A strong tale of caution for those inclined to partake in the 'seedier' side of adventure travel."There was little left to show of a life cut short in a £2-a-night hotel room just a stone's throw from paradise. There were some old T-shirts, a handful of undeveloped films and...
Cat Ba Island would be an ideal place to hide away from the noisy and dusty days in cities. That’s why the latest recognised biosphere island, where tourism services just have a few years of development, is...
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Here's a really exciting story from the BBC for all parents: It offers a rare reminder of something that western society used to be well aware of: That life is much easier and much better if we know why we want to...
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I was first told of this movie by Tracy Friesen at the NFB. It got its first showing in Vancouver. Check it out if you can."While on the surface, Carts of Darkness appears to be a simple story of bottle...
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Wow! was my first reaction upon seeing the first shot from Decotora, Tatsuki Masaru's book on the Japanese Art Truck Scene via Photo Op on PingMag. Seeing one of these show up at your rest stop or sliding past your car on the highway might jolt you at first with their...
"Heigl, a star of US television series "Grey's Anatomy" whose film credits include "Knocked Up" and "27 Dresses," topped AskMen's eighth annual list of "The 99 Most Desirable Women."More than five million votes were cast at the website during a six-week poll asking which...
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"The researchers extracted DNA from the participants` white blood cells and examined the chromosomes to determine the length of a genetic sequence called telomeres, which were found at the ends of chromosomes. Telomeres get shorter when a cell divides. When telomeres get too...
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Last Saturday, I sadly missed a special presentation of something called "The Fall of Britney Spears" or something like that on E! Channel, a sad commentary on our society that used to be Vancouver Island's TV...
Launched in autumn’07, Disaboom.com is the
first interactive online community dedicated to helping people with
disabilities or functional limitations to improve their lives. It also
works as an online...
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"Asiana Bridal Show 2008 will be a blend of western & eastern influence, helping the bride to plan her perfect wedding.
This is a one-day spectacular, which is likely to receive positive-media coverage from the ethnic-media, as well as the influential...
"Rich people don't particularly mind talk about helping poor people -- unless that talk starts linking the wealth of the one to the poverty of the other.
Take, for instance, the mess around subprime mortgages.
That's just what United for a Fair-Economy has done in State of...
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With a little more than two weeks before Election Day Floridians are debating on whether to support the tax cut ammenment or to oppose it and plenty of interesting comments can be found in chat rooms and websites on the internet.
One citizen from Orlando had this...
Oh, okay, the BigMacs aren't the problem, it's the lack of available green spaces."The chief executive of McDonald’s UK has hit out at video games for being a major cause of the childhood obesity crisis.[He]...
"A little alcohol combined with a healthy active lifestyle may be the best recipe for a longer life.
A European Heart Journal study suggests the combination can cut the risk of heart disease.
A Danish team found people who led an active lifestyle were less prone to heart...
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""I'd always heard Hugo Chavez was a people's president and I wanted to see if that was true... I didn't want to judge Chavez, or probe him for his political views, even though he gave them freely," she wrote."I simply went to interview Hugo Chavez the man," she added. The...
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