In Defense of Motherhood: Why We Keep Having Kids When They're So Clearly Bad for Us By Bonnie Rochman
Here at Healthland, we devote a considerable amount of virtual ink to reporting on research that disses parenthood. I've written several stories in this vein, and I find them both wryly amusing and often uncomfortably accurate. But at least in my experience parenting three young kids, they're not the whole truth.READ MORE
Environmental Toxins Cost Billions in Childhood Disease
Back in 2002, Philip Landrigan and a team of other researchers at Mount Sinai Medical School estimated the annual cost of four childhood conditions — lead poisoning, cancer, developmental disabilities and asthma — that could be connected to environmental factors. The numbers were surprising: Landrigan estimated that the environmental factors cost as much as $54.8 billion, or about 2.8% of total U.S. health care spending in 1997, the year the study drew from.READ mORE
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WOMEN'S HEALTH After Liposuction, the Fat Returns — Just in a Different Place
Who needs diet and exercise, when you've got liposuction? The flab-busting procedure is now the most popular plastic surgery in the U.S., with surgeons siphoning fat from the love handles and saddlebags of nearly half a million patients each year. But a new study finds a downside: fat, easily sucked away, tends to resurface elsewhere on the body.READ MORE
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Fastest Trains in the World
A list of the fastest trains in the world from China's CRH2 to France's TGV!
CHINA's CRH2
The CRH2 is one of the high-speed train models in China. The CRH2 is a modified E2-1000 Series Shinkansen design, and represents the second Shinkansen train model to be exported, the other being the 700T series for Taiwan High Speed Rail.
TAIWAN 's THSR
The Taiwan High Speed Rail (traditional Chinese: 台灣高速鐵路, also known as the THSR) is a high-speed rail network that runs along the west coast of Taiwan. It is approximately 335.50 kilometers (208 mi), and runs from Taipei City to Kaohsiung City. It began operation on January 5, 2007. 
KOREA 's KTX
The Korea Train eXpress (KTX) is South Korea's high-speed rail system. It is operated by Korail. The train's technology is largely based on the French TGV system, and has a top speed of 350 km/h, limited to 300 km/h during regular service for safety. On December 16, 2004, the Korean-made HSR-350x achieved an experimental top speed of 352.4 kilometers per hour.
JAPAN 's SHINKANZEN
Japan's main island Honshu is covered by a network of high speed train lines that connect Tokyo with most of the island's major cities and Fukuoka on the island of Kyushu. Japan's high speed trains (bullet trains) are called shinkansen and are operated by Japan Railways, often abbreviated as JR.
SPAIN 's AVE
AVE, an acronym for Alta Velocidad Española (literally, "Spanish High Speed," but also a play on the word ave, meaning "bird" in Spanish), is a service of high speed trains operating at speeds of up to 300 km/h (186 mph) on dedicated track in Spain.
UK 's EUROSTAR
Eurostar is a high-speed train service in Western Europe connecting London and Kent in the United Kingdom, with Paris and Lille in France, and Brussels in Belgium. In addition, there are limited services from London to Disneyland Resort Paris (Gare de Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy) and seasonal destinations in France. Trains cross the English Channel through the Channel Tunnel. 
FRANCE ' TGV
The TGV (train à grande vitesse, French for "high-speed train") is France's high-speed rail service developed by GEC-Alsthom (now Alstom) and SNCF, the French national rail operator, and operated primarily by SNCF. Following the inaugural TGV service between Paris and Lyon in 1981, the TGV network, centred on Paris, has expanded to connect cities across France and in adjacent countries. It holds the record for the fastest wheeled train, having reached 574.8 km/h (357 mph) on 3 April 2007,and also holds the world's highest average speed for a regular passenger service. TGV is a registered trademark of SNCF.
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Super Special
India might not have the fastest trains, but it definitely carries the most number of people at the same time!
Indian Railways has a total state monopoly on India's rail transport. It is one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world, transporting eighteen million passengers daily and more than two million tonnes of freight daily. IR is the world's largest commercial or utility employer, with more than 1.6 million employees.
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In Defense of Motherhood: Why We Keep Having Kids When They're So Clearly Bad for Us By Bonnie Rochman
Here at Healthland, we devote a considerable amount of virtual ink to reporting on research that disses parenthood. I've written several stories in this vein, and I find them both wryly amusing and often uncomfortably accurate. But at least in my experience parenting three young kids, they're not the whole truth.READ MORE
Environmental Toxins Cost Billions in Childhood Disease
In Defense of Motherhood: Why We Keep Having Kids When They're So Clearly Bad for Us By Bonnie Rochman
Back in 2002, Philip Landrigan and a team of other researchers at Mount Sinai Medical School estimated the annual cost of four childhood conditions — lead poisoning, cancer, developmental disabilities and asthma — that could be connected to environmental factors. The numbers were surprising: Landrigan estimated that the environmental factors cost as much as $54.8 billion, or about 2.8% of total U.S. health care spending in 1997, the year the study drew from.READ mORE
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WOMEN'S HEALTH After Liposuction, the Fat Returns — Just in a Different Place
Who needs diet and exercise, when you've got liposuction? The flab-busting procedure is now the most popular plastic surgery in the U.S., with surgeons siphoning fat from the love handles and saddlebags of nearly half a million patients each year. But a new study finds a downside: fat, easily sucked away, tends to resurface elsewhere on the body.READ MORE
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Fastest Trains in the World
A list of the fastest trains in the world from China's CRH2 to France's TGV!
CHINA's CRH2
The CRH2 is one of the high-speed train models in China. The CRH2 is a modified E2-1000 Series Shinkansen design, and represents the second Shinkansen train model to be exported, the other being the 700T series for Taiwan High Speed Rail.
TAIWAN 's THSR
The Taiwan High Speed Rail (traditional Chinese: 台灣高速鐵路, also known as the THSR) is a high-speed rail network that runs along the west coast of Taiwan. It is approximately 335.50 kilometers (208 mi), and runs from Taipei City to Kaohsiung City. It began operation on January 5, 2007.
KOREA 's KTX
The Korea Train eXpress (KTX) is South Korea's high-speed rail system. It is operated by Korail. The train's technology is largely based on the French TGV system, and has a top speed of 350 km/h, limited to 300 km/h during regular service for safety. On December 16, 2004, the Korean-made HSR-350x achieved an experimental top speed of 352.4 kilometers per hour.
JAPAN 's SHINKANZEN
Japan's main island Honshu is covered by a network of high speed train lines that connect Tokyo with most of the island's major cities and Fukuoka on the island of Kyushu. Japan's high speed trains (bullet trains) are called shinkansen and are operated by Japan Railways, often abbreviated as JR.
SPAIN 's AVE
AVE, an acronym for Alta Velocidad Española (literally, "Spanish High Speed," but also a play on the word ave, meaning "bird" in Spanish), is a service of high speed trains operating at speeds of up to 300 km/h (186 mph) on dedicated track in Spain.
UK 's EUROSTAR
Eurostar is a high-speed train service in Western Europe connecting London and Kent in the United Kingdom, with Paris and Lille in France, and Brussels in Belgium. In addition, there are limited services from London to Disneyland Resort Paris (Gare de Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy) and seasonal destinations in France. Trains cross the English Channel through the Channel Tunnel.
FRANCE ' TGV
The TGV (train à grande vitesse, French for "high-speed train") is France's high-speed rail service developed by GEC-Alsthom (now Alstom) and SNCF, the French national rail operator, and operated primarily by SNCF. Following the inaugural TGV service between Paris and Lyon in 1981, the TGV network, centred on Paris, has expanded to connect cities across France and in adjacent countries. It holds the record for the fastest wheeled train, having reached 574.8 km/h (357 mph) on 3 April 2007,and also holds the world's highest average speed for a regular passenger service. TGV is a registered trademark of SNCF.
And....
Super Special
India might not have the fastest trains, but it definitely carries the most number of people at the same time!
Indian Railways has a total state monopoly on India's rail transport. It is one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world, transporting eighteen million passengers daily and more than two million tonnes of freight daily. IR is the world's largest commercial or utility employer, with more than 1.6 million employees.
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May 3, 2011 in Andhra Pradesh
Pilots' strike: Delhi High Court slams pilots, airline management
New Delhi: As the Air India pilots' strike enters its seventh day today, the Delhi High Court slammed the pilots and the airline's management for the continuing state of affairs.
Hearing a contempt case against the striking pilots, the court slammed the pilots' association, saying, "How much loss are you going cause to the nation? Who will foot the bill? ...There's a court order telling you not to go on strike. You've taken the law into your own hands. I don't understand what you'll achieve."
The court, then slamming the management of the national carrier said, "I somehow get the feeling even you don't want the strike to end. Why don't you agree to consider the reinstatement of the sacked pilots?"
Earlier today, Air India decided to withhold salaries for the month of April of the pilots on strike.A raise is what the 700 pilots of the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (IPCA) had originally asked for. They then suggested a CBI inquiry into the alleged corruption among the airline's management would interest them. Air India last week de-recognized the ICPA.
Yesterday, the pilots told the High Court that if the management agrees to re-recognize the union, and rehire three men who were sacked, they would consider reporting to work. The management says it will not accept any preconditions.
The week-long strike has cost Air India close to Rs. 40 crore. Hundreds of flights were cancelled last week. Passengers complained the airline was not sharing information on delays and cancellations. Many said they ended up sleeping the night at airport terminals, waiting for their flights to finally take off. Routes linked to Delhi and Mumbai were hit especially hard.
The Delhi High Court yesterday declared the pilots to be guilty of contempt of court for ignoring its orders last week to end the strike. The management threatened that all 700 pilots on strike would get pink slips. Unperturbed, the pilots said they'd treat their letters of dismissal as "toilet paper."
The judges hearing the case yesterday, had said, "When a court passes an order, you have to obey it. We cannot allow people to undermine this institution. If we allow that, no one would care two hoots. There would be anarchy....an order has been violated and you have no answer. Why don't you call off the strike right now?"
The ICPA says that since 2007 when the government merged Air India with Indian Airlines, the pilots of the two entities have not been given equal pay. Those who came to the merger from Air India are paid more. Pilots with the former Indian Airlines are paid a large percentage of their salaries based on how many hours they actually fly.
Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi has said the pilots on strike are on shaky ground. He says 1600 pilots are paid Rs.
Hearing a contempt case against the striking pilots, the court slammed the pilots' association, saying, "How much loss are you going cause to the nation? Who will foot the bill? ...There's a court order telling you not to go on strike. You've taken the law into your own hands. I don't understand what you'll achieve."
The court, then slamming the management of the national carrier said, "I somehow get the feeling even you don't want the strike to end. Why don't you agree to consider the reinstatement of the sacked pilots?"
Earlier today, Air India decided to withhold salaries for the month of April of the pilots on strike.A raise is what the 700 pilots of the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (IPCA) had originally asked for. They then suggested a CBI inquiry into the alleged corruption among the airline's management would interest them. Air India last week de-recognized the ICPA.
Yesterday, the pilots told the High Court that if the management agrees to re-recognize the union, and rehire three men who were sacked, they would consider reporting to work. The management says it will not accept any preconditions.
The week-long strike has cost Air India close to Rs. 40 crore. Hundreds of flights were cancelled last week. Passengers complained the airline was not sharing information on delays and cancellations. Many said they ended up sleeping the night at airport terminals, waiting for their flights to finally take off. Routes linked to Delhi and Mumbai were hit especially hard.
The Delhi High Court yesterday declared the pilots to be guilty of contempt of court for ignoring its orders last week to end the strike. The management threatened that all 700 pilots on strike would get pink slips. Unperturbed, the pilots said they'd treat their letters of dismissal as "toilet paper."
The judges hearing the case yesterday, had said, "When a court passes an order, you have to obey it. We cannot allow people to undermine this institution. If we allow that, no one would care two hoots. There would be anarchy....an order has been violated and you have no answer. Why don't you call off the strike right now?"
The ICPA says that since 2007 when the government merged Air India with Indian Airlines, the pilots of the two entities have not been given equal pay. Those who came to the merger from Air India are paid more. Pilots with the former Indian Airlines are paid a large percentage of their salaries based on how many hours they actually fly.
Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi has said the pilots on strike are on shaky ground. He says 1600 pilots are paid Rs.
800 crore every year.
26/11 families say Osama dead, what about others?
Bangalore: K Unnikrishnan, father of NSG commando Major Sandeep who died during the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai said that Osama's death is an achievement for only Obama and the US.
"He, as an Indian citizen, is yet to get justice and will only rest when the perpetrators of the terror attacks in India are brought to book."
"Osama's death might be a universal phenomenon, but for Indians, justice will only be served when terrorists like Maulana Masood and others who carry out terror attacks sitting in Pakistan are punished. I specifically wanted the government to punish Masood since he is one among the many who train terrorists to carry out attacks. Be it the Kandahar incident, the Mumbai serial blasts or 26/11, the perpetrators are being given sanctuary by Pakistan," he said.
"He, as an Indian citizen, is yet to get justice and will only rest when the perpetrators of the terror attacks in India are brought to book."
"Osama's death might be a universal phenomenon, but for Indians, justice will only be served when terrorists like Maulana Masood and others who carry out terror attacks sitting in Pakistan are punished. I specifically wanted the government to punish Masood since he is one among the many who train terrorists to carry out attacks. Be it the Kandahar incident, the Mumbai serial blasts or 26/11, the perpetrators are being given sanctuary by Pakistan," he said.
"As a citizen of India and the father of Sandeep, I'll be happy only when such people and their host country, which is a specific threat to our nation, are punished accordingly," he added.
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