“A woman who was given an anti-social behaviour order banning her from making loud noises during sex has admitted breaching the order.
“Caroline and Steve Cartwright’s love-making was described as ‘murder’ and ‘unnatural’ at Newcastle Crown Court.
“Neighbours, the local postman and a woman taking her child to school complained about the noise.
“Cartwright, 48, from Washington on Wearside, pleaded guilty to three counts of breaching the Asbo. . . .
“At an earlier hearing, next door neighbour Rachel O’Connor told the court she was frequently late for work because she overslept having been awake most of the night because of the noise.” (cont’d @ BBC News)
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“As the national economic crisis has deepened and social services have become casualties of budget cuts, libraries have come to fill a void for more people, particularly job-seekers and those who have fallen on hard times. Libraries across the country are seeing double-digit increases in patronage, often from 10 percent to 30 percent, over previous years.
“Dough, wonga, greenbacks, cash. Just words, you might say, but they carry an eerie psychological force. Chew them over for a few moments, and you will become a different person. Simply thinking about words associated with money seems to makes us more self-reliant and less inclined to help others. And it gets weirder: just handling cash can take the sting out of social rejection and even diminish physical pain.
“Reading is the best way to relax and even six minutes can be enough to reduce the stress levels by more than two thirds, according to new research.
The 'Not-So-Rough' Guide 