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...death toll fell some 20% last year, but as with many government statistics in China, the figures aren't sparking celebrations, even among safety officials. In fact, many industry observers believe that accidents are heavily underreported. Robin Munro, a human-rights activist at the Hong Kong--based China Labor Bulletin, working from an unofficial estimate given by a senior work-safety bureaucrat, thinks as many as 20,000 miners die in accidents each year. And that count doesn't include tens of thousands more of the country's estimated 5 million miners who die of lung afflictions and other work...
...live on campus and can read, you’ve probably noticed the plethora of internet addiction surveys advertised on bulletin boards around school. After reading their vague descriptions of internet obsession, you’ve probably thought, “Dang, with all that Facebooking, that sounds like me! But hey, I could be addicted to worse things—like heroin or methamphetamines.” False! The Internet is the real danger! According to the Internet Addiction Survey at www.stresscure.com, linked on the Bureau of Study Counsel’s website, Internet addiction isn?...
...copy another website, I still think [the site] has good original intentions to establish a platform for college students’ networking,” she said. “Especially, its exclusiveness of users and openness of information distinguishes itself from existing platforms like blogs and college BBS [bulletin board systems...
TYRA BANKS weighs two-thirds of a Dr. Phil. We know this because the host of America's Next Top Model announced what she weighs, 161 lbs., on the cover of PEOPLE, CNN's Larry King Live and her eponymous syndicated talk show. She put out the all-points bulletin about her weight after tabloid magazines and newspapers ran photos of her in a bathing suit beneath such headlines as AMERICA'S NEXT TOP WADDLE and TYRA PORK CHOP. The former SPORTS ILLUSTRATED swimsuit-issue cover girl, who says she has gained about 30 lbs. since quitting modeling, fought back...
...value wines, this site has grown into a mini-empire and a meeting place for wine aficionados of every palate. Today it boasts 19 columnists who strive to inform readers at all levels, from novice to expert oenophile. A highlight is Garr's 30-Second Wine Advisor e-mail bulletin, which delivers wine recommendations three times a week to subscribers free of charge...