Dozens of rockets and mortar rounds were fired at Israel on Wednesday after Israeli forces killed six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in the most serious incidents since a truce went into effect in June. The Islamist Hamas movement that rules the Palestinian territory said its armed wing fired at Israel in retaliation for Tuesday […]
The Salmonella Mystery: What We Know For Sure
If you are reassured by our government’s ability to tackle the hard questions and arrive at definitive answers, you may be suffering a crisis of disbelief about now. That’s because the “salmonella caper” has left officials befuddled and mystified, no closer to the solution than they were 11 weeks ago, when it all began. As […]
UAE: Death and Destruction in 200-Car Crash
by Amira Al Hussaini Driving standards in the Middle East have come under the scrutiny of bloggers after several people were killed and 350 injured in a 200-car pile up in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. While one blogger compared the carnage to what we see in the news about Iraq, others said that it […]
Causes and symptoms of panic attack:
1) Causes: There may be a genetic predisposition to anxiety disorders.Studies have focussed on pinpointing the specific brain areas and circuits involve in anxiety and fear.Research suggests that anxiety disorders may be associated with abnormal activation in the brain.Stress plays a prominent role in the development of panic disorder.Many of the symptoms a panic attack […]
Electric shock may retreive back memory
Shooting electrical pulses into the brain with a device designed to help Parkinson’s patients helped a 50-year-old man remember an event from 30 years earlier as precisely as if it had just happened. The finding, a surprise to the researchers, may one day lead to new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, they said. Doctors in Toronto […]
Sustaining Rainfed Areas in Kalinga (A Poverty Alleviation Program)
(This is a research undertaking of Dr. Ernesto T. Miguel and Dr. Jovita E. Saguibo. Marciano Paroy Jr. edited the write-up.) ABSTRACT Given the agricultural situation in the province of Kalinga where some areas are devoted to rain-fed production, this undertaking was formulated to answer the very pressing problem of food scarcity, and environmental […]