Tuesday, November 27, 2007

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Translation for non-Arabic speakers:

The image shows the current RSS feed from Aljazeera.net

the first item translates:
Work is underway in Annapolis, Bush considers Annapolis as the ideal time for negotiations

The second item:
Six martyrs in an Israeli raid on Gaza

I guess Palestinians living in Gaza are excluded from the negotiations underway.

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Sunday, November 11, 2007

Sir Mix-A-Lot had a point after all


"I like big butts and I cannot lie" are the lyrics of a classic song, but according to latest research, if your dad was like Sir Mix-A-Lot then chances are you're smarter than average. Read on...

CURVIER women may have smart children because hip fat contains polyunsaturated fatty acids critical for the development of the fetus's brain.

Using data from the US National Center for Health Statistics, William Lassek at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania and Steven Gaulin of the University of California, Santa Barbara, found a child's performance in cognition tests was linked to their mother's waist-hip ratio, a proxy for how much fat she stores on her hips. [source]

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