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...surprising trial, researchers led by Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose at the University of British Columbia randomly assigned 155 aging women to three separate groups and directly compared the cognitive effects of two types of exercise: resistance training, done once or twice weekly, in which participants worked out with free weights and weight machines and did squats and lunges, versus toning and balance exercises, which participants did twice a week. (See pictures of a canine cognition...
...send him a message that they are still suffering economically. Karu de Silva, a resident of Colombo and father of two, says he plans to vote for Fonseka because he feels that Rajapaksa's government has not given families any relief from rising prices. "This year I spent probably twice as much as I spent last year on the books for the new school year," de Silva says. "We need some kind of help...
...everyone is sold on its superiority. In addition to citing grass-fed meat's higher price tag - Shinn's ground beef ends up retailing for about $7 a pound, more than twice the price of conventional beef - feedlot producers say that only through their economies of scale can the industry produce enough meat to satisfy demand, especially for a growing population. These critics note that because grass is less caloric than grain, it takes two to three years to get a pastured cow to slaughter weight, whereas a feedlot animal requires only 14 months. "Not only does it take fewer...
Note: Nine states appear twice; they allow civil unions or other rights but prohibit same-sex marriages...
...Howard Hughes, the owner of Simmons' contract at the time, refused to loan her out for the role. She determined never to be indentured to a studio again, and as a freelancer forged a strong résumé that cast her opposite Marlon Brando, Laurence Olivier, Robert Mitchum (twice with each star), Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Gregory Peck, Paul Newman, Richard Burton and other dominant movie males. She earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, in the 1969 The Happy Ending, to go with the Supporting Actress Oscar nomination she had received for playing Ophelia to Olivier...