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What Airlines Could Do To Guarantee You Sleep Better On Long Flights

What Airlines Could Do To Guarantee You Sleep Better On Long Flights

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Exactly no one relishes a long flight as a time to get comfortable, quality sleep. But according to new research from Airbus, just a small...
The Scary Truth About Sleeping Pills

The Scary Truth About Sleeping Pills

Oct 26, 2013 9:00 AM  10.30.2013
We've all had sleepless nights -- lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, wondering why our brains keep chugging along even as the clock...

7 Reasons You Should Listen To Music When You Work Out


Listening to music when you hit the gym to improve your workout isn't exactly a new concept. But understanding how your favorite tunes enhance your exercise is a little less obvious.
workout with musicResearch consistently finds that listening to music distracts athletes from their "bodily awareness" (read: pain). And a recent study found that not just listening, but controlling and creating music in time to one's pace had an even more profound effect on perceived effort during a workout.
Here are seven very good reasons to rock out during your next gym session.
1. Music is the good kind of distraction.
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While the study did suggest there's more to it than distraction, working out with music did make participants less aware of their exertion. Such a distraction canbenefit athletic performance by up to 15 percent, The Guardian reported. The faster the better, according to WebMD: Upbeat tunes have more information for our brains to process, which takes your mind off of that side stitch. read more

90 Percent Of People Show Up To Work Sick

Sick day? What's that?! Nearly 90 percent of office workers surveyed by Staples this year admitted to showing up on the job even when they knew they were contagious. That's up from last year's findings that 80 percent of employees went to work when they were under the weather.
sick at workTheir reasoning? They don't want to fall behind. Nearly half -- 45 percent -- said an ever-growing workload convinced them commuting in was the right decision, according to the survey. It's not that they don't know it's not the healthy decision. Compared to last year, more employees said they understand how long the flu is contagious for, where germs congregate in the office and how long the virus can live on those shared surfaces. Still, sick coworkers are coughing and sneezing -- and infecting others -- in cubicles all over the country. read more

Older Marathoners Reveal Secrets For Getting In Shape.

Here's a fact that will quash all of your excuses for not working out: Over 12,000 people over 50 will pound the pavement in the ING New York City MarathonSunday. The oldest runner is 93!
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Many of these marathoners have been running for more than half their lives.
Here's what keeps three incredible runners -- marathoners for decades -- going strong:
Ken Rosen, 64
Ken has run every single New York City Marathon since 1979. The New Jersey native started running one block at a time and eventually built up to the 26.2 mile race. He says running is part of who he is. Literally. Even his license plate reads "I Run Far." read more

ST MARY, Jamaica: Dad, community shocked by beating death of toddler....led 49-year-old Clive Barrett to beat his 22-month-old grandniece to death on Wednesday

ST MARY, Jamaica – Family and community members in Deans Pen, St Mary, are still asking what could have led 49-year-old Clive Barrett to beat his 22-month-old grandniece to death on Wednesday evening.
Twenty-two-month-old Eshauna Gardner reportedly died following injuries sustained from a beating she received on October 30. According to Ian Gardner, the father of the child, no one expected it as Barrett was very close to the child and treated her as his own daughter.
"Him treat the baby very good. Nobody at all would expect it," he told Jamaica Observer during a telephone interview. Gardner said Eshauna was his only daughter and so her death is very devastating for him.
"Mi love mi baby to the maximum. A the only girl," he explained. He said the child’s mother, who has a six-month-old baby, was finding it hard to cope. “She stress out,” he said
Gardner who is from St Catherine, did not live with his child; he said, however, that when he was there, Barrett always treated the child well. Read more:

LAX Shooting: TSA Agent Dead, Gunman In Custody At Airport (UPDATE)

A gunman opened fire at LAX, killing a Transportation Security Administration agent and wounding several others at the airport, NBC News reports.
A suspect wearing camouflage and carrying a high-powered rifle was shot and secured by cops at about 9:30 a.m. local time, authorities told CBS. It's unclear how the alleged gunman got through security.
The TSA confirmed that another of its employees was shot and injured. The LAX Twitter account confirmed multiple injuries and that the gunman has been apprehended. Fox News reports that the suspect is connected in some way to TSA.
"After the initial burst of gunfire and hiding, people started jumping over one another, jumping off chairs, pushing each other," Fox Sports reporter Bill Reiter said on Twitter. "Chaos & fear." read more
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7 Diet Habits You Should Drop Now

We get it: With so much contradictory advice floating around about the best diets for weight loss, it's no wonder many of us end up confused about what we should eat for optimal well-being and a healthy weight.
diet mistakesRead on for seven things you might think are helping you shed pounds, but could actually be sabotaging your weight loss and hurting your health. If you can drop these harmful habits, you might just become a healthy eater for life.
7. Skipping breakfast. About 10 percent of the U.S. population, or 31 million Americans, skip breakfast, according to a 2011 survey. But according to a recent study from Tel Aviv university, breakfast is indeed the most important meal of the day -- especially for people who want to lose weight. The researchers put 93 obese women into two different groups and instructed them to eat a nutritionally similar diet of 1,400 calories a day. The only difference was that one group made breakfast their biggest meal (at 700 calories) and the second group made dinner their biggest meal (700 calories). read more

Senate Intelligence Committee Passes Bill That Codifies, Expands NSA Powers

Just days after expressing outrage over reports of widespread surveillance of foreign leaders by the National Security Agency, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) pushed through the Senate Intelligence Committee on an 11-4 vote a bill that enshrines the bulk collection of Americans' phone call records into law, and expands the agency's authority to track foreign nationals who enter the United States.
senate bill nsaThe bill, passed on Thursday, is meant to respond to the revelations of leaker Edward Snowden. But critics immediately charged that it does little more than offer a fig leaf for the NSA's controversial surveillance operations.
"The NSA call-records program is legal and subject to extensive congressional and judicial oversight, and I believe it contributes to our national security," Feinstein said in a statement. "This committee has conducted considerable oversight of FISA programs, both before and after recent leaks, and I believe the reforms in this bill are prudent, responsible and meaningful." read more

INDECOM Changes Investigative Focus As Police Shootings Increase

INDECOM Changes Investigative Focus As Police Shootings Increase

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is reporting that eight out of every ten police shootings in October ended in fatalities. 10 minutes ago

Lead Stories: Feeding Jamaica, No Problem

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Feeding Jamaica, No Problem

While recognising the threats caused by the world economic crises of the past six years, stakeholders are declaring they are confident the future of Jamaica's food-and-nutrition sector has become more secure....

Brian McKnight promises a soulful performance......Metro Media wins world clash

Brian McKnight promises a soulful performance

Friday, November 01, 2013
R&B singer Brian McKnight promises a soulful performance tomorrow at the National Indoor Sports Centre in St Andrew. The American artiste is headliner for the LIME-sponsored event. Lovers' rock singer Romain Virgo and dub poets NoMaddz are also ...more

Metro Media wins world clash

Friday, November 01, 2013
OWNER of the Metro Media Sound System, Haldain 'Jimmy Metro' James, is praising decades of hard work for the sound's recent victory in the World Sound Clash in Queens, New York. This year's victory is the eighth by a local-based sound system in the  Read more: 

Woman Accused Of Trying To Sell 4-Year-Old For Sex.....Jennifer Marie Brys Allegedly Offered Her 4-Year-Old Daughter Through Online Prostitution Ad

A woman and man from Michigan were arraigned Wednesday on charges of child sexually abusive activity and using a computer to commit a crime after she allegedly offered her 4-year-old daughter to the man for money.
Jennifer Marie BrysJennifer Marie Brys, 25, of Warren, Mich., allegedly had a prostitution ad on the site Backpage.com, according to a WXYZ-TV report. Edward Cody Reardon, 26, connected with Brys through the ad, but when the Lincoln Park resident learned she had a 4-year-old daughter, he changed his focus.
According to the news station, police say Reardon suggested in a text message that he shower with Brys' daughter, and he asked for a nude photo of the young girl. She sent him a clothed one.
"When you look at the picture of this innocent little girl, and think about what her mother wanted to do with her, the mother who is supposed to protect her, it’s disgusting and disturbing," Warren Police Commissioner Jere Green told the Macomb Daily.
According to the paper, Reardon agreed to pay upwards of $300. read more

Ellen DeGeneres Dresses Up As Nicki Minaj For Halloween ... And It's Pretty Amazing (VIDEO)

When Nicki Minaj made an appearance on "Ellen" in September wearing no bra, an unbuttoned cropped jacket and leather pants, it was scary. But now, thanks to Ellen DeGeneres' sense of humor, we've experienced something even scarier.
ellen degeneresThat's right. DeGeneres dressed up as Nicki Minaj and replicated that now infamous outfit for Halloween.
"This year I decided to go as something really scary ... half-naked," DeGeneres joked during her Halloween opening monologue, airing today (Oct. 31). "Of course, I'm Nicki Minaj. Nicki was on the show a few weeks ago and her shirt was not ... she took our show from PG to double D, that's what she did!"
DeGeneres continued to poke fun at her costume, nicknaming her breasts her "boom booms" and her behind her "super bass" before showing off her best twerk.
See photos of Ellen vs. Nicki below and watch the hilarious video above. read more

Matt Lauer in Drag : As Pamela Anderson: 'Today' Does Classic TV Shows For Halloween 2013 (VIDEO)

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As usual, "Today" pulled out all the stops for Halloween. Perhaps the best evidence of that was Matt Lauer dressed in drag as CJ, Pamela Anderson's character on "Baywatch."
The theme was classic television shows. Al was Mr. T, Kathie Lee and Hoda were dressed up as Wilma and Betty from "The Flintstones," Savannah and Natalie were Laverne and Shirley, Carson Daly was Jon from "CHiPs" and Willie Geist was David Hasselhoff.
But the pièce de résistance was Matt's big reveal and his re-enactment of Pamela Anderson running in slow motion: read more

Man's Internet crush turns out to be his daughter-in-law

You go online, meet a nice gal, arrange a meetup, and she turns out to be your daughter-in-law. What are the odds?
All sizes | Couple | Flickr - Photo Sharing!In China, where slightly less than half the eligible population is female, the odds are about 1 in 750 million, which is worse than any other place in the world. And yet, according to the Chinese news blog ChinaSMACK, that’s exactly where it happened.
On Tuesday, as ChinaSMACK tells it, a 57-year-old man (referred to in the story as Old Wang) hit it off with a woman named Lili in a chatroom. His unfortunate handle was “Good at Understanding People.”
Like any two strangers in a chatroom, Lili and Old Wang lied to each other. Wang said his wife had recently died and Lili said her husband was in jail. When Wang asked to see a picture of Lili, she sent a photo of her friend. Finding her friend to be quite beautiful, he sent her a photo as well, not of himself but of a friend taken back in his military days. read more

'I Am Against That' - Dancehall Artistes Join Education Minister In Fight Against Buses Playing Lewd Music


Levi Roots' Reggae Reggae Sauce Finally Comes To Jamaica

With his folksy Clarendon charm that convinced two high-powered partners to invest in his Reggae Reggae Sauce, Levi Roots launches his first venture in Jamaica with the opening of the Levi Roots Store on November 5 at Devon House.Packed with his famous...

IN JAMAICA, UPDATE: Police 'following strong leads' in Westmoreland triple murder

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Westmoreland police say they are this evening following strong leads into Wednesday night's brutal gun slaying of three men by masked thugs in the gritty Savanna-la-Mar inner-city community known as Russia.
Forty-five-year-old Broomfield Clarke, Melbourne Johnson, 58, and George White, 63, all of the same community were shot and killed as they played dominoes at a shop. Reports are that the men were among a group of people at the shop when three gunmen approached and started firing wildly. 
Five people were hit. They were taken to hospital where the three men were pronounced dead and two others admitted in stable condition. Read more: 

HUGE GANJA BUST IN JAMAICA: 3,285 pounds of weed seized in Hellshire Pond.

THE Marine Police yesterday seized approximately 3,285 pounds of marijuana during an operation in Hellshire Pond, St Catherine -- an area that they say had been under the radar for the past several months.
Police say the weed, the biggest find ever by the Marine Police, has an estimated street value of over $15 million. It was destined to be unloaded in the deadly guns-for-drugs trade between Jamaica and its neighbour Haiti. However, no one was arrested in connection with the find.

"We believe we have made a major dent in the ongoing drugs-for-guns trade with this seizure," commented Assistant Superintendent of Police Adrian Hamilton, who is assigned to the Marine Police Division in Kingston.

"We believe we have made a major dent in the ongoing drugs-for-guns trade with this seizure," commented Assistant Superintendent of Police Adrian Hamilton, who is assigned to the Marine Police Division in Kingston.
The police report that about 12:30 am, members from the Marine Division were on patrol in the remote area when they saw two high-powered, 28-foot canoes with two men aboard. They claimed the men, who were acting in a "suspicious manner", ran on the approach of the police team. Read more: 

Kerry Washington's 'SNL' Promos Are Full Of 'Ooo, Scandal!'


Get ready, "Scandal" fans, Kerry Washington is taking the "Saturday Night Live" stage this weekend with musical guest Eminem, and the first promos have been released.
Watch above to see Washington and "SNL" star Taran Killam talk scandals, hot peppers and whether Washington likes Killam as more than a friend. read more

'The Daily Show' Sent A 'Gay' Couple To Alabama And Mississippi, And The Results Might Surprise You

After finding out that statistician Nate Silver hadn't actually visited Alabama or Mississippi before he projected they would be the last states to approve gay marriage, "The Daily Show" sent Al Madrigal down south to see if he was right.
Using hidden cameras to follow two stunt men posing as a gay couple, Madrigal was able to capture surprisingly positive reactions from the locals in Mississippi, the last state to ratify the 13th amendment to end slavery, and Alabama, the state that "still has segregated sororities."
As it turned out, not only was there a lack of homophobic backlash to the couple, but a lot of folks celebrated their love (and even an engagement in a waffle house) right along with them. Your move, Silver! read more

Teacher Accused Of Sex With Minor Student.....Brianne Altice, English Teacher, Allegedly Had Sex With 15-Year-Old Student.

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Brianne Altice.
An English teacher at a reputable Utah high school is accused of having sex with at least one of her students.
Brianne Altice, 34, was arrested at her home Monday on two felony counts of unlawful sex with a minor, after a victim tipped Kaysville police off about their alleged months-long sexual relationship.
According to the Deseret News, the boy could accurately describe tattoos on Altice's body, and confirmed the layout of her South Weber home, where investigators allege the two had sex at least five times between January 2012 to October 2013.
Police said Altice and the student also had sex in a park in Kaysville at least once, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. read more

This 9-Year-Old Is About To Become Very Famous (VIDEO)......9-Year-Old's Opera Performance On Holland's Got Talent Is About To Make Her Very Famous

When 9-year-old Amira Willighagen from Nijmegen stepped onto the "Holland's Got Talent" stage, no one was expecting such a big voice to come out of such a very little girl.
Her incredible rendition of Puccini's "O Mio Babbino Caro" from the opera "Gianni Schicchi" earned her a Golden Ticket from the judges that would take her straight to the live show.
AmirawillighaganIt's hard to believe how young Amira is, but even more surprising to learn that she is completely self-taught, and used only YouTube tutorials to learn how to sing. She told the judges, "My brother Vincent plays violin, and I also wanted to do something... So I thought, I'm going to sing… and then I heard opera songs, which I found very beautiful and that's when I started singing," HLNBE reports.
Brava, Amira. Brava.

Red Sox Win World Series With 6-1 Win Over Cardinals In Game 6 (VIDEO/PHOTOS). First title at home in 95 years & 3rd in past 10 years

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BOSTON -- BOSTON (AP) — There hasn't been a party like this in New England for nearly a century.
Turmoil to triumph. Worst to first.
David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox, baseball's bearded wonders, capped their remarkable turnaround by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 in Game 6 on Wednesday night to win their third World Series championship in 10 seasons. Shane Victorino, symbolic of these resilient Sox, returned from a stiff back and got Boston rolling with a three-run double off the Green Monster against rookie sensation Michael Wacha.
John Lackey became the first pitcher to start and win a Series clincher for two different teams, allowing one run over 6 2-3 innings 11 years after his Game 7 victory as an Angels rookie in 2002. read more
 

Police: Operation Resilience nets 50 guns in one month. BUDHOO... the police have found weapons that were used to commit as many as 30 murders

THE police say they have seized a total of 50 guns over the past month under its new anti-crime initiative, Operation resilience.
"The seizure is the largest made in the island (in a single month) over the last three years," head of the Mobile Reserve, Assistant Commissioner of Police Winchroy Budhoo, told the Jamaica Observer yesterday.
The two guns, a .45 and a 9mm,
 that were recovered in August Town


 

"Based on tests, the police have found weapons that were used to commit as many as 30 murders," he further said of the iniative which was launched recently in response to the continued bloodshed in West Kingston. Additionally, he said that more than 100 people have been arrested under the initiative, while another 600 were held, processed and released.
The latest gun find occurred yesterday, where four weapons, including an M16 rifle, were retrieved during operations in August, St Andrew, and Spanish Town in St Catherine. The police said that the powerful M 16 rifle, along with a handgun, was found during a search in the volatile March Pen Road community in the old capital, while a .45 and a 9mm gun were seized in Bedward Gardens in August Town. Read more: 

WORLD NEWS : Senators Warn Obama Before Iraq Leader’s Visit

Senators Warn Obama Before Iraq Leader’s Visit

An influential group of senators sent a strongly worded letter to warn that the Iraqi premier’s “mismanagement” of the country’s politics had contributed to the surge of violence there.
Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil was fired Tuesday, three days after he met with the United States ambassador to Syria, Robert S. Ford, in Geneva.

Syria Fires Official Who Tried to Broker Peace

Qadri Jamil, a deputy prime minister who met with American and Russian officials about peace talks to end Syria’s war, was dismissed for not coordinating such meetings with the government.

U.N. Confirms an Outbreak of Polio in Syria

Health officials have intensified vaccination efforts as tests confirmed polio in nearly a dozen children so far.

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Canadians Seek Dick Cheney's Arrest For War Crimes During Upcoming Visit

An international volunteer organization urged Canadian authorities to arrest former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on war crimes charges when he visits the 2013 Toronto Global Forum later this week.
dick cheney canada arrestLawyers Against the War argued in a letter dated Sunday that Toronto Police Chief William Blair and Ontario Attorney General John Gerretsen have a duty to arrest Cheney "as a person suspected on reasonable grounds of authorizing, counseling, aiding, abetting and failing to prevent torture.”
“Once Richard (Dick) Cheney enters Canada … Canada must ensure that Dick Cheney is either investigated and prosecuted for the indictable offence of torture in Canada or extradited to another country willing and able to do so," Lawyers Against the War's Gail Davidson wrote.
The letter contended that Toronto police are legally obligated to arrest Cheney to prevent him from “escaping to the United States.” The organization argued that Canadian law would legally allow authorities to do so: read more

And The World's Longest Mustache Is...You Can't Stash This Mustache: Ram Singh Chauhan And His 14-Foot Facial Hair

Ram Singh Chauhan has managed to avoid some close shaves in his life -- a necessity if you're the owner of the world's longest mustache.
ram singh chauhan 2Chauhan, 58, of Jaipur, India, has a 'stash that measures 14 feet. He's been growing it since 1982, after a friend with a 7-foot-long mustache suggested it. "He said, 'Ram Singh, it’ll be good if you grow your mustache too," he told IshaFoundation.org.
So far, the friend's prediction came true. Chauhan has appeared in many Bollywood films as well as the 1983 James Bond film "Octopussy." Chauhan officially earned the title of "World's Longest Mustache" from Guinness World Records in March, 2010. He admits keeping it looking lush is not easy. read more

RUEL LOWE'S EDITORIAL : Is Jamaica running low on patriots?

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Is Jamaica running low on patriots?
Oct 29, 2013

Patriotism is defined as:
Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country.

I sometime wonder! Where have all the patriots gone? Abroad? 
I would say many have migrated. I have seen many Jamaican professionals in the medical field who are living abroad, go to Jamaica every year, to provide free service to the poor in both rural and inner city ghetto areas. I have seen Jamaican abroad provide scholarships for secondary and tertiary level students - e.g. PALAS, who is doing yeoman service for those they left behind in their beloved home land.
When we look at Jamaica today, the patriots seem to be few and far between! Those in positions of leadership seem to be more interested in self than country, examples are politicians, heads of organization, and those in authority. read more