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Up to 2009 there is no statistically significant evidence of any reduction in smoking amongst men – and very little evidence of a reduction in smoking amongst women – resulting from the introduction of EU minimum tax legislation in Spain in 2006. This is despite the price of cigarettes rising up to three times faster than before the legislation came into effect, according to a new study published online in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research. The World Health Organization's...
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Americans United for Life Dr. Charmaine Yoest noted that the business interests of Big Abortion were again at play as news broke of a federal judge allowing the so-called "morning after" pill to be sold to girls 16 and younger over the counter. "This decision allows the abortion industry to gamble with young girls' health in distributing a life-ending drug, with no real understanding of the long-term implications on their bodies,"...
Digital marketing expert Trent Silver, known across the Internet as the “Teenage Millionaire” has launched a crowdfunding project on hot new website ClickStartMe to promote his new product, Dreamer. Dreamer derives its name from reports that Silver’s new safe and effective sleep aid has a tendency to cause extremely vivid and memorable dreams. Tampa, FL (PRWEB) April 04, 2013 Digital marketing expert Trent Silver, known across the Internet as the “Teenage Millionaire” has...
The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling, the statewide advocate on issues relating to problem and compulsive gambling, today launched its 25th anniversary conference, Problem Gambling: Past, Present & Future, at the DoubleTree Hilton Orlando at SeaWorld and revealed recipients of the organization’s 2013 pari-mutuel, education, volunteer, media, service, treatment, and Power of One awards. Orlando, FL (PRWEB) April 04, 2013 The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling, the statewide...
Review finds that men still have better spatial ability than women -- this may be explained by individual differences in gender-role identification The observation that males appear to be superior to females in some fields of academic study has prompted a wealth of research hoping to shed light on whether this is attributable to nature or nurture. Although there is no difference in general intelligence between the sexes, studies over the past 35 years have consistently found that overall...
Graduates are taking up jobs that don't fully use their skills and as a result are causing high turnover for employers, claims new research published today in the journal Human Relations, published by SAGE. The findings raise questions about today's high throughput in university education. Policy makers in many developed and developing countries envisioned high-value economies supported in part by a highly-skilled and well-paid workforce. As a result, many nations have increased higher...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Nearly half of all women moved in with a romantic partner prior to getting married, according to statistics released Thursday by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Forty-eight percent of the more than 12,000 15- to 44-year-old females interviewed by the NCHS between 2006 and 2010 chose cohabitation as their first union, without marriage. That’s an increase from just 38 percent in 1995, the agency revealed in their...
WATCH VIDEO: [Happy Marriage Can Threaten Health] Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The “Honeymoon Phase” can be the happiest time of a couple’s marriage; however, a new study shows that the first few years of a happy marriage can lead to packing on the pounds. While previous research has shown that marriage is associated with weight gain, the role of marital satisfaction has never been fully investigated, according to the study’s lead author Andrea L....
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online New research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that teen girls who have already given birth are more likely to have another baby in their teen years. According to this new report, nearly one in every five children born to an American teen aged 15 to 19 also has an older sibling waiting to greet them at home. Though the national rate of teenage pregnancy has dropped over the past 20 years, the CDC...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- blu eCigs, the electronic cigarette brand widely known for superior style and quality, today announced its support for recent legislation prohibiting the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors. The purchase or sale of electronic cigarettes to people in Indiana and Mississippi under age 18 will be illegal beginning July 1, 2013, as a result of new laws recently passed by the legislatures and signed by the governors of both states. On...
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The orange clownfish is a popular aquarium fish also known as the percula clownfish. It also is in a class called an anemonefish, because it is widely found around anemone. This association between the clownfish and anemone is one where the clownfish supplies the anemone with food, and the anemone protects the clownfish from predators. The anemone tentacles deliver a venomous sting but the clownfish are believed to be immune to the anemone’s sting. This is a theory of how the clownfish can...
Image Credit: Miles Wu/Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 2.0) The sabae clownfish is a very rare species in the wild and is aggressive, especially as it matures. It is found in the northern Indian Ocean around India, Sri Lanka, Arabian Peninsula, Andaman Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia, and the Maldive Islands. This fish inhabits lagoons and coastal waters around reefs, at a depth range of 6 - 75 feet. This species of fish is the most popular fish for home aquariums. The body of the sabae clownfish is...
