Not only does coffee protect against radiation, type 2 diabetes, and cancer, studies have now shown that coffee lowers the risk of gout.

A team at the University of British Columbia found that blood uric acid levels (which are linked to gout) were lower in people who drank coffee regularly. The researchers found that people who drink more coffee (four or more) a day were more likely to have lower uric acid levels in their blood than those who drank one or fewer.

Research has also shown that caffeine is not the active ingredient as there was no measurable benefit to those who drink 4 or more cups of tea per day.

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Northumberland’s Biggest Coffee Morning
June 19, 2007

All Proceeds to the
Northumberland Hills Hospital
MRI machine

Let’s all meet for One Big Coffee Morning and make a difference.
On June 19, 2007, we hope you will take part in this easy, fun, sociable way to raise funds for the NORTHUMBERLAND HILLS HOSPITAL. A great excuse to meet up with friends, spend a few minutes with colleagues, family members and neighbours, in a place of your choosing, and invite them to make a donation towards the new MRI machine.

HOW CAN YOU PARTICIPATE?

Do one of the following:

• Organize a coffee morning in your home. All you need is the coffee perking, some cake or cookies and voilà you are ready for your guests when they arrive.
• Suggest a group of you meet at one of the local participating coffee shops
• Consider holding it at your Church, Club or Community Centre and open it to the public
• Organize a Company coffee break

Whether your event is small and intimate or on a large scale, it doesn’t matter, because every donation counts.

Help make this a special, rewarding day for everyone.

Join them by
REGISTERING YOUR GROUP NOW!

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 A suicide bomber has struck inside a coffee shop in a town in eastern Iraq, killing at least 20 people and wounding 30 others, police and medical officials say.

The attack occurred in Mandali, on the Iranian border, 100km east of Baghdad, on Wednesday morning.

The bomber was reported to be wearing an explosives belt.

Elsewhere, a parked car bomb exploded in a parking lot, killing three civilians and wounding 15 others, police said.

The attack took place in the town of Jebala, near Iskandariya, about 40km south of Baghdad.

Read: Iraq coffee shop blast kills many

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When you add desire to addiction, what do you get? Double the profits.

A coffee shop in Salem, Oregon has seen a double in coffee sales since their employees started wearing bikini tops at work.

The statement that sex sales is absolutely true. We are all human and have sexual desires. The average man thinks about sex, on average, every seven seconds. So to add a hint of sexuality to the need for coffee, you’re going to attract more guys to your store.

So how does the employees feel about having to walk around half naked to serve coffee to buggie eyed perverts just trying to get a glimpse of their knockers? They seem to be ok with it. One staff member, Carmel, wife of owner Steven Rotan says that her tips have tripled since she started wearing a bikini on the job.

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