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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jun 21, 2009

  Are Pesticides Causing Parkinson's Disease?

By Robin Marantz Henig , OnEarth Magazine : This story originally appeared in OnEarth Magazine . Jackie Christensen was 32 when her body began to betray her. She had just returned to work after the birth of her second son and when she tried to type, two fingers on her...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 28, 2009

  Link between global dimming and warming baffles scientists

MOSCOW. (Andrei Kislyakov, for RIA Novosti) - The latest research by European scientists, climatologists and astronomers suggests that the so-called global dimming, or the gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the Earth's surface, observed for several decades after the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 6, 2009

  Contradictions between the politics of Obama and ethics

Reflections of Fidel: THE other day I noted some of Obama’s ideas that point to his role within a system that is the negation of every just principle. There are people who throw up their hands in horror at the expression of any critical opinion of this important figure, even when it is...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Dec 24, 2008

  Why Do People Cling to the Myth of the Nuclear Family?

By Mark Steel, Independent UK: One of the the strange twists about modern science is that it sometimes gets used by the utterly irrational, who claim they've found scientific proof to back up their bonkers theories. So you get creationists who announce that they've found geological...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Dec 6, 2008

  Sailing against the tide

Reflections of Fidel: AFTER Obama’s speech to the Cuban-American National Foundation, created by Ronald Reagan, in the afternoon of May 23 this year, I wrote a reflection titled "The Cynical Politics of the Empire," dated the 25th of that month. In it, I quoted his words to the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jul 24, 2008

  Lionfish threatens Bahamas' coral reef system

Lionfish Concerns Linger - By Kendea Jones: Nassau, Bahamas: Department of Fisheries officials are still looking for ways to deplete the population of lionfish in Bahamian waters, a species that threatens the well being of the coral reefs. Lionfish are native to the tropical waters...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jun 28, 2008

  Truth and Diatribes

Reflections of Fidel: We know that people living in industrialized and wealthy countries spend, on average, 25% of their income on food. Those who live in nations which were condemned to economic underdevelopment by the former devote up to 80% of their income to this end. Many go...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jun 19, 2008

  The Elephant and The Ant

REFLECTIONS OF FIDEL: IT would seem there's no topic worthy of addressing that would not bore our patient readers, after the “Round Table” program of June 12, which dealt with the new edition of a book published in Bolivia 15 years ago, featuring now a prologue I wrote. During this...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 1, 2008

  Why does God let good people suffer?

Why do good people suffer? By Sebastian Campbell, For The Guardian: Nassau, Bahamas - Life can be painful! No one is exempt from pain! The question of good people suffering is a frustrating one to confront. We believe in a good and loving God — why does he allow suffering?...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 22, 2008

  Peace and prosperity

Reflections of Fidel: POPE Benedict XVI outshone Brown, the British Prime Minister, who replaced Blair, whom I met and spoke with for a few minutes during a recess at the WTO Second Conference in Geneva 10 years ago; it was following his speech and I was expressing my disagreement on the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 5, 2008

  The Chinese Victory (Part I)

Reflections of Fidel: WITHOUT some basic historical knowledge, the subject I am dealing with could not be understood. In Europe, people had heard about China. In the autumn of 1298, Marco Polo told marvelous tales about an amazing country he called Cathay. Columbus, an intelligent and...... [view]

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