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Plastic and the Environment
By Sally Falkow · 15 years ago
It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without plastic; it’s used for so many things we do as a normal part of our lives. Our newspaper is wrapped in plastic to keep it from getting ...
Philosophy and Ideas: Media Exposed
By Donald Winchester · 16 years ago
When we read the news, we expect the papers to tell us what they see. This may have been the case decades ago, according to Guardian journalist Nick Davies, but is no longer true. In ...
Health News Articles: Studies about Alcohol Reveal Health Benefits
By Alice Abler · 16 years ago
Alcoholic beverages in different forms have been an accepted and expected part of life since before written history. Millennia before the days of canning and refrigeration, people discovered that produce like grapes and barley did ...
Childhood: The New Age of Anxiety
By Gina Stepp · 16 years ago
In the year 2000—even before terrorism hit so close to home for Americans on 9/11, and before the United States went to war with Iraq—an interesting study appeared in the American Psychological Association’s Journal of ...
Social Issues: The Value of Western Values
By Donald Winchester · 16 years ago
In the post-colonial backlash and in the face of increasing Muslim and other non-Western influence in Europe, a clash of cultures has emerged producing yet more social issues. On the one hand, there are the ...
From the Publisher David Hulme: Turning Points
By David Hulme · 16 years ago
September 11 will need no year attached to it for us to relive the sickening realization that a terrorist’s action can change our world in a heartbeat. In the hours following the attacks, many said, ...
Telecom Expense Management and Mobile Devices
By Peter Verhoeff · 16 years ago
In the world of telecom Expense Management (TEM), wireless devices present unique challenges. Here is one scenario: Employees purchase their own cell phones, which they use, both for personal and business calls. The company figures ...
Society and Culture: It Is Better to Give Than Receive—No Really!
By Thomas Fitzpatrick · 16 years ago
As the Roman calendar welcomes 2008, appeals for charitable contributions abound. Churches, charities and civic causes dependent on donors will build their budgets and project their programs for the year ahead based on the generosity ...
Skin Care Gets a Boost with Natural Botanicals
By Gloria Mactaggart · 16 years ago
The influx of products on the market containing botanicals – ingredients that come from the leaves, roots, bark or fruit of plants – is evidence that more people are moving towards natural skin care products. ...
Religion and the Bible: Why Paul Changed His Name
By Peter Nathan · 16 years ago
The New Testament records in Acts 13 that Saul changed his name to Paul. Why did he do this? Many religion and the Bible commentators have sought to find the answer in the help that ...
Moving to a More Biofriendly Future: Hybrid Big Rigs Hit the Road
By Peter Verhoeff · 16 years ago
History was made recently, when retail giant Wal-Mart took delivery of its first hybrid Class 8 big rig. The model 386 hybrid truck is the result of a joint effort between the Texas-based Peterbilt Motors ...
Life and Health: Developmental Disorders
By Alice Abler · 16 years ago
In 2007 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimated that 1 in 150 eight-year-old children in the United States has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This shocking life and health statistic spurred a barrage ...
A Biofriendly Approach to Energy Efficiency
By Peter Verhoeff · 16 years ago
Few of us will deny that being dependent on foreign oil supplies is undesirable. But it is not widely known that available oil supplies worldwide are dwindling, which drives the need for alternative ways of ...
Society and Culture: Mind the Gap
By Gina Stepp · 16 years ago
The train slows, a recording voices the familiar "mind the gap" warning, and the doors open. A horde steps mindlessly over the threshold and continues on its way without missing a beat.
If only the ...
Society and Culture: Halloween, Treat or Trick?
By Bill Butler · 16 years ago
An odd thing happens each October. Decorative spider webs, skeletons, witches on flying broomsticks, jack-o'-lanterns and other ghoulish paraphernalia begin to appear. America’s society and culture spent an estimated $6.9 billion last year on the ...
Ethics and Morality: Comparing Moral Values and Ethics
By Brian Orchard · 17 years ago
We are shaped to a large extent by our cultural setting, whose moral values imprint themselves on our minds in ways most of us are unaware of. Music, movies and television all carry value-laden messages ...
Ethics and Morality: The Morality Pendelum
By Brian Orchard · 17 years ago
During the month of June 2007, a nationwide telephone poll of Americans between the ages of 17 and 29 was conducted by the New York Times, CBS News and MTV. The poll's unsurprising conclusion is ...
History: Britain Recalls Rueful Return of Hong Kong to China
By David Lloyd · 17 years ago
June 30, 2007, is an unforgettable part of history for Britain as it is the 10th anniversary of the controversial handover of Hong Kong to China. For the British it was the loss of the ...
Internet Marketing News: Blogging is a must for any organization, Including the United Nations
By Stephanie Infante · 17 years ago
Blogging has become a vital social media tool for any person or organization. According to blog analysts Technorati, there are 79.2 million blogs worldwide, with 120,000 new blogs being created daily and about 1.5 million ...
CARB Planning to Reduce NOx Emissions from Diesel Trucks
By Jim D'arezzo · 17 years ago
A recent editorial in the San Jose Mercury News focused on the pollution from diesel engines and the effect this is having on California's air quality. "When it comes to air pollution from vehicles, it ...