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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Is your tire safe?

Its about age in America

The presidential race in America will also take age as part of the voters selection of their leader. We have had our lesson on Age, Sex, Ethnicity as Ascriptive factors in social stratification.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7518522.stm

Friday, July 25, 2008

Origins of Humans

"Who are we?" "Where did we come from? Mary Louise Leakey tries to essay this at a 15-minute TED.com video clip.

It is nice to know how wonderful it is to be a member of the human specie, but there is of course a downside to it.

"We are most certainly the only animal that makes conscious choices that are bad for our survival as species." Dr. Richard Leakey, anthropologist, par excellence.

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http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/louise_leakey_digs_for_humanity_s_origins.html?utm_source=SubscriberMail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=This%20week%3A%20Stories%20of%20our%20shared%20humanity&utm_term=&utm_content=b9cd2bcec7204cc69045e5ce4695fe78

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Autism

Autism according to world of Savage.

http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/news/autism/

Cellphone use and cancer, is there a connection?

From CNN: "The warning from Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, is contrary to numerous studies that don't find a link between cancer and cell phone use, and a public lack of worry by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration."

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http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/07/23/cancer.cell.phones.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

How two giants get together to fight smoking addiction.

Bill Gates of Microsoft giant and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg get together to fight smoking addiction worldwide.

Millions of dollars will be used to fight this front.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7522584.stm

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Humans, indebtedness and freedom of choice?

In America there is a culture of indebtedness. There is a debate between whose fault it is when one gets indebted.

In the Philippines, credits card giants like Mastercard, Visa, Amex etc. are operating without much regulation. They are considered as predators to gullible customers.

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http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/22/opinion/edbrooks.php

Monday, July 21, 2008

Nigeria and the Philippines

Nigeria and the Philippines may have something in common. They both live in poverty amidst the claim of how rich in natural resources they have.

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http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/07/21/africa/OUKWD-UK-NIGERIA-OIL-DECAY.php

Drowning children, enjoying the sun

Drowning children in Italy, witnesses did not care because they are sunbathing and enjoys the beach.

A bishop said that "Indifference is not a human emotion".

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http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/21/italy.drowning/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Sunday, July 20, 2008

A man who snapped

I was able to watch a BBC account of a man who drove his bulldozer in Israel. The man was shot dead and in the news many were saying that it was an act of terrorism. First it was said that a bank guard shot the driver then in an article it was the vigilante group.

In the link below, a vivid story and what that man might be experiencing at that moment. And that moment is linked to the age old treatment of Palestinians done by the armed might of Israel authority.

Here is the story of Hosam.


http://files.tikkun.org/current/article.php?story=20080706080024141

Materialism criticized

A modern world that Pope Benedict is criticizing.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/world/asia/21pope.html?em&ex=1216699200&en=b120728819c03703&ei=5087%0A

Gangland and need for a family

Gang-land and need for a family.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKHlzp-bf3U&feature=user

Saturday, July 19, 2008

French and citizenship

French concept of citizenship clashes when you wear a veil.

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http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/18/europe/france.php

Friday, July 18, 2008

When catfish can't afford corn

Catfish, globalization, and the increasing price of corn and soy beans affect whole range of symbiotic relationship in American fish growers and other parts of this planet.

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http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/18/business/18catfish.php

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Dancing and the Internet

Just what dancing by Matt can do over the internet?

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http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/08/business/dancing.php?page=2

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Beggars and coins

An interesting story of how a beggar amassed her coins and got a credit card.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7495478.stm

Car that runs on air!

A car that runs on air is being developed. This might be the car that homo sapiens has really been waiting for.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov4t1P9bdGw&feature=related

Monday, July 7, 2008

Bhopal

One of the horrors of modern time is the Bhopal Union Carbide toxic leak.

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http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/07/asia/07bhopal.php

Will there be doctors in the future?

There will be a looming shortage of doctors. Find out why?

http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/05/physicians-training-prospects-lead-careers-cx_tw_0505doctors.html

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Millenium Development Goals

What are the eight Millenium Development Goals?

It is within this concept that nations would rally and hopefully defeat poverty.

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Hugged by mother and free

Story of Ingrid Betancourt, a hostage by FARC guerillas for six years. Now free.

She is a Colombian citizen but the French celebrated her release with much joy! Why?


Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Rice at the table

With the increasing price of rice with no end in sight, the agriculture experiment of the Philippines for the past four decades proves to be a nightmare.

Shamefully, we are a country where the International Rice Research Institute at Los Banos, Laguna is located, but we are the biggest importer of rice in the region.

What went wrong? Click on the link:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/30/business/trade.php?page=1