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Beware of misleading information on the internet.

One of the best things about the internet is the ability to write and publish information to the public audience. What a person needs to publish such information are just very simple. They include simple writing skills, a computer, an access to the internet and a blog or website page to publish the information. This is unlike the era preceding the internet when publication of information was a costly and difficult task. This ease of publicising information on the internet has also given rise to all sorts of claims. It is easy to find claims on the internet such as we have 100 per cent satisfied customers ; we are expert in body care products ; We have proven track record of delivering success . Trying to disprove any of these claims is not easy. It is difficult and can involve using a lot of resources including financial ones. While it is difficult to establish the authenticity of most information on the internet, some information on the internet can be identified very ...

The Hidden Truth about Vitamin Supplements

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The industry involving the manufacture and sale of vitamin supplements is a very big one. About 1 in every 3 persons in the United Kingdom confess to using vitamin supplements at one point in their life or another. This is equivalent to over 20 million people buying the supplements. People buy vitamin supplements because they want to furnish their body with the right amount of vitamins and minerals. However, recent research suggests that vitamin supplements do not work. Although suppliers of vitamin supplements often use different strategies to show that the supplements can work for consumers. This includes using images of successful sports men and women to advance the message. Even though they could work, vitamin supplements are not needed by people in the West. The food the people in the West eat contains all the essential vitamins and minerals needed by their body. The people who may need vitamin supplements are those living in developing countries. Unfortunately,...

A Day To Bury Hatches

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Today is a great day to remember in the annals of world history. Over 90 head of states around the world are converging in South Africa to attend the funeral service of Nelson Madiba Mandela. They range from the presidents of United States (all the living US presidents except George Bush senior are attending) to prime minster of China to President of Cuba. The death of Nelson Madiba Mandela was announced last week Thursday 5 December 2013 after a protracted illness. Mandela was a prominent leader of African National Congress (ANC) who spent 27 years in prison for his fight against the apartheid regime. Following his release from prison in 1990 and subsequent general elections in 1994 he became the first democratically elected black South African president. Mandela reached out to everyone during the latter part of his life and did not discriminate between his foes and friends. However, the United States which has a track record for being the champion of democracy, sat back an...

Criminals Contribute to the State more than the State Provides for them.

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Criminals are often seen as a big burden on citizens and the state rather than as helpers. They can cause immeasurable harm, for example, to their victims including leaving victims both physically and psychologically traumatised, and robbing victims of their invaluable life assets. They also cost the state a fortune in terms of the money that is spent on prosecution of suspects and incarceration of prisoners. Despite all these perceptions, criminals may be contributing to the state more than the state is spending on them. Criminals create employment opportunities, for example, for a significant proportion of the workforce. Every state in the world has police forces to prevent crimes, arrest and detain suspects, and to ensure law and order. The United Kingdom is not an exception. As of 31 March 2013, there were 129,584 full-time equivalent (FTE) police officers in the 43 police forces of England and Wales (Office for National Statistics, 2013). There are also a significan...

Throat Cancer - Men At Greater Risk Than Women

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The term “throat cancer” shall be used in this article to refer to a number of cancers that affect the mouth and throat. It includes oesophagus cancer, larynx cancer, gullet cancer, and pharynx cancer. Unlike other types of cancers such as breast cancer and bowel cancer, throat cancer is not a familiar name with many people. The reason for this lack of information about throat cancer may be due to the fact that only about 2% per cent of cancers that affect human population is throat cancer. In addition, the survival rate of throat cancer, which refers to the number of cancer sufferers that remain alive after they have been diagnosed with cancer, seems to be higher than the survival rate of other forms of cancer. While this may be seen as an encouraging news, men should be concerned about throat cancer for the fact that it affects them far more negatively than it affects women. The incidence rate of oesophagus cancer, which is the number of people that contract oesophagus cancer, f...

Criminals: Stealing from both the dead and injured.

The vast majority of us tend to show regard for the dead. We do not talk bad about them and do not talk bad about their relatives - at least not in the public. We also tend to extend similar attitude to injured people. We help the injured as much as we can to feel less discomfort with their injuries. Unlike us, criminals do not show this type of attitude towards the dead and injured. Last Tuesday, Criminals mugged a 28 year old cyclist as he was lying unconscious on the ground of his iPhone and Ipad. The incident happened around 2.15 am on Tuesday in Peckham - South London. The police are appealing to eyewitnesses who may have witnessed the incident to come forward to provide information that could help catch, prosecute and punish these heartless criminals. Earlier in the week two sisters who were involved in the stealing of funeral flowers on commercial basis in Liverpool were sentenced by a Magistrate court. Marion Hill (41) and Lyndsay Millett (37) were caught on ca...

Differential treatments for male and female prisoners in England and Wales: Where does inequality end and where does equality begin?

Evidence suggests that women in England and wales commit fewer crimes than men in the same region. According to this evidence, the number of female prisoners in England and Wales is about 4000 compared to the number of male prisoners in the same region which is over 70000. Based on these figures, policy makers are trying to reward few female offenders by proposing a scheme called the “Local Resettlement Programme for female offenders”. The local resettlement programme for female offenders involves accommodating female prisoners in local prisons rather than in distant places. It is argued that female prisoners who spend their custodial sentence within this setting can maintain family bond with their loved ones as well as enhance their chances of getting a job on release. Any effort to ensure that prisoners do not suffer more than their punishment could allow including allowing female offenders to spend their time under the local resettlement programme should be welcomed. However,...