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Stinky, Rare Corpse Flower Blooms at Honolulu Botanical Garden
18.05.2012 22:00   0 views  0 comments
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A rare corpse flower has finally bloomed at Foster Botanical Garden in Honolulu. Horticulturist Scot Mitamura said, "This was the first time it has bloomed for us. It took 10 years." The plant has a terrible odor which reminds most people of rotten meat. The odor attracts a specific type of beetle the plant needs to pollinate. KHON's Brianne Randle says the odor hits you the minute you go in the door of th botanical garden. This plant was donated as a bulb and it's finally blooming. It only blooms every 3-5 years and is beautiful. The plant is endangered. Take a look:



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Verizon to Phase Out Unlimited Data Plans, Customers Very Unhappy
18.05.2012 21:00   0 views  0 comments
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Verizon announced that it is phasing out its unlimited data plans as customers upgrade to faster 4g devices. Customers who have unlimited data plans who don't upgrade their devices will get to keep their plans, for now. But if they upgrade, they won't get unlimited data.

Naturally, customers are furious over the move. The New York Times asked Verizon to clarify the new policy and it sent this statement:

  • Customers will not be automatically moved to new shared data plans. If a 3G or 4G smartphone customer is on an unlimited plan now and they do not want to change their plan, they will not have to do so.
  • When we introduce our new shared data plans, Unlimited Data will no longer be available to customers when purchasing handsets at discounted pricing.
  • Customers who purchase phones at full retail price and are on an unlimited smartphone data plan will be able to keep that plan.
  • The same pricing and policies will be applied to all 3G and 4GLTE smartphones.
The AP reports on this news and gets some very unhappy customer reactions:



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Dave Crofton and Dawn Casale Share the Secrets of Perfect Buttercream Frosting
18.05.2012 20:41   0 views  0 comments
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Dawn Casale and Dave Crofton of One Girl Cookies in Brooklyn and author of One Girl Cookies: Recipes for Cakes, Cupcakes, Whoopie Pies, and Cookies from Brooklyn's Beloved Bakery, demonstrate how to make perfect buttercream frosting. Dave says to use room temperature butter -- it must be soft and easily mixed. He says the milk should also be room temperature. He said don't be afraid to add extra milk so the frosting is not too dry. He says keep the speed of the mixer low to medium -- don't add too much air to it. The vanilla extract should be high quality, and vanilla beans are better. If you'd like a colored frosting, you can add food coloring, but don't add too much. It makes the frosting taste strange. Dave says he likes professional food coloring gel, available at a kitchen supply store. Take a look:



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Study Finds Coffee Drinkers Have Lower Risk of Death
18.05.2012 20:00   0 views  0 comments
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A new study by researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and AARP, has found that older adults who drank coffee -- caffeinated or decaffeinated -- had a lower risk of death overall than others who did not drink coffee.

Coffee drinkers were less likely to die from heart disease, respiratory disease, stroke, injuries and accidents, diabetes, and infections, although the association was not seen for cancer. These results from a large study of older adults were observed after adjustment for the effects of other risk factors on mortality, such as smoking and alcohol consumption. Researchers caution that they can't be sure these associations mean that drinking coffee actually makes people live longer. The results of the study were published in the May 17, 2012, edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Neal Freedman, Ph.D., Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI, and his colleagues examined the association between coffee drinking and risk of death in 400,000 U.S. men and women ages 50 to 71 who participated in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. Information about coffee intake was collected once by questionnaire at study entry in 1995-1996. Coffee intake was assessed by self-report at a single time point and therefore might not reflect long-term patterns of intake. The participants were followed until the date they died or Dec. 31, 2008, whichever came first.

The researchers found that the association between coffee and reduction in risk of death increased with the amount of coffee consumed. Relative to men and women who did not drink coffee, those who consumed three or more cups of coffee per day had approximately a 10% lower risk of death. Coffee drinking was not associated with cancer mortality among women, but there was a slight and only marginally statistically significant association of heavier coffee intake with increased risk of cancer death among men.

Freedman says, "Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages in America, but the association between coffee consumption and risk of death has been unclear. We found coffee consumption to be associated with lower risk of death overall, and of death from a number of different causes. Although we cannot infer a causal relationship between coffee drinking and lower risk of death, we believe these results do provide some reassurance that coffee drinking does not adversely affect health."

Freedman also says, "The mechanism by which coffee protects against risk of death -- if indeed the finding reflects a causal relationship -- is not clear, because coffee contains more than 1,000 compounds that might potentially affect health. The most studied compound is caffeine, although our findings were similar in those who reported the majority of their coffee intake to be caffeinated or decaffeinated."

USA Today quotes cardiologist Steve Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic who tells the public to ignore the study's findings.



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SNL Promo: Will Ferrell Shows Usher His Dance Moves
12.05.2012 14:00   0 views  0 comments
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Will Ferrell teamed up with Usher to do a few promos for tonight's much-anticipated Saturday Night Live . We can't wait to see what Will comes up with. Will he visit old favorites such as George Bush, Janet Reno's Dance Party, the Lovers or his hilarious James Lipton impersonation? Or maybe it will all be new. Watch Usher's face as Will shows off his dance moves. Take a look:



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