nikki | September 24, 2008
I was reading an article about equality between genders on The Economic Times website. The article was talking about how women in developing countries are lacking behind men in their opportunities for education and for good paying jobs. I don’t think that is an issue confined only to developing countries, although it seems pretty clear [...]
nikki | September 18, 2008
I was reading on the US News and World Report website today that if a pregnant woman gets a flu shot in her third trimester that the flu shot helps to protect her newborn baby from catching the flu. The story was talking about how deadly it is for babies under the age of six [...]
nikki | September 6, 2008
I was surprised to read that Japan’s Prime Minster has resigned. Seems that he has reviewed his effectiveness and decided he wasn’t being effective enough and that the job was more difficult than he had expected, he had met with more opposition than he expected.
I sometimes think that government officials in the western world should [...]
nikki | August 31, 2008
I was reading in the news today that NASA is considering extending the usable life of the current space shuttle Discovery past its original planned retirement year of 2010. The reason given was that the replacement space shuttle is not scheduled to be ready to replace it until 2015, which leaves a five year gap [...]
nikki | August 25, 2008
I was reading on the Sun’s news website today that Mrs Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of England has fallen victim to a classic disease of old age - dementia. As I was reading the story it brought back sad memories of my dear grandmother, who also suffered from dementia for many years before she [...]