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...Middle Ages recommended raw eel and bitter almonds. Mongolians ate pickled sheep's eyes, while China went with a more palatable dose of green tea. Germans still eat Katerfruhstuck, a postbinge breakfast that usually consists of herring, pickles and goulash. Russians don't eat anything at all; they jump in a sauna and sweat it all out, sometimes flagellating themselves with birch branches to aid blood flow...
...part of a surge in new-member enrollment, adding to the ranks of some 60 million visitors to online dating sites each month. Dating colossus Match.com, which charges users $35 a month, reported its largest monthly membership growth in seven years in November, while Perfectmatch.com reported a 47% jump in membership over the past quarter...
That finding seems to be holding up in this economic downturn as well. At the beginning of the year, polling firm Gallup started asking 1,000 people every night how they felt. Gallup has found that moods do jump around a lot. People are happier on the weekends. Holidays are also big mood boosters. But in general, Gallup has found that the nation's mood has remained relatively stable the whole year, bouncing within the same range even as the economy has deteriorated...
...spending years developing a jump shot that Obama says is better than his own, Duncan has earned a reputation for an infallible work ethic...
...number of firms related to the housing market have been doing quite well this year. Trex Company, which makes decking and railing out of reclaimed plastic and waste wood, is up 69%, to $14.35. Beacon Roofing Supply, which sells roofs for homes and commercial buildings, has seen its stock jump...