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Is Your Child Eating Unsafe Home-Packed Food?

Posted on August 8, 2011 by tony

It has often been thought that home-packed food eaten in school during lunches were the most nutritious and healthiest, given the care with which the lunches were packed so carefully by the parents for their darling children. Canteen lunches have … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Toad Rediscovery – New Hope For Ecosystems

Posted on July 15, 2011 by tony

It is not unusual for previously thought extinct or near-extinct species to be suddenly rediscovered after a long hiatus of non-sightings. An example is the Borneo Rainbow Toad, also known as the Sambas Stream Toad. Once thought to have been … Continue reading →

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An Eye For An Eye In Iran

Posted on July 14, 2011 by tony

Ameneh Bahrami was a happy girl working as an electrical technician for a medical equipment company in Iran.  Many men sought her hand in marriage, but she said no to them because she wanted to marry only somebody she loved. … Continue reading →

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Killer Blow Hole

Posted on July 14, 2011 by tony

A North California man was sucked into a blow hole in Maui on Saturday afternoon. David Potts, 44, was apparently enjoying himself in the spray created by the Nakalele blow hole just before a large wave knocked him down and … Continue reading →

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