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Pond's White Beauty Kabhi Kabhi Pyar Mein Episode 1 Hindi

Skin-whitening a huge trend in India

Bollywood stars are appearing in television ads promoting Pond’s skin-lightening cream. The ads are getting mixed reviews as suggestions of racism and denial of ethnical identity are being put forward. In...

highlighted by yuls.source | 20 wks ago | updated 20 wks ago
808 views | 9 comments | 32 recommendations

Tippett's office during Web 2.0, Vancouver

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Vancouver real estate; listings up, sales down

The number of apartments and homes listed for sale in Vancouver is skyrocketing while the number of sales is down dramatically. With these fundamentals it is likely only a matter of time before prices start...

highlighted by mtippett | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago
506 views | 3 comments | 7 recommendations

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Bell Cries Wolf on File Sharing and Congestion Numbers

Bell might just have gotten called out on crying wolf regarding P2P and file-sharing congestion rates. On June 24, they were forced by the CRTC to release their data proving their claim that high-usage customers were...

highlighted by Rob Walker | 22 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago
283 views | 4 comments | 12 recommendations

Kenya's Joseph Ebuya sprints to a finish in this 5000 meter race. Photo by rudibond.

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Beating Runaway Inflation in Kenya

" This month Kenya's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) released figures showing that Kenya's annual inflation has reached 31.5%. There are many factors contributing to this trend amongst them are two...

highlighted by beninmw | 23 wks ago | updated 23 wks ago
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US quits Human Rights Council?

As human right is not my beat - I'm more a casual observer - there isno context for me to use in interpreting what the hell this means. Butwhatever it means it doesn't sound good. Those of you who are smarter at this should feel free to comment yourbuns off on this one....

highlighted by Mikasi | 25 wks ago
165 views | 1 comment | 0 recommendations

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Too fat for Air India

"A dramatical ruling from an Indian high court has agreed with Air India for ‘controlling’ the weight of their air hostesses.Further to five Air India hostesses filing a case against Air India for not letting...