http://lifeshed.com Life, Parenting and Romance on Blogosphere Tue, 22 May 2012 21:47:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/22/victorias-secret-bras-a-boost-for-rural-indian-women/ http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/22/victorias-secret-bras-a-boost-for-rural-indian-women/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 21:47:05 +0000 Doctor Life http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/22/victorias-secret-bras-a-boost-for-rural-indian-women/ By Nita Bhalla Tue May 22, 2012 9:53am EDT CHENNAI, India, May 22 (TrustLaw) – Indian villager Jaya places the bright pink, sequined, molded C-cupped designer bra under the needle of her sewing machine and carefully stitches the seams together. The padded “Very Sexy” push-up bra which 22-year-old Jaya sews is for American lingerie retailer [...]

]]> http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/22/victorias-secret-bras-a-boost-for-rural-indian-women/feed/ 0 http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/22/elite-asparagus-conquers-germanys-former-east/ http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/22/elite-asparagus-conquers-germanys-former-east/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 21:46:59 +0000 Doctor Life http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/22/elite-asparagus-conquers-germanys-former-east/ By Alexandra Hudson BEELITZ, Germany | Tue May 22, 2012 1:41pm EDT BEELITZ, Germany (Reuters) – Present a spear of finger-thick white asparagus to a German and watch their eyes light up. Come spring-time each year Germans shed their typically sober attitude towards food to swoon over the freshness, the flavor and the girth of [...]

]]> http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/22/elite-asparagus-conquers-germanys-former-east/feed/ 0 http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/21/gucci-wins-4-66-million-ban-on-guess-knock-offs/ http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/21/gucci-wins-4-66-million-ban-on-guess-knock-offs/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 21:39:16 +0000 Doctor Life http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/21/gucci-wins-4-66-million-ban-on-guess-knock-offs/ By Jonathan Stempel Mon May 21, 2012 4:59pm EDT (Reuters) – A U.S. judge said Gucci may recover just $4.66 million in its lawsuit accusing apparel retailer Guess Inc of copying its trademarked designs, a small fraction of the more than $120 million sought by the Italian luxury goods company. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin [...]

]]> http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/21/gucci-wins-4-66-million-ban-on-guess-knock-offs/feed/ 0 http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/21/on-your-bike-portland-top-u-s-city-for-cycling/ http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/21/on-your-bike-portland-top-u-s-city-for-cycling/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 21:39:12 +0000 Doctor Life http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/21/on-your-bike-portland-top-u-s-city-for-cycling/ NEW YORK | Mon May 21, 2012 2:24pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – With the most cyclists per capita and even coffee shops that cater to two-wheelers, Portland has been named America’s best cycling city, according to a new ranking released on Monday. It knocked Minneapolis, which was tops in 2010, to second place, followed [...]

]]> http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/21/on-your-bike-portland-top-u-s-city-for-cycling/feed/ 0 http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/20/googles-schmidt-challenges-no-screen-time-for-1-hour-a-day/ http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/20/googles-schmidt-challenges-no-screen-time-for-1-hour-a-day/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 21:24:52 +0000 Doctor Life http://lifeshed.com/2012/05/20/googles-schmidt-challenges-no-screen-time-for-1-hour-a-day/ By Ross Kerber Sun May 20, 2012 4:45pm EDT (Reuters) – Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt challenged college graduates on Sunday to take the radical step — at least for their generation — of tearing their eyes away from their smartphones and computer screens. “Take one hour a day and turn that thing off,” [...]

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