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...fascinating. For example, he shows the richness of Indian Ocean commerce by following non-European merchants and traders as they exchange pearls and cloves. A later chapter centers on the travels of poet Rabindranath Tagore to exhibit the abundance of cultural exchange and interconnectivity found in the Indian Ocean rim...
...laws are the most tolerant in the Middle East toward gays, and ultra-Orthodox Jews see that as a symptom of a Jewish state rejecting its religious responsibilities. For some, the battle to stop the Gay Pride march has already begun. In the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shea'rim, police clashed over three consecutive nights this week with curly-forelocked youths who burned tires and hurled eggs and tomatoes. One officer said he was stunned "by the level of hatred" he saw in these clashes against Israel's small but vocal gay and lesbian community. Israel's Supreme Court...
...attitude towards smart phones, or mobile PDAs, began to change when I met RIM's BlackBerry Pearl this summer. I could suddenly see a long-term commitment to this device: it was slim and phone-shaped, easy to use but smart enough to bear the BlackBerry name. (With a T-Mobile monthly plan of around $60, it was also surprisingly low maintenance.) Since then, I've been on the prowl for other mobile PDAs that appeal to people who don't need mobile e-mail, but would go for it provided it wasn't an inconvenience. Nokia...
...through research on the nutritive effects of fish. “There had been a lot of media attention...over the potential risks associated with contaminants that are found in fish, such that people were reducing the amount of fish they consumed,” said Rimm. According to Rim, the media inflated a study published two years ago highlighting harmful dioxins and PCBs in some fish. These chemicals do exist in fish, but account for only 9% of their total presence in the US food supply, according to the HSPH study. Rimm also said that the hazards of fish...
...friendly communist ally as a buffer between itself and U.S. forces in South Korea; as a roadblock to a dynamic, capitalist, reunited Korea; and as a distraction keeping America tied down in the northern Pacific, while China maneuvers to regain Taiwan and extend its influence throughout the Pacific Rim...