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Magdalena Kožená: ‘I’m not scared of the big maestro’

Magdalena Kožená believes musicians fall into two categories. “There are people who love to work with their partners and those who simply can’t,” she says. it is, she admits, “fortunate that I’m the first case”: the celebrated Czech mezzo-soprano’s husband happens to be conductor Simon Rattle. What’s the main advantage of being married to the conductor? [...]

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Shelina in the swim at last

Most of us learn to swim in childhood, but Shelina Begum reached the age of 32 afraid of water and so unable to swim a stroke. she bravely put her fear behind her and tells of her mission to take the plunge. If, like me, you’ve managed to make it to adulthood without learning how [...]

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bacolod lifestyle

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.- Abraham Lincoln AS WE are celebrating Mother’s Day this weekend, I surfed through the net and browsed through the Mother Day’s quotes and this one for me is the best with author unknown. A baby asked God… THE self-proclaimed true [...]

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The race is on to return north

May 12, 2012 First I would like to offer a happy Mother’s Day weekend to all mothers out there! in May the general exuberance of bird life is fantastic and impossible to ignore. The dawn chorus, a cacophony of loud and varied bird song, with seemingly every individual of each species attempting to drown out [...]

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Sizing Up Americans In ‘The Weight Of The Nation’

Copyright © 2012 National Public Radio®. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. You’re listening to SCIENCE FRIDAY. I’m Ira Flatow. you heard the statistics before: Americans are getting fatter and fatter with each passing year, and the trend isn’t about to end. according to a new [...]

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Victoria Advocate

Gheni Platenburg • Originally published April 19, 2012 at midnight, updated April 22, 2012 at 7:44 a.m. COMPANY MILESTONE 1888: Battle Creek, Mich. – John Adams co-invents Adamur 1905: John Adams and family move to Beeville and create Adams Best Vanilla 1917: Fred W. Adams (second generation) purchase the company from his father 1922: Fred [...]

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Has the carbon footprint of our consumption finally peaked?

The UK’s total consumption footprint by sectorIn thousand tonnes of CO2e. All emissions allocated to end user. Roll over segments for data. Fullscreen version Today’s select committee report on ‘oursourced’ emissions adds a lot of weight to an argument that many of us have been making for years: that nations should take some responsibility for [...]

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Colicky babies may be having early migraines

Frequent, unexplained crying in infants, known as colic, may be an early sign of migraine headaches, a new study suggests. The results show that women with a history of migraine headaches were 2.6 times more likely than those  without migraines to have babies with colic. The findings suggest “migraine genes,” or genetic factors that predispose people to [...]

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Infant found dead off Highway 299; police say man faces homicide, kidnapping charges

An 11-month-old boy was found dead off the side of Highway 299 on Thursday night after being abducted by his mother’s boyfriend, authorities said. Christopher James McDonald, 23, will face kidnapping and homicide charges after he ran away with Sebastian McDonald, whose body was found shortly before 8 p.m. off the highway, Redding Police Chief [...]

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Sizling Saucon seizes South Division title in Colonial softball

April 27, 2012|By Keith Groller, Of the Morning Call Offense was certainly in vogue Friday night at Patriots Park as the first two of six Colonial League Play Day games were held. but on a night when 31 runs were scored, it was a defensive play that produced the most oohs and aahs. Saucon Valley [...]

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