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Entries Tagged as 'Issues and Causes'

Keeping a Heart Healthy

October 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Heart problems are major causes of early deaths and sometimes what you eat can have a big impact on the well-being of your heart. To avoid this kind of problem, we need to check our cholesterol level and be active in some physical activity like walking and dancing or simply exercise your way to heart [...]

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Motherhood and Momnesia

October 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Momnesia. Probably caused by severe sleep deprivation and other stress factors, this is when memory becomes too blurry to remember where you placed your keys, where are the nappies you just bought and makes you ask silly questions like why can’t those socks stay together??
Stress and lack of sleep will not only bring zits. [...]

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The world’s largest

October 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

What’s your phobia? Is it snakes, spiders, cockroaches or rats? Now close your eyes and imagine that creature in its largest possible size-here’s what you’ll get.

This python caught in Indonesia is 14.85m and weighs 447kg.It takes 8-10 strong men to get a hold of it! It can swallow a whole human quite easily.

For all you [...]

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Rice is Life

August 11th, 2008 · No Comments

The present Philippine government has faced quite a number of issues already. To top it all off, the problem on rice shortage has already severely affected most of my countrymen. The market price of rice has increased tremendously to the point that some of them are seriously starting to worry about their food budget. Truth [...]

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Tags: Issues and Causes · People · Society

Legal Holidays in the Philippines now Have Confusing Dates

August 11th, 2008 · No Comments

One of the things that the president of my country, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, will be most remembered for is her propensity for changing dates of legal holidays.
For example, we were supposed to commemorate the Philippine Independence on June 12 two months ago but instead the non-working holiday was moved to June 9 as June 12 fell [...]

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Tags: Issues and Causes · Society

Male pregnancy possible!

June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Many women feel that pregnancy should be experienced by men, reasoning that since men are the stronger both physically and emotionally, they would be more cut out for the process. Generally, females are responsible for carrying the young from fertilization to birth is period. The only two species which are known for male “pregnancy” are [...]

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Internet dating - a wise choice?

June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Mike, an American and Clarisse, a Filipino met on-line and started dating. Their relationship grew from friendship to love. In a few months they were engaged. Mike traveled to the Philippines for their wedding. After spending a couple of months while processing Clarisse’s Visa, Mike returned to the States with his new wife.
Such so-called ’success’ [...]

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Mud Cookies

June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

The basic needs of a human being are food, shelter and clothing. Food is the most important at all. Nowadays, starvation is currently rampant in third world countries.
In these regions, mud cookies made of dirt, salt, and vegetable shortening have become a part of regular meals. As appalling as they may sound, they are rich [...]

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Pros and cons of electronic interactive games

May 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Electronic interactive games have become one of the most popular forms of entertainment nowadays. They may vary from gory, violent and immoral to educational and cognitive-skill enhancing. But all are time consuming, usually costly, and can influence the lives of frequent players. What exactly are the pros and cons of these games?
PROS
*Game rules and tools [...]

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Global Warming – Climate Change

May 10th, 2008 · No Comments

One of the hottest issues today that each one of us should be very much concerned about is “Global warming.” Global warming is the term used to describe the gradual increase in the planet’s atmospheric temperature.
Deforestation and increased emissions of carbon dioxide and other green house gases are the biggest factors that cause global warming.
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