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321) Breaking News - Buyers Unable To Discern Which Conflicts Affect Their Diamonds!
Author:
Basil C. Hill
Category:
News and Society
Writers and newscasters need to beware of trying too hard to be politically correct. The first and last stops on the politically-correct diamonds' train line are stations called "Censorship" and "Manipulation."Have you ever wondered if the monies from non-conflict diamonds ever buy weapons to kill innocent people? Are the people who buy, sell, traffic, and wear blood-less diamonds immune to violence or the financing of violent upheavals?We are treated to well-financed and hop...
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322) Nastiness on the Internet - A Tribute to Good Retailers Who Suffer Bad Customers
Author:
S.E. Fullen
Category:
News and Society
I prefer a peaceful life. Do my errands in familiar places. Sometimes I like to try something new. Generally, all my needs are well met by the retailers I patronize offline and online. If there's a glitch, I'm either patient and get what I need in the end, or just go to a different store that has the item. No big deal. I just want to pick up my stuff and go home.That is not the world of the Global Mouthpiece that is the Internet.The Web has so much potential for global comme...
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323) Schengen Comes To Bavaria And Czech Republic - No More Border Controls
Author:
Margaret Leach
Category:
News and Society
The tiny village of Bayerisch Eisenstein, on the Bavarian-Czech border, together with its Czech neighbour, Zelezna Ruda, have celebrated the end of border controls along the former iron curtain. 60 years after the iron curtain divided Europe and 18 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Finally, crossing the border between East and West is as easy as crossing the road.On 20th December, the celebrations were local and muted. In the late evening, the 2 mayors came to the railway stati...
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324) What Happened In The UK In 1991?
Author:
Mark Thomas Walters
Category:
News and Society
Breaking 1991 down into the biggest news, sports and entertainment events; here's what happened...At the start of the year the 'Gulf War' kicked off as a result of Iraq invading Kuwait, leading to UK forces heading off to fight Saddam Hussein's army. The fighting lasted just a couple of months but is well remembered due to it being the first war that was televised on the news.The little loved media tycoon Robert Maxwell met a mysterious end whilst holidaying on his boat off the...
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325) The Sexual Disorientation of America
Author:
Dl Foster
Category:
News and Society
There is no such thing as sexual orientation. It, like the tooth fairy, the man on the moon, and ex-President Clinton's moral compass, is nothing but a figment of the imagination. It would be best to call it sexual disorientation. From here on out, let's understand that "sexual orientation" is something "they" said, so we'll treat it as pseudo-science. What causes people to run after linguistic ghosts like a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Some cash in on it like the growing hord...
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326) Controlled Or Free Market Media
Author:
Niloofar Niknam
Category:
News and Society
IntroductionHaving a cross-disciplinary approach, as Lindhoff and Rydholm believe, the transforming of media in global age in china, leads us to look over the whole process during the time. Apparently, the concept of ownership is a significant prerequisite to discuss about the media. Although "ownership" seems, somehow, unclear in a socialist culture, Lindhoff and Rydholm use the term transition which discloses a gradual converting process from dominant political ownership to a market...
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327) In the Passing of a Brick - The GVN Story
Author:
Megan Taddy
Category:
News and Society
The first image in the photograph to emerge was the ghost of figures, pale outlines on glossy paper, developed in a dark lab among hundreds of other snapshots of birthdays and couples beaming in front of scenic landmarks and babies taking first steps. Plunged into its chemical bath and then saved from drowning, the photograph was pulled out dripping, like a wet laundered sock, and hung to dry.And in its chromatic, magic way, the ghosts became alive: eyes to peer in to, lips that curl...
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328) Don't Forget the Library - Says the Business Coach Marion Ryan
Author:
Lance W.
Category:
News and Society
Today the Internet is where people go for information. School kids go there to do their reports, business people go there for research and government officials are putting the entire system into eGovernment initiatives. But don't you dare forget the library, it's not dead yet.And I suppose, Carnegie and Benjamin Franklin would have been proud of those words. Librarians would agree that most people do not understand all the great things at the library. Folks do not often realize the va...
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329) Corporal Punishment - Ban Considered
Author:
Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD
Category:
News and Society
The American Academy of Pediatrics in 1998 concluded that the negative consequences of corporal punishment outweigh any benefits.. The countries currently prohibiting corporal punishment include: Sweden (1979), Finland (1983), Norway (1987), Austria (1989), Cyprus (1994), Denmark (1997), Latvia (1998), Croatia (1999), Bulgaria (2000), Italy (1996), Israel (2000), Germany (2000), Iceland (2003), Romania (2004), Ukraine (2004) Hungary (2005) Greece (2007) and Australia (2007). These countries...
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330) Are You A Baby Boomer Not Willing To Think About Retirement?
Author:
Linda Waters
Category:
News and Society
When the baby boomers were young, retirement seemed like something so far off that it was tough to imagine it. So many changes were ocurring in the world and there were so many other issues that were more pressing at the time that the thought of retirement did not seem like it was important. So why think about it? Civil rights and nuclear war were the important issues of the times.Fast forward a few decades and many baby boomers have found themselves in an awkward situation. They have...
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331) Looks Like Everyone is Getting Into The Breakfast Business?
Author:
Lance W.
Category:
News and Society
Let Freedom Ring and Let Breakfast Reign and for God's sake improve those quarterlies, because, shareholder's equity and profits are what Wall Street is looking for. Sing the breakfast song with me over a hot cup of coffee and a few items on the new breakfast menu. Every Starbuck's Employee is now told that other coffee shops are no longer their competition, instead it's McDonalds.You see Starbucks knows that McDonalds has a loyal set of customers who love their dark strong morning co...
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332) Religious Jewelry An Outward Sign of Faith
Author:
Mitch Endick
Category:
News and Society
The power of religious symbolism has endured through history. For many religious denominations, sacred symbols have often taken the form of personal jewelry. Religious jewelry has been used as an outward sign of ones faith. The symbol used often indicates the particular religion of the wearer. All of the worlds religions have placed a high value on symbolism and the wearing of religious symbols is said to strengthen the faith of the wearer.Religious jewelry from many denominations is...
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333) Will You Still Be Covered By The Health System In France?
Author:
Nick R Dowlatshahi
Category:
News and Society
At the beginning of September a wave of panic and confusion passed through the expat community in France : radical measures by France's new president would soon be introduced meaning that thousands of Britons enjoying early retirement in France could lose their rights to state health care under a new law that limits benefits to nonworking expatriates. The new rules will apply to all non French EU nationals, not only to the Brits. During his election campaign earlier this year Mr Sarkozy said...
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334) Homestead - A Tale Of Two Cities
Author:
Adrian Salgado
Category:
News and Society
As Charles Dickens rolled in his grave, I came to a stop at the intersection of US 1 and Campbell Drive (SW 312 ST).The images of City Hall, Harris Field, and the areas surrounding this particular intersection still very much alive in my mind 15 years later. Few conversations regarding Homestead ever go over the 2-minute mark without making reference to what happened on that fateful Monday morning of August 24, 1992. While Bryan Norcross and Rick Sanchez - in his mesh Minnesota Twins...
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335) Examining The Contributing Factors To The Bushmeat Trade And Crisis In Ghana
Author:
Kwame Boakye-agyei
Category:
News and Society
Examining the Contributing Factors to the Bushmeat Trade and Crisis in Ghana.Kwame Boakye-Agyei, PhD Student.George Mason University, Virginia, USA. Department of Environmental Science and Public Policy. Email:kboakyea@gmu.eduPaper presented during the 2nd Step International Conference for Local Environmental Management (LEM) organized in Maseru (Lesotho) and Durban (South Africa).AbstractThe paper examine contributory factors facilitating the...
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336) Problem gamblers numbers remain constant despite more opportunities to wager
Author:
Adam Singleton
Category:
News and Society
According to a recent gambling industry survey over 32 million Britons have made at least one wager during the year. However, the majority of those will not have stepped over a bookies' threshold to bet as other forms of gambling have become so widely available. The National Lottery, bingo, football pools, gaming machines and casinos are all popular, and some - especially online bingo - are in a definite boom period.
But, interestingly, the number of gamblers who have become add...
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337) Protecting Our Reliable Supply of Fuel
Author:
C. Jent
Category:
News and Society
After September 11th, 2001, the U.S. oil and natural gas industry partnered with federal and local authorities to reevaluate and strengthen our domestic security.Nationwide, oil and gas companies made major investments in construction, training and communications. All the way from the wellheads to the offshore platforms changes were made. The oil tankers, ports, pipelines, refineries, and storage tanks were all reevaluated and all necessary construction was done. And most importantly,...
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338) Are Cell Phones and iPods Perils for Pedestrians?
Author:
Valerie Nay
Category:
News and Society
You see it everywhere and many of us do it ourselves. Whether trying to squeeze the most out of our busy day or out of simple boredom, we talk on the phone or listen to music, news or audio books while we're walking. The business person trying to get a little work in while going to pick up lunch, the mom or dad having a tense conversation with one of the kids or the teenager listening to her iPod on her way home from school - it's a normal part of everyday life now.Most of the cont...
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339) The Real Impact - William Penny - Community Tax Center Volunteer
Author:
Evan C Norman
Category:
News and Society
"Financial Stability" is one of United Way Capital Area's main Focus Areas-which aims to help Central Texas families make and save more money to become self-sufficient and deal with the rising cost of living. To this end, United Way funds programs like Foundation Community's Community Tax Centers, along with numerous other projects and collaborations much like it.This article includes the story of one of the Community Tax Center volunteers, and describes in detail how he was able to s...
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340) The River Thames Frost Fair: Through the Ice Ages
Author:
Adam Singleton
Category:
News and Society
For modern day Londoners, it's hard to believe that a river as mighty as the Thames could ever be ground to a halt by freezing over. However, historic accounts and paintings teach us that at one time the Thames regularly froze over - producing ice that was thick enough to support not just the weight of people, but of an elephant!
The climate during this period was known as the 'little ice age' which meant much colder winters, but it was also the fact that the Thames was wider an...
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