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Howdi y’all,No prizes for guessing where I’ve just been (apart from the loo). That’sright, I recently spent a week in the United States of America. The firstpart of the week was business – two full days of meetings, just outsideWashington DC. The second part of the week was pleasure – visitingrelatives in Texas.I didn’t get to see the capital (because of being in meetings) but mywife did. She told me it was very nice but felt that President Bushneeded to mow his front lawn because it was a bit untidy.This was my first visit to the States and it was fascinating to seehow two contries (UK and USA) could share a common language(allegedly) and yet have such different cultures.The language was, in fact, one of the most striking differences.Lydia and I were speaking to a lady who was planning a visit toEngland. She wanted to know what weather she could expect in June,in order to decide what clothes to pack. My wife advised her thatbecause life can get quite chilly in England, even in the summer, itwould be a good idea to pack a couple of jumpers. (She omitted tomention, in the interests of the tourism industry, that in addition tobeing chilly it might also be hammering it down with rain and blowinga gale.) At the mention of the word jumper the lady’s face went blank.She appeared to be searching her mental database for such a wordbut upon finding nothing asked, ‘What’s a jumper?’ After a quicksearch of our own mental databases we were able to interpret.‘Sweater’ was indeed a garment name she recognised.I personally think languages are fascinating, and though I am byno means multi-lingual I do enjoy learning a bit of the local lingowherever I go. Hence I am now able to tell you that in Texas if youwant to state your intention to do something, like visit the shoppingcentre, for example, you say, ‘I’m fixin’ ta go ta tha mall.’So, don’t say you never learn anything from this magazine. Ifyou want to learn more useful phrases (though sadly not from Texas)then you’ll find some very handy stuff for a whole host of Europeandestinations on page twenty three.Have a good day now!(Missing you already.)
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Alma ParkGranthamLincolnshireNG31 9SLEmail:
lifeinfomag@aol.com 
Magazine Aims:
To provide relevant material to help you with day-to-day living. To encourage you to stop and thinkabout a few things that perhaps you haven’t given much thought to before. To make you smile.
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LIFE snippets
Trivia and stories about the world we livein and the people we share it with.
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I’m lazy
Sit back, relax, and let someone else doall the work.
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Money with your name on it
Lydia lifts the lid on the government’slatest tax initiative – you could be entitledto some cash.
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What a load of rubbish
The editor gets on his soapbox.
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FIRE – do you know what todo?
Will it ever happen to you? It mightso are you prepared?
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The heroes of Eyam
Incredible story of the self-sacrificinginhabitants of a small Derbyshire village.
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Proud to be British
Some not so good reasons to be proudthat you’re British.
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The dance of the honeybee
More amazing facts about the stripyfellas.
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I am the way
More than just good advice about rockclimbing.
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Water,water everywhere
When drinking like a fish is actually goodfor you.
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Excuse me,where’s thetoilet?
Read this and you’ll never haveto cross your legs again on holiday.
Contents
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I’ve got wheels
My beautiful life living with Spina Bifida.
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Choice
Marriage or living together, do you knowall the facts?
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Happy ever after?
What happens when the fairytale losesits sparkle?
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Never be late again
How to be on time without rushing.
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Cancer:the reality
Jane tells Anita Marshall how she battledthe Big C.
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Puzzle page
Just a couple of puzzles to occupy a fewspare moments.
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Peace,man!
Do you have peace in your life, man?
46
Mum-to-be?
Everything you should know about thebenefits of folic acid.
48
Five foods that pack a wallop
Five superhero foods.
49
The beauty that endures
Going way beyond skin deep.
52
Anaphylactic Shock
What you should know about severeallergic reactions.
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So,how’s work?
Is work driving you crazy?
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Taking the mega-hurts out ofbuying a new PC
Baffled by all the techno jargon? We tellyou the stuff you need to know.
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What’s that in your mouth?
Is baby chewing the furniture again?
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A Belgian man is sharing his wife’s room ina hospital maternity ward after he had hisappendix removed only a few hours after shegave birth.Yves Werbrouck suddenly fell ill afterwatching wife Tania give birth to their secondchild in hospital at Roeselare.Doctors initially thought he had a stomachupset brought on by the stress of beinginvolved in the birth, reports
Het Laatste Nieuws 
.But then they realised he had appendicitisand took him straight into surgery.Normally, he would have been given a bedon another ward but the hospital directorgave him special permission to recover in thematernity ward.He said: ‘I’m glad I can share the firstdays of my newborn son together with mywife. But it hasn’t been easy.‘I had to send my father to buy the birthannouncement cards for my son.‘And my mother-in-law had to go to ourhouse to pack some things I would need inthe hospital. We had a suitcase prepared forTania, but not for me, of course.’
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Australian scientists have invented asmart bra which tightens its own strapswhen the wearer needs more support.The bra is made of a fabric with aspecial coating that makes it contractwhen the strain on it passes a pre-setlevel.Scientists at Wollongong Universitysay it automatically provides womenwith extra support during strenuousactivity such as exercise.Other smart fabrics being developedby the team include a knee sleeve thattells athletes whether they have landedproperly and a cloth for the US militarywith built-in solar energy cells andbatteries.The team is also working withdoctors at Sydney’s Royal North ShoreHospital on a glove for people withhand injuries which uses tiny electricsignals to help patients clench theirhands and pick things up.Mums are officially better at baby talkthan dads.Researchers have found that when amother says coochy-coo she is more likely tobe understood than the father.That’s because how you talk is moreimportant than what you say, and babiespick up on the emotional content of speechrather than the actual words.Researchers at Lehigh University inBethlehem, Pennsylvania, tried to find outmore about the way parents talk to babies bydesigning a computer programme thatassesses speech.They then asked six sets of parents toplay with their infants, making commentsaimed at encouraging the children or warningthem to stay away from dangerous objectssuch as sharp instruments or electricalappliances.When the programme analysed theacoustic properties of nearly 700 speechsamples, it correctly distinguished betweenapproving or disapproving language 80% ofthe time.But to the investigators’ surprise, 12%more of the comments made by motherswere correctly identified,
New Scientist 
magazine reported.The finding suggested that women useless ambiguous sounds than men to conveyto babies what they mean.
Australia develops
smart bra
Mothers are bestat baby talk
source: www.ananova.com
A widow has bequeatheda £350,000 detachedhouse to her pet cat, andleft him a £100,000trust fund to pay hisexpenses.Black cat Tinker is aformer stray who befriended Margaret Layne,who died last year aged 89.Her will, which appeared in
The Times,
stated: ‘If Tinker abandons the property perma-nently the trustees shall at their discretion beentitled to bring the trust to an end.’ WhenTinker dies, or after 21 years, his estate willpass to the trustees – Mrs Layne’s formerneighbours, Ann and Eugene Wheatley.The couple, who deliver Tinker’s food andmilk each day, say two other cats have movedinto the house in Harrow, north west London,since Mrs Layne’s death.Mr Wheatley said Stock Market falls had hitthe £100,000 trust fund but added: ‘There’s alimit to what you can spend it on. I’ve done abit of work on the house, and Tinker is fond ofcoley, so we bought him some.’
Maternity illness
A Brazilian health centre is treatingpatients suffering from depression, stressand diabetes with ‘laughter therapy’.Patients who attend the weekly ses-sions, at Fortaleza, northeastern Brazil,are all encouraged to laugh out loudtogether.To help put patients in the mood,staff organise activities, such as paperfights and karaoke sessions, to makethem laugh.Dr Jaqueline Sales said: ‘Laughtercan help in the treatment of variousconditions, specially those connected todepression, anxiety, hypertension anddiabetes.’
Laughter therapy
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Fat cat?
A teenage boy with spiked hair, nose ringand baggy clothes was overheard telling afriend, ‘I don’t really like to dress like this,but it keeps my parents from dragging meeverywhere with them.’
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