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I have just finished an eye-opening book entitled "Fatland - How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World" by Greg Critser. Critser basically expands on why the obesity rate in the US soared from 25% in the 70s to 61% (!) nowadays: Americans eat more (they finish no matter how large...

R&B music legend Ray Charles dies (BBC News)

Since some of our members use images in their signatures I have set up the following rules: All signatures should not exceed the following size limits: For text signatures: 4 lines normal size, 8 lines small size and up to 90 characters per line. Empty lines are also counted. Font sizes above 2...

Well, if the highest authorities condoned it, lol... Jesus 'healed using cannabis' Jesus was almost certainly a cannabis user and an early proponent of the medicinal properties of the drug, according to a study of scriptural texts published this month. The study suggests that Jesus and his...

Being a non-native English speaker, I found the following article quite interesting (taken from another board): = = = = = = = = There are different stories for different groups of words. The standardization of English spelling was a long, slow process, extending over centuries and full of...

Beckham's out, ladies. The latest fad are journeys to Turkey, in order to meet Ilhan Mansiz, the Turkish Stud, erm, Samurai. Female football fans find Turkish delight new flavor of the month "Monthly tours to meet Ilhan in Turkey that the company set up are booked out from November through to...

Last sunday Seiji Ozawa gave his debut as music director of the Vienna State Opera. He used to be director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 27 years. Maestro Ozawa marks start of Vienna stint => http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=228642 His biography =>...

U.S. President Bush has made ousting Saddam Hussein a top priority of his administration, calling for a possible attack on Iraq as part of the global campaign against terrorism. His plans have sparked wild debates about whether the U.S. should launch a new war in times of domestic and global...

Germany ends Korea's dreams with 1-0 victory => http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=6&id=220294 Germany Wins Seoul Semi-finals 1:0 => http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200206/200206250042.html Germany ends South Korean dream =>...

Now, in the Herai thread we touched upon the subject of sectarian strife, in particular the conflict between Catholic and Protestant nations on the 16th, 17th century and later. If you look at most of the so-called religious conflicts they're just the usual power play under some...