What’s better than enjoying a little R&R? Knowing you’re doing so while not breaking the bank! As you make your summer travel plans, keep the following seven tips in mind to score serious savings:
1. Book Last-Minute
If you’re willing to be spontaneous, you can scoop up to 70 percent off on last-minute travel on sites like Orbitz.com and LastMinute.com. It takes a bit of flexibility, but if you can be open to when and where you travel, you’ll be able to get away on a dime.
2. Take Advantage of Discounted Travel Sites
Daily deals sites like Groupon and LivingSocial don’t just allow you to experience your hometown at a huge discount. They also provide daily discounts on escapes both local and exotic, including getaway packages at more than 50 percent savings and fun perks like spa treatments or adventure excursions that take some of the planning off your hands. The catch is you have to be willing to swoop on a deal when you see one that interests you as the getaways are offered for a limited time and often sell out quickly.
How to Save up to 75% on Summer Vacation
Aussie student finds universe's 'missing mass'
This NASA illustration photo shows stars that are forming in a dwarf starburst galaxy …
A 22-year-old Australian university student has solved a problem which has puzzled astrophysicists for decades, discovering part of the so-called "missing mass" of the universe during her summer break.
Undergraduate Amelia Fraser-McKelvie made the breakthrough during a holiday internship with a team at Monash University's School of Physics, locating the mystery material within vast structures called "filaments of galaxies".
Monash astrophysicist Dr Kevin Pimbblet explained that scientists had previously detected matter that was present in the early history of the universe but that could not now be located.
"There is missing mass, ordinary mass not dark mass ... It's missing to the present day," Pimbblet told AFP.
"We don't know where it went. Now we do know where it went because that's what Amelia found."
Fraser-McKelvie, an aerospace engineering and science student, was able to confirm after a targeted X-ray search for the mystery mass that it had moved to the "filaments of galaxies", which stretch across enormous expanses of space.
5 Disastrous Financial Moves We Can't Seem To Avoid
There is no doubt that financial literacy has enjoyed a great boost, thanks in no small part to the internet and the decentralization of information. However, there are some very basic financial mistakes that we continue to make even though most people know better. In this article, we'll look at these potentially damaging oversights and why we continue to make them.
1. No Emergency Fund
It is true that most emergencies can be smoothed over by paying with a credit card and paying it off later. However, the biggest danger that comes with being short on ready cash is being ruined by the loss of a job. If you don't have savings to cover two or three months - or even two or three weeks - you'll either have to find a job quickly or begin selling whatever you can.So why do we do it? One common reason that seems logical is that the money in the emergency fund is more efficiently used in paying down outstanding debts. This reduces the overall amount of money you'll pay in interest on your debts. It stands to reason that having fewer debts will allow you to pull that "credit" you've paid down if something should happen. However, if you've ever tried to get a loan when you've been unemployed or under-employed, you know the terms get worse and sometimes you'll be refused credit on any terms.
In short, there is no replacement for having a cash cushion rather than depending on the goodwill of banks. The 2008-2009 credit crises has driven home the fact that when people are hurting from economic factors, the banks are often hurting too - and thus reluctant to lend.
Six healthy seeds to add to your diet
Seeds are bearers of life literally from the ground up. Whether they grow into an incredible fruit-bearing plant or a luscious vegetable, or are harvested in their whole form, seeds provide the basis of a wholesome, natural, and plant-based diet.
Seeds offer numerous benefits - learning about their benefits and usage will hopefully entice you to enjoy them more often. They are allergy-safe, low in fat, high in protein, and extremely versatile when it comes to everyday usage. Most people can also digest seeds much more easily than nuts, because they are smaller and the body seems to handle them very well.
There are several varieties of seeds, which come in all different colours, shapes, and sizes. There are a few rather popular favourites that are worth focusing on here because of their extreme versatility in terms of use, and the tremendous nutritional benefits that they offer the body.
Here is a summary of some of the best seeds to keep on hand in your home:
Chia seeds
What: Dark and round with a silvery glow, these can be found whole or ground.
How to use: Add the seeds to baked goods (they can replace eggs) or trail mix, and substitute them for poppy or sesame seeds.
Nutritional benefit: Next to flax, these are the highest source of omega-3 fatty acids and are great for digestion, relief of constipation, reducing nervousness, treatment of insomnia, and improving mental focus. Chia seeds also don't need to be ground up in order to obtain all of their beneficial oils and fibre.
Is 40 Too Old to Wear Shorts?
There's a whisper going around among women over 40. Perhaps you aren't there yet. Perhaps, owing to some wonderful cornucopia of self-esteem, you never will be. But for the rest of us, there's the question that cannot be stopped: "Can I still wear shorts?"Even in shorts that don't do more than expose the bottom half of one's leg, it's still a minefield. Sure, knees are adorable on toddlers, are hopefully functional on athletes, and are what separate us from cacti, but can anyone say they're attractive?
Depending on genetics and lifestyle choices, when you no longer have just the Not-Very-Attractive knee, you reach the age of the NVA knee with newly flaccid skin above it. You're standing there, waiting for your dry cleaning or your number to come up at the deli, and you look down to see — aaarh! — the dermatological version of an origami crane. But it's the last warm day of autumn, so you cover up and try to forget.
Kirstie Alley's dress drops 38 inches since 'Dancing With the Stars' debut
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - When Kirstie Alley performs on the "Dancing With the Stars" season finale, she'll do it in a much smaller dress than the one she wore on the season premiere.
The costume Alley wore for her "Dancing" debut had to be taken in 38 inches for her to wear again for the show's closing episode Tuesday. She will reprise her opening-night dance, the cha-cha, in her original costume — minus about 38 inches in alterations from throughout the outfit.
The 60-year-old actress has been noticeably shrinking week after week, but she was coy when asked Monday how much weight she has lost during her two and a half months on the show.
"There will be some reveal of that at some point, but I really didn't care," she said. "As long as I kept changing and changing and changing, I really didn't care. It was like, keep whittling, whittling, whittling. And the other thing that's really more significant to me — I mean, I love the whittling, I like being skinny — I'm really strong and really agile, and it gave me a new life."
Alley's costumes have gotten progressively smaller and skimpier as she has continued on the show.
How to keep your brain young: The sleep factor
Few things in life are as fine a balance as sleep, and it's tough to get it just right. Too little sleep has been linked to all kinds of chronic problems, from unflattering eye bags to obesity, diabetes and premature death. And now it turns out that either too little or too much sleep can unduly age your brain, and even speed up the onset of dementia.
A recent study, as reported by Boston.com (Too much or too little sleep linked to faster brain aging) has found that people who routinely get less than seven hours or more than nine hours a night of sleep have accelerated aging in the brain, and their cognitive function matches that of someone up to seven years their senior. These under and over-sleepers faced a faster decline in memory, reasoning skills and vocabulary. Researchers aren't yet sure why too little or too much sleep can lead to unusual cognitive decline, but point out that the body and brain are engaged in significant restorative work during sleep. Yet again, the ideal amount of sleep was set at seven or eight hours a night.
The world’s richest moms
Diane Hendricks, one of only six self-made female billionaires in the U.S., can barely recall a time when she wasn't a working mother. "I've been a parent since I was a child," she says now. The 64-year-old Wisconsin native had her first child at just 17 and worked on factory lines and selling new construction to support her son. "I learned I wanted more than that," says Hendricks.
At age 21, she met her future husband and business partner, a roofer named Ken Hendricks. Over the next 40 years, they worked together to build ABC Supply, the nation's largest roofing, window and siding wholesale distributor, with 480 stores and $4.1 billion in sales. She worked beside Ken until his accidental death in 2007, when she was thrust into the role of chairman and sole owner of their sprawling company, the basis of her now $2.2 billion net worth.
Through the years, Diane managed a growing business and blended family. With Ken's four children from a previous marriage and two more they had together, Diane is now a mother of seven, ranging from ages 32 to 51, and a grandmother of 17. "I was busy," she says. "I worked a lot. I balanced a lot. I got used to living in chaos and learned how to get things done."
Is 35 too old to wear a miniskirt?
41-year-old Jennifer Lopez breaks the fashion rules. Photo by Getty Images.
Two thousand British women were surveyed by Diet Chef on the age appropriateness of fashion, and came to some harsh conclusions. For starters they said women should stop wearing mini skirts at 35. Only 35? What would 41-year-old Jennifer Lopez have to say about this fashion rule? As the new spokesperson for Venus razors she's been showing off her gams more than ever, and they look fantastic!
To all the stiletto addicts out there: be warned! The majority of those surveyed said by 51 you're too old for high heels.
Next up on the survey: bikinis, which the majority of women said should not be worn past 47 years old. We have two words for these women: Helen Mirren. At 65 years old she still works the hell out of a two-piece swimsuit. Now maybe Mirren and J.Lo aren't your average females, but if ladies feel comfortable and happy wearing mini skirts and bikinis then why on earth should they have to succumb to these ridiculous style rules? It's like saying middle aged women can't have long hair. Says who?!
Is this the greatest marriage proposal ever?
While not every true love story happens in the movies, this one had a significant moment in a movie theatre.Like most guys, when Matt Still asked his girlfriend Ginny Joiner to marry him he wanted to do so in a creative and special way she would never forget.
So Still made a video trailer of him asking her father’s permission for his daughter’s hand.
[Related: The secret to finding love]
Still enlisted the help of Joiner’s brother Charlie to keep his fiancée-to-be busy while he headed off to prepare his surprise.After a trailer for “The Hangover 2” plays, the proposal trailer rolls and Joiner whispers to her brother, “This better be good.” She has no idea.
You can see the proposal trailer (and her live reaction) below. Time to bust out those tissues.
“I just want you to know that I love her too and I am by no means trying to steal her away from you,” he says to her father.
This is so COOOOOOL!
Man teaches himself to ‘see’ with his ears
Daniel Kish has been blind since infancy.
Now 44, Kish mountain bikes, hikes through the wilderness solo and tackles food creations in the kitchen. He can even detect buildings and objects in the distance.
Kish "sees" with his ears, illuminating his world with sound. He describes the technique as "FlashSonar," which is similar to the way bats use sound to navigate in darkness.
Watch how seeing with sound works below.
Considered a real-life "bat man," Kish interprets the echoes of a simple click of his tongue. In the animal world, the technique is called "echolocation."
The placement of human ears can allow for an auditory depth perception and when trained, we can process the spaces around us with incredible accuracy.
4 Foods That Make You More Hungry
Whether you're kicking your weight-loss goals into play or looking to make tweaks to your diet, these foods will make your stomach growl even more. See which eats are empty promises, so you can steer clear.
French Fries
"Although school districts consider french fries a vegetable, they are really just starchy simple carbs that are fried, salted, and dipped in high fructose corn syrup (ketchup)," says Kate Brown, ISSA CFT for DailyBurn. "Between the salt and carbs, fries will always leave you wishing that you had ordered a supersize."
White Pasta
"White pasta is stripped of its original nutrient content and fiber, making it more concentrated and sweet but less healthy too," says Keren Gilbert, MS, RD and founder of Decision Nutrition.
How tea can improve your health
It seems like tea is more popular now than ever, but it's been around for centuries - it has deep roots on many levels, but what it comes down to is that there is a tea for everyone! Teas come in many different varieties and flavours, and they offer an abundance of healing properties that are powerful enough to make a difference in our everyday lives.
Chai tea, green tea, rooibos tea, white tea and herbal tea (called tisanes, like mint and chamomile) all possess healing properties and deep-rooted cultural meaning. Any of these teas can be enjoyed on their own, simply steeped with water, or blended together into unique combinations that can promote liveliness, healthy digestion or just relaxation after a meal.
How different teas can improve your health
Green tea: Green tea contains polyphenols that are known to protect from heart disease and cancer. Green tea can also help to boost metabolism and increase energy. It tastes great hot or cold, or made as a latte with rice or almond milk.
'Two and a Half Men' sign Ashton Kutcher as Charlie Sheen's replacement
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Acting with an imminent deadline to keep alive a hit comedy after it had been derailed by Charlie Sheen's troubles this season, CBS and Warner Bros. Television said Friday that actor Ashton Kutcher will replace Sheen in "Two and a Half Men."The show goes into production this summer and will be on CBS' schedule in the fall.
The deal apparently came together quickly, following reports earlier this week that negotiations with film actor Hugh Grant to join the show had fallen through. Kutcher is familiar to television audiences through his role on Fox's "That 70s Show," film roles like the romantic comedy "No Strings Attached" and for producing and hosting the prank show "Punk'd."
A deadline on deciding whether the show would continue was looming with CBS set to unveil its fall schedule to advertisers in New York next Wednesday.
Kutcher is not as well known as Sheen but is 12 years younger and has a huge following of fans who check in on his ever utterance on Twitter. He said Friday he believes that "we can fill the stage with laughter that will echo in viewers' homes.
"I can't replace Charlie Sheen but I'm going to work my ass off to entertain the hell out of people," he said.
Kutcher's quote was the only mention of Sheen in Friday's news release. Warner cut short the show's eighth season and fired Sheen two months ago following his public implosion through hard partying and angry criticism of show creator Chuck Lorre.
NASA Launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on Final Voyage
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The space shuttle Endeavour, the youngest orbiter in NASA's fleet, soared into the morning sky Monday to begin the final mission of its 19-year career.
Endeavour blazed a path through the sky here at the Kennedy Space Center at 8:56 a.m. EDT (1256 GMT), lifting off from the seaside Launch Pad 39A. The shuttle and its six-man crew are bound for the International Space Station, where they will spend 16 days delivering spare supplies and an ambitious astrophysics experiment. [Photos: Shuttle Endeavour's Final Mission]
"Looks like a great day to launch Endeavour for the final time," launch director Mike Leinbach told the crew. "On behalf of thousands of proud Americans who've been part of the journey, good luck, godspeed, see you back here on June 1."
The moment was bittersweet for the thousands of NASA workers who have devoted years to the maintenance of Endeavour and its two sister orbiters. After today, NASA has only one more shuttle mission planned before the shuttles are retired for good.
"Endeavour has had a pretty amazing career," Endeavour's commander Mark Kelly said after he and his crew arrived in Florida for a first launch attempt in April. "It's going to be Endeavour's 25th flight, and me and my crew are excited to be a part of it."
That earlier launch try was called off when a heater used to protect a critical power unit on the shuttle failed just hours before liftoff. Engineers traced the problem back to a switchbox feeding power to the heater. They replaced the box and about 20 feet of wiring connected to it, and conducted thorough tests to make sure the problem was resolved. There were no issues with the system during today's launch countdown.
16 Signs It's Time to Quit Your Job
Tell me if this sounds familiar. It's 7 p.m. on a Sunday night. You just finished dinner and are starting to settle down for the evening. Normally, this would be a relaxing time. Maybe you take the time to reflect on the past week, or perhaps plan your ambitious goals for the coming days.
But this night is somehow different. You suddenly become filled with a certain something. It's a malaise that doesn't let you do much more than click the remote control. You can't exactly put your finger on what it is. Let's call it the Sunday Night Blues.
Rather than relax, you actually begin to get worked up, even annoyed. It comes in waves. Then you realize you are grinding your teeth, dreading the predictability of tomorrow's work day. It might be time to look for a new job.
[See 10 Ways to Use Social Media in Your Job Search.]
At some point, all of us will reach this crossroads. Maybe you're there now. If you check off more than three items from the list below, it's likely time to start actively looking for a better work arrangement.
Nightmares about work. There's nothing worse than dreaming about work. It's like spending hours at the office--without getting paid. The worst part is that employment nightmares can throw off your work-life balance, making you feel as if you have not had a healthy amount of time away from the office. Sometimes the dreams are so realistic, you wake up feeling like you've worked a 24-hour shift. These reflections of your subconscious might be sending you a message: Find a new job!
Boredom/predictability. When the minutes feel like hours, it's time to move on. Boredom is a "gateway problem" to a host of ugly things. While the feeling might appear harmless, sustained periods of boredom can lead to a plethora of psychological and physical issues, including anxiety and depression. If you know everything your coworkers will do--before they do it--it's time to go. Ennui is more than a mild irritant, it might be a telltale sign that a new job is needed.
The best secret islands on Earth
For white sand beaches, salty breezes, freshly caught seafood and no crowds, head to one of the world's best secret islands.
Hollywood scouts were on to something when they skipped over Mykonos and chose a secret island in Greece as the location for Mamma Mia. The movie was a $600 million hit, in part because it fueled peoples' fantasies of escaping to a secluded island (and yes, those catchy ABBA tunes didn't hurt).
Surprisingly, that picture-perfect movie location, Skopelos, has stayed under the radar. When you hop off the ferry, you'll be wowed by the view of the shimmering Aegean Sea, the island's tile-roofed tavernas, and a decided lack of travellers.
There are still gems like Skopelos hidden all around the globe, if you know where to look. T+L editors have done the hunting for you to uncover secret islands where you can truly unwind.
Skopelos, Greece
A one-hour ferry ride from Skiathos, the island of Skopelos is so picture-perfect (hidden coves; blue-roofed tavernas; hundreds of Byzantine-era churches) that Hollywood chose its Kastani Beach as a set for Mamma Mia. At the just-renovated Adrina Beach Hotel (Panormos; 34-24240/23371; adrina.gr; doubles from $98), the 49 pastel-colored rooms face the pine-tree-studded coastline, strewn with daybeds. Later this year, the same owners will debut the more upscale Adrina Resort & Spa (Panormos; 30-24240/23371; theresort.gr; doubles from $110), with 16 terraced rooms and 22 villas that look out onto the turquoise Aegean Sea.
T+L Tip: After a dinner of grilled lamb at garden-side Perivoli (Skopelos Town; 30-24240/23758; dinner for two $60), walk to open-air Mercurius Bar & Café (Skopelos Town; 30-24240/24593), or the hillside Ouzeri Anatoli (Skopelos Town; 30-24240/22851), for live rebetika music.
Breakfast before or after exercise—which torches more fat?
You probably know that there are benefits to eating breakfast. Regular breakfast eaters tend to be leaner and are more successful at losing weight. Breakfast also provides a chance to get in some healthy food groups—whole grains, fruit, milk—so it’s no wonder breakfast eaters usually have a higher-quality diet than nonbreakfast eaters. But when it comes to what time you eat breakfast, does it make a difference? If you’re a morning exerciser, is does.Must-Read:
3 Magic Breakfast Ingredients to Kick-Start Your Metabolism
Should You Eat Breakfast, Even When You’re Not Hungry?Eating breakfast after working out may be the smarter choice, writes Holly Pevzner in the May/June issue of EatingWell Magazine. That’s the finding from a new study published in The Journal of Physiology. For the 6-week study, researchers split exercisers into three groups—one exercised on an empty stomach and ate breakfast afterward, the second ate before the workout, while a third ate the breakfast without exercising, acting as the control. I should mention that the breakfast was very high in calories (675)—not exactly what most people eat each day—and that’s what makes the results all the more surprising.
Successful people work 4 hours a day: study
It sounds too good to be true: Leave work early for greater success on the job.Psychological Review recently published a study that claims that the key to success is working hard in short bursts of time.
It comes down to focus and choosing specific tasks over multitasking and taking breaks.
The study found that "deliberate" four-hour violin rehearsals accomplished more than seven-hour sessions of steady practice. The best performers set specific goals, practiced with greater intensity for shorter periods of time, and took planned breaks.
The study graphed their hours of productivity, noting that the most intense periods of work were before noon and again after 4. Eventually they found that successful individuals in other professions mirrored this work-less-for-success model.
Princess Diana dresses sell for $276,000 at auction
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 20: Two of Princess Diana's dresses which will be auctioned …
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A pair of dresses worn by Princess Diana sold at a pop culture auction in Beverly Hills for a total of $276,000, a spokesman for the auction house said on Sunday.The two dresses, which have been held in climate-controlled storage since her death in August 1997, were auctioned to a prominent museum for $144,000 and $132,000, respectively, said Darren Julien, president and CEO of Julien's Auctions.
"We did have bidders from all over the world participating, and it's great to have them go to a museum where they are going to be on display and appreciated by the public," Julien said.
Julien said he could not name the museum without permission from officials there.
The dress that sold for $144,000 was described by the auction house as a black crepe evening gown that Diana wore during a state visit in 1992.
Italian villa rotates with the sun
Verona's Villa Girasole is an ahead-of-its-time architectural marvel. That's because the home, designed by railway engineer Angelo Invernizzi, rotates to follow the movement of the sun.
The complicated and expensive structure was under construction from 1929 until 1935.
It worked then, and it still does.
The two-part building resembles a clock face with a 44-metre-diameter circular base and L-shaped hands connected by a 40-metre-high pivoting turret. Three diesel-powered circular rails allow for a complete rotation of the building in nine hours and 20 minutes, more than enough time to follow the movement of the sun. Every day, the two-storey villa rotates to allow its main windows to face the sun.
Inside the building, the first floor features living, dining and entertaining spaces. A series of bedrooms and bathrooms are found at the top of the sweeping spiral staircase.
Save $100 a Week with These 22 Tips
With the dramatic increase in gas and food prices, most of us can barely make ends meet, let alone think about saving money. The good news is, with a little imagination and perseverance, there are still plenty of ways to pocket extra cash.
Follow these 22 simple tips and save at least $100 a week:
[See the best personal finance stories from around the Web at the U.S. News My Money blog.]
Buy a Water Filter
Purchasing bottled water hurts not only the environment but your wallet as well. According to the Learning Channel, a family of 4 can save up to $55 a week by making the switch from bottled water to water filters.
Take Advantage of Power Strips
You can cut down on your utility bill by unplugging your appliances when you aren't using them. Make the unplugging process easy by purchasing a power strip for your appliances.
Make Shopping and To-Do Lists
Make a list of everything you need before you shop. Make sure your list only consists of needs, not wants. Then, be sure to stick to your list. You can also use to-do lists to save a ton of time. By grouping together all your errands, you can get everything done in one trip, saving you valuable minutes and gas money.
Stay Away From "Foreign" ATMs
We've all done it: using our bank card at another bank's ATM to withdraw some extra cash. But every time we do this, we get hit with a wonderful little fee. Now, there is no reason not to use ATMs owned by your bank when apps like ATM Hunter can help you find the right ATM in seconds.
The world's prettiest sights
First off, not every pick on our list is indeed a "place," per se. One is actually a scientific phenomenon, while another is considered a massive living organism home to more than 1,500 fish species and nearly 3,000 individual coral reefs. Several are wide-open spaces, but a few are brick-and- mortar sites built for kings (and in one case, a queen). Three have been included on the listing of the Seven Natural Wonders; three were also selected for the listing of the New 7 Wonders of the World. But no matter how you slice and dice them, all 10 have something important in common: Sometimes, it is all about what pleases the eye. Here's our list of the World's Prettiest Places.
Plitvice Lakes National Park
CroatiaIt's largely unknown to North American tourists, and perhaps that makes it even more precious. The limestone caves of the Plitvice Lakes National Park make the water of its 16 lakes and a handful of waterfalls shimmer brilliant shades of turquoise, silver and green. And to get a better view the lakes' beauty, you'll find a web of wooden plank walkways scattered throughout. But note that there is no true best or worst season to stop by this site in central Croatia. Snow and ice transforms the area into a winter wonderland; in summer the surrounding trees further enhance the hues of the lake water. If at all possible, though, avoid the onslaught of local tourists in July and August.
An apple a day for your heart
More research backs up the rhyme. Find out how apples can boost your health -- plus some tasty ideas to get more in your diet.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Apple in the morning – Doctor’s warning
Roast apple at night – starves the doctor outright
Eat an apple going to bed – knock the doctor on the head
Three each day, seven days a week – ruddy apple, ruddy cheekNo one knows who wrote the rhyme or when, but today’s doctors have little to fear from this famed fruit. In fact, experts continue to investigate how it can prevent illness — and we may want to take the latest research to heart. Researchers at Florida State University recently found that a daily dose of apples helps combat two serious risk factors affecting cardiovascular health.
An apple a day keeps cholesterol and inflammation away
The study, recently presented at the Experimental Biology 2011 conference in Washington, D.C, followed 160 women aged 45-65 over the course of a year. Researchers divided participants into two groups: the first group ate 75 g (2.5 ounces) of dried apples each day while the second group ate prunes — another fruit known for its healthy benefits. Blood tests were taken at the 3, 6 and 12 month points to measure heart health.
Worst Breakfast Foods
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Whether you’re working out to build muscle, get definition, train for a marathon, lose weight, or because you’re just health conscious, you should be well aware of what you’re putting into your body on a daily basis and just how important that first meal of the day is. If, however, you’re like a lot of men and don’t really think about it (perhaps because you never seem to put on weight or believe that a little bit of this here and there won’t make a difference), then your breakfast food choices may not be so considered. If so, they can do a lot more than affect your overall fitness, having far-reaching effects on things such as your cholesterol, heart health, sex drive, and attention span. We’ve chosen five of the worst breakfast foods you can eat.
Cereal
It might seem obvious, but you’d be surprised how many people (grown-ups included) reach for a sugary cereal box every morning. It’s convenient, quick, and if you opt for one of the ones that aren’t coated in sugar, you probably think they’re pretty good for you, right? Wrong. It might seem a controversial choice on this list of worst breakfast foods, but plenty of regular cereals are actually packed with sugar and, thus, warrant a place here for the simple fact that you’re getting a dose of something you aren’t fully aware of.
Mariah Carey And Nick Cannon Announce Names Of Their Twins
Mariah Carey, 41, and Nick Cannon, 30, didn't immediately name their boy and girl twins, who were born Saturday, at an undisclosed hospital in Los Angeles.
But that issue has been resolved, according to CNN. The daughter, who was reportedly born first, is named Monroe Cannon. And the son is Moroccan Scott Cannon. Mariah decided not to give Monroe a middle name because she herself doesn't have one.
Monroe is named after Mariah's idol, Marilyn Monroe. Mariah is such a huge Marilyn Monroe fan that she purchased the late star's white piano from an auction. In her will, Mariah leaves the prized possession to the Smithsonian.
'Dancing with the Stars': Week 7
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Black, fringe and a remix of Lady Gaga’s “Born this Way” kicked off Tuesday’s “Dancing With The Stars.” Team Chelsea and Team Mark Cha-cha-ed across the dance floor.
Hines and Kim were “definitely safe” according to host Tom Bergeron and the first couple announced as so. “It’s a mental grind to learn two dances in one week,” the football star told Brooke Burke backstage.
Next up was Grammy-nominated Nicki Minaj in a green and blonde wig and bright periwinkle eye shadow. She sang “Moment for Life” and was followed by 17-year-old Patricia Zhou, a ballerina with the Royal Ballet of London. According to one of her trainers, she’s going to be the “next Michael Jordan of ballet.”
The next couple safe was Ralph and Karina as the camera headed backstage to Romeo and Kendra. “Right now my heart is bumping outside of my chest, I’m ready to take it on,” Kendra said as an exhausted Romeo, who went from first place to last, made sure to promote his upcoming film, which caused him to miss a day of practice last week. To which Tom remarked Romeo is “never too imperiled to plug.”
Then came Wayne Brady in a tribute to James Brown. With a host of dancers gyrating on white cubes, Brady sang a medley of Brown songs.
Outfitted in a t-shirt James Blunt then took the stage with a guitar hanging from his neck to sing, “I’ll be your Man.”
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I love this show. That's the glamorous world we all dream about. It never stops to amaze me how people can progress in dancing week after week.
Ancient Humans Were Mostly Right-Handed, Too
Humanity's right-hand dominance might be more than 500,000 years old, new research indicates. The trait of right-handedness is commonly believed to be a sign of the development of another uniquely human trait -- language.
"We are right-handed because the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body, and the left side of brain is where language is processed," study researcher David Frayer, of the University of Kansas, told LiveScience. "This is important because it tells us that they were brain lateralized just like we are, and they probably had a language capacity."
Previous studies of ancient humans have shown evidence of handedness in tools, cave art, and bones, but these types of handedness data have been controversial.
Toothy testing
Scientists found evidence of ancient humans' handedness in an odd place: front teeth. Scratch marks can be used to determine if ancient Homo species, living more than 500,000 years ago, used their right or left hands to process animal hides. (During processing, they would stretch the hide by holding one side with one of their hands and the other in their mouth.)
Kate readies for royal life with heir in mind
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When Kate returns to north Wales with Prince William next week, she will begin married life with the knowledge that whatever roles she takes on, she has one definite responsibility -- producing an heir.
"If Kate is not pregnant in the next nine months, she will be defying 200 years of royal tradition," said Andrew Morton, a biographer of William's late mother Diana who has just written a book about the newlyweds.
After years of waiting for her prince to propose, the 29-year-old will be expected to move quickly to produce an heir for the second-in-line to the throne, to ensure there is no break in the line of succession.
Her predecessors certainly wasted no time -- William was born barely 11 months after his mother Diana married his father Prince Charles in 1981.
And Charles himself, the heir to the throne, was born almost exactly a year after his parents Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip married in 1947.
Prince Harry's 'emotional' speech leaves Kate in tears
Britain?s Prince William and his brother and best man Prince Harry, arrive to Westminster …
London, May 1(ANI): Prince Harry's heartfelt speech at the post royal wedding evening reception on Friday moved his new sister-in-law Kate.While paying tribute to his brother 'The Dude' and his new wife, Harry told the couple's friends and family that he loved Kate "like a sister." According to several guests, Kate was "very emotional and touched" by his tribute that she even shed a tear during the evening's festivities, reports the Daily Mail.
The prince delivered his best man's speech, which he had been working on for the past fortnight, at 9.30pm after 300 of the couple's close family and friends had enjoyed a three-course meal with vintage champagne.
Pippa Middleton’s party role and what’s next for her
LONDON -- Pippa Middleton completed her spectacular rise to royal prominence with a vital role in ensuring that the royal wedding late-night party went off without a hitch.
After wowing a worldwide audience with a much-admired white dress during the official ceremony at Westminster Abbey, the stunning sister of Prince William’s new bride, Princess Catherine, kept the Buckingham Palace celebrations on course well into the not-so-early hours of the morning.
[Photos: See Pippa's best looks]
Pippa made sure that revelers kept their spirits and festivity levels high by injecting some welcome energy just as the party began to die down.
"You have to remember that everyone had been up since early in the morning, and it was an exhausting day," a female guest told Yahoo.com. "By the midway point of the evening, once all the formal stuff was out of the way, things needed a bit of a boost. That is when Pippa came into her own, getting people onto the dance floor and revving things up again. She was great!"
Comments regarding Pippa and her wedding day dress sent the Internet into overdrive early Friday, with Twitter being swamped with remarks about her looks and figure.
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