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...must also be a change in the architectural design of buildings in tsunami-prone areas. New construction should be able to withstand severe flooding and earthquakes. When all these measures have been taken, casualties and fatalities will be minimal in the event of another tsunami. Augustine C. Ohanwe Vantaa, Finland...
...must also be a change in the architectural design of buildings in tsunami-prone areas. New construction should be able to withstand severe flooding and earthquakes. When all these measures have been taken, casualties and fatalities will be minimal in the event of another tsunami. Augustine C. Ohanwe Vantaa, Finland With the exception of drought, Africa has not experienced many of the natural disasters that affect other areas. We are, however, plagued by man-made disasters resulting from our corrupt leaders' mismanagement and plunder of our natural resources. The result is that masses of our people wallow in penury. Stella...
...feature films alone are up 175% in the past year, says BigChampagne, another Web-tracking firm. In response, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) recently filed dozens of civil suits against tracker sites in the U.S. and Britain, as well as criminal complaints against sites in France, Finland and the Netherlands. The industry is hoping that in a case scheduled for next month, the U.S. Supreme Court will rule against firms that produce file-sharing software, such as Morpheus and Grokster. Neither Cohen nor BitTorrent is named in the lawsuit, although an MPAA spokesman says Cohen is under scrutiny...
...Type 2 diabetes. In a study that tracked coffee drinkers in the U.S. over a period of 18 years, doctors found that men who drank at least six cups a day were half as likely to develop diabetes, while women cut their risk 30%. In a separate study in Finland, which boasts the world's highest per capita coffee consumption, people who drank three to four cups of coffee a day had an almost 30% lower risk of diabetes, and serious caffeine users (more than 10 cups a day) cut their risk 60%. It's not clear whether the coffee...
...economic well-being and the ability to make lifestyle changes and purchase medicines," says the CDC's Labarthe. Indeed, a 10-country, 85,000-person study revealed that, worldwide, it is whites who are as much as twice as likely to suffer from hypertension, with countries like Poland and Finland--where diets are high in fat and low in fruits and vegetables--leading the way. In a socioeconomic environment in which African Americans are often forced to eat cheap, unhealthy food (the National Institutes of Health is worried particularly about cured meats, pickled foods, canned fish, salty snacks and sauces...