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Brain Drain

By ShamsJune 13, 2008Culturebrain drain, Brin, Google, Space

Google’s Brin is planning to go to Space (Mars, Jupiter, Venus, etcetera etcetera etc.) If this happens………………………. It will be the ‘ever biggest’ brain drain for planet Earth. 🙂

The macaque rampant

By ShamsJune 12, 2008CultureBuddhist temple of Borobudur, Java, monkeys

Monkeys rampaged – destroyed hundreds of acres farmland and stole crops. The incident occurred in Java, and the complex of centuries old Buddhist Temple of ‘Borobudur’ was not either left from their aggressive move. The Temple is one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites.

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No fear from Tigers, but fear to lose them forever

By ShamsJune 11, 2008EnvironmentBangladesh, India, Royal Bengal Tiger, Sunderbans

Tigers are obviously terrifying if you meet one in the forest. You will lose your life and the tiger will get its meal. So what are you thinking?

Danger!!

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Fruits and vegetables

By ShamsJune 10, 2008Healthantioxidants, beta-carotene, breathing, fruits and vegetables, laughter, lycopene

The post talks about fruits and vegetables, why it’s important to take them regularly to prevent or fight cancer. We all know what ‘cancer’ is. Many of us are suffering from it and others may face it one day.

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Garbage collection in Taipei

By ShamsJune 9, 2008Culturegarbage trucks, Taipei

As Mr. Chow wrote (we are following the experience of the dot com Mogul in Taipei), there are ‘garbage stops’ in Taiwan’s capital. People take their wastes to these stops and wait for the trucks.

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Googlification and Facebookezation

By ShamsJune 8, 2008Technologyfacebookezation, googlification

An article in Time and a report from Reuters, both point to the most extensively used search engine and most popular ever social network community. Yes, you got it right – Google and Facebook. Googlelification and Facebookezation is now going on in the internet universum.

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The abandoned Chaiten town

By ShamsJune 7, 2008EnvironmentChaiten volcano, last days of Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius

Chaiten town lying at the foot of the volcano that erupted early May after thousands of years, is now wrecked completely and abandoned by its inhabitants. This is one of the most modern day examples of volcanic devastation. Do you recall the TV serial ‘The Last Days of Pompeii’. The prosperous Roman city ‘Pompeii’ was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

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Killing ‘sense of smell’

By ShamsJune 6, 2008Environmentair pollution, ground-level ozone, Mexico City, smog, WHO guidelines

While the country folk can detect contaminant in food (that makes bad smell) in lower levels, city dwellers are even more resistant. The 20 Million inhabitants of the Mexico City are probably going to lose their ‘sense of smell’. Reason: air pollution.

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