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Whaling or Whale-watching

By ShamsMay 22, 2008EnvironmentSplahsy Pants, whale watching, whaling

Recently Japan has been strongly criticised for whaling (harpooning the whales) in the southern oceans. The actions from Greenpeace got huge success even naming a whale Mr. Splashy Pants.

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Stressed??

By ShamsMay 21, 2008Culturestress

73% of all parents are stressed!! Ohh…noooooooooO

However, we disagree. 🙂 🙂 🙂

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Skeptics, Cynics and Pundits

By ShamsMay 21, 2008CultureSenator Barack Obama

Looks quite certain that Senator Barack Obama is going to have the glory to be the first ‘black president’ of the mightiest country on Earth. Although neither Mrs. Clinton nor Senator Obama is expected to reach the required number of delegates right now and would have to depend on ‘superdelegates’ (party leaders and officials), but the Senator is hopeful towards his “journey to change America”. CNN worked day and night for us to get the updates 🙂 .

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Climbing the World’s Peak at 75

By ShamsMay 20, 2008Culture, HealthJapanese life, Mt. Everest, soy products, tofu

A 75-years old Japanese mountaineer is going to break the record of ‘oldest man climbed the Mt. Everest’. His predecessor is a 71 years old Japanese who still holds the record since 2007. Name of our ‘going to be hero’ is Yuichiro Miura.

Well it’s all fight among the Japanese. We are out of the ring anyway 🙂 .

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Extinction rate is higher, says the German Environment Minister

By ShamsMay 20, 2008Environmentbiodiversity, extinction rate

German Environment Minister, Sigmar Gabriel told a conference in Bonn that extinction rate for plants and animals is hundred to thousand times higher than the natural trend. It’s a U.N. biodiversity conference that plans to work out lines to slow down the extinction by 2010. Target line is too short. But steps to move forward are promising. Reuters news.

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Vitamin D: saves from Prostate to Breast Cancer

By ShamsMay 19, 2008Healthbreast cancer, osteoporosis, prostate cancer, rickets, vitamin D

When exposed to sunlight our skin produces vitamin D, mainly the form called D₃. It’s important for bones. Deficiency can cause rickets (deformed bone growth) in children and osteoporosis (bone fracture) in adults, among many other health problems.

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Polar Bears (getting attention)

By ShamsMay 19, 2008Environmentpolar bear, sea ice

It’s old news already. But good to hear again. Polar bear is now in the list of endangered species of U.S government. Polar bears sea ice habitat has melted dramatically in recent decades (a clear sign of global warming). And further receding of polar ice is likely in the coming years (45 years in the count that the PBs will face trouble harder).

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Exhilaration…..ohh…..well….!!

By ShamsMay 18, 2008CultureKeith Richards, living legends, Mick Jagger, the Rolling Stones

Q: When in your career did you find life to be the most exhilarating?

Answers:

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