India: Head of Delhi Commission on Women calls for prompt capital punishment for child rape

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Saturday, February 3, 2018
On Wednesday, following the rape in India’s capital, New Delhi, of an eight-month-old girl, Swati Maliwal, head of the Delhi Commission for Women, announced she was beginning a 30-day Satyagrah Aandolan — a form of non-violent civil protest — to persuade the Government of India to impose the death penalty promptly when offenders rape children. She asked for others Read More…

Augusten Burroughs on addiction, writing, his family and his new book

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Friday, October 12, 2007
I had an unofficial phone call from Gay Talese last Tuesday. He had just flown back from Colombia and he was cranky. “I’m happy to do an interview with you,” he said, “but what the hell could you ask me that’s not already out there? Have you even bothered to look?!” “Jeez, Mr. Talese, lots of things,” was my response. I lied. The truth is that when I call peoplRead More…

Earn Money Or Save Money With Used Car Parts In Mount Juliet

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Used car parts can both save you money and make you money. Car repairs can be expensive, but for the DIY person, used auto parts can cut the cost of those repairs by more than half. A good scrap or salvage yard will keep a running inventory of the used vehicles on their lot and will either pull the parts for you, or allow you to pull Read More…

Animal rights activists demand British coffee chain withdraw advertising campaign

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Sunday, October 10, 2010
Animal rights activists have demanded that the largest coffee chain in the United Kingdom pull a new advertising campaign because they fear that it will encourage viewers to buy monkeys as pets. The demands are likely to irritate Costa Coffee, who are determined to turn over a larger profit that their arch-rival, Starbucks. Five animal welfare groups have demanded that tRead More…

Viktor Schreckengost dies at 101

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Sunday, January 27, 2008
Viktor Schreckengost, the father of industrial design and creator of the Jazz Bowl, an iconic piece of Jazz Age art designed for Eleanor Roosevelt during his association with Cowan Pottery died yesterday. He was 101.
Schreckengost was born on June 26, 1906 in Sebring, Ohio, United States.
Schreckengost’s peers included the far more famous designers Raymond Loewy and NormRead More…

Get The Right Team For Moving Day

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As if relocating to a new home wasn’t an emotionally challenging experience already, hiring the services of a bad moving team can add to the stress, hassle and costs of the move. Get it right by looking for a better one out of the moving companies in Oak Park IL. Here’s how:
Prepare a moving inventory
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Toothpaste fills cavities without drilling

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Thursday, February 24, 2005
A paste containing synthetic tooth enamel can seal small cavities without drilling. Kazue Yamagishi and colleagues at the FAP Dental Institute in Tokyo say that the paste can repair small cavities in 15 minutes.
Currently, fillers don’t stick to such small cavities so dentists must drill bigger holes. Hydroxyapatite crystals, of which natural enamel is made, bond withRead More…

Despite passage of bailout bill, two US states may need loans

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Sunday, October 5, 2008
Despite the passage of a 700 billion USD bill by the United States House of Representatives on Friday and the Senate on Wednesday, two U.S. states may need loans totaling over 14 billion dollars.
California and Massachusetts are seeking at least 7 billion dollars each from the federal government as loans. Officials and lawmakers in both states say that the loans would be Read More…

Tornado hits downtown Atlanta

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Saturday, March 15, 2008 A tornado, spawned from a large storm, has hit the United States city of Atlanta, Georgia, causing extensive damage throughout the city. The National Weather Service confirmed Saturday morning that it was a tornado that struck the city. After reviewing the aftermath of the storm, they classified it as an EF2 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita scale. Atlanta mayor Shirley FrRead More…