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Water Kills! OMS/WHO new study on drinking Water published!

By, Uwe Paschen. The OMS or WHO, the World Heath Organisation Published it's annual report this week saying that Water, Drinking Water that is. Is of a major concern World Wide!The Report states that 10% of all...

BlackBerry Email Service Was Down; Back Online Now

BlackBerry email service is down in North and South America. According to Research in Motion (RIM), the Canadian-based company that operates the BlackBerry network, this outage affects private users, but not...

A climate of hypocrisy at Copenhagen

By Barry O'Regan What will green cost us?  Plenty!  Prime Minister Harper's hesitation to attend the Climate change summit in Copenhagen may have been for good reason.  One reason was to see if...

Citizen journalism: Media cover band or just bad karaoke

By Barry O'Regan Citizen journalists have been accused of being both, by some in the mainstream media and the public. Then again, there is MSNBC who rely on Citizen journalists to supplement their news and / or...

My rantings on climate change and coffee

Pollution, pollution yep its disgusting and its happening every where, some of my neighbors here in the Philippines throw their rubbish in the local creek. The local Barangay Captain (Head Councilor of the...

Latin America finally starts moving to the right. (in english)

** This is a translation of an article posted to NP by Jose Brechner. "The function of socialism is to elevate the suffering to a higher level." - Norman Mailer      After twenty years of democratic govenments that never turned to capitalism,...

Is "religion" passe´?

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Religion, the Savior or Destruction of Society and it's people who live by passages written by scribes or cleric long after the religious leader has passed on, often misquoted, and always...

Why men get all the glory in the kitchen

Barry Artiste Op/Ed You know what really puzzles me?  The Term "All Great Chefs are Men", Now many of us growing up remember Good Old Dad carving the Thanksgiving or Christmas Turkey, standing Majestically at the Head of the Table "Eatin Irons" in hand, while us kids...

International sexual terrorism - your ambassadors abroad

When people travel from their home land they become ambassadors to the nation they belong to. However it would seem that countries that have citizens worried about sex predators. Within a neighborhood or play...

We Gathered to Pay Tribute to the King of Pop at the Apollo

After arriving at Penn Station in New York, we took the 'A' train to Harlem. After climbing the subway steps to the street, we were swept up in the crowd. As we walked, we moved along sidewalks with enthusiastic...

$27 Billion Lawsuit: Blogger Sends Correspondent to Ecuador

“Big Oil” is under siege.  Nowhere, however, are the stakes higher than in Ecuador.  Within six months, a judge in that country is expected to issue a decision in a class-action environmental lawsuit...

Dessert Recipes : Banana Bread

Dessert Recipes : Banana Bread What do you do with overripe bananas? Some of you may throw them out, but my wife makes the best banana bread I’ve ever tasted. Topped with a little butter or cream cheese and you...

Japan's First Victims...

 By, Uwe Paschen.  Japan’s first victims are the Brazilian “guest” workers in the Japanese industry. Those affected are the Brazilian Japanese that where broth to Japan over 20 years ago to fill in the lack...

The Virtual Family Reunion.

By, Uwe Paschen. The virtual Family reunion.  Yesterday was my Mothers Birthday and with only my Brother, Sister in law and nephews leaving with her nowadays due to the fact that most of us are scattered around...

G8 Hokkaido, Japan: the end of freedom of expression

By Uwe Paschen.As many went to Hokkaido, the northern Island of Japan to take part in the G8 there. They never expected what would happen nor what that they may witness the end of freedom of expression and maybe...

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