WWOOF volunteers on a farm in Florida Photograph: WWOOF USA How does it work? Lots of farms, especially those involved with alternative and eco-friendly projects, invite people to volunteer in exchange for free food and accommodation. If you’re willing to get your hands dirty, it’s a fantastic way to learn about rural life around the world and enjoy a long-term visit on the cheap. You can look for farms that are open to volunteers through sites such as wwoof.net (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) or Growfood and contact the owners directly to arrange your visit. How long can...
Work on a farm – and see the world for free [ BeritaTerkini ]
WWOOF volunteers on a farm in Florida Photograph: WWOOF USA How does it work? Lots of farms, especially those involved with alternative and eco-friendly projects, invite people to volunteer in exchange for free food and accommodation. If you’re willing to get your hands dirty, it’s a fantastic way to learn about rural life around the world and enjoy a long-term visit on the cheap. You can look for farms that are open to volunteers through sites such as wwoof.net (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) or Growfood and contact the owners directly to arrange your visit. How long can...
A guide to schoolies – for Justin Bieber [ BeritaTerkini ]
When hearing Canada’s highest profile pop export, Justin Bieber, was getting his toolie on at a Gold Coast nightclub with Australia’s future leaders my reaction was less unbridled joy, more Reverend Lovejoy’s wife in The Simpsons exclaiming, “Won’t somebody please think of the children?” But I’m old – well, old by Schoolie standards, and jealous; the closest person to a celebrity that we had when I graduated from school was Joel Turner (who?). Bieber may have minders coming out the wazoo but that hasn’t stopped mysterious Brazilians posting videos online of the sleeping, apparently post-coital...
Men and women take home different regrets after sex : study [ BeritaTerkini ]
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Men most often regret not having sex with more people while women frequently regret having sex with the wrong partner, according to a recently released study. The study from researchers at the University of Texas and University of California-Los Angeles aimed to show that the feeling of regret is part of the evolutionary process when it comes to reproduction, the University of Texas said on Monday. “For men throughout evolutionary history, every missed opportunity to have sex with a new partner is potentially a missed reproduce opportunity...
U.S. FDA reviewing if weight limits effect of ‘morning after’ pill [ BeritaTerkini ]
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it was looking into whether morning-after emergency contraceptive pills fail to work in women over a certain weight and will decide whether to add a warning to the drug’s label. The agency was reacting to reports that European health regulators had ordered a label change for the emergency contraceptive product sold there by French drugmaker HRA Pharma under the brand name Norlevo, requiring it to include the drug’s diminishing effectiveness based on weight. The FDA is “currently reviewing the available and related scientific...
Taylor Swift Hits AMAs in Same Gold Dress That Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Wore on Shoot with Harry Styles [ BeritaTerkini ]
von Rose Curiel| Übersetzt von Rose Curiel 25. November 2013 – 15:17 Taylor Swift made for one very glam golden girl at Sunday night’s 2013 American Music Awards in her Julien Macdonald mini dress, but she wasn’t the first leggy lady to rock the sexy look. Yep, before Swift walked the red carpet at the annual awards show in the glittering design, model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley stunned in the teeny-weeny number—with Swift’s ex, no less! The British babe posed alongside Tay-Tay’s former flame Harry Styles and the rest of the One Direction boys in the pages of Glamour‘s August...
Republicans put spotlight on Obamacare critics in Georgia [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Steve Norder GAINESVILLE, Georgia (Reuters) – Republicans went to the American South on Monday to press their opposition to President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law in a U.S. congressional hearing that the law’s supporters called a one-sided political attack. The hearing, chaired by Republican Representative Rob Woodall of Georgia, heard from witnesses picked by the panel’s Republicans who said that the healthcare law – intended to help millions of uninsured and under-insured people get affordable medical insurance – actually will raise insurance costs and reduce...
The Power of Bearing Witness [ BeritaTerkini ]
With the holiday’s fast approaching, we must remain mindful that this is a time when many experience a sense of loss and grief rather than joy. The holidays can be a lonely time and they may deny how they feel for the sake of putting on a brave face. One of the greatest gifts we can offer them is the gift of bearing witness and holding space. As a physician who has the sacred responsibility and honor to do this for my patients, I am poignantly aware of how powerful this can be. For many, it can be the greatest gift of all. I have been seeing a patient, who I will call Ann, for 10 years....
Black Friday: Is Shopping A Workout? [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Hanna Brooks Olsen for Blisstree.com The day after Thanksgiving, the last thing you’ll be thinking about is weight loss. And if you’re debating about whether or not you should hit the gym to make up for yesterday’s edible indiscretions, if the alternative is getting up and moving long before the sun shines for Black Friday, you may actually want to skip your run and go shopping instead — it burns more calories than you think. Assuming that all you do is wander the aisles from the hours of 5 a.m. until 11 a.m. or noon, you’ll have been walking, on and off, for a total of 6 or more...
Taylor Swift Teases New Album Backstage at American Music Awards [ BeritaTerkini ]
Plus: Joan Jett grabs Dave Grohl’s ass and much more Before, during and after the 16 performances that made up last night’s American Music Awards, there was plenty of action – at least on the red carpet. Backstage was another matter, as only big winner Taylor Swift and TLC made their way to talk to the press. But Swift teased a new album — a follow-up to 2012′s blockbuster Red. Rihanna Wins First-Ever ‘Icon’ Award at American Music Awards First Swift spoke of her four honors, saying, “Winning Artist of the Year for the third time is kind of a little bit mind-numbingly unbelievable. It...
How to Bounce Back When Life Falls Apart [ BeritaTerkini ]
Seven years ago my own life did and I survived. I make it a rule to never take advice from someone who hasn’t been there, so I’ll share with you what happened, and then I’ll share how I got through my own personal tunnel of hell. In a 30-day period I lost it all. My money, love, health, a baby, beloved pets, security and pride. My boyfriend at the time broke up with me while I held the still dripping, positive pregnancy pee stick. His response to having a baby with me was to end our relationship and share that he hoped to tile his kitchen and travel that summer. I lost the baby at...
Taylor Swift Reveals How She Stays in Shape Despite Avoiding the Gym—Watch Now For Her Fitness Secrets! [ BeritaTerkini ]
von Rose Curiel| Übersetzt von Rose Curiel 25. November 2013 – 10:33 Taylor Swiftsizzled on the 2013 Amercan Music Awards red carpet in a sexy Julien Macdonald mini dress that showed off her legs, arms and décolletage! And since the singer looked amazingly toned at the annual awards show in her skin-baring number, we just had to get her to spill on the secrets of her fabulously fit figure. But if you suspect the cute crooner is a slave to the gym in order to get her smokin’ hot body, think again. NEWS: Taylor Swift Sparkles in Sexy Gold Mini Dress on 2013 American Music Awards...
The ‘Opposition” Isn’t Right… But Neither Are You [ BeritaTerkini ]
Various points of view are just different ways of interpreting a series of events, none of which are “the truth.” So here’s the bad news: Your viewpoint is never “the truth.” The good news: The other person’s point of view isn’t “the truth” either. Here’s a little exercise that will demonstrate that no viewpoint is ever “the truth.” Whenever you notice that you disagree with someone else’s viewpoint on anything, do the following exercise: • Identify the point of view with which you disagree? State it in one or two sentences. • Describe some early experiences that might have led to...
More polio cases in Syria to be confirmed this week: WHO [ BeritaTerkini ]
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The World Health Organization is likely to announce more cases of polio in war-ravaged Syria this week, a spokeswoman said on Monday, after the incurable virus was confirmed this month in 13 children who became paralyzed. “(The outbreak) is expected to spread within the country, which is why we need to vaccinate all Syrian children,” WHO spokeswoman Sona Bari said in an email sent to Reuters. “This week we expect confirmation that there are more cases of polio but I don’t have the numbers yet,” she said, adding that new cases were a sign “that surveillance...
Syria peace talks set for January 22 in Geneva [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Stephanie Nebehay and Louis Charbonneau GENEVA/NEW YORK (Reuters) – An international peace conference aimed at ending Syria’s civil war will be held on January 22, the first face-to-face talks between the government of President Bashar al-Assad and rebels seeking to overthrow him, the United Nations said on Monday. The United Nations is hoping for a peaceful transition in Syria, building on an agreement between world powers reached in June last year in Geneva. “We have a clear goal,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters in New York. That was the “full...
Cat hotels: for the pampered feline in your life [ BeritaTerkini ]
A guest in the Bluebell suite at the Longcroft luxury cat hotel The late writer and veterinarian James Herriot – whose work inspired the TV series All Creatures Great and Small – once wrote “cats are connoisseurs of comfort”. Quite what he would have thought of the latest string of indulgent offerings for felines that are popping up around the country we can only imagine. This December, the Ings luxury cat hotel in West Yorkshire will open for business, offering a level of service that should leave anyone who has spent months slumming it in a cockroach ridden hostel for the sake of adventure...
U.N. nuclear agency begins review of Japan’s Fukushima plant [ BeritaTerkini ]
By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) – U.N. nuclear experts arrived in Japan on Monday to assess the decommissioning of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant and the operator’s progress in removing fuel rods from a destroyed reactor building and minimizing leaks of contaminated water. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the U.N.’s watchdog for nuclear power, is conducting its second review of plans for decommissioning that may take four decades after the world’s worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, 220 km (130 miles) north...
Top 10 posadas in South America: readers’ tips [ BeritaTerkini ]
WINNING TIP: La Casa de François, San Agustín, Colombia François, an architect from the Alps, stopped off in San Agustín on a motorbike journey from Mexico to Patagonia 19 years ago. He liked what he saw, bought a coffee plantation and designed and built an eco-friendly hideaway using sustainable anti-seismic materials like bamboo. Home-grown organic coffee is still served at the hostelry on a hill overlooking this pretty, historic town, and close to the Parque Arqueológico where there are 100s of pre-Colombian statues.+ 57 314 358 29 30, lacasadefrancois.com, doubles from $ 40, dorms from $...
Nicole Richie and Christina Aguilera Stun at the AMAs in Nearly Identical White Dresses [ BeritaTerkini ]
von Brandi Fowler| Übersetzt von Brandi Fowler 24. November 2013 – 19:02 Double Vision! Nicole Richie and Christina Aguilera stunned on the red carpet at the American Music Awards Sunday…in almost the exact same dress. The gorgeous ladies arrived to the Nokia Theater at L.A. Live rocking nearly identical body-hugging, white cut-out outfits, with Aguilera sporting a low-cut, sleeved Maria Lucia Hohan dress and Richie wearing a sleeveless number by Emilio Pucci. WATCH: Exclusive! Naya Rivera dishes on wedding plans to Big Sean To complete her look, the...
Comet of the Century – A Horizon Special; Stonehenge: Walking Through History; Finding Babylon’s Hanging Garden: Secret History; Morecambe and Wise: the Whole Story [ BeritaTerkini ]
Will comet Ison support Professor Blum’s ‘peloton theory’? Graphic image: Weave VFX/BBC No Doctor Who here, I’m afraid. Well, there was a live blog on the Guardian’s site, plus everything else – that’s enough, isn’t it? This is Doctor-free then, absolutely safe to proceed if you’re allergic. No sport either, so this is probably the TV you didn’t watch over the weekend. Maybe you should’ve done though (and it’s not too late). Some of it was great. Comet of the Century – A Horizon Special (BBC2, Saturday) for example. A bit like Doctor Who, only for real: we’re having a close encounter from...
