Archive for July, 2007

Office printers ‘are health risk’

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

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It turns out that the tiny toner particles emitted by laser printers have a similar effect on lungs as second-hand smoke.

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With Eyes Fixed on a Distant Soccer Field, Iraqis Leap at a Reason to Celebrate

Monday, July 30th, 2007

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Iraq is celebrating their recent win the Asian Cup.
About 3,000 Iraqi refugees celebrated in Damascus, Syria. In Dearborn, Mich., Iraqi-Americans gathered in the streets, honking horns, sitting on car roofs and waving
flags.

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Unhappy Meals

Monday, July 30th, 2007

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Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

That, more or less, is the short answer to the supposedly incredibly complicated and confusing question of what we humans should eat in order to be maximally healthy.

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Ingmar Bergman, Famed Director, Dies at 89

Monday, July 30th, 2007

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Ingmar Bergman, director of several famous films including The Seventh Seal died today.

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Neocons on a Cruise: What Conservatives Say When They Think We Aren’t Listening

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Readers of National Review, “the bible of american Conservatism” go on a regular cruise with a literal whose who of conservatives like Kenneth Star and John O’Sullivan.
A reporter tags along with disturbing results.

The civilised countries should invade all the oil-owning places in the Middle East and run them properly. We won’t take the money ourselves, but we’ll manage it so the
money isn’t going to terrorists.

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