Get Ready to Run!!

Running is one of the best forms of exercise, not only for getting fit but for weight control too. A 30-minute run, three to four times a week, trims your waistline, strengthens the cardiovascular system, improves muscle tone and definition and helps foster a positive mental attitude. Running can also be a great social activity. Here are the top 25 tips on why you should start running today.

1. Running is the quickest way to cardiovascular fitness. You get fitter faster by running regularly.
2. Running is one of the cheapest forms of exercising. You only need a pair of running shoes and shorts and T-shirt to get started.
3. Running is easy to learn. Most people have run at some point in their life, either competitively or at school/college, so there is no steep learning curve involved.
4. Running makes you feel good, not only physically, but mentally as well.
5. Running is excellent for reducing stress levels. There is nothing better than a run to clear your head and concentrate the mind. Many great ideas have been formulated on training runs.
6. Running is one of the most flexible methods of training around. Wherever you are in the world, it is nearly always possible to get out for a run. You can jog, steady run or sprint depending on how you feel that particular day.
7. Running is good for your heart. It not only strengthens the heart but also reduces the actual resting heart rate.
8. Running is accessible to all. As long as you are physically able, you can go for a run virtually anytime and anywhere. There are no race barriers to running.
9. Running helps you to lose weight and tone muscles. The more your train and run, the more weight you will lose. Also by toning up, you are getting rid of the excess fat and converting it to muscle.
10. Running is for people of all ages. Old or young, everyone can benefit from running.
11. It is good for your sex life! By being more physically active you increase your sex drive.
12. When run training, you can get away with eating chocolate and legitimately say it is part of your training program.
13. Running is a great way to recover from a hangover. A run will help clear your head faster than sitting around feeling terrible.
14. Running is a great safety aid. Being able to run away from people puts you in a much better position if you are chased.
15. You can use running to change other people's lives. Run for a charity and raise money to help the needy or less able.
16. Running with friends gives you time to catch up on gossip and get fit at the same time.
17. Running is a time-efficient way to get fit and lose weight so you have more free time after exercising to enjoy yourself.
18. Running is a challenge that can be motivational and bring great personal satisfaction.
19. Running is a great way to see a new place if you have limited time available for sightseeing. Just think how much more of a place you can see when running around it compared to walking.
20. Running improves your concentration as you are forced to concentrate more when running. This in turn improves your concentration when you have to focus in other areas of life.
21. You nearly always work better after a run because you are still on a runner's high and feel ready for anything.
22. Running is a great way to meet people, especially if you join a club or enter a race.
23. There are no monthly subscriptions with running. You just put your running shoes on and go.
24. Endurance built-up through running can be transferred to other sports.
25. If you drink alcohol you can just run a little bit further the next day to work off the extra calories.

Credit : http://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/25-reasons-running-090000965.html

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2. Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name.

3. Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only females bite.

4. The average person's field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle.

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6. Canadians can send letters with personalized postage stamps showing their own photos on each stamp.

7. Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.

8. It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979.

9. Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than plants watered with cold water.

10. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

11. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

12. Those stars and colours you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.

13. Everyone's tongue print is different, like fingerprints.

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19. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

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10 Newest Discovered Species

Mindoro Stripe-Faced Bat

The large and charismatic Mindoro stripe-faced fruit bat is found only on the Philippine island of Mindoro.
The only other species in this genus was discovered by Alfred Russell Wallace, a colleague of Charles Darwin, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

The Mindoro bat ranks sixth on a top ten list of new species in 2007, released by the International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE) in May 2008.

Finding the Mindoro bat advances research on endemic species, which is why IISE included it on its annual list.
The large and charismatic Mindoro stripe-faced fruit bat is found only on the Philippine island of Mindoro.
The only other species in this genus was discovered by Alfred Russell Wallace, a colleague of Charles Darwin, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

The Mindoro bat ranks sixth on a top ten list of new species in 2007, released by the International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE) in May 2008. Finding the Mindoro bat advances research on endemic species, which is why IISE included it on its annual list.

New Mushroom

A new fungus species, above, was discovered on the campus of Imperial College, London in 2007-growing right under the noses of some of the world's leading academics.

The new mushroom is one of the top ten new species in 2007, announced by the International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE) in May 2008.

"Most people do not realize just how incomplete our knowledge of Earth's species is or the steady rate at which taxonomists are exploring that diversity," said Quentin Wheeler, an entomologist and director of IISE.

Jelly Fish Species

This jellyfish species, Malo kingi, was named after American tourist Robert King, who died after apparently being stung by the species off northern Queensland in Australia.

News of the 2002 event helped raise awareness about this new potentially lethal species, which is included on the International Institute for Species Exploration' s (IISE's) list of the top ten new species of 2007.
Discovering new species can also aid conservation efforts, according to IISE, which released the top ten list in May 2008. The new jelly is the second known species of the dangerous Malo box jellyfish genus.

Rhinoceros Beetle

A new rhinoceros beetle found in Peru has a hornlike structure on its head that had never been seen before-except in Dim, a character in the Disney/Pixar animated film A Bug's Life.

This bizarre feature made it one of the International Institute for Species Exploration' s (IISE's) top ten new species of 2007, released in May 2008.

In real life, nearly 15,000 to 20,000 new species are discovered each year. According to a recent report from IISE and its partners, 2006 saw 16,969 species named-the first time in scientific literature.

Michelin Man Plant

This bubbly plant found in western Australia made the 2007 top ten list of new species because it resembles the Michelin Man, according to the International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE), which published the list in May 2008.

The species was found during an environmental impact survey for a mining company, and is one of 298 new plant species named last year in western Australia alone.

Ornate Sleeper Ray

With powerful suction capabilities, Electrolux addisoni-a species of electric ray-lives up to its scientific name.
Commonly called the ornate sleeper ray, Electrolux crowns the inaugural list of the International Institute for Species Exploration' s (IISE's) top ten new species of 2007, which was released in May 2008.

The IISE, at Arizona State University, will release the ranking every year to draw attention to the importance of taxonomy and species exploration.

Giant Duck-Billed Dinosaur

Discovered by high school students in southern Utah in 2002, the above fossil dates back 75 million years and is one of the largest duck-billed dinosaurs ever found.

The massive skull was found to belong to a new species, Gryposaurus monumentensis, in 2007.
The International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE) added the duck-billed dinosaur to its list of top ten new species of 2007, which was released in May 2008.

Pink Dragon Millipede

This newly discovered millipede from Thailand comes in at number three on the International Institute for Species Exploration' s (IISE's) list of the top ten new species of 2007, released in May of this year.

The millipede's bright color helps to warn predators that it is not candy-coated, but is instead spiny and toxic.
The millipede's unusual habit of sitting in plain sight during the day probably also tells predators that it's inedible, researchers believe.

Sri Lankan Shrub Frog

A newly named frog species-which had been bottled up for nearly 150 years-has scored a spot on the International Institute for Species Exploration' s (IISE's) top ten list of new species named in 2007, released in May 2008.
Scientists declared it a new species when the specimen was rediscovered last year. But the frog and a number of related species are likely now extinct, experts say.

Since the science of taxonomy was refined in the 18th century, scientists have recorded about 1.8 million species on Earth. Most experts estimate that there are close to ten million species on our planet.

Central Ranges Taipan

Discovered in an isolated and arid region of Australia in 2007, the Central Ranges Taipan is one of the most venomous snakes in the world.

The snake slithered onto the International Institute for Species Exploration' s (IISE's) list of the top ten new species of 2007 in part because accurate identification of species can help with proper treatment of bites.
The list, released in May 2008, draws attention to the need to flesh out biodiversity data, according to Quentin Wheeler, an entomologist and director of IISE.

"We only know 10 percent of the species out there, and therefore are powerless to recognize potential pests and vectors of disease," Wheeler said.

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Today is our college's farewell day, this is the 1st time in my student, I felt the pain of friendship. Till now, none of my friends made me realise that I'm going to lose them. I may done many mistakes and there may many misunderstandings with my friends during my graduation period. But, today I really feel for it and today I realise that I missed many great moment in my college. I know, this 3 year in my life wont come back ! This 3 years is the most memorable days in my life till I die. This 3 year has shown me everything to the peak joyfulness and the depth of sadness. :-(

I dont want to lose any of friend anymore. But this 3 year gone just like 3 days. I feel like yesterday is the 1ST DAY in COLLEGE. When I enter into class, the whole class when slient for a moment, still feel the moments. But at the same time, a spark has to be ignited to make metamorphosis wheel rotate from the STUDENT to PROFESSIONAL :-). To make myself stand on my own earnings.

I really wants to open my heart on the mistakes I made during these days and wants to apologies to one and all. Really wants to salute my staffs, who tolerated me during my mistakes.

I wish all my friends stays with me forever :-(

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