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Archive for February, 2007

Internet porn is all pervasive

By Alpha • Feb 12th, 2007 • Category: General

The Web gives and it takes away. A new study to be published in the journal of Pediatrics found that 42 percent of Internet user aged 10 to 17 had seen online porn over the past year, and two-thirds of that exposure was unwanted. “It’s beyond the wild west out there. You have really taken [...]



Existence

By Alpha • Feb 12th, 2007 • Category: Quotes

I once inhaled a pretty full dose of ether, with the determination to put on record, at the earliest moment of regaining consciousness, the thought I should find uppermost in my mind. The mighty music of the triumphal march into nothingness reverberated through my brain, and filled me with a sense of infinite possibilities which [...]



No time to hit the gym? Think again.

By Alpha • Feb 11th, 2007 • Category: Fitness

Have time for Monday Night Football, The Daily Show, or Lost? Tally up the number of hours you spend in front of the tube each week and you will probably find more than a measly hour and a half for the gym. Saying you have no time is bogus “because it assumes that everything else [...]



Sprint your way to bigger muscles

By Alpha • Feb 10th, 2007 • Category: Fitness

Squeeze in a quicky to build more muscle. Researchers at A.T. Still University, in Arizona, found that running wind sprints between weight workouts can boost your lifting performance. “Both forms of exercise train the same energy system,” says study author Matthew Rhea, Ph.D. So sprinting conditions your muscles and cardiovascular system in a manner similar [...]



Procrastination

By Alpha • Feb 9th, 2007 • Category: Quotes

Wise words that define one’s ability to procrstinate,
“Anyone can do any amount of work providing it isn’t the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment.”
- Robert Benchley
“Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that [...]



Move to Canada if you want a job

By Alpha • Feb 9th, 2007 • Category: Employment

According to Statistics Canada, the Canadian economy is booming generating far more jobs than experts expected. In fact, during the month of January, a grand total of 88,900 jobs were created beating economists expectations of 10,000 to 15,000 jobs.
Apparently, most of these new jobs were created in the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. [...]



Vegetarian Chili

By Alpha • Feb 9th, 2007 • Category: Vegetarian

This recipe is good for 4 servings. You are going to need the following ingredients,
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 large onion, chopped (roughly 1 cup)
1 small green bell pepper, chopped (roughly half a cup)
1 medium zucchini cut into small sticks (roughly 2 cups)
2 cloves of chopped garlic
2 cans (15-16 ounces each) pinto beans, rinsed and drained
2 [...]



Find out what colors should be included in your wardrobe with this handy tool

By Alpha • Feb 8th, 2007 • Category: Style

If you are anything like me, then you probably have little to no clue when it comes to selecting the color of your clothes so that it matches your appearance. Luckily, Men’s Health magazine has made available an online tool that will tell you the best colors for you given as input the color of [...]



All you need to know about Bluetooth technology

By Alpha • Feb 8th, 2007 • Category: Technology

Most electronic gadgets that you can buy today including cell phones, digital cameras, PDAs and laptop computers are advertised to be Bluetooth capable. But what the heck is Bluetooth and why do you care? Bluetooth is a type of the wireless technology that eliminates the need for the number of inconvenient cables and devices that [...]



There is so much beauty in this world

By Alpha • Feb 8th, 2007 • Category: Quotes

“But its hard to stay mad when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once and it’s too much…And then it flows through me like rain. And I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life.”
-from the movie American Beauty [...]