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Richie and DJ A.M. at New Years party in Miami (Dec 31 2005 14:55 GMT) - In Miami, Lindsay Lohan just might belt out songs from her new album when she rules the roost at Prive, with the deejay stylings of Samantha Ronson and Vice and gratis vodka courtesy of upstart Russian-brand Imperia. Expect Jamie Foxx... |
Fosfor Gadgets
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Happy New Year! (Dec 31 2005 14:54 GMT) - Fosfor Gadgets wish you a Happy New Year! The easiest way of making sure you don’t miss anything, is to subscribe to our feed - it’s easy and you can even get all our posts right in your inbox. Make sure you have a really nice New Years Eve now! |
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Mariah Carey New Year's Party? (Dec 31 2005 14:54 GMT) - Mariah Carey will undoubtedly be poured into one of her famously skimpy ensembles when she hosts a soiree at Cipriani 42nd Street, where RSVPs like Topher Grace, Julia Stiles and Ryan Seacrest will get buzzed on bubbly. Carey's favorite turntablist,... |
mercola.com blog
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The Word is Spreading: People Are Skipping Flu Shots (Dec 31 2005 14:52 GMT) - The Word is Spreading: People Are Skipping Flu Shots Despite all the scare tactics being used by federal health officials and some shortages, Americans may be indeed getting wiser about the toxic pharmaceutical cocktail known as the vaccine, according to a new report. In just one example, some 30 percent of New York City patients offered flu shots refused them, according to recent surveys. That's much lower than figures collected by the CDC last year, when only 55 percent of whites and 45 percent of blacks over age 65 were vaccinated. Interestingly, the focus of this piece is an attempt to "debunk the urban legends" that scare patients away from vaccines. |
mercola.com blog
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Could a Generic Zocor ''Hurt'' The Statin Market? (Dec 31 2005 14:52 GMT) - Could a Generic Zocor ''Hurt'' The Statin Market? Last week, I told you about Pfizer dodging a bullet when its cash cow, Lipitor, was protected from the generic drug market for five more years by a federal judge. An astute look at the mega-pharmaceutical landscape in yesterday's Chicago Tribune shows how the soon-to-be-generic status of another worthless statin drug -- Zocor -- will be a boon to the conventional drug paradigm at the end of the day. With Zocor moving to generic status in June, this statin will cost close to half as much ($2 a pill) at the retail level. And, because one statin isn't any better -- if not worse -- than any other, health care plans as well as pharmacies will likely be encouraging patients to use the cheaper generic instead. |
mercola.com blog
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The Cancer-Fighting Power of Vitamin D (Dec 31 2005 14:52 GMT) - The Cancer-Fighting Power of Vitamin D I frequently tout the significant benefits of vitamin D and am very happy to see more studies supporting its importance. A recent report, based on findings from 1966-2004, indicates that vitamin D can reduce the risk of colon, breast and ovarian cancers, among others, by as much as 50 percent. The primary role of vitamin D is to keep the balance of calcium and phosphorus in the blood, in turn keeping bones strong, according to experts. Its lesser-known role is regulating cell growth and determining cell development, which is why a deficiency in vitamin D may promote cancerous, rather than healthy, cell growth. Just a reminder, I have also discussed the anti-inflammatory effects of vitamin D and its role in preventing: |
mercola.com blog
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Why Are Your Car Seats SO BIG? (Dec 31 2005 14:52 GMT) - Why Are Your Car Seats SO BIG? To meet the "growing needs" of their customers -- a polite way to describe the obesity epidemic -- a number of foreign automakers like Honda have redesigned some of their 2006 models to fit the wider bodies of Americans. Domestic car companies claim they've been making those accommodations for a while, but Ford recently took the next step: Using nine different body types, including the frame of an morbidly obese man, to guide them during the computer design phase. Ford's justification for bigger seats stems from the growing girth of oversized Americans, up nearly 30 pounds over the past 38 years. |
mercola.com blog
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Site Helps You Track Your Amazon Purchases For Price Drop Credits (Dec 31 2005 14:52 GMT) - Site Helps You Track Your Amazon Purchases For Price Drop Credits You know how much of a fan I am of Amazon.com and all the wonderful things they do. Only one problem: What happens when the price of a book or CD you bought on Amazon last week drops? Like most retailers -- brick and mortar or on the Web -- Amazon will refund the difference up to 30 days after you bought it, but you'd have to check their site from time to time. |
mercola.com blog
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Are You Watching Sports Instead of Playing Them? (Dec 31 2005 14:52 GMT) - Are You Watching Sports Instead of Playing Them? Here's an interesting non-medical factoid that goes far toward explaining why the epidemic of obesity has grown by leaps and bounds in America, particularly over the past 30 years, that makes perfect sense to me: People like to watch sports far more than playing them. This and other similarly disheartening factoids were recently compiled in the latest Statistical Abstract about various aspects of American life collected by the U.S. |
South Side Sox
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A year worth remembering (Dec 31 2005 14:52 GMT) - Way back in January, back at the old place, we were burnt out on blogging and didn't even make a post for the entire month. A year later, where the place still has that new-blog-smell, we're finding a way to churn out about 10 posts a week. We didn't even know that we had 10 things to say this year, let alone this month. -- Anyway, here is a look back at some of the "best" posts from the past year. From the Ol' Digs Before the season started, I worried about the Sox ability to hit left-handed pitching. |
Niklas' blog
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Dissonant guitar-pieces by me (Dec 31 2005 14:52 GMT) - I've recorded a guitar piece, then made four different versions of it, all of which are available through my site. And a little on Aphex Twin getting dissed by Karlheinz Stockhausen, and vice versa. The vice versa-part is clearly the funnier. |
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