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Sydney Opera House

noreply@blogger.com (Gooogle Entertainment) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:12:00 +0000

Sydney Opera House
white sails turn into giant canvas for spectacular light display

Bathed in an ever-changing display of brilliant light, this is Sydney Opera House as you've never been seen it before.

The iconic building - famed throughout the world for its graceful white 'sails' - has been transformed into a canvas for a kaleidoscopic array of images.

Called 77 Million Paintings, the installation is the work of artist and music producer Brian Eno and features 300 of his drawings.

He told the BBC he wanted people to 'surrender to another kind of world,' as they watched the transformations.

Spectacular: Sydney Opera House is lit up by a stunning array of ever-changing colours and patterns

'All the things that humans do, including imagining, are the way we deal with emergencies including the global financial crisis,' he said.

'So to imply, "oh God, there's a crisis, no time for imagining any more" - it's not true.

'This is the time for imagining and the way we learn to imagine, one of the ways we learn to imagine, is through the experience of art.

'The human ability to imagine made people capable of surviving.

'By allowing ourselves to let go of the world that we have to be part of every day, and to surrender to another kind of world, we're allowing imaginative processes to take place.'

Glowing: The work, called 77 Million Paintings, was designed by Brian Eno who used 300 of his drawings to create it.

77 Million Paintings is part of the Opera House's Luminous festival, which features music and performances from around the world.

The light display which run every evening for the three weeks of the event, which is being curated by Eno, 61, who began his career with Roxy Music.

It has already been shown at the Venice Biennale and the Milan Triennale, as well as in Tokyo, London and San Francisco and features 'self-generating software' to compose entirely random designs.

There is also a soundtrack to accompany the light show.

Iconic: The distinctive opera house appears almost unrecognisable as it flushes brilliant pink.

'We are not colouring in the opera house, we're actually kind of taking the art of the opera house and raising it to a different level,' the institution's chief executive Richard Evans told the BBC.

'It's a number of colours which kind of meld into one another and move around, sometimes quickly, sometimes very, very slowly, most times quite slowly,'

'As you watch it, it's a very meditative experience.'

Star attraction: The event is expected to draw thousands of visitors as part of the Luminous festival which runs for three weeks.

The Cloud with No Name

noreply@blogger.com (Gooogle Entertainment) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:00:00 +0000

The Cloud with No Name
Meteorologists campaign to classify unique 'Asperatus' clouds seen across the world

Whipped into fantastical shapes, these clouds hang over the darkening landscape like the harbingers of a mighty storm.

But despite their stunning and frequent appearances, the formations have yet to be officially recognised with a name.

They have been seen all over Britain in different forms - from Snowdonia to the Scottish Highlands - and in other parts of the world such as New Zealand, but usually break up without producing a storm.

Stunning but undefined: The clouds loom over the skies of New Zealand - but unfortunately words can't describe this dramatic vision from the heavens.

And some experts believe the stormy weather phenomenon deserves its very own classification.

Experts at the Royal Meteorological Society are now attempting to make it official by naming it 'Asperatus' after the Latin word for 'rough'.

If they are successful, it would be the first variety of cloud formation to be given a new label in over half a century.

'It is a bit like looking at the surface of a choppy sea from below,' said Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society, who identified the cloud from photographs sent in by members.

Dramatic: The ribbons across the sky look like a 'choppy sea viewed from below'

Cloudy skies: If 'Asperatus' sticks, it could be the first such classification in half a century.

'We try to identify and classify all of the images of clouds we get in, but there were some that just didn't seem to fit in any of the other categories, so I began to think it might be a unique type of cloud.'

He added: 'The underside of the clouds are quite rough and choppy. It looks very stormy, but some of the reports we have been getting suggest that they tend to break up without actually turning into a storm.'

The Royal Meteorological Society is now gathering detailed information for the days and locations where the asperatus clouds have been seen in an attempt to understand exactly what is causing them.

Officials will then apply to the UN's World Meteorological Organisation in Geneva to have the new cloud type considered for addition into the International Cloud Atlas, the system used by meteorologists across the globe.

Professor Paul Hardaker, Chief Executive of the RMS, said: 'There would probably need to be quite a lot of heat around to produce the energy needed to generate such dramatic cloud formations.

'They are quite dark structures so there must be a lot of water vapour condensing in the cloud.'

Skies over Scotland: This scene from Perthshire could help confirm the new 'Asperatus' classification.

Charlie the One-Winged Drake

noreply@blogger.com (Gooogle Entertainment) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:57:00 +0000

Charlie the One-Winged Drake
gets in a flap as he returns to the water

A drake has proven he is a tough old bird after taking the plunge in his favourite pond, just weeks after having a wing amputated.

Charlie suffered a severely broken wing after being shot while swimming in a pond.

His injuries were so severe that vets had no option but to amputate his wing after he was picked up by staff at Downland Open Air Museum in Singleton, West Sussex.

Charlie seems to take things in his stride as he glides across the water after vets were forced to amputate one of his wings.

Staff noticed the ill duck and took him to vets for treatment where they found his injuries were caused by a gunshot wound.

Charlie was taken to Grove Lodge Veterinary Surgery in Worthing where his wing was amputated.

Senior animal rescue officer, Billy Elliott, said the surgery was unusual but that the drake didn't seem to be suffering without the use of his other wing.

Charlie reveals the full extent of his shocking injuries after he was shot by cruel thugs

'We couldn't have done this to a wild duck because a one-winged duck wouldn't survive in the wild,' he said.

'But he seems happy with a very good quality of life, so we've given him the chance.

'It is like he's got his own private home here and he seems fine - he is actually a bit of a celebrity now!'

Billy Elliot, from Worthing and District Animal Rescue, returns Charlie to the water following his surgery

The drake is now fully recovered and seems to be enjoying his quality of life.

The Loch Ness Monster

noreply@blogger.com (Gooogle Entertainment) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:31:00 +0000

Found: The Loch Ness Monster
-that lived in the English Channel and died more than 200million years ago

It roamed the English channel more than 200 million years ago.

And now the prehistoric monster has surfaced once more - in the limestone of Lyme Regis's famous 'Jurassic Coast'.

Excited archaeologists discovered the Loch Ness-style creature on the beach and have spent months piecing together a giant jigsaw composed of dozens of old bones to reveal the 12ft-long plesiosaur.

The Plesiosaur was discovered by archeologists at Monmouth beach in Lyme Regis - known as England's 'Jurassic coast'

The monster: The famous 1934 hoax picture, which helped spread the Loch Ness legend

The marine reptile hunted the oceans with a long thin neck and tail, four large flippers and razor-sharp teeth.

It existed during the Jurassic period about 150 to 200 million years ago when what is now the Channel was a shallow, tropical sea.

The remains were discovered by fossil hunter Tracey Marler under rocks on Monmouth Beach near Lyme Regis, Dorset.

She first found a single bone in limestone. She and partner Chris Moore, an expert in fossils, returned to the scene and they found four more bones.

As experts examined the bones in detail, they were surprised to see teeth marks from where a predator dinosaur would have feasted on the carcass of the 'lake monster'.

Fragments: The skeleton is 70 per cent complete and will soon go on display to the public

After further excavation about 150 vertebrae bones and parts of its skull and jaw, with one tooth remaining, were uncovered.

Mr Moore said: 'It came out in pieces but you could clearly see how it looked.

'The tail bone was in position, and some of the back bones were completely in place where they should be and the neck bone was there as well.

'You could see some of the bones had actually been chewed up a bit.

'There are teeth marks and you can see how the skeleton had been torn apart by some other nasty marine reptile.'

Mr Moore added: 'Their predator would have been the ichthyosaur which was carnivorous.'

Natural England worked closely with the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site team to carefully extract the fossils.

The alternative of leaving it could have led to it being destroyed by ill-informed collectors or eventually being washed away and eroded by the sea.

Richard Edmonds, science manager for the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, said: 'There was a risk that we could have damaged the pavement by the act of removing the fossil.

'Plesiosaur remains are rare. There are only 10 known examples of complete or even partial skeletons of this species.

'I have been doing this for 30-odd years and I have only ever found the odd bone.

'The specimen could not have been in a more sensitive location, in the famous and iconic ammonite pavement.'

It is hoped the skeleton, which is 70 per cent complete, will go on public display at the Lyme Regis Museum.

Boosting Levels of Vitamin D

noreply@blogger.com (Gooogle Entertainment) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:25:00 +0000

Boosting Levels of Vitamin D
'could cut cancer by up to 25%'

Giving everyone higher levels of vitamin D as part of a public health drive could cut the incidence of breast cancer by a quarter and bowel cancer by a third, scientists say.

The finding is based on a review of 2,750 research studies involving vitamin D - which show that taking daily supplements could play a key role in cancer prevention.

Vitamin D - often called 'bottled sunshine' - is made by the action of sunlight on the skin.

Sun saviour: Vitamin D, which is made by the action of sunlight on the skin, is effective in preventing cancer and conditions such as heart disease and diabetes, claim scientists.

But the gloomy weather and long winter in countries north of 30 degrees latitude such as the UK leaves people deficient of the vitamin between October and March.

A US and Canadian government taskforce is examining whether the current recommendation for people to achieve a blood level of vitamin D equivalent to taking 200-600 international units (IU) a day should be increased.

The same level is recommended in the UK, where official policy is that sun exposure and diet (oily fish and eggs contain vitamin D) are sufficient to achieve it, without supplements, for most adults.

But an increasing body of cancer and other medical experts say a healthy intake of vitamin D should be five to 10 times higher.

Writing in the Annals of Epidemiology, Professor Cedric Garland and colleagues from the University of California, San Diego, say if everyone took 2,000 IUs of vitamin D a day - the current maximum recommended in Canada - it would save an estimated 200,000 cases of breast cancer and 250,000 cases of bowel cancer worldwide.

He first recognised the link when, as a young doctor in the late 1970s, he used to drive with his brother across the US from sunny California to John Hopkins University on the snowy east coast.

He found bowel cancer was more common in the north and east of the country than in the south and west and while cancer specialists at the time looked for an explanation in the amount of fibre in the diet or the way meat cooked on a barbecue, the Garland brothers suspected a link with climate.

But 25 years later their ideas are being taken more seriously.

Vitamin D has attracted increasing attention in recent years as its role in preventing cancer and other conditions including heart disease, diabetes and multiple sclerosis, has been revealed.

The weight of evidence has grown so dramatically that governments around the world are reviewing their recommendations. As well as the US and Canadian government taskforces on vitamin D, the Scottish government is taking expert advice.

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have been awarded a £225,000 grant to investigate the link between low levels of vitamin D in Scotland and bowel cancer.

The pressure is now on the Department of Health in England to respond.

Paris Hilton - Malibu Barbie

noreply@blogger.com (Gooogle Entertainment) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:19:00 +0000

Malibu Barbie
Camera-loving Paris Hilton shows off her swimsuit body in yet another photoshoot

Never one to be accused of being shy and retiring, Paris Hilton was back to doing what she does best yesterday - showing off for the cameras.

Wearing a white cut-out swimsuit, which seemed to have been inspired by the popular Herve Leger bandage dress, the socialite happily showed of her tanned toned figure on the set of her photoshoot in Malibu.

Strike a pose: Camera-loving socialite Paris Hilton shows off her tanned and toned figure in a sexy white swimsuit for a photoshoot in Malibu

Look at me: Paris is filmed dancing provocatively in a Cannes nightclub by her boyfriend Doug Reinhardt

Paris, who did a series of sultry poses, recently returned from Cannes where she painted the town red and posed together for the cameras on numerous occasion with new friend Peaches Geldof.

The camera-loving 28-year-old, who famously starred in 2004 sex tape 1 Night In Paris, was also pictured making a display of herself as she was filmed by her latest boyfriend Doug Reinhardt, 23 at a party in Cannes.

After changing from a gold sequined mini-dress into a tiny black number, the socialite ended up flashing her knickers at fellow partygoers as she grappled with Doug on the dancefloor.

But Paris, who has no discernable talent, has every reason to be carefree and happy with her charmed life.

Recent legal papers revealed that she earned £14million in 2006 and 2007 just from promoting perfume, wine, clothing and appearing at nightclub events.

She also won celebrity fragrance of the year at last week's Fifi Fragrance Awards in Los Angeles.

She said after her win: 'Life's hot. Everything's hot. I love it.'

That's the hotel bill paid for then: Paris Hilton poses in sexy bikini next to Eden Roc lifebelt

Clad in an ultra skimpy swimsuit, Paris Hilton reclines against a lifebelt bearing the name of the luxury French hotel where she's staying.

And it appears the canny socialite is not just working on her tan as she poses seductively next to her prop.

Rather, it seems more likely the American heiress could be working on free accommodation for herself and boyfriend Doug Reinhardt at the stunning Hotel Eden Roc in Cap d'Antibes.

Perfectly poised: Paris Hilton poses up next to a branded lifebelt at the Hotel Eden Roc, Cap d'Antibes, where she is staying while attending the Cannes Film Festival

Figure it out: Perhaps snaps of the socialite at the hotel will get her a freebie - or at least a discount

The pair were spotted frolicking in the swimming pool area of the luxury resort today, a favourite haunt of the rich and famous.

A night's stay can cost in the region of £4,500 at the venue which is located between Cannes and Nice.

But the photos of the star posing next to the branded lifebelt might ensure she gets a freebie, or at least a discount.

The 28-year-old looked tanned and in usual pristine form as she paraded around in a one-piece turquoise bikini, accessorising with sunglasses, bracelet and headband.

Time to relax: Paris lapped up the sun with boyfriend Doug Reinhardt at the exclusive hotel, which can cost in the region of £4,500 for a night's stay

Paris is staying at the hotel, which spans 22 acres right at the tip of the Mediterranean Sea, while attending the Cannes Film Festival.

The hotel is set amid a fragrant pine forest and is defined by a majestic allée leading to the Pavilion Eden-Roc which is built into the rock along the sea.

It also features an aqua blue heated salt-water swimming pool which melds seamlessly with the sea.

Couple in love: The pair lounged around together and topped up their tans

Recent legal papers revealed that Paris earned £14million in 2006 and 2007 just from promoting perfume, wine, clothing and appearing at nightclub events.

The lawsuit, brought by the makers of a film in which she starred but was accused of not promoting properly, also revealed her staggering removal from reality.

In it Miss Hilton stated she did not have a diary, instead opting to surf the internet to see where she has been, and that she did not know who paid her phone bills.

Stunner: Paris donned a one-piece bikini which left little to the imagination.

Why Crash Dieting DOES Work?

noreply@blogger.com (Gooogle Entertainment) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:09:00 +0000

Why crash dieting DOES work
Surprise evidence suggests it's the best way to slim

Here's a sobering thought: beach weather is nearly here, and the diet you've been meaning to embark on since January remains in the planning phases.

You really don't want to expose those extra pounds to the world, but you do want to put on your swimsuit and feel OK about it. A crash diet seems to be your only option, but aren't crash diets unhealthy - not to mention ineffective - after the first week? Not if you approach them correctly.

Despite what many nutritionists have preached for years, low-calorie diets can be healthy if you do them right, and can work wonders on pounds and inches in just a few weeks.

An apple a day...: Choosing the right food for a crash diet can help the pounds drop off

Clinical experience shows that somebody with a serious commitment to weight loss can lose up to 20 pounds - and two to three dress sizes - in two months. That's a lot of weight, and an enormous change in appearance for most of us.

Best of all, if a crash diet is done right (and you make permanent changes to how you eat) it can yield results that will stand the test of time just as well as those slow and careful, long-term diets that emphasise depressingly incremental drops in weight.

Conventional wisdom says that rapid weight loss leads to rapid weight regain, but a new generation of science is showing that slow isn't necessarily better.

In fact, fast weight loss - if achieved with a healthy, caloriecutting food-based diet - can bring long-term success equivalent to the more gradual weight-loss programmes, which is reason for procrastinators everywhere to rejoice. In fact, for some people, healthy crash dieting may work even better than a diet that lasts all year.

A recent study from my laboratory at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, found that the slow and careful approach seems to be sustainable only by those dieters who are not sidetracked by rich food, party snacks and other common food challenges in daily life.

So where does exercise fit into all of this? The drumbeat of get moving to lose weight has become so loud that almost everyone blames his or her weight problem on not spending enough time working out.

The food we are putting in our mouths seems to take a back seat.

But a look at the evidence doesn't support the hype.

'Exercise doesn't necessarily make you thin'

Shedding the pounds: Studies show that exercise is not the key factor in weight loss

National surveys show that people who do manual jobs - construction, farming and domestic work - are often heavier than people who sit in front of a computer screen all day.

Indeed, physically strenuous jobs carry a 30 per cent increased risk of obesity in the U.S. when compared with office jobs.

Of course, comparisons like this don't factor in social class, or whether you eat chocolate or take a run after work, but that's the whole point - compared with factors like what we snack on, hard manual labour just doesn't make as much of a difference.

Even if your day is spent shovelling gravel, you're still going to develop a pot belly if you lunch on pizza and fizzy drinks every day.

This is not to say exercise is bad - exercise is, of course, important for maintaining health, strength and vitality. But when it comes to weight loss, it doesn't seem to be the panacea that it is often made out to be. And the evidence isn't just anecdotal.

My laboratory summarised 36 years of published studies on exercise and weight, conducted between 1969 and 2005, and found that adding even an hour of exercise per day results in an average fat loss of just six pounds over the course of several months - hardly the benefit one would expect from all that work.

Perhaps more importantly, most of the studies managed to get people to exercise only 30 minutes a day, at which point the average weight loss goes down to three pounds. One research study in The Netherlands also highlighted the problem that simply starting and sticking with a serious programme of exercise is easier after you've lost some weight.

Men and women ranging from thin to slightly overweight volunteered to train for a half-marathon in a study lasting 40 weeks.

Secrets and lies

Only 34 per cent of women tell others when they are dieting and around a third lie about their dress size

The heavier subjects within this group were only slightly overweight, but even so, they were the ones who dropped out before the training was halfway through. It's not that the overweight people were lazy, just that exercise is much harder if you are carrying around even 20 excess pounds - the equivalent of a large backpack full of textbooks - while you do it.

Which brings us back to dieting and how to make it really work and, in particular, how do you avoid common concerns like weight-loss plateau (when the body adapts to the lower calorie intake and slows down the metabolism accordingly)? The answer is simple: by cutting enough calories.

Many popular diets don't cut as many calories as is needed, because they don't deal with the hunger factor well enough to go further.

These diets do achieve short-term weight loss with a combination of small calorie cuts and low-sodium meals that cause water excretion, but once water balance stabilises, you begin to feel like your dieting is getting nowhere.

'Eat the right food at the right time'

The first principle of successful dieting is to get calories low enough to cause ongoing, serious fat loss. In practice, this means getting daily calorie intake down to 1,200 calories a day if your starting weight is 8.5 to 11 stone, or to 1,800 a day for those weighing 14 to 17 stone.

Several studies have shown that at this level of intake, calorie requirements don't decrease anywhere near enough to make your weight plateau, meaning fat continues to be pulled from fat cells and real weight continues to slide off.

The second principle involves eating the right foods at the right time; if you don't, counting calories won't cut it because you will be too hungry or unsatisfied to see it through.

Based on research studies, it's clear that liquid calorie diets - from meal replacement drinks like Slim-Fast - do work, but they are so desperately boring that few people can stick to them.

To enjoy yourself more, go the real-food route and maximise benefits by ensuring every meal and snack you eat combines at least two of the properties that numerous research studies have shown cut hunger and increase the feeling of being full: high fibre, high protein, high volume and low glycaemic index carbs.

And keep those good foods coming. My experience of helping people lose weight showed that eating three meals and two to three snacks every day and spreading calories evenly from morning to night is about as important as choosing the right foods when it comes to suppressing hunger.

What about even faster weight loss? You know those diets: the ones that promise to dissolve 21/2 stone from your belly in one month, or a stone in four days. Unfortunately for anyone longing for results by next weekend, such diets are pure snake oil.

Crash dieting can work, but there is a threshold. It's a physiological fact that the human body is capable of losing only a maximum of about three pounds of actual fat per week, even if you eat nothing at all.

Greater weight losses than this might occur for a week or two if you put yourself through the wringer of fruit juice fasts, purges, or harsh detox programmes, but you won't lose any more fat - just water, intestinal contents and sometimes muscle. That's the kind of weight that will bounce right back after a good party or two.

The bottom line is that regular workouts are great for health and strength, but if you want to lose weight, the really important thing is what you eat.

Stock up on the good foods that help with weight control, and then keep those calorie counts down to make weight loss a reality this time.

Start now, and there's still time to put your new body on a collision course with summer.

Dr Susan Roberts is a British scientist currently working as a professor of nutrition at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, and author of The Instinct Diet (www.instinctdiet.com).

This article is an adaptation of writings by Dr Roberts in The Daily Beast, www.thedailybeast.com.

Why Your Feet Could Be Giving You Back Ache

noreply@blogger.com (Gooogle Entertainment) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:59:00 +0000

Why Your Feet Could Be Giving You Back Ache - and could cure it

There is a new buzzword in foot care: Orthotics. The science of treating deformities and abnormalities in the musculo-skeletal system - traditionally associated with ungainly corrective footwear - has been given a high-tech makeover.

Now, off-the-shelf or custom-made insoles worn in shoes to correct the gait (walking style) and support weakness in the foot are created using the latest in computer scanning technology. Available from £15 at High Street foot clinics, the great thing about them is no one can tell you're wearing them.

Experts also say that orthotics could be the answer to curing leg, knee and even lower back pain.

Delicate: Damage in the feet can make itself felt in other parts of the body

Do you need orthotics?

Some estimate that the distance we travel on our feet every ten years is equivalent to the Earth's circumference. So the 26 bones and 33 joints that make up each foot take a pounding over the course of a lifetime.

And given that between one and two times a person's entire body weight is

absorbed to as much as three-and-a-half times when running, it is hardly surprising they are susceptible to injury.

'Feet are fairly delicate structures,' says consultant podiatrist Simon Costain of the Gait & Posture Centre in Harley Street. 'Damage may be painless in the foot but felt elsewhere in the body.'

For instance, collapsed foot arches - also known as flat feet - which can be inherited or brought on by weakening of the muscles in the feet through sustained strain caused by wearing high heels, ageing and weight gain, are a common cause for knee pain.

'The condition can cause the heel to turn outwards at the ankle,' says Costain. 'This misalignment can result in painful grinding of the knee. We can track even further up the body, to lower back pain caused by the feet.

'For example, leg length inequality can cause a tilt in the pelvis - if the legs are functionally different because of a collapsed arch in one of the feet, we can use orthotics.'

Therapy often centres on treating pain caused by walking with high or flattened arches, and problems caused by overpronation or oversupination - the way the foot rolls inwards or outwards through a step to distribute impact throughout the foot.

'Our feet are like shock absorbers, and the ability to roll inward or outward is essential,' says Costain.

Difficulties begin when there is too much or too little pronation or supination, or if it happens at the wrong time when walking.

By creating extra support underneath specific parts of the feet - lifting the ankle a few millimetres, for example - insoles, made of foam rubber or carbon fibre, rebalance the action of the foot and correct other mechanics of the gait.

Walk away from your sore feet

Orthotics are frequently used by footballers, rugby players and runners - but their uses go beyond the playing field. They can be used to treat a range of common medical problems, experienced by one in five of the population.

These include metatarsalgia (pain in the ball of the foot, sometimes caused by dropped metatarsals where the bones we use to push off when we walk become misaligned) achilles tendonitis (soreness of the large tendon that connects the back of the ankle to the calves) and plantar fasciitis (a painful condition caused by tearing and inflammation of the tissues around the ligaments that connect the heel to the front of the foot).

Tibialis posterior pain, also known as acquired flat feet, causes pain on the inside of the ankle as a result of the collapse or rupturing of the muscles that hold up the arches.

Costain says: 'Moving from high heels to flat shoes often provokes this kind of pain but an orthotic can be worn in either or both type of shoe to help alleviate the problem.'

Costain says that about 70 to 80 per cent of patients referred to his clinic by GPs can benefit from orthotics and estimates that they could also help up to 70 per cent of the general population to treat or prevent injuries or improve the efficiency of the gait.

'Not enough people use them,' he says. 'The analogy we use is with racehorses - most have orthoses put on before each race and they would not run without them.'

Screen test: A scan can reveal feet are the cause of many problems

Pinpointing the problem

While gait analysis is increasingly available in sports shops and gyms, Michael O'Neill, from the Society for Chiropodists & Podiatrists, says prospective wearers should undergo a full gait analysis with a trained podiatrist or other medical expert (see below).

'A full analysis will include watching how someone walks, from their neck and shoulder to arm swing, knee function and leg swing, rather than just the foot,' says O'Neill. 'From there, we make a temporary device and subsequently make improvements once we know we are on the right track.

'We can use orthotics to control problems, improve the way the foot works and change its mechanics.'

Custom-made orthoses are created by taking plaster casts of the foot, but specialist clinics increasingly use cameras and lasers to map a three-dimensional image.

Ready-made insoles can also be bought. However, Jimmy Walsh, of fitness chain Runners Need, says: 'Off-the-shelf insoles can help sportsmen and women who have already been diagnosed with overpronation or supination, but prescribing orthotics really requires a trained medical professional.

'There are some trainers that help remedy these problems and some off-the-shelf insoles such as Sorbothane, Sofsole and Spenco have an orthotic function and will take more impact out of the foot when running, but they won't correct the gait.'

So, what's the next step?

Your GP can refer you to NHS podiatry services, however simple orthotic insoles are available from chiropodists, with more specialised appliances costing from £75 to several hundred pounds from clinics.

'I'd never say orthotics are the magic bullet,' says Costain, 'but very often they prove to be extremely helpful in a range of ways.'

And O'Neill argues that orthotic therapy will work only as part of a wider package.

'A person's mobility, stretching regime and muscle balance are all as important. Orthotics on their own won't work.'

Scan that reveals secrets of the sole

During gait analysis, a practitioner - usually a podiatrist, osteopath or chiropractor - takes a detailed medical history, including any specific complaints such as pain in the foot or elsewhere in the body. This is followed by a physical examination of the foot to check for any abnormalities.

'The GaitScan pad has thousands of pressure sensors linked to a computer which shows on a screen the distribution of pressure across the feet,' says Dr Roger Reid, a chiropractor at London's Body 4 Life Healthcare.

'Red shows most pressure, and blue the least. Pressure should be evenly distributed across the sole. The patient first stands still on the pad, where an uneven distribution of pressure could indicate a musculo-skeletal problem such as different leg lengths or misaligned hips.

'After this, the patient walks across the pad a number of times. Problems with pronation - the rotation of the foot - would show up as uneven pressure during this part of the scan.'

If needed, the scans, above, can be used alongside a mould of the foot which is sent to a specialist orthotic manufacturer that uses CadCam technology.

'This uses cameras and lasers to scan the surface of the mould and is the most accurate way of capturing the anatomy of the foot,' says Pat McGonigle, of Pegasus Orthoses, who create orthotics for Chelsea Football Club and the Royal Family.

'This is then used together with patient-specific information about sex, age, weight, height and medical problems, to create a 3-D computer model of an orthosis, which can then be manufactured.'

Running insoles cured my painful shins

Relief: Katharine Vile wears orthotics for high arches

Literary agent Katharine Vile began using orthoses after experiencing severe shin pain.

'I was suffering from soreness in the lower leg, and found I was in pain just standing up and walking. It was even stopping me wearing my favourite heels. I enjoy running but it got so bad in February this year that I had to stop exercising. Friends suggested I look at orthotics,' says the 38-year-old.

Katharine visited a physiotherapist who discovered that she had high arches, a common inherited condition in which the arch of the foot is higher than average, often requiring supporting insoles.

'High arches often mean the feet are very poor shock absorbers and they can lead to pain in the knee, lower back and the arches themselves,' says Simon Costain.

The orthosis is built up under the arch of the foot to help take the weight of each step as it is distributed through the foot. Treatment was simple - the physiotherapist prescribed orthoses to use in her running shoes. They cost about £70.

Katharine says she noticed an improvement almost immediately.

'Within a couple of days I could feel the difference. Now, when I'm standing, my feet are flat rather than falling in on themselves,' she says.

She was able to return to running and has found that she no longer suffers leg pain when wearing her everyday shoes.

'The physio suggested I should wear them in my other shoes.

'I like wearing high heels and I know it would help, but just wearing them in my running shoes has helped and the pain has gone, so I think I can get away with it.'

Stars by Cartoon Artists

noreply@blogger.com (Gooogle Entertainment) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:52:00 +0000

Adrian Brody

Angelina Jolie

Christopher Walken

Penelope Cruz

Adam Sandler

Marilyn Monroe

Bruce Willis

Christian Bale

Dev Patel

Megan Fox

Johnny Depp

Tom Cruise

Tom Hanks

Will Smith

Lou Reed

Kanye West

Michael Jackson

Mr. Bean

Laurel & Hardy

Brad Pitt

Matt Damon

Nicolas Cage

Kids Are Quick

noreply@blogger.com (Gooogle Entertainment) — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:17:00 +0000

Kids Are Quick

TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America ...
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
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TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
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TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
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TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
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TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
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TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
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TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with ' I. '
MILLIE: I is..
TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right..... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'
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TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand.
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TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
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TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog.
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TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher
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Fishy Kiss

noreply@blogger.com (Gooogle Entertainment) — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:13:00 +0000

Fishy Kiss

Heart is Everywhere

noreply@blogger.com (Gooogle Entertainment) — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:12:00 +0000

Heart is Everywhere

Pictures Speak Thousand Words

noreply@blogger.com (Gooogle Entertainment) — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:39:00 +0000

Pictures Speak Thousand Words

Have A Good Day

noreply@blogger.com (Gooogle Entertainment) — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:26:00 +0000

No matter what situations life throws your way....

No matter how long and treacherous your journey may seem...

Remember ...

There is ALWAYS a light at the end of the tunnel!

You're laughing ~ aren't you?

That's good !

My job is done!

Have a great day!

21st Century....Less

noreply@blogger.com (Gooogle Entertainment) — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:40:00 +0000

21^st Century....Less

We are becoming lesser by the day

Our communication - Wireless

Our telephone - Cordless

Our cooking - Fireless

Our youth - Jobless

Our food - Fatless

Our labour - Effortless

Our conduct - Worthless

Our relation - Loveless

Our attitude - Careless

Our feelings - Heartless

Our politics - Shameless

Our education - Valueless

Our follies - Countless

Our arguments - Baseless

Our Job - Thankless

Our Salary - Very Very less

Our emails - Useless (Especially this one)!

Christ is Still Coming Through Miracles

noreply@blogger.com (Gooogle Entertainment) — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:27:00 +0000

Christ is Still Coming Through Miracles

Why Parents are Stressed

noreply@blogger.com (Gooogle Entertainment) — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:17:00 +0000

Why Parents are Stressed (Humour)

Gmail in Outlook Express

noreply@blogger.com (Gooogle Entertainment) — Wed, 27 May 2009 06:26:00 +0000

Gmail in Outlook Express

Since so many folks are getting and using Google's free email called Gmail, there is now a way to receive and send emails in Gmail using Outlook Express. Gmail provides the information on their web site, but it is a little hard to find.
So here is the way to set up Outlook Express for receiving and sending Gmail.

Instructions for setting up OE to access your Gmail account:

Log onto the Gmail Web site and click Settings in the top navigation bar.
Click the tab marked Forwarding and POP
Check Enable POP for all mail or Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on
Click Save Changes
In Outlook Express, click the Tools menu and select Accounts
Click Add | Mail ...
Type your name and click Next
Enter your Gmail address and click Next
Under "My incoming mail server is a [dropdown box] server, select POP
Under "Incoming mail server," type pop.gmail.com
Under "Outgoing mail (SMTP) server," type smtp.gmail.com and click Next
Under "Account name," type your Gmail address (username@gmail.com)
Under "Password," type your Gmail password and click Next
Click Finish.
Now configure the new account:

Highlight the account name and click Properties
Click the Servers tab
Under "Outgoing Mail Server," ensure that the following is checked: My server requires authentication
Click the Advanced tab
Ensure the following is checked under both "Outgoing Mail (SMTP)" and "Incoming Mail (POP3): This server requires a secure connection
Under "Outgoing Server (SMTP)" type 465
Under "Incoming Server (POP3)" type 995
Click Apply, click OK and close.

Don't have a Gmail Account? Get one by going to Gmail's site!

A Model Who Became a Monk

noreply@blogger.com (Earth Green Earth 911) — Mon, 25 May 2009 10:06:00 +0000

A Model Who Became a Monk
(Something to think about)

For a fashion model who has spent years in the industry,

Kohinoor Singh

becoming a make-up artist, or photographer would hardly be out-of-this-world.

Becoming a monk however is a completely different cosmic matter.

In a move that gave rise to a combination of shock, dismay, disbelief and admiration in Nepal, one of the Himalayan country's top models, Kohinoor Singh, recently decided to shave her head, discard her make-up, and adorn the drab garb of a Buddhist monk.

Gone is the life of catwalks, photo shoots, sexy bikinis, and glamour-what remains behind is an 'Ani'(monk) smiling pleasantly at the thought of the future.

"For me there are no changes at all, because I have always been like this," she declared recently in an interview on Cybersansar.com, a Nepali website.

"People notice this sudden transition because they have always portrayed me according to my outer looks."

Kohinoor as Ani Lhosang Dolma

Kohinoor Singh, now Ani Lhosang Dolma, carved out a name for her self in the small but quickly growing modelling world of Nepal since she was 15 years old with her catwalk shows, brand endorsing ads, TV show hosting and music video hits.

She particularly shot into prominence through her music videos made by Music Nepal.

In 2002 she was credited with giving Cybernepal.com, a major Nepali site for the local cinema and the music industry, a major fillip to its rating.

"After we put the blow ups of Kohinoor Singh," said Abhinav Kasaju founder of the site, "the number of visitors to the site doubled."

"Kohinoor is sensational. She's a unique blend of innocence and sexuality, "declared the Kathmandu Post who rated her one of the "Top 5 models in Nepal" in February this year.

But that has now all changed, overnight. "To be peaceful and happy," she continues, "one needs to be content with whatever one has and I am following this passage."

It was a dream long since planted in her mind ever since as a little girl she encountered a woman monk always calm and smiling in a Swayambu (temple mound)..

A strong spiritual experience in that very same Swayambu years later, some deep soul searching, and Ani was born. "I am ready to cope with anything now, even hunger and thirst. I believe it is desire that leads to expectations and eventually chaos."

In a nation where Buddhism was born, it won't be long then, that from being admired on stage, Ani will be elevated to a young guru of sorts. For now she has broken several hearts and extracted many a sigh even though, as one fan puts it, she has moved from being "a pretty model to one beautiful nun!"

Deep Words

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 23 May 2009 06:30:00 +0000

Deep Words

Ones shadow grows larger than life when admired by the light of the moon

Reason should Direct & Apetite Obey

Vision + Desire + Reality

Why does life keep teaching me lessons I have no desire to learn?

First Deserve, Then Desire

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance

A smile shortens the distance

Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his

I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.

I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.

No woman ever speaks the naked truth!

The naked don't fear robbery.

Forgiveness is more satisfying than revenge.

Trust no one until you have a peck of salt with him.

An unpleasant guest is as welcome as salt to a sore eye.

Television!

Teacher

Mother

Secret Lover

Adorable Pandas!

noreply@blogger.com (Earth Green Earth 911) — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:10:00 +0000

Adorable Pandas!

The earthquake was right in the area where giant pandas live.
Most pandas are protected well, especially the babies, even if they were scared a lot.
Right after earthquake. They rushed out and some huddled together.

People rescuing pandas.

Giving them milk...

After meal...

Look at this baby!

Hungry babies!

Stay here, maybe safer...

Feeling safe enough to sleep now

I don't want a shot!

This is just way too cute!

Nap time...

Will you play with me?

Awwwww

I didn't do it!

Now THAT's a milk moustache

HI!

Whatcha doing?

Family photo

What's Love Got to Do With It?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:22:00 +0000

In 2002, the cost of the average wedding was about $20,000. The average divorce? Around $20,000 as well. With the tab for love-and loss of love-being so steep, it's a shame that more couples headed for the chapel haven't heard of Ted Huston. His study of courtship and marriage could save some starry-eyed pairs a tidy sum.

Dr. Ted Huston studied 168 couples over 14 years and found that good courtships presage good marriages.

Huston, a professor of Human Ecology at The University of Texas at Austin, has studied intimate relationships for 30 years, and he's heard more about amour than Oprah.

As a young researcher at Pennsylvania State University in the 1970s , Huston was intrigued by the question, "Why do people sometimes approach the person they're attracted to and sometimes not?" That query led to an interest in why some couples do marry, which then led to curiosity about elements of enduring marriages. Fueled by these questions, Huston created the Processes of Adaptation in Intimate Relationships (PAIR) project in 1979.

PAIR began with the tidy, short-term goal of following a sample of newlyweds through the first two and a half years of marriage. PAIR researchers planned to examine the fabric of a couple's everyday life, from the division of labor in the household and the number of times the husband said "I love you" to the frequency of watching television together or having sex. What emerged was a groundbreaking, 14-year, four-phase examination of 168 couples.

The 168 couples who were chosen for the study were selected from public marriage license records in Pennsylvania and all were in their first marriages. Most were white, working class and in their early 20s.

The result of the longitudinal study is a detailed snapshot of intimate relationships, from the first burst of passion through, for some, the pain of divorce.

"Out of all of the couples that we contacted, 40% agreed to participate," said Huston. "We told the couples that we'd be getting right inside their marriages and that if they reported things being better in the relationship than they really were, our entire study would be flawed and ruined. We were very surprised so many chose to participate."

Over the course of the research work, comprehensive information was collected, through face-to-face interviews and phone interview diaries, about each couple's courtship, early marital experiences and, finally, the relationship's outcome over a decade later. PAIR project research showed that the seeds of divorce can be detected during courtship and clearly are evident during the first two years of marriage.

Most studies of marriage and divorce have settled on something called an emergent distress paradigm-this posits that the majority of couples are uniformly giddy through courtship and the newlywed stage and that discontent develops later because of escalating disagreements and negativity.

What Huston found was that newlywed couples differ considerably from one another in the intensity of their romantic feelings and the frequency of negative behavior toward one another from the beginning and that, for those who remain married, these early behavioral patterns persist over time. Good courtships presage happy marriages and turbulent courtships foreshadow future problems.

Interviews with PAIR couples show that several of the couples fought through their courtships, expressed ambivalent feelings about one another and broke up numerous times but elected to marry nevertheless.

Huston also concluded that all divorced couples are not created equal. The bloom of romance fades differently in marriages where partners linger before divorcing than it does in marriages that dissolve very quickly.

In the PAIR study, couples who were married two to six years before divorcing were dubbed "early-exiters," and Huston refers to their rocky relationships as "Country Music Romances" - all tears and high melodrama.

The early-exiters were a group whose relationships spelled disaster from the outset. They reported problems even in the dating stage and were aware that they were "not as much in love" as other courting couples. Despite this realization, they were unwilling to take steps to improve the quality of the relationship. Early exiters also tended to have extremely long courtships, dating casually for an extended period of time before finally agreeing to date one another exclusively.

Once married, the early exiters' relationships almost immediately began to unravel, and interviews with these couples showed that the spouses were not particularly enamored of or affectionate with one another even as newlyweds. Spouses rapidly developed ambivalent feelings about one another and the relationship during the first two years, and the wives, in particular, soon fell out of love.

According to Huston, early exiters seem to enter marriage with the notion that matters will improve once they are wed, and when the relationship continues to deteriorate, they cut their losses post-haste.

The second category of divorced couples was designated "delayed-action divorcers." These couples were married at least seven years before separating and consisted of individuals who might best be described as those who are in love with love. In PAIR literature they are occasionally referred to as "the Hollywood Romance Group."

Their courtships were short in duration and as passionate and fireworks-filled as a scene from a Danielle Steele novel. The partners reported being highly affectionate and deeply in love while dating, with the men, in particular, expressing little ambivalence about the relationship during courtship.

Despite the rosy beginnings, delayed-action divorcers typically became significantly less affectionate during the first two years of marriage compared to other couples. This decline in amorous impulses was accompanied by a decline in their tendency to view one another as caring and responsive.

Wooed by the allure of romance, partners fell in love with idealized images of one another, each drawing attention to his or her most desirable qualities and the qualities that the other partner seemed most fervently to want.

In marriages such as this, a woman who can't boil water and knows more about Prada than Pampers may present herself as the perfect future homemaker, cook and PTA mom. A man may profess, while dating, his love of museums and chick flicks, only to be found worshipping, every spare moment after marriage, at the altar of ESPN, eating bologna straight from the package.

After the honeymoon, and somewhere between leaving the toilet seat up and burning the house down, a dull disenchantment or displeasure with the mundane little facts of a partner's actual persona sets in. According to PAIR research, spouses become less motivated to impress their partner and the day-to-day intimacy of marriage makes idealized images much more difficult to maintain. When the storybook romance falls away, partners may be disappointed with what they find. The couples reluctantly give up on their marriages long after love begins to wane.

A disenchanted and discontented spouse does not, however, necessarily lead to the dissolution of a marriage. Marriages that endured for the entire fourteen years of the PAIR study fell into two groups-unions in which both spouses were happy about the relationship, and those in which at least one partner was displeased.

Because happy, long marriages are a goal of most couples, perhaps the most intriguing and beneficial bit of information from the PAIR research was the discovery of a particular mix of personality traits which spouses in happy marriages possess.

Marriages in which one or both spouses possess stereotypically "feminine" traits such as warmth, kindness and a high level of concern for others tend to evidence a strong degree of marital satisfaction and are preceded by courtships that show a smooth, even progression toward marriage. Individuals with so-called feminine traits typically behave more affectionately and elicit similar behavior from a partner, and they also are inclined to give each other the benefit of the doubt.

Dr. Huston's wife of 35 years at 18.

In comparison to the high drama of failed marriages, the explanation for happy, enduring marriages seems almost disappointingly simple and jejune. Not like a tempestuous Hollywood blockbuster movie at all.

"The courtships and marriages that are successful are the 'best friend' ones, the ones that are slow and steady and unfold over time," said Huston. "Positive feelings like trust and respect emerge, and the whole thing mirrors the evolution of any other kind of good relationship in life."

Couples who have lasting marriages take the courtship at a leisurely pace and enter marriage with their eyes open to the strengths and weaknesses of one another and the relationship.

Given that Huston has spent the past three decades scrutinizing an institution that leaves about 50% of its adherents in divorce court, one might think he would be a little bit cynical, perhaps even divorced himself.

When asked about his marital status, however, he replies with a large, sheepish smile that he has been married 35 years, and one notices, stationed in a prominent position on his work desk, a framed, 8x10 headshot of a beautiful, blue-eyed blonde with a flip hairdo and a perfect smile. It's his wife, at 18.

India's Top 10 Hotels

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 19 May 2009 04:02:00 +0000

India's Top 10 Hotels

Amanresorts Amanbagh, Alwar

Best Desert Retreat

This ultra-deluxe resort sits on the former site of the Maharajah of Alwar's hunting lodge and personal pleasure garden. Amanbagh means "peaceful garden" and you'd be hard-pressed to find a more tranquil spot than this soft-sandstone hotel surrounded by graceful palms, fragrant eucalyptus and frangipani trees and manicured jade green lawns.. The elegant "haveli-style" rooms are among the largest in the country.

Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur

Best Place To Feel Like Royalty

Everything about this breathtaking property, from the arrival by boat on Lake Pichola and the views of the City Palace, will make you feel as regal as the peacock that wander the property. Many rooms boast private, walled courtyards with silken parasols and inlaid furniture, as well as private butler service. Upgrade to a suite with its own tented dining facility and infinity pool, or better yet, to the 2,650-square- foot Kohinoor Suite with its courtyard fountains, fireplaces and sauna in the master bedroom. Sorry, no throne.

Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Mumbai

Best Dining

This 565-room hotel weaves Moorish, Oriental and Florentine styles together: It features vaulted alabaster ceilings, onyx columns, archways, silk carpets, crystal chandeliers and a cantilever stairway. This diversity is also reflected in the hotel's dining venues, which happen to be Mumbai's hottest: the Middle Eastern Souk, Morimoto's Wasabi and the Zodiac Grill, where the menu changes each month to match the astrological sign.

Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur

Best Tent Accommodations

Built in 1727, majestic Jaipur is also known as "The Pink City" for its oleander-rose buildings, domes and minarets. This smaller luxury hotel about five miles from the city center reflects Jaipur's colors and stateliness. It offers a variety of courtyard accommodations, from suites to air-conditioned luxury tents with teak floors, Edwardian claw-foot tubs and embroidered interior canopies. Flashlight not required.

Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra

Best Views Of The Taj Mahal

Views of the domed marble mausoleum are clear from practically every window of this property (including some bathrooms!). This hotel features Moghul architecture, terraced gardens and several reflection pools. The 103 rooms are decked out in rich purples, oranges and yellows.. Their marble bathrooms are stately with their imposing soaking tubs.

Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur

Best Place For Romance

It's hard to top the setting of this white marble palace which seems to be floating atop Lake Pichola on its four-acre island pedestal. Adding to the storybook effect are the decorative details in the elegant suites: bohemian crystals, ornate glass work, green lotus leaves and cusped arches. The rooms look out on medieval gardens and hilltop fortresses.

The Four Seasons, Mumbai

Best Car Service

Driving conditions in India can be a little daunting. At the Four Seasons, the newest entrant to the country's luxury-hotel market, a fleet of 20 BMW Series 7s is available for guests--not that they'll need to go far: The glass tower hotel (whose 202 rooms look straight at the Arabian sea) is conveniently located in Worli, the city's financial center, obviously targeted to the increasing number of business travelers flocking to Mumbai.

The Imperial, New Delhi

Best Common Spaces

Built in 1936, the landmark Imperial Hotel, with its parade of palm trees, glossy Italian marble floors, teak furnishings and high ceilings, will make you feel like you should have arrived on elephant, sword on hip. But don't worry; the spacious rooms--the Deco suites are particularly stunning--have all the modern conveniences. Ask the resident curator to guide you through the hotel's hanging collection of British art.

The Leela Palace Kempinski, Bangalore

Best Business Hotel

Bangalore, India's third-largest city, has morphed into a hip, global technology center, attracting CEOs from Google, Yahoo!, IBM, Honeywell, and, of course, Bill Gates. The Leela Palace offers great accommodations and dining (at the lovely Jamavar) plus superior conference facilities. Expect to rub elbows with local resident Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon president and India's richest woman.

Devi Garh, Delwara Near Udaipur

Sexiest Design

From the outside, Devi Garh, an 18th-century Rajput palace-fort, looks just like so many of the majestic edifices throughout Rajasthan. But step inside and you'll find a totally reinvented minimalist décor. In one room, a sunken marble tub sits alone in a room looking at the Aravali Hills through floor-to-ceiling glass. Each of the 39 suites is embellished with marble and semi-precious stones. The hotel has a spa and can arrange camel rides.

Simple Tricks Make You Look Smart

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:50:00 +0000

Beware of Two-Way Mirrors in Trial Rooms

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:44:00 +0000

Beware of Two-Way Mirrors in Trial Rooms

Gooogle Entertainment

Sydney Opera House

Sydney Opera House white sails turn into giant canvas for spectacular light display

The Cloud with No Name

The Cloud with No Name Meteorologists campaign to classify unique 'Asperatus' clouds seen across the world

Charlie the One-Winged Drake

Charlie the One-Winged Drake gets in a flap as he returns to the water

The Loch Ness Monster

Found: The Loch Ness Monster -that lived in the English Channel and died more than 200million years ago

Boosting Levels of Vitamin D

Boosting Levels of Vitamin D 'could cut cancer by up to 25%'

Paris Hilton - Malibu Barbie

Malibu Barbie Camera-loving Paris Hilton shows off her swimsuit body in yet another photoshoot

That's the hotel bill paid for then: Paris Hilton poses in sexy bikini next to Eden Roc lifebelt

Why Crash Dieting DOES Work?

Why crash dieting DOES work Surprise evidence suggests it's the best way to slim

'Exercise doesn't necessarily make you thin'

Secrets and lies

Only 34 per cent of women tell others when they are dieting and around a third lie about their dress size

'Eat the right food at the right time'

Why Your Feet Could Be Giving You Back Ache

Why Your Feet Could Be Giving You Back Ache - and could cure it

Do you need orthotics?

Pinpointing the problem

Scan that reveals secrets of the sole

Running insoles cured my painful shins

Stars by Cartoon Artists

Kids Are Quick

Fishy Kiss

Heart is Everywhere

Pictures Speak Thousand Words

Have A Good Day

21st Century....Less

Christ is Still Coming Through Miracles

Why Parents are Stressed

Gmail in Outlook Express

Gmail in Outlook Express

A Model Who Became a Monk

Deep Words

Adorable Pandas!

What's Love Got to Do With It?

India's Top 10 Hotels

Simple Tricks Make You Look Smart

Beware of Two-Way Mirrors in Trial Rooms

Sydney Opera House
white sails turn into giant canvas for spectacular light display

The Cloud with No Name
Meteorologists campaign to classify unique 'Asperatus' clouds seen across the world

Charlie the One-Winged Drake
gets in a flap as he returns to the water

Found: The Loch Ness Monster
-that lived in the English Channel and died more than 200million years ago

Boosting Levels of Vitamin D
'could cut cancer by up to 25%'

Malibu Barbie
Camera-loving Paris Hilton shows off her swimsuit body in yet another photoshoot

Why crash dieting DOES work
Surprise evidence suggests it's the best way to slim