Tuesday, March 21, 2006

NEXT UP: CAN EATING CAN EASE HUNGER PANGS?

Flooding rains could ease extended drought, experts say

The Associated Press DALLAS — Heavy rainfall that flooded roads, drenched property and swept a visiting college student from China to her death Sunday night may have eased a chronic drought in North Texas, experts said. As floodwaters subsided Monday, authorities were still assessing the damage from storms that dumped as much as 8 inches of rain on parts of the Dallas area this week-end.

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME ASKING SUE OUT FOR A PIZZA AND A BEER.

Nutrition key to training, experts say

When it comes to nutrition and athletic performance, Sue McIlraith doesn’t mince words.

“If you’re eating crap, you can’t expect great performance,” said McIlraith, a registered dietitian with Affinity Health System. “If you want to have this body of yours perform as a high-performance engine, then you’ve got to treat it that way. That means the food coming in as well as how you’re treating it. If you’re pouring drugs into your body, alcohol, junk food, it’s not going to perform for you the way you want it to.”

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Tuesday, March 07, 2006

IT'S TRUE, WHY JUST THE OTHER DAY I WENT DOWN TO THE ZOO AND BORROWED LUNCH MONEY FROM ONE OF THEM.

New Studies Show Chimps to Be Altruistic

... a new study by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology shows that chimpanzees understand when cooperation is needed and help each other to achieve goals.

And chimps are even willing to cooperate without hope of reward.

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THAT'S WHY IT'S BEST TO WAIT TILL THEY'RE ASLEEP

Sex studies show kids do listen to parents

NEW YORK

When it comes to adolescents' attitudes toward sex, movies matter. And so does locker-room chatter. But two recent studies also note the influence that parents have over their children.

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