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  • High-fructose diet could lead to liver damage

    A new study conducted in an animal model at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center showed that fructose rapidly caused liver damage even without weight gain. The researchers found that over the six-week study period liver damage more than doubled in the animals fed a high-fructose diet as compared to those in the control group. "Is a calorie a calorie? Are they all created equal? Based on this ...

  • UAEs efforts to preserve environment exemplary says daily

    Environment related authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have not been resting on their laurels since receiving an acknowledgment from the World Wildlife Fund in 2010, a UAE daily has reported. The UAE authorities in charge of tacking environmental issues were recognised as number one in the world in terms of having the biggest ecological footprint. "Proactivity has been their ...

  • Beetles Housefly Larvae Show Great Potential for Animal Feed Sector

    PARIS French start-up company Ynsect has identified a cheap, nourishing and locally produced alternative to soybeans as a vital source of protein in animal feed. The clue is in its name. Ynsect is not alone in looking to invertebrates to meet a jump in demand for meat and fish, and so for feed, in coming decades. Black soldier flies, common housefly larvae, silkworms and yellow ...

  • Lions 2013 Scrum king Alex Corbisiero named in Warren Gatlands side for First Test against Australia on Saturday

    The England prop was not even named in the original party but is preferred to his countryman Mako Vunipola in a position which had originally been earmarked for the injured Cian Healy.Corbisero is one of eight new test caps in a team led by Sam Warburton. George North has been declared fit to take his place on the wing while the in-form Jonathan Davies is named at centre in place of the injured ...

  • Eight new Lions for Wallabies Test

    Alex Corbisiero (left), Brad Barritt (centre) and Billy Twelvetrees of the British & Irish Lions seen here during their warm-up match against the Brumbies. Picture: Mark Nolan/Getty Images for ...


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The Departed

The Departed

In many circles The Departed is being hailed as a return to form for Martin Scorsese, but I dont see it. This is not to say that The Departed isnt a good (even close to great) film and doesnt bear many of Scorseses hallmarks--it is and it does. Rather, I question why it marks ... ...

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  • Mount Kenya Wildlife Estate gets ready to showcase first complete home

    Ol Pejeta is arguably Kenya's most complete and easiest to access wildlife conservancy, where game and cattle live side by side on the sprawling 90.000+ acres estate. Home to the highest concentration of the Eastern Black Rhino in the entire East Africa and an almost as large population of the Southern White Rhino, it is also the only place on earth where the rarest of the rare, the ...

  • Corbisiero to start for Lions

    British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland revealed that Alex Corbisiero's superior scrummaging resulted in his selection ahead of Mako Vunipola for Saturday's opening Test against Australia.The rampaging Vunipola was expected to feature at loosehead prop at the Suncorp Stadium after impressing during his four starts on tour, but he lost out to his England rival.Corbisiero was a late ...

  • Tropical Storm Barry bears down on Mexicos coast

    VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) -- Tropical Storm Barry bore down on Mexico's Gulf Coast early Thursday as civil defense workers readied emergency shelters and forecasters warned of the possibility of deadly flash floods and ...

  • Izzy Ready for Lions Challenge Absolutely Says Folau

    (Reuters) - Israel Folau's stunning rise from rugby union debutant to Australian international in four months has thrust him into a baptism of fire against the British & Irish Lions in the first test in Brisbane on Saturday. The much-hyped 24-year-old will run out at a heaving Lang Park on the wing, a position largely foreign to him in the 15-man code, to face off against ...

  • Australias Folau in uncapped trio to face Lions

    Australia's Israel Folau celebrates after scoring a try against New Zealand during their 2008 Rugby League World Cup match in Sydney in this October 26, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Daniel ...

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