| Unzipped: Can you wear it like Beckham?
Now comes soccer megastar David Beckham in mega low-rise Emporio Armani briefs courtesy of Italy's Giorgio Armani. A giant, 3,300-square-foot billboard of the chiseled Galaxy player, who relocated to L.A. late last year, hasn't hit the United States — yet. For now, gawkers can gaze at the "Wear it like Beckham" ad at the via Cusani and via Broletto intersection in Milan. The billboard marks the worldwide debut of the underwear line's 2008 campaign that was unveiled to promote Saturday's start of men's fashion week in Milan. But starting next month, the bared-there Beckham — bronzed, buffed and boldly going where few men have gone before — will be coming to the United States in prime outdoor locations in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami and San Francisco, reports Gabriela Meriles, an Armani publicist in New York.
I Was a Progression Requirement Pusher
Students must obtain a cumulative grade-point average of 2.0 to graduate from my university. Sort of. In reality most students have to obtain a higher GPA for admission into a particular major. This second admissions hurdle is as important as gaining entrance into the university. Known often as a "progression requirement," it is one of the dirty little secrets in academe. .
A Deli With Food And Sundries, Naturally
What's Selling: The Healthy Alternative offers organic and natural products. It has vegetarian and vegan options in addition to an extensive selection of organic food. There also are drinks and organic and natural toiletries and cleaning products for sale. The food choices give options to folks who are allergic to wheat and gluten, or who are challenged to find prepared foods they can eat. And because it's the holiday season, the store is offering candy canes dipped in organic chocolate. The deli menu offers something for all three meals.
Who Goes There? Customers looking for healthy alternative foods with no dairy, wheat, gluten and chemicals. Co-owner Heidi Zolanka said that many kinds of people of all ages come, including UConn students and families.
Who Works There? Heidi and Sara Zolanka, a mother and daughter team, own and operate the 2-month-old store.
Science Life in the Fast-lane: Human Evolution Accelerating
Humans are evolving at frenetic, previously unobserved pace according to a new paper titled "Recent acceleration of human adaptive evolution", which was published Monday in the peer-reviewed Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal. The paper, which was based on research spearheaded by University of Utah anthropologist Henry Harpending, examined 3.9 million gene segments of 270 individuals, 90 of European descent, 90 of African descent, 45 of Han Chinese descent and 45 of Japanese descent. The conclusion was that humans evolved rapidly, and apart from each other. Evidence indicates that this rapid evolution has not stopped either. If the human genome had evolved at the current pace during the period of 6 million years since the human lineage separated from the Chimpanzee lineage, as is currently believed, than there should have been 160 times the current number of genetic variations in human DNA. Further by comparing dental and skeletal variations of the last 10,000 years of human history, the team came to the conclusion that man underwent a relatively slow paced change over the first couple of million years, but is now entering into an era of unprecedented evolution, which would explain why the current rate is so much higher than the previous rate.
American Express Cardmembers Make Child Survival Priority in the ...
NEW YORK, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF today expressed its appreciation to all American Express cardmembers who participated in the unique American Express Members Project. The international children's agency said that through the awarded grant of $2 million, it was one step closer to reducing the 4000 unnecessary deaths of children each day due to unsafe water. "We applaud the creativity of all the ideas that were submitted and the commitment of the cardmembers to child survival," said Caryl M. Stern, president and CEO, U.S. Fund for UNICEF. "Safe water is fundamental to human life, yet more than one billion people do not have access to it and one in five are children." American Express chose UNICEF as the organization to implement the Children's Safe Drinking Water idea, submitted by Cardmember, Dr.
U.S. senator to investigate televangelists, including ORU regents
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WASHINGTON -- A veteran U.S. senator announced Tuesday that he is looking into generous salaries, luxury cars and private jets provided to six televangelists, including three who serve as regents for Oral Roberts University. "I'm following up on complaints from the public and news coverage regarding certain practices at six ministries," said Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee. "The allegations involve governing boards that aren't independent and allow generous salaries and housing allowances and amenities such as private jets and Rolls Royces." In his announcement, Grassley revealed he has sent detailed letters .
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