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Aug 15, 2008

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince delayed

Release date of the next 'Harry Potter' film, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" has been delayed by eight months. Warner Bros. announced it on Thursday and said that the new release date is July 17, 2009. This announcement will definitely disappoint millions of Harry Potter fans around the world.

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" is the sixth installment in the massively successful Harry Potter series and was originally supposed to release in November 2008. Well, this new release date will reduce the waiting time between the "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and the final two movies of the popular Harry Potter series. The final Harry Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," will be split into two films and are scheduled for November 2010 and summer 2011.

Watch a trailer of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince":

Sandy Allen - World's Tallest Woman dies at 53

Sandy Allen, the World's tallest woman is no more. She died at the age of 53 on Wednesday, in an Indiana nursing home. Sandy Allen was 7-foot, 7-inch (2.32 metre) tall and was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the "World's Tallest Woman".

Allen was born on June 18, 1955, in Chicago. A tumour on her pituitary gland caused the abnormal growth of her height. She had surgery on the gland at age 22. In her later years, Allen used a wheelchair because her legs and back could not support her tall stature in a standing position. Because of this physical limitation, she spent her last years in Shelbyville, Indiana, in a retirement center. The Indianapolis Star reported that Allen died early in the morning of August 13, 2008.

She appeared in the Academy Award-winning Italian film Il Casanova di Federico Fellini, in a TV movie called Side Show, and in a Canadian/American documentary film called Being Different. Split Enz, a music band from New Zealand, immortalized her with the song "Hello Sandy Allen".

Run and Live Longer

Running on a regular basis can slow down the effects of ageing. A study published in the recent issue of Archives of Internal Medicine reveals this fact. The study also points that regular jogging, or any consistent aerobic exercise in middle age and late in life may reduce people's risk of disabilities and and disease conditions like cancer.

This ongoing study was started two decades ago, in 1984 by the Stanford University Medical Center team. It tracked 538 people who run regularly and 423 people who never run in their life. Most of the runners in this study were selected from a national running club, while the control group of never runners were drawn from the faculty and staff at Stanford University. All participants in this study were age 50 or older when the study began. Besides their exercise habits, the two group of people were demographically matched, with similarity in lifestyle habits, ethnicity and physical characteristics like weight.

Now the results of the study shows that about 34% of the non-runners had died compared to only 15% of the runners. Both the groups became more disabled with age, but in case of the runners the onset of disability started an average of 16 years later. Running not only appeared to slow the rate of heart and artery related deaths in old age, but also resulted in fewer early deaths from cancer, neurological disease, infections and other causes.

This Stanford University study delivers a pro-exercise message and once again proves that exercise is important for a good health. So, what to live a healthy life? Run regularly and if not possible, at least go for aerobic exercise.

Diet Pills and Powerful Leptitrex

There are hundreds of different weight loss or diet pills available in the market today. And many new products are being launched every month. Why? Because extra fat is a burning problem among urban people and people wants to get rid of them. Recently, I came to know about Leptitrex, one of the newest and powerful weight loss pills available in market today. It is an all natural supplement and contains all the crucial ingredients that are important for burning fats and maintaining a good health. To know more about it, I searched for some reviews and found a good one at SyberVision.

Form the review, I came to know about the main ingredients of Leptitrex. It contains six different matrixes - Vitamins & Minerals, Fat Burning Matrix, Fat Loss & Lean Muscle Matrix, SuperFoods Matrix, Anti-Aging Matrix and Body & Liver Detox Matrix. With so many important ingredients, it is definitely not an ordinary diet pill. That's why the reviewer calls it the "Mother of All Diet Pills"!

Leptitrex is designed in such a way that it will works both on burning your fats and providing support to your body. The ingredients were clinically designed and tested to work together with each other. Ecdysterones, SuperFoods Matrix and the Body and Detox Matrix are no ordinary ingredients. They will improve your bodily functions and detoxify your liver. You don't have to worry about any side effects, as they are all natural ingredients.

After reading the review of Leptitrex, I learned many new things about burning fats and diet pills. Now, I am sure that it is a powerful supplement and will give you the best chance to loose the most amount of weight. Besides burning your extra fats, it will also detoxify and improve your health. Still not sure about it's effectiveness? Just read the review or try it yourself.

Detailed images of Saturn's Enceladus

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has just sent back some stunningly beautiful and detailed images of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. Take a look at the images that were taken when Cassini was sweeping past just 30 miles above Saturn's surface.

The first four-year mission of Cassini was completed last month and now it is on a two-year extension mission. Scientists hopes that it will provide some more interesting information about the planet.

Aug 13, 2008

Interesting Discussion Forum

If you want to express your thoughts and take part in interesting discussions then give MindsUnite a try. What is MindsUnite? It is an unique discussion forum where one can talk about anything from philosophy to politics and from religion to other social issues. The most interesting point that makes MindsUnite different from other forums is that you can Post without Joining.

Yes, this is an unique approach for a discussion forum. Have something to say or something to ask? Just write down your words and post it. Want to reply to some questions? Just write down your answer and submit it, even without registering for an account.

Well, if you want, you can register for a free account with www.MindsUnite.com. Registered members will get their own profiles from where they can create questions and polls. The profile page displays the questions and polls created by the user, besides showing the brief introduction, list of friends and favorite links. You can also search for members and discussions by using the search feature. Give it a try!

Wedding atop Blackpool Tower!

There are lots of interesting ways to make your wedding day more memorable. You can think about a wedding in the wings of flying aircraft. You can think about getting married at the top of the world. Or you can think about an under water marriage. Just use you imagination and many options are there for a special wedding! Am I right?

That's why the owners of the Blackpool Tower in Lancashire, England, are thinking about allowing it's open-air viewing platform for marriage ceremonies. Leisure Parcs, the owners of the tower have applied to a wedding licence following lots of enquiries by interested couples.

The Blackpool Tower was inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris and it is 158m (518ft 9 inches) tall. It was constructed in 1894 and is a prime tourist attraction in Blackpool. Well, the city council is yet to approve the licence for holding wedding ceremonies on top of Blackpool Tower. Once approved, I am sure that many couples will rush to this tower for a on air marriage! What you think?

Two Little Girls of Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony

Enjoyed the opening ceremony of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games? Then you must have noticed the cute, little girl singing "Ode to the Motherland" in the center stage of 'Bird's Nest'. But, do you know that the song was actually sung by a different girl? A member of China's Politburo demanded the last-minute change during a live rehearsal shortly before the ceremony.

The real singer of the patriotic song "Ode to the Motherland" was Yang Peiyi, a 7 year old girl. She was declared "not suitable" for the Olympic Opening Ceremony because of her chubby face and crooked baby teeth. So, officials picked Lin Miaoke, a 9-year-old girl, who perfectly mouthed the song with a beautiful smile.

This swith was done to give a perfect look the the opening ceremony. Peiyi, the original singer, later told China Central Television that just having her voice used in the ceremony was an honor. But, do you think that justice was done to both the girl?

Aug 12, 2008

Crocs Sandals banned in Austrian Hospitals

Health officers in Austria have banned the use of Crocs sandals in hospitals. Why? Because, these trendy sandals can generate massive amounts of static electricity, which is not favorable for the patients. The health safety officers warns that the static electricity produced by these sandals may increase the chances of heart attack in patients. Even the static electricity discharge could wipe out the computer memories and data processing functions of life-saving equipments, which will make them useless.

Vienna's biggest hospital - SMZ Ost has already banned the shoes from operating theaters and the casualty department in their hospital. The Viennese Hospital Authority safety spokesman Peter Woelfl said Crocs would stay banned until they could be made anti-static.

On the other hand, Ernst Widmann, the head of Crocs in Austria, thinks that this is an insane decision and he haven't heard of a single incident where Crocs caused a critical incident in hospitals. What you think about this? Can these trendy sandals really create some problem to the patients?

Aug 10, 2008

First Commercial Cloning of Pet Dog

On Tuesday, a group of Scientists in South Korea revealed that they have completed the world's first commercial cloning of a pet dog. They cloned five identical copies of Booger, a pit bull terrier of Bernann McKinney, from California. RNL Bio, the company which arranged the cloning, said that it is now open for future bookings.

"Booger was my partner and my friend," Ms McKinney said, as she appeared with the five identical copies of her pet, in a press conference. She paid £25,000 for the cloning of Booger.

How the cloning was done? Scientists at Seoul National University created a number of embryos from the preserved skin cells taken from Booger's ear tissue before he died. The embryos were then implanted into two surrogate mother dogs. And three months later, the five puppies were born.