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BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacque Butler, founder of pharmaceutical company Medquest, and Dr. Joseph Rafaelle, a leading specialist in age-management, appear on The SUZANNE Show this week to discuss the anti-aging organization Forever Health(TM). Their appearance, which is one in a series devoted to health and longevity, airs Wednesday, December 19, at 7 a.m. (ET/PT) on Lifetime Television. Forever Health(TM) is a free service that was created to help connect...
Perceptions of leadership capacity based on voice pitch are independent of social context Male and female leaders with masculine voices are preferred by both men and women. However, even in leadership roles that are typically held by women, both sexes prefer women leaders with low-pitched voices, according to research published December 12 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Rindy Anderson from Duke University and Casey Klofstad from the University of Miami. Though earlier studies...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gay Ad Network today announced the launch of a data-driven audience targeting service that makes it possible for advertisers to reach gay and lesbian consumers beyond gay media. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121212/CL26252LOGO) "National advertisers seeking to engage gay consumers can now expand their potential audience beyond gay content and search," said Mark Elderkin, CEO of Gay Ad Network. "By combining our...
[ Watch the Video: Researchers Say They Have Found Genetic Switches for Homosexuality ] Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A new study from the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) reveals that epigenetics, rather than genetics, could be the basis for homosexuality. To begin, epigenetics looks at how gene expression is managed by temporary switches, known as epi-marks. In the report, recently published online in The Quarterly...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In 1995, R.J. Reynolds targeted gays in a marketing campaign titled Project SCUM. Today, an edgy Delicious Lesbian Kisses (DLK) campaign draws attention to smoking among lesbians; The Network for LGBT Health Equity helps bridge the gap between Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) organizations and tobacco control funding; and the CRUSH campaign uses 'cuties' to spread the message that being tobacco free is sexy. To view the...
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Drag mogul RuPaul continues to make "herstory" with the fifth season of "RuPaul's Drag Race," and is excited to announce the league of celebrity guest judges who will join him to decide which glam goddess will take the throne and walk away with a $100,000 cash prize and the coveted title of "America's Next Drag Superstar." Season Five of "RuPaul's Drag Race" kicks off with a 90-minute premiere on Monday, January 28 at 9 PM ET/PT on...
NEW YORK, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dance-pop recording artist Sir Ivan announced today a pledge to donate $100,000 to The Trevor Project, the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ youth. The donation will be made by Sir Ivan and The Peaceman Foundation, a nonprofit established by Sir Ivan, in 2005, to battle hatred, violence and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). To view the multimedia assets associated with this...
Morgan Freeman voices spot touting "a dawn of a new day" WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, today announced a national television ad campaign following on the historic victories for marriage equality at the ballot box this year. The ad titled "Dawn of a New Day" and voiced by Academy Award Winner Morgan Freeman, began running today and is available...
NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RuPaul and Logo today announced the 14 lucky contestants who will vie for a $100,000 cash prize, the crown and the coveted title of "America's Next Drag Superstar." One of cable TV's most social series, each episode of "RuPaul's Drag Race" has fans chattering across a wide spectrum of digital platforms and enjoys multiple trending topics on Twitter with each premiere episode. The smash-hit reality competition show "RuPaul's Drag Race"...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online “Men are from mars, women are from Venus” is the title of a book written by John Gray, a relationship counselor and author from the United States. Gray highlighted how relationship problems between males and females could be caused by gender differences, especially in terms of how each handles stress differently. The idea of male and female differences can be seen in a new study from the University of Westminster in the...
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The housefly (Musca domestica) is the most common fly occurring in homes and indeed one of the most widely distributed animals and the most familiar of all flies; it is a pest that can facilitate serious diseases. Physical description The adults are 5-8 mm long. Their thorax is grayish, with four dark longitudinal lines on the back. The underside of the abdomen is yellowish. The whole body is covered with hair. They have reddish compound eyes. The females are slightly larger than the...
