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241) Colombia - Critical Social Problems Part 3
Author:
Larry M. Lynch
Category:
News and Society
For foreign nationals and expatriates with children you'll have some of the following concerns in addition to a few others of your own in these critical areas. Here in part three, we continue to consider critical problems of Colombian society including the educational system, consumer protection laws, crime, minorities and the impact of unemployment that reaches as high as 80% - and no, that's not a misprint. Read on ...11. The education system promotes vagabond attitudes.There...
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242) Fox Business News Followed by Live Prayer?
Author:
Michael Bresciani
Category:
News and Society
Fox's Neil Cavuto, David Asman and Dave Ramsey will wind up their day long before Evangelist Bill Keller makes the screen but in the wee hours of the morning late Sunday night one of America's most outspoken evangelists will be talking to people about Jesus.Keller could talk about stocks and business because he has been well trained in business but for over eighteen years now he has dedicated himself to the preaching of the gospel. He has been called many things by the press because h...
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243) Roman Antiques To Now - German Hans Sacked Rome, China's Hans Sack Tibet
Author:
Derek Dashwood
Category:
News and Society
Roman history tells us of how mighty Rome held sway over most of Europe, all north Africa and much of west Asia. There are more magnificent Roman temples in Turkey or Libya, it seems, than are intact back in Rome. Yet while Greeks fought off Persians from the east with names such as Darius, the later Rome fell to Germans from the north with names such as Hans. Which is such an irony, from golden haired Hans of Germania from the North Sea, to golden skinned Hans from China by the sea.I...
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244) Promotional mugs figure prominently in the US Democratic Party Presidential Primaries
Author:
Andrew Regan
Category:
News and Society
TV news stations in the USA, most notably CNN, spend millions on voter research, trying to determine which of the two Democratic candidates - Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton - is likely to win the race for their party's presidential nomination. But, they needn't bother because one leading US retailer has come up with its own innovative and cheaper solution to work out which candidate is winning the country's hearts and minds by counting mugs!
Californian online merchandiser Cafe...
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245) Global volcanism & WWIII (Watch the Antichrist on TV)
Author:
Dennis L. Siluk, Ed.D.
Category:
News and Society
Global volcanism & WWIII
(Watch the Antichrist on TV)
Everyday we seem to be on the edge of World War Three, from the war that just about took place in South America between three countries, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador; China wanting to slowly weed out the blood of Tibet subjecting them to live in a rats nest, and telling the world to stand back and watch. Russia trying to tell the world Kosovo has a right to be under slavery and the hate of Belgrade; North Korea telling the So...
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246) One India?
Author:
Rajib Kumar
Category:
News and Society
Some months ago a leading newsweekly of the country reported how more and more of India's young were building their support systems outside the family. The phenomenon is catching on like wildfire all over the place. Networking and support systems have turned a full circle in India today.While we read gory stories of the unscrupulous landlord from Howrah, (the ex-Sheffield of India), dispersing tenants through Liquefied Petroleum gas; there is another, confident, young India emerging a...
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247) Political Telemarketing - A New Frontier in Consumer Annoyance
Author:
Gerry Schmidt
Category:
News and Society
It seems that with every election cycle candidates are forced to campaign harder than they did in the previous cycle leaving potential voters with a case of election fatigue. Much of this fatigue is brought on by two factors, voters' constant access to information (whether they want it or not) and campaigns raising record amounts of money to pay for incredible amounts of advertising that would have been unheard of just 15 years ago.In many ways voters are in information overload durin...
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248) The Torture Playlist
Author:
Jon O'bergh
Category:
News and Society
Investigative reporter Justine Sharrock, writing for Mother Jones magazine, discusses how the military has used music as a form of torture to break down detainees without leaving any physical marks. Widely used at Guantanamo and in Iraqi prisons such as Abu Ghraib, the technique involved playing an endless loop of music cranked up loudly just shy of the level capable of rupturing eardrums, depriving the prisoners of sleep.Guards were given free rein in the selection of songs,...
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249) Asian Wedding Favor Ideas
Author:
Joe Palladino
Category:
News and Society
Are you looking for Asian wedding favors to make your wedding reception special for your guests? There are many different types of themed wedding favors that you can get even Asian ones.You just have to be willing to take the time to look for them. You can find the Asian wedding favors that you want at a local store near you if that is how you prefer to get them. You can also go online to do your searching.There are many websites online that have all different kinds of wedding...
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250) Subsidized Housing Challenges Facing Ex-Prisoners
Author:
Lynn Sanders
Category:
News and Society
"I'll be homeless and on the streets before I turn down one of my children for a place to stay," says an elderly woman in Chicago's Austin community. She lives in subsidized housing, and was told by the housing management program that her son could not live with her because of his prior convictions.Frankie White, Prison Re-Entry Coordinator at Westside Health Authority addresses the challenges on a daily basis. As a counselor to ex-incarcerated people, she does her best to help them...
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251) How US Industries Save Money Using Good Readability on Documents
Author:
Jesse Dawson
Category:
News and Society
Right from their inception in the late 1940s, readability formulas revolutionized the writing style of everyone. Readability formulas affect every industry because of their all-appealing premise. These formulas make documents or text "readable" for the intended audience. Every industry has a target audience when it prepares any kind of text.BUSINESSESMany business owners and organizations constantly seek new ways to save money and increase profits. One such money-saving measure...
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252) Bully Buttons - Big Brother's Latest Gadget
Author:
Izzy Israel C Kalman
Category:
News and Society
I would like to bring your attention to the new popular buzzword that is being promulgated as the panacea for all of society's ills: Accountability. In his classic work, 1984, George Orwell paints a futuristic society, Oceania, in which the government-"Big Brother"-watches over all. In other words, everyone is accountable to the government for all of their actions. While the populace is brainwashed into believing the government is their salvation, the government is really their enslaver and...
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253) RFID Clothing Tags Would Not Be Private Labels
Author:
James W Smith
Category:
News and Society
Imagine a time in the near future when you enter a mall for a day of shopping. As you enter that mall, a tiny RFID scanner near the entrance captures the pulse from the hidden RFID tag sewn into the jacket that you are wearing. The information captured by that scanner is sent to a transactional database and within seconds your complete identity, and the location and date that you purchased that jacket, is captured. As a result, the "mall" knows that you have just arrived and, through the us...
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254) Genetics and Sex of Your Future Baby
Author:
Lia Laursen
Category:
News and Society
Genetics is becoming an inseparable and quite common part of own life.
The researches plan to decipher human DNA code very soon, so that we could have all the information about the inherited defects and to diagnose different diseases more effectively, even before the conception.
Moreover, with the help of genetic information it will be possible to define some specific traits and features of the future child, such as hair and eye color, height, iq, and even life expectancy.
Thus, the pare...
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255) How an Email Oversight Cost NASA $327 Million
Author:
Sandy Cosser
Category:
News and Society
Email is god's gift to communication but it can be a righteous pain in the neck the third time you get "e-hugs" from someone who just wants to let you know how special you are, and by the way, please send this to 20 other people including me, or else you'll have years of bad luck equivalent to your age. I think that the world would be a better place if the originators of those emails were struck by lightning, and their ashes buried in a deep dark vault that never saw the light of day....
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256) Discover the truth about JFK's assassination in Dallas
Author:
Adam Singleton
Category:
News and Society
The chance for anyone in the world to turn JFK assassination detective has emerged, with details that 15 boxes of records and articles relating to the 1963 murder have been recently uncovered by the Dallas District Attorney's office.
The death of 35th US President John F. Kennedy has fascinated conspiracy theorists for close to 45 years, and now a recent cache of documents and other objects that were horded by deceased former Dallas DA, Henry Wade, have finally come to light. No...
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257) Women at Work
Author:
Sandy Cosser
Category:
News and Society
Women in the workplace. For some reason this remains a contentious topic no matter what the work. It seems that neither men nor women can get past their differences, accept that people are people regardless of sex, or work in environments of mutual respect. Ever since World War II, when industries were 'forced' to accept women in the work place, special considerations based on 'feminine' psychology have been made for women at work. Instead of making the transition easier, the adopted princip...
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258) Is the H-1B Program Dragging US Wages Down?
Author:
V. Berba Velasco
Category:
News and Society
Mention the H-1B visa program to a group of American programmers or engineers and you may hear a cry of outrage. H-1B visa holders, it is commonly said, are responsible for taking jobs away from hardworking American high-tech workers. In addition, disgruntled American techies often complain that H-1B workers are paid much less than their American counterparts. They claim that companies typically use H-1Bs as cheap labor, and that this results in lowered wages for Americans and foreigners a...
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259) The Power to Feed the World? A Tale of Sustainable Development, BioEngineering, and Citizen Activism
Author:
Jackson Kern
Category:
News and Society
Even set against the standards established by today's behemoths of international trade and commerce, The Monsanto Company is a veritable giant. Since its founding in 1901, Monsanto has advanced through various embodiments, most often as a producer and purveyor of chemicals. Its many mergers and acquisitions have often dramatically altered the scope of its operations, and as the twentieth century came to a close Monsanto began a transition of its principal role from that of a chemicals compan...
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260) London gears up for the 2012 Olympics
Author:
Victoria Cochrane
Category:
News and Society
Out of the original nine cities who submitted bids to host the 2012 Olympics the list was whittled down to five in 2004, with London joining Madrid, Moscow, New York and Paris in the final stage of selection. After preliminary evaluations of the five cities, Paris emerged as the strong favourite in many people's eyes (mostly due to this bid being the city's third in recent history), with London following close behind. Over the next few months, London closed the gap on Paris significantly;...
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