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DID YOU KNOW?

a: The length from your wrist to your elbow is the same as the length of your foot.

b: If the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1%, you'll feel thirsty.

c: The bones in your body are not white - they range in colour from beige to light brown. The bones you see in museums are white because they have been boiled and cleaned.

d: There are more than 600 million telephone lines, yet almost half the world's population has never made a phone call on a land line. However, more than half the world's population has made a cell phone call. There are more than 2 billion cell phones in use.

e: There are more than 150 million sheep in Australia, a nation of 17 million people & New Zealand is home to 4 million people and 70 million sheep.

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Sunday, June 22, 2008

Diamonds are Girls Bestfriend??

I dont know i love diamonds or not, but i see alot of beautiful diamonds in jewellery stores (and of course thinking of having one one day hehe), magazines and etc. But there are HUGE conflicts of its origins and how the diamonds are extracted (politically).Ejat.. remember our lecturer Dr. Kalolo? He's from Sierra Leone kan. I have seen the Blood Diamond movie (Leonardo DICaprio) based on true stories of the diamond war in Africa( forgot the title) , and the Blood Diamonds documentary showed in History Channel recently. Hmmm... even the civil war was very very recent, its peak by the late 90s and ended 2001... woohooo... when we were here at peace and them? ksiiiaaannnn eehhh.. war, sexual slavery, child labour, hand and legs amputation, JUST because of diamonds sja tu! You can see from Youtube, and Google yourself on Blood Diamonds. And below are taken from Real Diamond Facts.Fact #1: In the past 15 years, an estimated 500,000 Angolans, 50,000 people in Sierra Leone, and nearly 4 million people in the DRC have died from civil wars funded through the sale of conflict diamonds.

Fact #2: A recent study found 46% of miners in Angola are under the age of 16, with many of the children exploited for little or no pay because of war, poverty, and the absence of education.

Fact #3: 300,000 carats of diamonds annually are currently being mined with slave labor in the rebel-held regions in Ivory Coast and sold to fund violent conflicts. These diamonds are being smuggled through neighboring countries to international markets.
Fact #4: Sierra Leone is ranked the world's poorest country by the United Nations Human Development Index, with poverty in diamond mining areas such as the Kono District particularly striking. The Kono District has produced billions of dollars worth of diamonds.

Fact #5:Although the Democratic Republic of Congo produces more than $2B of diamonds annually, 90% of its population of 60 million lives in abject poverty. The diamond capital, Mbjui Mayi, has no clean water, poor roads, and minimal electricity.

Fact #6: The vast majority of the 1.4 million artisanal diamond diggers across five African countries live in poverty, making less than one dollar a day.
Fact #7: The use of child labor for cutting and polishing is extremely common in India, where children suffer from dangerous conditions, overcrowding, and malnutrition. In many areas, one out of ten workers polishing a diamond is a child due to minimal government oversight.
Fact #8: FBI reports and a Washington Post investigation have linked Al Qaeda money-laundering efforts to the rough diamond trade in Sierra Leone.

Fact #9: Ninety years of environmental neglect in Angolan diamond mining have devastated large tracts of land, poisoned local water, and forced indigenous populations to relocate.

Fact #10:After diamonds were discovered, the San Bushmen were forcibly evicted from their ancestral land in Botswana's Central Kalahari Game Reserve's land they have lived on for thousands of years. The Bushmen have faced torture, severe and routine harassments, and the complete destruction of their water supplies.

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7 Rapids Weight Loss Tips

Rapid weight loss happens when you burn fat and cleanse toxins out of your body. You can do that several ways. Here are a few of them.

1. Use of a cleanse. Did you know you have at least seven or eight pounds of waste stored in your body? A cleanse works by removing toxins and waste from your body. For the quickest weight loss consider liquid cleanses.

2. Eat more often, but eat smaller portions. This will help you body metabolize the meal and not have the excess amount of fat which a larger meal often does.

3. Eat more protein. This will help your metabolism and burn fat more quickly. It will also help you build muscle.

4. Cut out soda pop. Drink 8 glasses of water everyday instead. Doing this one thing can really aid rapid weight loss by flushing toxins and helping build muscle.

5. Gradually begin to work out. The temptation is to start lifting weights and jogging everyday. Your body is probably not ready for this. Consult your physician before beginning any life changing work out routine.

6. Here is a killer for many people. You need to cut way back or eliminate alcohol. It is rich in sugar and carbohydrates and it actually aids in your body storing fat.

7. One last thing is to change it up a little. This includes your diet and your workout routine. Rapid weight loss is more effective when you stick with it. Starting and stopping diet and exercise is hard on your system.

Being consistent is good not only for rapid weight loss, but long term weight loss as well.

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