Modern Times Trendy Consumers Hobby Shops
5 June 2008, 16:04 No comments
Among the array of customers with shopping carts loaded with fruits, vegetables, and other goods at the newly-opened wholesale Metro Supermarket in Hanoi capital, 34-year-old office clerk Nguyen Thu Ha stands out in her trendy Elle silk dress selecting fresh seafood for an upcoming family party.
“Every weekend, I go shopping, but it is not only [...]
Things To Remember Before Moving In A New Apartment
31 May 2008, 03:03 No comments
Thinking about moving to a new area? Looking to rent an apartment? It the answer is yes then there are several things that you need to consider. Obviously the first would be what state and what city. Landlords, security, neighborhoods, schools and recreation areas are other important factors that you need to consider when choosing [...]
Enthusiasts Find Big Is Not Always Best With Social Networks
7 May 2008, 00:12 No comments
Forget Facebook, MySpace or any other online hangout that boasts tens or hundreds of millions of people.
For Teresa Munoz, Athlinks (population: 34,000) is the place to be. She uses the community devoted to competitive running, swimming and biking events to find training partners and get advice, including information about her first Ironman triathlon.
Munoz, 45, of [...]
We have much to learn from China
27 April 2008, 18:06 No comments
I havejust spent five weeks working and experiencing life in China, with fellow dairy farmer Peter Ferguson. While it was good to return on Easter Monday to good, green Southland grass, there was a lot about China and the Chinese that impressed us.
Our first stop was on the outskirts of Tianjin, Chinas fourth largest city [...]
Busy week full of inspiration
2 April 2008, 23:11 No comments
However, I do consider that this week would have to emerge from the rich tapestry of my life as one of the most dramatic, sensational and proud weeks of my life.
It started with huge 40-year anniversary stories of the tragedy of the Wahine that were published in both the Dominion Post and the New Zealand [...]
Let Athletes Pay For Athletic Fields
30 March 2008, 00:12 No comments
When I was a kid, a sport was for fun. Education was the important thing back then. Sports were originally brought into towns and schools for exercise and as extracurricular activities. Not the main event.
These days, all the effort is put into extracurricular activities. The main focus should be in the school system. It would [...]
A Jihad for Love Can your faith really kill you
28 March 2008, 16:04 No comments
Inevitably, Parvez Sharma filmed some moving testimonies in A Jihad for
Love, a collection of real-life stories that show what it is like to be
gay or lesbian and living within, or in the shadow, of Islam. The stories
come from Iran, Turkey, India, Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia and
South Africa.
In one of those quirks of timing, the [...]
A virus of Olympic proportion
26 March 2008, 21:09 No comments
It may be the most contagious virus ever known. It sweeps suddenly through whole populations. It severely debilitates the rational mind. And yet it has undergone little study.
The few medical researchers in the field know it as cardiosanguiniensis cunctatus optatus, or selective, delayed-onset, bleeding of the heart.
The most remarkable characteristic of this disease is that [...]
A virus of Olympic proportion
26 March 2008, 21:09 No comments
It may be the most contagious virus ever known. It sweeps suddenly through whole populations. It severely debilitates the rational mind. And yet it has undergone little study.
The few medical researchers in the field know it as cardiosanguiniensis cunctatus optatus, or selective, delayed-onset, bleeding of the heart.
The most remarkable characteristic of this disease is that [...]
Unmanned aircraft to fly into heart of storms improve understanding of hurricanes
26 March 2008, 21:09 No comments
Until the two agencies come to an agreement, NOAA plans to launch the winged probes from Jamaica or Barbados during the 2008 hurricane season into storms that pose an initial threat to the Caribbean. Missions flown from those tropical islands still would allow scientists to hone the Aerosonde program, which [...]
