Laughter is good for our health, so I enjoy sharing videos of babies that are sure to make most people giggle.
In this home video, the baby thinks it is hilarious when her father tears some paper.
Dozens of People Perform CPR to Save One Heart Attack Victim
When Howard Snitzer clutched his chest and crumpled on a freezing sidewalk outside Don’s Foods in Goodhue, Minn., he was wearing gym shorts, fresh from his daily workout.
For the next 96 minutes — more than an hour and a half — two dozen bystanders and first responders took turns performing CPR on the fallen man. Their teamwork saved Snitzer’s life, in what may be one of the longest, successful out-of-hospital resuscitations ever.
More Economic Good News: As Manufacturing Demand Grows, So Do Jobs
A common misconception is repeated that factory jobs are slowly disappearing in the United States. But there have been steady gains recently: Just last month, manufacturing created 33,000 jobs.
U.S. manufacturing in 2010 ended the year with a net annual gain of 136,000 jobs.
This latest jobs report from the Labor Department actually showed “pretty strong growth across most industries”. The private sector is adding 150,000 jobs per month and picking up steam.
More Economic Good News: As Manufacturing Demand Grows, So Do Jobs
A common misconception is repeated that factory jobs are slowly disappearing in the United States. But there have been steady gains recently: Just last month, manufacturing created 33,000 jobs.
U.S. manufacturing in 2010 ended the year with a net annual gain of 136,000 jobs.
This latest jobs report from the Labor Department actually showed “pretty strong growth across most industries”. The private sector is adding 150,000 jobs per month and picking up steam.
10 Easy Spring-Cleaning Decorating Resolutions
With spring on the horizon, it’s natural to revisit, revise, and resolve to spruce things up in the coming months.
Similar to “resolutions,” the choices we make each spring are really goals, says Maria Shriver. Working towards and achieving our goals is a sure way to feeling accomplished and fulfilled.
Whether you’re looking to reinvent your life or just make a few small but important tweaks, here are some starter ideas to help you make your own “decorating resolutions” – and design the coming months to be your best yet.
Boy, 13, Youngest in Troop’s History to Achieve Eagle Scout
Zachary Ahlheim, 13, has become the youngest Eagle Scout in his Boy Scout troop’s 65-year history.
“I’ve always just tried my best to be prepared and live up to the highest standards,” said Zachary. “No goal is too tough if I set my mind to it.”
The eighth-grader, who started scouting when he was in the second grade, now attends flight school, working toward his dream of becoming a Blue Angel pilot
(READ the story at Jacksonville.com)
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Photo credit: Mary R. Vogt – Morguefile
160 Studies Show Happiness Improves Health and Lengthens Life
A review of more than 160 studies has found ‘clear and compelling evidence’ that – all else being equal – happy people tend to live longer and experience better health than their unhappy peers.
The study is the most comprehensive review so far of the evidence linking happiness to health outcomes. Its lead author, University of Illinois professor emeritus of psychology Ed Diener, who also is a senior scientist for the Gallup Organisation, of Princeton, N.J., analysed long-term studies of human subjects, experimental human and animal trials, and studies that evaluate the health status of people stressed by natural events.
160 Studies Show Happiness Improves Health and Lengthens Life
A review of more than 160 studies has found ‘clear and compelling evidence’ that – all else being equal – happy people tend to live longer and experience better health than their unhappy peers.
The study is the most comprehensive review so far of the evidence linking happiness to health outcomes. Its lead author, University of Illinois professor emeritus of psychology Ed Diener, who also is a senior scientist for the Gallup Organisation, of Princeton, N.J., analysed long-term studies of human subjects, experimental human and animal trials, and studies that evaluate the health status of people stressed by natural events.
New Ben Franklin Letters Discovered in London
A professor with his nose deep in a library archive in London has stumbled upon 47 previously unknown letters from, to and about Benjamin Franklin.
The sensational find, not only adds texture to a key chapter in early American history, but it also raises the question of what else about the founding generation might be lurking out there, overlooked or miscategorized in a library, or perhaps stashed in an archive in some distant land.
Solar Project Will Power 85,850 Homes for Los Angeles
The largest U.S. producer of crystalline solar power energy Wednesday announced plans to build a massive system to provide solar energy to tens of thousands of Los Angeles homes.
The project pairs the nation’s largest municipal utility, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, with SolarWorld to develop an 11.6-megawatt (MW) solar system that will generate enough clean, renewable solar energy to displace 290,000 metric tons of CO2 over 25 years.
Help for Obesity: Stomach Pacemaker Zaps Internally to Prevent Overeating
Forget stomach stapling and lap band surgery. The next big thing in weight loss surgery may be the stomach pacemaker.
Designed by a pacemaker manufacturer, the surgically-implanted device detects when a patient downs food or drink, and zaps the stomach with a series of electrical impulses using nerves around the stomach to generate a feeling of fullness.
T. Boone Who? Warren Buffett is the New King of Wind
Warren Buffett, who knows a few things about investing, has arguably become the largest investor in the American wind power market.
In his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Warren Buffett noted that one of his portfolio companies, MidAmerican Energy, leads all regulated utilities when it comes to wind energy.
Sir Richard Branson’s Role Models – Inspiring Tributes for Entrepreneurs
Starting and growing a business is a bumpy journey, but it can be made a little easier with someone to provide inspiration — and a reminder of why you embarked on this crazy path in the first place.
Check out this list of role models from 14 aspiring entrepreneurs and Branson himself. Who are the people they turn to for inspiration?
(READ the list in AOL Small Business)
Mice Baldness Reversed (LINK Fixed)
Mouse researchers conducting stress hormone experiments have stumbled onto a surprising new discovery — a potential treatment for hair loss.
Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Veterans Administration were working with genetically altered mice that typically develop head-to-tail baldness as a result of overproducing a stress hormone.
Ellen Show Auction of Justin Bieber’s Hair Raises 40k for Animal Charity
A lock of Justin Bieber’s hair sold on ebay for $40,668 after Ellen DeGeneres put it up for auction to benefit an animal rescue organization.
Bieber brought a piece of his newly clipped hair sealed in an autographed glass case to The Ellen Show as a birthday present for the talk show host.
Libya’s Rebellion Spawns A Trio Of Unlikely Heroes
It’s only been a week since Libya’s second-largest city, Benghazi, fell into the hands of pro-democracy rebels. But already the uprising has its own pantheon of heroes.
Among them are a human-rights lawyer whose arrest sparked the rebellion, an air force pilot who wouldn’t bomb his own people, and a balding, middle-aged oil executive whose daring raid on a base dealt the final blow to the regime in Benghazi.
Optimistic Heart Patients Live Longer
Heart patients are more likely to survive if they have a positive outlook, according to research on more than 2,800 adults with heart disease.
First, they were given a psychological questionnaire and asked if they believed in their ability to recover. 15 years later, patients who had recorded an optimistic outlook were 30 percent less likely to have died, said the researchers from Duke University Medical Center.
(READ more at Business Week)
image by imelenchon via morguefile
Honesty and Humility Best Predictors of Job Performance: Study
The old adage “Nice guys finish last” may not be true anymore.
New research suggests that the opposite could be true in the workplace.
The more honest and humble an employee is, the more likely he or she is to receive a higher job performance appraisal by their boss, according to researchers at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Expats Return To Somalia In Hopes Of Aiding Change
A new Cabinet took office in November in the capital, Mogadishu, and it’s loaded with Somali-Americans. Some have given up quiet lives in the U.S. suburbs to try to turn around one of the world’s most dangerous countries.
“I told my wife and she thought I was nuts,” said Abdulkareem Jama. They talked it over and decided they should return and try to make a difference.
Stopping Your Drama: Eight Principles to Calm the Workplace or Home
What keeps you up at night? Are you getting “caught in the middle” of relationship squabbles and power struggles? Do you feel anxiety or fear around the economy, your job, or your personal level of success? Such drama always drains your energy and impacts your personal effectiveness.
According to Gallup, negativity costs U.S. businesses more than $3 billion in lost productivity each year.
To put an end to the negativity and energy drain, especially in the workplace, a good friend of mine, Marlene Chism, who specializes in helping people ‘stop the drama’, has a new book called, Stop Workplace Drama