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The Health Risks From Obesity, What Can You Do About It

Author: Rusty McGlasson Subscribe to users feed

Published: 03/10/2008

As we all know the health risks from obesity are numerous. It always seems as if the latest study contradicts earlier ones and it's hard to know what to believe. But, over the last few decades, a wide array of independent studies has tended to confirm some conclusions about the relationship...

AkshayaPatra - Unlimited Free Food To Support Education

Author: Ranju Kumar Subscribe to users feed

Published: 02/10/2008

Just as American children are served a lunch at school, the children of India receive a hot meal every day in the school. The charitable organization, AkshayaPatra is a non profit that serves meals in the schools that are government schools. Therefore there is no discrimination or bias due to...

Do You Like To Know How To Make Donations To Akshayapatra Foundations?

Author: Ranju Kumar Subscribe to users feed

Published: 01/10/2008

When looking for a charitable organization to give an online donation you need not look any further than the AkshayaPatra foundation. Not many people may have heard of this wonderful organization, even though they are the largest charitable organization in the world. Created in 2000 the...

Join Hands With AkshayaPatra In The Revolutionary Effort

Author: Ranju Kumar Subscribe to users feed

Published: 01/10/2008

Many people may not realize that today there are still hungry children in the world. In India, 2.5 million children die every year. Over half of these deaths could be prevented by proper nutrition and education. The progress in ending child nutrition has been very slow. In 2000 AkshayaPatra,...

The Causes Of Workplace Stress And How Best To Prevent This Happening

Author: Nim Aulakh Subscribe to users feed

Published: 26/09/2008

The modern world is work focused and employment based. We spend the majority of our waking hours at the workplace and this has its own benefits and problems. One of the most common of these problems is workplace stress. This is a chronic ailment caused by conditions that negatively affect your...

What on Earth is a Clone Town?

Author: john mce Subscribe to users feed

Published: 22/09/2008

In 2004, the New Economics Foundation (NEF) published a report about 'Clone Town Britain' denouncing the "destruction of our high streets, local shops and independent retailers". So who is destroying our town centres and how can we stop them? THE NEF is an independent think-tank which hopes...

Homeland Security Camera Network Continues To Grow

Author: Corbin Newlyn Subscribe to users feed

Published: 18/09/2008

If you have ever been curious in regards to what appears as camera housing situated in public places, you may be amazed that a variety of them are part of the Homeland Security camera system network. Not all of these cameras, and not in all cities and towns are part of it, yet an ever...

Which Reality Tv Shows Match Your Body And Mind?

Author: Amy Nutt Subscribe to users feed

Published: 18/09/2008

When you think about reality television, chances are that there are some shows that really appeal to you and other shows that you really just can not stand. This is true for most people when they think about reality television and it is true for them because of the fact that different reality...

Is that Massage Therapist a Prostitute?

Author: Tina Woodall Subscribe to users feed

Published: 16/09/2008

The professional field of massage therapy is often confused with the unprofessional field of prostitution. Many of you reading this article will immediately understand what I'm saying and many of you won't. For those of you who don't, an old prostitution trick is to disguise themselves under...

Video Games Becoming Addictive To Children

Author: Victor Epand Subscribe to users feed

Published: 16/09/2008

Parents, teachers, and adults are beginning to wonder with all the research being done on video games if children are not becoming obsessive even addictive to video games. Most of the research that has been complete have focused on video games that have more of a violent theme due to the behavior...