About 300 000 Pinays go overseas each year to work as “domestic helpers”. Essentially they are maids, although some (Often women with teachers or nursing degrees) will be on the higher pay scale as nannies or home health aids. But in December, the Government here decided to increase the wage for official contracts to $300 [...]

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The news world has been alive over this question. The latest version of Microsoft’s flagship operating system hits the store shelves on Jan/30. To decide whether to Vista or not, it is important to look at the somewhat checkered history of the Windows product. Prior to the release of Windows 3.11 it was the laughing [...]

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The debate on global warming to the lay person tends to be: One: We are polluting, and if we don’t stop, we’re all gonna die (It’s Bush’s Fault). or Two: It’s nonsense. Being a doctor, Climatology is outside my field, although if one knows history, one is aware that the Sahara was once a prairie, [...]

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Yangon Myanmar (Formerly Burma) Jan 2007: The military Junta is once again breaking the law. It has seized many imported cars (supposedly cars that were illegally imported). Among the vehicles seized include ones owned by Ye Naing Win :son of ousted PM General Khin Nyunt and Thargyi: son of ousted Irrigation Minister Maj. General Nyunt [...]

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According to the Hollywood rumour mill little miss Britney Spears is once again pregnant. Already finding it had to mother her two sons and cope with her fading pop career, it has been reported that Britney Spears is pregnant with her third child. If Ms. Spears is indeed expecting it comes just 4 chaotic and [...]

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This is very interesting. Females, including humans, are able occasionally to become pregnant when an egg begins dividing all on its own, without fertilization. This is the true virgin birth (parthenogenesis) and the baby is always female (Jesus Christ was the only otherwise case). Today, the Chester (UK) Zoo announced the unusual birth of five [...]

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The countdown to the series finale of the popular teen drama ‘The O.C’ is now on & with only five episodes left Goundhog Day in Newport is sure to get interesting. Official synopsis: As the Cohens prepare for Kirsten’s 40th birthday party, Kirsten gets some news that will change her life forever. Meanwhile, Julie Cooper [...]

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 By Honey Gillard Everyone from here to Woop Woop land knows of the hilarious antics of funnyman Ben Stiller, some of us get him and some of us dont, as is to be expected. But for those of whom do get him or even just merely like his style, I’d recommend this movie. Whether it’s [...]

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It has been reported that Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams have secretly tied the knot. The well known Aussie actor,27, and the former Dawson’s creek actress,26, met on the set of their award-winning movie ‘Brokeback Mountain’, in which they both starred in, in 2004. Last November, Heath was spotted applying for a marriage license in [...]

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According to reports , former Prime minister Khaleda Zia’s son Tarique Rahman, who is alleged to have been involved in many corruptions, is terrified of the current army-backed interim government as it continues its anti-corruption drive which has so far arrested many mid-level operatives of his Bangladesh nationalist party. He has apparently withdrawn himself from [...]

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Today’s (24 Jan 2007) one-day match between the Indian and West Indies cricket teams was a thriller, low-scoring, but an absolute thriller. Sometimes the match does not have to have 300 plus runs scored by each side to be a thriller, there is a different pleasure when the match is evenly poised with wickets gone, [...]

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There’s a new phenomenon in Middle East politics, the Iranian-Syrian invention of National Islamism. It seeks to replace and incorporate Arab Nationalism with Islamism, a highly suspect and volatile potion indeed! The Palestinian and Lebanese subcontractors are Hamas and Hezbollah respectively. The idea is uniting Sunnis and Shiites, Arabs and Iranians under a “patriotic” Shiite-Islamic banner [...]

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Tom Maguire at Just One Minute has been pulling out the details from the Libby trial and the Plame kerfuffle for quite some time. As much as they have covered it, if you get your news from the TV or the paper, you may not have heard much about some of these nuggets. Example from [...]

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Guillermo Del Toro about the 6 Oscar nods for Pan’s Labyrinth“This is an unimaginable experience for me. I am both humbled and honored that Pan’s Labyrinth is receiving so much recognition from so many fields. To receive 6 nominations for a film that is a true labor of love exceeds any expectation I could have [...]

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Who do you suppose said the following on his/her Internet blog: “If a meteorologist has an AMS [American Meteorological Society] Seal of Approval which is used to confer legitimacy to TV meteorologists, then meteorologists have a responsibility to truly educate themselves on the science of global warming . . . . If a meteorologist can’t [...]

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 Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect  The influence that god men can and do exert on society became apparent through two separate incidents over the last week through the newspapers and television channels which  have been reporting about them first and the more constructive report was in the Indian [...]

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Are people beginning to get sick and tired of discovering that their personal and financial information has been exposed? Employees at Xerox are picketing their office in Oregon because it took four months for anyone to be notified that a Human Resource’s Manager lost a laptop with their personal information on it. Many of the [...]

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In response to president Bush’s State of the Union Address, the Washington Post’s main criticism seems to be that Bush doesn’t understand who “the enemy” is in the Global War on Terror. Yet as the Post proceeds to knock what they perceive as Bush’s simple minded rhetoric with today’s news article they only reveal it [...]

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Under the deregulation programs instituted with Reagan and continued by his Republican successors, corporate America has become ever more emboldened to cheat and harass Americans.  Some of the most egregious examples of such abuses are those committed by the major credit card companies. Scarcely a day goes by when we are not recipients of some [...]

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From The Gathering Storm Blog CAIR is at it again. Instead of helping project this county against terrorists who would harm Muslims and non-Muslims alike, they are proposing to tie the hands of law enforcement even further. The CAIR-promoted ERPA federal legislation would generally prevent police from inquiring about someone’s immigration status or demanding documentation. [...]

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[Unfortunately these cuts can be made without Congressional approval: "But a Medicaid regulation can be made without Congressional approval. State and hospital officials say such a policy would probably be challenged in court, and Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York said that Congress might pass a law to block it." It is conceivable that [...]

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New Zealand policeman, Sergeant Gregory Arthur Smith was captured on a speed camera over the limit by 75 kilometres per hour (km/h) has been discharged without conviction in Invercargill District Court today (UTC+13). Sergeant Smith, 42-years-old, was initially charged with dangerous driving. After being found not guilty of dangerous driving by Judge Kevin Phillips, he [...]

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Fresh perspectives by: Whymrhymer This weeks spectacle of hundreds of thousands of “Religious Conservatives” and “Social Conservatives” descending upon Washington to March against a woman’s right to choose, should be repulsive to “genuine” Conservatives. Not, however, because these activists are speaking out! They have that right! They have the absolute right, these anti-abortion activists, to [...]

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