Think your partner’s cheating? Buy the Tru-test Home Evidence Collection Kit for just £50. That’s right, just £50. PERFORM forensic tests on that dirty laundry! SPOT those hidden secretions! This happy addition to every relationship comes from David Vitalli, a New Jersey private eye, and includes an ultra-violet light. “The light will even read subcutaneous bruising on corpses, ” he promises. (Tip: if your relationship reaches the corpse stage, it could be too late for counselling).
Never walk behind your dog, says Cesar Millan, a “dog whisperer” and founder of the Los Angeles Dog Psychology Centre. He is on the road sharing his secrets with awed audiences across America. We show too much affection to pooches, he tells them, and this causes confusion. “In the wild, dogs have only two states of mind: the calm, submissive follower and the calm, assertive leader.” If they could only teach us what they know.
Forget calorie counting. The best way to lose weight is to limit flavours — at least, that’s what Dr David Katz, a nutritionist at Yale University, argues in his book The Flavor Point Diet. His idea is based on studies suggesting that food becomes less satisfying when enough of it is eaten, and that adding a flavour simply renews the process of craving.
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An unusual immigration problem in Australia: the nation still has too few skilled workers, despite a roadshow of officials selling the wonders of Oz in Europe and Asia. The roadshow has now gone to America. Down Under has a booming economy but a demographic problem: estimates suggest that 26 per cent of the population will be over 65 by 2051, and that the percentage of children under 15 will have shrunk by a similar amount.
Currently on tour, the Rolling Stones have a few requirements for venues. Individual dressing rooms, naturally (Keith calls his “Camp X-Ray”, Ronnie’s is “Recovery”). They bring their own snooker table (phew!). But there is a flower issue: white lilies arranged with weeping eucalyptus in every room except Mick’s. It can’t be long before Alan Titchmarsh is invited on stage.
Sources: CBS, AP, Daily News (New York), The New York Observer,Los Angeles Times, The Smoking Gun