study Shows
► HEALTH
■ Vodka blamed for high death rates in Russia
■ Peanut allergy treatment 'a success'
Alcohol linked to skin cancer risk
► MAGAZINE : Dining dynasties - China discovers a new attraction - the food museum
► FUTURE
■ Smallpox: Last refuge of an ultimate killer
■ 100 years of air travel: How planes shrank the globe
► 'World's oldest flamingo' dies in Australian zoo at 83
► In pictures: Chinese New Year around the world
► Quiz of the week's news
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A man in China used a single first-class airline ticket to get free what for a year?
2. Which US politician said they hadn't driven a car since 1996?
3. Which US hard rock band announced they had signed a legally binding "cessation of touring agreement" to prevent them ever re-forming?
4. New Zealand's flag should be changed to remove the union jack, the country's Prime Minister John Key has said. Which national symbol would he like it to feature instead?
5. What was blamed for an explosion in Rasdorf, Germany?
6. Iranian Mahmoud Basiri says he was banned from acting for eight years because of his resemblance to whom?
Answers :
1. It's food. According to reports, the man changed his flight itinerary more than 300 times, allowing him to eat a free meal each day in the VIP lounge at Xi'an airport. When China Eastern Airlines began investigating, he cancelled the ticket and received a full refund.
2. At a speech to the National Auto Dealers Association convention in New Orleans, Mrs Clinton said the Secret Service had prevented her from driving since the year her husband won his second presidential term.
3. It's Motley Crue. At a news conference the quartet put their names to a document in which they pledged to go their separate ways after their forthcoming tour.
4. He suggested using the silver fern, which appears on the kit of the All Blacks and other sporting teams. The kiwi is another national symbol of New Zealand while the country's Maori name, Aotearoa, translates as "land of the long white cloud".
5. Flatulent cattle. Police said methane gas released by dairy cows caused the explosion in a cow shed which housed 90 cattle. A "static electric charge caused the gas to explode with flashes of flames", a statement said. The roof was damaged and one cow was injured in the blast.
6. Mr Basiri says he was told by lawyers he was no longer allowed to perform after the election of Mr Ahmadinejad. The actor said he would play him only if the former head of state "gives me his consent".
7. Gene types that influence disease in people today were picked up through interbreeding with Neanderthals, a study in Nature journal suggested
Your Score :
0 - 3 : Neanderthal
4 - 6 : Missing link
7 - 7 : Highly evolved
My score : 7/7
1. A man in China used a single first-class airline ticket to get free what for a year?
2. Which US politician said they hadn't driven a car since 1996?
3. Which US hard rock band announced they had signed a legally binding "cessation of touring agreement" to prevent them ever re-forming?
4. New Zealand's flag should be changed to remove the union jack, the country's Prime Minister John Key has said. Which national symbol would he like it to feature instead?
5. What was blamed for an explosion in Rasdorf, Germany?
6. Iranian Mahmoud Basiri says he was banned from acting for eight years because of his resemblance to whom?
Answers :
1. It's food. According to reports, the man changed his flight itinerary more than 300 times, allowing him to eat a free meal each day in the VIP lounge at Xi'an airport. When China Eastern Airlines began investigating, he cancelled the ticket and received a full refund.
2. At a speech to the National Auto Dealers Association convention in New Orleans, Mrs Clinton said the Secret Service had prevented her from driving since the year her husband won his second presidential term.
3. It's Motley Crue. At a news conference the quartet put their names to a document in which they pledged to go their separate ways after their forthcoming tour.
4. He suggested using the silver fern, which appears on the kit of the All Blacks and other sporting teams. The kiwi is another national symbol of New Zealand while the country's Maori name, Aotearoa, translates as "land of the long white cloud".
5. Flatulent cattle. Police said methane gas released by dairy cows caused the explosion in a cow shed which housed 90 cattle. A "static electric charge caused the gas to explode with flashes of flames", a statement said. The roof was damaged and one cow was injured in the blast.
6. Mr Basiri says he was told by lawyers he was no longer allowed to perform after the election of Mr Ahmadinejad. The actor said he would play him only if the former head of state "gives me his consent".
7. Gene types that influence disease in people today were picked up through interbreeding with Neanderthals, a study in Nature journal suggested
Your Score :
0 - 3 : Neanderthal
4 - 6 : Missing link
7 - 7 : Highly evolved
My score : 7/7
► SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT
■ Secrets of flying snakes revealed
■ Opportunity rover clocks 10 years on Mars - by Jonathan Amos
■ Hunter-gatherer European had blue eyes and dark skin
► Ukraine opposition urges West to act
Senior Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk calls for the West to give more support to help solve his country's political crisis.
* Scrum outside Kiev hospital -VIDEO
* 'We are all affected'
* Why is Ukraine protesting?
* Viewpoint: Radical nation
* Who are the protest leaders?
* Torn between East and West
► Stand-off over 'tortured' Ukrainian activist Dmytro Bulatov
► MAGAZINE
■ A statistically modelled wedding
■ A journalist and his typewriter
► Syria crisis: Geneva peace talks end in recriminations
► US presses Russia on Syria weapons
The US asks Russia to press its ally Syria into speeding up the removal of chemical weapons, saying the slow progress in "unacceptable".
* Weapons removal plan
* How to destroy chemical weapons
* Chemical weapons stockpile
* Homes 'deliberately razed'
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► HEALTH : Cells from eyes of dead 'may give sight to blind'
► Today's African Proverb : "A razor may be sharper than an axe, but it cannot cut wood" - Sent by Peter Goch Anyang-Majongdul, Bor, South Sudan
I once interviewed a psychiatric patient regarding cautious attitude in using cutlery.
He said, "The fork is a dangerous sharp tool. Never use a fork. Deadly."
I was impressed with the word "Deadly". Because I wanted to know more about what was thought by a clinical patient about death, I asked him, "Deadly? Why are you so sure that the fork is a deadly object?"
"Yes, I'm very sure. Try and imagine if the fork is tied to a locomotive and a locomotive is driven at high speed to hit someone who is standing facing the locomotive. You scream while stretching your hands, "Do not bump me! Stop! Stop! But too late, the fork has entered into his stomach."he said excitedly, explaining what's on his mind : a fork and locomotive and someone.
I appreciated his effort to be taken seriously. That's why I did not ask him further, for example, "How big is your locomotive? How sharp is your fork? And how big is the person in front of the locomotive? Don't you know that a person can die from being hit by a train without a fork tied to its locomotive?
► US 'elephant in the room' at Russia-EU summit
► Militant assault on Iraq ministry building kills 24
► Norwegian MPs nominate Snowden for Nobel Peace Prize
► Attention fliers: Canada's electronic spy agency is following you - new Snowden leaks
► Holder: Tsarnaev will face death penalty in Boston bombing case. Attention fliers: Canada's electronic spy agency is following you - new Snowden leaks
► Length of execution time has doubled since new drug protocol was implemented - study
► Great Barrier Reef to get backyard mud dump after coal port expansion
► Alien life on Mars? NASA lawsuit seeks more information on Red Planet rock
► Militant assault on Iraq ministry building kills 24
► EU police want 'remote kill switch' on every car
► Keystone pipene won't hurt environment much, US govt report says
► Attention fliers: Canada's electronic spy agency is following you - new Snowden leaks
► Munich security conference - LIVE
► Gifts from space: Sochi winners will receive extra meteorite-studded medals (PHOTOS)
► OP-ED : Ukraine affair displays 'absolute disconnect in US foreign policy'
► Under siege: Iraqi military prepares raid on militant-held Fallujah
► 'No direct US-Syria talks unless Kerry apologizes' – Syrian FM
► West's interpretation of freedom for Ukraine 'strange' – Lavrov
► Metal band 'invoices' US govt for using their music for 'torture' in Gitmo
► Mount Elbrus reconquered: Olympic Flame reaches Europe's highest point (PHOTOS)
► VIDEOS
■ RT first TV crew at besieged Syria town after alleged atrocity by Islamists
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■ Siberian 'Messiah' (RT Documentary). A self-proclaimed Messiah has been operating in Siberia's Krasnoyarsk Region. The founding father of the Vissarion Brotherhood and the Church of the Last Testament, who calls himself "The Teacher," predicts a new Great Flood, promises salvation and spiritual perfection to his followers. His followers choose to abandon their homes and build settlements near the sacred Mountain, where "The Teacher" lives. One woman, a former member of the sect, shares her experience and explains how her new faith has torn her family apart.
■ Tried & True? Firing squad, electric chair return in US for death penalty
■ In-Security Pact: Taliban gains traction as US wrestles with Afghan deal
■ 'Essential Equipment': UK, France to jointly develop war drones
■ CrossTalk: Syria - Talking The Talk?
■ Going Underground: Cameron v Snowden (E41). Afshin Rattansi goes underground on Cameron's apparent lack of understanding of public outrage at the Snowden leaks. Labour MP Dave Lammy talks Iraq war regrets and the need for reform in the Independent Police Complaints Commission. While the Home Secretary mulls arming riot police with water cannons, it turns out some think they'd be better off with machine guns. Plus, what the Lobbying Bill -- or the Gagging Law, as it's affectionately referred to -- means for future elections. And, the mainstream media has finally woken up to the NSA scandal -- all because of a few angry birds.
■ Starving in Syria: Palestinian refugees die in rebel-held camp
■ Poverty Crime: UK shoplifting soaring as tough economic times bite deeper
■ Mountain High: Olympic flame reaches Europe's tallest peak. It's been to outer space, the North Pole, and the bottom of Lake Baikal. Of course we're talking about the Olympic flame, making its way to Sochi. But surely the record-breaking torch relay wouldn't have been complete without a visit to the top of Europe's highest mountain, which is tantalisingly close to the host city. At the end of October 2013, a Russian team of mountain climbers made an ascent of the western summit of Elbrus. RT's Paul Scott has more.
■ 'Strange interpretation of democracy': Lavrov slams West approach to Ukraine uprising. Europe's been taking a one-sided view of the turmoil plaguing Ukraine - that's the point Russia's Foreign Minister's been hammering home, as he addressed a global security forum in Munich. RT's Egor Piskunov listened in.
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* Alcohol is a product of fermented fruits, grains, and honey.
* In the fermentation process, the yeast used to convert sugar into alcohol.
* Alcohol is used for various purposes such as sedatives, cleaning, and antiseptic agent.
* Alcoholic beverages have been consumed by humans ranging from the prehistoric period.
* A large amount of alcohol consumption can lead to poisoning and drunk.
* Regular intake of alcohol in high doses cause various effects of short-term as well long term on various parts of the body such as bone structure, blood, liver, stomach, pancreas, heart, peripheral tissues, and mouth.
* Regular alcohol consumption or in high doses cause serious damage to the central nervous system.
Short-Term Effects
*Alcohol affects the nervous system by inhibiting the distribution of signals between the spinal cord to the brain.
* Alcohol is absorbed by the blood, which in turn will affect the nerves that can lead to numbness.
* There are two systems of the human body: conscious and unconscious systems.
* The conscious system controls the movement of muscles, whereas the unconscious system controls other functions such as heart rate and electrical signals in the brain through neurons. Unconscious body systems are affected, especially if a person consumes a lot of alcohol.
* Alcohol is a depressant to the central nervous system performance.
* Alcohol is also known to increase the activity of 'gamma-aminobutyric acid' (GABA) and weaken the 'glutamine'.
* As a result, the coordination of a person's body becomes dull. Lack of coordination and uncontrolled behavior is most noticeable effect when a person is drunk.
Long-Term Effects
* Long-term consumption of alcohol can lead to harmful effects.
* The cells become semipermeable or becomes thicker due to alcohol consumption.
* The cells of this unhealthy ultimately contribute to weaken the nervous system.
* Someone high tolerance level to alcohol make him/her more vulnerable to various kinds of infections.
* Severe consequences such as heart attack, stroke, and dementia can potentially occur.
* Chronic alcohol consumption or will gradually lead to alcohol addiction.
* Typical symptoms of addiction to include panic, anxiety, tremors, nausea, and sleep disorders.
* Alcohol also will damage both the frontal lobe, while reducing the weight and size of the brain.
* Alcohol addiction will make someone a vitamin deficiency. Alcohol causes the body fails to absorb vitamin B-1 (thiamine).
* This syndrome is known as 'Wernicke's encephalopathy' which causes a lack of coordination, impaired vision, short-term memory, and confusion.
* Alcohol also shows the impact of the reticular formation, spinal cord, cerebral cortex, and cerebellum.
*Alcohol will dissolve in lipids that trigger various neurochemical effects.
* Neurochemical effects arising increases the activity of neurotransmitters such as dopamine and norepinephrine.
* Alcohol also increases the production of beta-endorphin which is an anti - pain agents.
* The effects of alcohol depend on age, sex, physical condition, and other factors.
Effects of alcohol consumption in a variety of conditions
■ Low: relieves tension, relaxes muscles, lowers reflexes, and also reduces the reaction time and coordination.
■ Medium: drowsiness and mood swings.
■ Height: difficulty in breathing, sometimes even failure of breath, vomiting, panic attacks, not consciously, sometimes leading to coma, etc..
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■ Effect of Alcohol on Cholesterol Levels
See? So, Stop consuming alcohol, eating meat, using drugs, drinking coffee, drinking soft drinks, chewing all kinds of candy and smoking! They are not good for our health. They are our enemies.
Our friends are: Water, milk, vegetables and fruits, body exercise, work hard, healthy sex, worship and charity.
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► WHITE HOUSE : Obama Says Easing Marijuana Restrictions a Job for Congress
► 2016 ELECTION : Former Christie Ally Says Governor Misled in Post-Scandal Statements
► UKRAINE : Ukraine Protester 'Crucified' - A missing anti-government activist was found covered in blood as the growing turmoil in Ukraine continues despite a new amnesty law
► THAILAND : Thailand Braces for Violence During Election - Protesters are vowing to prevent voters from casting their ballots throughout the country's snap elections on Sunday
► WATER : 5 Ways to Snap California's Drought - Dry irrigation and water recycling can help
► SLEEP : How to Treat Insomnia Without a Pill - Your smartphone may help you fall asleep
► SUPER BOWL : 11 Super Bowl Questions You're Too Embarrassed to Ask
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| Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sarksian in Yerevan, on December 2, 2013. |
► UKRAINE : Russia Keeps Ukraine in Line - By Simon Shuster
Fearing their fragile hold over Ukraine is slipping, officials in Moscow have deployed various forms of pressure to reclaim and preserve their control.
* Kerry: We Stand With Ukraine's People
► CHRIS CHRISTIE : Christie Goes on the Offensive - Aides for the N.J. governor badmouth former ally David Wildstein in an e-mail countering allegations about Christie's role in the bridge scandal
* Did Christie Know About the Lane Closures?
► ASTHMA & ALLERGIES : Scientists Fighting Peanut Allergies With Peanuts
► ARTS & CULTURE : 'Tim's Vermeer' takes an engineer's approach to painting
► SCIENCE
■ Vodka and Russian men: a tempestuous (and tragic) love affair
■ Drought could force key water system to cut deliveries - California drought could force key water system to cut deliveries
■ Watch : a lunar transit you could not see from Earth
► LOCAL : California drought prompts first-ever 'zero water allocation'
► NATION : Chinese New Year 2014: How are you celebrating the Year of the Horse?
► BUSINESS : Chinese developer buys major lot in downtown L.A.
► VIEWPOINT
■ Edward Snowden's weasel ways
■ Don't let 'Mitt' fool you into regretting your vote for Obama
► BOOKS - JACKET COPY
■ Shusaku Endo's 'Silence' to be filmed by Scorsese, star Liam Neeson
■ 'An Atheist's History of Belief' unfaithful to its title. Though Matthew Kneale highlights interesting material, a book that presents itself as an investigation of belief instead delivers a straightforward history of religion.
■ A look inside the L.A. Art Book Fair
► OP - ED : The Sochi Olympics and the facade of Russian progress
* Winter Olympics: A blizzard of U.S. medals, or more of a trickle?
* For a mature Bode Miller, fifth trip to Olympics is all downhill
An Olympic shuttle bus is on seen on the road to Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort next to a cableway, Krasnaya Polyana, at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Sochi, Russia. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Michael Kappeler / DPA
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