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A study which examined 360,000 people within 9 countries in Europe has found that 'love handles' are a strong indicator of higher risk of death. The study estimated that each 2 inches on the waistline increased...read more

[Posted by Laura Ramos] At the end of October, Rebekah Donaldson, founder of Business Communications Group LLC, joined me for an informal discussion during a Forrester Teleconference about the future of the business-to-business marketing profession. We received some great questions from the audience after our talk. Earlier this week, I spoke again on this subject when MarketBright VP of Sales, Mike Pilcher, asked me to join Eric Rogge, VP of Marketing at Exalead, to talk ...

都市压力大，有人因压力而掉发，有人因压力而失眠，有人因压力而运动，有人回压力而劈腿，有人因压力而喝酒。据说，喝酒喝到微醺之际是最舒服的，可以把想平时想讲而不敢讲的话讲出来，把平时想做而不敢做的事情做出来，做出来以后还可以以醉酒为名而不负责任，伤害性可谓最少。 所以，想要看清一个男人，不妨在他酒后，整个《红楼梦》里最真的一句真话就是焦大的醉话，“每日偷狗戏鸡，爬灰的爬灰，养小叔子的养小叔子”，吓得众小厮魂飞魄丧，把他捆起来，用土和马粪满满填了他一嘴，要是没喝醉，想必也不敢讲出这种话来。现在讲究人权，哪有人敢用马粪堵你的嘴，巴不得你多醉几次。 我估计，上一月，深秋的北京，一定天气极好，温度宜人，所以北京的男人们纷纷呼朋唤友，以酒会友，以至于半月之内出现三四单醉酒新闻，乒乓国手王皓醉后要到处小便，同时高呼我是奥运冠军，说得没错，做得就稍有些失礼；央视才子白语无论次出现在新闻1+1，大骂中国足球，彻底实践他你喜欢不如我喜欢的风格；而影帝刘烨则在他的又一次醉酒后控制了自己打架的欲望，静静携话剧美女回家，把在人前信誓旦旦爱上的法国女友抛在脑后；而素有歌坛苦情汉之称的金牌王老五杨坤则在醉人的秋风里乘着酒兴在停车场与美女促膝谈心，甜言蜜语，被狗仔队拍个正着…… 人们群众喜闻乐见的明星真性情常常在醉后才能发生，这还是北京的狗仔队刚刚兴起，如果要换到香港，别说是三单，十单也出来了，香港的狗仔队们常常蹲在明星们爱去的酒吧门口，专门逮醉后的明星，有运气的话，能问到平时问不出的料，平时那张严严嘴说出来的可都是真心话，如果再稍加激怒，马上会出现轰动的娱乐头条，比如当年的王菲在微醺之际毅然拉起小谢的手，实在不行，至少还可以拍到各色不同的醉态，像张曼玉醉酒弯腰时露出的黑色TBACK，顶不济也能拍到李嘉欣脸红红脚步浮浮的样子，占据明天报纸一角。 正因为有了敬业到无以伦比的狗仔队，所以香港明星有了强烈的防备之心，他们有秘密通道，有后巷，有醉后也要与恋人保持五十米的安全距离的规则，有分头回家的传统，这么多年你为什么拍不到阿SA醉酒的样子，因为她的约会都在家里。可是，北京的名人明星们没有，他们的胆子更大，他们在酒醉后忘记了自己，忘记了女友，忘记了要去工作，忘记了忘了安全通道，忘了苦情，忘了分头回家…… 说实话，人生一世,名利只是过眼云烟,确实及不上一杯浅酒的微醺,两声美人的低唱来得惬意悠然，所以古龙书斋的对联是：陌上发花，可以缓缓醉矣；忍把浮名，换了浅斟低唱。 尽情地享受了可以缓缓醉矣的真实快乐，自然也要忍把浮名换去的真实不快，这正是所谓的微醺之痛. 是痛苦，有时末尝也不是一种隐秘的痛快。

美聯集團進一步落實中央化，包括將旗下的香港置業後勤合併，受影響員工約20餘人，部分合適員工將留任，並安排至有關部門，部分職位重疊的員工會被辭退。 執行董事葉潔儀說，新安排可確保分支企業得到更大的支援以面對市場逆境。

Beer Battered Fish and Chips

Taslim Solangi (a.k.a. Tasleem Solangi) was murdered in Pakistan 8 months ago, and the news is just recently hitting the press. She was the victim of a supposed “honor killing” — her father says it was cover-up for a land dispute — based on a claim that she was 8 months pregnant by a man not her husband. Taslim was forced to give birth, and the baby was thrown into a canal. Taslim was then ...

Photo of the day for 10th November 08

Here's a perfect everyday example of just how much the pendulum of power is shifting in this country. Brad Blakeman, one of those GOP strategists you see on teevee, argues that an Obama victory would effectively result in a Democratic dictatorship. Blakeman, whose counterpart was Ari Melber of The Nation, quickly realized he'd just stepped in it, and begged for mercy: I'm kidding you Ari, take it easy. Don't blog it after we're done, get ...

photo by Island Pilot, LLC Yachting is hardly known as an eco-friendly activity. There are few people who actually need a boat in their day-to-day life: Sea captains, fishermen, coast guardsmen, pirates. Boats are almost always a luxury item. Cars, on the other hand, are a necessary evil. Most of us wouldn't be able to function in society without a car, but everyone—yacht-makers aside—would be able to function without a yacht. Car use, ungreen as ...

Windows only Mozilla has decided that in Firefox 3.1 they want users to have a fresh new way to switch between tabs in a browser window. That’s why they’ve come up with a system that resembles Apple’s Cover Flow for moving from one tab to another. What if you want a bit more eye candy though? That’s when you turn to the FoxTab Firefox extension. Its five different viewing modes put a whole new perspective ...