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Legendary Singer Joan Baez Is In Celebratory Mood

November 10, 2008November 9, 2009 - by Jayden Attard

Every one of us will be happy if we achieve anything good and if anyone who is celebrating 50 years of successful career as singer then how it is for her. I am talking about legendary singer, Joan Baez and her happiness in successful completion of 50 years in show business when she is 67. She raised to fame during folk movement in 1950’s and 1960’s with a new album “Day After Tomorrow.” At the …

Science-n-Technology / Society

Ancient Wonders Are Also Miraculous

October 20, 2008April 29, 2010 - by Majano Luis

As we have the Seven Wonders of the World at present, we used to have it in our ancient world. Herodotus was an ancient historian who lived around 484 BC-ca to 425 BC. He was said to be the first person to list the seven wonders of those ancient world. Of those seven wonders, Ishtar Gate of Babylon was replaced in 6th century with the Light House of Alexandria. Those seven wonders were Great Pyramid …

Entertainment / Top News

The Seven Wonders of the World

October 19, 2008April 29, 2010 - by Adrian Fisher

So we have our new seven wonders of the world. They say that they selected them with our opinion. We choose them through global poll. It was very successful campaign, I must say, because bringing the entire world together on a single issue is not an ordinary task. I wish someday it may happen to all those world threats like poverty, global warming, saving water, etc. There were as many as 200 wonders off the …

Exported Chinese Foods Attract Controversies

October 19, 2008April 22, 2013 - by Gavin Moodie

Things are not going well for China’s food industry. After the milk scandal in US, it has another controversy in tainted beans in Japan. China’s milk scandal has rocked the health news globally. Over 10,700 Chinese children were hospitalized due to supply of toxic milk. Even there were infant deaths due to the milk supplied to people with high levels of industrial chemical melamine. Even there were Cadbury chocolates from China where high levels of …

Home-and-living

Nuking Frozen Meals Are Not As Good As They Look

October 19, 2008April 29, 2010 - by Jayden Attard

It may look great and easy to just put the frozen meal into a microwave, but it will end up in making you sick if it is not done properly. Frozen foods are as old as 1000 B.C. well old before the thought of imagining a machine like refrigerator. But the frozen food industry was born in 1930. Though freezing food may seem to be a easy method to preserve food, there are some draw …

Society / Top News

Poor Struggle More Due To Financial Crisis

October 19, 2008December 14, 2013 - by Dylan Thurston

The impact of global financial crisis is going to hit the poor harder than other people. They are going to face problems of hunger, sicker, and unemployment due to the present global financial crisis. And this time the developed nations may not come to rescue because they themselves have major troubles to deal with. The cut-backs on charities from the richer nations have already started. Some poor countries of Africa, Latin America and Asia which …

Science-n-Technology / Top News

Sun Takes a Nap

September 29, 2008April 29, 2010 - by Adrian Fisher

Our great sun is taking a nap. He does take a nap once in a century. Our Sun is fiercer than it appears, with hot winds always blowing from its surface. According to data collected from the Ulysses satellite, the wind blowing from Sun is with less vigor and heat. But if you think that you can’t withstand the heat when your AC’s off, this must be probably the heat from our own earth. They …

Science-n-Technology

Stephen Hawking’s New Time Piece

September 29, 2008April 29, 2010 - by Jose Barreto

Our great scientist Stephen Hawking unveils a strange clock featuring a giant grass hopper. There are many more things strange in this clock. This highly honored man, is always in a spree of giving surprises to his fellow human being, right from his magical chair. The creator of the watch is John Taylor who says that he created this time piece to keep to make time keeping interesting. The clock costs around $1.8 million and …