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Tom Ford's 'A Single Man' steps up its Oscar buzz (VIDEO)

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Raving Rabbids Cause London Traffic Jam

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Elevate Your Mind by Listening to Classical Music

When you run out of ideas at work, or you are irritated by noisy neighbors, stop what you are doing and listen to Mozart, Beethoven, or Bach.

While there are many good reasons for not playing music in public places, there is compelling evidence it does a lot of good. For years scientists have found that classical music has an especially powerful influence on human thinking and mood. Some scientists believe this is due to the complexity of its structure. This past April, for example, a team of radiologists improved their ability to diagnose when they were listening to Baroque music, according to Newsmax.com.

Even crime decreases. In 2004 British transport police played classical music in London’s metro stations and were astonished with the results in six months: robberies were down 33 percent, assaults on metro staff fell by 25 percent, and cases of vandalism decreased 37 percent.
Classical music also proved effective in preventing gangs from gathering in supermarkets. Graffiti scribblers were also “repulsed” by the sound of Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky, according to the Web site SixWise.com.

What is more, classical music reflects the morality of times when a belief in the divine dominated people’s thinking and made people more modest and reverent. Reverence is a mood in opposition to irritation.

Most people have experienced the elevated feeling one gets while listening to a Bach Fugue. Some may have imagined entering the solemn courtyard of the Austrian Emperor after listening to Mozart’s masterpieces. These pieces can make the soul move and fill one with joy—joy which is pure, inspiring, and which frees the mind from ill thoughts.

When one reaches this state of consciousness, positive effects from listening to classical music appear: cheerfulness replaces depression, creativity improves, concentration and self-discipline become enhanced, and even some minor ailments go away, by themselves.

Listen to any of these popular classical pieces to elevate your mind:

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – “Piano Concerto No. 21 – Andante”
• Johann Pachelbel – “Canon in D major”
• Johann Straus – “Blue Danube Waltz”
• Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini – Minuet (from Quartet No.11)
• Frederic Chopin – “Nocturnes”
• Leo Delibes – “Flower Duet” (from the opera “Lakme”)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”
• Antonio Vivaldi – “Spring” (from "Four Seasons”)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – “Waltz of the Flowers” (from the opera “The Nutcracker”)
• Johann Sebastian Bach – “Toccata and Fugue in D minor”When you run out of ideas at work, or you are irritated by noisy neighbors, stop what you are doing and listen to Mozart,... more

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Why do you love/like the Twilight series?

Hi guys, We're looking for WEBCAM/VIDEO responses ONLY on this one. Why do you like/love the Twilight series? What... more

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Senior Citizens in the Work Force

　
According to http ://www.missourinet.com/, demographically, senior citizens are the largest growing work force. This is because of the recession possibly. It could be there social security benefits don't quite cover there cost of living. The price of health care is ridiculous. I believe it is a combination of all of these factors and others that is driving our senior citizens back into the workforce. Some of these people have lost everything, 401k, retirement savings, and stock investments. They have little or no money left so they ae out there searching for full time jobs. Of those surveyed, over 60% of retirees returning to work said they’re looking for full-time work. According to a survey from http ://www.retirementjobs.com, 60% of retirees returning to work said they’re looking for full-time work. A study by Experience Works states that 46 percent of the 2,000 low income people over 55 years who participated needed to find work to keep their homes. Ninety percent of respondents 76 years and older planned to continue working for the next five years. I think that the current administration really needs to step forward and address this problem. This is serious business. What motivation does anybody have to work today if fifty years down the road our government cant even guarantee that we will be able to retire, or that all the money we have saved up in banks and accounts is even going to be there waiting for us? I think it is really kinda scary. I do not want to be forced to work when i am that age. Retirement is supposed to be the time designated to enjoy our lives. We go to school and we work so hard our whole lives for for it. I don't believe sitting around in nursing homes, drugged up, and waiting to die is the answer. We need to formulate a plan, where honest, hardworking Americans will be able to take care of themselves after leaving the work force. The fact that they cant even support themselves in there most dire time of need just crushes there pride. They dont want to have to rely on you and me to support them. They want to support themselves. They are our elders, if not for them we wouldnt be here. We seriously need to spend a lot more time and effort to stabilize this problem.　 According to http ://www.missourinet.com/, demographically, senior citizens are the largest growing work force. This is... more