Monday, April 23, 2012 According to a new diagnosis by a surgical pathologist, Frida Kahlo most likely suffered uterine damage during a streetcar accident as a teenager and this led to a rare condition known as Asherman’s syndrome, and that would explain the Mexican artist’s infertility. Dr. Fernando Antelo, from the Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, said, “Her survival defied the grim prognostication by her physicians; however, complications from this physical trauma would emerge in her adulthood.” He presented his diagnosis yesterday at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomists…
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Read MoreBull fighting banned in Catalonia
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 The parliament of Catalonia, an autonomous region of Spain, today voted to outlaw bullfighting – an iconic sport in much of the country. The vote was held after animal rights activists, led by Catalonian animal rights group Prou! (Catalan for “Enough!”), who claim the practice is “barbaric”, collected 180,000 signatures to a petition. In other areas, such as Portugal and southern France, the bulls, which are specially bred for fighting, are not killed in the ring. The ban, which passed with a 68–55 majority and nine abstentions,…
Read MorePicasso prints stolen from Brazilian museum
Friday, June 13, 2008 Four paintings were stolen in broad daylight from a branch of the Pinacoteca Museum located in São Paulo, Brazil. In this, the second high-scale art robbery in São Paulo in less then a year, the three armed robbers overpowered three unarmed museum guards before walking out with the paintings, frames and all, in two large bags. The combined value of the four paintings has been put between US$568,400 and $612,000. The paintings were Pablo Picasso’s “The Painter and the Model” and “Minotaur, Drinker and Women”, both…
Read MoreTalk:Canadian university students would prefer MP3 players over car radios
My name is Darren Mar and I’m a 4th year student at Wilfrid Laurier University. The reason I decided to conduct this survey was because I had recently bought a new car with just such an MP3 in-dash feature. I slowly started to notice that I was not listening to the radio at all, and was often getting caught in traffic. I also work at the school’s gym, and have been aware that most people come in to work out with their own personal MP3 devices. No one really comes…
Read MoreVisualfoxpro Development
Submitted by: Craig Pitts Microsoft Visual FoxPro database development system is a powerful tool for quickly creating high-performance desktop, rich client, distributed client, client/server, and Web database applications. Visual Foxpro development India is well suited to development of business application for SMEs. It has its own front-end and also the database back-end, but it can also be used with back-end databases such as SQL Server. Visual FoxPro application development is a full-featured, dynamic programming language that does not require the use of an additional general-purpose programming environment. Visual FoxPro decompiler…
Read MoreComputer Virus Repair
Submitted by: Lucas Richardson Viruses happen. They’ve been around for years and unfortunately that doesn’t look like changing. They sneak up on you when you least expect them and when your computer defenses are weak. What happens when you need to do a computer virus repair? Of course, you should be running up to date anti virus software at all times. But since anti virus software involves both computers and software writers, that can be easier said than done. If there’s a loophole in a software program, you can bet…
Read MoreThe Effects Of Hormonal Changes On The Periodontium
By Dr. Anasinski The periodontium is the part of the mouth that is made up of teeth, gums and supporting structures: Gingiva – Your gum Sulcus – The space between your tooth and gum Cementum – The root surface of your tooth Pulp – The center of your tooth root Connective tissue Bone Keeping the periodontium healthy affects overall health and conversely, changes in a person’s overall health or body can affect the periodontium. Women are particularly susceptible to periodontal problems because of the fluctuating hormones that they experience throughout…
Read MoreLinks From Ezine Archives
Submitted by: Henry James Ezines or electronic magazines are one of the most popular online marketing and advertising tools today. Links from the Internet resources like the ezines are very helpful for you to attract the much-needed targeted Internet traffic. So you can heavily bank up on the links from ezine archives to build up your link popularity. You must be aware of the failures of the many big advertising campaigns on the net. Though the Internet is flooded with high quality advertisements, but they have become a big nuisance…
Read MoreBuck Rogers In The 25th Century
By Rick Brady Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was initially called the Armageddon 2419 and the first character to be starred in the series of short stories was called Anthony Rogers. With the first release of the short stories this particular character found a lot of public interest, thus paving its path to an even brighter future in the field of comic strips, radio shows and television series. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was first created and authored by Nowlan and a syndicate called John F. Dille Company,…
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