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Bananas may hold the key to powerful new treatments that protect against the Aids virus.

• In laboratory tests, scientists found that a banana ingredient called BanLec was as potent as two existing anti-HIV drugs.
  
  
• They believe cheap therapies based on BanLec have the potential to save millions of lives.
• The ingredient is a lectin, a naturally occurring chemical in plants that fights infection.
• Researchers in the U.S. found that the lectin found in bananas can inhibit HIV infection by blocking the viru

Eighty per cent of the population will experience a debilitating episode of back pain, the vast majority due to a mechanical problem known as subluxation, which occurs simply because you make the wrong move at the wrong time.

• Usually, it is a manoeuvre you have made many times before and will probably make a million times again. It can happen when flexing forward, extending backwards, rotating or bending to the side. We don't know why it happens but it causes a muscle, tendon, joint or even bone

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Hello everybody, I just left my university and I've been working for two o three months and I'm having some problems teaching English. The first thing is that my students don't speak English at all, I cannot say a single word in English because they get lost. Second, the activities that I prepare don't catch my students' attention. Third, our relationship it's not the best. Why can I do? It seems that all the time I spend at the university was a wasting and eventhough I have a good level and not

Culture - Persian New Year - Noruz

WELLINGTON - Marriage is good for you: this is the conclusion of an international study which showed that the marital relationship contributes to reduce the risk of depression and anxiety, said Tuesday New Zealand scientists.

• The survey covered a sample of 34,500 people in fifteen countries, "said Kate Scott, a psychologist at the New Zealand University of Otago.
  
  "What our work showed is that the marital relationship provides many benefits to both mental health among men than women, and the pain

Tizi-Ouzou (Algeria)- "Tabburt u seggas" (door Amazigh New Year) or "Amenzu n'Yennayer" (the first of the month), opens January 12 of each year.

• This year, this day inaugurated the Amazigh calendar year 2960 whose point of departure dates from the year 950 BC. This calendar is based on the change of seasons and different growing cycles that determine the moments of the agricultural work, punctuated by the positioning of the stars, like the moon and sun. From a historical perspective, Yennayer bac

“Irish immigrants became good Americans without sacrificing their religious and cultural heritage”.

When winter days are ending and spring is arriving you might walk down any given street in New York, Boston or Chicago, and see weird green colored things. For example, in Chicago you might find the river dyed green and people wearing green colored clothing. you might see for example in Chicago city, The Chicago river dyed green , also many people wear something green, the traditional color in Irel

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Norooz Customs

In harmony with the rebirth of nature, the Iranian New Year Celebration, or NOROOZ, always begins on the first day of spring.
Norooz ceremonies are symbolic representations of two ancient concepts -

the End and the Rebirth; or Good and Evil.

More info

A few weeks before the New Year, Iranians
clean and rearrange their homes.
They make new clothes,

bake pastries and germinate seeds as sign of renewal.

Some of the activities during Norooz are:
-family reunion,
-giving presents,
-visiting neig

Two years ago, I’ve read Stephenie Meyer’s book Twilight Saga and love every minutes reading it. The books could makes you cry, laugh, sad, twisted, angry, hope, happiness etc.. All mixed feeling that you had when read these books.

When I heard they will create a movie from the books, I am so excited and wondering who will be a perfect role to play each character in the book. Who will be act as Edward, Bella, Jacob etc

I am eagerly waited to see Twilight Saga Movie but it turn out disappointed. So

I think that there is no such tradition of celebrating the birthday (for the grown-ups except the children) in any countries, but it probably depends on the individual family & friend birthday treatment and it may be all different from the each families & friends. I noticed that the parents generally celebrate their children with their children’s friends who the children choose & individually send the invitation cards (so that they will know how many children attend, for the preparation), in UK