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Work starts on creation of new Dubai island

Work began on Monday on the development of a man-made island in Dubai, 500 metres directly opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex. To be known as Bluewaters Island, the new development will house five star hotels and resorts, al fresco dining and entertainment zones, and residential apartments and villas. The focal point of the island city, which will cost $1.6 billion, will be a 688 ...
ESPN lays offs some of its employees to control costsAmendedESPN EmployeeUpdate

Sports media giant ESPN has given pink slips to some of its 7,000 employees as a cost cutting measure. In a statement, the Connecticut-based company said it is implementing the changes to enhance continued growth, while smartly managing costs. ESPN said it is confident that it would be more competitive, innovative and productive after this decision. According to a CNN report, about ...
DC comics win court case over Melbourne gyms Superman workout

DC Comics has won a Federal Court case against a Melbourne gym over the term 'Superman Workout' which the company used to promote its products, allowing the fitness company to register 'superman workout' as a trademark. The gym Cheqout had had been using the phrase to describe its workout DVDs and video clips, but DC Comics challenged the trademark, saying Cheqout's consumers would think it was ...
ESPN layoffs hundreds of employees as TV rights fees rise Re-issue with correction

Sports media giant ESPN has given pink slips to some of its 7,000 employees on Tuesday, the network said in a statement. The Bristol, Connecticut-based company said it was looking at the financial bottom line. In a statement the company said that they were implementing changes across the company to enhance their continued growth while smartly managing costs. It added that while difficult, ...
Lifestyle Suffering of fistula patients

Fistula Centre in Eldoret. The girl, let us call her Veronica, went into labour in February and laboured for so long because she was too timid to tell her husband she was about to have a baby. "I didn't know the cause of the pain or that it was a sign that I was giving birth," Veronica says. Hours later when the pain became unbearable Veronica was taken to hospital for emergency ...

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Jaws 2 [DVD]

Unlike the other massive blockbusters of the 1970s--The Godfather (1972), Star Wars (1977), and Superman (1978)--Jaws (1975) did not lend itself particularly well to a sequel. After all, the story was about a shark that terrorized a small East Coast beach community. The shark was killed at the end, and the story was over. It had a kind of primal simplicity to it th ... ...

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Dont forget fitness on holiday

Delhi-based fitness expert and trainer Santosh Sharma shares a few tips to stay fit during a holiday:- Avoid visiting a restaurant empty stomach. In such cases people end up eating much more. If you're starving, eat a piece of fruit or have a glass of juice or water in the hotel itself. Later, while having lunch, fill your plate with lightly dressed salads, fish, seafood and lean meats. ...
Kill Mittal French video game lets players attack Indian billionaire Lakshmi amid factory battle

A French video game is offering players the chance to become a virtual employee of steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal battling to keep a factory ...
Fitness test deceased was breadwinner

Aspirant traffic cops wait to run 4km in 30 minutes to pass the fitness test which will qualify them to go into the next round for one of 90 provincial posts. File photo; ...
Microsofts Xbox One reflects game change in home entertainment

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday unveiled the Xbox One, a next-generation video game console that aspires to be more than just a plaything. Not only will the Xbox One deliver an amped-up game experience, but it also will let users watch live TV, rent a movie and listen to music. Viewers can use their voice and gestures to control the TV too. Want to change the channel? Just tell the Xbox One to turn ...
Sports Buzz Is Dwight Howard interested in Rockets

Houston Rockets , or is this just a negotiating ploy? Earlier this week, several media outlets reported that Howard seems torn between wanting to stay with ...

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Obesity in children linked to parents' marital status

A new study by US researchers shows that children living with married parents are less likely to be obese.

"Childhood obesity is a significant public health issue in our country with nearly one-third of all US children aged 2-17 overweight or obese," said Rachel Kimbro, study co-author and associate professor of sociology at the Rice university.

"Despite this, very little research has been conducted to explore the impact of family structure on this epidemic," said Kimbro, who is also and director of Rice's Kinder Institute Urban Health Programme.

In a recent edition of the Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk, the study by Kimbro and colleagues shows that children living in a traditional two-parent married household are less likely to be obese (with 17 percent obesity rate) than children living with cohabiting parents, who have a 31 percent obesity rate, reports Science Daily.

"For reasons we cannot fully measure, there appears to be something about people who marry and have a child that is fundamentally different than the other groups, and these factors are also linked to children's weight," Kimbro said.