Blue For Girls, Pink For Boys

I've been doing a lot of research on pink electronics lately, and as I was reading about one pink gadget after another, I started thinking about the color pink and what it means to people. Why do we dress girls in pink and boys in blue? When did that start? Why do girls and women like pink? So I put my pink electronics research on hold temporarily and started looking into the color pink instead.

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With the Threat Level Rising the Search For Terrorism Solutions Goes On

On 911 Americans were delivered a rude awakening to the fact that terrorism had finally found its way across the Atlantic and was now a part of the American domestic landscape. Ever since that dark day, people everywhere have struggled to find solutions to the scourge of terrorism and today we find ourselves measurably safer then we were back then. Are there terrorism solutions out there that can finally eliminate the madmen that perpetrate it, or is terrorism just something that all Americans are going to have to learn to live with?

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Election Unrest and Freight Forwarding Nightmares in Kenya

The wide scale unrest following the recent elections in Kenya has not just been troubling from a humanitarian perspective. It has also been detrimental to the local freight industry and is threatening to undo the economic gains that the country has made over the last few years.

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It's Not So Crowded With Crowd Control

Crowd control is one of those subjects that people don't think about until they are in the middle of a disorganized event. But it is a topic that special event and traffic control personnel take to heart. Without crowd control strategies there is likelihood that even the simplest public events can be confusing at the best and dangerous at the most.

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Why is the Cost of Food So High

If you've ever wondered what all the factors are the come together causing the cost of food to soar, I this one man's opinion we explore some of the important factors. We also reminisce on what we can and should be doing to protect our families and who all of this relates to what we should be doing in terms of build up our emergency food storage or years supply of food.

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Poor Little Rich Person - Affluenza

If you were to conduct a random survey about what makes people happy, many people's answer would probably involve fantasies about winning the mother-load on the lottery. Most assume that multiplying the moolah will create a corresponding boost in ecstasy, but it's a sad fact that the more money we have the unhappier we've become. Before you assume I'm one of the Mother-Grundy's who believes in the nobility of poverty, let me assure you that your assertion would be wrong.

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The Georgia Department of Labor

The Georgia department of Labor provides unemployment and employment resources for Georgia residents, as well as business and labor information and services. The unemployment services include information on how to file a new claim for unemployment benefits, filling for weekly unemployment benefits, and unemployment frequently asked questions.

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Street Hawkers of India

Street hawkers are very common in India. They can be found here, there and everywhere. There is hardly any village, town or a city without street hawkers. They have been there for countries. They go from one town to another town and street for selling their various articles.

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The Path of Promise

Today, the demographics of America are home to over 150 nations, every religion, every culture and dozens of languages spoken within the subsets of a free and thriving society. The American businessman is now also the American businesswoman and the shades are more bright than the brightest of rainbows. The engine of innovation has transcended experience while college-aged youths elect industry over subordination and submission.

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The Impact of Cell Phones in Schools

During the school day, students need to be focused on classroom instruction without the distractions of cell phones. While cell phones are very convenient and a common part of everyday life, cell phones, for the most part, are a distraction everywhere. Have you ever been on a bus or plane and somebody is carrying on a loud personal conversation? At a school, the distraction may be even greater than in a public place. For many teachers one of the biggest concerns about including cell phones in schools is that they will be used inappropriately.

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America's Salad Bowl

Integration of immigrants into the mainstream, first requires full citizenship of the newcomer. America, know as the salad bowl of the globe has an enormous number of illegal immigrants, of course to the pleasure of some employers. Many of these immigrants can be beneficial (legally) to all American naturalized citizens.

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Charity - The Need of the Hour

Charity seems to be the need of the hour as one can discover by the near destitute like condition in which the poor children are living in. From this situation and a gloomy future they can be rescued, if schools are built from the received charity, where free education is made available.

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The Many Interests and Topics in Magazines

Whether you want variety or special interest, magazines provide it all. The world wide web might seem like it's on the way to replacing magazines, but that's just not happening anytime soon. Glossy photos and in-depth coverage of every topic imaginable delivered to your door on the cheap is a great deal, even in the internet age.

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Television is Bad For You

It will never cease to amaze me how thirsty people are for things like honesty, compassion and equanimity. Nothing new, it is natural for us to search for something bigger in life which will give us meaning and a reason to live. What interests me, however, is that at times like these we search for meaning in the most unnatural places imaginable.

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Lead Toy Recalls Continue While Congress Piddles, Parents Urged to Fill Gap With Advocacy, Vigilance

Think the lead in toys problem is resolved? Think again. More than a million products have been recalled in 2008 due to high lead content. With Congress treading water on proposed new regulations, parents must take the steering wheel. Click to read the most comprehensive list of lead sources (including a common household fixture you haven't heard about before), and what parents can do to keep our kids safe.

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The Myth and Truth of Race - Time For the Other Side to the Story

I want to put to death an ancient myth that there is a superior race, once and for all. I dream of a united people, where color and religious preference is not a basis for judging someone's character, and I know that many of you have this same dream. According to recent studies in genetics the question is not where did the black race come from, but where did blue eyes, white skin, and blond hair come from? And I want to help bring into the light scientific evidence against the racist assumption that any race could be subhuman.

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How Far Would You Go to Stay Alive?

We know how far people would go to lose weight (surgery), to get their 15 minutes of fame (celebrity sex scandals hello), or to stay young (ergo, the quest for the fountain of youth). But just how far would you go to stay alive? In various parts of the world, people would go to lengths just to stay alive, feed their children and survive another day. It's sad how these things happen, and how some people dismiss these things as urban legends, when the players in those "legends" are real.

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2290 Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax - What is It? How Much is It? and Who Needs to Pay?

The 2290 Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax is a $550 federal excise tax that must be paid on all vehicles that weigh 55,000 lbs or more and operate on public highways. The reporting period is from July 1st in any given year to June 30 the next year. The tax bill that is currently due is for the reporting period of July 1st, 2007, through June 30, 2008. If the vehicle will not put on more than 5,000 miles in the coming year (or, if it is agricultural, if it won't put on more than 7,500 miles in the year), the $550 payment isn't required, but you still must file form 2290.

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American Women In Prison

Women's issues abound in today's society. Working and raising children alone, dating in a cyber world, the glass ceiling, equal pay for equal work, women's rights, and humanitarian issues, are only a few of the leading topics, in the discussions about things that are important to women today.

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Lighting a Flame of Hope for Poor Widows and Their Children

NRI social activist Raj Loomba devotes more time to his personal commitment than his family business. As the Founder and Chairman of The Pushpa Wati Loomba Trust, Raj Loomba works wholeheartedly for the welfare of poor widows in India. With his wife Veena, Raj Loomba established the Trust in 1997.

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Corporate Governance - Board Regulations and Compliance

Over the years the image of the Board of Corporations has suffered significant changes. From the image of the cigar smoking, whiskey drinking, managers elite talking big business, to the hard working Directors, overwhelmed by the responsibility of being and under continuous scrutiny of various government bodies, shareholders and the media.

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The Neighbor From Hell

I have enjoyed living in Spain for over ten years now and have been at my current address for eight of them. Until about eighteen months ago, my immediate, upstairs neighbors were an old couple. He was never in the best of health but always had time to chat but she was an unknown quantity.

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Fighting a Wild Fire is Like Playing a Tournament Soccer Game

How on Earth is it possible to fight a California Wildfire that is completely out of control? Well, not long ago a friend of mine said that it's a lot like playing a championship tournament. Indeed, I had not considered that analogy, team sports, especially like soccer is apropos to fighting fires.

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Sex Offender Profile

According to Finkelhor (Finkelhor, 1984; Araji and Finkelhor, 1985) there are four components that contribute, in differing degrees and forms, to development of a child molester's behavior. To explain the diversity of behavior of sexual abusers, there are four factors in a complementary process. These four factors are sexual arousal, emotional congruence, blockage, and disinhibition:

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World Youth Day Celebrations - The Message

For all followers of Christ, the WYD celebrations currently going off in Sydney are a boon for real-time faith, and the message of hope to the world. Young people are being asked to stand up with text messages from the Pope that read, "Young friend, God and his people expect much from u because u have within you the Fathers supreme gift: the Spirit of Jesus - BXVI."

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Women With No Voice - A Testimony

This article is based on a simple conversation with a midwife from Iran. She has recently immigrated to Canada, where she hopes to offer her children a taste of freedom. This woman shares with us her cases where child sexual abuse and rape has to be kept secret. Many young Iranian female who were brought to this midwife because they were pregnant testified that they were raped by their fathers, brothers, uncles, or other males in their home environment. Now that they were pregnant the evidence had to be wiped out. This is a story about many young girls in Iran who are left to the hands of men who choose to sexually exploit a child, because they are not men enough to seek sexual relationship with an adult.

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Newspapers and Celebrity Content - Is it All Down Hill From Here?

So many newspapers across the country cater to the lowest common denominator and readership, and perhaps this is why they have so many articles about celebrities within their pages. Not long, ago a friend mentioned that they were quite tired of the celebrity content in the local newspaper. Whereas I agree with them on this issue and their comments; I also remember that saying...

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California Wildfires and the Use of Aerial Firefighting Aircraft

The California Wildfires of June-July 2008 have been devastating. At one point folks from 42 different states had come out to help, wow, that takes a lot of coordination indeed. Now there are people flying in from other countries to help fight the Northern California Wildfires. Some say this is a bad idea to have foreigners come and fight our fires; I tend to agree to some degree.

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Learn How School Officials Got a Lesson on Pure Water Systems

Testing performed on the water at the City of Seattle's public schools had uncovered the presence of lead in that water. The school authorities in Seattle needed to study the available pure water systems. Learn what they found and how you can bring pure water systems to your home.

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The Call to Leadership

Many people have assumed leadership positions in the Church based on the claims that they had a "call". This 'call' has been generally understood to come from God, which made it quite easy for them to be accepted as leaders. But Oswald Sanders said, in his book 'Spiritual Leadership', that, "in many cultures today where Christian leadership carries prestige and privileges, people aspire to leadership for reasons quite unworthy and self-seeking."1 Such people hide their true motive under the guise of 'call'.

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Athletes Drop Out Rate a Crisis in the Making

Each year more than 50 percent of African American students drop out of high school and college. This has a significant impact on athletes who play sports. The drop out rate is greatly affected by poor college preparation and study skills. The lack of academic preparation is evident in middle school and high school.

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That Undesirable But Still Legendary Public Phone

Bottom line is you should be aware of the ulterior uses of the public phones, even when you have observed unscrupulous individuals disrespectfully using them to drain their gall bladders or store mountains of debris. So what if companies pay the city millions to advertise on them. The city has to generate revenues from somewhere. Wouldn't you agree? You should neither embarrass yourself by telling your friends that these phones belong in the Smithsonian Museum because they are antiquated nor should you believe that these booths ought to be taken down because they are breeding grounds for germs and diseases.

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Why Don't They Use Aerial Fire Bombers at Night to Fight Wildfires?

Currently, there are firefighters from some 41 states who have come to California to fight the over 1,000 fires that had been started by lightning. Northern California has some of the most scenic spots in all the World, and now the fires are threatening the California Coastline near and around Big Sur where there is a lot of old growth and pristine beauty.

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Puyallup Real Estate, Even the Bears Are Out Looking For New Homes!

The recent Buyer's market and low interest rates here in Puyallup have spurred a lot of interest lately in the local housing market. I'm seeing more traffic at open houses, builder's sites and calls are way up lately. Most of this activity is good to see, it shows that many buyers are shaking off the analysis paralysis fostered by the news media. Puyallup's real estate market could use a positive "shot in the arm".

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American Racism - Why Won't it Go Away?

America has been working for a long time to put racism behind us. Enter presidential candidate Barack Obama. Clearly, we still have a ways to go. Why do we still struggle with racism? The laws changed years ago, so why does progress lag? Why are most churches still so segregated? Why do famous (and not so famous) people continue to use insensitive language? Considering the institutional origins of American racism, it's no surprise we're having a hard time.

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Cell Phone Radiation Linked to Autism

For the last few decades, the use of cell phones has been on the rise across the country and around the world. With the advent of micro technology and satellites, mobile phones have gotten smaller and smaller. In fact, some have reached the point where big people actually have trouble dialing a phone number because their fingers are too big to touch one key at a time! For that matter, some models of phones are so tiny that big headed people have trouble hearing from the ear piece and talking into the mouthpiece at the same time.

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Are We National?

When we talk of being national, we mean to measure our love for our country. Let us peep into ourselves and find out whether we really love our country. Each state that makes up the country, has its own and old culture. This is why the people of each State owe allegiance to their State before they owe anything to the country.

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Freedom - An India Style

It is high time for us to realize what we understand by the word Freedom. It appears that what we understand is that, doing what we want, when we want, and how we want is freedom. The one point to understand is that, such freedom can only exist in the jungle, as, freedom in a civilization has a different interpretation. No civilized man can be free in this manner, as this style of freedom is apt to destroy the civilization, as we see in the example of India today. Once we claim to be civilized, we can never aspire to be free in this way.

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There is More to Life Then News, Weather and Sports My Friends

Not long ago a retired news anchor reminded me that the news is just what it is and nothing more, it is a pretend world of carefully chosen events making up a created reality, one which straddles between the status quo of perceived realities and current trends that are or interest or ironic in nature. But what is news really? And why do we put news personalities at the top of our celebrity lists?

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How to Help Homeless Children in Atlanta

This summer due to the economy there will be more homeless people than ever. Due to all the foreclosures; due to higher gas prices and due to much more spousal abuse there will be more families hitting the streets to live than ever. The face of the homeless is changing from the addictive man to the broken family unit - going from the unshaven wino to the single desperate mom trying to keep her children safe until she can figure it out.

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The US Healthcare Industry Facing Challenges - Is It?

Over the past couple of days developments on the issue of ensuring patient safety have left the providers of health care in the US scratching their heads. Just a couple of days earlier the buzz about the congress introducing the legislation on medical device safety (the proposed "Medical Device Safety Act 2008") was rife, and it still is. The new legislation would enable the medical device manufacturers to be held accountable in cases where medical device causes harm.

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We Have All the Expertise in the Coachella Valley to Take Us Into the New Millennium

So often I hear folks who come from other cities across this great nation to settle here say that we need to bring in world-class experts to help get this show on the road; or rather increase the speed at which we bring the best of all there is into our Valley. My thinking is that we have everything we need to make this Coachella Valley a World-Class place to live, in fact, it's happening all around us every day.

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You Said What? God Bless You, President Bush!

President Bush praised the Democratic Party for strongly supporting both a black and woman as presidential candidates. There are many threats to America, one is cruelty and another is greed. Even though cartoonist and comedians are still cruel and always will be, the American People have become more tolerant.

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IRS Additional Info For People Search

IRS files made public? This may seem a bad news for some who are worried of their unpaid taxes. To others this seems an unnecessary service. And if the Internal Revenue Service will be announcing refunds would not the recipient be in danger of being the target of robbery ploys?

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Assisting Thousands of Widows and Fatherless Children

Who is Raj Loomba and what is his connection with over three thousand poor, fatherless children in India? Who would understand the plight of young children who lose their father at an early age but a person like Raj Loomba who himself lost his father at the tender age of 12?

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Expressions of Today and Their Historic Roots

History is a strange and vast subject going back literally to the beginning not only of man's time on earth but his earth as well. It is with the intension of mentioning some of lesser known facts of history though perhaps more interesting ones that I opted to write this article.

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Sponsoring a Child - A Noble Idea Indeed

Education of poor children would be complete only when they are supported through every level of it, which includes food, cloth, medical facility and books. There will not be any other better way of doing social service than by sponsoring a child for his/ her schooling, who is not able to afford it.

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Tacoma WA - Whale Watching on Your Lunch Break

Took a little time out the other day to cruise around 5 mile drive in Pt Defiance and see if I could spot the gray whale that's been hanging around lately. I got the call from my brother that he had spotted one while on the ferry to Vashon Island over a month ago. Apparently the living is good for the whale as he/she was still in the area.

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Next Mission Unstoppable, "SAVING "Dianne Lang

Dianne Lang is on the run. Fleeing for her life, this humanitarian, rebel angel, mother and caregiver to over 40 South Africa's forgotten orphans, has been targeted for murder by her own country and it is their Secret Police, the Scorpions who are on her tale. My job is to save her life. Please join me.

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Can the US Manufacturing Industry Regain Its Leadership

If you feel that the U.S. manufacturing industry has lost its luster in recent years and is lagging far behind the other countries in the manufacturing sector, you are not alone. With so many lost manufacturing jobs and lackluster performance, is there any hope for the U.S. manufacturing industry to regain its lost glory? Read on.

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An Indian Farmer

India is an agricultural country. India lives in villages. The villagers depend on agriculture. They are either farmers or workers on the agricultural fields. Ours industries and urban business also depend on agriculture. Thus, an Indian farmer truly represents India. He can be called the son of the soil. It is on his sweet and labour that our progress and prosperity depend.

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The Street Begger

Begging is not allowed and yet beggars are very common in India. They can be seen at places of worship platforms, road-crossings, monuments, fairs and streets. They wander from street to street, locality to locality and from one bazaar to another. They beg for money, food, clothes etc. in alms. They often create trouble and cause nuisance. Sometimes they commit thefts, pick pocketing and such other anti-social acts.

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Gay Pride!

Here comes it again! One of the most tolerant days in mankind history. The Gay Pride Day celebrates the diversity and pride of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population on over the world. And it has a clear mission: to educate the world and to claim for tolerance, respect and equality for homosexual community.

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Wheelchair Access

"Do they have access in a wheelchair?" It's a simple question, but anything that causes pain between shame and utter contempt when asked hoteliers to many hotels in Europe. Accessibility hotels is a topic that fascinates feeling, though not the sexist issue in the hotel world. In part because one of our leaders is both a wheelchair user and a nutcase travelers, staying in top hotels around the world during much of the year.

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