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Anne Hathway

2010-07-11T01:49:00.000-07:00

Anne Hathaway's first major role came in the short-lived television series "Get Real" (1999). She gained widespread recognition for her roles in The Princess Diaries (2001) and its 2004 sequel as a young girl who discovers she's a member of royalty, opposite Julie Andrews and Heather Matarazzo.She also had a notable role in Nicholas Nickleby (2002) opposite Charlie Hunnam and Jamie Bell, and a starring role in Ella Enchanted (2004). A former top-ranking soprano in New York, Hathaway was reportedly a front-runner for the role of "Christine" in the 2004 The Phantom of the Opera (2004). However, due to scheduling conflicts with The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), she couldn't take the role, which was later given to newcomer Emmy Rossum.

Catherine Zeta Jones

2010-07-11T01:43:00.000-07:00

Catherine Zeta-Jones was born on 25 September 1969, in Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK, the daughter of Dai Jones, who formerly worked for a candy factory, and Pat Jones. Her brother David Jones (b. 1967) is a development executive and brother Lyndon Jones (b.1972) works at her production company. Catherine showed an interest early on in entertainment. She starred on stage in "Annie", "Bugsy Malone" and "The Pajama Game". At 15 she had the lead in the British revival of "42nd Street". She was originally cast as the second understudy for the lead role in the musical but when the star and first understudy became sick the night the play's producer was in the audience, she was given the lead for the rest of the musical's production

Angelina Jolie

2010-07-04T21:56:00.000-07:00

Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. Jolie promotes humanitarian causes, and is noted for her work with refugees as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). She has been cited as one of the world's most attractive people, as well as the world's "most beautiful" woman, titles for which she has received substantial media attention.

Jessica Biel

2010-06-28T02:09:00.000-07:00

Jessica Claire Biel (born March 3, 1982) is an American actress and model. Biel is known for her television role as Mary Camden in the long-running family-drama series 7th Heaven.

She has also appeared in several Hollywood films, including Summer Catch, the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Illusionist, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and The A-Team.

Jessica Alba

2010-06-24T10:37:00.000-07:00

Alba is considered a sex symbol and often generates media attention for her looks. She appears frequently on the "Hot 100" section of Maxim and was voted number one on AskMen.com's list of "99 Most Desirable Women" in 2006, as well as "Sexiest Woman in the World" by FHM in 2007. The use of her image on the cover of the March 2006 Playboy sparked a lawsuit by her, which was later dropped. She has also won various awards for her acting, including the Choice Actress Teen Choice Award and Saturn Award for Best Actress (TV), and a Golden Globe nomination for her lead role in the television series Dark Angel.

Megan Fox

2010-06-22T07:48:00.000-07:00

Magan Fox Leaked Photos appear on the tabloids couple of days ago but Hollywood actress who gained her fame from the movie Transformers decided not to sue the person who is involved in leaking of her topless photos to the tabloids.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

2010-06-21T12:58:00.000-07:00

Hewitt's physical appearance has been the subject of much media attention throughout her career. She has been lauded as one of the most attractive women in the entertainment industry by publications such as Maxim, in which she was named the sexiest woman in the world in 1999,^[5] and TV Guide, which named her the sexiest woman on television in 2008.^[6] In 2007, paparazzi photos of Hewitt on a beach led to a much-publicized matter in which she defended her weight, and was supported by other celebrities. These incidents received coverage from People magazine.^[7]

Monica Bellucci

2010-06-17T11:54:00.000-07:00

Bellucci was born in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy,[2][3] the daughter of Maria Gustinelli, a painter, and Luigi Bellucci, who owned a trucking company.[4] Bellucci started modelling at 16, when she was attending the Liceo classico. Initially pursuing a career as a lawyer, Bellucci modeled to pay her tuition at the University of Perugia,[5] but the lifestyle tempted her away from her law studies. She speaks Italian, French, and English fluently, Spanish semi-fluently, and she has had speaking roles in each of these languages as well as in Aramaic for her part as Mary Magdalene in The Passion of the Christ.

Salma Hayek

2010-06-17T11:48:00.000-07:00

Salma is an Arabic name that means ‘peace’ or ‘calm’, which incidentally is the exact effect that Miss Hayek has on men when displaying her breath-taking norks.Salma Hayek is a smoking babe known all over the world for being one of the hottest, sexiest women on the planet.

Barbara Mori

2010-06-05T06:55:00.000-07:00

A discovery bound to create heart aches around the world.A dazzling beauty and owner of a sparkling face is here to stay for long, really long.She very easily faded the charisma of Hrithik Roshan in Kites.She definately has the OOMPH factor and is very very sensual.True Mexican Beauty.

Dill Mill Gayye Pridictions - 19th Aug 2008

2008-08-19T03:55:00.001-07:00

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PREDICTION

This prediction is for all my friends out here.All characters
are purely fictious and does not have resemblence to any
real persons.It may contain material which is inadequate
for person lesser then 15 Years of Age.Hence reader
descretion is suggested.
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Ridhima has asked Armaan to make up with all friends and to ask forgiveness from each one of them.Armaan is now thinking ways to implement it.Next day Locker Room.

Armaan: arey champ..tu yahan ..itni subah wah..
Atul: (looked at him but didnt speak)
Armaan: arey yar..bol na..
Atul: tu na mujse baat mat kar armaan..
Armaan: kyun..
Atul: tu na purana armaan nahi raha.Vo to mera bhai hua karta tha.Meri madad karne ko humesha tyaar rehta tha.Tere jaisa nahi to baat baat pe chilata ho aur danttha rehta ho.
Armaan: champ..idhar dekh na..
Atul:(looked at him)
Armaan:(held his ears) dekh main tujse kaan pakadke maafi mangta hoon.100 baar uttak baithak lagane ko bhi tyaar hoon..par please maaf kar de..ek tu hi to hai mera..tere siwa kaun hai yar..bol na..kaun hai..
Atul:(looking at him) armaan..please..mujhe kaam hai..
Armaan: arey bhai..please ruk..mujhe pata tha tu mujse bahut naraaj hai...Isliye main tujhe manane ke liye yeh leke aaya hoon(shows a plant in his hands)..tere liye..
Atul:(sees it and is smiling) waos armaan..kitni pyari hai na..thx yar..main iska naam micheil rakhunga..theek hai na..
Armaan:(happy) bilkul theek champ..ab to tune mujhe maaf kiya na..bol na..
Atul: arey tu to mera bhai hai yar..tujse main naraaj kab tha..chal ab chalta hoon..lunch ko milte hain..OK..
Armaan: thanks champ..bye
(thinks..1 wicket down)

Canteen(Rahul and Muskaan are having lunch together but are not seeing each other.Armaan reaches there)

Rahul: Tu thoda alag hatke nahi kha sakthi..chipku kahin ki..
Muskaan: Oye kothe..yeh to meri majboori hai..varna main tere sath chipkoon..sakal dekhi hai kabhi..
Armaan: Hi Guys..
Rahul/Muskaan: yaar tum log ab to ladna band karo..ab to tum dono ki shaadi ho gayi hai na..
Muskaan: Armaan..tu to mujse bolna bhi mat...tu na..
Armaan: Oye meri punjaban..
Rahul: Armaan...vo meri biwi hai..theek se baat kar yar..
Armaan: oye hoye..abhi se possessive..
Muskaan: oye rahul ke bache..chup kar samjha..aur tu bhi armaan..yeh punjaban vanjaban kya laga rakha hai..
Armaan: arey yar sun to..
Muskaan:(Not looking at him)
Armaan: please muskaan..please
Muskaan: acha..jo bhi bolna hai jaldi jaldi bol..
Armaan: Thx yar..you are very sweet..Yar vo kal pata nahi mera dimag kharab ho gaya tha..isliye pata nahi gusse main main tujhe kya kya bol gaya..please..maaf kar de yar...please yar..
Muskaan: sirf ek shart pe..
Armaan: kuch bhi karwa le yar..kuch bhi..
Muskaan: kuch bhi..
Armaan: haan kuch bhi..
Muskaan: to chal idhar aa..ek jhappi de de..tujse bhi koi naraaj ho saktha hai pagal..
Armaan: oye meri soni punjaban..thx yar (and hugs her)
Rahul:(has his fingers in fist and full anger)
Muskaan: Oye tu kyun moon latka ke baitha hai..
Rahul: bataun..
Armaan: arey cool it yar.vo sirf meri dost hai..aur teri biwi..samjha kar..theek hai..
Rahul:(cooling down..) Ok Armaan..
Armaan: chalo guys..enjoy ur lunch..I will take ur leave..
Rahul/Muskaan: bye armaan

(Armaan thinks..2nd Wicket down)

Outside Operation Theatre.Dr Subhankar has just completed the operation and is coming out.Armaan runs towards him and just sleeps over his feet.

Dr Subhankar:Dr Armaan..yeh aap kya kar rahe ho..I mean Dr Keerti ne dekh liya to vo kya samjhegi..
Armaan: Sir..mujhe maaf kar do..mujhe maaf kar do..please
Dr Subhankar:maaf kar doon...par kisliye
Armaan: vo sir maine aapse is terah baat ki..
Dr Subhankar: kis terah.
Armaan: sir aapko kal ki baat yad nahi(smiling)..
Dr Subhankar: acha vo..haan Dr Armaan..that was really bad behavior.Main senior doctor hoon yar.meri bhi kuch izzat hai..
Armaan: tabhie to sorry mang raha hoon(again goes down to his feet)
Dr Subhankar:acha acha ..please uthiye..
Armaan: to maaf kiya..
Dr Subhankar: haan maaf kiya..but ek promise karo..
Armaan: promise..vo kya sir..
Dr Subhankar:ki aap humesha meri help karenge..Dr Keerti ke case main..
Armaan: humesha sir. always..
Dr Subhankar:Okay then(smiles)
Armaan: Thx Sir..Bye and Have a great day..
Dr Subhankar:Bye(thinks..good Boy)

(Armaan thinks..3rd wicket also down..Now ridhima and smiles)

End Of day.Locker Room

Armaan: ridhimaaa..meri ridhimaaa
Ridhima: armaan..shayad tumne suna nahi ki kal maine kya kaha tha..jab tak tum sabhi se maafu nahi maang lete..aur..
Armaan:(cutting in between) aur sab log mujhe maaf nahi kar dete..tab tak main tumse baat na karoon..yahi na..
Ridhima: haan..
Armaan: to unhone maaf kar diya..
Ridhima: kya...itni jaldi..armaan tum sach keh rahe ho na..
Armaan: main upni basket ko jhuth thodi bolunga..
Ridhima: armaan..(suspiciously)
Armaan: yar..seriously..un sabne maaf kar diya..chaho to sabse pooch lo..
Ridhima: Ok fine then..
Armaan: (shocked)..sirf fine...Oye..ab to mujse baat kar..pata hai kaisi halat hai tere bina..
Ridhima: armaan..I m still angry with you..tumne papa ko sach kyun nahi kaha.I mean why armaan..
Armaan: ridhima..tum..
Ridhima: nahi armaan..humhe sach keh dena chahiye tha..mujhe abhi bhi theek nahi lag raha..
Armaan: Oye meri sweety..please..(tries to hug her)
Ridhima: armaan..please..chodo mujhe..(goes away from locker room)

Armaan thinks and starts singing..

$Ghusthaaki maaf kar de..ab to dil saaf kar de..kehna to maan le..$
$Haan..jane bhi de..jo bhi hua..jane bhi de..$

Ridhima resisted initially but by the end of song she smiles.

Armaan: Oye..yeh hui na baat..
Ridhima: par..
Armaan: par. kya..!!
Ridhima: humhe papa ko sach batana hoga....aur vo bhi abhi..!!
Armaan: abhi..!! ( thinks a while and then..) OK

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PREDICTION
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Dill Mill Gayye Predictions - Armaan & Ridhima's First Date

2008-08-17T21:23:00.000-07:00

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Armaan & Ridhima's First Date

This compilation is for all my friends out here.All characters
are purely fictious and does not have resemblance to any
real persons.It may contain material which is inadequate
for person lesser then 15 Years of Age.Hence reader
discretion is suggested.
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Ridhima has accepted love for armaan and both are very happy about it.Armaan has now all the reasons in the world to be happy and relish all his life dreams which he can realise with Ridhima.

Its late at night.Moon is in its full glamor along with its darling moonlight.It gives ambience of a pure atmosphere with just love all over it.Armaan is in thoughts engraved only with Ridhima.He thinks of something and goes for it.Ridhima is bit amazed to get a call this late but then happy to find it from Armaan.

Ridhima: haan armaan..
Armaan: ridhima..meri ek khawish hai...puri karogi..
Ridhima: khwaish..kya..!!
Armaan: tum kahan ho is waqt..
Ridhima: its 1 at clock armaan..obviously upne bed pe hi hoongi..
Armaan: zara kidki pe aana..
Ridhima: kidki pe..kyun..
Armaan: please aao na..tumhe kuch dikhana hai..
Ridhima goes closer to the window.She is mesmerized by the whole scenery.Such a beautiful night.Full moon is adding to its ecstasy.She gets engrossed in the whole view.After a while she realises that she was on a call and that too from Armaan.
Ridhima: armaan..u there..
Armaan: main yehi hoon meri princess..aur kahan jaunga..
Ridhima: Armaan..its just so beautiful..I mean..Its so beautiful...
Armaan: haan..aur specially jab koi red main ho to..kya baat hai..!
Ridhima: (shocked)..Armaan..tumhe kaise pata ki maine..
Armaan: agar aap apni nigahein zameen pe dalein to pata chal jaye shayad..
Ridhima: (looks down and finds armaan there..Oh God..he looks so cute in that white jacket of his.One day..you will kill me armaan...) armaan tum..is waqt..please jao..papa ne dekh liye na..to..
Armaan: hey princess..please yar..mera dil mat thodo.Tumse milne ka bahut dil kar raha hai..please neeche aa jao..please..
Ridhima: armaan..tumhara dimag to theek hai..is waqt..for god sake..please...
Armaan: (goes down on his knees and makes his hands in request postion)..bus thodi der ke liye..please..just 10 mins..
Ridhima: (refused a while...but then...she looks at armaan and...) Ok..but only for 10 mins..
Armaan: thanks my princess..please come soon..I m waiting..

Armaan is happy that he would be able to spent some moments with his love.Ridhima comes down wearing a red dress.She looks stunningly beautiful and elegant.She sees everywhere and is satisfied to find noone around.It were just 4-5 hours before when they were together in sanjeevani but it looked like a century to Armaan.He opens his arms for her.Ridhima looks at him and goes closer to him and hides herself in his embrace.It is a lovely feeling for both of them They feel complete..from heart..from soul and for each other.Only both of them realize the importance of this union as it has come after lot of struggle and pain in their life.But now its just armaan and ridhima..ridhima and armaan.Each one of them thank god for his goodness.

Armaan: ridhima ..(ridhima puts a finger on his lips)
Ridhima: please armaan..kuch na kaho..mujhe in lamho ko jee lene do..
Armaan: (tightens his grip over her..but then...) ridhima....tumhe kuch dikhana hai mujhe..
Ridhima: kya..armaan( seperating from him)
Armaan takes her to a corner and shows her a white carpet kept on ground.The carpet is sprinkled with rose petals and is looking beautiful.There is a small strand in middle of the carpet which has a red-white candle kept over it.

Ridhima: armaan..yeh sab..tum ..kaise..!
Armaan: ridhima..I always dreamt of these moments..Kya tum mere sath is candle light night main...mere life ke sabse special moments share karogi..
Ridhima: armaan..(huggs him..)..I would love to..I would really love to..

Both sits on the opposite sides over the carpet.Armaan kindles the candle.A pink flame comes out of it which makes the whole surrounding romantic by its presence.Both look into each other in that pink light.

Armaan: Tum bahut khusburat lag rahi ho ridhima.You are really looking like a princess.Thanks for coming into my life.
Ridhima: armaan..I just cant say ki(armaan in between)
Armaan: ridhima..please meri poori baat sun lo..main in sabdo ko...bahut der se upne under samet rakha hai..mujhe bayaan kar lene do..
Ridhima: acha..(looking at him)
Armaan: ridhima..tumne meri jindagi ko upni saadgi aur achai se sanwara hai.Mujhe malum nahi agar tum meri jindagi main na aati to mera kya hota.Main shayad bus aagey badta rehta aur upne se hi compete karta rehta.Tum meri jindagi main ek tehrav ki terah aayi ho jisne mere dil ko upne pyar se bhar diya hai.Mujhe lagta hai ki life kitni sweet hai..kitni achi hai..sirf tumhari vajah se ridhima..main upni khushi ka bayaan nahi kar sakta.Mera dil ab bus tumhare sath hai..tumhare paas hai aur humesha rahega.
Ridhima: armaan..(still looking at him..) How can you love me so much..How can anyone love someone so much.Touch wood..armaan..I cant tell how much happy I am.Pehle humhare ladhaiyon aur galatfehmiyon se mujhe laga tha ki hum ek doosre ke liye nahi bane.Par phir samajh main aaya ki vo sab tumhare karib aane ke tarike the.Maine dil se sirf tumhe chaha hai.I am really lucky to find you as my life partner..I really mean it.Bhagwan tumhe aur humhare pyar ko har buri najar se bachaye.
Armaan: ridhima..
Ridhima: haan armaan..
Armaan: kya main tumhare paas aake baith sakta hoon..
Ridhima: (before replying it..ridhima gets up and sits aside with armaan.She keeps her head over armaan shoulders and..)
Armaan: arey..meri ridhima to sudhar gayi..
Ridhima: tumhari ridhima bus ab sirf tumare paas rehna chahti hai armaan..
Armaan: I love u basket..
Ridhima: basket..ab abhi !
Armaan: acha baba..I love u ridhima..
Ridhima: I love you armaan..

They remain in that sweet postion for a long time till armaan speaks up.

Armaan: ridhima..shall we dance..
Ridhima: kya..! yahan..! I mean kaise armaan..
Armaan: Aise..(takes out a small sony walkman player. and plays "baahon ke darmiyaan".Armaan raises his hand as request for dance to ridhima.Ridhima is more than happy to accept his request)

The song starts

$baahon ke darmiyan$

Armaan takes right hand of ridhima in his left one.Ridhima puts her left arm over armaan's right shoulder.Armaan puts his right hand on ridhima's back.They dance.It was a lovely scene.It shows the enigma of two lovers dancing in rythm of their love.Song just acts as a true catalyst.

$do pyar mil rahe hain$

Both look into each other.They are deep into their souls wich showed love and just love for each other.

$jane kya$

Love which was just pious,pure and out of any elementary boundations.Just emotions.

$chahe man..bole sun..yeh badan.$

Armaan puts a bunch of hairs which are disturbing ridhima's face back into their position.He moves closer to her face.

$dhadkan bani jabaan$

Ridhima understands him and closes her eyes.

$baahon ke darmiyaan$

Armaan elegantly kisses her.

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Armaan & Ridhima's First Date
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Boys' And Girls' Brains Are Different

2008-03-30T23:20:00.000-07:00

For the first time -- and in unambiguous findings -- researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Haifa show both that areas of the brain associated with language work harder in girls than in boys during language tasks, and that boys and girls rely on different parts of the brain when performing these tasks.

"Our findings -- which suggest that language processing is more sensory in boys and more abstract in girls -- could have major implications for teaching children and even provide support for advocates of single sex classrooms," said Douglas D. Burman, research associate in Northwestern's Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the researchers measured brain activity in 31 boys and in 31 girls aged 9 to 15 as they performed spelling and writing language tasks.

The tasks were delivered in two sensory modalities -- visual and auditory. When visually presented, the children read certain words without hearing them. Presented in an auditory mode, they heard words aloud but did not see them.

Using a complex statistical model, the researchers accounted for differences associated with age, gender, type of linguistic judgment, performance accuracy and the method -- written or spoken -- in which words were presented.

The researchers found that girls still showed significantly greater activation in language areas of the brain than boys. The information in the tasks got through to girls' language areas of the brain -- areas associated with abstract thinking through language. And their performance accuracy correlated with the degree of activation in some of these language areas.

To their astonishment, however, this was not at all the case for boys. In boys, accurate performance depended -- when reading words -- on how hard visual areas of the brain worked. In hearing words, boys' performance depended on how hard auditory areas of the brain worked.

If that pattern extends to language processing that occurs in the classroom, it could inform teaching and testing methods.

Given boys' sensory approach, boys might be more effectively evaluated on knowledge gained from lectures via oral tests and on knowledge gained by reading via written tests. For girls, whose language processing appears more abstract in approach, these different testing methods would appear unnecessary.

"One possibility is that boys have some kind of bottleneck in their sensory processes that can hold up visual or auditory information and keep it from being fed into the language areas of the brain," Burman said. This could result simply from girls developing faster than boys, in which case the differences between the sexes might disappear by adulthood.

Or, an alternative explanation is that boys create visual and auditory associations such that meanings associated with a word are brought to mind simply from seeing or hearing the word.

While the second explanation puts males at a disadvantage in more abstract language function, those kinds of sensory associations may have provided an evolutionary advantage for primitive men whose survival required them to quickly recognize danger-associated sights and sounds.

If the pattern of females relying on an abstract language network and of males relying on sensory areas of the brain extends into adulthood -- a still unresolved question -- it could explain why women often provide more context and abstract representation than men.

Ask a woman for directions and you may hear something like: "Turn left on Main Street, go one block past the drug store, and then turn right, where there's a flower shop on one corner and a cafe across the street."

Such information-laden directions may be helpful for women because all information is relevant to the abstract concept of where to turn; however, men may require only one cue and be distracted by additional information.

Are You What You Eat?

2008-03-30T23:19:00.000-07:00

The study uses a branch of mathematics called dynamical systems theory to demonstrate that a class of model equations has an infinite number of body weight solutions, even if the food intake and energy expenditure rates are identical. However, the work also shows that another class of models directly refutes this, predicting that food intake and energy expenditure rates uniquely determine body weight. Existing data are insufficient to tell which is closer to reality, since both models can make the same predictions for a given alteration of food intake or energy expenditure.

Given the ongoing obesity epidemic, Drs. Chow and Hall are interested in what factors determine human body weight and its stability. Of particular importance is whether a treatment for obesity would have to be administered repeatedly over a lifetime or could be given only until a target body weight is reached. As a particular example, the study considers whether weight lost from a liposuction procedure is permanent. For the class of equations with an infinite number of body weight solutions, fat removal through liposuction could lead to permanent results. However, the opposing models predict that the body would eventually return to its original weight.

Chow and Hall note that neither class of models accounts for the many variables affecting how much a person tends to eat, an important factor determining bodyweight. Nevertheless, for any food intake rate this latest research suggests that an individual may have an infinite number of possible body weights. The study outlines the mathematical conditions underlying this possibility and suggests how future experiments could determine if it is true.

Early Living Together, Marriage, Parenting Benefits Some Young Adults

2008-03-30T23:14:00.000-07:00

"In industrial countries, young people age 18 to 25 are expected to explore their identity, work and love by delaying marriage and parenthood," says lead author Alan Booth, distinguished professor of sociology, human development and demography. "It is believed that those individuals who fail to postpone these family transitions miss out on better career opportunities, make poor choices on partners, and may experience problems.

"However, our research has shown that early family choices may be a productive option for many young adults, especially those who are disadvantaged with respect to family income, parental education and structure, mother-child relationship, verbal ability, school attachment and delinquent behavior," he notes.

Booth, Elisa Rustenbach, graduate student in sociology, and Susan McHale, professor of human development and family studies, examined the family and personal characteristics of more than 8,000 young adults who participated in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Half of the sample made an early family transition and half did not over a five-year period.

The researchers compared the depressive symptoms of those who made a transition with those who did not, and found very few differences in depressive symptoms between the two groups.

"The only exception was women who experienced a breakup of their live-in relationship. They were more likely to see an increase in depression compared to women who did not break up with the live-in partner or did not make a transition," Booth notes. Only 14 percent of those who made a transition were in this category.

The researchers selected depressive symptoms as a measure of wellbeing because they are associated with many types of adversity such as poor physical health, unemployment and harsh family relationships, and apply to males and females and people of all ages.

"The findings are even more remarkable when we take into account that young adults who transitioned into early families were more likely to come from low-income families, had parents with lower levels of education and likely lived in a household with one or no biological parents," Booth says.

In low-income families, teens may experience a divisive home environment and parents with poor parenting skills. Leaving to live together, marry or have children may provide an opportunity to escape from an unloving home and create a more positive family, according to the study.

The difference between men and women on early family transitions and protective family factors requires more study, however, he adds.

"Most research on emerging adulthood has been on college students," Booth notes. "Our study highlights the importance of study early family transitions in context, in light of the range of opportunities open to a person. Post-high school experiences of young adults are more diverse than popular belief, and early co-habitation or marriage and parenting may be productive for many young people, at least over the short haul."

The team's findings were published in the February issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family, and the research also will be presented April 17 at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America.

The study received support from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Frenemies .... Friends Or Enemies

2008-03-12T23:03:00.000-07:00

This thought crossed my mind while thinking of my friends.As like everyone i do have friends,some are very close and some are just reaching there.Recently i have started sharing a very different kind of relation with them.I m no more convinced by their thoughts and vision about different aspects of life and hence often run into arguments.That offcourse cause a timely bitterness in our relationships but in due time it gets faded away.The good part of it is now I m able to freely express my views and feelings without having to bother if I m hurting anyone.Is it correct !

Now it depends upon how one takes it.Arguments with your close ones,when happen in a controlled fashion can give a better prospect to any subject or matter of discussion.It also mean that we get various angles to view before reaching any decision and confirms that we are not unianimous.On the contrary,egoish and uncontrolled arguments can trully pit holes in a good relation.As friends are aware of our personal and internal fronts,on getting maniac on a heated discussion can bring heartburn.Thats I m really afraid off.Freedom and self dependence is guaranteed on better and non selfish arguments.Its also helps us to grow personally and think in a diverse and flat world.So we can also have friends which may dislike some or all(nah) of our aspects !

Good for us !

Liposuction

2008-03-12T22:59:00.000-07:00

Liposuction is a popular operation in cosmetic surgery which removes fat from many site on the human body via a cannula and aspirator.Liposuction, also known as lipoplasty ("fat modeling"), liposculpture or suction lipectomy ("suction-assisted fat removal") is a cosmetic surgery operation that removes fat from many different sites on the human body. Areas affected can range from the abdomen, thighs, buttocks, to the neck, backs of the arms and elsewhere. The fat is usually removed via a cannula (a hollow tube) and aspirator (a suction device).

Liposuction is not a low-effort alternative to exercise and diet. It is a form of body contouring with significant attendant risks[1] and is not a weight loss method. The amount of fat removed varies by doctor, method, and patient, but is typically less than 10 pounds (5 kg).

There are several factors that limit the amount of fat that can be safely removed in one session. Ultimately, the operating physician and the patient make the decision. There are negative aspects to removing too much fat. Unusual "lumpiness" and/or "dents" in the skin can be seen in those patients "over-suctioned". The more fat removed the higher the surgical risk.

While reports of people removing 50 pounds (22.7 kg) of fat are exaggerated, the contouring possible with liposuction may cause the appearance of weight loss to be greater than the actual amount of fat removed. The procedure may be performed under general or local ("tumescent") anesthesia. The safety of the technique relates not only to the amount of tissue removed, but to the choice of anesthetic and the patient's overall health. It is ideal for the patient to be as fit as possible before the procedure and to have given up smoking for several months.

One In Four Teenage Girls Has Sexually Transmitted Disease

2008-03-12T22:54:00.000-07:00

A new CDC study estimates that one in four (26 percent) young women between the ages of 14 and 19 is infected with at least one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, herpes simplex virus, and trichomoniasis). The study, presented today at the 2008 National STD Prevention Conference, is the first to examine the combined national prevalence of common STDs
among adolescent women provides the clearest picture to date of the overall STD burden in adolescent women.

the study also finds that African-American teenage girls were most severely affected. Nearly half of the young African-American women (48 percent) were infected with an STD, compared to 20 percent of young white women.

The two most common STDs overall were human papillomavirus, or HPV (18 percent), and chlamydia (4 percent). Data were based on an analysis of the 2003-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

“Today’s data demonstrate the significant health risk STDs pose to millions of young women in this country every year,” said Kevin Fenton, M.D., director of CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention. “Given that the health effects of STDs for women – from infertility to cervical cancer – are particularly severe, STD screening, vaccination and other prevention strategies for sexually active women are among our highest public health priorities.”

“High STD infection rates among young women, particularly young African-American women, are clear signs that we must continue developing ways to reach those most at risk,” said John M. Douglas, Jr., M.D., director of CDC’s Division of STD Prevention. “STD screening and early treatment can prevent some of the most devastating effects of untreated STDs.”

CDC recommends annual chlamydia screening for sexually active women under the age of 25. CDC also recommends that girls and women between the ages of 11 and 26 who have not been vaccinated or who have not completed the full series of shots be fully vaccinated against HPV.

The study of STDs among teenage girls is one of several presented March 11 at the 2008 National STD Prevention Conference that highlights the significant burden of STDs among girls and women, and identifies creative prevention strategies for reducing the toll of STDs in the United States.

Two other studies featured at the conference point to missed opportunities for STD testing, and underscore that it is critical for STD screening to be included in comprehensive reproductive health services for young women.

A study by CDC’s Sherry L. Farr and colleagues found that while the majority of sexually active 15- to-24 year-old young women (82 percent) receive contraceptive or STD/HIV services, few receive both (39 percent). In addition, only 38 percent of a subset of young women who reported receiving contraceptive services associated with unprotected sex (e.g., pregnancy testing) also received STD/HIV counseling, testing or treatment, which indicates that many women at high risk are not receiving necessary prevention services.

A separate study, by CDC’s Shoshanna Handel and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, examined STD screening rates among young women seeking emergency contraception, which would suggest recent unprotected sex. The study found that just 27 percent were screened for chlamydia or gonorrhea. A significant proportion of those women (12 percent) had a positive test result, highlighting the need for routine chlamydia and gonorrhea screening at emergency contraception visits.

Horoscope 13 March

2008-03-12T22:52:00.000-07:00

Aries

Today to business connected to money questions will be solved so easily that it would be possible to find them insignificant. However they are not those and it is not worth to neglect them.

Taurus

Try today to influence on the actions of the people, who are around you, in those ways, for they would be based on real knowledge, instead of hard demonstrable assumptions. It is in the interests of yours.

Gemini

Today somebody may afflict you very much. If you would be all fingers and thumbs because of frustration simply sit quietly and wait for good news.
Cancer

If your watch would become slow, check up, may be you would find a dead cockroach inside. Try to not enter the conflicts to home animals, otherwise you risk to be scratched.

Leo

Today an amusing mistake can happen - you will be taken for someone another. So it is not necessary to be perplexed, if the man, completely unfamiliar to you, would suddenly tap you on the shoulder and inquire about the health of your favorite dachshund.

Virgo

Today you should be more careful dealing with money. There is great probability of large, but stupid expenditure.

Libra

Today the questions of personal character will be priority for you everything else can wait. If someone would tell to you something in this occasion, that would be only the words of approval and support.

Scorpio

Today you will find recently slightly weakened reliance of yourselves again. The situation will begin to vary and, strangely enough, in the best way.

Sagittarius

Today, no less than following some days, it is better to devote to adaptation to circumstances, rather than to attempts to change them.

Capricorn

You, probably, make a mistake trying to constrict the area of your activity. Neither you, nor your imagination are able to enter so narrow frameworks.

Aquarius

The sole islet of calmness in this abnormal world today will be you in person. Somebody, probably, will even accuse you of inadequate perception of the reality.

Pisces

You are inclined to look for the justification to yourself, though nobody accuse you. Be cautious today, for you can take a great interest in this searches.

Arz Hai

2008-03-06T22:47:00.000-08:00

Jab kabhi ghutne laga seene meiN dam, pee hai sharaab,
Zabt kii had se barhe jab ranj-o-gham, pee hai sharaab,
Mujh pe ilzaam-e-balanoshi sarasar hai ghalat,
Jis qadar aansoo piye haiN, usse kum pee hai sharaab.

[Author: Indrajit Jha]

Getting To The Roots Of Hair Loss

2008-03-03T19:47:00.000-08:00

After six years of research they have succeeded in identifying a gene that is responsible for a rare hereditary form of hair loss known as Hypotrichosis simplex. The scientists are the first to identify a receptor that plays a role in hair growth. They now hope that their research findings will lead to new therapies that will work with various forms of hair loss.

"Although Hypotrichosis simplex is very uncommon, it may prove critical in our search for an understand of the mechanisms of hair growth," says project leader Dr. Regina Betz from Bonn's Institute of Human Genetics, summing up the research results. The disease is inherited and affects both men and women. Sufferers generally begin to go bald during childhood. The process of hair loss (alopecia) then advances with age, especially around the scalp.

The cause of Hypotrichosis simplex in the form examined in this project is a genetic defect. It prevents certain receptor structures on the surface of hair follicle cells from being correctly formed. It has been found that when messengers from outside bind to these receptors they trigger a chain reaction in the cell interior which is apparently needed for the hair follicle to function normally. Such a receptor that plays a specific role in hair growth was previously unknown to scientists.

Key to new drugs to combat hair loss.

As Professor Dr. Markus Nöthen, who holds the Chair of Genetic Medicine at Bonn University's Life & Brain Centre, explains, "The defective receptor structure falls into the category of what are known as G-protein-coupled receptors." This is good news, because, "they are particularly well suited as points of impact for drug treatments." The researchers have also been able to identify an endogenous messenger that binds in the hair follicle to the receptor.

This opens up opportunities for developing new active agents. Looking to the future, Professor Dr. Ivar von Kügelgen from Bonn's Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology says, "We can now search selectively for related substances that may be used in therapies for hair loss." The exciting possibility here is that such medicines will be able to benefit patients suffering from very different types of hair loss.

Another member of the project team has been the dermatologist Dr. Khalid Al Aboud from the King Faisal Hospital in Makkah, who was responsible for the clinical case studies. In 2002, he and his colleagues examined a Saudi-Arabian family with Hypotrichosis simplex. The medical scientists were able to analyse DNA samples from the parents and from nine of their ten children including four sufferers.

The family's genetic material gave the research project team the key to understanding some of the fundamental mechanisms of hair growth and hair loss. The researchers now hope that this individual genetic case will lead to developments that can benefit a far wider circle of patients in the future.

The study is due to appear in the March edition of "Nature Genetics".

Horoscope 4 March

2008-03-03T19:45:00.001-08:00

Aries

Today special attention should be paid on fine technical details. Let others accept the global decisions.

Taurus

Try to avoid too expressive statements, especially with a bombastic shade. However it does not mean, that any your conversation should be adjusted with the help of an equalizer.

Gemini

Try today to treat yourself as careful as possible. Nobody but you can take care for your health, while thoughtlessness in this question can be too expensive.

Cancer

You need to improve your mood urgently. Undertake any task that does not require a lot of time and energy. Having ended it you would feel yourself more reliant.

Leo

Today everything around you will be a little foggy. Having no opportunity to make to a clear picture of occurring, it is better not to risk, daring on active actions. This day is better to spend in blissful idleness.

Virgo

Today you will solve questions of the financial kind unexpectedly easily. Look after your tongue - its excessive speed can draw large troubles upon you.

Libra

Today you may be under supervision. Try not to make anything that could compromise you.

Scorpio

Today your opportunities will be rather great, but you won't see them and won't be able to take advantage of them until you will manage to get rid of influence of the nearest environment. The best remedy in similar cases is the distance.

Sagittarius

Today the people having temperament of iceberg will feel themselves in the best way. Don't get excited. Try to pay smaller attention to the words and actions of environmental.

Capricorn

The today's events should be considered very seriously, even if they cause your uncontrollable laughter. You feel their consequences soon.

Aquarius

If you would only wish to you could pass through the walls, the only necessary condition is to see the purpose and to trust yourself. Today nothing can become a barrier between you and the object of your aspirations.

Pisces

You can not achieve support till you will force the people to believe in your abilities. Devote yourself to this purpose, this is rather bothersome work and you will spend all the day on it.

What Women Think During Their First Pregnancy

2008-02-28T02:43:00.000-08:00

The study found that women who tend to deny negative experiences in early childhood relationships expected to experience a relationship with their future children characterized by less warmth compared to other women who participated in the study.

The research, which was conducted by Ora Gazit under the direction of Dr. Miri Scharf, examined 160 Jewish women in the last trimester of their first pregnancy who live with their husband or partner. The researchers examined the expectations, thoughts and emotions of the pregnant women regarding themselves as future mothers and their future relationships with their babies -- based on two approaches related to identity building.

The first focuses on the way people perceive their early childhood relationship with their parents and how this is reflected in their thoughts, perceptions and behavior during their lives. The second focuses on existing differences between people whose motivation is derived from an aspiration for success and those who are motivated by an aspiration to avoid failure.

The results of the study revealed that women whose early childhood relationships with their parents were characterized by rejection and unresolved conflicts, expected to experience a high measure of separation anxiety, thought their child would be more demanding of them and thought they would set a lot boundaries, compared to other women in the study.

Among women who described their early childhood relationships with their parents as being characterized by rejection but who had difficulty recalling many of the events representative of this relationship, the study found a majority had positive thoughts about their impending motherhood and towards their unborn child. However, in comparison to the remainder of the women in the study, they expected to develop a less warm and close relationship with their baby.

The women who had a balanced view of their early relationship with their parents had the most optimal expectations towards their impending motherhood. They expected to feel a low level of separation anxiety from their child, thought childrearing would be easy and that their relationship would be characterized by warmth.

In addition, the study found that women who were characterized by wanting to advance and reach set goals were positive and more optimistic, in comparison to women who were characterized by abstention and concern with self-defense, security and responsibility. According to the researchers, women in the first group thought they would be more fulfilled in parenthood, saw themselves and their child in a more positive light, thought they would be more productive and warm as mothers and expected to have good communication with their child.

"The results of the research show that there is great importance in evaluating thoughts, perceptions and feelings about parental identity during pregnancy. Such an evaluation will enable early identification of women who are concerned they will have difficulty contending with parental roles and offer them tools that will help them adapt better to the transition to motherhood," summarized the researchers.

Feminism And Romance Go Hand In Hand

2008-02-28T02:42:00.001-08:00

It is generally perceived that feminism and romance are in direct conflict. Rudman and Phelan’s work challenges this perception. They carried out both a laboratory survey of 242 American undergraduates and an online survey including 289 older adults, more likely to have had longer relationships and greater life experience.

They looked at men’s and women’s perception of their own feminism and its link to relationship health, measured by a combination of overall relationship quality, agreement about gender equality, relationship stability and sexual satisfaction.

They found that having a feminist partner was linked to healthier heterosexual relationships for women. Men with feminist partners also reported both more stable relationships and greater sexual satisfaction. According to these results, feminism does not predict poor romantic relationships, in fact quite the opposite.

The authors also tested the validity of feminist stereotypical beliefs amongst their two samples, based on the hypothesis that if feminist stereotypes are accurate, then feminist women should be more likely to report themselves as being single, lesbian, or sexually unattractive, compared with non-feminist women.

Rudman and Phelan found no support for this hypothesis amongst their study participants. In fact, feminist women were more likely to be in a heterosexual romantic relationship than non-feminist women. The authors conclude that feminist stereotypes appear to be inaccurate, and therefore their unfavorable implications for relationships are also likely to be unfounded.

Sex In The Morning Or In The Evening !

2008-02-28T02:39:00.000-08:00

In the animal kingdom, males more often than females can increase their reproductive success by being promiscuous. This in turn can result in males imposing high numbers of copulation attempts and sexual harassment on females.

In the promiscuous feral chicken, males initiate more than 90 per cents of all copulation attempts; most of them in the evening after hens have laid their eggs and are most fertile. In female-dominated groups hens are also interested in sex in evenings. However, as shown in a new study published in American Naturalist, in male-dominated groups hens rather initiate sex in mornings.

‘Sexual harassment in evenings in male-dominated groups may just be too much for the hens’, says Hanne Løvlie from Stockholm University, one of the researchers of the study. ‘Hens were exposed to more intense sexual harassment in male-dominated group. By initiating sex in mornings when the cockerels are less amorous and the free-ranging chickens also are more spread out foraging, hens may avoid the intense sexual harassment in evenings.’

The study shows that changes in the intensity of sexual harassment trigger a plasticity in the hens’ sexual behaviour not before shown. A plasticity that in turn may enable hens to mate without suffering sexual harassment.

‘The sexes therefore not only fall out on how much sex they want, but also when at day to have it’