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| Ocean 'dead zones' becoming global problem August 15, 2008 / AP |
| Anthrax Case not Solved August 5, 2008 / Bartcop.com |
| Cheney's upcoming terrorist attack July 25, 2008 / Bartcop.com |
| Toddlers who dislike spicy food 'racist' July 8, 2008 / Telegraph.co.uk |
| Mind Control? RFK and truth? June 22, 2008 / Wiki |
| Court: Gay officer can pursue lawsuit against military May 23, 2008 / CNN.com |
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| An impressive beast; the airbus By Richard Quest October 30, 2007 / CNN.com |
| Abstinence programs no guarantee |
| How FBI snooping broke the rules |
| Hotel U.S.A. |
| March 1, 2007 / AlterNet original post March 14, 2006 on AlterNet |
| Chavez says he's ready to transform Venezuela |
| Ford: Bush made 'big mistake' on Iraq justifications |
| Oil and Defense CEOs Pocket Spoils |
| Mysterious red cells might be aliens |
| Warming 'may cause economic chaos' |
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| Parallels Between the Hopi and the Sumerian Cultures by Robert Morningsky |
| Crossing the threshold into despotism: "Back 2 the future" October 19, 2006 |
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| BUSH DIDN'T BUNGLE IRAQ, YOU FOOLS; Monday Mar 20, 2006 by Greg Palast |
| Operation Iraqi Liberation. O.I.L. How droll of them, how cute. |
| Britain says CO2 emissions rose in 2005 |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Thursday said its emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming, crept up last year in the third consecutive annual increase. |
| Revealed: Victims of UK's Cold War Torture Camp |
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| The Omnipotent (But Far From Omniscient) Executive By Paul Craig Roberts May 4, 2006 / rense.com |
| Scientists discover prehistoric cave in Israel |
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| Thousands In NY Dying, 911 Disease Uranium Probable 9/11 Cough - More Than Just "Asthma" Indeed By Cathy Garger June 15, 2006 / thru rense.com |
| A War on Schoolgirls Unable to win on the battlefield, the Taliban are fighting to prevent half the country's children from getting an education. |
| Reclaim the Issues - "Occupation, Not War" June 23, 2006 / commondreams.org |
| Mother gives daughter to boyfriend for sex |
| Judge: Bush Violated Constitution |
| Seoul Fears Nuke Fallout |
| 12,000 US Dead, 25,000 Badly Wounded In Iraq? |
| Tropical Stonehenge may have been found June 29, 2006 / Ass Press |
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| Unless you have an advanced degree in chemistry, good luck making sense of the ingredient lists on most makeup jars.
Polyethylene. Butylene glycol. Cyclomethicone. The names of the chemicals found in most makeup are downright ugly, and there's nothing pretty about what they do to your skin, either. DID YOU KNOW? ? According to the Environmental Working Group, the average woman uses 12 personal care products a day and comes in to contact with over 165 different chemicals. ? As much as 60% of these chemicals are absorbed in to the skin. Your skin is the first line of defense against toxins, but it's not a perfect barrier. In your quest for a perfected complexion, you may do yourself more harm than good by choosing products with lots of synthetic dyes and preservatives, which is why more and more dermatologists are recommending their patients switch to 100% pure minerals makeup like RAWMinerals. WHY DO DERMATOLOGISTS RECOMMEND MINERAL MAKEUP? Without a doubt, mineral makeup has evolved into the most popular cosmetic base in the world. It's the beauty breakthrough in today's generation of women, just as liquid foundation was for our mothers and grandmothers generations ago. It has achieved widespread appeal due to its versatility, weightless feel, and easy application. The finely ground minerals feel much lighter than traditional makeup, with a soft, dewy texture and a silky finish. Because mineral makeup contains natural pigments rather than dyes, its colors tend to be deeper, richer, longer lasting and highly water resistant. It blends more easily into skin, looks more natural, and it won't run or streak even on a humid summer day. And minerals are STILL the ideal makeup for people with sensitive skin, rosacea and acne, because the ultra-fine powders allow skin to breathe and function normally, plus they have natural sunscreen and anti-inflammatory qualities. In fact, mineral makeup is so safe and beneficial to skin that it is recommended by plastic surgeons for patients recovering from surgery. If you've never tried mineral makeup before, there are some things you should look for. First and foremost is whether the product is 100% pure minerals. One unfortunate side effect of the growing popularity of mineral makeup is a sudden influx of new products that use fillers and artificial preservatives, which entirely defeats the purpose of wearing mineral makeup. WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A MINERAL MAKEUP One brand we've fallen in love with is RAWMinerals. We liked the incredible quality of the ingredients they use ? everything is natural and sustainable - as well as the fact that we saw full coverage from just a small amount of powder, and that RAWMinerals actually offers a free trial of their makeup. RAWMinerals was the only mineral makeup that actually improved the hydration of our skin. Our skin appeared soft and radiant when we used the product, but after a few days we also started to notice that same healthy glow even without makeup on. That's because the minerals contain active botanical ingredients clinically proven to improve the skin over time. It's makeup that acts like skincare! Possibly the best thing about RAWMinerals is that everything you need is included in one kit - you get two foundations, a bronzer, a mineral veil, three of the most amazing brushes, plus an instructional DVD. And it's free to try. |
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| EXCERPT: BUNDELKHAND, India (CNN) -- The cattle slowly drag the old-fashioned plow as a bone-thin farmer walks behind, encouraging them to move faster with a series of yelps. It is a scene from times of old, but still the way many farmers operate in rural India, where the harvest often determines feast or famine. The region is called Bundelkhand, spanning the two northern Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. It is here that drought, debt and desperation have pushed people to extremes. To survive the bad years, some farmers say they turn to the "Paisawalla" -- Hindi for the rich man who lends money. Farmers say the loans from these unofficial lenders usually come with very high interest. When the interest mounts up, lenders demand payment. Some farmers work as bonded laborers for a lifetime to pay off their debts. Others here say because of years of little rain and bad harvests they are forced to give money lenders whatever they ask for. Sometimes that includes their wives. "It happens sometimes when somebody borrows money," says a farmer's wife who did not want to be identified. She should know, considering what police say she told them. She said a rich man bought her from her husband. "He did buy me," she says. "That's why he told me he bought me." For 30 days she says the man forced her to live with him. When her case drew public attention, she retracted her police report and her husband took her back. Ranjana Kumari with India's Center for Social Research says the exploitation of women is common in the region. And, she says, there is little support for women in India who have the courage to file a case with authorities. "Nobody's going to support or help them," Kumari says. "If a family decides not to help them, the system is already not so sensitized towards them, whether it is police, judiciary, whether the legal system. So the women themselves tend to withdraw these cases." In another village, another story involving another farmer, and money lender. "I sold my water engine and land and gave back his 30,000 rupees," the farmer says, describing his $600 loan payment. The farmer, whom CNN is not identifying to protect his wife and children, says the lender then asked him to send his wife to help with chores while the lender's wife was sick. The farmer says he complied, and his children -- including his daughter -- went too. |
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| Afghanistan: When Women Set Themselves on Fire |
| Excerpt: Fawzia felt like she had no way out. Married off to her cousin at age 16, she had been beaten routinely by her husband and in-laws in their poor rural home in Paktia province for the first three years of her marriage. She complained bitterly to her parents, but no solution seemed imminent. Marriage had become too much for her to bear. Then, after she saw her brother-in-law strike his wife on the head with a gun, Fawzia finally did what she had threatened to do many times before: she doused herself in cooking fuel and struck a match. Now Fawzia (whose name has been changed because of her age) lies in a hospital bed with third-degree burns covering 35% of her body and ash coating the insides of her lungs. Her physician, Dr. Ahmed Shah Wazir, believes it's unlikely that she will survive. The terrifying thing is that she is far from the only person in Afghanistan to take such drastic action. The Ministry of Women's Affairs has documented a total of 103 women who set themselves on fire between March 2009 and March 2010. No one knows what the real numbers are, given the difficulty of collecting data in the country. "More than 80% [who try to kill themselves in this way] cannot be saved," says Wazir, who runs the burn unit at Kabul's Istiqlal Hospital, one of only two such specialized wards in Afghanistan. (See pictures of Muslim women leading a soft revolution.) Wazir believes that most of his would-be patients never make it to the hospital. In some cases, families are too ashamed or fearful of prosecution to report what happened. "There are many such cases where, because of honor, because of the media, [the families] don't want to disclose it," says Selay Ghaffar, director of the Kabul-based NGO Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan (HAWCA). "I'm sure there are many, many cases that are still invisible." "I have seen a number of instances of women setting themselves on fire in my life," says Fawzia's mother, wiping away tears. She insists that there is nothing unusual about her daughter. "Four months ago, someone else from our village lit herself on fire and died." (See a 2001 TIME story on how women fared under the Taliban.) In recent years, the dramatic suicide method employed by women in this war-torn country has drawn wide attention, amid speculation that the trend might be growing. Some, like Wazir, blame Iranian TV and cinema for romanticizing suicide by fire. (For example, in the 2002 movie Bemani, a girl uses self-immolation to escape a forced marriage.) He points out that many of his patients, including Fawzia, are refugees who have returned from Iran. Other observers argue that the practice has long existed as a method by which Afghan women try to escape their sorrows and that improved monitoring since the fall of the Taliban has only made it more prominent in public awareness. CLICK ON LINK ABOVE FOR FULL TIME ARTICLE~ |