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‘Fire Tornado’

By ShamsAugust 28, 20101 commentGeneral, Naturebrush fire, fire tornado, hawaii

Fire Tornado in Hawaii.

Mother Nature’s unknown/unseen face!!!

Abroad ‘A’

By ShamsAugust 18, 2010General, Mediaandrey melnichencko, french designer, phillipe starck, russian billionaire, submarine, visual tour, Wall Street Journal, yacht

‘A’ is the yacht of the Russian Billionaire Andrey Melnichencko.

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Stereotyping has lasting negative impact, says U of T researcher

By Guest PostAugust 16, 20102 commentsCulture, Generaladverse impacts, aggression, april kemick, effects, michael inzlicht, prejudice, psychology, scarborough, self control, stereotyping, university of toronto

*Prejudice has lingering effects, study shows*

Aggression. Over-eating. Inability to focus. Difficulty making rational decisions. New research out of the University of Toronto Scarborough shows prejudice has a lasting negative impact on those who experience it.

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‘Wow’…….

By ShamsAugust 8, 2010General

Week-ending.

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Russia and AIDS: The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth

By PravdaAugust 8, 20104 commentsGeneral, Healthaids, central asia, cis, eastern europe, epidemic, female sexual function, hiv, hiv-infected russians, marina semenchenko, nargis azizova, ngo, pravda, russia, russian federation, sex workers, sexually transmitted infections, tb, timothy bancroft-hinchey, unaids

Women’s rights are high on the international agenda as the world moves towards a more egalitarian model, finally creating and respecting gender equality and the empowerment of women.

As regards AIDS, what is the situation involving women in particular and the population in general, in the Russian Federation, CIS countries and in the international community?

PRAVDA.Ru presents its exclusive interview*.

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Ralph the Rabbit

By ShamsJuly 30, 2010Generalbunny, rabbit, ralph

Ralph is just a rabbit, not a monster.

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President Obama, not Invited to Chelsea Clinton’s Wedding

By ShamsJuly 29, 20101 commentCulture, General

President Obama is not invited to Chelsea Clinton’s wedding. As Mr. President thinks, it would be tough to have two presidents at a wedding. 🙂

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Study of Death Penalty in North Carolina Shows That ‘Race Matters’

By Guest PostJuly 26, 20101 commentGeneral, Politicsboston, death sentences, fbi, glenn pierce, law review, michael radelet, north Carolina, northeastern university, professor, race matters, racial justice act, school of criminology and criminal justice, sociology, supplemental homicide reports, university of colorado at boulder, us supreme court

A new study examining death sentences in North Carolina over a 28-year period ending in 2007 shows that among similar homicides, the odds of a death sentence for those who are suspected of killing whites are approximately three times higher than the odds of a death sentence for those suspected of killing blacks.

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