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) US Tech Shares Drop; Yahoo Down As Director Resigns
Technology stocks found the going rough in morning trading Friday, with Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) among the decliners after one of its board members resigned and the Internet giant postponed its shareholders' meeting.
Yahoo shares fell 10 cents to $27.46 after the company said late Thursday that Edward Kozel had resigned from the Yahoo board of directors. Yahoo said Kozel had planned to step down in February, but chose to stay on the board after Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) launched its unsolicited bid for the company.
Yahoo also said it would move its annual meeting from July 3 to "around the end of July."
Sun Microsystems Inc. (JAVA) shares fell 58 cents, or 4.4%, to $12.56. Morgan Stanley analyst Kathryn Huberty cut her rating on Sun's stock to underweight from equal weight, saying the company is facing product challenges in the server market. More>> - (
) Hazards are par for this course
Hazards are par for this course Baghdad golf has far more than rough lies and uneven greens. COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES Monday, May 19, 2008Hazards are par for this course
Despite its location — a war zone — the nine-hole Crossed Swords Golf Course in Baghdad is popular among military personnel looking for a golf fix. The 479-yard layout is closed in by concrete blast walls and has dirt "greens," and the holes are emptied baked beans cans sunk into the ground. There is only one sand trap — who would have guessed? — but plenty of other hazards: the threat of rockets, mortar fireand gunfire.
"I would challenge Tiger Woods to a round at the Green Zone course any day," wrote Bradley Brooks of the Associated Press. "Just to see how his steely concentration would hold up when the mortar alarm blares: 'Incoming! Incoming! Take cover!' and shells land nearby."
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Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer, a 22-year major league veteran, won his 558th career start last week by throwing a steady diet of low-80s fastballs. More>>
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) You Can Eat Less in Taking Hoodia Gordonii
For the last few years, there has been a lot of buzz about hoodia gordonii. It has been featured on CBS' 60 minutes, Oprah Magazine, BBC news and other shows.
Hoodia gordonii is cactus like plant that has been used by San people for long period of time when they go for long hunting. With this plant, they can suppress their hunger and thirst with this plant. If you are a bit skeptical if it really can suppress appetite, you can do a little research about it. This plant has an active molecule which scientists have called as p57. When you take it to your body, it will signal your brain that you are full already. It works as of a glucose but much stronger. You will eat lesser foods when you take hoodia gordonii, but you would still feel satisfied. Normally, you would feel hungry within the day, but with this diet pill, you will not feel hungry throughout the day. More>> - (
) Probiotics weight loss after bypass surgery
SAN DIEGO (Reuters Health) - In a study conducted at Stanford University, obese patients who took probiotics after undergoing gastric bypass surgery lost more weight than patients who had the surgery but did not take the supplements.These findings were presented Tuesday during Digestive Disease Week 2008 by Dr. John M. Morton, during a session on the management of patients with obesity.
"We have better treatments for crack cocaine addiction than we do for obesity," Dr. Morton asserted, "but there has been a real revolution with bariatric (obesity) surgery. It provides strikingly durable weight loss...As a result, blood pressures will normalize...We have seen diabetes cure rates of 82 percent, and this can occur within weeks of surgery." . More>>
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) New Community Center Underway
A corner of Northeast Rochester is undergoing a transformation. Demolition is underway on the old Webster Rec. Center to make way for the new Thomas P. Ryan Community Center and Library.These students think the shovel in School 33's front yard looks more like Tyrannosaurus Rex.
The school at Webster Avenue and Bay Street has a front row seat to the demolition of the recreation center next door and the construction of the new Thomas P. Ryan community center and library.
JudieLynn McAvinney is deputy commissioner of the city's department of recreation and youth services. “We're trying to connect the library and reading and literacy with recreation and get all the family involved."
The center is named for former Rochester mayor and neighborhood resident Tom Ryan. More>>
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) Biggest losers: Special weight loss challenge has been 'fun, but not funny'
At last, a report that is fun to write. The results of the 2008 Gene Smith Administrative Coordinator's Weight Loss Challenge are in.In the men's division, seven of the eight original participants weighed in for the last time on April 24. All seven lost weight.They went from 1,752 pounds to 1,623 pounds for a total loss of 129 pounds � a loss of 7.33 percent of their combined weight. The top three loss leaders had individual losses ranging from 16 to 59 pounds.In the women's division, 12 of the 26 original participants weighed in. Cumulatively, they lost 116 pounds going from a total Jan. 3 weight of 2,457 pounds to 2,341 pounds � a loss of 4.73 percent of their combined weight. The top three loss leaders had individual losses ranging from 15 to 37 pounds.Please take special note that four of the six greatest losers came from the same department. More>>