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Researchers from the Edinburgh Sleep Centre also found seven out of 10 have trouble sleeping and almost a quarter said they suffered from insomnia.
You lot need to _relax_.
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God, he's turned in a grumpy bastard.
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long interview in Wired
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According to the Harvard Study of Adult Development, a piece of research that has tracked the lives of 824 men and women since 1965, those who repress their frustration are at least three times more likely to admit they had hit a glass ceiling in their careers and have disappointing personal lives. On the other hand, the study found, those who learned to harness and channel their anger were far more likely to be professionally well-established, as well as enjoying emotional and physical intimacy with their friends and family.
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Following up a recent link on neuroimaging and statistically invalid methodologies. Interesting to see how the internet has changed scientific discourse.
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Consumer Focus Scotland said 23 out of 87 samples from dispensers in Edinburgh and the Lothian and Borders region showed bacterial contamination.
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Various economic policies, as explained by Escher
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McDONALD'S is lifting prices in poorer suburbs where it believes consumers are more likely to accept higher charges without complaint.
Costs were previously based on restaurant overheads and ingredient prices.
But the multi-national fast-food chain is using socio-economic factors to determine charges under a new "demand-based pricing" scheme.
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In a relationship? Not happy? Just running through this test might make you realise why...
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Date: 2009-03-01 05:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-01 05:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-01 05:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-01 07:45 pm (UTC)go look for Marvelman becoming Miracleman or for even more fun find why he withdrew the only comic strip he wrote and inked, Maxwell the Magic Cat.
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Date: 2009-03-01 06:42 pm (UTC)Anyway it ended up with me getting talked into staying, so it may or may not have ended up positive. This did happen to me one time before and I ultimately quit via more normal methods and ended up in a new job with 2x the salary. huh.
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Date: 2009-03-01 08:06 pm (UTC)weirdly enough was just txt'd by an ex today to be told that she's finally getting a 2nd shot at diagnosis. They turned her away last time as she couldn't get to sleep in such a warm environment, i had to write to her GP to say how bad/frightening her sleep apnai[sp?] was.
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Date: 2009-03-01 09:38 pm (UTC)No, I need my small children's sleep to get more compatible with mine. *sigh* Still, at least I don't have sleep-challenging work hours.
(And am guessing this advice to insomniacs was meant the same way as telling depressives they need to cheer up. It's true in a certain sort of way but unlikely to be perceived as remotely helpful.)
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Date: 2009-03-01 09:41 pm (UTC)