shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 26 2009 | news
This is so horrilbe. At the end of the day, this is a shiny piece of coal we're talking about.
Quoted: Human Rights Watch said Friday that Zimbabwe's armed forces have taken over diamond fields in the east , killing more than 200 people and forcing children to search for the gems.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - 12 hours ago | news, science
So interesting!
Quoted: One thing the doomsday scenarios tend to share in common: They don't come to pass. Here are 10 that didn't pan out, so far.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - 12 hours ago | news, business
Hmmm...
Quoted: Lou Dobbs, the longtime CNN anchor whose anti-immigration views have made him a TV lightning rod, said Wednesday that he is leaving the cable news channel effective immediately.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - yesterday | health, food, news
Holy god ... scary!
Quoted: Bisphenol A, or BPA, is linked to things like cancer, obesity, attention deficit disorder and genital abnormalities, and it’s been found in our food.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - yesterday | news
Fascinating interactive graphic from the NY Times.
Quoted: Not all groups have felt the recession equally.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - yesterday | health, news
GBS is also a very rare side effect of the regular flu shot ... and in fact, health officials are saying they're seeing a surprisingly low percentage in swine flu shot recipients compared to what they see with the standard seasonal vaccination.
Quoted: A 14-year-old Virginia boy is struggling to walk after coming down with a suspected case of Guillain-Barre syndrome within hours after receiving the H1N1 vaccine for swine flu. The cases raises anti-vaccine fears, but health officials see no link.
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My latest blog post...
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Even Sammy Sosa uses skin-lightening cream!
Quoted: Sosa: Cosmetic cream caused lighter skin tone
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So heartbreaking ... just goes to show that GDP growth isn't a be-all and end-all figure of economic success.
Quoted: More than half of the world's chronically undernourished children under the age of 5 live in South Asia, the U.N. Children's Fund reports.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - 2 days ago | news
Hm, interesting side effect of the recession.
Quoted: With unemployment rising, a lot more unemployed people are staying home. Police nationwide say that's one of the reasons why the number of burglaries is falling in some cities and towns.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - 3 days ago | news, politics, world
Wow, I remember this so vividly. Hard to believe it's been 20 years, and how drastically Germany has changed.
Quoted: Chancellor Angela Merkel thanks former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for making change possible in East Germany as she visits what was once a fortified border crossing.
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You must be shiwani's friend before you can comment on this Fave.I feel horrible about my wedding ring. I didn't realize what was involved back in 2006 when I got married, otherwise I don't think I would have got a diamond ring. I think about selling it and donating the money to Africa...I'd feel like less of a douche bag that way.
you shouldn't feel bad ... just mad :) i had no idea either and totally would've made the same choice. as consumers, there's so much that we need to look out for nowadays and corporations do everything in their power to keep us in the dark about where our products come from. i think the important thing is just making informed choices once you DO learn about something like this, you know?
and ultimately, some of this is in consumer power but we have to remember to focus on political solutions to these kinds of things. corporations shouldn't be allowed to get away with these abuses!
amen!
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