Laughter linked to health, happiness

There’s an old saying that laughter is the best medicine. No matter whether it’s triggered by a good joke, a cute child or pet, or a pie in the face of a comedian, the simple act of laughing offers therapeutic benefits. Laughter has been shown to reduce stress and help people lose weight. It’s a special tonic for older people, who are prone to loneliness and sad thoughts.

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US troops mark Christmas in Baghdad

The Christmas holidays are often the most difficult time of year for U.S. service members deployed overseas and far from their families. In Iraq, troops celebrated together, but thoughts of their loved ones were never far from their minds. VOA’s Margaret Besheer spent Christmas with some American troops in Baghdad, and files this report.

At a dining hall in Baghdad, where some 2,500 people were going to have their Christmas lunch, the spirit was high among staff and troops, many donning red Santa Claus caps with their uniforms.

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Harmfulness of Fake Commodities

      Nowadays in the society,there are enormous fake commodities. When you go to the supermarket,you may buy some fake products,such as medicine, tobacco, and wine.

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AlternaTIFF ActiveX auto-installation for Internet Explorer

Before you install: AlternaTIFF will configure itself to be Internet Explorer’s default TIFF file viewer, but it cannot prevent other applications from changing that setting in the future. If QuickTime, or some other ActiveX TIFF viewer, is installed on your computer, your best bet is to turn off TIFF support in that application before installing AlternaTIFF. Here are instructions about QuickTime. Most other imaging applications do not include an ActiveX control for Internet Explorer, and therefore do not need to be reconfigured.

To install, click this link: Auto-install AlternaTIFF ActiveX control.
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It should take about one minute to download AlternaTIFF over a modem connection.

If you have applied Windows XP Service Pack 2, an additional step may be necessary in order to start the download. Just follow the instructions given by Internet Explorer.

After AlternaTIFF is downloaded, you should see a security warning similar to one of the images shown below.

You must click the Install or Yes button to install AlternaTIFF in this way.

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